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Show ... 1 Of the aduancement of/earning fome others that hauc pretended to fin de the truth Of all-natur;ll Philof?phy in the Sc;ir,tures ;Jean~ dalizjng and traductng all other Pn1J ~fopb1e; as Heatheni(h.and Propbane: Bpt there ~s; noe luch enrrl~t~~ bet\v.ecne Gods word , a n~ n~s \vo rkes. · N·either doe they giu~ honour to the Scnptures, as they fuppofe,but ~uch imbafe them. Fo'r t~)_kc·k~ he.auen and earth 1n the \vord of God, V\ h~t eof tt is.f4ide, Heat~en dnd Earth Jhall paf!e ., .. 6ttt 'fliJWorde fhail not pajfo, is to feeke t em p~r~rr t_h n~g~ among~ eternall; Arid as to (et:ke Diutntt!e,Jn r l~1lofopby, is to feel.;e the liuingamongfi the aead; So to !eeke PhilQio.phy-in Diuinitie-isto feek the dead an1ongfi the li'uino. Neither are~ Pots or Lauers, whofe place · wasin.th~outward part of the Tempkto be fol1ght .. ifl th~ holiefi pl,tce of all , \vher~ the f\rke ofrh~ tcfiimonie was fcatcd. And agatne the lcope.or purpofe .. of thc·~pir.it of ~od is not to cxp.r~ffe ma.t"'! ters of N ature-tn the Scnptures, othcr \v i{e .. ti:en ~~ · paliagc, and fC?r application to 1na~s .capactt.te and to. matters morall or Diuine •.. And tt 1s a true, R,ul~, Author~ aliud age~~t~pa;~ttrtuthorilll.f· For it ~ere~ · firnngeconclufion, · if a man fhould vfe a fimtltt~de for ot:nanient or ,jllufl~ation fake, borrO,\~ed ~rom Nature or liifiol'ie according to . vulgar concett, as · · of a B4_/iliske,.1n v;i~orKJe, a Centaure., ;t Briaretl!,an Hydra or the like, that therefore hce rnufi n ~edes , bee thought to affir'me the matter th.freof pofiuuely to,. be tru e,· '"fo conc1~qe therefore thefe two l~ ter- ·' ·. · prct~uons, ... rl • "i} . . . tr he {econd boo'<!. J of'~ 6 . · pretations,. the one by red uCl:io n or Ami o rna tic all, the other Philofophicall or Phificall, which haue beene receiued and purfued in imitation of the Rah# bins and Ca!Jalij1s, ·are·to be confined with a Noli a/.· tum fopere ,ftd time. · Butthetwolater points knowncto God, an4 · . · vnknownetoMan; touching the ftcretsoflbe heart. · 411d the filctejsions of time : doth make a iufi and found difference betweene the manner of the ex- : polition of the Scriptures: and all other bookes. · For it is an excelJent obferuation \Vhich hath beene , made vpon thcanfvveres of our Sauiour Chriftto ' many of the quefiions which were propounded to · him , how thar they are impertinent to the fiate of the quefiion-dema nded,the reafon··whereof is, becaufe not being like man , which: knowcs mans thoughts by his words, but knowing mans thoughts immediately, , heeneuer anfwered their words,but ·their thoughts : much in the like·manner it is with · the Scriptures, which being written to the thoughts of men ,and to tHe fucceffion of aJI ages, \Vith a fore .. . fight~of all hercfies,coatradi&ions, ditfcring ell:ates _ Gf the Church ~yea,and particularly of the elecr,are not to be interpreted o·nly according to the latitude -gf,rheproper fe nfe·of the place , .. and refpediuely towardes that- prefent occalion ~, \vheteopon the . Wordes were vttered ; or-in precife congruitie ?r . .; contexture \Vith the wordes before or after~ or tn · t.£ontenJplation of the principall (cope of the place, G o g .z . '-,bttt- . ··b · '"' ' |
