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z
Tentatiesn
taken
from
the
cud
lilies
of
illiniflers,anfivered.
keth
erreCluall
to whom
he will
by the
inward operation
of
his
holy fpirit,
by
whornfoeuer
it
is
dcliuered;
and
being
thofe
rniniffers
which
are
moil
holy and vertuous cannot
-at
their
plea
litre
irifufe
grace into their
hearers
;
for
Pam/
may
i.Cor.3.3'.
j,1
nt,and
Apoilosm.ay
mater,(r:t
God
-meth
the isacrea[;fo
that
neither
the
one
nor the other
are
any
thing
in thentfelues
without
Godsblellîng;
fceing
alfo
thofe
who
are loofe
and
vicious,if
they truly preach the
truth
it
felfe,
cannot
by
their
badneffe
hinder
Gods
ordinance,
but that
corr,tning
from
their
rnouthes
it
will be
effecrluall
for
the
connerf-.on
of
men
vnto
God,and
the
eternal'
faluation
ofthofe that
bcleeue;for
though
vnto
himfelfe
it
be
but
a
dead
letter,
yet the fpirit
of
God
may
giue
life
veto
it in thofe
who
receiue
it;and
though
he
preacheth
for
glory
or gain, or for enuie and
f+rife,yet
we
Phil. r,
/5%18,
mut+
with
the
Apof
+le
reioyce
that
Chrifl
is preached
any
man-
ner
o
fwal',and reape the fruit
thereofto
our eternall
comfort.
Laf+ly,
feting
the
vvifdome
of
God
thinketh it good to
fend
ambafladors
ofboth
forts,fanólified and
vnfàn
&ified,and
of
tentimes maketh the word
in
the mouth
of
a
faithful' and
godly
minif+er
the
fauour
ofdeath
unto death,
and
the
fame
word
in
the mouth
ofone
who
is
voide
of
grace
and
fanc`lifh-
cation the
fauour
of
life
vnto life,
to
the
end
that
we
fhould
not
depend vponman,but
wholly
ref+
and relie
our
felues
vp-
on Gods own ordinance, giuing
and afcribing
vnto
him
the
whole
glory and
praife
of
our conuerfion
and
faluation;
let
not
Satan
perfwade
vs
to thinke
the worfe
of
the pure
word
ofGod,becaufe
of
his
corruption who
deliuereth it:for
what
were
this
but
to
refufe
a
comfortable
ambaffage
from
agra-
cious
prince,
becaufe we diflike
the
qualities
of
the ambafla-
dours? what
were
this
but
to
fcorne
to
receiue
a
kind
letter
from
a
lowing
father,
becaufe
the carrier
loth
difrleafe
vs
?
what
is
this
but to
refute
a
rich
treafttre,becaufe
it
is
brought
vnto
vs
in an
earthen
veffell
which
is
fraile and brittle?
what
is
it
but
like proude beggers
to
refufe
-the
bountiful'
aimes
of
a merciful' prince,
becaufe
it
is
deliuered vnto
vs
by
an
Am-
ner
who
is
couetous
and
hard hearted
?
Yea,what
is
it
but
to
croffe
our
Sauiour
Chrif+s expreffe
commandement,
who
commanded
all
to
heare euen
the
Scribes
and
Pharifes
who
fate