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Show _;Of t6e Miudnc~mtnt· Oflettrning . · incorporate from .the Church 0f God. ,· · · For the obtaining ofrhe info.rmation, ittrefte'th . vpon th~ true·& fou~d Int~rpretation of the Scrip.. · tures wh1ch are the fo'tmta1ncs of the water oflife. . The Inter-pretations -of. the. Sc(iptures are of two . forts: MethodicaJ,a.nd·&>Iute,<Or at large, for this di .. . uinc··warer which excellethi fo.much thatofla&l6s Well, isdrawncforthmuchinthcfame.kinde, as Naturall Water vfeth to• bee. out of·.weUs and · : Fou.ntaine$:· C·ither~ icis firft, (orced v:p into a·.Ce. f.tern~·a:nd from thence fercht:and deriued for vfe: . or elfe it:~ is dra·w-ne ,and • rcceiued in. B.uc·kets and · Ve1Tels immediately where it fpringeth .. The foriller fort whereof thoogh it·kemeto be.et'he more · readie; ye·t in my isdgemtnt is more lubiett to cor ... rupt. =This_is that Metbede-which hath exbjbited, . ' V~tovs the.fcholaft.icaJI d·iuinitic,whc.-cby diuinity · harhbinrcd.uced iato·an Art, as into a Cefierne,& ~ c~eitreaRMs ef doGtrioe o~ politions fetcht:and cfe •. ·i rMJcd from thence. . . , · · . ;J~ this,MeQ haue fought three ihings,aJom~ I ~ ri~brooirie, a compacted fi:rength, and a compl ·- . .:ttt}~rfetli~n~ • , ~vh.ereo.f the two fitlt they fai.l ~o finde~and~ t_he .. laR th·ey ought not to . fee~-- For . .as to brctuue, w-ee· fee in all fum marie Methodes, ":hi1e n1en~purpofe. to-abridge, :· rhey gi·u~~ caufe .. to ·<Ida tr:; For the fum me or-abrjdgcment bycon t~adir on b".c?mmrth obfcure, · the·.obfc:uritie requtrcth r.expofiuon.;and the ~pofition iseiduced into ]arge ~co~1entaries, orint~ COinmon·place.s., and-title~ 1whu:~ growe to be more vall thtn the origimitl !'rl· . I . . , ' run~s ·~ . . V'he f«o11d hOo~. . 1 11 .. tmgs ,whence the fummewasatfirfiextral!led. So. we.f~the volumes of the fchoole- men are greitter uch ~en the firft writings ofthe fathers whence tbe Matfierof the fenteces made his fumm'. e 0 I~ I A. S . l'k r co . r~L!on. . o tn t e manner the .volumes of the mo.. . ckr~ Docr~rsof the Ciuil Lawtxcced thofe o£ the . anctent lunfconfults,of which Trthoni4ncompiled tlledigeft. So_asthis courfe offummes &cornenta .. rie_s_}s that~ h~ch doth i_nfallibly make the bady of Sc1eces more tmmenfe Jn quantitie and.more bafe in fubftance • .. , . · ' ~~nd for llrength~it·is true, that kttowledgesr-edu .. crdt~nto exa~ Methode~ haue a thew ofllrcngth,in ~hat each part feemeth to fupport & ftiftaine theodler: But this is· morcfatiffittorie then fubfiantiall Jilce mtO'bui~dings, ~hich fiartd by ~rchirecture; "'ftdt£ompadton, wh1ch are more fub1ect to ruine~ _ Jh~ thofe that are puilt more Rronge in theirfeue~ parts though le1fe compaded • Butit is .plaine, dljt the more you rrcctde from ·your grounds ; the .. ealter- doeyouconc!ude,&asinnature• the more you remoue yourJelfe from particulars,~he greater il ofError you doc incur: So,much mor~ inDi, ·nitic,the more you recede from .theScriptures by. · •· t·nces andconfcq~ences,-:the more weak~ and : te are your pofitions.. .. ,......,.~J'U as for perfedion,or.compleatnes in diuiniric· '•lno~tto'bc fought ., which· makes this,courfeof ~!.RIIat·in~tiail !diuinhie·the more fu(pecte : For h~e ~~---.... ~IJW ...... reduce a knowledge.into an Art; will -it round and uniforme : But in Diui.nitie )t many,.- |