e I Cor.; i8. r Pro.B.;;. s Ier.3.I g. h Matz.' 7. Pfa1.119.8. k Bph, z.a.&5,6 tQ Vfe. IIfai II,9. °' I(ai 9.I. °I Pet.r. f. ° 8. C H A'P.I. An F_xpofation vpon the feeond V E R. 8. for filuer; fearch, as for Rubies. 2. Be e a foole in thine owne conceit : lay downe proud opinion of Natures acui- tie in the niyfleries of God. 3 r e.fttend at the Gates of wifedome: Prop!,efie is the key of /knowledge. g `Parlors aregiuen to feed with knowledge and vnderfíandina. Will you, nil/ you muff Eeke knowledge at their mouthes. h Their lippes are your florehoufe. 4 i Pray to be il- lighrned. The fecond fort lyable to vengeance :. thofe that obey not the Jofpell of our Lord lefts Chrifl. Circumfcription of Chriflians according to Interpreters. Their general/ Bile is with Paul, the k Children of difobedience. They all lye o- pen to that vengeance, yea though their knowledge were Angelicail. Chrifi .is Author offaluation to thofe only that obey him. The wrath of god comes, abides upon all the children of difobedience : in fuller weight for that they faw. John 9.4 T. & 15.22,24.Iac.4.17. Reafon we : t Their filmes grow neere the nature of prefumptions, of wilful! and malicious firmes. a Adiuments to obedience haue bin more ; vnder- flanding hauing prefented to their will, the goodnefl'e Af Chriflian duties. Whither the difobedience be in not doing, or omitting duties prefcribed and knowne ; or in doing euils knowne to be interdiEted, it matters not. 2'on parcet pungenti qui minarets- flerili. We hue in the deluge and i inundation of knowledge, prophefied by Ifni: would God our pradtife were in any good meafure anfwerable. I fhould then be inclined to thinke , the bodie of our Chrifiendome fhould be faued. But god bath m multiplied the Nations, yet not increafeel the boy. Contemplatiues we are mofi in matter of faith and piede; our Religion-is ,moflly talke and difcourfe. Saint Peter exhorts to " ioyne to faith, vertue; to know- ledge, prat7ife : not too be idle andvnfruit fu /l in the know- ledge of our Lord and Sauiour. t Confider, knowledge though an excellent gift, yet is none of the Chargterifli- call to difcriminate vs- fromReprobates.dlui ,ov:s is the name
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