g:$8 `I'hePreachertplea: Nymph. It is truethatyoufay, far ttitneownepart Ieonfella it : butJet ignerante tail( rep/yandfay ; Will you thenvrge vpon euery common man the knowledge of euery point which inpreaching you deliver? that reelecth very vureafovablea neithercan men thatwant the helpesof learning attaine vnto it, and will note good meaning make a fupply for all this ? Epaphrae. Howvnreafonable it may feemein menseies,to be.vrged to loch eXabtknowledge , I cannot tell : this I am fare of, thatwe that a: e Miniffers, A&sso.:p are charged to fbewthe people the whole connfell if God. , and not aekeepe award sicaad,:. backsIfwecannot bedifpenfedwith tokeepefec terany thing,howthat] it be tolerablein the people to negiettthe knowledgeofthat, whichweare bound by venue ofour commaon todeliuer? Itwas but an idle prayeroftheApo.. b Cof.tg tile, on the behalfe of the Colo(flans , tobegofGod that theymight befnlfilled , tPlvl r.g,tq with knewledgeofGodswithin dim+fdome andfpirioiallvnderfiandingb:orfor the Phi. lippians, that theymight aboundinal ludgcment, aoddrfeeroe thing: timedJeres I lay theft were bn idle wlihes,iffo be, that full meafure ofknowledge is not requiredofeuery Chador). And iffomecertainerudiments and as it were fhreds ofknowledge were fufficient, theHebrews might well haue complai. nedofwrong, inthat they were fofharpely cenfured for theirbeingaullefbea. ring, and forthat they flillafterfomuchteaching neededrhefrrftpr ,nciptes ofthe dHeb.pii,13 werdafGodd. And fate, if itbevnreafonabletoergemen toknow fomuch,we snail (which wereblafphemy) challenge thewife God asanvnnecelfarybur- denerofmankind, whohatheeuealed fomuch. As is is curiofity to enquireIn- to that which Godbathconcealed, fo it is vnthankfulnes not totakç notice of eRoetrsq. wharfoeaerhe bath leftwriti enfor oarl eáraing° Thefeerettbingtbelsegto theLand oar God,butthe thing, retiealedbelonst: vs androair childrenfur esser,faiihthe Scrip fDeùt. asay. rarer, I ceofeffe,thatifaman might atrain to the ageofAdethsfelah,who lined g cen.t.17.. nice hundredf luty sadnineyesres t, and Ihould in that (paceequallhisdiligence in Ptal1 i .g7 fearchingtheScriptureuntoDaxid,whomad:: it hismeditation continually h, yet ^nany things would efcape him ,andhe fhouldwhen he had dentall, befaine to Maxima' pars confeffe,ehat thegremeeflyawofthat whichheknewetb,te net ehe!talipartofthat which legequo16 be knuwethuse, Butwhat then? becaufea man whenhe bath donehis bcftcan- museJtmim' not knowall, (hall he therefore notlabour toknowany thing? God forbid. Ignoranceb akindeofneceilit may feeme tohonefomeencule but VAR, qua:gtla>awus, y Y Y t tarynegle&ofthat whicliamanmayknow, cannothautfo trenchana colour ofallowance. t Nymph. lkrtewwbatfamewillfay, nametyrbatby Wit,youwill bindcommas moire ötas canning &yaserfibres. Epaph As for that,I caneafilyanfweritoImay lawfullywi(has(-Weisdic4 i s.ay. that all theLordspeoplewere'Propbets,dtc,yet I knowtoo thatthat exadlanddi- f}iuftknówledgeis notrequiredofall men,whichisneceftaryin aDiuine. But Maisefcìmtia what then? Althoughthere bea larger meafure of knowledgerequifite in a ae fI as rrbtta Preacher,theninaprivateman,yetthe matterstobeknown(Ifpeakeofpoints p46 nece(iarytofahaation) are the fameboth fora Patter andfora initiate Chriffi- ktpkss. an. Fix (as the Apontefaith") thereis hit one Faith, which is therefore called Thoan,Aquin Doe, becaofe it is but one and thefamething, whichis robebelieued ofall the Pju°G`ba` faithfull fo that whatfoeueraDinineought toknow, for thefaluaeiogofhis foule, rhefnmt is euery biber man toknow for thefaluationofhisfouleallo; ¡Titus ce. That Faithfallward s,which the one is toheldf4's', the otheris toholdfaff like. es Rena.at. wife; As the Milliner mull impreuethegmin-faper ^, fomm4 the commonbelee- ,,Tinn s.s, tier contendearneffyfartbemaintenanceoftheFaitha ,evenasthe General!andthe o'udc 3. commonSouldier fight inone quarrel',thoughmore militaryskillbe expr ed p.pha'1', ofthe one then ofthe other : you that are hearers ought ro comprebenelPand isia,,' conceinethem It o saline!' though(perhaps)notfosleerel aswe LatiaKrsdl- y f8 . truly ,' y !unction. that are Milliners.
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