~----·· -··---- -· ------~-- ~TOT HE HO::A(_OV1\,rv113L8, 0L1VER L01\'D 1oaN, Baron ofBlerfo, his very good Lord; (jrace andPeace. I D . ._, . HE facrcd Scnp!Ures(RightHonourablc) arefiyled by the Spirit of, 1 I rruth, to be all and wholly 'righteom, b pe_rfec7, and~p;m,yeamojl " ptlrc, ~~i~~.;!:~ thac it mufl needes fauour of the fpmt of Anuchnft, to tudge any , , ''"'"·''"'·! part thereof (as the Papi(\s doe) vnmeete for Gods people 'to be ~c- :',';•1...,. quaintcd withall. And yet I doubt not but that on our behalfe tor : :'~,'t;~J::.~.~~ . fomerefpects,akinde ofpre11eminence may bee yerldedro fomepar- , ' ' P;"·l'· j cells ofScripmre aboue others, withour any derogation therefrom: clre the 'Apo!llcs ~.~·,<,",~·.~'· fhould hatte wrongco! Mofu and the Prophets, by prcferringd1e Gofpel farre before · •.!'"·'·''· theming/orieand ertidence. Andtherdore asPat~/gaueafpecrall charge tor Timothie r,;r;m.•..,. ofbisparchmcntsJbouehisbooku; as beeing, though not for matter :noreprctious; yet for prefent v(e at leait , more expedient! fo may our hearts, cmbradng with rencrence the whole truth of God as pure and perfect, in regard of fitne!fc tO our peculiar eftare, cleaue more nearcly to fome portion thereof then vnto others: for fecing herein is bothmilhe andJlro,,g me.tle, who will doubr,but that according to our ~geand growth in Chrift wefhould atfect? But I may not here dilate ofthis difference ofScripwre, and therefore will coine direCtly to that portion of it, chrijls Sermon inthe Mormt, whichisherecxplaned in this Commentaric; endeauouring briefly to fhew fome notes of eminence i11 tbefe threechapters, for which they deferue among all the Lords Worthie. to haue then•me of the firft three. And ro.omit the <.Aulhor hereof, though lefm Chrifl theSonne of God, becaufe the ·;;who!e Scripture WM' gitlen hy in(Pirationfrom g '·,.'"'!·" the famefpirit; as ;;lfo his preparation hereunto ( though extraordinaric) _hy h pra}fr h t ..k.•. u. to God the whole night hcfore, which mull ocedes import fomc confequence of great im– portance; I will onely point at themanner of penning this Sermon, and the marcer which It containeth. For the firft: when the belotted Apo(\le C1ith of Chrifls fayings and doings, that· man~ things were not written, and yetfome thingJ were written for the ground and confirroh.••·Jo·l' manon of our faith, none (I hope) will denie,bm thefe things which were written,were hy the holy Gholt iudged more behoouefull for the Church, then thofe which were o– mirted.Wbence by good collection it will follow,that things more largely penned were alfo deemed the more expedient: for why fhould the holy Ghoft in penning bee more copwns,vnle!fe the things propounded were (tovs at leafl) more pretions? Now fearch ~heholy records of Chrifl thropghout, and fee what Sermon is fo fully regiftred as this 1s;ynle!fe 1t Were his' eonfo!ation vttered to his Difciples, with his pra7ervntohis Fath_cr a >toh., 4 ,, 5 , lttt!e before his paffiom Thi< being his wcfcomcro rhcm into their Apollle(hip,and That, ''' ''·""P'· hisfarewell at hrs death. But to come to the matter it feffc. This Sermon contah1eth 12. feuerall heads of ,.,""'"'" ' Doctrino, anfiverable •indeede to the number of the 12. Apof\les, to whome it was or,,;,,,~ prin~ipally imcnded, vpon their calling to that office, although I dare not fay, parricular.y to be ap?liedpArt toper[on, bnt rather generally the whole to euery one; vnle!fe it may bee, in the lafl pareell by the great mine ofthe houfe vpon the (ands, Chrift had a lpcciall aymc atthe fearefull fall of ltJdas that betraied him. Now the jirjl of thcie concerncth mans cheefegoodm true bappznejfe, whJCh is here fo plamcly declared t;;;·,~·;~,~,. I in_:,ghr_ ~eucrall rules, as they lead eucry man hereto, and giue the chrld of God mof\ ____1__ · ~-4-~-------- co~n:- __ _
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