EptfleofS.PaultoTitta. CHnr.2.2 his owne othermens affections : this madeagraue Diuine of ours fay, 335 that euery true Minifler hath after a fort a fierie tongue giuen him. Se- Greenun. condly , this affecction of lone, mutt be extended to hispeople : Paul loved his countrimen, and this flirted vp his heartie delre , that 'frail might befaced. The mother feeingher child in danger,is careful!out of tiom.tar. her loue to prouide any cordiali or refloratiue that may begotten to do it good ; the profperitieof the child , is the by of the mother; fo the profit ofthe people is thePallors crownofreiayfng, a.Cor. 3.1.T hirdly, vnto the truth it felfe: he mull affe6t toknewnothing and this will eau le ' COrt a1 him toaffe& to deliuer nothingbut Chrif?, and him crucified : this fincere anda.a. milkeof the word,tnaketh Gods children to thriue andprofper, wheras the vnwholefome milke mingled with error, or puddle water ofmens deuifes, bringeth fickeneffe, difeafes, and confumption into their 'foules. Vfe. Let all Minillers,who haue a careofprofiting their people, and AFrincìpell u ty of Mimficrs fo furthering their owne account, acquaint them with this whole- rh,two,dd force do&rine,fetched out ofthe pure fountaines ofthe Scriptur es , and h¡é thduer9 eo- rightly deuide it veto them as workmen that need not be alhamed. A- der them. las, what vanirie is it, out ofopinionof wit or reading, CO fecke out ftrange fpeculations among the llarres , to fearch out genealogies,pete- grees, to dote about fables,to let himfelfe to tie hard knots only to vn- tie them againe (as the dogge leaueth loft meat to gnàw vponbones)to mingle the word with the kauen oftraditions? what a dangerous thing is it, toheale the hurt of Gods people with fweete words,or to handle the word either deceitfully, or deliuer it phantaflically, with vn- feemely and rude, or affe&&ed words of humane wifedome & eloquence? all this maypuffe vp the foules of men for a time , as though they were wholefomely fed, but indeed Paul fhewcth the proper worke of them, that they breed difcafes,and ingender llrife,rather then godly edifying: and when the fire connmeth that (hall trieentry mans worke , his worke (hall burnt, let him fcape ifhe can, who.though he teach no falle do- &rine,yet if bebuild hay and chaffe upon the foundation ; for he bath not flood in Gods counfell : read the curie denounced againfi falle Pa- fiors.Ier.a3. Secondly, hearersare hence taught fundryduties. As a. to delire on- ly this wholcfome food, that their foules may be well liking; laying alide their itchingcares, which hunt after nouelties:for the Minifiery is not appointed tobeate the care as muficke,but to finke into the foule as the food andmedicineofit, by becomming the 'canes and ruleof life. In populous places, are running auditories in which themoll gape for painted phrafes , prettie wittie fentences out of force Sage or other; or force duticsbelon. ing tohearc,s. t.Drfire onely rahol;Some do. Mine.
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