aO [, rginatioru 4 an.s..n,a ur . ma . 59 lo(SJriu cou4(cil toth~k.ug'of l{rMl:and by the A rhoughcs ofm•n narurally,appearerh by the 11.,Kin.p.6 fame meanes, hee rolde hi~fer~anr(/}Gehcz.i exprelfe teflimony cif God himfdfe, who lwh.r he dtd behind hi• backe,whe!Jherooke knoweth rhe rhoughr. of man bcrrer rhen m M!. H• giftsof lY•amantheAprian•.. !\ndfp did (m; man dotb.(r)Thc wsck.,.edth,•nl!_ph aiwaics there rPfal.J0.4. Peter ull A11anitU ""· Saphir": o( their falfc: irniJ qoJ.Andagainc, (s)J:hc(otJ!chathjRidin IPf.ol.t4.1. co!lueyances with rhe tponeyr(l;rrhexrooke bisiHilTt,thtre is.oo God. for rhetr polfefligtj. And yet here wee mull Touclung rh" thought,obterue rhefe foorc vnJcrlland,thar when God rcue~led thefefepomts: Fir!l,in whomeirJs.:,S!'conclly, hqw crcttljoughts to men, ,it w~s onely in fome a man by thinking lhould ~;,ny God. Third· rhings,at f(lme,timc$;& fo1 fvt~cfpeciallcauly, 01hat is the fruit of rhis thought: an~. fes,wherupon N atbanwas faine to reuoke IJis fourthly, the examination oflour hearts roucouofell, which hee gau·e to Dauid for the chmgth11 thought, : "t.Chr.•7· buildmgof rhe houfe of God, (n) w~cnhce Forthe firfl: we mufl not rhinke that this t.Ynwl1om •·•· knew the will ofGod mdtepcrfcCily.,And fo wicked thought is onely in fo.me notorious._ this was e/u.< deceiued,whcn he f•id h!""" lift a· and haioous tjnncr.s : but it is 111 the corrupt thought is o r,Kin,I9· lon,,ofall lfrad t/141(mmi Godlf?t (•) G•d to/de mind& tmagmation efeuery man that com· t8, bim 1 behadr~feru~d [e4Ufn tbor~fand, that neuer B tncthof Adamnarura.Jiy, not one excepted, 6rtwulthe~ee ttJ Baal, which Cli:~& knew nor. faue Chrifi alonc:(othefooleof \\'horn V<~md Secondly,rnen• thoughts may be knowneby (t)fPM/;!th mull be takcil,t:otfor Come fpcci· t Prll.t 4. Reue{;~ti,mfromScr•ptures: fortherin thatfpiaU lioner, but forcuery man chat l1uesvnca1. P!::d.Io, rir [peak• euidenrly,whichknowe~ theframe fedJand wlrhouc repcnrance,how ciuill foeuer ofthe hearc: and henceitis,thatin rhcmmi· his life bee orher waies 1 though fame O.ame t,Cor,I4Zf lleryofthis word, the thotlghtsofn4turaOmen rdlrainc:his tongue froru vr;ermg it, yet by ~re mt~dem<tnife/1. Th\rdly 1 mans thoghtsarc naturehis corrupt heart is pronctothin~e knowne by(lgnes;asfp.eeches,& aCiions: thus thm;,no God.This IS made el!i~enr by Sam,r pAa.S.J.t. Pmrknew the(p) he<tt ofSimon.M•gm; and Paul,(u)whogoingabout to p,rpouerhat,~l\ u Koro,3. '"Ad:,lJoiO Pa•/rheheart•ofEbm.u, And thus may a· men arc !inners b~ uaturc:, alJ~n~gerll for his ny manknow the thoughts of anorher, euetJ pru~fo: d1uers refitrnomes of S~np.tme, and, as he may know the tree by his frpir, and rhe parttcul~dy.our ofrhcfe two Pfalnm before tountamc byhis !lreame. ' cl red: whc:rby heg1ucs \~s to vnderaand,rhat !lefides rhefe, there are two otqer,mcane< tbefoole there mctloned,mufl QCvnderUood added whereby to know mens thoughts, one ofeuery narur~ll man.But it will-befaid,rhat by tho Papifl,, &another by the .1\!lrologi- c tr is ingtafreJ in mans narure to hold& rhink ans. The Paptlls fay, the Saints in hcauen there IS apa~,and rherfore euery man dorb knowmc:ns thoughts, nor direCtly.._ pf them· norqenyGodm,hisheart. Anf. Wecmu(l felues, bur by refleCiion tn• rhe gl1ile of the know tbat rhefe two thoughts, T,hereiJ a(jod, Trimry. Buc this is amecre forgery of the1r &(lureunoGod, may be, and are both in one own,which/farneuer knew,fayingt~Y~f?(tb~ and,1hefame hearr:rhefame man,that by rhe qlfa.6'J·l't Saints departed,(q) llbr•ham iJ •g•qrf'~'~ Vf 1 h,;btof nature tpinketh rhereisa God, may and l(rad /znopeth v<,not, but rho' lf.'l'i¥1!'1 o~r by, dJat corru,ption and darknes ofmtnd that redeenm.And rheSaint_svnder,w.9i!l!iV'Jf;: C~IUC by·Adam• fall, thinke there is no God: ., Rcu,,;.Jo. • How /opgLo~d,ho'!~~ng,, wilt thDH.I!fi i~~g~anJ I!Jr two contraries,bceingnor in the higheG auenge,~HrMt~o.don the11.f£hat dwellftf.!Jtflf"r!Pd 'd~gree, may be in one and ehe fame (ubiect: giui11gysrovndcrlland, rl)a.t th~HXC;'j9f:llll as!•ght and Jarkhes in the fame)wufe: heare !harp,efighred,as_b~ rh.~ glalf• of Jh<J riJ!.i<y a_nd cold> 10 the fatpe body. , rof•e intothe day,or•!!l~.la" iudgemenr,and 1 11. P•mt: How dorh a man by thmktng How a m3n therefore not into rhe .~hqugl)<;<.,c;>f 1 me9~· deny God in hioheartl An{. Twowates,firfl, hearts.,So that ther~ar,erms1Y.Ihrc~1waies.to J by turmngthe true God tnto an idol oft;nans bythmkmg dc=mcs knowtherhoushts of,m~: anq('ltl~X n1a1 D Qj'l_lqe: (econdly,by plactogfomcwbat that God. ' bckcownc. ,., :·i ~. ! ;. : ";) .!~· lts.,lll?t,Gpd 111 the roome of the true God. CH A.·P. III. ,;,, £,qr,.the: ~rll, the imagination of euery man Of maltJnAlura~l{3~~~tsconcerm!Jg{J_qJ. , narura!Jl(} without further light fro.m th~ H.Auing found rhat-rp; t_l;l,qugh,to ofPlan 'l'fl'd"f od, doth turne the true God into may b~ known;we cqm~po.W tofee what !If! idol; ~ud therefore Pau/[alrhof rheGa· bee rhe naturall c<;>gi{llt)!?DS of eqP,tf.'lin_ful! l~r).fm, that before tlteir vocation, (,.) rhry man. Although , t)lg;~ee almo!l !l),finile in di4ferHifetotbtm whschwrreno gt~ds: andof 'Gol,4.8, themfelues,yetthey , ay be rqdu~~li-Jp.,t.h.rf~ rhcF,phe{iAnJ, that(y) thqweuwithout Godin rEph.2.u. heads: They either concerneGod,oFa;man.s. the =rid' epen becaufe they did not in~heir tuigb'6our,orelfe4mant9wnefelfe. '-. l'•i~fs cpncci.u~, pf God aright, and accor. . OjthiMhought ;Thm if no Gotf, . dmgl,y worllup hnrr, .though thewi[erfort a. Touching God,there be in man ~.<;apical mongflrhem did~c~no~lcdgeone God rhe euilrhoughu.Firll,Thatthere;,.~ God,!"hich Crc~t.<?~of hcauen,and earrh.And therefore asiris fir!I in order, fo it is the moll notori· Dauid fatthpl~inly,that (<-) •Ifthegodtofthe • Pfal.96.! ous, & viledamnable rboughtthar ca'l be in, Gtn!l~etllr~ ulolf> or p.11ni!irs: nay, as the Apo· a natural! man. And that this io oneqf rh~ ,!liefatth,d<oeiJ, J.Cormrh.Jo,zo,Thnt whi<·h Q_q. the ..
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