Vuu.;.- AnExpo{ition, withNotes promifes, as if they c~ul~ atchieve and accomplilh great matters~ ~ Exod.xp abov~.the reach of thetr g1fts and firengtb: x1 will purfue, 1wilt 9vertak,.e, 1 will divide the jpoil,cff·c. 2. S11MII things are to be regarded; and "'e muft Hot confider" matttrs in their beginning only, but progreft, and ultimate -ij{ue. ( A little fin cloth a great deal ofmifchief, and a little grace is ofgreat efficacy. Ecclef. 10. I 3• The beginning ofafoolifo mans !feech is foolifhnejs, hut the latter end is foelifo madnefs. At fir,fi men toy~ wrangle for fp.ort and pafi:ime, but afterward break out into furi– ouspaffion, an~ fo from folly go on to mad11e[s :. Contention at firfi is but as a fpatk, but afterward it being fomented and blown 1 Amos7 ·4· uy by unfober fpirits, Yit devourcth thegreat deep, puttetb whole Kingdoms into combullion; Prov.17. 14. The heginnitJg of{/rife is M when one letteth out water : 'Tis eafie to open the Ouces, and let it out, but who ~aricall the floods back again? Srife is forne– timfr!s compared to fire, fometimes towater; they are both unmer– ciful Elements, when once they are let loofe ~ ·Pro·v. 26.2 I. A m~n given to ftrife is M fire ttr the cM!s; when the burning is once be– gun , •cis eafily propagated and continued. So Herefie at firfi is inz. In Alrx~n· conliderable, but it creepeth Jike aGangrene, from one place to an• ~'~~ {Z~ ({:; oth:r, _rill ~t hath de~rored the whole body•. z eArrim, a fmall quia nortflatim Aiex.t~drtan.fpark, mkmdled all the World m a flame. So alfo oppnj]a (ft, to· Providence begint:Jetn great matters upon fmall occafions. Luthers t11m lfbem t ju.s Reformation was occafioned by oppofing Pardoners. a M~nbe• fla'11 " 14 pop~ giq toq~arrel one with another about trifles ; andGod inferreth ~~a e[i. Hae· great mutations and changes bf -states and Kingdoms. The young ~·Pents t·rgu me~s plaJing may prove 6it~er~efs in the. ijfue, 2 Sam. z•. z6. ·. \ t{t in{erre btl· Chnfis Kmgdom at firfi was dlfp1fed, a poor tmder Branch, a htde IJ,m penes au· flone crumbled from the Mountains; but afterward it filled the tcm dtum ter~ whole E~trth, Dan.Z·37• Wtll then, out ofall this, I, Ltamnot to mmare. negkd evils t'hat are fmall in their rife and original : Refill fin be– times; Ephef. 4· 27. Give noplace to S11tan: You know not the I ~tmofi Hfue of Satans Tyranny and Encroachment. So for Con.. tendon, neither meddle with it at all, or leave off berime~ So for Herefie; ta/zethelitt!e Foxes, Cant.zoJ5. watch over the firfi: \ and moO: modefi appeara!lces of error: I didnot give Jillflce,~ot for an hour, faith.t-he ,Apoftle, Gal. 2.5. 2. Learn not to derptfe che low beginnings of Providence.and Dtliverance: 'There is a d.~y of [mall things, Zech.4·7• God·ufeth to go.or~, whenhe ·h~th.begun . a
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