Chap. 2. the. 4. Diuision.
But sayeth he was not the reading of Deuteronomie preaching? No more than the reading
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But sayeth he was not the reading of Deuteronomie preaching? No more than the reading
of Exod. Here be good proofes. It is generally denied, that readyng is preaching, and M. Doctor without any proofe, taketh it for graunted, that the readyng of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is preaching, al men see how pitifull reasons these be.
And why then did God by Moses Deut. 31. commaunde the Priestes and Le∣uites, that they should reade The wordes of this lawe before all Israell, that they might* 1.1 heare it and learne, and feare the Lorde God, and keepe and obserue all the wordes of the lawe? Why did Iosiah after he had founde this booke, cause it to be read, before all the people? if readyng had not bene effectuall, and of as great force to persuade as prea∣ching, that is, if readyng in effect had not bene preaching. If the eight chapter of Ne∣hemias* 1.2 be well considered, and the true meaning of the. 4. and. 7. verses, according to learned and godly interpreters weyghed and pondered, this controuersie will soone be at an ende, & it will there appeare in expresse wordes, that readyng is preaching.
These pitifull reasons so disquiet your patience, that it woulde pitie a man to see how of a diuine, you are become a scornefull iester.
Deut. 31.
Nehem. 8.