354 ' - -- - Vfil\S.z. 1 AnExpojitipn,withNotn CHAP·3" f0u~d among _Morrals. Thus we fay_ often, when we propofe a~ unlikely praehfe, He that could do th1s were~perfea man in~eed Or you may take it pofitively, and affertively, and fo •tis apoth~ Argument,againfl fupercilious Cenfures: Ifyouoffendnoe in \\'fJrd., y~u areperfe8, that is, upright, fincere; thofe that are fp, becaufe they do not divide and balk with God, are e~pt~ffed by the term perfetl_: Or el\eperfetl is put httre for fom'e ripenefs and ·growth in (:~rillianity. In the Jewi(b Difcipline there were two fo~ts of ·perfons; d~x.nlal, beginners,that qid exercife themfelves in virtuous '\Clions and endeavors ; then there were others, whom Philo eaU.. eth 7671.~~~, perfetl ; they were thofe that had attained to Come– what, and made fame progrefsin th~: matters learped : Thus per– feU is taken, I Cor, 2. 6. We jpeak... Wi[Jom an~ong thofe th~t are perfect. How ever wea~lings are taken with toys, yet grown mortified Chrillians will d!fcern wifdom and fublimity, in the plain ~reaching of Chrifi crpcified. And this fence may be accommo– dated to this place; He tbat brjdleth his tongl1e, is not J.q-x."1'1;, abeginner, or learner, one that trycth experiments in Religion, but 7~A.H@-, aptrfeEl man, one that hath made fome cowardly pro--· grefs. And able to bridle thewhole bocb'.J By Body, Grotim un.der-. fiandeth the Church, which is called the Bod], ! (or.tz.zo. Ephef. 4· 11. and he ma~eth the fence out thus ; He that can bridlehim– felf in difputation, is able to govern the Church. An Expq6tiqn ct~riom,butftrange to this Context. By brit(ling the body is meant then governing all his other ad-ions, whic~ are expreffed here by the termBodJ, becaufe they arc acted by the members of the boqy, eyes, bands, feet, &c. Why he pitcheth fa ~uch weight up9n this matter of governing the tongue, I fh~ll Chewyou iq th~ Op(ery~tions. . eb{cr11. I. I. None are abfoluttfJ freed. and exerppted from fin.ni~g: 1 Job. I. 8. IfWe[ay th~tt we have no fin, w~ deceive Oljr feivn,, ~tnd thetruth is not inm. ThGDoctrine9f the Catharifis i~ a,ly– m .a~&iW, fe,tJ. ingDod:rine: Pr(Jv. zo. 9· Who cq,nfaJ, I; have made my. hMrt n.~!l. re~nfl.t;mt~; cleq,nt I am pnre frommy fin ? Solomon ma~<~~b a challenge to ~U ntt J (cd n,qn do· theworld : ¥~ny may fa,x fq boldly, b\lt wQ.q can fay (o truly ? \ mi1Jatt~r; cvls{- All of m offend in many things, and m~tny of m in aft things. ~;o:::::;;e~J 'P, T~it;e i~ in, all a, ~nrf~d rQ.Qt of t_l).tt~~qe(~,_ wllJ~h Ga.d qq~h;. ~qr:". t~pul[u~t~~deje{lum,jed non p1u1jit' CJ eCl:em tt~mcn. ?~m\ 1.~ P(~J 9~- ~un~ 1_0. • . tifie, / ..
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