CBAP.i.i3. c.st Commestat^iezponthe i 258 verf.13. P_uery truth beeingooub, mil be recei. uerl whotoeuer be rheintiru- mete, 105.a34. t.c°r' -'Iti which the Sonne of man (hall glue; for the more thou hungrefi after Chrifi, the Ieffedoeft thou after there things:Rom.r 3.14. Put on Chrif, and take no care tofulfllthe lufsofthePA; Chriti is the trealure unto which the Chriílian heart muff be lifted ; hee is the carkafe vntowhich our thoughts ought to flit; he is meare indeede, drinke indeed, bread of life,water of life; bleffed is that feule that hungrethand thirtieth after him,for it (hall be fati:.ñed;yea bleffed is that hunger and thirff which is neuer but accompanied with acontinual) feaß. This teflimonieis true:] TheApofile ferteth hishand and Peale to this euidence of the Poet, not thereby allowing the whole fabulous poeme whence he fetcheth it, but according to his drift , which is the iuß reproofeofthis people, he onely approoueth this particularreport. Whence, a.note that rutty truth beeingprimarily fromGod ,it muß be receiued whofoeuet be the infirutr.enr and teacher of it ; for the Apo- file difdaineth not to borrow a par: of the truth from this graceleffe and heathen man. Nay, there is not the bafeßof Gods creatures, intowhole fchoole we cannot fometimesprof tably enter : for elfe would not the Lotd haue lent vs to the oxe, the afie, the emmer;and much more can he who opened the mouthof Balaams affe to reprooue themadnes of his mailer, teach by weake and feeble, bale and i mple men, yea if hepleafe by gentile and heathen men. Vfe.This taxeth theprideofmany,who thinke themfelues too good CO learn of fuch whom they conceiue meaneror inferiour to themfelues: fuch a pridepoffeffed the Pharifes; thou art altogether borne in/inne , and duet thou teach vs :But if they confidered thewaies ofGod, they might fee hit, flirtingvpmofi bate and Pimple men to teach the dohtor, the Scribe, and the wifemcnof the world , that he may alhame theta, and teach them to deprelfe their high thoughts : I.Cor. I. 26. Brethren,you fee your calling, not many wife.--but God hath chofen the weake of theworld, i. to confound mightie things: a. thatno flefhfhouldreioyce, v. 29. Let this prouoke our diligence to knowe not fo much by whom, as what theLord teacheth, attendingvino thecounfell ofGod, and nor the condition ofman whome he vfeth;:let him fpeakeby neuer íùc5 ab- ie&prrfons ifthey bring the truth, iris our part tobecamc fooles that wee may beewife:2nd then are we fuch fooles,vehen we depart with all opini- on ofour ownewifedome,that we may bewile in God,whatmeanes fo euer he pleafeth to vfe : theGolpel teacheth vs that poore women and creeples could tel often tidings ofChriß,when all the great clerks knew not of him. 2. This reprehendeth the waywardnefíeof many, who not fancying __ the ffi
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