rz. Booke. Cafes ofCon(cience. (nighe!hnd fir(lcauf< o(all creatures, is God A fhi.mfdfe fromwhome all thmgs at the fir(! ·mmedi~cly fiowedJ wirhoucany rdation to the1rc.mfesin nature.And rhus were the fi,n, fecond,and third daiescreated and appointed immediately from God, and di(lmguilhed from rhe nigbt,hy an intercourfc oflight, or. .dained by him for that purpofe. 57 But thefubordinatc and inferiour caufe of the day,in orderofnature,was thefunne, and that by the fameappointm!'nt of God: and this caufewas not (cc in nature, asthe caufc of 'the day,before the fourth day ofcreation;for then it pleafed hie.> to make it his infh ument, todHiingmlh the day from the night ;asalfo B for other ends and vfes. And therefore it ts n 0 maruell, though the day was created be– f<¥e the funne,rhe inllrurneptall caufe there– of: conlidering that it was created before the [unnewas fer in chehcaucn, by the Creatour hirnfelfe. Secondly, wee mull dif.linguilh oftimes: which are·either ofcreation, orgoucrnment: and there is one regardtobeehadofthings while rheywerein making;and another after rheywerecreatcd. Now lfisrruc~thc funncis rho caufe of the day and tbo night, in the time-ofgoucrnmcnt oftheworld, but it \.f3S not [o in rho time of the firl1 making of all things. For 10 the three firfl daies of the 'l'o<ld, there was adayand nightwithout the fun,by a•·icifiitudeoflight & darknes,which C the Lord made, and naturecoule neucr haue fOund oUt, had not the word reuealed 1t. -But lince the creation, in the time ofgo· ucrnment, the(unnc is butan inrlrumcnr ap– pomred by God to carrie light ;and hee that made the l1ghr,cannow in thegouernmenrof the world, tfit pleafedhim, purdownethe funne from this office , and by fame other mea.nes dillingl111h the day from the mght: therefore 110 marucll though he did fo 10 the beginning. Obiell... The fecond Obie<'lion , is toucl>ing the liflctb ofall the fourc Ei<mcms.,earrh,warer, firc,and aire. ' A"[. M.ofes fpe1keth onely oft•·o, which were the principaJJ, and in them mcludcs lhe other,bccaufc theyareimpure,andmixc.wirh tbe other !ince the fall. Agame,[ome learned men auouch that all creatures arc matJe of earth and watcronely:as beingthe twomaine material! principles ofthem all; & not ofaire, nor offire. And tbis accords with MoCei,and is no doubt, a rruth, that he fpeakesonely of the prtnc1pall matter of the[ecreawres: and yet rhc fire and arre, are,and may beCalled elements,or begrnmngs , becauf<:they fe1 ueto forme)prcfertJc,and cher1f11 rhecrearurcs. The fourth Oo1drion. Gen.;. itisf<td, Ob>etl.4, thatEue beforcllcr t;.J!, wa; dewucd hy the Serpent N->•• this,fa1tl1 t!'C A:heiO,i, abfurd. For euen1n the eflareofcvrrupi!OO, tim.ethe fall, rhere is no woman fo limplc, rharwill either admit fpeech, or [ulfer bcr fclfe ro hee deceiued by aSerpenr,much lelfc •ould Eue, jo the efface ofher innoccncie. Anf ...ThougbAJam& Euc io their iono· cencie,had an excellent knowledge, yetrbq had not all knowledge. Forthen they lhould hauebin asGod himfelfe. But in thare(lare ignorance befell Eue in three things.For firll, though A darn htmfelfe was a Prophet in the time ofhis innocencie, yet both heand fhee were ignorant of the ilfue of future things, which are contingent. S<"condly, they knew notthe fccrcri ofeach others heart. Forto know the cucnt ofthings contingentcertain– ly, and the fecrcts of the heart, belongs to God onely. Thirdly,though Eueknewethe kmdes ofcrearures,yet thee knew not all par– !lculars,~nd all things thatwere incidenttoe– uery kind ofcreature ,b.ut was to attaine vnto [hatknowlcdge,by experience&obferu:.ui6. lighto\theMoone.Mofes faith, Gen,1,1 <Ut i•oneofthe great lights which God made. Now;fayrhey,in allreafon,according to hu· mane learning, it is one ofthe IeaU of the ' planer.,and le!le then many f!arres. Ar,[. It isrrue which the holy Ghofl faith by Mofcs, and yet the Moone is lelfe then the Sunne, yea, then manyoftheClarrcs. For oneand the fame fiarre, in a diuers and dilfe– renr refpe<'l, moy be rearmed greater and !cf. (er. And in that place the Scripturefpeakes ofthe Moone, not inregard ef other {h.rres !greater then it; butfn refpctl:ofcurfenfc,bcNeither may thisfecme f!range:for Chrifl as he was man)had as much, yeamore know– le,dge then our nrfl parents had in thetrinno– cen~re,and yet heknew not all particulars) in all lmgufarcreatures. For,feeing afis-trec by the way as be went to Ierufalem , he thought it had borne frUit, andyet comming towards D ir,he found nonerhcrcon.And 111 hke maner, Eue might knowe the Serpc:nunckmdc,and yet betgnorant, whether a Serpent could fpcake.Betideotbat, the naming of thecrea– tures,whichargucs knowledge ofthem ,was not giuen to Eue, burro Adam. And there– fore it was norfo flrange, that Eue 0Jould bee deceiued by a ferpen<, conGJcring that to know that aferpent could fpeak ,or notfpeak, came by experience,whtch !bee then had not. l c.mfe it appearcth greater inquamitie,andre-_ allycommunica~eth more light: yca,itisot !more operationand vfc to the earth, then a– lnyofthe (lars in the heauen,fauingthcfuone. Obicl!.;. ThethirdObieClion. Mofesfaith, Man and Beall were made oftbe earth, and Fifites of the ~~o·acers. Bm all humanelcarningauou– chcth,that the matter ofeuery creature, con~ ltwdlbe[aid , that all ignorance isfinne: but Eu~hadno lin : and rb.:refore Jlu:ccould a Ignoran– notbelgnorant. An[. Ignorance Is twofold- tiaprat..r Comeignorance (a) ari[eth ofan euill difpo!i: l dotpoG,;o– tio~l,whcn as weare tgnorant ofthofcrhings ~~~~nor.mwhlch we are bound to.know,and tlus IS finne tia-mc<.r properly. But there 1s another ignor:o1ncc, f pnu~ri(•nis, (b)whtch isnofinne,whenaswearergnoraot ~d neg'- I of tJOnupura:-,
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