3.Cor.Z.-;+
.s44
That
the
holy
Scriptures
were
indited
by
Gods
fprit.
'Teuerall part,fo
is
the
nature
ofthe
whole
vniuerfall
;
Peeing
lfo
one effect
brings
vs
to
his caufe,
&
that
caufe
to
a
fuperi_
our
caufe,and
that
to another vntill
wee come
to
the
highefa
aid
fupreatne
caufewhich.is
God,who
having
his
being of
himfelfgiucth being
to
all
things:but that
all
this
goodly
or_
der ihuld
be
brought
out ofconfufion,this
light
out
of
dark
-
nes,that
all
thefe
excellent creatures fhould
be
created
ofno
thing,
by
the
alone
word
of
their omnipotent Creator,it
paf.
fah
the conceit
of
humane reafon,and therfore
his
inuention
alfo.So
that
we
are
wretched and
ful
ofrnifery,not
oncly
our
reafon
but
cuen our
fenfes
can
teach vs;but how
we
fhould
be
freed
out
of
this mifcry
and
attaine
vnto euerlafling
happines,
is a
thing
abone the reach
ofmans
tivifdome.Ahd
that
we
are
vnable
to
performe thofe duties.we
ought,and
leaue thofe
fins
vtidone which
we
fhould
omit,and by
both
offend
God,the
law
of
nature
writtê
in
our hearts,and
the
checks and
feares
which
eucry
one
feele in
their
own
côfciences do fufficiently
teach vs,but the
means
wherby
we fhould be reconciled
vnto
God
whom wee
haue offended,
as
they
are
fet
downe
in
his
word,namely,tlrat
the
fecond perfon in
Trinity
fhould
take
vpon
himmans nature and be
borne
of
â
pure
virgin,that in
this
nature
hee
fliould for
vs
performe perfect obedience
to
Gods
law,and
fuller
afilióion,miferv,
yea
death
it
felf to re-
concile
vs
to
his
father- and procure his
loue, to
free
vs
from
euerlafling death
and
damnation,and
to
purchafe
for
vs euer_
lafling life
and
happines,and
that
his
obedience
and
merits
fliould
beccme ours,by
reafon
of
that
vnion whereby he
be-
-
commeth
our head
& we his
members,which vnion
is
made
principally
by
his
fpirit,and
infirumentally by
faith,
doe
ally
feerne
firange,yea
abfurdto
humane
reafon
;
and
therfore the
.Apofile
faith,
that
the
natural
nun
perceiueth not the
things
which
are
of
the
J
irrt
:of
God,for.
they
are
f
oolifhnes
vnto
him,nei-
3her
can
be
know
thé,
becanfe they
are
finrituallyddifcerned;as
it
is
1.Cor.2.14.And ifhe
cannot know
and conceiue
themwhen
in the preaching
of
theGofpell they
are
reuealed
vnto him;
.
how
much
leffe
could
he
inuent them
hawing
neuer
heard
of
them
?or
who
can
imagine that
in.policyhe would hauedeui-
cd..fuch
a
religion to
keep
the world
in awe and obedience,
as,