530 ThePreacher! plea . Oponditfat- toput offthe imputation which was caft vpon him , that when he was many Jnote(legoal miles fromCorinth,hedurff reproveand fpeake vehnnently but when hewas wponitar _ therebee was nobody, butl iuedamong theminweaken rifeanndwfears4n1mach Tho.aga. in trembling°::And therefore heemaketh it knowne vnto them,that (if aced fo re.. 'Drum, goire)they fhould find him toequal hisfafhionandcarriagewhenhecommeth, si nms'e or- to thequalityand fide of his bpiifles when he is uvanting&: fo then this being ritTha.12a further noted, that Perol.' iutcnt was to di'rouethofe, whochaIiencd him for dqCor.to.n akindofperemptorineire ïn his abfence, and for a cowardly difpoGcion, being prefent; there will neuer beeany fuch thing iufily colleaed hence, as, that to heare a mans writings read, is more powerful! thento hearehimpreach. Thus forthis gtacc. Pi oceednowtowbar youhave further to esquile. -Nymphus Thiepoint hatb held vs longer then feitherwiIhedor imagined :byt`I was milling f eirig Godhadglum thisopportunity, tomention ar muchail could ronrem- Èew,iofdnoo :which I have heard f kem touching tholepolett : neither u there now any sitirtgkshis d,(chót Icancall tomind) which Imayfurtherpropoundvetoÿóu, coo. cerningrhiematter, Epaph, It ismime thoughtheexaminationofthis one point hath (pent vsfomuchrime:Jotrthislseêrtaine, chareuery fhort obieetionwill require a largecon futatïon.Now.for.the matter it Celfe,theremay perhapsbe forceother obieflionsdiffering fiotnthofrin fhew,but yet they willallin the endbe found Abeam. tobnthe( ameJtemembet ihauereadofavaine-gloriousboafler,whohauing beerateonlyferuangyet becaufehe would be thought to keepa great retinue, tkouid ca that ode feruantby manyfeutral names,that menmight imagine,he hathfundrp feruantstfo,menmayfet new names,and new formes vpon their al- legationswhich wee haue examined , that fo they mightaffright vs with the name ofmultitude t butwhenthey arelooked into, they will prooue thefame thiogs;varying'in colourandpretence,bt t agreeing in fubffance, . Nyrhph..That lewar thenreapebene(itbyyouradx ce,inrefpeetof that which follow_ etl,,Ifaid(ifyou remember)thá ahesxeeptiestiuwhich 11 defied tobe refolued, werefame Fxccpdon, agoinfpreachingitfelfe, fomeiogaáiffthewannerofitt theexceptionsagainfrpreaching agpónffibs 1itfelf;Ihome (at memoryeeouldferue) acquaintedyouw.ith:therearethÿrreethings Xithe ¡Tanner "moanerofyour preaching thataremach di flikedanadjommended: the firffis,Rude= preaching, neffe:the fecond,isRoughneffe: thethird,isOùermuch commonneffe:Tàùching thefirf, irisfail, thatyoupreachvnlearnedywithout eloquence, w,tboiot allegationof Fathers andofótbrr Authera;andthereforeyouare aecountedbutàracompanyofEn lifb pawl ,. whichpreach openthefkddeawhat commeíb intoyoar heads, withoutfixity, which canfetbyoeordodrineto bo ihe'leferegarded -Epaph, Verilyformine òwne part I doe asmuch m,flike rallases inpreach. ing withoutduepreparation,and rudenelfe in handling the word oflife, asany eler.ps.ro. man. I know he iseurfedthar'dotbtbeworkeoftheLerdnegligentl e, Andasitis f&deca,.rr, meet foreuery manwhen heentrith intothe botifèofGod, to takeheedto hisfoot; fo itis much morerèquifite forhim that muff enter asit were into the feat ache g Cort. =o. Lord andfpealcevnto thepeople iss Cbriflefleadgiobevery well aduifedbefore b1>l L,ya,i4 hetake theeeueaaexof God into his mouth". And indeed , the bold hardineffe ofmany nowadaies is greatly to beepittied, who foordinarilyhandoxerhead, (as we fay)ftep vpinto thepulpit;andwhenthey arethere,do little better then it Car. s. heatsheairei,: and behauethemfelues many times likethe mad-man, ofwhom 'tp:où,,6.,n atr",v p o Salomon f eaketh whocaJlethfer-brandtandarrotees,andmorralltbiogtk t and fo Ikiso,:, édivaimm, (as the Prouerbesis)Tbougbthey jpeake moth,yetfayhttle, by thatwearersexpo.' fingthe neuer.enoughreuerenced exercifeof preaching, unto the reproches and fcoffes ofeuill fpeakers.Befrdes,for learning,I confeffe,thatitis neceffarily h,,ooàdünxil required, inpreaching, Saint Panlfaith,preachingmuff bedifcharged isal lear- i s1nn,q.a... nntgt.. All liberall Arts and Sciencesare handmaidestodivinity, anddoe owe a kindof feruicevnto Gods Church, It is raid, aMiniffermuttbeawerkpmam, right
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