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?ent
mans
taken
from the
euill
hues
of
Minters.
in
hisfull
b'rightneffé; for
that light
which they inioy
is
fur-
frcient;though not
fo
glorioufly
bright
as
when
it
fhineth
in
his
full clecrcnefl
;fo
we
muf
}not,
negle& the conforming
of
òur
felues
to the
Scriptures,
becaufe wee
cannot
fee
them.
fhinc
in
their owne glorious
brigghtnes,
as
they were
penned
by
the infpiration
of
the
holy Ghofi
in
the original
language
(for
as
well may
a
painter
expreffe
in
his
table
with
artificiali
colours
the glory
of
the
Sun,
as
any man
liuing
can expreffe
that
perfe
&beautie
and diuine
glory
which
fhinethin the
naturall
phrafe
ofholy
Scriptures
in a
tranflation) but
rather
wee
are
to inioy the benefit
of
this
glorious fhining
Sunne
of
Gods word, though
the brightneffe
be
as
it
were vailed
and
fomewhat
fladowed
with the cloud
of
another
lan=
guage;
for
notwithf}andiug,through
it
they
tine
and
afford
vs fuch
light,
as
may bee
fufficient
to guide
and
direst
vs
in
the
waies
ofholineffe
and
righteoufneffe, which will
bring
vs
in
the
end
to
eternall
glory
and
endleffe
fclicitie.
XXIII.:
Satan'tentations
taken
from
the
cad
limes
of
the
Mustier:,
anf:,rered.
Nd fo
much
concerning
the
obieetions which
That
Satan
by
'
Satan
maketh againfl the
Scriptures
them
-
di
7racin
the
f
g
,
Ts
felues,to the end
he
may make men negle&
to
Msntßersfee-
,
1
h
care
and
read
them.
But
if
this will
not
preen
keacet
their
uaile,then hee leaueth
to
difgrace
the
word
it
°race
,niwiftery.allfa.
felfe,
and feeketh by difcrediting the
Minifiers
thereof,
to
make
them to contemne their Miniflerie;
and
to this end
he
vfeth all
his
skill
to draw
them
into
foine groffe and fcanda-
lous finne, and
'to
neglect
that
do6rine
themfelues
which
they
teach
vino others, (hewing
in
their
liues
and
conuer_
fations,
neither
zeale
of
Gods glorie, nor
delire
of
their
neighbors good;and
when
he
hath attained vnto
his
purpofe
in force, he
thinketh it
a
ful
cient
ground
for the flander
of
al,and
a
notable
foundation
whereupon he may build amofl
pernicious
temptation}
Art
thou
fo
foolifh(s
ill he
fay)as
to
thinks_