..;_L~-=-=-~~-----;:;-;:--~;-:--:-------- I l.Booke. . Cafes ofConfcience. . . 71( •ot proph«it, 2 , Thclf.S.io. Yea but what if A fore mull be tcillpeted, and mi,cd with our: they deiiuervnrruthsi Paul anfwers againc, faith~ that it may become profitable vntovs. l f in the n~::u vcrfc, Trie ttilth;ngs. 11nd k,_upe 1ha1 Now ~11 this m1.Xturc, rhere ls.rcquircdadou-~ whichug"d: and Slint Iohn to thel1ke purble fa11h: the firll generail, whereby wee bepofc,t.Iohn4-•~Be/uue nlll eueryIJnru,b!JJ tru Jceue the doctrme delmcrcd to be true, fo as tht~>ritJ ,.hetbtr th'Jbe of God, wee neuercall the fame intoque!lion;O•rq,. Hereby the way wee mull rememb~rone lfultoycu (faith Paul) w.uinmHcbaJJ~rance, a. eaueat. There bee three kinds ofiudgemcnt. .Thdf.r.5. Thefccond fpcciall, whereby wee The firCl is priuare, whercoy. euery priuate apply the wcrd pre•chcd vnro our fducs,for per(on may iudge of the doC!rme wh1ch IS the humbling and comfortmg ofour hearts, tauohr: For hce mull nor hearc,hand ouerThirdly, wee mulllabuurto beeaffected head, butiudgeofthat wh;ch he heareth. Of with the word.Thusloliah his heart isfaid to this Saint Paul fpeakes to the Corinth;, fudge melt at the readingofthe Jaw, 2; Chro.J4. 2 7J'"h.r/ fAh 1.Cor. ro 5. The fecond is, the And the people 1cioyced greatly, becoufe iudgemenrofthePropnet or MiniOer: And they clll:lerllood the <Vord which the Leuites rhis " a furer kinde of mdgementthen the had taught them. Neh. 8. JZ. The he.ms of former. proceeding from agreatcrmea,iuo B the two d1fciplcs I hat wcnt toEmmaus, bur- 1 ofGods grace.The rhird is,the iudgement of ned within them , when ChriCl openeJ vnro the holy Ghofi in Scripture ;and thisisfouethem ihe Scriptures, Luk. 24. 32. Ar>d the raione & abfolme. For the holy Gholl iudg• !ewes at Peters fcrmon, were pricked in their eth 0 all, and is Judged of none. Thefe rhrce heam,and fa id, Men, andbrethren, wbat fo•ll kindsofiUdgemenrare fetinthisorder. The ~YedoelACl.1. 37. firfidepcndsvpon the fccond, the fccondvpFourthly , the 1vord of God mu(! dwell ontherl.ird,audthcthlldisabfolurc&iudgplenteouOy 10 vs, Col. J. 16. Thisirdoth ed ofnone. when itrules, and bearesthegrcatell [way in Vpon rhis caueat, two things doe follow; rheheart, and is not oucrruled by any corF~tCl ,rhara priuatc hearer ,though hee may rupt alfeC!i,on. iudge ofdoctrine dehuered, yet bee may not I I I. The duties to bee pe1fon11ed after ccnfutc theTeacher, or his minifirie. Mini· Hearir.g,arethcfe. Clers are ro beeiudged, but theirfpir:t" Pot FirCl,thedoC!rmedcliuered,mull beetrca· • fubieC!toeuery.pnuateman; buttotheprofuredvp in the heart, and praC!lfed in life, phets.For rhefp11it ofrheProphet,that is,tbe Pfal.119· 1i.I haue hiddethy word inm; ht.tTt, doctrine which theProphets bring, beingin- C thot I mightnot (inneagain[lthu. fp11ed by the holy Ghofi, is fub1cCI: ro rhe Secondly, a man muCl meditate on the Prophets, i.Cor. 14. J2. Secondly, a pnuate word which he bath' hcard, with lifting vp of man,isnotropublilhor broa~hany pomtof hiS heart vnto God. The beaUs rhat were doctrine, but tharwhich is plaindy propounclouen footed,and chewed the cudde,wcre fitded in the word, and taught by the min1llcrs reil both for meat vnto man,and for facrifice ihercof.This is aueceilaricrule;and the want to God, Leu.ll, It was the old and auncient ofob!eruarion thereof? isthe caufe ofmany opinion?fthe Church, rhatrhischewing the fch1fmcs and hcrefies m the Church. The cudde, hgmfied holy meditations. And bee Lord commaunds thepeople,Mal.z.].tortthat heares the word, mull doe as the beaU quire the Law nt the mouth ofthe Pri1f in all dorh, fetch vp the meat our ofhis bellie amaine pbintsoffaithand manners. gaine, and chew itoueranew. The man that Thefecond Rule to bee obferuedirl hearing. doth fo,is the fitteCl fortheLords vfe. Euery hearer niu!l haue caterhat the word Thirdly, bee muCl haue experience of the ofGodbe routed and grounded in his heart, ·o word ofGod in himfclfe,Pfal.34.8. T41e and likegood feed, in good ground: which Saint· (u howg,r.cioutthe Lordi!. lames cxpre!feth, lam. 1. 21, Rmint~•ith Fourtbly~heeisto-examineHimfdfeaftcr m"k,mjJ«htm,grafted word. Here generally it be hath heard the word. Thus Dauid faith of isto be remembred, that notonely ignorant himfclfe, Pfal. r 19- 59. 1bane cen(idertdmy people, but eucn the moO learne-d; ought to w4it1,tf.'Jd tHrned my feet vnto t·hy tcpimoniu. bee hearers of the word preached. Forth• Fifrhly, hee mull be obedient vntoit and preaching thereof tcrucs not onely for the tcfiifie h1sobedience,rhough nor at all r/mes, mcreaOng of knowledge, but alfo forrhe reyet whcnfoeueroccaOon is offercd.lam. 1.u. formation ofrbeaHCtl:ion;which may bee in· Be;edoersofrheword, andnot htArersone!y, de. ordi~are)where knowledge dotb abcund. cticingyourownefolun. . Nowfor the rootingofrhewordof.God II. ~efiiontouchingliearersir, mour hcarts,fundry thmgs are required. , U h b F~rfi,arrueandrightvnderfiaudingrher- .nOW are t ey to e COm0\ccondly > it mull bee mingled with faith, lo.rted,who af!er long hearing Heb.+ ' · Forrhcwordisaswine, or water of of the WorJ,ezther proh't "pery hfc: our faith IS the fuger that fweetneth it, 1 . l . 'f" andgiuesitapleafanrrelilh. Thewordthorettt e,or not at af/_? For
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