--~~~~-----~~~· · ~-·-· ---- 1 ~o-~.1 . .. . <!A (;o~mentarie vpon . . \ ;'~:,~:: j ( \tormer v~~fc; an.d conftjfed, rhat thq were Pt.. A:. the f~:mtar~u of lc.unmg, Now, when ':is Sl- I 1 I gr:mNar.aj~ran$n-s~ntheeart~: fr?mwhcn~c, : ! than by th1s ~11cancs; 'htb Ilca!c a\y3y fro:n! j ! the: conclu~!OlltS·i?1d do.wnc tn th\s 14 .v<;rk .. \ \ thcttl th~ fiudtc ofth~l(ible, ~in !lead thereof l I ! th_:lt t\l.crciorr.t'"Je.P.ttrs.trchJfiJHght f()r ~J coun- , -fot~~cth m c~rrupt _huuntie wrtr.i.ngc;;.hcrr.by?e· I ! r·;:,_c• \" • • , ' r• ·· · · 1 • p~1lons th<'= toutl~1mcs..rothc d3.llg('r·of intc-. ! I .,., )11 thts rca!on oPfcr!:le, fi.rtl,-kh;\J"the Authorttmg thc·whol Chutch.A·nd.as thi~Hcommon \ t I !il§th)~ Ep.iH\c \1ad dilig.cntly 1£:\.Q .thc Hiflori.> in the plac"·ot:Poperi.c•; lbli·kc· \vile ldme f.,ult I 9~1 -/ff;traha.m,Sa·KI{h_,,.Jf.tllft!H4JMok '· p_pm,cd JS thJs way c-ommitted among -vs that be Pr:dicby A-lops in the15ooke of Gendls: :md in re::;.. ftltus.; ~t9r m:my in· their phu:\tc fludil's t·akc I Jing;h.:td obtl.·nl~th~t wh;~}l they p.:trti,cub•-. \ little ~aincs in the bookc.of God, but ;apply 1 Ly, <onfdfed of rh<mlducs 111 m'jW•rJagcs,af . 1 thclnlcl~es wholl)• to the writings ot: men ;.ns I \ that,bookc; nqmc!y~that they. ~;!r(P)/grim~J Cc>un:els, Fathers , Sd'1oolc.-mcll, and nther l andft;·anger.t :. :tea 1 ;Uo hcc !:Pthc(<.·?!r~ql thct~ I Expohto~-s; & in the·h:mdling ofthe Scdpturc, confcflion,th1s mojlihelucnlyHHj'd.l~.:i.tfbn,th:t-c 1 they glon~,more toproouc ':t point 1 of d0.~lrine fherefor.elh~n,·rr.eyof'j;llluir o!_imf.c~m11rie, bftt by rnulti~lidtic of hurhane tCflimonics,-then fought anothe)·. Tbcfe three th1pgs tflen the au- , B by the; wut~cn word. B.ut the truth is t thus to I ~hor of this l:pill:lc vfed :~bout the holy \ do~, jsto prcferre the handmaide before:thc: Scriptur~s : Rc.:rdir.g, mrditation , a1Jdflhfe~Uol- ~ Mifiris_:and~sforth~ openingandexpounding ti:m. · ~ • of Scnpturc by other~ \\'ritcrs, it is:no:.ful'h Wh.en:.:c we tcJ.rnc, that 31l Gods folmifle;·.r, point of decpe lcaming:;.m~n-ofo·l~dinariC.:;:il ~:1d ,tbo(c which prepare thcmfel_ucs to ~he pacitie andQ,lljgence, may·cafilydcliu'ef\''hat ~orf:.! tJfth( _A,.{inif/:c~ic, arc dilig~ndy to r~adc oth_ers h~u:,doncbdOrc him: •But to Qp.cn.·thc and ltudic the:,holy5cripturr.r, and to .mcda.t:nc ~cnpture toundl}• andpurely ,2Sit ough~ttp·be,. therein. No ooubt, the Author of thts EpaO:l.e ts of anqth,:r nature then thefe men take it: and was a~1 Ap•fllc, and had moll noe>ble giftcs hereto. t.h~tou.nJ fludie .of.,heTe.Xtir,fdfe,wil byvc:nuc of his c:tlling, and yet he~ bellowed prooue thcJ~dl hclpc,a.s.chey_wil confcffewho p:tines in vtc...ving the particubr \~·ords ofAhauc tried.moll of all. An<i though th.c beH braham, lf<Mc, and lacob, recorded ?Y Mofot mens W?rkes bee but bafo,lluffe.tovthe,puie in t~c booke of Geneji1. DAnirl alio was :m word of God, yecthe \\•ritings ·ofhc>ly. -roen cxtr.lordinaric Propl}ct) yet 3s (we n•ay reade) mull npt bc'contcrimcd; butmufi be read :md D~nl~f 9. z. hcc .Hudicd with admirabledil!- C rtg11rdcdin their place ;for our fumilhing :md genct the prophc~ics of leremie. a~d~rrek!:t. enabling_ to the ll:udie of. the Scriptures, for AndTimothi•, thqugh he were a Dij'Ctph,(.Ad. the hclpmg of our knowledge and ludgcI 6.r.) and well learned, yet Pal¥/!,hargcthhim ment in the word of God..: they that hold'or · togi~att.endancc ro reading, to exhort11ti11~, ami. praCtife the contraric, know not what hdpcs to doEI~in•, 1. Timoth. 4· q. AndEu~dis thcybce,andwhatlight theyyccldeto many. comnuundcd to etUether.o/e, ttndro fiJJ hiJ bcUi~ darkc places ofScripture: But fiill about~nd .;.;rh it, Ezekiel , l • l· And S.lohn likcwife is beyond, before and afrer all,.the ~vordof-God commaundcd to .at; vp rh• ftttfe book.!, Rcucl, mufl be eaten vp ofvs, aud fludied Wifh.o!Ldito.9;to. which tl~ing he did: ~11 which ll:rong-- gence. · ~· ; · ·· : · ly inforee the former dutic,01ewing that Gods Secondly, in thattht.Amhor ofthis Epiflle (ctuant in the Minificric, mu(l as it were, noteth their p:aticular fCntencc, andbyconf'e.. catC vp •Gods hooke'; dut in iudgemcm :md queneegathcreth thismcdtt2tionout of.it;rhat vnder!landing, he may digeflos li\ttcas is pofthry fought a Cou>~trie ' J:lereby.all m•n are l tiblst~c decpc things of God, and the harddl caught t~ excrcifC themfclucs in hearing :md pll<cs of rhe Scripture: here mu(\ he lay his reading all the pbccs of the Bible, ruen the foundation, and hither h::mc: recourfe from:lll Hifiorics ofmen cherein:and out ofthe ":ord~ j othi:r writings wl~at(oeuc:r, in any matter of 0 to gather 'godlymeditationS. So PaH/fairh to doubt.' · . the Coloflians , [,,tthewordof God dr>eilpltntiThis direC\ion is mofl necdfarie for the wfll in; ou, Coloff. 3· 16. Th.e PrQpbct...DaJtid School~!of the Ptopbcu, and for all God1 -/11inialfo noteth it for the propcnie of a good ffcr1 ; ;111d yet norwithHanding , the comraric man, to nuditau in thi L~<we of GtJd daJ and p(a],1.~ praClife bearcth Iway in the worl<L For, in the night: And ~he praC\ifc o~ the bleffcd virgine PopH1 1 VniucrjitUJ, rnofi oftheir dmmes apply Mt~rie,ls rcg1~hed asan cxaplc for vs to follow; thcmfeloes to 1\udic the bookcs of cerraine that fhee k.!pr aU the faring< of Chrifl in her L,k.•s• Schoole-mm,ond the Expofitorsor Cqm~Ctcrs hrart. Bnt ptt~ie i~ is ~o feet: h?~v rea~ing thetheretlpon. Thcfe are ::~pplyed d~y and mg~r, \'\'?rd ofGod JS hud ahdc; _,or a_Js fol1ttlcpra .. though they bee both many and large, and tull C"bfcd, th:u men no\v ad::~1es wlll not bee at ofnecdleffe quidditie$; and ofrcnti~1es theybe charge.tobuy aB1ble: forboo.kes o~ Statutes, allo publtkcly expounded, wheras in tbc me:~n men \\'llll.lOt ondy haue thcmn~ thctr houfcs, timerhe Bible licth neglected, orJ.i.t.tlc regarbutatthm fingers ends; lH>t'Biblc they haue dcd:whercin we may fee the notAble Y''orkc of none: and ifthey hauc,_ir Iierb 611 t_he dcsk~,or the Dmi!l, :mrl his malice tO\V:lrd the Church, table, :tnd they rcadc 1t not ; :md1f fomct1me j:>f God; for the Schoolcs of rhe PropPcts are theyread,yc.t _t.hc)Lncucrmeditatt t~cron,as we -·~-· ---------·:--·---,--.-- ~--· ' arc -----'~ . ~"'-·--···-------·
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