Chap.6. the EpiRH the iaiatsAt91. Godmight hate all the gloriettoif it, tr the .Ap fIle phkes, Cor.4..7.We haw this treafatrs lencie ofthat power, might be of9'od,and not ofIrian. There is let down,Deut.5.v.23.&c.3 notable ground for the inf }itution of g the holy minitterte by man, in ftead of Gods liuely voice from' heauen. And it was one of the ends which Godhad in givinghis law in fo great maietlie , to teach vs , that it is forour good, that he Both not inflruet vs with his ovsne liucly voice fi om heaucn,and fpeakcvnto vs inhis owne perfon:and to that therefore we thould becontent , nay &titans rather tobe taught by man. For when the people defired that they 'night not heart the voiceof the Lord any more , but that Mofes ` ;might iR t fpeake vnto them the Lord aufwercd , They bane -elope well tofayfo, I will raije them vpa 'Prophet fromamong their brs- 5 thren, likeveto thee, andIwill put mywords in his month , andhe 1 (hallfpedzs vnto them, all that 1 command him. Dent. t 8. t 7, r g: Thiscrofl'eththe curiofltie of thole , who not contenting thê- fclues with theword of God dcliucred by the rninifterie o(I , man , dclre that Godwould fpcakevnto themwith his own: ao mouth fromheaven. For theifraditcs found it by experience., that it was a fearefuil thing,full of honour andaflonifhment to lime the voice of God , therefore theydelire they t 1 lit nonrore,le/l they 4fe. Dent. r 8. z 6. But the Anabap ter.Is Ia. that under theN.T. 4_1,4äa11be taught ofGod. I ob.6.v and Ier. ,. 4* 15 theyJhallnot teach emery nsa4 hisn5ighbebr,and emery roan his bro , thenfayittó,Kao:the Lord. Therefore the puhlike minifferie is now needlcffe. Anf. The wordes nluft not be vndertiood } limply , but compTratiuely, and,yneedochirally. Comparatis,ely , that there ¡mall be faire greater knowledge vnder the newTe- I, 30' t}ament , thenwas vnder the old. Ira. r t . 5. The Apofile faith` not,that there ¡hall be no teaching atall,(for Chrifl bath given' fotne to be Prophets,others Patlors and teachers, for thework .'\ ofthemi"nitlerie, and the edificationofthebodie ofChriff. E- 1 ph. 4. i I , i 2.)But that there (lull be no necdeof this kind of "i '35 'y teaching, to catechize them in the fire} rudiments, as to teach them what God is.Synecdochically , not of perfe&and abro- Mute knowledge , for we all knowé i= mall oc eottfutntttate ofinitiate,or inchoateknow e o , in the life to come. Further, upon thisdifiinitionit followeth, that hearers are not 339 1
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