Pauls Con)erfion. your forfeits arc much greater if youbreake with God : if a Matter give great wages unto his fer- vant,ir will be but a vaine excufe,a falfereafoning, if he fhould thence conclude, that therefore hee may be more careleffe then others ; nay rather he fhould conclude the contrary, that becaufe my Matter doth thus and thus for mee, therefore I ought to be more careful and diligent then others : and Wit be thus beforemen,how can you imagine that this will excufe you before God. Secondly , you had more need to bee humble, becaufe your knowledge is,or fhould be the more: and therefore in ler. S. 5. faith God, I will goe into the houfe of the great men , for they know my name ; that is, they have more time to get knowledge then others have that are in meaner conditions; they have not Poch meanes, fuch time, filch op- portunitie to get knowledge as you have ; they have many outward hinderances which you have not ; but thefe have broken the yoke, wherefore a Lyon (hall flay them, and that is becaufe they be ignorant I will not acute them, I will take a MO account of them, becaufe they ought to know me better then others that have rot the like meanes ; that are not freed from the diffrating cares of the world as they were : therefore let all in high pia - ces labour to excell in grace , and abound above others in fpirituall knowledge, and take an exam- ple from the Nobles of Berea; as they were more honourable then others in regard of place, fo they were above others in regard ofgrace; they fearcht Hh3 the 22 2. Rel,%n.
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