the Elm Pe to the Galatians. Chap.6. Ac.9.1..Thislets vs fee the hainous firmes ofmany that pro- fC(1-e the Gofpel,fpecially in this kind, who, now at this day(if suer)arc ingenious in defrauding, and eloquent in declaiming againft the miniftcrsofthe word:in laughing them to skornc, as they did our Sauiour Chrift,Mark.5.4o. and abufing them ïn tearmcs and taunts,calling them baldpriefis, as youngchil- dren called Elizeus 6aid.Ap.tte,(no doubt following theexam- pleoftheir paten ts,ofwhorne they learned it)afcendthous6salde pate,afccndthou 6aldepate, t.King. 2. 23.that they are loofa/ of ßo the f irit,as theyderided the Apofiles, inPaying, theywerefudl ofnewe wine,Aft.z.r 3. in making them their table.talke,ma- king longs ofthcm,as the drunkards did of Dauid, and Iere- ruie. In fcourging them with thewhippe ofthe tongue , as the Stoicks called Paul ababbler. A41.17.18. and Feftus, a madde I5 man,Aft.26.Nowein that they thusfcorncfully abufe his mi. nifters,and fo indignely,anti difdainefully intreat his mefTen- gers,andErnbafTadours;what doe they els but abufe Chrift Ie- fus himfelfc,andthrough their fides,woundand crucifie him a. gains:WhenSanacherib King of Afhur reuiled Ierufalem 30 ; Hczekiah theking,what talcs theLord? O virgin daughter of Sion,hebathde/pifadthee,and laughedthee tosorne : O daughter ofPeru;alem,hcbathflla,4enhis headat thee. n'homehaft thou rai- led on,andblafphemed? andagainft »home haft thou exalted thy voice,and loftedvp thine ties on high? erne againft the holy one of lfrael.Efay, 3 7.v.22,2 3. Thevie. Hice we lcarne,that Godbath anexaf} knowledge ofall our aftions, & cannot be deluded, Pron. r 5. s t .Hell and deftruftion are before him , how much more, &c. Pfala His ties confider, his cie liddes trie the childrenofmen. Pfal. 30 139.v.z. He knowes our thoughts long before they be. Hcbr. 4.1z.A1l things arenaked and bare in his fight. Reafon it felfe fhewes,that he which made the eie,cannot but fee,he that made the heart and minds, cannot but vnderftand the frame &mo. lion thereof,Pfal.94.v.9. to.&c. 5 I I. This fhewes the madnefl"e of thole which fay , God heareth not,feeth not,vnderftandethnot,or which fay in their hearts,How fhould he heare ? is their knowledge in the molt high?or can he fee through the thicke cloud? I I L Hence we are taught in our praiers , to power forth ourhearts before the Lord,without concealing fomuch as the Mmmm t leaft
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