A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

If any shall say, [So would we too, if we could […] Christ] I answer; Remember that he never intended to […] himself on earth, and teach his Church personally by his own mouth; but ⟨p. 10⟩hath appointed Messengers and Officers to proclaim his Laws unto the world, and tender them his grace, and saith, [He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me, Luke 10. 16. and he that despiseth, despiseth not man but God, 1 Thes. 4. 8. And he that will not now believe and hear Christ speaking by his Ministers, when he is acknowledged to be the son of God, and his sealed Word hath had so long possession in the world, would hardly have regarded Christ himself in a time when he appeared in the form of a servant, and was found in fashion as a man, and was believed on but by a few persons then counted but inconsiderable.

If any shall say, [So would we too, if we could 〈…〉 Christ] I answer; Remember that he never intended to 〈…〉 himself on earth, and teach his Church personally by his own mouth; but ⟨p. 10⟩hath appointed Messengers and Officers to proclaim his Laws unto the world, and tender them his grace, and saith, [He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me, Luke 10. 16. and he that despiseth, despiseth not man but God, 1 Thes. 4. 8. And he that will not now believe and hear Christ speaking by his Ministers, when he is acknowledged to be the son of God, and his sealed Word hath had so long possession in the world, would hardly have regarded Christ himself in a time when he appeared in the form of a servant, and was found in fashion as a man, and was believed on but by a few persons then counted but inconfiderable.