:z.c8 ~nExpojition ofChriJ!s .:th·7·l: the books of tllc old atld new tc!bmcnt,m his righr and holy vfc;thai: is, read, clili)cnfed, and preached: and confequcndy,by holy thi»[_J,arc God3 wnrd tTlC:l!U the SacramellfJ' and ChrHhan aJmoniisan holy tion. G8dr ;wrdis called an holJ thing for fun:. thins. dry caufes, B:llt·principally fonhefe two; firft, I bccaufcitisholyin it fdfc: :md fc~ondly, .in cffc[t and opcnition, It ls h0ly it\itr ·felfc, be– caufe it is ICe apa,rt·by God,to~e-frttbe Church in llc:~d ofhi5 ov•mliudy vOitc vmo his people for the reucaling-~nd dccermini6g ofall things to be belccued and done in his Church. In the old tdlament, God himfelfe fpakc by a liucly voice vmo the Patri:~rk$s, and after the giuing of the Law,hce ~auc anfwer eo the high PrieH at the Mcrcic~fcot~and yet \\icarc not inferiour to them, thotlg:t ~.<Yt \V::tnt that Huc1y voice; for "v\'C haue the wrii:tcn ·word in Head thereof, whkh is anfwerablc Cucry way thereunto: for looke.what the written ""ord faith, is as much •s ifthe Lord from heaucn fi10uld.fpeake by a li'ucly voice: and fo confcqucmly, it is to vs in Head of the Arkc of God, a plcd<>c of hi; pre– fcncc. And thus it is holy in it feJfc. Secondly, Gods vvord is hn!y, in regard of operation;for it is the infhumcnt of the fpirit fct apart by God himfclfe, to be the mcanes whereby hee fanCl:ifics and teformcsthc hearts a:nd liues of his cililJrcn.And confcquendy,th.eSa&raments are h"/; thing I, for tht:y arc the word made vifi– blc;fo likcwi(e is Chrifiianadinotlition•groun.. ded vpon Gods v•:ord. , \ . • \ .· From this doCtrine fundrle dtitlcs are t.o he learned; Firfi, ,~;c: art oft comm,anded,intG,;uis ~\'ord, tod~tn"P~ne_er~vnto God, tlJ[eek,s ktm, jO Jem-~ him, and folwalk.$ ltefor~ him in hu pre– {e!lte.' howfl1:lll "¥f doe t~~cft . t!l~ngs, fecing God hinuifib'lc, :md in glori-c an'd maidHc is in hcaucn? Surely, we mul1: confider the \\·ord of God, which is tlm hof; ih;ng (et apart by God, td be in ficad of his owne Hucly voice; ·and therefore we need not fccke for him that is inuifible, but we rnuH h:we tecourfc vnto the W<;Jrd, and bbour to hane it prefent: with vs in ou.r hearts, in our Hues, a:nd 'confcicncCS. Etzoch walked before God, not onely in regard of his infinite maldlic, whirh though i:t bc:,e. inuifible, is cucr.y where prcfent;but principal– ly in refpeC\: of his word, fctting that before· him whcrefoeuer he was. \.Vhen we arc com– mand tofoarc God, we mufi know that thllt is done, not oncly \.\·hen we lhnd in awe of his glorious m:licOic, but principally whcn\.\"C fearc to offend God, commanding vs in ,his Rom.a.u. ·word. The: Apolllc faith, th:!.t th~ ho[r Ghoft dwells in QHr heart.r: which muft not be thought to be meant of that infinite fubibnce of the holy fpirit; bm of the <hHlling of the word, which is made cffccluall by the t1oly fpirito for . faith cucr hath relation to the\' ord, and being bclccucd, it d\.'. 1 Cls in the heart, and makes the {pirit, which worl..:cs by the'fame word prefcm Gal.:.2o. alfo. In which regard Paulfait"h, Now llitU" not, 1 6!:1_ Cbrifl !!_ucs in mu: which he cxpoundeth ____i__ A afccr, .faying, I /i;u nowltJ fwith'i,J.·thefonneQf 1 God: bccaufc the word of Chrill was prefcnt ·with him, and the grace of faith that !ales by that .word. .. · · · :.. · . Socon.~lly,fccingthe word ofGod is ~ftha.t Vfc thcword holindTc 1 we mufl: lcarnot6 v[c thc ..f.imc pubholily. likely dt'~duarcl)' wfrh nil rcuerCncc;c,:arefully 1 fanC"Hfying our !clues thcreUJ\to. 'wlrth tbe l. people came to rcccmc the l:tw in Mo'i.\ni SJn:1 ... they were fanc\ificd rhree dai'es ·bef<ll'c"il.mlth~ , ' ''" ' I fame prcparJtion for fi1bHancc, ollght'\-''C~t0 }I make before we hcarc the word·of'<;; odi Firfi, wee muj/ wttjhour hand! in bmoc;itci'i\, nntl thCn t>f:U.:6.,, compaJ!i!the Altar ofthe L""d ·' thc'·\-Alfd.·and facramcnts :1re holy in rhcmfclucs, l::itir n'or fo B to vs, our oftheir holy vfe~ and thc·rcfoi·c ifwe would reapc profit to our folucs hy them, v.;ec: 111Ufl prepare our he3rt~ thereunto. Thirdly, whereas th_c wurd isvncovsthe voice ofGod,and the meanes offanClificuion; we m:1y lcarnc that in the c6gregation ofGods people ordinarily,thc pure worJ ofCod alone ought to be heard, wi.rhout the mixture of the V·:ords of men, be 'ch~y ncuer fo holy; for it is Tbepll!e wor.!alone oughttobt uu.::,ht, not [aid of ~he- words ofany rnan,that thevarc thathoiJ ih!"g. The Lord himfclte alon~had the appointlll<"nt ofrhc making ofthe holy fJ]l~, ~~~d.J:.Js, ·which was to annoint the Kin~s & Pricfls vn.o. dtr the law : neilhcr might any man adrleany , thing thcr~to, rhough it "'''ere neucr fo pure & c' good, nor make any oyle hkc vmo it: fqlike- ' I \vifc the trump~u th3t ferucd fortheTahcrna:.. Exo4.Jo, _ do:tcralfemble rhe people, rhe Lord himfcffe '""' . alone had the appointmerit o~ them~~md nml~ 111ight vfe any othtr, though it were made of mofi pure gold.Had thelor:d this careouc:r his SanCluaric vndcr the law,•to take the afpoint– mcnt of theferh,ngs.to himftlfe alone? & !hall \VC thinkc that the trumpet of his ho~y word, wh1chnowby his appointtnent fomldrith in the congregation ofthe Saints, may admit a rliix- ' ture with the words ofmcn,.hmn:tnc,or diuinc, I be r.hcy ncucr fo holy?Thc :incient Chu~ch was fane from this mixtmc J and therefore ':l."for!utd a Svnod. : the puMicl.t! reading of thc'.Apocryph~t., which Lao·d.ca.s,. yet arc more cxcellcr1t books then rhc writings of men publif.l1t'd fin cc the ApofiJcs. But it is D fmd, th:n they ondy findc f,ult with this kind of preaching,which cannm attain vnto it.I an– fwn,it.is n(j poimof.the ~rcatdl J~aning t~vfe the faymgs of Fathers aml Puers m prcachmg: :md they which vfc it not, l'cl'r:tinc thercfrom, not bccau[c they ·cannot doe it, but becau(e they dare not mingle the fayings of men ·with the word ofGod,\\ h1ch is that holy thing,fcr– uing in fle:td of Gocls ownc gloriotiS voice in all matters that conccrne our faith anrl obedi– ence; and bccing the only fi1Ai.cienr infirqmcnt of our f2nC"tificadon; :md thereFore it ,.,·ere: to be •Ni{hcd, tllat in tl1e congregations of the Saints, the pure word of Cod might found 3lonc vnto Ciods pc('lplc;that as they ate begot-' ten alone ofthis immortal! [ced~, fo they might be fedde alone wirh thisfnc~~·emillzy. I I. Point.
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