300 n Eph 4,rz, r;. o z Thef.s. zo, p lebrt 9, 4r. q z Cor. 1.17. Obier. C u A r.g.. fIn Expofition vpon the firfi V a R. 9, fpirits hence, is this ; that there is no necelîary vie of the externall Miniftery to Gods children; becaufe,as the Apottle here affirmes, they ateall taught of God by his Spirit. Yer if we confulr with the fame Apoftle, firft, he rea- cher!), the Miniftery necelfary, tzllfuch time as wee are made n perfe5 in lefus Chrifi, fecondly, chargeth not to defpife Prophecie, nor to forfake the Afenaélies of Saints. Becaufefiri },decayesof Grace are incident into the moll: fan&ifieel ; fecondly, dsilneffcof fpirit grower vpon the moft feruenr;thirdly, forgetfulnefe of things bell known creepcs vpon the molt mindfuli ; fourihly,and who can fay, he bath attained perfeí`tion? Sich then, to lielpe all thefe defects, the Mimfteiy is ordained, and by ir, the Spirit is effe&toall,who (half dare feparate what God will haue ioyned together ? Anfwers to the Argument are thus framed ; firft, the Apoftle mutt be vnderftood comparariucly; not as mean- ing they had no need of his comncon<faCtion, but nor fuck need,as men auerfe from charity.Ex mples we want not of fentences,many in Phew Pimple, and vniucrfàll,yet to be vnderftood ex parte, and in compari'on. Ifyee were blind, yet. JboaldhauePnofnne s that is, none in compari- fon, not limply none. Chrifi feat me q not to baptize, but to preach the Gofpell; not fo touch ro baptize, as to preach. Secondly, though to Mania them as ignorants, was needlcffe,yet to admonifh and excite them as deficient in the meafuresofloue, was not vnnecelfary; and thereto tends the correction fìtbioyned. Leaning them, we take the Obferuation aftoorded vs by the Apoftle, thus ; Gods teaching is alwaye, efe/Ëuall, and perfwafsue; it workes what it prefcribes. God tea cheth two wayes ; firft, outwardly by his Minifters, that is not alwayes thus effeíhaall ; fecondly,inwardly by his Spirit: the degrees are two; firft, enlightning the mind to know, what by his Minittcrs he propounds;fecondly, effec`fuall
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