26.0. f t Wit 2 4 g Ran1.114t h Iohn a 5.1z i. dabn7.r' k Luke zs.34 l.a Tips. 1.13 SititLeKit. T. 1t Cu Ap.4. An Expeftion vpon the firfi VFx.i.24 oyc.dren.ce were in any,proportion anfwerable. But the conïpltiht is too ; our fcience more, our confcience letfc,rhen that of blinder forefathers : more is our vnder- (landing, ; greater by farre, was their deuotion. To excite to this care,let it be meditated.Firfl,thatno knowledge is comfortable,feuered from obedience. f He k ;owes not Cod, that keepes not his Commandements. Secondly, the ilfue of vnfiuitfull knowledge,is ggrofer ignorance, and infatuation. Thirdly, of all fins burthen- fume, none more then thole ofknowledge,when God is once pleafed ro arraigne the confcience: There u lkft h no cloké for [rich fins.lgnorants yet can fay as fooles, Non pis. taram: they knew not that they did euill: there haue no- thing to calme confcience, no not in forefl accufations. Fourthly, the promi¡e of found knowledge is made i to holy praE ice: knowl edge and praftice are in fuch a league,... that they are mutually helpfull each to other : know ledge, the mother of praflice ; praflice, the nurfe of knowledge. Fifrly,,Seeing Gnnes are ()find} difficult pardon ; ;ha - uing in them a fpice almofl of prefumption. The plea for. pardon of Imes made by our Sauiour, is niade fauoura- bie by this circumflance, they k knew not what they did. This ,reafon there was of Gods Merey to Pants fdafpheuy and perfecution ; that 'bee did it ignorantly, Sinnes of knowledge are not vncapable of pardon : there were fa crifces of atonement m for fintes willingly committed. Yet is the forgiuenetfe of difficult procurement and alfuo ranee.
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