414 CIt A r. S. rin Expgfitìon von the grfi Vs L.4. cleare reuelation, as grolle and palpable ignorance hath beenedifcouered .We all fide the fmartof Adam; fume, in our bodies and foulcs ; the earth, and all we put our hands vnro, put vs in minds of our fall in him. How ma- ny yet know not the fountaine of that mifery 2 nor haue taken notice ofany thing read, or preached fo farre, as to know by name, that man, in whom wee all base finned, and are depriued of theglory of God ?And for the perfon of Chrifl,by whom we haue redemption from that mifery, alacicethe while, there arc thoufands amongft vs, to whom, betides the Name of Ida, nothing is knownc ofyis Natures, Perlon, Offices,Ations,Benefits,thence accruing to vs ;or of the means to apply them,and make . them our owne. As it is faid of the Athenians, they had an Altar to the true God, but the injcription was to the xvnknowne God; fo, forte Formali worfhip our people performe to God, and his Chrift ; who, or what an one hee is, to whom this worfhip is performed, they l now nor. J befeech you all, in the Bowels of Chrifî, and as you tender the faluation of your foules, take notice of ir; and labour for knowledge ofGod in Chrift. Me thinks there need no other Arguments, than this Text affords. The flare ofignorance, is a !late of darkneffe, as dangerous, as dífcomfortable. Gods children arc delivered from it. Thou canft by no meanes bee aliurcd of thine adoption, or faluation, whilft thou liueft in grofTeignorance of the Scriptures. Shall I fay more 2 Becaufe I know the peo- ple thinke highly oftheir blindefl deuotion; be your &- notion neuer fo ferucnt, your praiers neuer fo feruenr, your almes -deeds neuer fo abundant, there is none of t hefe pleafe God, while you hue in große ignorance,and lout it. The Jewel had the Y z.eale of God,ht t not according to knowledge. Related from Gods acceptance, is allfuch blinde zeale, fuch ignorant dcuotion. Theirpriuiledge followes : That Dar 1h.1l not tang them as a Tbee fs. Shall'
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