,----_ exAP.Z.iI. fi Conanarrtarie zpoXthe 452 ing that the Arke and Dagon will not Eland together ; and that they are either in Gofhcn or Egypt; beware of thrufling this earth betweene this Inane and thesnfelues; for luch anecclipfe portendeth greatenfuing euills. 4 4. Another fort would taint walke in this lighr,but would be loth to be feene in it ; would haue the vfeofit ,and yet hide it vnder a bufhell too;and thereforekeep it with them,but as in a cheeues lanthorne, that none canknow there is any light there beiïdes themfclues; for feare of reproach, or danger they will not be knowne what they are a doing:but they miaake this light, if they thinke it can be kept fodole ; for where euer it is, it is a glorious fhining light; and can no more abide hidde, then the funne can be coucred with a bulbell, or put into a Ian- thorne. S S.Alaflforthauewalkedinthelightheretofore,andmadegoodbe- ginnings,but haue thought the day too long , and aregrowne wearieof the funne : and therefore as the people, Exod.3 g.at the firfl brought coo much to theTemple, but afterwards facrilegioully deuoured theft holy things, as the Prophet witnefheth : teen fo in thebeginningof hér late Maiellies raigne, this light wasaccounted of,followed,and happily en- tertained ; but tiuce, the very length oftèa: day hula wearied the labou- rers. A thirdVfemight here be fitly followcd,againf; thole whoail! accule the Scriptures ofobfcuritie,now when the voile is gone , and the light is glorioufly :lining: and thence frameaconfccIienr,more impious and ablurd, then thepremifhes, namely,that therefore they mull not be med- lcd withal! ofcommon people, but onely by the Popes licentiates; a- gainfl whom I only affirme , that they as yet neuer law the expreffe face of Chrifl in the Goiprl;and that when all vailesand fhadowes continu. edvnrcmooued,it wasnot lawfull for any Iew thus to reafon. And reAChethvs to dense vnSodlineffe,and worldly laftr,] This dolrine ofthe Gofpel is a fchoolemafler, and full of infiruc`li- on , wherein it differed) not from the law ; for euen that alfo reacheth the denial! ofvngodlineffe, and a fober,righteous,and godly lit- c.Quefi. Diffc ence be. What neede theGotpel then teachouer the fame thing againe ? Anfrv; nween the tea. Becaute though they teachchele fame things, yet theydiffer in theman. thing ofthe LAW & Goiper. net of teaching. For t. the lawcan teach , and command them onely; but theGotpel by fan6tilying & infpiringanew life intobeleeuers, pi t1r.31.3t ueth themwith the commandement , a power toobey it , which the law could neuer doe; which power,ifit went not with the Golpe! inbelee -- uers, all the eommaundementsof the law for performance wereburin . vaine, and more vainely repeated in the Gotpel. z. The Gotpel perfwa. deck
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