ThePreachesplea. 499 hisowne conuerfion,hemayfaybribawdvponb mowthi ,and inthe truth of his pro 30.32. fouleMay fay:Not moo theeOLord, not onto thee,bwt mouthy namegiuotheglorr?t. ktfa,ufa. Thivis the fumme : the reafon Why the Lordhods thought good ro commend thehearing ofa Preacher , aboue other courfes, for thecallingofvsFrom the owerofdarImf,ioiothoK8g4Qmoofhis4mro Soon, 1, is,becau(eitmakerhmot/ 1Colt,13: for the fetting forth of Gods glory , which is the thingchiefely refpceted by him, and forwhichheemade all thingsm, even tothis very end, that all Being mPtou.26.4i ofhim, andthroughbins, andfor kin', tohimmightbegloriefor mero. Ifit were left n Rom, 11.36. ',port man, By bia owne wijdome tofindsout God in theiVidome of God., in the ° Cort't, 'pride ofhisheart, fearinghisown difparagement,he would neuer makechoife ofpreaching, (forwee fee how theworld in the wifdome thereof, lothmien fcorne it) but hec would eitherdrowne himfelfein the puddle ofignorance, as themohdoe,orells techto hisowne induflrie, as many doe, uponwhom this eurfeiullly falleth , that they become valise to theirimaginetions, and whentheypro. fiffethemfeluet wife >proauemeurefeeler e, thinkingtbey knowmuch, but yetknowing pRs.r.at,sa ',whinge: they ought toknow a. Ifthis reafon cannot farisfie thole, whowill needs Y r Coral, :haue reafon of Gods ordicance, I know not what will fatisfie them. Once ,amfure, thatas many ashaue learned the11th leIbes of Chriflianity, todoge rtobe9.2,3° themfelues , and to vnderftand eccording to febrietyt, they will yeeld to this' RO 4r2'3° truth, andbyyeelding, nodoubt they (hailhaue comfort. Nowwhereas wee are thought to rake toomuch upon vs , fie often as wee endeauour to make knowne the worth and excellencyofour Office , it is a metre flander : For ; hope weehaue learned repreaeh not ourftluen , boa aryl feline, and to account tacor.q our feints no more then The tAtunfiersbywhom yre butane.. Wee confeffe u r Co 4.9. the inereafe., to be the Lords : wee Icicle the purifying andopeningofthe heart? xVertex. oncly to God: God forbid that wee fhoulddare (as it were) to encroachupon y Afts a f.p. theLords right,feeiagweeknow thatht iescisosismGoof= ,andwi// Notglue hieglo.a.Eood.soi. Meta411440 . This isour opinionof our'feluesheerein, and if any man bee atf.7'4a?I To fufpicious, or fobadly conceitedof vs, that herwill not otherwife bee per. (waded, lethim remel tber that Lout thinketb not mat': And yet I muffneeds b t Çour3i3: adde this allo , thatfo is the Lordpleafed tobleffe the laboura of painefull nifiers inhisChurch,that hevouchiafeth them the nameofGode labourers e,nay el Cot.; 9. whichis more , Workerstogether withhirgraeea7 and fastenof them whiebheard' Cor,6.t. tbemet The Lord for thegracing and crediting ofthejnfirument, and ro pie. 'iTim.44 (erne it from conrempt,attributeth that to ir, which is inhis owneonly pow- ertoe ffeft. Tell met now?Whether this anfwet doth in your opinion Ocoee this grandobieftion Nymph. elonanweeldtkinke , thee tbir'whichyenhem Poke",Amidflop tkeir meutbes whichareótherwifeminded btoyetthey As replyendfay,That youdoemuch firairen the graceand power ofGod, and feeme as it were to ryethe working ofGods Spitít(whicbyetblowéth where it liheth f)toyourtongues :as though ¡wino; without preachingthere were nofaluation : whereby you feeme alto to cut 'themdense offfromany hopeof Heauen , whicheitherheretofore haue wan- eted,or,nowenioy notthecommonandordinary vfeof Preaching. Epaph. It is not wrong done vetothegracedGod , to limit)t to thole meanes,whichGod inhis wifdome huhfet apart , for the conueyancethereof onto vs.W henpool was in hisdangerous Sea-voyage, in thenighttherefloed by km theoAngelofGod,laying; Lo, godbathlimn unto theeall tbatPylewiththem: yet notwithftanding, when as afterwards, The tilfariwert were about tofye gAâs eat of the Sbippe, and had let dawns the Boat into theSea, purpofely to make an efcape And feed to the Ceneuria4 and Souldiert : Except theft abide in the Skip,yecannot befafeh Didpaalhereinhraiten the Almighty powerofGrid ,verfy3o.3a inlaying, there could bee no fairy without the flaying of thofe Mariners in the Ship? Was the Lords hand fhortened, that hee couldnot deliver, Yy 4 but
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