The Treat kenplea. 527- that it call themallinto mourning andweeping. 7hrrdy,ef¿oliar ll rrreierded,bthat b > Kingaa, the bare readingof the law canted him torend his clothes, and made hisheart a a,,, to melt away within him. Feerihlp, soon Faithitfalfeieaferibedvnto the aCfionofiohns o:;ta reading,o,Thefethings are wrirten,that ye 1hould beleeuea.Now(fay fome)tha which uwritten cannot makevrdefeats bntonelyby readmg. La/fly, our Suuourbidding VJ to f.archrise Scripture(andthatiefaytheywleicbvrgcehefeplatet,tereadrt)addsth, that f we [hall findeeternali lìfed. Here in t5efeplaeeJ yonfeethek owledgeofGod, dlohti149, théftbefGod,tbefeareofGod,tbeobedience ofGod,andeternalllifs with God,areex- preeyafcribedvote thebarereadingoftheward, evha therefore can denyRedding tobead' sffebìaallbtindefpreachmgtAfeerthiù manner Ihambeard theft, placerwged1prayyox droll me hew ra oefwerebrm. Epeph.I will fay something toeach place inorder,hoping to make itappeare onto you that no, e of themmake ought For the iuftification dithatfor which theyarealleaged.Andfiríl tothat ofDeuteronomy I aafwertwothings.Firft,that the lec)uellofthe argument(whichesthis,8yreadieg, thePare ofGod, and thee- IndienceofGadmay begotten,andtberefere Reading ïre an effeluallkindafprsaebing)is very weake:forby the famereafon,the publikc execution ofan offèt:dcr among the Iewes,might be laid tobean effeetual preaching,inafmuchas this fruit was Paidmould come mum by it,that allffraellfbauldheareandfeareotioddoso more troy fucb w,ck!dnefeeHere is Feare and Reformationintended to follow,and yet here e Doasr3:9i is nopreaching : vpon the fight ofthe mightypowerwbicbthe Lerdfeewedvpon the coat. Eg piians, itisfaid,thatthepeoplefearedtbelard'andbsleeeaedtheLord °,Herewaschap.t7,r1, bothFearsofGod, and Faith too; wastherefore the drowningof the Egyptians fExoda4.l c. in the fight of the Israelites, apreaching(properiy ?) Entryocca iron of furthe- ranceofgrace orCh i(iian venue is nor preaching: fecondly,t anfwer,that it Shall neverbe proved, c hat this reading prescribed in thisplace, yeas a bare rea- ding,a readingnot accompaniedwith thar,which elf -where is termed,acasting thepeepletovnderfiasd the readingg It is out of all queftion, that thole towhomgNthem.f.s. this chargeof readingwas giuen, and who were perfonally to performer it,wert the Priefri the fame, ofLoo, handwas it their fun&ion tobe only readces?wasit b Dem. 1 c. 9. nottht it duty to teach lamb Gedaoudgemcnts,and iliac/húlawiland innor toteach iDent43. ro. in euery mans vndeeltending afurther matterthen to reads, that is, todeliver the words as they hein the volumeofthe booke, & nomore?fo that the charge toread,had afartherreference, eues to thatlabour and bulinesofexpounding, which the Prieftswerebound to ioynewith their pub ike readings.This forthe firft place.Nowfor the fecond,touching the working oldie word readspot) le ftah,this I fay: firft,that lefiah was a beleeuer before:for this was in'theeighteeseh 'mirekofhis raigne, but hedidvprightlyieithe fightelite Lord' , even in thevery kaRingsag: firft entryintohis kingdome m : fothat thisexampletouching thepower ofthe 1Verre a. wordread,vponaman already conuerted,is not proper to our maine quellion, ar aChrog4g whichis concerning the meanes ofthe firfi begetting offaith in menshearts:fe- condly, that the times then were fomething extraordinary, Forby meanes of Maaaffes and Amsn,the grandfather and father oflafrab,the course of teaching was out ofvfe.Thc Priefiswere gonefrom theircbargesa.NoWwhen the vfuall as aCbru:gs.y meads is wanting, Godworketh otherwife, and bitflee' reading onlytoma- ny,who for the prefene cannot otherwifebe fupplied.Thirdly, I may lately af. firme,that in the Gory there is nothing to thecontrary, but that, together with Sbapham reading therewent eitherthen, or notlongafrer,the preachingofHil- kiab the Prieti , ofwholepretenceat the timeofthat reading , thetext maPeth mention 9. Take which ofthefeanfweres you will , it mayCone for the weak- a aKia,sa, ping ofthe argument from that place. As for that in Nehemiah (which you named as (econd,but camenot to mymínde till now)I marnallat theerging its frththereitisplainethattherewásacourfetakenbyEa odtomakethepeople ynderflajdr. /fitbe faid, that thai mournîagthere reported, isafcribed yard: rho pChap. 14, Bbb
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