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A14907	Exercitations divine Containing diverse questions and solutions for the right understanding of the Scriptures. Proving the necessitie, majestie, integritie, perspicuitie, and sense thereof. As also shewing the singular prerogatiues wherewith the Lord indued those whom he appointed to bee the pen-men of them. Together with the excellencie and use of divinitie above all humane sciences. All which are cleared out of the Hebrew, and Greeke, the two originall languages in which the Scriptures were first written, by comparing them with the Samaritane, Chaldie, and Syriack copies, and with the Greeke interpretors, and vulgar Latine translation. By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Christs Gospell.	Weemes, John, 1579?-1636.	1632 (1632)	STC 25212; ESTC S119565	155,578	222

the Church to Canaan and the Church to Canaan Egypt was a Land that was watered with the feete of men Deut. 11 10. It was said to be watered with the feete of men as a garden Egypt watered with the feet of men because they carried water on foote out of Nilus and watered their Land with it but Canaan was a Land Canaan a land blessed of God blessed of God and his eyes were upon it from the beginning of the yeere to the end Deut. 11. 12. It was a land of hils and valleyes and drinketh water of the raine of heaven The world is but watered with humane Sciences and Arts which are drawne out of the troubled reason of man like Nilus but the Church is watered with these celestiall graces which come from above Now that we may see the excellency of Divinity above A comparison betwixt Divinity and all other Sciences and Arts in generall all other Sciences and Arts let us observe wherein they differ in generall and then let us make a particular comparison betwixt Divinity other Sciences and Arts. First they differ origine in the originall humane Differ 1 Sciences and Arts proceede from God as hee is God and generall ruler of the world but Divinity proceedeth from the Father by the Sonne to the Church Revel 22. 1. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life cleare as cristall proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lambe but these humane Sciences and Arts although they proceede from God yet they proceede not from God and the Lambe like a cristall river Secondly these humane Sciences and Arts are but Differ 2 humano-divinae they are but the broode of reason which proceedeth from God enlightning every man that commeth into the world Iohn 1. 9. Some againe are humane and the birth of corrupt man onely as Sophistrie Scientia hūano-divina humana diabolica divino-divina And thirdly some are Diabolicae as necromancie and witch-craft But Divinity is Divino-divina that is it is originally from God and immediately And if we shall compare Faith the daughter of Divinity Dyffer 3 with Reason the mother of all other Sciences A comparison betwixt sense reason faith and Arts we shall see how farre Divinity excelleth all other Sciences and Arts. There are in man sense reason and faith and as farre as reason surpasseth sense much farther doth faith surpasse reason and by consequent Divinity surpasseth all other Sciences Reason differeth much from sense for sense the farther How sense reason and faith apprehend things that the object is from it it is magis universale magis confusum it is the more universall and more confused and the nearer that the object comes to the sense it is the lesse universall and more distinct Example when we see an object a farre off we take it up first to be ens somewhat then we take it up to be a living creature then we take it up to be a man and last to be Peter or Iohn Here the neerer that the object commeth to our sense it is lesse universall and more distinct and the farther that it is removed from our sense it is the more universall and more confused The knowledge which a Simile young child hath at the first is wonderfull confused and he will sucke any woman for his nurse this knowledge is very confused then his knowledge becommeth more distinct and more generall and then he beginneth to know this is not my nurse and this is not my nurse but this is my nurse here his knowledge beginneth to be more distinct and he will sucke none but his owne nurse and his knowledge now resembleth the knowledge which we have by reason which ascendeth from the particular to the generall and the farther that it is from sense it is the more universall and lesse confused But faith the daughter of Divinity ascendeth higher than reason or sense and the further that it goes from sense and reason the more perfect it is and it goeth from minus universale to the supreame and highest cause God himselfe and the neerer that faith commeth to reason or sense the weaker it is and more indistinct Thomas his faith was an indistinct faith and weake and could not beleeve unlesse hee put his fingers in the wounds of Christ Iohn 20. 28. here his faith leaned too much to sense but faith the higher that it goes from sense and reason the more perfect it is We have a notable example of this Gen. 49. when Ioseph tooke Ephraim and Manasse Ephraim in his right hand towards Israels left hand and brought him neere unto him and Manasse in his left hand toward Israels right hand Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head and his left hand upon Manasses head guiding his hands wittingly or as Onkelos the Chaldee Paraphrast hath it Prudenter egit manibus suis when he dealt wisely with his hands But when Ioseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim it displeased him and he held up his fathers hand and he said to his father not so my father for this is the first borne put thy right hand upon his head and his father refused and said I know it my sonne I know it truly the younger shall be greater than he Gen. 48. 19. Ioseph thought because his father Iacob was blind that his faith was a confused and weake faith but Iacob knew that the farther his faith was from sence and the higher that it ascended from reason it was the more perfect and therefore he sayd jadanghti bene jadanghti I know it my sonne I know 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it that is certainely I know it This is then the excellencie of faith that the higher that it goes from sence and reason the more perfect it is which sheweth the excellency of Divinity above all other Sciences and Artes for if faith the daughter of Divinity surpasseth them all much more doth Divinity it selfe and it may bee said of faith as it was said of the vertuous woman Prov. 30. Many daughters in Israel have done vertuously but thou surpassest them all Last of all other Sciences and Artes are but handmaids Differ 4 to Divinity and as the Nethinims the posterity of the Gibionits were appointed by Iosuah to hew wood and draw water for the Sanctuary but never to meddle with the Sacrifices neyther to kill them nor offer them Iosh 9. 23. so humane Sciences and Arts are appointed but to attend and serve Divinity they are but to hew the wood and draw the water onely to the Sanctuarie There are three principles from whence Sciences A comparison betwixt Divinity and other Sciences and Arts are derived the first is contemplation the second is action the third is operation For contemplation the metaphysicks are the most abstract considering ens ut ens onely the second are the mathematicks which considereth the quantity and the number