460 TheTreaders ple4. té haf. a commonman(hallattaine, andwhat vnderftandingheEhallhauen,tbemyJler, p ; 4 ofChriff . We hauea layingtouchingearthly things, that light gaines makes hcauypurees; we fhall Cutely find it truein this, he that(hall labour to grow ri- chereuerySabbath, butby one point, (hall before he is ware ofit, grow toa verycomfortable portion of theCaning knowledge of Gods truth. Nymph. Ihamvery care fally attendedt? this whichyen bauefpohen and/praif God lfindmachcomfort in it ; yet there to ape thi gbebind,which l hateflrU leaked for, which lambold topazyou tamindefleft yoa/houldforget it,and that ù touching thegood meaningwhich the commonfort fomuch trailInto : theyjay theirheartrsgood thy, J, their ,kdlbefma/1, andthcyhope that Godwillaccept it. 'privau ferricfie meinthisal. fo,aadthen 1 (hallbereafenablyfarnifbedagainft the pleaofthe ignorant. Epapb. You doe well to mind me ofit,howfoeuer I was even now ofmy (elfe u Luke a.15. ramming toit: Auhuuß 4udguudhurt is u thing ¡u thr eyes ofGod muche- aProu.a ;,a6. (teemed; andit is the fpeciall thinghe craueth ofvs, togme him om-heart. r yet generally,rhat which mencall agoodheart to God-ward, is nothing ielfe then that which itis called : for,fo long as a mans heart is a dul l,ignorant, vnregene- y ter. 17.94 rate, and vnreformedheart,iriswicheda6oarall things Y. Therecan be nogood. nell'e in that heart where there dwelleth grolfeana blockilh ignoranceof God z.Prou.Lee. andof his trnthtlrisnogood heart which/meth faol aes, andhaterknowledgeu, Mac' 1z, ;p. andca/lcth the wordofGod behind it a, It is no good heat t which ma.etb not the e1P,,,3..,. mouth tofpeake oat oftbeabundanceofit b and tobe able to gins areajaofthc hope db,,.;,,,. that is in it o. There may bee az.ealeofGodd, where there is no knowledge of God; butit is but abijad zeale,asd God elleemeth it not, Theywhich kil; and perfecute Gods feruants, may haue a kind ofgoodmeaning, and may thinke ejohn.x6.a, that info doing, theydoe God f erocite',yet thiscannothelpe them ; Io that mein aredeceiued in their good meaning : for no meaning is good,but that which is guided by knowledge; yea though the thingmeant be in it own, naturegood, yet ifthe meaner be not allured of the goodnelfeof it from Gods word, hin meaning isnaught, and that by the rule ofScripture-, which tellethvs, that fRom.I4,a ;, Wharfoeaerie not affaiih,Mfans f Nymph. I mall needsyeeld to thre thatyoufayy , thatit is true: aid yet me thinkee Perk,reE,carh it mfome:hat hard: far 1. remember 1haae read in agóoda/Iutber (whole Melomene Ithioleyaawillalfo appraiseof) that there aremanywho though theya;, igno- rant ta many things, yet they haueameusingoftrue faith, and that which is wanting inknowledge, is (implied inaffeCtion: phisua very comfortablefayiag, andtomyfeeming alp it doihfomewhat faum it the ceneeitwhichmen ham ofbeingexca. fed by theirgoadmeaning. Epaph. I doe approue ofthe Author you alleadge, as ofaworthy 1p.Ctru- ment to Gods Church: I agreeal Co to that which youhaue cited out ofhis rings r for (as hee alto faith) allmen bane aatthatfharpcneffe of conceit, and fag. me& of memory, to bee able to wads into thedepth of emery point , sued m remain. Whfcd,facra teremery particular. And indeed an exaaknowledge ofthe my@eries of Relj_ Icriptqucft.z.gion, foasto be able todifpute fchollerlikeofthem, is not requiredofeuery Augift.in lib, commonman : to which end is the fpeech of Saint Ategafline ;. It it not (faith rantraEp¡ft hee) the quickneffaofinedsrflaading, bui the fimpbcity of beleeuing which it fafefl £wd.oep4, foribe people : all this is true, butyet it maketh nothing for the defence of that brutiflr ignorance which men recite to colour withthe pretence ofagood mea, ning :for this rule, that goodaffcftionfupplyeth the wantofkaowledge,hol. dethonelyin thole, who hauing in force fmall meafure felt the fweetne(re of knowledge, doe labour to encreafein it. In fuch it is true, that theGncerityof the heart maketh akind ofrecompence for the defeelofknowledge :but,where there isa fetlmgofamans felfevpon the dregs ofignorance, withoutgrieving and forrowing for his own dulneffe,witheut caring and endeauor ingro thrive jua knowledge, there thisrulebathno place, there thepretended good meaning is
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