. `f'he Preachersplea. 519 areal! direenbyinffirationocGod r, fo that thereisnothing in themofaay primate t %Tim.;.IE: motion.: but as for thewritings and preachingsofmen , they are not to beere- ua Pera.:o, diced before they betried whether they are ofCrodt. Thus muchwillingly is at- z *1° e' knowledged : but yet after this triall made , andby thedaily [urchins of the ScripturesY, tholethings which in preaching are deliuered, are found to beefo ; y ANs 17.11. thenthe doarines, though drawneoutof theTetchy theartand wit of man, and otherwifeamplified, enlarged, and vrgedby the helper of learning , are not tobe calledtheopinionsofa man, but theworAsofGd1lt isagoodrule 0fZ, Po9.1t. the learned/hat thofepehoswhich are colludedoat ofthe Scréptsre,areof e oaken,pñia2`J with thefe whichare ehreklywritren in et. WhenPm/being at Theffplonicawent in- ea queex to the fynagogueoftheIewes, and d1útedwith them 6y the Scriptàres .Ihopenoseript.rem- manwill fay, but that thofe things whichheebyargument and difcourfe drew guatar atque out Of the written word , wereof equal) authority with points expreifelie buÑt rpart mentioned. 'Taut pleading before Agrippa,ftoodfliffely to the iúftifyine ofhis N`Z lib.7:de doctrine, becaufe he hadraidno otherthings hattholewhich theProphets and Mutes7óealo . didfayfhouldcame b. His dotrinewas the fame with the doctrine of Mofes and oral Or yea- the Prophets yet not inwords,butinfenfe and fubftance. And the fame Apo- Or' ftleis not afraid to call his preaching she eweefellof Gods; though it Werein re- `AftsrTs' ardofthe tenorandcourfeoff eech,differingfromtheex reffeletterofthevArbavór. $ p P b:Aks zása. text. Audhee commendsthe Theffalonians , becaufe they receneed ofhim the c lifts as. a7. Wordofprerichies,aota the ;Fademen, tet(ereitei indeed )the WordofGodd.IfitIhall d,Thofa.:3. be raid vntomer, that thete isadidcresce betwixtoar Sermonsand absle, I willingly confeffe it; but yeti fay,that evenPealsSermons were fubieft tothe like triall that ours be, as appearethby the praRifeof the Noblemen ofBerea., a A05 17.11, And therefore as his preaching wasnot tobee efteemed asthe wordof God, till trial!, ,and being tried, was equaByrebe reuerenced as the written Word itfeif: foneither are outfermons tobebyand by credited vpon our bareword, but to be thorowly examined:but being once found tohold at the touch-hone, then they arefo tobee reputedGods word, that it maybe ffeIyfaid, Heeehat *Hear credit and refpeft to matters foundlyprooued by Scripture, and topointsex-. preffed in it,weThal hazard the truthofmany, and the fame no petty principles ofreiigion,whichI know are fubftantially confirmed by the Scripture, but yet arenot word for word fo tobe found in the fatted text, as we maintainethem. I rememberS. lames giuethento thatfpeech ( Theffirittbatisini ',,laflethafter ensy)the titleofScripture si Who can (hewmein whatpart of the Bible that is written:I confeffeit maybe iuflifiedby thofe placesofholyWrit,inwhich the 'b w'f'"T'` naturallcorruption ofmans heart is reported :but vvord forword, fare I am it cannot be found,whichis a plaine proofe that it is not limplyvnfitting.toterme that (Godsword) whichbeing by due colleftion deriued from it,yet is not ex prefly, and in the fame formeofwords,inwhich it is deliuered , written in it: As for that whichis faid, that reading delitiereththeWordofGodinitowne proper forme it is idle: for(to fpeakeftrifily) that which is read inour Chur- ches, isnot GodsWordinitowneproper forme. The proper formeorlhape (for in that ob iedhion,the word forme fignifiethfo much)ofthe Scripture is the language in which it was firftwritten. Now as it is true, that albeit theHe. brew andGrease text ofScrinture, befimply better thenour Englilh (becaufe the writersof i t had that infallible afli )lanceofthe holy Gholl,which óareran. (arors hadnot)yet in refpef ofvs,andfor our vfe,theEnglifh is thebetter,be- canfeour vulgarpeople vnderfland it better; fo, although theWord read dotli come neerer tothe untrue forme, and [nape,and Rileof Gods Word, then the 'vVordpreached, yetfor our behoofe, the Word preached is the$etter, both becaufe it furthereth our vnderftandiug efthe text,andefpecially(which is the thiefething) becaufe it is Gods ordinance, bywhich to bring vs o beleeue., Aaa'3 And
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