i------------~~-------- \L · eA Commentarie vpon cul~r mcrciCs tO fon'c faithful! me!~, or p.arricu- 'A truc~Rcligion., true Scripture, true Sacrameri-ts, larJ~dg'!:mtnt~ .on.Gods_ cne1nlCS; '\\~hetltct ·! : true Prophets, true DoChincs fromfalfc,b.ya p·artret!l:lt:,mr11-or whole k1ngdom<1~/'-Utt- afl 1 holy and fupcrnaturall rcuclarion from Gods t-.crrcucalcJ t.o .godly ll1_cn, in thofc daics (as~ fpirit..;vvh~ch,by cuidcm and pov.;refull demoehere to Noah:)Dut faluauon by·rhc MctiiJs, ~: j ~ration,_ affurcrh vs what IS true and'what is! the 111lf111Cr how the Mcffias fh6uld fauc lns ' . Jalfc, for the rub{l-ance of faluarion. And this I Cl1ur~h~ is ~~m.r~Jully-&. plainly rcucalcd novv 1 fpirit is giucn to all, rhat in true humili.ty.d?t j ~~en J-o.~hoic_o-a_l,t's~: · • " .· ., ~ . _ fe~ke it,in holy praicr,and in a holy& frequent -. OurofWiuch canfidcrat1011 :mfcth the th1r.d vlc ofGods \\'ord and facramcms; and to llQ.I:.lC c_:utio_n;\Yhfch.i'.s.;th~t r~u-Clations 0!Gods Wil,. clsiAnd ftu·elx if the p.i-pi!l:s ~,.,•ere as vydl:act~-bc .cxpcetc.d.nGw;llnOcnhc Golpcl, arc-orquaimcd.with the ~>irit of God, as t1fcy. afe dlt"l<H 1l¥ noth1ng clie, b~t thefc; •the trtit: mea.. V\'ith their 0\\'11 forged nmdations,thcy.\o\ 1 oUtd ninlj ~t.Scr-ip-tU"tc,&-a.dii(:.crpingof-trucScrip11cuer denic it. By tOrce'Ofthis ccfl:i.monic a ture: ftom forged, of, ~rue Sa·cram:ms from fupChl'ifl:ian .man knOwCth, as affuredly .as that i pofed-§. Qf true do-&r1ne from f::~lic, of true P~lGod is God, th:lt thePop·e;as now ht'.is,an9 as J H.~ts-.fic:m:f:llfc Pi·b"phcts. The[~ and fuch l_ik~, B ·h~ cxcrCiCeth his place :mtl power, cannot be 'I as.f3.r.r:c1or.th as.they arcne.ccffanc.to fa~uauon, ~h~truc Plea~of (,"'hrift; and that Popcric,as it •!1-~-,~e aml J;~<hfull. bclccucrs ( wh1eh o~t. 1$ now dlabhlhcd by.tbc Counfell of Ttcm, ofan .l~urnb!c hc~~,..:;by dctlom prt~.ycr doe --and taught by the moll learned of their fide, (,eke it lt G?ds hand) arc furc to hauc rcuca1 ~annot be the true religion, nor the ff,fdl wd).· lcd:vntG then"! frm~:Cod. But--as for o~hcrpurto hcauen: And whcri. qudl:ion is, what is the p_ofc.sof God,.ofE_t~fo.n'all'and particular ma~~ ·mcaningn£ thi5 place, ther~ U one GOd.mufonc tC!=i)Otwhat l11a11 be h1s blcfiings,or what h1s fr/(diatour betwi:a God 11nd mP.n ; rhr man iudgc~llents to t~ciC 'and thcfcmcn, famil~es', ChrijJ-Je[m; ifall the \;Yorld iliould faY the'con...- titi~, or ki-ngdomes.; or ~'\hcn,'?r how he wll1 traric, a ChrilHan manwill know ::md bdccU.e chi.mgc.fhtes; Of)tt"!mf1are:kiJ.lg.dOifJcs; or by 1 thctc at"c-nomor~ medintours to GOd lmt Chrift; y.•ha.t-·.(!_x(raoH.Iinoir.ie.tnea~ltS hce will hiue hiS , ·or of chat }?bee, thnt Chrift WM 'offcr~dfor o1t1· ;Col})·d·pr.~paga._t"t""d,~r ~·dcclinhlg Church Or ! Jinnnonceforall; thatthcre is no f.1crifice can .s-r:a.Jorvph·oidcn ;. t11efc we are not tb expeCt, purchafc vs-pardon, but his; let PapiHs colour <J<>t iaGly to bdC:euc.any tha~ 111a11 fay,- fuch the matter by'vnfound diilinCiions as much as thiurs.ar~rcu~aJcdv)no ~hem.· A!.id yet \\'C de !' c t·hcy can: and.the rame might beih~wcd ln dinot tlh.cLoJ:d m fuch !l-ra1t bontls; but that he ucrs o~her po1ms andplaces, And tf any askc may fdmetiinc cxtraord:in2t"tly rc\Jc'ale his purhow this can·bc: I 3nfWer;Noah.\\'as J'Parnedof rofc.th~eih, tO" fo111CfttS felcctcd f~ruams : yet Godof thingr not {em•: So Gods children are pr'eliid('-d,th:i.t-that rcuclation bceMalJline<l and warned and affurcd ofGod, of fuch 'things as <11lo!'·cd of ·_thc Chor~li. 'But as fotfuch things 'coneerne their (aluation,though theybe ihings . a·s conccrnc imhicdi3.t"CJy the faluat1on of our ;~eyond fcnfe and reafon, Godsfecr~tsdo(6dohg (ouk~,gods fj1irit doth mo'l cofortably rcucale :vnMthffli:C~ - : ihcri1 "Vhtov-sJiR-oafpritJers, in his Word,and in · The v(.e Of.exhortation is,thatif Godwarne .his s~cYamentJ .:: cfslJ•"\'lli("h, 'it is rnoft uut, his.child[cn of his will, and reuealc his fCcrets that tl~efccutJ ofCfod~rfnmongft them that[~are· -toOt~cm,~this lh.ould moouc & ~xcitC n to be.. JJiliJ!. i~ ...., :.•.. ~.J~.. . • ~:-•) ,• . -come truly and mdccdc Codsferuants: for we The.v(c of.th~rlt>Glrinc is double; forin- 1 fcrue not a Lord that is!hangcand aufl:crc.vn- !ltm~\:id6:, and-fnr·qc:hoHation. ·For our it~flru-i :to vs; that will not giuc vs a good Jooke,or a tlionthcrC>:w1:llc!lrtl-h.O\~,tO:.anr ..\'Cr the dltitch' · faircrworJ: nay, he is fa furrc fi·om that,that he of Rome: theyaskc vs,how doe we know uuc' , calls.vS"to his holy Coun[el,and makes vs knowj ·-rC·H0io'n;fr~m·crtol1COt}S; ~or true Scripn1rc-, or his fecHts, ~nd conununkttcs his ownc fclfC Slt~a~ticm.s from forge9? \•Vc anCwcr, firH, ~Y .P vmo vs byhts bldfcdSpirit; and by t,hat.fpiriG ltft.tltt1··by ~ght :tnd·fcn(c of rh<:_' ~:xcelknc~;,e rcuca~eth vn_rovsmanycxccllent myflcnes of t;l;er~O'f}'ns ~\'C know g.Q}d from bt:1flc, orfilucr {aluauon,wh-ICh the carnall.and profanemen of frtnn Iod. But whjt·lf"thc braffc'. Or tinne be the world neucr drcamcof. ·. t -guii-d~d ·ouca ? I .-anfwcr ' fccbntll~·-., we_qn ·- In the fccond place: let vs ?bfe1:ue,tha~ Nokno,(\~~..old from bt:Jffc, an'<NlhJer.trom unnc "'ah6uing rhus warn~dofGoebm this parucular 1 b~:&h~fpund·andfllttNi,~hd hardncfl'io to en-, , ma~tcr (as he ha.'h bcenc_f~rmcrly wa'.o'::d ant! .~urC:r:lf1d by the op'er~uon: fa there~~. a fp1rt-, 1 l:aughtof faluauon by a Mcflias to ~o.m~} bt-, ~u:tU,fo.und of the Scriptures in the 'tares of a' : lccueth not oncly rl~c gen~rall ·pr01111f~ offa~- lt.iiHarf, ;a fpidtuall t-omfon :tnd t;a(lc in true' ·uation, ~m alfo eh;~ parucularprotmf~ ofh~s f."CtjgMWJ a.fpi"rilua'Jlcpcr:nioll r in holy mc~1s; prcfcruacron and dchucrancc~O.ut ofwlucb h1s Jwar.t:!I~Of tht truc::S'acraments• .Bur1what if p_raC"b(c, we may lc:lrnct\-\0 thing~; \ f~ifC. PYo~Qf:ts col11Ci.1 1 n 1 ccpcs clba~hing, and F1rfi, that fa11h'ls a fitpc!natur:lll. v.orkc ~f , ·b)'.. l;rin~· wolldcrs~ fcvmc to ginc the fame' Godinthofc.mcl~shcartsthat_haucJ~. Th.a..~1t f.ound")1:raHc, fi"ncli,)\~CrrtJe, :ind opc·ration vnto is awurk,sof God, 1t appcaretl\lll th::t lt alv~'atcs I th1:ir f~l'frcrics, bf'-:it !<Ja.A- chalcngc it, and fay, ·a~knowkdgcth and b~Jecuct.h . Go~s '''Or<~: · -t~:r theirs is t1'uc?I an{'\.vcr la{l)v:then we know that it is fupcrnatwall, Jt -appea.rcth m that lt I,, .. · · · . apprc- , _ _
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