The Well u Chrifis owne 7'over. 111101110 10110.144, was the preaching of Simon Marti, whogaveout that himfelfewas forne great one, even the great Power of God. Of Mentalismand his fcholars whopreached him for the Comforter that was promifed. OfPelagins and his affociates, who though they did acknowledge the NameofGrace, to decline envie, and avoide the curie ofthe great Councell of Carthage, yet fill they didbut fhelter their proud heretics under equivocations and ambiguities. Of the cgitaffilienfes in the times of Pro.. fper and Hilarie, and of fordo ancient Schoolcrnen tou- ching pre-exiftent congruities for the preparations of Grace, and co-exiflent concurrencies with the Spirit for the produCtion ofGrace. Of the papifis in their do- &finesofindulgences, authoritative abfolution,meritsof good workes, jufification, and other like, which doe all in effe& out-face andgive the lyeunto the Apofile, when hee calleth Chrif an able or fufficient Sa- viour. Thirdly, men preach themfelves when they make themfelves the endoftheir preaching, when theypreach their owne parts, pailions, and defignes, and feeke not the Lord; when out of envie, or covetoufneffe, or ambition, or any other fervilcor indireet affe6tion, men fhall prevaricate in the Lords Meffage, and make the Truth of God ferve their owne turner. When men ihall fand upon Gods holy mount as ona theater, to a6 their owne parts, andas on a flep to their owne ad- vancement; when the truth of God, and the death of Chrif, and the kingdome ofheaven, and the fire ofhell, and the foulerof men, and the falvation ofthe world fhallbemade bafely ferviceable and contributary to the boundleile pride ofan AtheificallDiotrephes. Such as thefe were they,who in the times ofConflaatitu the em- peror,poifoned the world withArrianifme,& in the times ofS.Cyprian provokedperfecutions againft the Church; and in the times of Ifrael enfnared the tenne Tribes till 253 VERSE 2. atievocabulo _Pawns invidi- am,off afionem- gra detbaans, .4ug.de Grat. et' Epif1.105. Hebr.7, *Ierdoar. r.16. Ezck.34 2,3. Efay 56.n. Mic.3.5 I2 Pet2 uciv.1; I r . 3 loh.v.9. Amos 7.12,13. Satpit Sever.41. Cyprsa.aeLapp.
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