ThePreachers plea. 519 words,thso6elecae not thematter that tiYfofa rerete,bowfballyeubelieve thentetter that 1 fpeekehNoman can deny this tobe the true fenfe. Here isnow nocomps - rifon betwixtwriting andfpak'ng,or betwjxt reading&preacharg,but only a Gm- pieauouchment ofthis truth,T&t amannot belseaingMoles doftrineeaanet belnue Chriflt doiIriete : which doth notproceede hence, becaufea matter written and read is more etfedual ], then a matterpreached andheard c but becaufeoftha concurrence andagreement ofthe doftrinofAloft, and thedoctrineofChrift : MOwrote of Chr ffr,and Cbriffdidmserpret Mefet ?. Therebeing then no diúe- y Johnç.4& rence betwixt their doArines,he thatbeleeued nor the one, couldnot giueany ;Luke24 a' creditto the other. Put this cafgthat Chriff had altowritten.ps.rMofet did : It might ches haue been truly faid,that beewhich wouldnot believet_Mefie wri- tings, wouldnotbeleeue Chriífs writings, and yetitcould not follow thence, that thpre ismore power of working faith inAfofeswritings then in Chrifls: and ye this is theHate oftheir argument that thusreafen.. Againe it is a true. p ropo(ition,That ebeywhich wouldnetbelreoe lobe,Bdptiffrpreaebiug,w,aImnetbaleen* C/,rt/s; yet it cannot be thereitpott inferred, that lobar fermons were morea uaileable to begetfaith thenChrilts.So itis true ;thattbejwhiebrrillnet beleeaithe preachriguorr, menldnot boobeleeuedCbrsbimjelfeiftbey badbeardbias; are there, foreoutpreachings ofmore forcetoworkevpon the hearts Of thehearers then were Chriila? Thetruth ofall theft fpeeches dependewholly upon the fame. licite ofthedoftrine, in theone and in theother. Imay acide further, that by "'deli' writing, , maywell bevnderflood the doetrine that waspreached out of Ivfefet writings; tillo¡iswarprtachedits the Synagogxeremery Sahbatha,artd as well a Aá, If sr may wefay, that Chrillpreferreth the fermons of the.Priefis andScribesbe. forehisovine; asthat he alfcribeth more powerof:working faithto a lofei wri- tings,thtntohisowne preachings. But what isyourother place? Nymph. The other is oatofPau!s,Epìflesoahere(ac fortefay)aeaduerfaryofpautt f randhia jerboa&great dealemore touched6y the barereadingof bwletters (whieb he plainely eanfe fìd to be ftrongand mighty)theneverit badbeen 6y tbebearingofhie fir. monc,wbichbe aufed as Itght,and thiygr efen iettees(jwitbhe) are fore and lirong,but hisbodily pretence isweake,aud,his fpeechofnovalue b,Tbw ie Is Coato.to thefecundplaee,andth a if themenneryfd f stingfrept it, Epapb;To thisplace,lfI !lull anfwer ineneword-,that here isno comparifon madebetwixt Pu!, writingsand his fermons, but only betwixt thephrafeof his Épi files,andhisordinary fpeeeh,and otherdeportment whenhewas perks- nail}, at Corinthus, I am fare it ismore then anytnénout ofthe Textisable to dì fproue,Some wretchedones, hearing how rouddlyandhow.povretfullyPall wroteagain([ the corruptions crept in among([ them, begari to thinkewith themfclues,What? ibrr manwretaketh vponhimbeiagafaroffandthea derethagai,JE Sicarunedrf- vr iritbbogb andperempto7 wordnbut(alae)mbea wefarekilohere,mebeheld ixhemno -!e via bf,4ne *bigmore thenordinary;nay,hefeemedtben menbafeyfearefrl andallhiefPyteeherfate -e ra .Ens, red ofa elefre toget oarfaaorr.rrbenie then ie [hieneneourage thatbe batbtatentobsce be, g a5feast? Thus theymeafuredPaulo minifferiall and apoftolicall threatnings oi, aril:. vl sEpi fties,by hisonward femblance,when he wasamong them.Tbe truthpropter Asa. is,'they were no more touched by his menaceswhen he wasabbent, then they res,mpran° were by his behaviour whenhe was prefent , but didequally contemne both. dum,Tbo. That; ferenere andfirexgtb which they attributed tohisletters, was notoueofa_ `t.4ue" nyapteh: n(ion ofthepower ofthem in themfelues. It was altogether (pollen in fcorne,7hiakehe nom ruapish: vohyletter ,wbeóringboreeaerimhìmfel famongß wfodemiffe)? Theplace thus opened, I fuppofe, maketh little to theprouing of the power ofreading abonepreaching. For whit thoughComewondredto FioreTaal in ahfence to reproue fo fharpely, who in prefenceboth fpake and behauedhimfelfefo gently ? Is therefore readingable to workemorepower- fully eponmens affeetions then preaching can? The true-drift ofPaulivas, $bb 2 to
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