36o OfKnowledge. Ofeliracles. count of knowledge : wee canbee content to fitte at Rome by the fire, rather then to come abroad to heare; or ifthe diuell giue vs kaue, and wee get fo much mafterie of thedinell, thatwee come to thefermon, yet Ileepe ouertakes vs; andwe areas good asabfent; or elfeaf weebeewaking , wee.goe awaybefore it be done; or if weetarne, as Toone as wee bee gone weecommitall to forgetfulneffe. And fo if with want of know- ledge wee bemerciful)and true dealers ,. it is but after our owne braine, and becaafe the Lorde lathnot planted, the Lorde will roote it out. Theende of all is,ifmen will not growe in the knowledge of God hiswill, they (hall neuer come to the knowledge of God,that is, they (hallnot know Godhis metric,Godhis trueth,glory andblefednefe, neyther will heeeuer.knowevs. For aswithout the knowledge of Gods will , there is not, nor (hall bee any knowledge of God, fo if wee: know not God, God will neuer know vs. r t Whenwe (hall beioyned toGodtheFather, the Sonne,and theholy Ghoft, then !hall we know, asweare knowne, then thallallteares bee wiped from our eyes,then (hall our infirmities be taken from vs,then (halwe dwell withthe Angels, andwithallthe 'lofts of heauen in molt happie blell'edneffe it felfe. Wee feenow by this cham e,notforgedby ourownebraine', but framedout of Gods worde, that hee is tideedWelled whom God choofeth,whom aria redeemed'',whomthe Spiritrenewed), whotnfaith flayed', whom the worde, Prayer, Sacramentes and Difciplinebuilde vp inthe Lorde, in whom faith breedeth peace , peace finceritie, frnceririeloue, loue a feare of difpleafing,'and a care ofpleating God, in whom this care (Irked' to a mortification in pouertte of minde, this pouertie comming from a mourning heart, pofèffedina mee4e,fpirite, and afpi- ring to true righteoulnefe, all their, thinges beemg ioyned with' fanft,fication, which lamenteththe frames of others, and relieueththewants ofothers, knowing to vie pprofperitie and aduerfitie aspledges of-Gods fauour : and vndoubtedly lookingfor the kingdome of heauen in the life to come. If any of thek linkesbeemiffing, thechoke is broken , if anyof thefe members bee wanting, the bodie of blelfedríeffe is lame and difinembred. CasP.45. 0 f e`'V'iracles, andhorn god norketh n ithouc and bymeanes,andholà ibeought toattend on themeaner. 1.King.r ;.5.6. -_ ? < « He Miraclesthat were wrought in the Church , were partlyin Hisbandwar G . mercie,and partly iniudgement,asin turninglercboamshandm- driedvp',and toleprofe, and into cleane. Aefltagaine : but the miraclesagainit reftoredta bins : _ /Egypt were only in judgement. agame. 3 a Signes aregmen to confirmevs inthe worde, and árenot more excellent then st', if then theydraw vsfrom theworde,wce draw ,nuft Isolde their accurfed as 'well asthe falfeProphet, Deut.rx. draw men: of Traintberrue r. That which Pautfppeakethoftongues, r.Corintlr.chap . tq..istrue Godandbis of all miracles, whichair fsgnes tobeleeuers, which may teachvs ward: motto defre them : for if wee beleeue notMofes and the Prophets, neythher wouldwee a Thcfí.:.ro. beleeue if miracles were brought fromheauen. Sois it in theSacramentes, whichareor- tr' clamed to nourifh thatfaith which isin endred in vs by the worde ,'and therefore muff not bee feparated from the worde, nor efteemed abone the worde. For wee Mall then profite truely by Baptifine, when wee, in and by the worde, )hail bcWa hing
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