The We 11 fent by god. 269 womAml.r. ...=0.} fufficiently admire,nor &tea the faucineffeofthofe bold intruders, who when they have themfelves need to be taught what are the fira Principles of the Oracles of God,become teachers ofthe ignorant before themfelves have been Difciples of the learned , and , before either maturityofyears, or any fevere progreffe dandieshave prepared them , boldly !cape, force from their manual! trades, many from their grammar and logick rudiments, into this facred and dreadful' office, unto whichhereto- fore the molt learned and pious men have trembled to approach. To thefe men I cangiveno better advice than that which Tally once gave unto drilioxemee a mufitian, who would needs venture upon Philofophicall difficul -. ties , and out of the principles of his art determine the nature of ahumane foule , Hac magifiro relinrat Ari- floteli canere ipfe doceat. Let them fpend their time in the workewhichbell befits them, and leave great mat- ters unto abler men. Thirdly and lailly, unto this call is requifite the* kw- poi;tion ofband:, and the authoritative ael ofthe Church ordainingand letting apart , and deriving a6luall power upon fuch men, ofwhole fidelity and ability they have fuflicient evidence (for hands are not tobee laidfuddenly onany man) to preach the word anci to adminiaer the Sacraments , and to doe all tholeminifieriall aas ' upon which the edification ofthe people of Chrifi doth de- pend. I havenow done with the fir's of Chrias rega- Dries in the Text , which was the Scepter of his King- dome. Now to fpeake a word ofthe fecond,which is Solitern, theThrone of his Kingdome. The Lord 'ball fend the Rod ofthy arength out ofSion. Which notesunto us: Fira , that the Church of the Iewes was the chicle , Metropolitan Church of allothers. Therefore out Savior chargeth his Dilciples to Tarry in the Cityof lerufalem , t:11 they Gould bee indeedwithpowerfrom on high. VERSE 2. Decent Scrip- turas qmos non intelligunt, p sus imperito- stcmmag,iftri, panVoila- rum difcipuli, &c. Epb.8. adDe- metriad. dpol. adDomnion: T0.3. Ep;flol, ep. ad Pauli. Darn. Hifunt qui fe ultro apd te. merarios conve- mu flee clivi- na dilpotitione Prxficiunt,qui fe pnepoflies five Oa Ordi. nation is loge ton ?stutter, qua nemine Epifco- patum dante Epifcopi fibi no- menafilmunt. Cypriau. de mu- tat. celeflx.
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