Cx nr.s: to thP7hetal®nidns. Secondly,there is a kindeof accurate,and exalt know. ledge, when a man diftinitly conceiues, not onely gene. ralitiesof faith ,and praltice, but particulars thereto be- longing ;whereto are required ?wits e ,xercifedtodifcerne: Heb.S:,t4. there is alfo.a more confuted, and indiftinCt kinde of vn derftanding in grotte. That there are in the Godhead three perlons, diftinEt Example. each from other, by their perfonall properties, and man- ner of fubfilling ; is the Article in grotte. The manner of their diftinftion, as that the Father begets, the Sonne is begotten,the holy Ghoft proceedes ; fuppofe particulars belonging to this Article, and requiring a more accurate kinde of apprehen(ion.He that is ignorant of the manner of diftinition, is ignorant ; he that is ignorant of their diftinition, we may fay, is grottely ignorant. And from filch grotfeignorance are Gods children deliuered. So comes the promife in the covenant of Grace; They 9Jhar/l all know god from the greateji to the leafl.rThey q ter.3 34 be eilltught of Gad. There is none fo fImple, but if he well (rlota vnderftòod, the ¡Yard of God girres f him wifdome to - rPfal.r97 know, at lead, things nccetlarie to faluation : See alto z Cor. 3. Whatthê may bethought of our peopl"e,after fo plain and plentiful) teaching f íuch as the Prophet defcribes : t Line vpej, line, precept'vpon precept : Yer not fo vnder- rlanding the plaineft principles, and rudiments of faith : yea, to this day,vnacquainted with the tearmes ofScrip- ture, r wherein the maine foundations ofour faith, are de- liuered. Should I acgnainr you withall, whether it would breed more compaflì,n of their mifery, or indig- nation at their wilful) fottifhnette, is hard to fay. If the queflion were propounded to many ofour people, that Paul once put forth to the%phetiaras; u Hxtreyee receiued the holy Ghofl'nce yc belette ed 91 feare me, like would bee the anfwer : They know not whether there be an holy Ghofl orno.lna point,I am fure,of as necettary knowledge, and cleave
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