7T^";;i'zT+T^,i ;,77777r, .,,r- Cll A P. I. Etpiffle to the Tl.ief alonianf. V E R.8. 43 name of damned Diuels, for excellencie of knowledge. And as rood Angels, fo haue they learned by the Church the manifoldwtfedome of god, Eph. 3.t o. Nor connexion onely of Graces is to be feene in Gods Children; but fubordination of one to other; of o know - ledge,we are fure,to pra&ife. Nothing is reuealed ofGods Nature and will, that we may onely know,and delight our felues in the fpeculation : nor is any thing in Chriflia- nine fo meerely fpecnlatiue, but its made ground r of pradtife. 3 The rule ofRetribution is not our knowledge,but our pradtife : Emery man receiueth according to what bee hat, done. Prophets difobedient are difmifled with 2Cefczo vos. ()l1at.7. 2 z, z 3 . 4 if knowledge be that wee labour for, what better meanes of improuement, then q confcionable obedience : Hereby grew Dauid wifer then the aged; then his Teach- ers, essen by keeping gods precepts, Pfal. t 19.99, t oo.. 5 Confcience roufed by Gods wrath is torture no leflë then racking ; yet mofl,where knowledge hath.biamofl abundant. Obey not the Gofpel. gofpelthen as wellas Law,inisyner obedience; containes not onely promifes of mercy, but precepts of dude. r Repent and beleeue,are precepts of the Gofpel. Loue God aboue all, Thy 21jighbour as thy felfe. So not Law onely, but Gofpel commands thee. This is the old and new Commandement. 2Quum, 1. quia renoua- turn : z. Prefièd on new grounds; Such as nor Prophet nor Patriarch euer law to enforce it. There are Gofpel, as well as LegalEthicks: Moralities all as many Euangelicall, as Mofaicall.Truth is,there is no dutie which the Law mo- rall requires, but the Gofpell prefcribes, and vrgeth on equall tearmes of neceflitie to faluation. Its not abfurd to fay, the whole of what the Law prefcribes, for the mo- dus and Grades of obedience, is in the Gofpell alto pre- fcribed; thefe differences obferued. 1 The Law allowes none,but our owne perfonall obedi- ence, after euery Iota and tittle. The Gofpell affords per. formance by a furetie. a The. °Io6n13.t7. r r Par,28,9. t. f); r 7 I 7 9-Ipb9 ' Màr,I.15.
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