Cb the Epijlle to the qalatiam 6 ap. . . I more? Betides noword,notl,.itmg bath th• A uering nothing-to the people, the ground I propertie offiref.lue onely. the wor.d ofGod, wh~rcofis not in the word. ro d1fpell thedarknelfe of. ignoran«> by enT.his o.cwes' thatthe mainefcope of th_e Ughtening rhe mwde "'"h the faumg knowm~nH!erie, is,!<>.preachthe word purely,and ledgeofr-he rrurl>,~n&to·hear,yeato enflame toapplyit po~>~erfully to the.confciences of tbeotfedtJoo>wirh·az.ealeof Gods glone, by men : and it c.ondemnea all de.ce(tfull hand, ' bmnlngvp the conup_tion ofnarure,Againe ,Jing ofthe word, &all hucldler.Jike dealing, Diuinirie. is the, mlliEis , all hberalt arts, in•minglingwioeandwater,together, wheat I ronoues, hiliofle, &c. are but.handmaid~ to and cba!fe, gold and droiTe;,in peruerting it· ! atte~d vpon hen <·now when t.be mil!ris is with agui01 and fottilh conceits, in wreliing I fpea~ing,it is good mannersfor the maide to ' irwith allegories, rropologies, and anago· I h<Jid. her peace. T o:rhis word aJ>me.the Pro· gies, and10 wringing the ·test they rnakeit phcts were ty<d by their commiflion: K'flh<t bleede, and li> (as an auncieot writer _faith) Volufllri.e. 'Jfoal/comm•ndth~~~ t/1•• fo•l! thoH (.q.. And · prelfe the rwo duggesofthe.Scriptures, the pifi.ad Ni- 'the Apollles, Tou fh•li tcao-h whnt I }J•uecom. old& new Tellamenr, thar·in !lead ofmilke '"hol.l. ~ imandedJ'"· Chril! himfelfe taughtnbthing they drinke nothing but blood. This tea: Scriptur.uii mammiU::ts but that which-he had hear. d. and receiue~ of B cheth the hearers hkewife to reil conrented dumdurjus hisFather. lob. 8. :-8.P•uldelmers nothing with the bare word, without hungring after prdfctunt, but that which he receiuedofChri!l, r. Cor. new UoCtriocs,as theAthenians afrer-ne\Ves, fanguinem I u. 13. and taught nothing butttiat which or becingdrawneaway from the fimpficitie pro.l:J8c I Mo(es &theProphers had wriue.Act.z6.u. that is in Chrill, by thefubtilty offeducers; biberunc. r,Tim.I.3· PANicomi~Jands Timoth1eto charge the- Paor by dcuices and quidditietof mans b~aine. !1-"i'"pJJiff#'- Clcurs of Ephefus, that the] teachno dmers doLet thofe therefore whichloath Manna, and '~<v.o~,. Nee .:~liud,vtBc- {/rine. either fot matter or manner, for CubIon,~: for ~aile_s,remember thatifGodgtU~ za,necali· flanceor circuml!ance. Yet herewce mufl rbe,u their·deiJre, bee will alfo giue th~m rcr. V"tvulg. takeheede ofextremities/or in.fome cafes it thmdelcrr. Let rhem take heede lefl he pu· cdirio. is lawfullin preachingto vfe Ph•lofophie,the nifh them wi1h a famine, uot o(bcead, nor a rellimonie ofpr<>phane writeu,and quotatlrhirll of w•ter, butofhcaringtheword. A· onsof Fathers. mos 8. 11. And let thofc that haue itching z.,Tim,4·3· I. When wee haue to deale ll'ith heathen '""'· in heaping vp to themfelucsa mull!- men(whowlllnotbe fo eafilymooued with tudeofreachefs, takcheede alfo that they the authorityofthe Scriptures)we may con- c hauenotting!ingetrres, whenthey.Olall hearc T.S:am•.J.II u161 them by the Jellimonie.of t)Jeir ownc ofrhemdgcn:>enrsof God (orchecontempt writers, asPt111/did theArheni~ns,Epicures, of hi!S word, , and Sroik,es,bytheteltimonyof A,.tffi,Ad. Further,,wpereaa PAul faith; Herhattea17. >8.and theGrecians, by the tellimony of chtth Utobemt~int~tined: it is a good lttm for Epimtnidts.Tit.l,l%. all idledrun~sthat will not labour, and all II. In preachingtoa mixtcoogregation, dummedoggeathatcannot baric, they may where fome are infected with Poperie, or notexpect the maintenancewhich is due vnfome other herefie, aod will oot receiue the ro theMmillers:forit isgenerallytrue ofall doctrinedeliuered, nor yeeld vnto the troth, men, and much more true of the Miniller, except it hau.e.;theconfeut of theFathers of that ht which'a'illn~l labtJHr,mufl not tlfU. And :..Thcf.JotO the Church. grearreafon·it is that he which lookerh for Ill. In handling of Come controuerfall his hire, fhould doehisworke: hethat would poiot ofdiuinity, !hewing thatrhedoClrine liueofthe facrifice, i'bould miuilleratlhe a! we reach is nonew doC\:rine, but chat-which tat: bee thatlookesto be fed withcorporall wastaughtin the Primitiue Church, efpe- D bread, !hould breake vnto his hearers the r.Cor,f. cially in{peaking to the weake,who hauenot bread of life: hcc that would reapc carnall as yet lefr rheiroldfuperl!irion wherein they things, 010uld fow fpirituall things, hee that werenuzzeled. would not haue his mouth muzlcd, flJOu!d IV. To cutoff the calumniations of the <hre!h out thccorne:he that would drinke of malitiousaduerfaries,who mofl ncedes haue the wine, rhould planr the grope: he that their mourhes !lopped by fome other lookeo for rnilke, !hould feedethe llocke: meanesthen by the Scriptures. . that is,be rhat will liueofthe Gofpel, !hould V. In rhe nece(farie 'I'Dfolding of the teach the Gofpel. It is a maxime not onely meaning of cerraine places of Scripture, oftheCan•nl•w, butgroundedvponthe law ~·hich wirhou.t Philofopbie canqot bee conofnAIHre, that6meficiNmpoj/HiatofficiHm, • 6tceiued. In flieR a cafewe may vfehumanitie t~rfitrtq~t_ir~th 11dury;ormoreplaineJyJ 4 6ene. in de(cending ro the reach and capacitic of flee rtqusmb •noffice, and diligencein the of. rhe auditorie, and fo teach heauenly things, 6ce. They therefore thatcarenot fo much by earthly things, as our 1 Sauiour Chrifl forthefeedingofthelh«pc, a• for the fee. taught regeneration by the fimilitudeofthe ding ofthemfelues, &feare nor fo much the Wll1de,Ioh. l· Yet all thcfe mu!I be v(ed,6rfi, loifeof the llocke, astheloife of the fleece fparingly, fecondly, when there isiulicaufe, doe noronely violate the·Iaw ofGod, but e: tlmdly, without oflentarion, fourthly, dehuen rhelawofnations, and the law ofnature. Againe. ..
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