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2.
The words
J
vidrd,
Godlinef3e
a
,i-Yl,yfierie,
the Minifteriall
Office,
he
doth
it
from two
grounds efpecially
;
from
the
dignitie
of
the
Church,
which
he was
to
inftrut.&
converfe in,
and
from
the
excellency
of
theMyftcries
6f
she
Gofpel,that excellent'Soùle-
faving
Truth
:here-
ttpon
he
doth
ferioufly
exhort
Ti
wothie
to
take
heed how he converfed in
the
Churn
of
God,
in
teaching the
Truth
of
God.
The
Church
of
God, it
is
the
Houfeof
God,
a
company
of
people
that
God
cares
for more
then
for
all
41ánkind
betides;
for
whom the
World
Elands,
for
Whom
all
things
are
;
It
it
the
Church'
of
the living
Gad,
the
Pillar
and
ground
of Truth.
And
for
the
Truth
-of
God, that
mull be
taught
in
this
Church,that
is
fo
excellent
a
thing, that
we fee
theblefl'ed
Apo;
ftle here
ufeth
great
words,high
(tiles
, lofrie
ex,'
prefïioas concerning
it.
As
the
matter
is
-high,
and
great
,
fo
the
holy Apoftle
.bath expreffions
finable
;
a
full heart breeds
full estpreffions.
As
no
man went beyond S.
Paul,
in
the
deepe
con-
ceit
of
his
owne
unworthineffe,
and
of
his frate
by
nature;
fo
there
was
no
man reached
_higher
in
large and rich
thoughts,and exprefhoñs'of
the
excellencie
of
Cirri ff,
and
the good
things_
wee
have
by
him
:
as
we
fee
here:;
letting, fö
tlitl
e
excellency
of
the Minifteriall
Calling,
being, to
deale with
Gods
Truth
towards
Gods
d
e,he
Pets
forth Evangelicall
Troth:
glorionifly
ere;
without
controverfie,
great
it
the
My/ierte_of
God,
lineje;God
manifefled in
the
f
efh,
&c.
In
thefe words then
there
is
a
Preface
and,
then,
a
particular explication
;
there
is á
:f
oun,
:
taine,'