CHA i^q .7t"? 1R+'m.;. :777717W,, Eplflle to the 7'heffalonr4nc. V E R.g.. how feemes the fimplicitie of faith ?foolifhnefle :to beleeue vpon bare teflimonie, without demonflration, or proba- ble argument? Meekeceffe: filch as our Sauiour pre- fcribes, to ti turne the other cheeke, more then fheepifn- nefTh, to u doe good for euill; to ,Finde the er ernie at aduan- tare, * and let himgoe free, flow crofieis it to carnal! politic ? x, Amongfl fuch onely, may we expca good iffues of fuch comMendatiota; to be led on by commended exam- ples to imitation. I like `Paul_r zeale for his Nation, deli- rows to worke in them x emulation of gentiles. ,But thinke his hope of preuailing fmall, till towards the end of the world, till the fulne(reofGentileshecomeia; more praife his prudence in this thoifc, that.he choofeth to commend them to the Churches of God. There is a kinde of talkatiue zeale and detrorion rife a,. mau fi vs; whether it fort with prudence iudge yee : dif- courfes there palfe frequent in all companies of ebfirufeft points in Theologie : Monitions arecat+ away vpon (wine-," 'praifes of gracious. per,'ons, and praclife, who is not pro- digal! of I like apologie för- the faith ; iuffification of Chriftian ceurfes,to'any that (hall aft e vs a Reafon of our hope ; al- low offering of better information to them that are willing to vnderfland ; ofreproofe and correction, where is hope to reforme. Yet bewaile the iffues of imprudence in this kinde. ;'. Expoing truth, and Spirit of qed to fcoffe, and Y blafpemie of Aliens. 2. Weaklings to wauering, tho- rough flrength of cauils and difabilitie in fuch tatting Re- ligions, to z Renee the ignorance of foolifb men, whole tongues they haue fet on wueeles, to cauill and ralle at our Chriffian faith and holy praetife. Of the fourth. The matter of bnafling: your patience and faith; amplified by the maine oppoftes of both multiplici;ie of tribulations_ and perfecutions which they endured... `Patience, ,vndérftand contented endurance of painful! coils. Faith, either general! beliefe of the promifes : or perfwalon
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