CHAP.a.II. t í11GoatrMe> laic : ¢eActaEie 146 hin,them he will gore a nanoefutter,their_óffoones anddiet kettreotwoothet; nerlafling narne,that findnot heromt. Yfe. 4. This meetoth alto with a wofull delufionamong, many Pro tenants, towhom when we call for con fcionable walkiagin a Chriflian cootie.; Whatley thhey;did not Chrift die for all men ? and isnot heaven as open for nice as for other's ? would not Godhaue all men to be faucet? is hinot ? will he condemne for fuch and fuch things ? which what is it elfe, but from the abundance of grace,tomake their fleets fa- perabouud?and thus they plainly Phew that they were neuer yet effeElu- allycalled,and that although they haue bin called to the fupper,yet haue they refufed to come. Hach appeared,] The Gofpcl is compared to a great light (hieing out brightly and glo- rioufly. t. a light,in that,t.it ditpelieth amanifold darkneffe,which be- foreoccupied the minds of men. x. in regardof direìion. 3. comfort which it bringeth to the belecuing foule. And a. agreat light: wherein is a fourth difference from the old Tenament in which all things were moredarke andobfcure through the vaile offigures , and ceremonies, fo as their light was but like the obfcurelight ofthe funne before the ri- he fathersof heaid TeRa. fing;not that the fubaance and fcope oftheir doctrine was not the fame mene had put a with ours , but that in the manner ofdeliuery it was far leffe lightfome. candle coke by,nota funnp b But now t p glorious light is rifen v fort fhining not as before al- in at we. moo to none but Icwes,but to the Gentiles al le : fo as according to the Prophets forefhadowinghereof, the funne is not only rifen and in our midheauen,but the light ofit is kauen foldbigger then is was before. And the reafons are fundry: i. Many were the types,and predidlions of the oldTefamens,which mufi be knowne tobeaccompl.fhed in the new ; which for this caufe mull as farceexcell theother in light and brightnes,as thebody the (ha- dow; or eF.e thing it felfe, the figure and pidlure of it: truely to this faith oue,that the expoofition mull be more cleavethen the text. a. The promu es made to theChurch of thenews Tenament were many, moe, and farre more ample, then to the old: as that , from the leaf!;. to the grea- tefl, allfhowldknow the Lord: that the mountableoftheLord fhould her Iif- tedvpvpon the coppeofthe tnountaines,that all theearthAmid be filledwith the knowledgeof God ,,sethewaters cower rho few: the which if they bee 3 fulfilled, then this great light bath appeared. ;. The generalitie of the do6trine confirmeth the fame : For all nations were to be called to the embracingofit, Gentiles Arabians, Barbarians ,and the tea cuco ofthe moll barbarous Heathens : much light therefore and perfpicuitie was tobe required in fuch adoa trineias (hould acquaint all nations, not onely' M etth.q.r 5. difference be. tweerie thede- arme OF the Law&Gofpcl. i The very caeca haue preached themCeluc,. ICa.tt.ç. Mc.q.r Hab.a¢.tg.
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