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Manna,
a
type
of
Ghyá,/.
that
is
to
fay,
that
which
thou getteft
falfly,
or well got
-
ten
which thou
fhouldit
expend for
Gods
glory
and
the
charitable
reliefe
of
the
poore
members
of
Jefzs Ch
doefa
not,all
that
mall
rot
and ftinke,
as
Nolen
manna
did.
Sett.
6.
I
I.
In
refpea
of
our felves alto
we
learne
fundry
in-
flruEtions from the
confederation
of
both the manaahs,
the
typicall and
the
true manna. There
inftruaions
cqn-
cerne
r
.
our eflate.
Z.
our
duty.
I .
Concerning
our eftate:
To
note
how
fenfelcít'e
and
void
of
underftanding every
man
is
by
nature
in
the
things
ofGod
and
jefus Chrifi,Exod.
t
6.
t
-.No
e
of
the
Jewes knew what the
manna was
:
No
more
loth
any
man
know
by
nature
the things
of
the
Spirit
of
God.
1.
Cor.
z
.
r
4.
The natural'
man
perceiveth
not
the things
of
Cod.
If
he
perceive
them
not
in
hisunderftanding,much
leffe
can
he
receive them
in
his
affeClien.
Tell the
Jew
of
Chrift,
or
let
the
Jew
hearc
Chrift
himfelfe fpeaking
of
himfelfe
(the
manna and
bread
of
life) they conceive
he
is
bread
for
the belly,thcy
muff eate
him
up
ftraight,
Ioh.
6.5
z. Tell
Nicodemís
of the new
birth,he
can
conceive
no
fecond
nativity, but of
going
into his
mothers
wombe
againe being
old, lob.
3
4. Tell
the
Samaritan
of
the
wa-
ter
of
life, (he cannot
conceive whence
to
have
it,
ifnot
out
of
Iaco6s
well,
which
hee and
his
cattell dranke,loh.
4.1
z.
Nay
fuch
is
our
palpable blindneffe
in
fpirituall
things,as
we
cannot onely
not
finde
them,but even
offe-
red
unto
us(as
the
manna
to them) we
cannot
apprehend
them,nay
wee
cannot
but
rejec`I
them,
as
that
woman
of
Samaria;
Jefrs
Chrift
offers
himfelfe
unto her,tlic
acorns
him,and will not make
nor
meddle
with
him,Ioh.4.9.
The rearm whereof
is
partly in
the
things themfelves,
and
partly in our felves,
t.
The things
are
things
of
Gods
fpirit,
and
cannot
be
reached or
judged
by any
rule
in
Vfe
in
rcfpeEt
of
our
['elves.
c
lilanofhint-
felfc
fcnfelcfle
of
the
thins
of
Icfiis
Chxi{.
Reafon
i
.