CHA. III.
If they vvil not be carnal stil, they must boast in God only, & not in their preachers, which are but his ministers, 10 and neede to looke vvel hovv they preach: 12 because not al preaching, though it be Catholike, is meritorious: but rather it buildeth matter to be purged by fire, vvhen it is vaine and vnfruitful (as also any other like vvorkes of other Catholikes.) marie if it be heretical, destroying the temple of God, then it vvorketh damnation. 18 The remedie is, to humble them selues and referre al to God.
[verse 1] AND I, brethren, could not speake to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal. As it vvere to litle ones in Christ, ✝ [leftJustify 2] I gaue you∷ 1.1 milke to drinke, not meate: for you could not as yet. but nei∣ther can you novv verely, for yet you are car∣nal. ✝ [leftJustify 3] For vvhereas there is among you emulation and con∣tention, are you not carnal, and vvalke according to man? ✝ [leftJustify 4] For vvhen one saith, I certes am Paules, & an other, I Apol∣los: are you not` 1.2 ••men'? Vvhat is Apollo then? and vvhat is Paul? ✝ [leftJustify 5] The ministers of him vvhom you haue beleeued, & to euery one as our Lord hath giuen. ✝ [leftJustify 6] I planted, Apollo vvatered: but God gaue the increase. ✝ [leftJustify 7] Therfore neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that vvatereth: but he that giueth the increase, God. ✝ [leftJustify 8] And he that planteth and he that vvatereth are one. And •• euery one shal receiue his owne reward according to his ovvne labour.c 1.3 ✝ [leftJustify 9] For vve are Gods c 1.4 coadiutors: you are Gods husbandrie, you are Gods buil∣ding. ✝ [leftJustify 10] According to the grace that is giuen me, as a vvise vvorkemaster haue I laid the foundation: and an other buil∣deth therevpon. but let euery one looke hovv he buildeth thereon. ✝ [leftJustify 11] For other foundation no man can lay, beside that vvhich is laid: vvhich is Christ IESVS. ✝ [leftJustify 12] And if any man build •• vpon this foundation, gold, siluer, pretious stones, vvood, hay, stubble, ✝ [leftJustify 13] the vvorke of euery one •• shal be ma∣nifest: for •• the day of our Lord vvil declare, because it shal be reuealed in fire: and the vvorke of euery one of vvhat