434 Chaps. ACentrssretnturie t,ßo» God. It may be faille, that Scripture is the fenfc ofthe written word : and this fentemull be from theChurch./inf. Sctipturc it (elfe is both theglofie, and the taxi. Scripture is thebcß inter. preter'of it relie. And the fente which is agreeable to thewords of the text, to the fcopc ofthe place , to other circumtlances, S and tothe analogieoffaith t in the plainer places of Scripture, is the properand infallible fenteofScripture. Thus fetching the knfe of Scripture from it relie, we fhall keepe our felues I. within the limits of Scripture ,and in the matterofour faluati- ion haue certentieof faith , which weThal! neuer haue, ifwe h. to ften to reafon, tradition, and theauthoritieofmen. I L Read the Scriptures:& bea doer of them in the exerci. fes of inuocation, faith,repentance,then fhalt thouneuer bea heretike. It is Gods promife, loh. 7. r7. Ifyewillo6ay,yefhal! k_non, whether mydatlrine be ofcodor no. Peal. 2 5.i9.. Thefecret' 15 ofthe Lord ii re:ealedto them, thatfcarehim. Marke thent,that make Apoftafie , and become Papifls : they are inch as neuer hada mindc tó loue and ebay the religion, inwhich theyhaue bin baptized, and brought vp. I I I. Col, 2, f3. Let no man (oileyou through `7'kilo/ophit, 20 Paul doth not condemne the Philofophieof the Gentiles: , but he puts a caveat, that itbeviedwith-circemfprCtion , as Mar - chants viethe lea ,to wit, ineffhewin rockes, and lands,and pirats. So fludents mayvfe the Philofophieof the Gentiles, but they mutt take heede , left their mindes be corruptedwith 2S the errors thereof, which are to be_confidered.Naturall Philo- rapineglues too much to nature, or to fecond caufes ; and too 1itt}e toGod. it puts dgwneprinciples ,fiat againft the word, as the eternitie ofthe world, and the moctaliti`eof the foule. Mo- rali Phìlofophie , placeth happineffe in ciuill verrue , out of 1° Chrift : it teacheth , that verme is a mane or mediocritie of affeflion, whereas in true vertue there is not onelya refraint or moderation ofaffeflions , but alto the renovationof them by regeneration. It teacheth that Vrbanitie in idling&frutn- ping,isavertue : Paul faith no, Eph. 5. 4. It teacheth that 15 Magnanimitie , whereby a man thinkes himfelfe worthie Of great honour, is averrue : but it is contrarie toChriflian hu- militie. Pfa1. i; r. t ,2. Lally, it teacheth that man bath a free- dome ofwill ingood aaìions : which clatrine afplied'by the Schoolemen tomatters ofrcbgron,isfalle and crrotrous. -The c
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