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Tentation.c taken
from
the exrlliites
or
MiniJ1ers
anfivered
gels
in refpedt
oftheir
purity and perfe&ion
:
but
as
they
are
flefh
and blood,fubiect to
al
humane frailty;as they
are
borne
in
fanne
and defiled
with originali corruption,
fo
are
they
as
prone
as
others to
fai
into
al
a
&ual
tranfgrcflions,iftñe Lord
reflrainc
them
not.
Neither
tuff
we imagine
that
learning
and
knowledge
do indue
nien
with
fanótification and the
E-
lting,
graces
ofGods
fpirit, for then
\vce
might
attaine
veto
them
by
our
fludie, labour
and
induarie
;
whereas
the
Scrip-
tures teach
vs
that
they
are
Gods
free
gifts which
he
bellow_
cth
on
whom
he will;
then
it would follow
that
he
who
is
in-
clued
with mon knowledge
and
learning,
fhould
alto have
Moil
grace and
fan
&ification, whereas our ovine
experience
teacheth vs,that
many
ofthe
greatef}
Doctors
ofthe
world
Bend
their
liues
in
al
voluptuouspleafures andlicentieufnes.
What
then
?
do
thefe men
teach
one
thing
and beleeue
ano-
ther
?
Surely
it may bee the
cafe
ofmany,
for faith eommeth
not
by
variety
of
knowledge, neither
is
it
tied to learning
;
but
it
is
the
free
gift
ofGod
bellowed
as
wel yea and
as
often
allo,
vpon the
fimple fifherman
as
vpon the learned Pharifie
;
and therefore
though
they
haue
fuch
great
learning
and
knowledge,
that they
are
able
to
inflruc`t
others
and
defend
the truth
againfl
all
oppofers,yet
may
they be
as
hard
hearted
and
full
ofinfidelitie,
as
the moll
ignorant
and
fottial
in
the
world.Shall then their
hardnes
of
heart
and
infidelitie moue
vs
to
call
the
truth
ofGod
which they
deliuer
into queflion,
as
though
it were
a
matter doubtful whether it
is
the
word
of
God
or no
?God
forbid.Nay,let
God
be true and every man
a
liar. For their owne
confciences are conuinccd
ofthis
truth
though not
perfwvaded,and
the Lord hath giuen them
ties
to
fee
it,though not
harts
to
beleeue
it;to
the
end
that the
praife
ofour
faluation
may
wholly
bee afcribed to
his
owne free
grace,who
calleth and
iuffifieth,fan6lifieth and faueth
whom
he will,and
not
vnto
humane
learning or knowledge,
which
maybe
attained vnto
by
mans induflrie and
labour.
§.Se1.3.
It
maybe
alto
that theft
who teach one
thing
and
pracrfife
That'n,t
tear..
the
cleane
contrarie, doé
notwithflanding
beleeue,
that
is,
ning,but
Gods
know
andgiue
their
aífent
to
that
which they
deliuer;
but
,(pint
jrccth vs
this
generals
faith
is
incident
as
well
to the
diuels
themfelues
as