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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,