EpißkofS. PaultoTitus. CHAP.2.I. Apofiles, was the moil fearefulltomake the leallfìewofit. Well, he is 337 tritely learned that hath learned Chrifi;and can teachhim to another:al- though the voicebe Hill andhumble, yet may the Lord paffe by in it, irt bhp hao1. when as he isnot in all theboilirous fermons ofproud men can bell ctacó Others can receiue no do6irine from such aone as hathexpreffed hu- Chri 1. manicle in Come weaknes,or want; or is not altogether ro their own li- king,noroftheir owne fize. Some cannot abide to heare the fo called Puritane:others are as far wide on the otherhand,they canget no good, nor will fiirre out oftheir doores toheare him that can buckle himfelfe to the times : thus fome hold toPaul, Come to Apollos, route to Ce- phas, but none al roil to Chrifi. Here is examination of the perlons of men, but not ofthe do6trine of God, which by both may be whol- fomely, and timely taught: or ifeither of them should erre,haue weex- emption fromheating them? are we not rather to trie thefpirits, and trie t.roh,4 r, all things, that we may hold our felnes to that which is good? Wee de- r.Theß;T.ir. ceiue our felues,while we looke tobe taught byAngels or Saints;Gods ordinance is, that we should be taught bymen, fubie6l to the fame infir- mities with vs; weake men, and linnefull men mull under God raise vs to flrength of grace; that our faith may not bee ascribed to men or 1.Cor,a5. wanes, but that the mighty power of God might appeare in mans in-) firmitie. But in one word, to remooue all the pretended caufes of not receluing the wholefome word; turnechine eye inward, and thou (halt fee the fault in thy felfe : for as if aman abflaine tneale after meare from meate , andhe cloth not, nor cannot be perfwaded to cafe wholefome meate, it is plainehe isa ficke man,his flomake is gone, ifhe hold on he is haflening tocleath;fo it is with himwho refuleth the wholefome food ofhis foule;fotne fore deadly difeafe hath feafed vponhim. If this food femme tart or bitter,it is not corrupted,but thy tall : thy fpirituall ague caufeth thee todeeme ponybitter. If thou loathefi themeat which thou haft fotnetime liked , the meate is the fame, but thou art not the fame;if thou art wearyofthe dolrineofmortification, which fometitmes thou affe ledfi,fufpeel thy feifenhe cafe is with thee as with some children, who fornoueltie were willing to goe to fchoole,but beeing held hard, Come grow weary oftheir Mafter,and would exchange hissa with ano- cher;but no cooke could make this do6lrine rellifh thy tali , till it with thy felfe be altered. 3. Hearers mull holdwholefome doóftine , when they haue receiued sroho1d it it, 2.Tim.3.14. contins.e in the things thou. haft rectified : buy the truth, when theyhave ie,and not eaZ but fell it not,and bind it fall vpon their hearts. And good reafon: for if it vp. the meat be neuer fo wholefome , lithe fiomacke of the foule keope it not,but it flippe the memory, and is not by medication digefied ; the _ foule
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