- . Chap.6. 4Commeiite sips* - faries , who mull needes haue their =tithes floppedby tom other rncanes then.by the Scriptures. V. in the necetrarie vnfoldingof the meaningof certaine places ol. Scripture,which without Philorophiecannot becon- 1 celued, In fu-ch a cafe we may vfe humanitie in dercending to 1 5 the reach and capacitie of the auditoric , and fo teach heatell 1 y things,by earthly things: as our S211.10111' Chrill taught regene- ration by the firnilitudeofthe winde. 1011.3. Yet all &dirndl be vted,firft,fparingly,fecondly,when there is iufl calife,third- ly, without ofientatidfourthly, deliueringnothing to thepeo- to plc, theground whereof is not in the word. Thisc'fhewes , that the manic fcope of the minifterie, is, to preach the word purely , and to applie it powerfully to the confciencesofmen : and it condemnes all deceitful' handling °fate word , and all huickfler-like dealiner, in mingling wine is and water together, wheatand chaffe, gold and droffe , in per- net tingit with aguifh and rottith conceits , in wreffing it with allegories, , ies tropoloc and anagogies and in wringing the z.-7, 'v°14(1'n.et'ill. text till they make it bleede , andfo(as an ancient writer faith) 1. adi's1i4sol,s. Scrirurarern preffe the two duggesofthe Scriptures, the old andnewTe- 211. Enammillasdii rtament, that in Deadof railke they drinke nothing but blood. durius p:dle- stuir,tailguiné This teachcth the hearers likewife to ref contented with the pro lade bibe- bareword,withouthungringafter new doetrines, as theAthe- Milts Mans after newes,or beeing-draWne away from the fimplicitie that is in.Chrift,bv the fubtiltieof reducers; or bydeuifesand 21. quiddities of mans braine., Le.t thofe theriore which loath Mantm& long far Qtailes , remember that if Godglut them their defire, he will alro glue. them their de feet. Let them take heeds lefl he putall them with a famine, not ofbread, nor a thirDofwater, but of hearing the word. Amos 8. u. . And let 30. 2,"firit4 3.; thOre that haue itchinf cares , in heaping vp to iliernfelues a multitude ofteachers , take beetle alto that they haue not LSentipzu ring- ling edres, when they (hall heare iodgments ofGod for li the contempt of his word.. erany true of all men , and much more trueof the IVIinifter, , that he which trillnot labonr,,mil not _ear_t!.. And gretrearon it is themaintenance which isdtievnta-the MiniDers : for it-is (re and all (Inmate dogges that cannot barke,they may not expefi xed: it is a good hem for all idle drones that will not labour, Further,whereaS Paul faith,He. thdt tracheth,isIobe Mati91141- 3-5' andrpo. that
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