Of Mr. I~enry Sc.ougal.\ · 3'99· ffudi"ed to reforn1 and an1end; and inwhorn he faw any apocarance of goodnefs, he was·· careful to en 1 courage and cheri!h thern .. . Thus· he hath n1ade appear byhis praCtice, . that philofophy and religion are not ene– n1ies to one another, but that the fober and: difcrcet ufe of our reafon tnakes us more:: capable of the truths and grac<Zs of our,· religion. But God h~d dd1gned hitn fpr t&e tnor6:' imn1cdiate fcrvice of his church, unto wl1kh: he.had ,been devoted from the v;on1b.. And,, therefore, by tlie counfel of fon1e ferious . and reverend perfons in the ehurch, whofe advices were of great weight with hin1, be· \vas called forth to preach the gofpel, and - a- little after· entered into holy orders, .and, was cn1ploycd, as you kno\v, in the office· · of the n1iniftry in the country ; where though his fiay was fo fuort, y~t the proofs that he gave both of his fitnefs for, and · zeal in that holy funCl:ion, were fingular.. He found he bad pe,w n1ore ob1igations1ying on hin1 to piety, and innocence of.· . life; and as the arnbaffador of his blelfed · n1after, he n1ufi: be very tender of his ho- ' nour, and· of perfuading thofe he was fent.- : unto,. to he reconciled to God: and there– fore he was careful to Hum even all apL l 2 peatan,ccs. :
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=