0 f theWordofUod. 447 à man,vnleffethey be fòolcs or children, orfuch aswill bewilfirlly ignorant: fo betweene Soma', the worksofGodand the lying wondersof the diuel,thereare fo timenotes of difference thatall may eafily difcerne them , but thole that /huttheir eyes that they may not lee, and hardentheir heartsthat theycannot vnderftand.The children ofGoddo recei ue fach tvif. dome from aboue,and filch knowledge Both the Lord in mercie beftow vpon ncetn, that they are able todifcerne thefpirtts,to trie theirworks, whether they beof God orno, and tokneetrue do lrinefrom thefalle. And'albeit the Lord fometimescorreétingthem for their /Macs, doe fuffcr them for a while to be deceiued, andthat theymight hate falfe- hood the more, doth let them a little bedeluded therewith : yet becaufe the trutltof God it cannot faile, noran hatre of their heads pertfh, it is impoíGble that they íhould for everfall away ; it is' impoflible that they thould finally be, deceiued, and become open enemies ofthe trueth, orobftinate maintainers of a lye. Secondly, the Lord did neuer raite .vp filch extraordMarie workmen,or fliew filch extraordìnarie workes, but it was either to confinase the doétrine that had been taught,to getfurther credit esito it,orelfe tomake itmoredeere, and to giue a greater light vitro the facie : As weefee in lrlo- s, who came to bring the law vnto this people, not a new law, nor contrarie to that which was before , but hee renued it, confirmingandmaking it more ch:ere, and that which they had before,deliuered from hand to hand,that heegaue in tables,&that which they afore had .praihifed,he giueth forthvnto them now in precept. For by the whole fro- rieof Genefis it is Toone perceiued,thatnot only the moral lawcontained in twoTables, The fo0'osrail but menthe ceremonialland the iudiciall law wereknowne unto Abraham, and others Was betre that hued beforethe law,itwas neuer lawfull for then tohaueany more godsbut one on- ly `r'aod ob- fcrued ìn rbe and trueGod, and fo confequently that hispure-worfhip,which wasaccording to his aura,before will.The Sabbotlrwasobferued andkept notonly inParadice, butevenofthe llraelites, it wuiwritteik when theywere inEgypç,beforethey came tothewilderneffe : which they could not bane Aone,hadtheynot received it by traditions. The duties allo in the fecondTable wereas common,and as well known as any otherswere.And when wereade inGenetsof Netts, and Altars,andfacrifices,diff rencesbetweenecreáneand vncleanebealts,&c.icclodseals- ly appeare that the lubltanceofthe ceremoniall lawwas long beforeMops his tiìne: the death ofadulterers,and thepunifhment ofnmrtherers,doe plainlydeclare chat they had the politicall law before thedaies ofAlofès; and that hewasnot thefirlli giver thereofveto the people:he taughtthereforeno new orftrange dooirìne,noryet contrary no thatwhich wasbefore.He wasonly themeanes toconfirme it,and tomake it morecalmly to bevnder- ftood,forhedelivered it inplainer maner than it Was deliuered wilcothe Fathers.The Pfc., pliersdid expound it more plainly than he,and aseueryProphet was more neerethe time of Chr h;fo did he bringgreater light to that whichwent before. John Bapi >i f had cleeret reuelations than anyofthe Prophets.For our Sautour doth prefer him before them, not in refpeif ofhis perfon,but in relpecaofhis office &calling: but the Lord le! itseven cur God and Sauiour,and our only Prophet'ofall others,hath brought molt cicere lighr,whsch lie bath revealedandmadeknowne vnto the world,both by himfelfe,and hisApofiles:whole Epiftles and writings arebymanydegrees more plaine andman ifeft than the writingsof theProphetsWhich were beforethein.And do wenot feè,that toce thetime that the Lord The light of beganto renue thelight oftheGofpell, and to deliuer vs (as it were) from the darkncIfè, the°dpeu thdt old wherewith wewere wellnéere apnre (fed?Do eye notfee,I fay¢hátgreater light lochmore tben,iftlófPa= and snore appeare, and that manyrhino's arenowmoremanifcft thaii they bane been :n pore. former times and ages?Moreouer, the lawhad teliitnoniefrom thecouenant made with Äbrahetm;Ifoarand Iacob.TheProphetsdid prone theirdobîrine by thelaw,and thecone- nants,and ourSauioutbath his witnc(le out oldie Iaw and theProphets: andhis Apostles did drawtheirproofefrom all. The law is intlieGofpell, and the Gofpell in the law : and therefore whofoeuer shallnot make their do&rine agreeable to-the law and the Gofpelly they may,nor ought not robe received : but in thebo ldneffe ofGods good ipirir, we may fay wiéhß.Patol, Let thembe accurfeeLfortheLord is not contrarie,nor vnlike to himfelfe.. As thefpirit fpakein oldtime inth&Parriarkes andProphets, fo 1pake her in theApostles ofour Saviour Cbrift,and fo will bee fpeake to his true feruants and miuifters tothe end q2 of
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