r Roma 3.4. g [ COr.¡.IO. h I Cor.7.I1. rAQ.15.ao. L' H'A P;3;` fin Expo ttion upon the f coud V a R. 3. rant loath are wee to heare what may conuince; wrang- ling againf} apparent demonfirations, to hold our conclu- fion. But bleffed bee the obedient care, the humble and teachable fpirit. 3 Which we command you, he tucanes, I warrant you, Secundum Deum. But intimates, that our obedience mull bee extended to the commands of Cods c2iiniflers, and not onely to the Lords immediate impunelions. Gods f Mini- hers vnderfiand after Pauls phrafe ; Maief}rates ciuill, and Ecclefiafiicall, whom the Lord hath inuefied in power of iurifdie }ion. Their regular iniunó}ions, you may obferue to bee in a threefold difference : force that are fo theirs, that they are firfi the Lords, in expreffe tearmes prefcribed by him; as in thole prohibitions of murther, adultery, theft, pre - fcripts.offanifying, the Sabath, &c. Of thefe faith "Paul, g Domino, non ego. a Some, whole generali principles, are immediatly the Lords. Yet determinations of parti- culars are from men, by apparent deduc }ions from thófe grounds : of these the Apofile, h ego non Domin,and yet thinkes bee bath therein Gods fpirit to direct} him : The fpeach is remarkeable. r Cor. 14. 37. The Prophet and spirituall man, mull acknowledge the things which Paul writes, to be the commandements of the Lord. Moderately, you mufvnderfiand, becaufe congruent to the principles by him deliuered. i Elfe how fhould, I fay not the fpiri- tuall man, but the Prophet, know what the Lord imme- diatly reuealed to the Apofile ? z Nor is it probable, that what 'Paul fpeakes for matter of orders and decencie in the affemblies, was immediatly, and expreffely deliuered. him by fpeach, or reuelation from the Lord. For, why ? When they haue fuch apparent, and eafie dedutlion from ,general! princi41es. Reuelations are not multiplied vnne- cefiarily : yet fuch 'Paul fines the Commandements of the Lord. 3 A third fort, which occaffon onely, or accident caufeth to be preferibed : dedu&ion whereof from general! principles,faue onely in care of that occaffon, or accident, the acute} (hall not fee. As.when i abflinence from blood, and
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