39 z A Commcmtary upom theGof feel Cha breaches. Were our dangers greater, thy fingle reforrriàtion may doe much to prevent them, Ier, 5 :1. As, wereour hopes greater, ,thy fin and fecurity may unravell them and undo all, Ecclefo, 18. One {inner deffroyeth much good : Be moving therefore in thine own orb, and beftir theeas Nehemiah did, trading every ta. lent wherewith divine providence hath entrufted thee for fern. falems welfare:giving no rett either to thy felfor toGod; as his re- "membrancer untill hehaveeftablifhed,and made her a praifein the wholeearth,//à.6 tut ó7ee Verfe 3 2. Which indeedù the leaff'ofallfeeds ] Thatis one of cupre1Ja' semi. the leall ; for there is as little, or left'e then it as Poppy-feed,i e. mt eta©u qu . `Cyprefíe feeds are Paid to be to fmall, that they can hardlybe feen, dam ocut4 err- afunder; and -yet of them grows fo great and talla tree, Nuf. -ni non rayon, -qucimmagic totanatura quamin minimu,faithPliny. Tremtllitis ér +aman in -teftiñetlr, that things almoft incredible are related of the wonder- ijr tanta eft full growth of the Jewifhmuttard-feed. Maldonat alto telleth arbor, fa' q, rs that in Spain he had feen little woods of:mullard-feed- trees; and procera Phi). rib. z cap. -that thebakers tkerehence fet fuell to heat their ovens, and doe à Tremetl. in thee offices. The word of God (a thing worthobfervation,faith ref, or. :a modern Divine) is in the Gofpel compared to muftard -feed; Matdonat. in - which(as onegathereth out ofF 'm ythagoras) ofall feeds is ih 1oc afcenr taketh dee eft root, and being mixe with vineger is fo- :D, Playfere. p , veraign again{ tea-petits. -Right fo the wordofGod worketheffe- - dually in us, -begets an afcenr in our affections, layes in us a fate foundation,and thoughit couch us fbarply as vineger, yet is a molt powerful{ prefervarive again{} that old ferpent. Verfe 3.3. The Kingdom c.f. heaven is like unto leaven] Which ;fool) diffuteth .it felt into the whole lump. The word of God is not bound,though the Preacher, haply, be in bonds, a Tim.2,9, but runner, and iaglorifi: d, 2 Theff.2.I . In the beginning of QMa- ries raign, almofi -all the priions in England (faith Mr Fox) AO. andMo were btconte right Chriltian fchcols and Churches: During the for 1;sa, -time of MrBradfords imprifonment in the Kings -bench and Counter in the Pou/trey, he preached twice a day continually, -unlefíe ficknefle hindred him : where alto the Sacrament was ad- sninifîred. And through his means ( the Keeper fo well didbear staid 1457, withhim) fuch retort of good people was daily at his leccfure,and minilitation of the Sacrament, that commonly his chamber was well -nigh filled therewith. Concerning the Chri(lian Congrega- tion (faith the tameAuthour) in Q Marics time, there were fometimcs
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