546 Cx P.5. .RnExofztion von the firf Vas..2 1, u Perr. t9. x Ioh. 5.39. . yAft.t7. tr. Z 1 Pet. t .10,:. c I 'Ephcf. t,rl. itoru.3.17. z C IZom.s.r. 3 A Tine rl, as Diuines haue fully euidenced ": how may wee thinke their fentence authentique, and fofelfe- credible, as thi- ther vltirnately to refohu our faith ? What then may more fafely bce made our rule, than that which Peter calls, the " moll frrtword of l'rophetr? fo was x e. brills Precept, fo Y Berns praEhce, foConfan- tine at the Councell of Nice, will haue all other preiu- dices and authorities fct apart, and calls for that Codex Dei, to be the,vmpire of all their controuerfìes. I enter not the queflion,who Thal bethe Interpreter : TheScrip- tur, I know, as it came not from a primate fpirir, fo ze 2 not of any primate interpretation. It felfe is Text and GlofTe ; in matters necetrary, opening it owne obscurities. Thefe few rules only colle&ed thence, I commend to G op s people to guide their examinations. Firfl, Gods aimeiri our faluation is the " glory of his rich Grace; the b abafeg of mans pride. In the course of faluation, whatdoE}rinecroileththofe ends, doubtlefe is nor of God, Secondly, Euangelicall Truths tend all to fettle con- 1 fcience in c folidpeace , through aflurance ofGods loue; r fufpeEt thole doEtrin;s as not Euangelicall, that hold Conscience on the rac'ke, and prescribe not right :manes ofpeace with God. Thirdly, All heauenly doarine both of Law and Go- fpell, tends to mortification of mill Concupiscence ; teacher h. d to denie vngodline ffe and worldly 1HJls ; to m.r1ke soberly, iufily, g odly, ix shh6. prrfen?t world, Be jealous of all do(trines leading to carnal] liberty 3 they arc not of God that are enemies to Ianaity, Followes the next branch of dutie.Hold fafltbat which is good. The order of there prefcriptsdeferues our notice, affording, mee ehinkes, kindly this Conclufion : That prudent èxgrnirntii n muff order our refalstioxs ; neither may we ewer peremptorily fettle our refolutions, before we fee our warrant whereon to refolue. 'Pala /bath like exhorta-
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