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HE
HO::A(_OV1\,rv113L8,
0L1VER
L01\'D
1o
aN,
Baron ofBlerfo, his very good Lord;
(jrace andPeace.
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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 :
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.
fomerefpects,akinde ofpre11eminence
may
bee yerldedro fomepar- , ' '
P;"·l'·
j
cells ofScripmre aboue others,
wit
hour 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 lea
it
,
more expedient! fo may our hearts, cmbradng with renc-
rence the whole truth of God
as
pure and perfect, in regard of fitne!fc
tO
our peculi-
ar eftare, cleaue more nearcly to fome portion thereof then vnto others: for fecing
herein is both
milhe
and
Jlro,,g me.tle,
who will doubr,but that according to our
~ge
and
growth in Chrift wefhould atfect?
But I
may not here dilate ofthis difference ofScrip-
wre, 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 three
chapters,
for which they deferue among all the
Lords
Worthie.
to haue the
n•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 the
manner 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 confir-
roh.••·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
(to
vs at leafl) more pretions? Now fearch
~he
holy 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
pra7ervnto
his Fath_cr a >toh.,
4 ,, 5 ,
lttt!e before his paffiom
Thi<
being his
wcfcomcro
rh
cm
into their Apollle(hip,and
That,
'''
''·""P'·
his
farewell
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, parri-
cular.y
to
be ap?lied
pArt
to
per[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
m
of\
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