Eph.J·4• ITo the courteous Reader. Here offer t~thJview (gmtl:Reade"'r) aCommmt~andsSNpp!ement:t/;e Com– ment begunneby4n t:X(:e/lent w~rk.tmaiiJ,anddr~t-wnr in t:t:ceUent prop9Yti@,itutll pointsJuting to tf?e analogi.offaelh,4nd thdollrm.oflhc Orthod.xe Fathmo[ the Ch<lrsh,being lhe[ubfranccof hi. three J<ar<s L<i'J.vrrs vpm.lhc Lordsday, JfhUformerwork.fs eitherof ~(l[iJifte D.iuimtit in[fmdryofhuTuatifel,or Con-– trouer(aUDiuinitie in hUReformed CathoJ1Ne~rCllje-'Dzuinitiein hi&Caof Con(cience,hauc miniflredttny comfor~V.IJto tbee,orgiucn thte contrnt: doubt not,but thefo CommentAries wi/iabur.d4J't/;{atiJfie thy exptCiatwn,For tOBmit thevarietiecf matter, MaljBthe breuitieAndadmira6te pcrjfrtcultie)in reg~ml of themanner,(being the chief41commendati(mof Occurnenius or~~¥';} lnt:rpu{er) in them 44 ,in .c m~rrour thou mAzft more cleare!J fee hU k.._nowledge in tbt myj}erie of Chrif!; and hi!dexteruieinexcmpli– fJing that bJPrarlsfo,which heh•dformcriytRught b] (o) precrpt,thmina"} oj hu writings bcjides: as h•– ~r~~~stica usng ~ doub!eeminencie aboue therefl. Firft,i~ that they wert p~•medtht lajt of arthU worlzn~buingcome to ripmcsofiudg~ment: andthat vpon mature deliberariofJ .c(terhi& Sermom, ( 116 hi! manner 'R?tU•.) s~c.,ndf;, iu that th~ywertwrittenwithhuo1vn hand,whercM ~tli huother wriu11gs (e>.:cept(ome foort Tre~ttije.r)were r.k!n b;jomediligent aud•tors,andprrufcdb;him{dje, Herein refembis.ng the Epiflleit {d{t, "'hich >•M }?!rl/tenwith PauJs ownehand: ~tllthertjl{except thAt foort one toPJ,Jiemun) bJ hufc-obes. And tU rhry doeexceede hU otherWrirings,{o I might /ay (perht~ps mort tYII{J thrn difcnetf.J) that thq (HrpaJfein thu kf.nde,aU the moderne writersthat h11ue gone brfor~ them :Jo that heewhich Pili voHchfafe to readethem, fb,d· Plotgreatlyneede nor deftre any othtr ]JJtcrpret(r vpon rhU Scripwr.e:th.ewhi.ch I(Peak! not tU e/leeming G.1l.6. u 1 l'lulcrn.v. .s. loh.5.lf. foh,LI6., o/ AntiqHitJ no better worth,thento beput vnder ab~t/heli,that Noue/uemzght be{et vpon the co~~ndlejitd:,.e: butfor tbat I (ee not, but that lohr. Bapttflthelafl of allthe Prophets,wa; "'.~oodly A burningand jhsning· cand/e,M·~1ofthe rejl: and that he pointedforth Chrifl mmdifli•illphenthe rtjf, But I bope I (l;aUnot neede to vfe man1wf»'dt jncommend.l!ltion either oftheJl'Drk_!,or ofthe /Juth6r, being (o ~eltk,.nowneandfuJ!i-' cientl] commcndedb; others:ferf~undnesofdo!Jrine,and integritie ofli(c: which (wh<le~ he"'"'liuing)d 1 d p117al/el.e~Uh other,budo£ir1ne bemgapatterne of hu/ife,and hu lifea coHnterpame of hrddoC/rine.And ~tiJ'JJ' being deAd,bu[auorier;,ritings which he h.rh hfi behinde him,breAthingf ·rrh (M it""") thefwutefmeO of afanCitfted tpsrit (lsk!.• field whichthe Lord hath bitJJed) hauegot him anameneuer~ohee forgotten: which!!""h h•m after hu death,•[teondlife, I am further to aduertsfo thee,(goodRe~~der,)that therewcre{omeplaces in theori.ginAllcopie,te which theAutbor would (no doubt) haue giuen, (Ome reuiew andcorrcflion, if Godhaddrawne out theline if hW life but almle longer : whtch l haue filed andpolsfbedaccording to "'7 poorcskiR, tho«gh very f}aringly, in f•c.hplam oncll"' wcreobft•re, or hadanyphrA{e ofdoubtjultcon{lniC/ion,orothemi(e(eemed to bemif/a. k!n: e•inting andinterlining the rejf,tofit itfor the Pref[t. lt may 6e m1 vmfQIJuOhandliog ofthnn,hathde- - pritudthem of their due luflre.yet (ure I am 1t W11thgnun themnotmllurc. T•~chmg theSupplement:it"'"' mypurpefeat theftrjf,tohANe madeafupplieofthat whichwa~wanting, out Dj'the Authors ownewritings,aJit bath beme done in Aquinas Summes11ndQtbers: but afterw~~rd;per– cciumgthat hid work,,.es11/reAdJextant, <wqHfdnot ajfoArd m_efuffident m«tter to (urnifo gut that Mgu'!'ent,l "'"' inforwl to t•k! another cour[e,•nd tomalt.! A fupply w11h courferfluffeof mmeowne,M I could, Which ifit {hallfeeme not to (t1te theformer inallp4ints, 1 {h11lldtfire thee tq confider, thAt it Wnot (o e11{ie 11 mattno or Afclepiodorusaccuf/omed to draw with• cole or chaulk!O#e/1, to ftni(b • piCIHre f?CJ,IInne b; Apelles with{6 curiGus;;pe~frll:and that it it an Argument wherein (IconfeJTe) 1haue not beenejo much conuer(ant IU perhaps inJome other:neithereh~(en out ofpurpofe tom•lz~o{lentt~tionuf'IDitte,re11ding,orinNenrion:bnt left llsaiuceJJarywf(,e to 6eperformedby{omeforthepcrjeEJing ofthewor~e,andthegoodofthe{hNrch,ifthis puoremstemaJ confer••1 thing to the Treafurieof t/Je LordJTemple.) Andthushoping tha< the(er<jpeC/s may ilJtrtattfor aJrimdly acceptance at thy handt, andthat thouwtltajfoArd meth) goodwordfqr mJgqod will,andafauour~tbleconflru[_lion [()7711) pt~mCJ: 1commendit to thebieffing of the Almightie, and thre tr 1 hisgrnciouspr~tcrlion,vnfainedlprifhing to thee as to my folf,rhemm:y ofqodinChriflle(us, Augul!. 1 o, Thine in the Lord Iefus 1 7?._. c 0
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