The glorieof the gold. 11101r and fo to fal down upon their faces,and to glorifie God, and report that he is in us of a truth ; and all this in the fight of God, that is, fo handling the Word as that wee maypleafe and approve our felves to hiseye, whole la- youts we are, and whole worke weedoe. This is that which the Apofile calleth, dehdea,e,',0, ovoi.a., 43.141,, my), rayui,oy,artinu Ad'aficeo1/441,, Vacorruptneffe, gratatie,fix. ceritie, foanobtere of doarine, fuch as the very adverfa- ries themfelves (hall not be able topickequarrels with- all,or to fpeake againfi : we mull not then makeaccount toadorn theGo(-pelf withour owne inventions,or with fuperfiruetionsof humane wit and fancie ; though thefe things may to fiefhly reafon feeme full of beautie,yet in- deed theyare butlike the minglingofglaffe-beads with a chaine ofdiamonds, or of lime with pure and gene- rous wine; theyare indeed but larebne dedecorio.,lurking placesfor uncleane lulls tohide themfelvesunder, or to efcape away, while the corrupt fancies of men (land ga- zingat that which pleafeth them; as e.,Igag, when he wasglorioufly arrayed, thought nothingof the bitter- neffe ofdeath, or Siferaof the naile and the hammer, whilehe law nothingbut the milke and the butter.Some there are not unlike Praxiteles the Painter, in Clem. A- lex.who made the fillypeople worfhip the imageof his firumpet,under the title andpretence of rem ; who by fleight and cunningcraftinefk.impokupon weak and incautelous hearers, thevifions oftheir owne fancie, the crude and unnourifhingvapours ofan empty wit (things infinitely unfutable to the majeflie and ferioufileffe of the foundation in the Gofpel)for the indubitate truthof God in his Word ; which (with reverence may it be fpoken) is nothing elk but toput the holy Prophets and Apotiles into a fooles-coat : But how.ever theft men may pleafe and puffe up themfelves in the admiration of their ownewind, yet certaine it is that the Gofpell of Chritl doth as much fcorne humane contemperations, as 2,07 1 VERSE 2 Tits.r, Clemalkx.in Protrept. --......1.011111101111111111i
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