IIunràne Inventions: not, &c: fence ofthe fulneffe of the God -head in Christ, that he is a. bnndantly able to fill all that come unto him. CHAP. II. Declaring the vanity of joiyniag humane Qbrervations to Ch'vift Jefisw. UT firfl ofthe termeof connexion,the particle For, ren- 1ring the zeafon why we fhould abilaine from all for - raigne and ifrange guides to dire& us, from all the rotten pillars of humane inventions to fupport us, . and from the broken Cifterne of all the traditions and . obfervations of men to fill us, to perfea us, to promote the welfare of our foules ; for, or becaufe in Cori ft there it as fulneJfe, and there fore no caufe, no need of flepping out from Chrifl, of cafl- ing our eyes abroad on other lights,ofjoyning other things to Chriíl, ofmixing and mingling other things with Christ. Whence we learne, that Such it Chrifis fulnef e; that mrn ouOt not to ioyne to him other poíirines and,Obfervationr to further their eternall happineffe. Such is the fulnetl-e of the light of the Sun, that the traveller need not joyne a candle of his ovine thereunto,to help him in his travell. Such was the fulneff of light iffning from the fiery Pillar, that the Ifiaelites needed not the lightof any Lamp befides to guide them in their journeys to the Land of Ca naan : Such a,fiery Pillar,. fuch a bright and fhining Snn is Ghrift, . that we need no other light to guide us in all our doings, in all our progreffe to the heavenly- Canaan, but onely Chrifi fhining in the facred Scriptures, and in the la- boues of his faithful Minisl rs:Therefore we are fens to him, as to the only e Matter, having both authority & wifdom to command and iniru& us.This was commanded by the voice from Heaven,f Heare hint ; as if the Lord had Paid, I will not that yee depend on any other, whether Mo fes or Elias, but on Chrift.Mof es and Eli:asvanifhed,Chrift'remainpd; the Gere- i monies of the Law were abolifhed, the`predi6tions of the Prophets fulfilled, Chi ill alone remaineth, and him we muti heart ; as , a. Scholler his Teacher, receiving all inflru &ion B 3, . from T. Terminus con nex: enis. Dour. e M; t. t3.9i io. f Mat.t7 5.
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