Verse 42. Did ye never read in the Scriptures?]
Yes, full oft, but never applied such a place as this to themselves. A godly man
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Yes, full oft, but never applied such a place as this to themselves. A godly man
〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Scriptures as he doth the Statute-〈◊〉〈◊〉: he holds 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 in all that he reads: he findes his own name written in every passage, and laies it to heart, as spoken to him. The wicked on the other side, put 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all they like not, and dispose of it to others, as if themselves were none such. God forbid, said these to our Saviour, Luk. 20. 16. But he convinceth them out of their own reading, to be the men he meant. Men may make some 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shift, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for a while from side to side, as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Asse did, but there is no averting or avoiding the dint of Gods displeasure, otherwise then by falling down, as the Asse did, and afterwards her master, being rebuked for his in quity, The dumb Asse speaking with mans voice, forbad the madnesse of the Prophet, 2 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 2. 16,