Sheffeild - Houston-Packer Collection BJ1471 .S5 1650

~46 ·Means to_ get agiJodCl1itjcknce. _ Cap. 2 5· Chryfoftom,e blamed thofe that arectidous -; .. andchoife what inoney tli~ytake, whowill ' Ni/i ipfi vi - refufe to t~ke thatWhich tney khow iio~,. & - de~nt ~ume- theywillook for thefigures,and for therigh~ rDs~ & c~tl· Stamp. But in matters ofConfdence; ~nd'in eulas Cin· • . d _ .n.•.n f R 1 .. 1 • " , fil " •fllzrt. ·pomts ·an pral-lhes o . e gwn, are ea 1 y . over-reached. Simplicii~r fe hue iUilcferri pa! 'Ciimflnt abtirmtur~ · . ' · · · ·' · ' ' · ·~tor.e (piri· . It is the higlieil hohorir and peffelHon or tu/anElo h h I' S · h . h · · fi - · .licumur.- t e. o y cnptures, t. at t eycomtng ron~ tnilorzt4tr 1 an.zn{,lliblehand; aridwrittehby tqedivine ivcviol4- infpir4tion of an un:.erring "Spirit, have thi~ Sll, ti.l'tPrerogati-ve .above all other perfohs, wri..: ~J.x.1v J.,u_ firigs, andopiniohs, tliat tlieyare df11mdubi.:, '/T'tvO&ir~~, tate a"Hd unqueflion~ble Autb.orii:J) and of in~ 'IJeritati{que fallible ce~tainty, to whicH every tho~ght t.t'v.«.(lort.~ and reafonmg of man muft be brought tnto ?n11l. fubjeB:ion. · · : . Chamier de Cotifdence is indeed ~0 have a ntgative t~;~~·~d.l t·~ict' fo th~t hothih& ~s to b~ ?one ,wit.~out ~ui [uhjic i hts aifcnt and g<?od likmg? But Con!b~n~e . oporw 6 m- muft not challengean Arbttr~r.r and tlll~l~ nem pium ted power to afr or determme any .thmg inttllellum. without advicewithhis great Councel, ' the Aug. Lawand theProphets. · · · · . - 6 .Means. Th 1 n. fth fc - t..'"' · fc d ··- 1.L. 1 vel Deum · e au o 0 e m-eailS to uc u e· IS -:'""):-; inttrpellet, er, which is a gry\t friend to goodConfci~· i,quirat, ence. The goodConfciehce makes many a: llur~onfo· go.od Prayer. There' is the particular i'.,i.. ' !'t tra'? pt.~1ntt-ct and Jema1:d (>f a good Confdenci I'1<T:f~7nfpoken of 1 Pet. 3.2 i. which lea:rn~d' ~Bcza ~~v.ocar underfiands ofprayer. 'Q!a fo ut lio~Ja Con:·;., "Tll Y'tV- {cientiis interroget Deum,'he renders _ i~ ; 'fThe 7!u 7~'' five good Confoience·never)indettabJi·aiiJ th'ingifiitH a.1 n"'v. · ~ be, (:

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