T,(tip e 388 CH AP . S. An Expo fition vpeo thefrrJ V 8 . i .....- went, "how many thinkeyou doe not yet vnderfland ? Thirdly, Adde vnto this, that there may corruptions growvpon vs in the points of our molt perfet} vnder- ludeao !landing; there arc fome parts of duty oknowne natural. ly, and therein faith I v n E, there be that corrupt them - /eInes. Foolifh then is that nicenefTc in many hearers, that cannoccndureplaine points, wherein they are already mifrated, co be fo much as lightly mentioned, or but poi,.te á vnto. Tell vs, they fay, what wee: know nor; theft things we h ant heard often, and know fufficiently. t3 Beech iauouring of arrogancie,and fuck as an humble fpirtt,would tremble to vtter: what Article of faith, what one precept in theMorali law is it, of which a man may fay; there is nothingcomprifed in it, but hevnderflands to the full ? Do/id had Long trauelled with an extraor- dinaryfpirit inthefludy of the Word of God ; yet faw r PfaLr19.18. he flail fome ?worriers in it, which hen could better ad- mire, than conceiue. Secondly, Remember who laid, c If Ter know thefe things, happy areyee, if yee doe them. Thy raske is not en- ded when thou knoweft; there is fomerhing more requi- red, to make thy knowledge comfortable. Thou know - eft thou fhouldeft not fweare. But had thou gotten that command of thy tongue, that thou canft bridle it from vaine oathes ? fo planted Gods feare in thy heart, that thou haft learnt, as SA L o M o N,erc feare an oath? Thou 9 muff giuc vs kaue to remember thee of Gods comman- dement ; that thy Confciencc may bee wrought upon ; and thou driuen from praáice of finne againft Confci- ence, or belch inexcufable at the day ofludgement. T°itn 4 3 And I befcech you, brethren, beware of this firth of the ears, as Paul calls it ; weary of plaine truths, and carrying vs often, before our time, from rudiments, to matters of greater profoundncffc and perfetfion. In our childrens education we like nor, that they Ihould be led to 9Ioh. 1337. r
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