dn £xppjition 11pon ,, co~,;~d-cmnation; ond fo ma.ny v·:ickcd workcs lA ~oCtor and chicfe Anodi of this Clmrch note a$ we comm_it, fo many t"Po.rkes and brands rhat hce; !na,kcth a(!HrinCUon-ofJhc p-etf~ns jn i <ioc . "~·ee fft ''P~n ,ou~ . !c~ue:; qf our iufi anJ, t~c Church; :ln~ allo diuadcth lotiscauf~fc;U~ gi- . dcf,r.uedconJc.nmati-on, \5.nldfe we repent. umg one, doC~nnc an<J onc.Audgcmcmro,One I Laflly,.hcncc we ~ll1Y ga.rbcr, thac there be' p:uc, and a dmcrs doChini::land iudoc:mcnt to · dcg~ce1, ofioy inJl,C~}~cp. 1 and. ?f.tOrlncms jn another, · , 1 'Oi;...:. .· ~ hc!L 1 F<:>.r ~udgcmcnt's 111~! rcwa~~ds rgoe accof.. !his ~intth vs good dircCHon fo.r ,li;rrd;ic 1 1 ding_w mens vvo:rkcs. And thc:~e(o.H• ~\Jty"that :tcl:fons~ tor feme may askc)ww ITmH ,doChinc ! T.~t"vfo. ltellihc.thcir'·faith by grac.c ~nd many good bcedehucrcc\m a.~IXt congrega.uqn, whc~c w?rkcs, 01a1_1 ha:ue,grc.at ~:cwanf,;;rhc,y th.rt.t~.; fomc :~re P~p~fls, lome tProtdhnr~, (fometare I fi_dl~ d~c1r fiwh by ldlc:r ~f\~ fc~\',~f·~·~rks, t'hti ~ardcncd> others dcfpa 1 tc? .Anfw, The pcrfons hauc-~clrcr r,..<:'"''ard: aqc),fo ~r £ion1~S~ t_h~~morc nmfi be d1fhngudhcd, ;)ft.cr the C?){atf:rplc, of I h:t~nous tl1l'y be, the deeper cond.cnm~uo they Chnfi,and.futablc dochin<s diuided_ior tbrm, do.. procure. · · ,., r· . - · ,t.har cuery one may haue J11s due. Jf!lpt:tlJtcnr V ,.24 ~nd to you I ra!Y · (lnncrsmuflbctcrrificd, and thr~"nings deli1 • • .. JU. '.. uercd aga:mlt chcm, \Vith exception Qf~tlrem the re(l of them.ofThyatira, l ~ I that repel).l; ComfOrts mufl bepropounqe~l h · h~, . 2nd_ apphcd U> them ~hat dcfpaire., with re... ~.many aJ aue not t IJ /carflramcfrotllallimpenitcntpcrfonsthatgoeon ' nbig ~ neith-er haue /i,zlo'Wne the ~n ~r~~·y: demau;,d mo;e panicul~rly who I ... 'I deetJelierTf!ol Sathtm r lt4 the• thole be,wh~m Chnflcallcth Thrcft ofthmt I ·J.I ' ( ·· ,,, I)~ ~. . ,\. ,, : :,.r, qf Tz~rtra' .Chnfi anfwors dtrelllyJ as.thc I ljjea{e) 1 TPt/1 put vnon .JOU .wo:. SJmpon) to ;u m1•;.tu hmunot t~.k lwf : '": 1.·. r nmg' 11fJthlr ,haH~ k,.mrrp~f tht duptptjfo of Sal noneOther tJUrden, than, ':V hero Chri{l giucth two notes whqeby m > h · U h , todifrcrnc •whobcthcrcflof them~fThya- , ,. 2~. DU~ ( at 'IPJJIC JOU u:a; The filll.is; the not rc«iuing or maintal1 haue alreadie ·ho/de lafi till 1 mng of the r.1rc doCltine of [,._.6,t, whereof r . .. ~· . 1• entrcatrc ha\h beene fonncrly made: T~c fC'.... come. .. cond note is, 1tgnorancc in.t~~ dc<:pendJC ofS:1 I . ·, . than, nttther¥Hutt/zno1Pnt thetitepmeffe of SA- ;~ Here Chrifi cc:nnmcth to a fee on~ part of C th11n, that is, ·\1cither hauc acknowledged nor his cou~1fdl, which conccrneJ; the Angel, and .approoued,t]lc doChine oflc.t.4bt/,which is ~he the better part of this Church ofThyatira:and .dcepe and profound lcarning,as thcmfelues do fir!t he bcginneth-with the" preface of this coun iudgc. . fell; whncinwetnay obferue cwop.oints:Firll, ln this obf~ruc amofi \"licktd pr:C.Hfe oflewllo fr;eakcth:S~codly, to 'yhom he fpoaketh. ut~eland her followers: they eflccmeJ highly I: or t~c fidl, bee that#fpcakcth is ChrHl. I JaJ, of their owrlc opinions,c~llingthcm profotJnd hereby Chrifl cl~a!Jeng.eth vnco himfelfc the and Jcepc,Jearlling: but forthe doClrine of the abfolute :wd a.ll!UfEci~nt amhoritic of the fuProphccs and Apofiles i11 the oldc:md new Teprc:m.~c Doltor of ~i·s ~ln~ryh. in that he fpc:.- fiamems, i~ it there \o\':lsno fuch mattc~.l .. t~is kcth in ht: O\·\'nC n~unc_. Whcr.~~yhe puucth a in all :~.ges hath beenc the pr:.CHfc of wic~cd p1a,itJc diffcr1nce bct\'e.cn~ himfc,fe and :tll opcrfons,highlyto efleemcth~irownc conceits, ther hi• minillcrs,.cifh<FProphcts,Apotllcs,or and bafdy to ncglcCl the word of God. The ordinaric ttachcrs;1or they l]lU~ n<;>t,.propouild teachers ofthe }ewes do hold ro this day,Th~t any thj_ng vmo Gods people .i1~ ~~eir owne . the Lord gaue to Mofuamofi plaineandcafic namCs, .but in the u3mr: of Chrifr. But ChriH D ,lawwhich he dcliucredtohis people; but.t.he i:caChfth in his O\o\'OC name; bc:cing,thc faunmoll fecrctand profound doCtrine was vnwrictaincofaU diuiflleknowledge & vndcrflanding ten, fhC\ved to Mofes by rcuc1ation, an.d by that ii reue:.lcd in the word of G9d. And thus him dcliu~r,ed to the Pricfis and lcuitC's,which Chrifl himfclfc fpcakcth in f1is ownc name, to they kecpc flill in their Cabbala. And pf the (lrike the hearts ofthe Angel! of this Church like iudgmeot touching Scripmres are the J?oand the:bcttcrpartthcrcof. with rcuercncc,and pifh Churches: The word wriucn is but t~n to movouc them to recciue and obey the counir.kic word1adead !cttcr,or 3 nofe ofwa!Xc:hut fel~ follo., •ing, ~onfidcring it Comes immedirhc moO: pcrfctl Sct~pturc is v~writt~n; ~hi eh atcly from Chrift, cJ1c DoC't.or ofthe Church. is, theco.nfcnt of f3t_t~ and of t.loChme m the I I. Point.The pa~ties to whom he lpcakcth, hearts of ,all Cathohkcs. An1l .by fuch gte~t To.you,that is,the An (yell and the bea er part of tearmes tHe Anaba~ulls, L_rbertrnes, and Arn .. this Church: for fo eh rift expounds it in thefc nos, m:lintainc t~Clr.doClnnc,an~ :t.1)ufe fctipwords following, thol•gh firll hee ffty in geturc, calling the Wtlttcn w~rd mtJkcfor ~u1=ry· ncr:::~ll Toyou: that is TIJerdJ ofthcm9f Th;a~ oouicc, but the confent of heart among thcn.,1_.. . cl tirtt. > [clues with rcuclations, that i~ d1e fi:rong \Vheo as Chrifl: wi!l hchauc himfclfc as the 1;1cacs. Yea, this op-inion h:ith crept in 2.m~ng· 1 . ''S --·-- - --
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