Of :fudging. Ofknovledgeand ignorance; 357 ulatterie had killed all fooles ; for weewill forchore twoaffeólionsaccompt all wire. So andpatterie whenPilate hued hewas counted wife, butnow bee isdead, Pilate was'afoole. Soof De- when it prai' mas andSohna. This isthe triumph of wifedome abouefollie ; thataswifedome is iuftif_leih, m"ft he edof herchildren;fofoohi/hneffcii condemnedofherchildren. They condemnethe fame to¡fe." things that theydo. HeredIalongas hehued, wasaccountedwife, andwas a King, and IohnBaptiflafoole; but nowboth bedead, Herod isa foole, and foconfeffethofhimfelfe, and lohnBaptiilisaSaint. So was Dinas Claudius Nerowhileft beehued wife, andPaula foole; but nowheis Nero the tyrant, and Paulholy S.Paul. Thereafonof this is, forthat we are ledde byprefent things. So longaswe hue togetherwith them, feare and,hope are (topples for ourmooches,fo that nolnancan heare,what he is indeed beingprefenr, till he beedead and gone from among vs. Theythat follow (hall pronounce thetrueth ofvs. Chrift faith, Rekycewhen menfpeal e euül ofyou,for fodidyour fathersofthe Prophets. r3 Gutturallpraifes mutt not bee gmen to God. It isan cafie thingto affoord agood Theheft kind.e thinga good worde, to cric EngemadeTamar. The Prophet faith, the wicked are onely wódbut in- mouthed men , they fprinkle it with a little court-holy-water: It is a precie(hip, but they deedtocorn- will not goe in it : they crie,Lorde,Lorde, but yet theydoe nothing. Whenthe women mend cryedouttoChrift, Bleffedare thepappesthatgaue theefinks, Nono;faithhe, Bleffed arethey that heart theftworeeand 551e them. Let theworkc fpeake and commend it felfe, not lie that whenheheated' a good thing, ftraightbreaketh out intoglorious praifes, his affebtion is fohotte : buthe that is fo ftricken with it, that he is part praifng 5 fo muting of it, that the fenteof it appeared' in his life long after. They count Paulawifeman, butbehind the doore theylaugh as Saraidid. Socrates.Praifeme that 'may feeec: forourpraifeis,toglue Lindavivi. " a teftimoniethat we like it,butthat isthe belt teftimonie, ifwe followit ; for ifthou didit dean. thinke it to be truewifedome, thouwouldeltfollow it. CHAP. 44. Ofknowledgeandignorance, and hod tofakeGod, andofSathansfophrlrie, ere. Nowledge and othergifts ofGod notfantifedkeepevs from the fight of finne, ß and perfvade vs that theywill excufe vs fromwrathto come, vntill our finnes be pulled out by the cares. Knowledge mull goe before obedience,obedience muff followafter knowledge with a Icheerefulnes. 3 TheEgyptians-by all Godswondersmight haue knowne him, butthey confdered not his works,fo they refutedknowledge;therefore the Lordbyagreat deftrutlion would make themfeele that heewas God indeed : which may teachvs to get knowledge, while themeanes are offered, for ifwewill notknow him while he lhewethhimfelfefauourable, we (hall certainly knowhitn toour ownefearefull condemnation. 4 All our . difobediencecommetho fthis,thatweknownottheLord. Andwherefoe- uer theword of theLord is, bee will mouetliole that behisto beleeue, though hehide the fame thingsfrom thewife of the world. S Therein nonealmolt but at one timeor other doPeek God ;though the common fort, How we e"gbt at the laft calf inextreame danger,when healthand friends faile them,go tohim. ButMa- toreek¿eGod, lake faith, God is a King, and will banehisfemoritie : and inthis orderof feekingmany andhowmany goodtnen are deceiued, for fo theydeale not fallly, they thinke theymayfcratch worldly Pekehim per, riches, but theLordwill nothauevs take the flier of worldly thins, before gold of god_ "°'1y' linche 5 neythermuftthe leruantfirftwake fonte homes onhimfe lfee, and chien on lass ma- leer, but contrarily;becaukas there isafeeking,foin reekingthere isan order : Andthis is Gods prerogatiue tobe fought firft, Matth.z3. hee is a foole whichthinks thegold of the temple,that is riches, better then the piety in the temple;which lanétifieth riches. Salomon ehaïremalt beour direaion. Abraham fought obedience beforehisowne countrie; lofeph and
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