Qp THE 37~· l . --------~--------~--~----~-- Chi.'Hl:asa Prophet tea~ ch::thw.. ' ' ' I • Toknowftn arig~.t~ ... We may knowmany tnings,.but it is a hard thing to know as we ought toknow. Itis faid of · an unregenerate Man, z Corinth. 8. He: · kpow.esnothingas heought tolenow. Forexam .. ·ple,.thoumayll:know finne, and know it moll: exa&ly, but if this do not workc upon,thy heart,if the fin lye not exceeding hcavie upon, thee, ifit breed notin thee godly forrowfor it, _ ifit cloth not amaze thee, as it were, with the · · filthindfe and vi,leneffe ofir, it is,, becaufe thou dofi no,t yet know it as thou oughtell: to know it:Andhow ihalia Mandothen~Goetochri.ft, .. ·he is the Prophet,thatis, he teacheth aMan to .· fee thingsfo; ;hathis heart,hiswilland affedi.. onfhall Hkewife be moved·with it: You are to confider the · Ciiventtnt when you goe to the L'orcl3andtherefore that Man that f.1ith, I can looke upon my finne with dry eyes,! canlooke upon it, and never beaffeded with it, thisis,be– caufe he is taught butwith the teachingofmen; he mull: {emember·that thi& is-a part of the ~ c,n,enttnt, and God.hath bound himfelfe by an:, Gath to performe it... Iefus-- 'chri{l, as he 1s a P.rophet of Godbathfent him to teach theeall ~ things belongingto falvation, and fo to teach thee, that thou fhalt be in .a right manner af,;; fed.ed with it-. And fo likewife putthe cafe.tho~<know G~tl,- 2 ToknowGoJ . t-h'ou feefi him inhis <lttributes,thouhearll: him .. aright, . often defcribed,and art able to defcribe himto · i others,but forall this,thoufindd~otthyheart affed.ionedtoward him, thou feefinotthat •ex•· cellency~
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