vu the Metropolitan church. NImweamorre asi.0 P yet they did beare witneffe unto thofe Scriptures, out ofwhich the Chriaians did prove their faith. And ;here isno greater evidence in a caufe than the affirmative teal- monyofthat man who is an enemie to the caufe. If the Church ofRome had fuchevidences as the feout ofthe bookeofGod, toprove their ufurped primacie by, how proud and intolerable would they bein boailing there- of, and obtruding it unto others, who arenow fo confi- dent upon farre slenderer grounds ? And fromhence we may learne to take heed of the filmes of that people, which were principally the reje- sing ofthe corner flonc, and the putting off the Go. fpell of Chriaaway from them ' as every oblhnate and unbeleeving finner doth from himfelfe. This is that which bath made themof all nations the moil hated, and the tnofl forfaken, and hath brought wrath to the atttermofi upon them, becaufe when Chrifi came unto his ovine they received him not. Becassfe of onbeliefe they werebrokenoff, faith theApoale, and thou 'hoiden byfaith ; be not high-noinded, butfeare, for ifGodglared not the natorallbranches, take heed left he alto there not thee. And we fhould likewife learne to pray for thefn! steleofthe Gentiles, and for the refloring of this people unto their honour and original' priviledges againe ; for we are their debtors;we entred upon the promifes which were made to them ; and thereforegood reafon we have to doe for them now as theydid for us before: Wehave a little finer, or rather an elder filler, and [bee hath no &rens, theoraclesand ordinancesofGod are takenfrom her; What Pall wee doe for oarfiner in the daywhen [bee [hall bepokenfor ? Cant.8.8. Secondly, this notes unto us the callingof the Gen- tiles into the fellowfhip of the fame myflery which was firfi preached unto the Iewes, that theymight be the daughters of this mother Church, that they may take boldofthe skirt ofthekw,and fay,We will go with you, for 271 VERSE 2. P Magnum eit quod Deus pre _Oat Ecckfix [la sbique dif ut Gens lachea, merito dcbellata c di- .erfaper ter- ras,ne nobis baccompofita putarentur co dices Propheta- rumnofirorum ubiqueportaret, & iutmica fzdei ?gene teft 14 fie- retveritatisuo- fira..flug. to.4 de confepf. &cpili.3. ad Voluflanum. Ezek.16.6r. Zcch 843. Efay a. a,3,
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