Perkins - BX9318 P47 1613 v3

~ -- 1;!0 ----------------- Jln Expojition vpon ~--.- - 'J__ ______ --- --- ·~c:·~~~- all tk: Prophets, anJ fo \.vill doe to the end by A the tcflitnony of Chrill,!!ffu\·ing.bis conl;i·~~(\ ; -· ! :31\ true prt:achcrs; tOr in th~ C\1urch rhc fathe r th:lt the fame is vnd,oubt(,'d~y d:c \\ 01 J ofl ' <loth :ra chjng~.l>y.the !Onne. \!Vhen the Lo1d God. . · ,. ' ra~gncd fire on Sodo1nc, Gen.rg.-z4. there f<·- _A fc<:ond doubt r<'fohiqt by this ~pCt;·in~,is 1 h9uah tb ·F."tllu:r •·a,._~ncd d"~~~c h) lehouah the, thts, flow can a mmd:;_10W £he rrur:reliuirm fee- ~ So;1ite~ So when the (yucnam was made to'our ,illS~ the Turkc; PapHt, le'ly~, :H1fi Pr~cdl:lnt,... hrlr,: PVrcm~. it ~\'i'IS made in Chrilt the pro~·n·ificy;Uc_chcir fcuC'r-all rcJigi6n.s, and die in them? I iCd fc~dc. lt ,WJ~ rcpucd tq Noah.AbraiJ:<m·, 1 ah{~<~.·cn \Vc mun h:l.ue~ r't~our!C t-o Chrift I : <'pd the Paniarchs,froL1l the f.a,-thn by the lct;t,t;. thi.s.faitl,tWH "'~in1effc1 : P,J1(j J.o9~e wherqo be~ 1 fm; 1 t-lpt ft•biJ;t.AJ,, V\ hkh !1ppc::r.rct!: t,o ·Mo]fe.r in giucs ~~~.s,teHimonic,rhat- ~,o\;c:ntuH ho!.Q for ttuc ~ the.; hufh, Exod. ~. , is by S. F,tir~Lcl:)icd. C~riH,· rcbgton, No ~to• the fn tptl}re&bc a~ alcrre1 t!-nc I 1. ~·or. 10. The Prophets :wd_.the Apoftte.S. from hcauen to the Cbu..rth,, wj1C)Qpl, ChnH , w~9~e as tl~r-ys.:n.c· i_nfj;itc.d: by: Ghrdt, .rh.ey~ h::r.th iC~~\vne l11s 0\"'(lC tdhmony oft))qrue l ·, were bmhts tB0t:W1lCI\)ts to. fr,qk.<.;.and ~... U[,.C, rehgu,nf.wluch m ntalJ lh\ll be folJncJ ~q.bce ~ that hs put inttH:hqlJ by dlc hq~y- 'C}bpH. T.hc · rhc rcfigis>n:.ofthe Protetla.n~·,and no_t_r.._~ rcli- I I mltrn,aad thc;.H\lt:,<llld·p:a:lj(; oftbc-fcripturc gion ofth.e Jew, Turl\c,or l?apifi.. _ t .~ • • '· I I :J_ll c.;! mefrom Chr\!l- Nay,-..<~. hct?_a,;l.Ypa_ni,ular ,B \ ~ th}td doubt tO be rtfolu~d by<!~~ •.dq:- ;m~n. _c,om~s , to ~~hicdtllld .tn~ : Scnpturc~; 1, Cl:noe, 1i 1 ·Ho~ ~ok..,JtorP tbe p..articuim: -tr.Hth)n , jth:.S b vy tnc ''"'I'·O~'Ig.of Chpt~, \1c op.ens h1s mtftt~n ·oftrlltgton, whlfJ·IU {rmdry men, pro- ~ ,,cyt,;, ~ £~U~ thS:~dl,fc.:tplcs vnt\Cffoj:lndmg, as ftffin~ the fom~ r~ligio_n, bu "f dlrten·p_qinz~m. : chcy\\c:n~¥<~)tp~~~~aus to vnd~rHand the fcrip., 1 Anjiv. Still wee mull l}aue n:col,dC tQ- rhis Nturt.'S, ·· fairhfl~L\Vitoetfe :md Prophet of the Church 1 1 1 The i~ccon9 dut)e ofChril}:s_propheticall ofhe is thiJ.lu<lgeof allccontroucrfi~s in]:eligion:.\ :fice is,to ccttific men in conft)cnccofthc trut.h :2nd in.th~ Scriptures, if '~!,\'~ marke ~Q..Qm, .we'! , of his flthcrs '~ill. This ccrtifi.catc is two fold: , fhall fcc,l\1sludgcment. Q::;fi\Bu~ iftlwr;~q~ I' 1 \. gcncra\1, 9~ p~n1qular: gcnertll~. wh<.:n hc~~l·. d1uers DF111IODS about Scripture 1~ fdff•.<Ul~ f!- . Itificth tnC'n in confcicuct·,Th~a-r.v~Je ~\'ord writ,-: j .uerie on~ giuc a afcuepll f-cntC vn~o·~c; :o..vlTo · l tc::t..19r fi)okcn byn;,w) i!i chc \'{On) ofGod:n,;:j.. !. mult then be Iud~c? .An[. In this ·dittcditif: of I ' th~r n>:urc, nor 1,., nine <all, doe this, but it is I opinioJls,yea,ofthc StTipturas t~~nlfj:hlcs,we I ·; pr?pcr tu. Chritlifl.op.i~elical! office. And fi}r muH lf~ll haue rccourrc to Chl'i~at}d rha~ m ' : z.v~ .. ~d.1J· :;this hc'fa1tb to h;.s D:lurlcs, . ~lie wt/1 fond, · chcSc.rtpcurcs alone: f0r though there ~'!;re a ! th~m the cr;mforra, whichjl;ll/t!utd the171i.ntoall J , thoufad diucrs expofit-ions ofone placc;ycc by ~ l•tr~uh: that i_s, t·eucalc Gods _will vmo them, C the fcope and circumfbocc th~rcofconf<.-rring 1 1 !· an.d a!furc their heart that tht;,facnc i:>rrtJ$.Vnt9 __ 1 it with other like places offcripturc,a r:nan fhal I . chisaffuracc two things <~re req!Jircd. Jheolftbe lblc t6 fin.d 'but ~he true fenfc; fo~ ~b.rilt in \ ward mcaucs,v.·hi<:h ii rhe word it fdfc:and 211 the Scripture cxpoundcth himfclfe_. ! inwar~ c:mCc,w.hich is eh~ principall,towi' the Tbc panic~lar·ccrti,fi.cafc ·of ~~ri{t be!o~l- ! opcranonof the holy fpmt. · gcth alfo to hts prophc.u~aUoffice: and th..at I.S, I By t~is do.Clrinc three points are refolucd: to affurc men in thcj r confcieJJces.,tPa:r'Jhc pro Firfi, this dem:~und ofthcPapifl:s, How a man mifcs ofthe Gofpel,with all the b~2·6tls rhe;-· '('ati co.rnc eo kno,\·, th<~r che fcripturcs read & in containt'id,-:as lufHfi~:arion ,fanCtifica~ipn,& t~l!ght, be the wcrd of God? An[. We m1,1H: lift· e~emall, ·which in,tht word be g.cneraJiy here hauc recourfc to this faithful! witneJfc,~,.nd expounded, doe belOng v,nto themp.3ooi.culard.d~ti·GftW.m bj_s fpirit, whereby rhe mind mufi ly.: ~s-to Peter, ro /obn, &c. And lGis 1affllf;l!\CC I Q1· cnligbrcncd, :o.n_d ma<;lc.abk to difccrne the (as th.e fonnct-) is princjpa!Jy wroug·ht J>y the thingsof God : fo.r 110 n:ttu,rall man can do<: it word, not barely read.bur preache,rl;for thcreo.fll;mfclfe. s'ccondly, we mun hauc Chrifi his I in by the inward workc of rhe fjlirit,th.egene- \ 't rcl,bmonie o\.¥ripturc,·in-thc {<.riptures them- \ rall prornifcs be panicuiarly·gpel~"d .._!hi_s R:-ut•l .[e.lu.::s:for it~t)l he ferreth down his tcflin1oimport!i:,fay,ng,Y.cc hatJc the fpmtotadopuon 1 nic ofthe ~cripturcs. 'iD whichtefhfi.es '"'ith onr ipirit;we be,the{onnes : 1 ,J>utfomewillfay, i(Chrills tcllimopie of! ofGod,Rom.&. r,. r~. ·': · i 1 SCriprurc be fct downc 1n the f<ripturC"s, why Hence'·' e l~arnc, that the doCltJJ_1.e o,f th.e I I doe not all men know this tdlimonic,:md reChurch ofRomc, &of all others whtch noia, .niuc it.? 1anfwcr,rhc thining ofthe fun ne beThat men cannot be a.Jfurcd of their faluadon fore 3 m:w~ fate iS not fufficicnrto c~ufe him to I by f:Jith, is wicked and ~amnabic: f~r hereby fee,vnlctTc.hc h3UC in his cyt:·s thC' gif{ andJcnfe the~ Cl!t off :1 ~art_o.fChnlls rropheucal offce J I of fccing; Eucn fo,it is not ~nough fo~ a man whercm. the dtgmtiC t~ereof doth confift,that to hanc i:1 God~ word the tcfiimonic ofC:hrifi is, to aOurc 3man p:uttcularly.of the truth of tll:tt Scripture i~ Scriprurc;but v.·ithall,hc ml:lft Gods .promi[cs vnto him[clfc. And in this J h:lUe in himf~lfc the light ofrhc fpirit,rcutalin.g hcc dtffers ~rotn :rii_ othc_r Prophets 2nd ~- ~ tha~ rcHimorlic to his copfcicncc: ~nd then in pofl!cs, wh1ch b~ Wltncflcs:for they can Wit- ~ I re<~dingorhcaring the Scriprurr, in markif!g ndfc oncly OJJt\..\'a~dly to th~ e3~t:; but ~~e . the m:Jnnt:r, :~nd ttylr, the mail"{lie and power can fpcak c and \dllf1c to ~~c con,ctencc:Nc~- j I t=~co~i;_c_~:~:_~'_l~~~cn:c' thcr can any of l•><~-=m~~Y :"~;,~::;~ ,\ I I l ·I I I i ' l I I I • I I · -~---

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