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             A soveraign antidote against sinful errors, the epidemical plague of these latter dayes. Extracted out of divine records, the dispensatory of Christianity: for the prevention and cure of our spiritual distempers. By Claudius Gilbert, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Limrick in Ireland.
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           A
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           AGAINST
           Sinful
           Errors
           ,
           the
           Epidemical
           plague
           of
           these
           latter
           dayes
           .
           Extracted
           out
           of
           Divine
           Records
           ,
           the
           Dispensatory
           of
           Christianity
           :
           FOR
           The
           Prevention
           and
           Cure
           of
           our
           Spiritual
           Distempers
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Claudius
             Gilbert
             ,
             B.
             D.
          
           and
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           Limrick
           in
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           
             Luke
             21.
             8.
             
          
           
             See
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             deceived
             .
          
        
         
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Whose
             coming
             is
             after
             the
             working
             of
             Satan
             ,
             in
             all
             Power
             ,
             &c.
             and
             in
             all
             deceivableness
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               Graecan
               .
               Axioma
               .
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Jehova
             Medicus
             tuus
             ,
          
           
             Exod.
             15.
             26.
             
          
           
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
        
         
           
             Qui
             seipsum
             habet
             prosapiente
             ,
             habent
             eum
             Deus
             &
             homines
             pro
             Ignaro
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             W
          
           for
           
             Francis
             Titon
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           three
           Daggers
           in
           Fleetsheet
           .
           1658.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           Colonell
           Henry
           Ingoldesby
           ,
           Governour
           of
           the
           Precinct
           of
           Limrick
           and
           Clare
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Limrick
           .
        
         
           
             Honoured
             and
             Beloved
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           substance
           of
           this
           Tract
           was
           through
           the
           Lords
           help
           preached
           lately
           in
           your
           ears
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           right
           now
           presented
           to
           your
           eyes
           ,
           that
           through
           his
           Grace
           ,
           it
           may
           the
           better
           reach
           your
           hearts
           .
           The
           subject
           thereof
           is
           as
           seasonable
           as
           its
           excellent
           .
           The
           Lord
           
           make
           it
           yours
           as
           profitably
           ,
           as
           it
           s
           made
           yours
           affectionately
           .
           The
           choice
           usefulness
           of
           its
           provisions
           will
           make
           full
           Amends
           for
           the
           plainness
           of
           its
           Order
           and
           Dress
           .
           It
           s
           not
           my
           work
           to
           tickle
           and
           flatter
           you
           ,
           but
           to
           reach
           healing
           and
           food
           to
           your
           souls
           .
           A
           Signal
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           brought
           me
           over
           and
           fixed
           me
           here
           near
           five
           years
           ago
           ;
           by
           the
           same
           good
           hand
           have
           I
           been
           kept
           here
           in
           the
           Lords
           charge
           ever
           since
           .
           
           We
           have
           had
           much
           cause
           still
           to
           mind
           and
           improve
           the
           wonderful
           dealings
           of
           our
           God
           towards
           us
           from
           that
           very
           day
           ,
           as
           in
           former
           seasons
           .
           Variety
           of
           Dispensations
           hath
           he
           carried
           us
           through
           both
           publiquely
           and
           personally
           .
           Visits
           of
           Iudgement
           ,
           and
           then
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           from
           him
           again
           and
           again
           .
           No
           wayes
           hath
           he
           left
           unattempted
           that
           might
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           though
           our
           Returns
           have
           not
           been
           answerable
           .
           The
           Sword
           ,
           Famine
           and
           Plague
           ranged
           in
           these
           parts
           upon
           Gods
           Errand
           at
           my
           first
           coming
           ,
           
           and
           continued
           a
           considerable
           time
           .
           I
           was
           thereby
           occasioned
           to
           contribute
           my
           utmost
           by
           the
           Lords
           Aid
           ,
           to
           the
           relief
           and
           cure
           of
           mens
           souls
           and
           bodies
           .
           It
           was
           then
           my
           
           cordial
           delight
           and
           desire
           to
           spend
           and
           be
           spent
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Limrick
           ;
           as
           the
           same
           is
           still
           my
           design
           and
           labour
           through
           the
           assistance
           of
           Heaven
           .
           The
           
             Voyce
             of
             Gods
             Rod
          
           cryed
           
             loud
             to
             this
             City
             then
          
           ,
           that
           the
           
             man
             of
             Wisdom
             might
             observe
             his
             Name
          
           who
           had
           appointed
           it
           ,
           
           in
           hearing
           his
           Rod.
           Our
           Heavenly
           Physitian
           saw
           it
           best
           then
           to
           diet
           and
           physick
           us
           ,
           suiting
           his
           Prescripts
           to
           our
           distempers
           .
           Few
           in
           this
           place
           did
           miss
           of
           a
           Touch
           ;
           the
           deeper
           smartings
           of
           many
           among
           us
           warned
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           Our
           sins
           deserved
           much
           worse
           from
           his
           hand
           ,
           yet
           he
           afflicted
           us
           very
           favourably
           .
           In
           the
           
             midst
             of
             wrath
             he
             remembred
             mercy
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             stayed
             his
             rough
             wind
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             East
             wind
             .
          
           
           After
           Purgations
           he
           gave
           us
           Cordials
           ,
           and
           turned
           in
           due
           time
           our
           mourning
           into
           joy
           .
           Thanksgivings
           followed
           our
           humiliations
           ,
           
           and
           our
           bitter
           waters
           were
           turned
           into
           sweet
           Wine
           .
           The
           Springs
           of
           Elim
           followed
           our
           Marah
           ,
           
           and
           they
           reaped
           in
           joy
           ,
           
           that
           had
           sown
           in
           Tears
           .
           If
           the
           peaceable
           fruit
           of
           that
           Rod
           may
           in
           Righteousness
           appear
           among
           us
           ,
           the
           Glory
           will
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           the
           Comfort
           ours
           .
           If
           our
           ill
           humours
           have
           been
           kindly
           
           removed
           ,
           it
           will
           best
           appear
           in
           the
           right
           use
           of
           our
           health
           .
           If
           any
           grow
           wanton
           after
           Recovery
           ,
           shame
           and
           sorrow
           will
           be
           their
           portion
           .
           It
           glads
           my
           heart
           that
           Gods
           Word
           and
           Works
           have
           not
           been
           quite
           fruitless
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           ;
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           lament
           with
           a
           bleeding
           soul
           the
           sad
           improvements
           of
           his
           renewed
           Kindness
           .
           
           What
           could
           more
           be
           done
           for
           us
           then
           he
           hath
           done
           ?
           Why
           then
           is
           our
           fruit
           so
           wild
           and
           so
           empty
           ?
           That
           it
           proves
           better
           with
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           it
           s
           of
           his
           Grace
           ;
           that
           divers
           others
           seem
           to
           grow
           still
           worse
           ,
           it
           s
           through
           their
           fault
           .
           The
           Lord
           hath
           bestowed
           much
           cost
           upon
           us
           ,
           
           but
           like
           the
           cursed
           Ground
           we
           bear
           still
           many
           weeds
           .
           He
           hath
           not
           spared
           for
           dressing
           or
           dunging
           :
           it
           will
           much
           aggravate
           their
           sin
           and
           judgement
           ,
           
           if
           any
           of
           us
           remain
           still
           barren
           .
           
           The
           good
           Husbandman
           hath
           cast
           in
           good
           seed
           in
           this
           Ground
           of
           his
           ,
           but
           the
           enemy
           hath
           crept
           in
           in
           the
           dark
           to
           scatter
           his
           Tares
           .
           Multiplicious
           Errors
           still
           spread
           among
           us
           as
           in
           other
           parts
           ,
           which
           grow
           much
           faster
           then
           Christs
           spiritual
           Plants
           .
           Too
           many
           are
           found
           to
           play
           with
           their
           Light
           ,
           and
           abuse
           it
           to
           do
           the
           Devils
           
           work
           by
           .
           That
           good
           Word
           ,
           which
           proves
           
             savour
             of
             Life
          
           to
           some
           ,
           
           proves
           too
           often
           
             savour
             of
             Death
          
           to
           others
           .
           The
           Spirits
           of
           divers
           are
           grown
           so
           childish
           ,
           that
           neither
           Barnabas
           nor
           Boanerges
           will
           please
           their
           Palate
           .
           
           God
           hath
           restored
           us
           to
           health
           and
           plenty
           ;
           
           but
           many
           souls
           are
           still
           diseased
           and
           starved
           .
           Sinful
           Infection
           troubles
           all
           Relations
           ,
           yet
           is
           little
           felt
           ,
           because
           spiritual
           .
           Much
           malignity
           attends
           those
           ill
           humours
           which
           work
           so
           strangely
           and
           perniciously
           .
           Some
           are
           Brain-sick
           with
           giddy
           Notions
           ,
           and
           others
           heart-sick
           with
           feavourish
           Affections
           .
           The
           Heads
           of
           some
           labour
           with
           Convulsions
           ;
           the
           Vitals
           of
           others
           suffer
           defections
           .
           Spiritual
           Lethargies
           benumb
           some
           into
           sleep
           and
           mortal
           dreams
           ;
           raging
           Phrenzies
           do
           inflame
           some
           others
           .
           Some
           are
           merrily
           mad
           with
           pleasing
           Conceits
           ;
           others
           melancholy
           through
           a
           sullen
           spirit
           :
           Lethal
           Apoplexies
           take
           some
           few
           suddenly
           ;
           and
           spiritual
           Palsies
           seiz
           upon
           others
           more
           gradually
           .
           Some
           have
           lost
           Appetite
           to
           the
           dainties
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           others
           seem
           to
           hunger
           ,
           but
           digest
           not
           well
           .
           Spiritual
           Rickets
           do
           possess
           divers
           ,
           and
           sinful
           Gouts
           trouble
           not
           a
           few
           .
           
           Various
           obstructions
           disorder
           mens
           souls
           ,
           whence
           the
           disfiguring
           of
           their
           Life
           and
           Acts.
           Internal
           stoppages
           often
           discolour
           the
           external
           man
           ;
           the
           falling-sickness
           and
           the
           swounding
           fits
           do
           also
           take
           turns
           in
           souls
           and
           Societies
           .
           Consumptions
           and
           Dropsies
           appear
           so
           visibly
           ,
           that
           they
           prognosticate
           but
           Ominous
           things
           .
           Sad
           Symptoms
           are
           seen
           in
           mens
           faces
           and
           speech
           ,
           their
           tongues
           and
           breathings
           concurring
           therewith
           .
           If
           you
           feel
           their
           pulse
           and
           Beatings
           of
           heart
           ,
           you
           may
           soon
           descrie
           Syncopal
           Tokens
           .
           Schirrhus
           '
           s
           and
           hardness
           are
           easily
           felt
           ;
           swellings
           and
           sores
           manifest
           themselves
           .
           Thus
           this
           world
           appears
           a
           sinful
           Hospital
           for
           the
           God
           of
           mercy
           to
           give
           visits
           to
           .
           What
           comes
           away
           from
           men
           ,
           proves
           a
           Semeiotick
           that
           points
           at
           the
           Cure
           by
           sad
           Characters
           .
           The
           Causes
           of
           such
           dangerous
           Affects
           must
           needs
           be
           various
           and
           multiplicious
           .
           Diseases
           complicate
           and
           inveterate
           ,
           bespeak
           a
           difficult
           and
           a
           dubious
           Cure.
           Secresie
           and
           strength
           add
           much
           to
           that
           evil
           ,
           besides
           senslesness
           and
           unruliness
           .
           Disorder
           in
           food
           and
           in
           exercise
           with
           sloth
           and
           slumber
           aggravate
           the
           same
           Strains
           and
           Ruptures
           with
           Dislocations
           ,
           Tumors
           
           and
           Wounds
           manifest
           more
           evil
           .
           Humours
           and
           spirits
           being
           distempered
           do
           soon
           disorder
           the
           substantial
           parts
           .
           Excess
           in
           Repletion
           and
           vacuity
           ,
           in
           number
           and
           extent
           ,
           still
           do
           make
           it
           worse
           .
           Retention
           of
           evil
           &
           wasting
           of
           good
           ,
           do
           both
           testifie
           the
           method
           of
           help
           .
           Indications
           thus
           being
           so
           various
           ,
           it
           s
           no
           wonder
           if
           the
           cure
           be
           slow
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           Purgations
           total
           and
           particular
           ,
           must
           attend
           diet
           ,
           rest
           and
           all
           due
           help
           .
           Both
           the
           Patients
           care
           and
           all
           Assistants
           ,
           will
           be
           as
           needful
           as
           the
           Physitians
           skil
           .
           Politick
           Physitians
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           had
           need
           look
           to
           Christ
           for
           skil
           ,
           strength
           ,
           success
           .
           Choice
           and
           cordial
           Preservatives
           ,
           Alexipharmacks
           are
           often
           needed
           ,
           where
           malignity
           doth
           infest
           mens
           souls
           .
           Industrious
           Care
           and
           painful
           attendance
           will
           be
           found
           herein
           of
           exceeding
           need
           .
           The
           Ladies
           hand
           and
           the
           Eagles
           eye
           ,
           with
           the
           Lions
           heart
           ,
           will
           help
           very
           much
           in
           all
           such
           dressings
           .
           Seek
           therefore
           and
           wait
           for
           that
           Soveraign
           Aid
           without
           which
           no
           means
           can
           find
           a
           Blessing
           .
           
           Observe
           his
           Precepts
           ,
           taking
           what
           he
           gives
           ,
           
           carefully
           forbearing
           what
           he
           doth
           forbid
           .
           Fear
           to
           displease
           Christ
           ,
           our
           Gospel
           -
           Phoebus
           ,
           that
           must
           teach
           
           and
           prosper
           Aesculaps
           *
           labours
           .
           That
           
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             will
             rise
             with
             healing
             wings
          
           to
           all
           such
           as
           love
           and
           fear
           him
           above
           All.
           
           Neglect
           then
           no
           means
           appointed
           by
           him
           ;
           
           abuse
           not
           the
           means
           by
           resting
           thereon
           .
           
           His
           All-sufficient
           Grace
           believe
           and
           expect
           for
           his
           own
           Glory
           in
           each
           of
           his
           Wayes
           .
           
           If
           he
           make
           you
           smart
           ,
           
           it
           s
           for
           your
           good
           that
           you
           may
           be
           healed
           on
           the
           best
           account
           .
           
           Here
           is
           an
           Antidote
           fitted
           to
           our
           Case
           ,
           the
           good
           Lord
           bless
           it
           to
           you
           and
           to
           me
           .
           Be
           helpful
           to
           me
           that
           I
           may
           help
           you
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           so
           shall
           we
           find
           him
           our
           present
           help
           still
           .
           
             His
             Grace
             will
             sure
             be
             sufficient
             for
             us
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             his
             strength
             shall
             be
             perfected
             in
             weakness
             .
          
           
           I
           shall
           as
           heartily
           rejoyce
           in
           your
           good
           as
           if
           it
           were
           mine
           ;
           
           and
           shall
           design
           to
           be
           ,
           
           through
           the
           Renewed
           supplies
           of
           Christs
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Servant
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             in
             all
             Gospel-work
             ,
             
               CLAUDIUS
               GILBERT
            
             .
          
           
             From
             my
             study
             in
             Limrick
             ,
             
               11.
               11.
               
               /
               Januar.
               23.
               1656.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             READER
             .
          
        
         
           ERROR
           is
           the
           Epidemical
           disease
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           
           exactly
           considerable
           in
           its
           Nature
           and
           Descent
           ,
           in
           its
           Species
           and
           Degrees
           ,
           in
           its
           Cause
           and
           Effects
           ,
           in
           its
           Symptoms
           and
           Cure.
           We
           shall
           but
           touch
           those
           things
           which
           others
           have
           elaborately
           handled
           ,
           to
           usher
           in
           the
           Scope
           and
           Substance
           of
           the
           following
           discourse
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Nature
           and
           Idea
           thereof
           consists
           much
           in
           a
           sinfull
           straying
           of
           mans
           Judgement
           from
           the
           Truth
           of
           God
           into
           falshood
           .
           1.
           
           Mans
           Judgement
           is
           the
           proper
           Subject
           and
           Seat
           thereof
           :
           (
           we
           meddle
           not
           now
           the
           Angels
           Failures
           )
           from
           whence
           it
           casts
           a
           malign
           Influence
           upon
           all
           other
           Powers
           and
           Parts
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           s
           Genus
           is
           straying
           or
           wandring
           .
           
           So
           the
           Greek
           properly
           imports
           ,
           a
           slipping
           and
           sliding
           from
           Truth
           into
           falshood
           and
           by-ways
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           s
           difference
           lies
           in
           both
           the
           terms
           .
           First
           ,
           From
           which
           it
           swerves
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           The
           
             Terminus
             à
             quo
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Truth
           of
           God.
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           which
           it
           leads
           ,
           the
           
             Terminus
             ad
             quem
          
           ,
           into
           falshood
           .
           So
           it
           s
           distinguished
           from
           bare
           Ignorance
           ,
           
           both
           negative
           and
           privative
           ;
           Error
           being
           a
           soul-sickness
           ,
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           a
           disorderly
           Distemper
           ,
           disposing
           to
           evil
           positively
           ,
           both
           habitual
           and
           actual
           ,
           as
           it
           deprives
           of
           and
           indisposes
           to
           that
           good
           ,
           r●specting
           the
           Souls
           health
           ;
           It
           differs
           also
           from
           Scruples
           and
           doubts
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           uncertain
           motives
           from
           Truth
           ,
           and
           weaker
           Inclinations
           to
           falshood
           ,
           as
           the
           grudgings
           and
           Rudiments
           of
           spiritual
           diseases
           .
           It
           s
           likewise
           differenced
           thereby
           from
           Heart-Hypocrisie
           and
           verbal
           lies
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Errors
           Descent
           fetches
           its
           Extract
           from
           the
           Prince
           and
           Father
           of
           Lies
           ,
           
           who
           abode
           not
           in
           the
           Truth
           ,
           but
           drew
           thousands
           of
           glorious
           Angels
           ,
           
           who
           kept
           not
           their
           first
           state
           ,
           into
           Error
           and
           Apostacy
           .
           His
           Serpentine
           spawn
           by
           dub●ous
           Queries
           was
           soon
           cast
           into
           our
           first
           Parents
           ,
           where
           it
           quickly
           bred
           Error
           and
           all
           sin
           .
           That
           unhappy
           Breath
           so
           strongly
           infected
           them
           ,
           that
           this
           sinfull
           disease
           is
           become
           hereditary
           to
           all
           their
           natural
           Posterity
           .
           This
           wofull
           Leprosie
           hath
           been
           thus
           propagated
           from
           our
           Head
           Adam
           to
           all
           his
           Issue
           ,
           through
           the
           loins
           of
           sinfull
           parents
           .
           It
           cleavs
           to
           mans
           Nature
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           in
           all
           ages
           successively
           communicated
           by
           a
           wofull
           Series
           in
           all
           sorts
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           .
           
           As
           the
           Leprosie
           cleaving
           to
           the
           Wall
           ,
           could
           never
           be
           totally
           removed
           ,
           till
           the
           Wall
           it self
           was
           quite
           pulled
           down
           :
           So
           doth
           this
           Plague
           cleave
           to
           mans
           soul
           ,
           till
           mans
           dissolution
           .
           Adam
           received
           at
           once
           the
           seed
           of
           corporal
           and
           spiritual
           Diseases
           and
           death
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           moment
           that
           he
           began
           to
           sin
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           die
           ,
           according
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ;
           from
           whence
           the
           progress
           of
           a
           dying
           life
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           ,
           till
           Grace
           begin
           that
           spiritual
           Life
           below
           that
           Glory
           compleats
           above
           .
           Israel
           had
           contracted
           their
           wofull
           Leprosie
           from
           that
           Aegypt
           that
           enslaved
           them
           ;
           
           so
           is
           our
           spiritual
           Leprosie
           contracted
           from
           that
           mystical
           Aegyt
           which
           hath
           poisoned
           us
           so
           desperately
           ,
           and
           
           infests
           still
           the
           Canaan-State
           of
           Christs
           militant
           Church
           .
           
           As
           Truth
           is
           a
           most
           diffusive
           Good
           ,
           so
           is
           Error
           a
           most
           diffusive
           Evil.
           Error
           like
           a
           stone
           thrown
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           rises
           in
           Circles
           ,
           each
           Circle
           begetting
           another
           and
           growing
           still
           wider
           till
           they
           all
           quite
           lose
           themselves
           in
           the
           end
           .
           Like
           Cadmus
           Brood
           they
           start
           up
           suddenly
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           fall
           foul
           each
           on
           other
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Species
           and
           Sorts
           of
           Error
           are
           multiplicious
           ,
           like
           the
           diseases
           that
           trouble
           the
           body
           .
           As
           there
           are
           various
           sorts
           and
           denominations
           of
           divine
           Truths
           ,
           so
           are
           there
           as
           many
           distinctions
           of
           Errors
           .
           The
           specifical
           difference
           of
           each
           Error
           is
           measurable
           still
           by
           the
           dimension
           of
           that
           Truth
           it
           opposes
           and
           strayes
           from
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           falshood
           into
           which
           it
           slides
           .
           
           The
           Truth
           of
           God
           is
           the
           conforty
           of
           his
           Thoughts
           ,
           Words
           and
           Works
           ,
           to
           his
           own
           glorious
           Essence
           .
           The
           Truth
           of
           man
           is
           the
           due
           conformity
           of
           man
           to
           that
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           whether
           mental
           ,
           verbal
           or
           practical
           .
           Error
           is
           accordingly
           diversified
           in
           its
           general
           acceptation
           ;
           but
           properly
           to
           our
           purpose
           it
           is
           restrained
           to
           the
           Iudgement
           ,
           and
           distingushed
           from
           other
           sins
           which
           are
           verbal
           or
           practical
           Errors
           ,
           flowing
           from
           mans
           Will
           and
           affections
           more
           directly
           .
           That
           Truth
           of
           God
           is
           especially
           considerable
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           either
           fundamental
           or
           juxta-fundamental
           ,
           
           or
           more
           superficial
           and
           circumstantial
           .
           Error
           is
           accordingly
           discernable
           in
           its
           several
           wandrings
           from
           that
           Truth
           .
           The
           Scripture
           of
           Truth
           declares
           the
           same
           in
           all
           their
           specifical
           variations
           .
           Tue
           Fundamentals
           of
           Religion
           are
           summed
           up
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           called
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           ,
           because
           extracted
           out
           of
           their
           writtings
           ;
           which
           Symbol
           hath
           been
           successively
           explained
           by
           the
           several
           Confessions
           of
           the
           primitive
           Churches
           ,
           as
           the
           Nicene
           and
           Athanasian
           Creed
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           the
           Reformed
           in
           Germany
           and
           
             France
             ,
             
             Belgium
          
           ,
           and
           England
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           there
           are
           varieties
           of
           Weeds
           and
           poisons
           about
           the
           earth
           which
           peculiarly
           offend
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           some
           being
           more
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           head
           ,
           some
           to
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           do
           various
           Errors
           offend
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           Truth
           ,
           whence
           various
           designations
           are
           given
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Gradations
           and
           Degrees
           of
           Error
           admit
           also
           of
           a
           variable
           Latitude
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           variation
           of
           its
           aggravations
           .
           As
           diseases
           do
           vary
           in
           their
           gradual
           recess
           from
           health
           ,
           being
           either
           simple
           or
           compound
           ,
           either
           more
           or
           less
           malignant
           &
           hurtfull
           ;
           Thus
           Errors
           admit
           of
           many
           adjuncts
           which
           render
           them
           more
           or
           less
           sinful
           and
           injurious
           .
           In
           every
           Error
           there
           is
           a
           sinfulness
           ,
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           a
           defect
           of
           Truth
           privative
           ,
           &
           a
           disposition
           to
           falshood
           positive
           .
           As
           in
           every
           disease
           there
           is
           an
           evil
           deflection
           from
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           sound
           disposition
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           so
           in
           Error
           from
           that
           of
           the
           mind
           .
           But
           this
           deflection
           is
           not
           alike
           in
           all
           ,
           but
           is
           cloathed
           with
           numerical
           differences
           and
           personal
           aggravations
           .
           Some
           Errors
           are
           more
           ,
           and
           others
           less
           rooted
           :
           Some
           are
           more
           single
           ,
           and
           others
           complicate
           .
           Some
           are
           more
           submissively
           held
           ,
           and
           others
           more
           pertinaciously
           :
           some
           are
           kept
           close
           ,
           &
           others
           published
           ;
           some
           have
           more
           of
           the
           Will
           and
           Affections
           attending
           them
           ,
           others
           less
           :
           some
           are
           more
           ,
           and
           others
           less
           pernicious
           :
           some
           are
           more
           quiet
           ,
           others
           more
           turbulent
           .
           As
           the
           malignity
           of
           infectious
           diseases
           admits
           of
           a
           great
           Latitude
           :
           as
           the
           variety
           of
           venomous
           Creatures
           ,
           whether
           Plants
           ,
           Minerals
           or
           Sensitives
           ,
           is
           multipliciously
           diversified
           by
           the
           variations
           of
           their
           clime
           ,
           intentions
           of
           degrees
           ,
           &c.
           some
           being
           cold
           as
           Hemlock
           ,
           others
           hot
           as
           Euphorbium
           :
           some
           in
           the
           first
           or
           second
           ,
           others
           in
           the
           third
           or
           fourth
           degree
           :
           some
           working
           more
           slowly
           ,
           others
           more
           quickly
           :
           some
           by
           their
           Tail
           ,
           as
           the
           Scorpion
           :
           some
           by
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           as
           
           the
           Viper
           and
           Rattle-snake
           ;
           some
           by
           their
           Tongue
           ,
           others
           by
           their
           Excrements
           :
           some
           more
           sensibly
           ,
           as
           a
           mad
           Dog
           ;
           some
           more
           insensibly
           ,
           as
           the
           Asp
           :
           So
           do
           Errors
           appear
           under
           variety
           of
           offensive
           qualities
           and
           adjuncts
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Cause
           of
           Error
           also
           ,
           as
           of
           every
           disease
           ,
           is
           multipliciously
           observable
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           three-fold
           Division
           of
           
             Evident
             ,
             Antecedent
          
           ,
           and
           Continent
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           An
           
             Evident
             Cause
          
           among
           Physicians
           ,
           is
           much
           from
           Externals
           ,
           if
           not
           altogether
           ,
           whereby
           a
           Distemper
           is
           occasioned
           in
           the
           body
           .
           So
           in
           mans
           soul
           this
           sickness
           of
           Error
           may
           be
           occasioned
           by
           external
           Causes
           ,
           as
           by
           infection
           ,
           ill
           company
           ,
           bad
           books
           ,
           various
           Temptations
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           An
           
             Antecedent
             Cause
          
           of
           sickness
           bodily
           ,
           is
           from
           some
           thing
           within
           ,
           whether
           vapor
           ,
           humor
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           distempering
           any
           part
           ,
           &
           disabling
           it
           from
           its
           proper
           Action
           .
           Thus
           the
           foregoing
           Cause
           of
           this
           spiritual
           disease
           ,
           lies
           in
           some
           flatuous
           ,
           humorous
           or
           spiritual
           evil
           that
           disorders
           the
           mind
           from
           its
           right
           discerning
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           causing
           it
           to
           deviate
           into
           the
           way
           of
           falshood
           .
           
           Habitual
           Corruption
           within
           ,
           flowing
           from
           Adams
           first
           sin
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           ours
           by
           Imputation
           ,
           )
           attended
           with
           the
           want
           of
           original
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           often
           called
           original
           sin
           ,
           because
           the
           womb
           of
           all
           sin
           in
           us
           )
           is
           the
           chief
           cause
           from
           which
           all
           other
           evils
           flow
           ,
           that
           breed
           and
           increase
           these
           sad
           distempers
           .
           This
           Corruption
           acts
           variously
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Pride
           and
           Self-seeking
           ,
           Security
           and
           Worldliness
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Continent
             Cause
          
           of
           a
           corporal
           distemper
           is
           that
           immediate
           thing
           which
           cherishes
           it
           ,
           being
           cherished
           from
           the
           remote
           cause
           ,
           whether
           corrupt
           blood
           ,
           wind
           ,
           water
           ,
           gravel
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           the
           continent
           Cause
           of
           Error
           ,
           is
           that
           peculiar
           Corruption
           whether
           .
           Ignorance
           or
           Pride
           ,
           self-conceitedness
           or
           worldliness
           ,
           &c.
           which
           sticks
           close
           to
           the
           mind
           ,
           to
           breed
           and
           cherish
           its
           several
           dyscrasies
           and
           
           distempers
           .
           Thence
           such
           clouding
           of
           mens
           Iudgements
           and
           disorders
           in
           their
           Reasonings
           :
           
           hence
           perverse
           Disputings
           of
           men
           that
           are
           
             reprobate
             concerning
          
           the
           Faith
           ;
           as
           Ambition
           and
           Pride
           carried
           Simon
           and
           
             Menander
             ,
             Nestorius
          
           and
           Macedonius
           away
           ;
           Discontent
           and
           Envy
           prevailed
           with
           Arrius
           ;
           Covetousness
           carried
           on
           Demetrius
           and
           his
           Comrads
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Complication
           of
           such
           causes
           in
           most
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Effects
           of
           Error
           ,
           as
           of
           every
           corporal
           disease
           ,
           are
           likewise
           variously
           numerous
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           variations
           of
           its
           numerical
           Idea
           ,
           of
           its
           specifical
           nature
           ,
           of
           its
           descent
           ,
           gradations
           &
           causes
           .
           This
           spiritual
           sickness
           is
           a
           Tendency
           to
           further
           sin
           &
           eternal
           Death
           ;
           as
           every
           bodily
           sickness
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           corporal
           death
           .
           
           
             The
             wages
             of
             sin
             is
             death
          
           ;
           sin
           deserves
           it
           ,
           it
           binds
           ever
           ,
           it
           leads
           to
           it
           ,
           it
           fits
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           begins
           it
           .
           As
           much
           as
           there
           is
           of
           sinfulness
           ,
           so
           much
           is
           there
           of
           death
           attending
           it
           ,
           Corporal
           &
           civil
           ,
           spiritual
           and
           Eternal
           .
           Grace
           indeed
           doth
           restrain
           and
           limit
           ,
           it
           pardons
           and
           subdues
           ,
           it
           purges
           out
           gradually
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           exterminates
           all
           sin
           in
           Gods
           Elect
           ;
           yet
           it
           changes
           not
           the
           Nature
           or
           desert
           of
           sin
           ,
           though
           it
           chances
           the
           sinners
           nature
           and
           relation
           .
           Providence
           limits
           and
           over-rules
           this
           sinfulness
           also
           in
           the
           Reprobate
           .
           As
           the
           wise
           Physitian
           corrects
           his
           Opium
           in
           a
           Confection
           ;
           so
           doth
           God
           correct
           sin
           remaining
           in
           his
           Children
           .
           As
           the
           same
           Physitian
           appoints
           fit
           means
           against
           infection
           to
           all
           indefinitely
           ,
           so
           doth
           our
           Soveraign
           Physician
           by
           shewing
           the
           dangerous
           effects
           of
           Error
           .
           As
           the
           effects
           of
           Poisons
           are
           very
           various
           ,
           yet
           always
           sad
           :
           so
           are
           sin
           and
           sorrrw
           inseparable
           Twins
           .
           Error
           was
           set
           forth
           to
           the
           Life
           by
           that
           Leprosiy
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           which
           had
           a
           peculiar
           mark
           of
           Ignominy
           ,
           
           Infection
           and
           danger
           .
           It
           s
           like
           to
           those
           poisonous
           Minerals
           and
           Vegetables
           ,
           which
           strike
           first
           ai
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           thence
           at
           all
           other
           
           parts
           .
           It
           s
           a
           spiritual
           Plague
           which
           cannot
           but
           be
           mischievous
           still
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           all
           alike
           .
           All
           sorts
           of
           men
           in
           all
           relations
           are
           made
           to
           feel
           the
           sad
           Consequents
           thereof
           .
           It
           s
           a
           fruitfull
           womb
           ,
           a
           breeding
           dung
           hill
           ,
           a
           poisoned
           spring
           ,
           
             Lerna
             malorum
          
           .
           It
           engages
           and
           leads
           insensibly
           to
           more
           evil
           ,
           notional
           and
           practical
           .
           It
           disgraces
           God
           ,
           opposes
           his
           Truth
           ,
           distempers
           mens
           souls
           ,
           endangers
           their
           families
           ,
           blasts
           their
           Profession
           ,
           stains
           their
           Repute
           ,
           scandalizes
           many
           ,
           ensnares
           divers
           ,
           troubles
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           complies
           with
           Satan
           in
           his
           various
           designes
           ,
           by
           nursing
           of
           his
           brood
           .
           This
           Age
           gives
           sad
           demonstations
           thereof
           .
           As
           Cephalical
           diseases
           are
           on
           many
           accounts
           the
           most
           dangerous
           of
           all
           in
           the
           Body
           :
           so
           are
           these
           heady
           distempers
           in
           the
           soul
           ,
           which
           are
           easily
           communicated
           to
           all
           the
           vital
           &
           inferior
           parts
           .
           The
           poison
           of
           some
           works
           in
           a
           stupifying
           way
           ,
           as
           
             Opium
             ,
             Henbane
             ,
             Hemlock
          
           ,
           &c.
           others
           venom
           acts
           by
           an
           enraging
           quality
           ,
           as
           
             Elaterium
             ,
             Euphorbium
             ,
             Scammony
          
           :
           The
           effect
           of
           some
           is
           more
           speedily
           mortal
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Touches
           of
           a
           Basilisk
           ,
           and
           Asp
           ,
           of
           the
           Viper
           and
           
             rattle
             Snake
          
           ,
           if
           not
           very
           timely
           look'd
           to
           ;
           others
           are
           more
           slow
           and
           less
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           operations
           of
           various
           simples
           appears
           .
           The
           Parallel
           of
           spiritual
           Poisons
           therewith
           is
           easily
           drawn
           by
           an
           observing
           Christian
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           Symptoms
           or
           Signs
           of
           Error
           ,
           as
           of
           Corporal
           deseases
           ,
           are
           of
           divers
           sorts
           ,
           some
           more
           Common
           ,
           others
           more
           Proper
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             common
             signs
          
           are
           such
           as
           attend
           divers
           distempers
           in
           a
           general
           way
           ,
           as
           enfeebling
           of
           the
           parts
           ,
           change
           of
           complexion
           ,
           Indiposition
           to
           action
           ,
           &c.
           
           Thus
           Errors
           have
           their
           
             Common
             signs
          
           ,
           wherein
           many
           of
           them
           agree
           ,
           appearing
           much
           in
           their
           sad
           effects
           against
           Gods
           Honor
           and
           mans
           good
           ,
           though
           often
           under
           far
           Colors
           ,
           like
           that
           Indian
           Apple
           in
           the
           
             Western
             Islands
          
           ,
           which
           seems
           beautifull
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           rank
           poison
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           There
           are
           proper
           Tokens
           and
           characteristical
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           notes
           of
           each
           bodily
           disease
           ,
           setting
           out
           its
           specifical
           Idea
           by
           its
           numerical
           and
           peculiar
           properties
           ,
           whether
           one
           or
           more
           ,
           and
           usually
           by
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           Concurrence
           of
           divers
           ,
           as
           a
           Frensie
           ,
           a
           Lethargy
           ,
           an
           Apoplexy
           ,
           &c.
           have
           singular
           marks
           from
           the
           defect
           and
           disorders
           of
           the
           faculties
           animal
           ,
           vital
           and
           natural
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Error
           ,
           the
           Frensie
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           when
           boiled
           up
           to
           its
           height
           ,
           sets
           a
           man
           on
           a
           rage
           against
           Truth
           and
           her
           friends
           ,
           rejects
           the
           Means
           of
           its
           cure
           ,
           raves
           and
           ranges
           at
           Will
           ,
           inflames
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           disorders
           all
           the
           powers
           and
           parts
           ,
           hastning
           to
           destruction
           ,
           as
           appeared
           in
           the
           ranting
           Crue
           ,
           formerly
           and
           lately
           in
           Germany
           and
           England
           ;
           another
           error
           may
           more
           resemble
           a
           Lethargy
           ,
           benumming
           the
           Soul
           ,
           fixing
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           casting
           the
           person
           into
           a
           feavorish
           sleep
           ,
           stopping
           the
           senses
           ,
           filling
           them
           with
           dreams
           ,
           closing
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           distempering
           all
           powers
           and
           parts
           ,
           rendering
           them
           incapable
           of
           sense
           and
           help
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           work
           not
           extraordinarily
           ,
           witness
           
             James
             Naylor
          
           and
           his
           quaking
           Rout.
           
        
         
           Another
           Error
           may
           be
           found
           more
           like
           an
           Apoplexie
           ;
           suddenly
           taking
           away
           sense
           and
           motion
           ,
           reason
           and
           life
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           some
           Circumcellions
           ,
           and
           the
           bloody
           rabble
           of
           Germany
           and
           Switzerland
           from
           Anno
           1522.
           
           till
           1534.
           
           Another
           is
           more
           like
           a
           Palsey
           ,
           stopping
           the
           fountain
           of
           the
           sinews
           ,
           either
           totally
           or
           partially
           by
           distempering
           the
           head
           and
           its
           Conduits
           ,
           whereby
           sense
           and
           motion
           are
           conveyed
           to
           all
           inferior
           parts
           ,
           and
           gradually
           hastning
           mans
           end
           .
           So
           it
           fares
           with
           divers
           Quakers
           now
           ,
           and
           many
           monkish
           Pharisaical
           Notionists
           ,
           
             Rose-Crucians
             ,
             Eremitical
             Recluses
          
           and
           Behmenists
           .
           Thus
           might
           we
           instance
           in
           every
           disease
           ,
           and
           draw
           the
           parallel
           of
           Error
           along
           in
           its
           various
           Symptoms
           and
           Characters
           ;
           
           the
           which
           are
           accompanied
           with
           malignity
           and
           infection
           ,
           with
           Confidence
           and
           peremptoriness
           ,
           with
           Censoriousness
           and
           self-conceitedness
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Extent
           and
           Causes
           of
           such
           distempers
           .
           But
           as
           some
           poisonous
           Weeds
           do
           very
           nearly
           resemble
           the
           good
           plants
           among
           which
           they
           grow
           ,
           as
           young
           Hemlock
           among
           Parsley
           ;
           So
           divers
           Errors
           grow
           like
           Truth
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           till
           they
           come
           up
           to
           strength
           (
           which
           they
           do
           much
           faster
           then
           good
           hearbs
           )
           to
           be
           better
           discerned
           by
           their
           ill
           qualities
           and
           wofull
           effects
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           Cure
           of
           Error
           ,
           as
           of
           bodily
           sickness
           ,
           is
           diversly
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           Indications
           directing
           thereto
           ,
           in
           the
           materials
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           due
           method
           of
           preparing
           and
           ministring
           of
           them
           sutably
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Art
           ,
           and
           the
           Patients
           Case
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
           The
           Indications
           of
           Error
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           bodily
           diseases
           ,
           require
           the
           removing
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           the
           rectifying
           of
           the
           parts
           ,
           the
           restoring
           of
           strength
           ,
           and
           preserving
           of
           it
           by
           all
           convenient
           means
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
           The
           Materials
           and
           Ingredients
           that
           are
           to
           be
           used
           towards
           that
           Cure
           for
           soul
           and
           body
           ,
           are
           considerable
           in
           a
           regular
           diet
           ,
           in
           orderly
           medicines
           ,
           and
           the
           Chirurgions
           seasonable
           help
           .
           Thus
           erroneous
           Persons
           are
           1.
           to
           be
           dieted
           ,
           in
           shunning
           evil
           food
           ,
           evil
           company
           ,
           evil
           motions
           ,
           &c.
           and
           in
           using
           food
           ,
           company
           ,
           exercise
           ,
           &c.
           tending
           to
           spiritual
           health
           .
           2.
           
           They
           are
           to
           be
           well
           purged
           with
           due
           preparatives
           and
           Laxatives
           .
           3.
           
           They
           must
           have
           the
           Chirurgions
           help
           also
           in
           letting
           out
           the
           corrupt
           blood
           of
           sin
           ,
           in
           dressing
           of
           their
           spiritual
           Sores
           ,
           in
           applying
           of
           all
           fit
           Medicaments
           ,
           and
           administring
           of
           all
           things
           orderly
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           Method
           of
           preparing
           and
           dispensing
           of
           them
           all
           for
           the
           cure
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           Spiritual
           and
           Corporal
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           guided
           by
           the
           skilfull
           Physitian
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           who
           hath
           appointed
           Men
           and
           Means
           ,
           that
           in
           observing
           the
           Prescripts
           of
           his
           Word
           applyed
           sutably
           to
           every
           ones
           case
           ,
           his
           promised
           Blessing
           may
           be
           waited
           for
           ,
           and
           received
           in
           an
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           and
           Love.
           The
           following
           Antidote
           prescribed
           by
           him
           may
           be
           through
           his
           Grace
           singularly
           helpfull
           thereto
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Context
             opened
             .
          
           
             THe
             Text
             divided
             into
             six
             Doctrines
             .
             page
             6.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             1.
             
             Wicked
             Lawless
             persons
             are
             exceedingly
             subject
             to
             be
             carried
             away
             with
             destructive
             Errors
             .
             p.
             7
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
             
               Raigning
               Corruption
            
             .
             p.
             8
          
           
             Reason
             2.
             
             
               Errors
               deceitfulness
            
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Reason
             3.
             
             
               Divine
               Judgement
            
             .
             p
             9
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
             Information
             ;
             the
             ground
             of
             our
             numerous
             Errors
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Admonitin
             to
             lawless
             Ones
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Examinatioon
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Exhortation
             .
             p.
             10
          
           
             Doctr.
             2.
             
             Error
             will
             endanger
             a
             Christians
             stedfastness
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Reas
             .
             1.
             
             It
             loosens
             a
             Christians
             hold
             .
             p.
             11
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             impairs
             a
             Christians
             strength
             .
             p.
             12
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             snatches
             with
             forcible
             fraud
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
             See
             hence
             the
             source
             of
             our
             Revolts
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Convictions
             to
             erroneous
             ones
             .
             p.
             13
          
           
             3.
             
             Trial
             of
             our
             state
             .
             p.
             14
          
           
             4.
             
             Advice
             to
             all
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             3.
             
             All
             Christians
             ,
             even
             the
             best
             ,
             need
             still
             due
             warning
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             Error
             and
             Revolt
             .
             p.
             15
          
           
             Obj.
             1.
             
             What
             need
             the
             Elect
             to
             be
             warned
             thus
             ?
             p.
             16
          
           
             Ans
             .
             In
             seven
             particulars
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             
             Use
             1.
             
             Consect
             .
             Hence
             see
             the
             usefulness
             of
             a
             Gospel
             Ministry
             .
             p.
             17
          
           
             2.
             
             Reprehension
             .
             p.
             18
          
           
             3.
             
             Inquiry
             .
             p.
             19
          
           
             4.
             
             Excitation
             ,
             1.
             to
             take
             warning
             .
             p.
             20
          
           
             2.
             
             Improve
             warning
             .
             p.
             21
          
           
             1.
             
             Personally
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Relatively
             .
             p.
             22
          
           
             Doctr.
             4.
             
             The
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             .
             p.
             23
          
           
             1.
             
             Explanation
             in
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             p.
             24.
             25
             ,
             26
          
           
             2.
             
             Confirmation
             in
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             p.
             27
          
           
             3.
             
             Demonstration
             in
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
             From
             the
             Object
             ,
             Christ
             considerable
             p.
             28
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             his
             Person
             ,
             as
             God
             ,
             as
             man
             ,
             as
             God-man
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             his
             Office
             ,
             Prophetical
             ,
             Sacerdotal
             ,
             Regal
             .
             p.
             30
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             his
             Progress
             of
             Humiliation
             to
             Exaltation
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             his
             Purchase
             for
             value
             and
             vertue
             ,
             considered
             .
             p.
             32
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             his
             Relation
             variously
             set
             forth
             .
             p.
             33
          
           
             6.
             
             In
             his
             Influence
             .
             p.
             34
          
           
             Reas
             .
             2.
             
             From
             the
             subject
             Recipient
             thereof
             .
             p.
             35
          
           
             Reas
             .
             3
             ,
             From
             the
             Canse
             efficient
             ,
             formal
             ,
             final
             .
             p.
             36
          
           
             Reas
             .
             4.
             
             From
             the
             Nature
             .
             p.
             42
          
           
             Reas
             .
             5.
             
             From
             the
             Properties
             .
             p.
             44
          
           
             Reas
             .
             6.
             
             From
             the
             Effects
             .
             p.
             46
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Use
             1.
             
             Instruction
             ,
             the
             Method
             of
             study
             .
             p.
             47
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
             Reprehension
             .
             p.
             49
          
           
             Use
             3.
             
             Examination
             ,
             pag.
             54.
             
             Therein
             is
             considered
             ,
             1.
             
             What
             is
             wrought
             .
             2.
             
             How
             it
             was
             wrought
             .
             3.
             
             What
             it
             works
             .
             p.
             55.
             56
          
           
             In
             allusion
             to
             Vegetative
             ,
             Sensitive
             and
             Rational
             Acts.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Use
             4.
             
             Consolation
             ,
             Obj.
             Ans
             .
             p.
             64
          
           
             Use
             5.
             
             Exhortation
             to
             Nominal
             Christians
             .
             p.
             65
          
           
             Many
             Obj.
             Answ
             .
             p.
             67.
             68
             ,
             69
             ,
             70
             ,
             &c
          
           
             Exhor
             .
             2.
             
             To
             Real
             Christians
             .
             p.
             73
          
           
             
             Doctr.
             5.
             
             Growing
             in
             the
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             special
             Gospel-Duty
             p.
             77
          
           
             Reas
             .
             1.
             
             The
             Christians
             Nature
             .
             p.
             78
          
           
             Reas
             .
             2.
             
             
               Gods
               Honour
            
             .
             p.
             79
          
           
             Reas
             .
             3.
             
             
               Mans
               Interest
            
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
             The
             Necessity
             of
             a
             standing
             Ministry
             .
             p.
             80
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
             Conviction
             .
             p.
             81
          
           
             Use
             3.
             
             Examination
             ,
             Is
             our
             Growth
             Vniversal
             ,
             proportional
             ,
             perpetual
             ?
             p.
             82
          
           
             Use
             4.
             
             Excitation
             to
             dead
             and
             living
             Christians
             .
             p.
             84
          
           
             Doctr.
             6.
             
             Spiritual
             Growth
             is
             a
             Soveraign
             Antidote
             against
             Error
             and
             Apostacy
             .
             p.
             89
          
           
             Res
             .
             1.
             
             It
             removes
             the
             Causes
             .
             p.
             91
          
           
             Reas
             .
             2.
             
             It
             fortifies
             the
             parts
             ,
             p.
             92
          
           
             Reas
             .
             3.
             
             It
             improves
             Christs
             specifick
             Vertue
             .
             p.
             93
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
             Information
             ,
             shewing
             the
             ground
             and
             cure
             of
             all
             our
             distempers
             .
             p.
             94
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
             Admonition
             to
             all
             under
             the
             Raign
             ,
             or
             Remainders
             of
             sin
             .
             p.
             95
          
           
             Use
             3.
             
             Enquiry
             ,
             personal
             and
             publike
             p.
             96
          
           
             Use
             4.
             
             Counsel
             to
             prize
             and
             desire
             ,
             embrace
             and
             ensure
             ,
             keep
             and
             improve
             this
             choice
             Antidote
             against
             all
             evil
             ;
             specially
             p.
             97
          
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             Against
             Error
             opposing
             Christ
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             his
             Deity
             .
             p.
             99
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             his
             Humanity
             .
             p.
             100
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             his
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
             p.
             101
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             his
             Person
             .
             p.
             102
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             his
             Spirit
             .
             p.
             104
          
           
             6.
             
             In
             his
             Office.
             p.
             105
          
           
             7.
             
             In
             his
             Priesthood
             .
             p.
             107
          
           
             8.
             
             In
             his
             Prophetical
             .
             p.
             108
          
           
             9.
             
             In
             his
             Regal
             Function
             .
             p.
             110
          
           
             10.
             
             In
             his
             Humiliation
             .
             p.
             111
          
           
             11.
             
             In
             his
             Exaltation
             .
             p.
             114
          
           
             12.
             
             In
             his
             Word
             .
             p.
             115
          
           
             
             13.
             
             In
             his
             Ordinances
             .
             p.
             118
          
           
             14.
             
             In
             his
             Sabbath
             .
             p.
             120
          
           
             14.
             
             In
             his
             Laws
             .
             p.
             123
          
           
             15.
             
             In
             his
             Covenant
             .
             p.
             124
          
           
             17.
             
             In
             his
             Seals
             .
             p.
             126
          
           
             18.
             
             In
             his
             Church
             .
             p.
             128
          
           
             19.
             
             In
             his
             Electing
             Grace
             .
             p.
             130
          
           
             20.
             
             In
             his
             Redeeming
             Grace
             .
             p.
             132
          
           
             21.
             
             In
             his
             Renewing
             Grace
             .
             p.
             137
          
           
             22.
             
             In
             his
             saving
             Grace
             .
             p.
             142
          
           
             23.
             
             In
             his
             Magistracy
             .
             p.
             145
          
           
             24.
             
             In
             his
             Ministry
             .
             p.
             148
          
           
             25.
             
             In
             his
             Providence
             .
             p.
             153
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Against
             Apostacy
             .
             p.
             157
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           against
           sinfull
           Errors
           :
           The
           Epidemical
           Plague
           of
           the
           latter
           Dayes
           .
        
         
           Extracted
           out
           of
           Divine
           Records
           ,
           the
           Dispensatory
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           
             2
             PET.
             3.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Ye
               therefore
               Beloved
               ,
               seeing
               ye
               know
               these
               things
               before
               ,
               beware
               lest
               ye
               also
               being
               led
               away
               with
               the
               Error
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               fall
               from
               your
               own
               stedfastness
               .
               But
               grow
               in
               Grace
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Text
           affords
           a
           signal
           Prospective
           into
           our
           present
           State
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Context
           ,
           whereto
           it
           points
           by
           the
           Particle
           therefore
           .
           
             Yea
             ,
             Therefore
             Beloved
             ,
             seeing
             ye
             know
             these
             things
          
           before
           ,
           &c.
           
           What
           things
           ?
           The
           Context
           tels
           us
           .
           This
           Epistle
           was
           sent
           for
           a
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           against
           Error
           and
           Apostacy
           ,
           to
           the
           scattered
           believing
           Jews
           ,
           whereto
           Peter
           was
           eminently
           
           sent
           as
           Paul
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           
           Many
           of
           them
           had
           been
           converted
           ,
           Act.
           2.
           
           Who
           returning
           home
           to
           their
           several
           Countries
           ,
           propagated
           the
           Gospel
           .
           They
           suffered
           much
           there
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           did
           in
           Judea
           ,
           which
           moved
           our
           Apostle
           to
           fortifie
           them
           to
           his
           best
           ;
           by
           his
           presence
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           his
           absence
           ;
           witness
           these
           two
           Epistles
           ,
           James
           and
           Jude
           ,
           
           Paul
           and
           John
           furthered
           the
           same
           work
           ,
           
           which
           Peter
           in
           this
           second
           ,
           received
           a
           fresh
           .
           Thus
           the
           people
           of
           God
           need
           still
           renewed
           supplies
           from
           the
           joint
           labors
           of
           all
           his
           servants
           .
           Yet
           after
           all
           ,
           those
           believing
           Jews
           were
           much
           endangered
           by
           Satans
           designs
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           this
           latter
           Epistle
           .
           The
           Light
           of
           Christ
           shines
           so
           brightly
           herein
           ,
           that
           it
           scatters
           all
           the
           mists
           of
           doubts
           ,
           which
           mistakes
           have
           raised
           in
           some
           ,
           about
           its
           being
           Canonical
           .
           *
        
         
           
             Three
             parts
             are
             therein
             observable
             ,
             the
             Prologue
             ,
             Discourse
             and
             Epilogue
             .
          
           
             I.
             THE
             Prologue
             ushers
             in
             by
             an
             Apostolical
             Inscription
             and
             Salute
             ,
             an
             entrancee
             into
             the
             substantial
             discourse
             following
             ;
             by
             a
             Divine
             Insinuation
             into
             their
             mind
             and
             heart
             ,
             to
             hasten
             their
             Pace
             towards
             Christian
             Perfection
             .
          
           
             II.
             The
             Discourse
             it self
             is
             brought
             in
             by
             way
             of
             Excitation
             ,
             warning
             and
             prophesie
          
           
             1.
             
             He
             stirs
             them
             up
             to
             spiritual
             Improvement
             by
             the
             light
             and
             strength
             of
             many
             Arguments
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             He
             warns
             seriously
             against
             Seducers
             ,
             whom
             he
             describes
             at
             large
             ,
             in
             their
             Persons
             and
             Doctrines
             ,
             in
             their
             rise
             and
             Ruine
             ,
             in
             their
             acts
             and
             Methods
             ,
             in
             their
             Principles
             and
             Practises
             ,
             throughout
             the
             second
             Chapter
             ,
             wherein
             they
             are
             pourtrayed
             to
             the
             Life
             .
             Here
             we
             have
             the
             skilfull
             Anatomy
             of
             Error
             ,
             exactly
             managed
             by
             the
             Divine
             hand
             of
             Christs
             Spirit
             ,
             guiding
             our
             Apostles
             Pen.
             
          
           
             Those
             Monsters
             of
             Darkness
             are
             here
             exposed
             to
             publique
             view
             by
             the
             light
             of
             God
             in
             all
             their
             parts
             and
             properties
             .
             Those
             Misteries
             of
             Iniquity
             he
             rips
             up
             with
             his
             Incision
             knife
             ,
             
             and
             unbowels
             those
             Tragical
             designs
             of
             Hell
             disguised
             under
             the
             mask
             of
             Heaven
             .
             The
             several
             Lineaments
             of
             that
             pernicious
             Brood
             ,
             he
             distinctly
             marks
             out
             ,
             that
             exact
             notice
             may
             be
             taken
             of
             them
             all
             .
             Their
             various
             Characters
             ,
             his
             pensell
             limbs
             out
             with
             accuratness
             ,
             that
             such
             pests
             might
             never
             be
             mistaken
             .
             He
             sets
             them
             forth
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             As
             unclean
             Beasts
             and
             filthy
             creatures
             that
             walk
             after
             the
             flesh
             ,
             
               in
               the
               lusts
               of
               uncleanness
            
             ,
             witness
             the
             Carpocratians
             and
             old
             Gnosticks
             ;
             the
             late
             
               Familists
               ,
               Ranters
            
             and
             Nicolaitans
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
             
               As
               enemies
               to
               rule
               an
               order
            
             ;
             They
             despise
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             affraid
             to
             speak
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               witness
               the
            
             German
             Anabaptists
             ,
             John
             of
             Leyden
             and
             Battenburgh
             ,
             Muncer
             and
             Knipperdoling
             ,
             
               with
               our
               quaking
               multitudes
            
             .
          
           
             3
             :
             
             As
             proud
             and
             audacious
             ,
             
               presumptuous
               are
               they
            
             ,
             witness
             those
             wretched
             followers
             of
             
               Nailor
               ,
               Fox
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             the
             Montanists
             and
             Manichees
             of
             old
             ,
             the
             Simonians
             and
             Minandrians
             ,
             the
             Marcionites
             and
             Ebionites
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
             As
             
               Peremptorily
               ,
               selfish
            
             and
             arrogant
             in
             pleasing
             themselves
             ;
             witness
             our
             conceited
             Perfectionists
             ;
             in
             their
             Pharisaicall
             Monkish
             Holiness
             ;
             like
             the
             Cathari
             of
             old
             ▪
             the
             Paracelsians
             and
             Behmenists
             since
             ;
             all
             revived
             in
             the
             Quakers
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
             
               As
               notorious
               Railers
               and
               malicious
               Slanderers
               ,
               by
               mis-interpretations
               and
               mis-applications
            
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Angels
             themselves
             ,
             greater
             in
             Power
             aad
             might
             ,
             bring
             in
             no
             railing
             accusation
             against
             Rulers
             before
             God
             ,
             witness
             our
             Quakers
             and
             Notionists
             of
             all
             
               sorts
               ,
               like
               the
            
             Circumcellions
             ,
             
               and
               others
               of
               old
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             
             
               As
               brutishly
               wild
               Beasts
            
             ,
             that
             are
             made
             to
             be
             taken
             and
             destroyed
             ,
             speaking
             evil
             of
             the
             things
             they
             understand
             not
             ,
             who
             shall
             utterly
             perish
             in
             their
             own
             corruption
             ,
             receiving
             the
             reward
             of
             
             unrighteousness
             :
             
               witness
               the
            
             Basilidians
             ,
             Valentinians
             ,
             Marcionists
             ,
             
               and
               such
            
             Gnosticks
             
               of
               old
               revived
               in
               the
               German
               ,
               and
               Brittish
            
             Ranters
             ,
             Familists
             ,
             Paracelsians
             ,
             Quakers
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             
             As
             debauched
             Libertines
             ,
             
               that
               account
               it
               pleasure
               to
               riot
               in
               the
               day
               time
               ,
            
             witness
             our
             Ranting-crue
             ,
             and
             the
             German
             Rabble
             of
             Munster
             in
             1533
             ,
             like
             the
             old
             Borborita
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             
             As
             cheating
             Impostors
             ,
             seducing
             those
             with
             whom
             
               they
               feast
               themselves
            
             .
             Their
             methods
             and
             wiles
             discovered
             of
             old
             ,
             are
             refined
             and
             sublimed
             to
             the
             utmost
             in
             these
             days
             by
             Chymical
             arts
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             
             As
             Atheistical
             Villains
             ,
             like
             
               spots
               and
               blemishes
               ,
               sporting
               themselves
               with
               their
               own
               deceivings
               ,
               while
               they
               feast
               with
               you
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             Hereticks
             of
             old
             brought
             the
             Heathens
             odium
             ,
             and
             and
             Taints
             upon
             the
             Christians
             ,
             as
             the
             Papists
             cast
             the
             reproach
             of
             all
             Sectaries
             on
             the
             reformed
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             
             As
             Spiritual
             Fornicators
             ,
             
               having
               eyes
               full
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               that
               cannot
               cease
               from
               sin
               ,
               beguiling
               unstable
               souls
               .
            
             Thus
             former
             and
             latter
             Herericks
             have
             still
             been
             defiling
             Christs
             marriage-bed
             ,
             his
             Gospel-ordinancess
             by
             their
             corrupt
             Additions
             and
             detractions
             ,
             setting
             up
             of
             Altars
             against
             his
             Altar
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             
             As
             earthly
             minded
             wretches
             ,
             having
             an
             
               Heart
               exercised
               with
               covetous
               Practises
            
             :
             witness
             our
             experience
             ,
             as
             theirs
             of
             old
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             
             As
             accursed
             Sensualists
             ,
             wofully
             revolting
             from
             the
             blessed
             Truth
             of
             God
             ;
             
               cursed
               Children
            
             ,
             such
             Apostates
             abound
             every
             where
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             
             As
             bewitching
             Seducers
             ,
             the
             egregious
             Disciples
             of
             Balaam
             ,
             and
             other
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             which
             have
             forsaken
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             and
             have
             gone
             astray
             ,
             following
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             loving
             the
             ways
             of
             unrighteousness
             .
          
           
           
             14.
             
             
             As
             desperate
             Hypocrites
             ,
             Balaam
             like
             ,
             stabling
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             the
             Lords
             Truth
             and
             cause
             ,
             under
             many
             plausible
             expressions
             and
             specious
             pretences
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             
             As
             infectious
             Bedlams
             ,
             whose
             madness
             ,
             like
             his
             ,
             will
             not
             admit
             of
             conviction
             ,
             or
             cure
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             As
             ignorant
             sots
             ,
             fitter
             for
             the
             Asses
             scourge
             ,
             Balaam-like
             ,
             then
             for
             rational
             course
             and
             company
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             As
             empty
             vain
             Boasters
             ,
             speaking
             great
             swelling
             words
             of
             vanity
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             As
             subtile
             Deceivers
             ,
             alluring
             through
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             much
             wantoness
             of
             spirit
             in
             fair
             promises
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             such
             as
             had
             clean
             escaped
             from
             them
             that
             live
             in
             Error
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             As
             relapsing
             Apostates
             ,
             like
             the
             dog
             turning
             to
             his
             vomit
             ;
             and
             the
             sow
             washed
             to
             her
             wallowing
             in
             the
             mire
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             He
             sets
             forth
             Prophetically
             a
             ranting
             Crue
             of
             scornful
             mockers
             :
             that
             should
             pester
             the
             latter
             dayes
             ,
             whom
             he
             doth
             accurately
             paint
             out
             in
             this
             third
             Chapter
             ;
             that
             we
             might
             be
             effectually
             provided
             against
             such
             a
             storm
             .
             Scoffers
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               shall
               arise
               walking
               after
               their
               own
               lusts
               ,
               deriding
               the
               promise
               of
               Christs
               coming
               ,
               wilfully
            
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Angels
             fall
             ,
             the
             worlds
             drowning
             ,
             
             Sodoms
             firing
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             Preludes
             of
             divine
             vengancee
             upon
             all
             impenitent
             Infidels
             .
          
           
             Thence
             he
             hastens
             towards
             his
             close
             ,
             by
             sure
             demonstrations
             of
             that
             grand
             Truth
             ,
             which
             they
             mainly
             opposed
             .
             Christs
             last
             coming
             he
             lively
             represents
             ,
             and
             assures
             of
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             sudden
             ,
             seasonable
             and
             successfuls
             .
             That
             Christ
             of
             Gods
             so
             much
             slighted
             by
             men
             ,
             shall
             come
             upon
             them
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               as
               a
               thief
               in
               the
               Night
               ,
            
             to
             fulfill
             that
             divine
             Word
             ,
             which
             hath
             reserved
             heavens
             and
             earth
             to
             be
             burnt
             up
             with
             fire
             ;
             then
             
               shall
               the
               heavens
               pass
               away
            
             with
             a
             great
             Noise
             ;
             the
             Elements
             shall
             melt
             with
             fervent
             heat
             ;
             
             the
             earth
             and
             works
             therein
             shall
             be
             burnt
             up
             :
             Thereby
             moving
             all
             Christians
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             singular
             care
             of
             holiness
             and
             Godliness
             in
             Heart
             and
             Life
             .
          
           
           
             But
             least
             the
             friends
             of
             Christ
             should
             be
             troubled
             at
             the
             terribleness
             ,
             of
             his
             Approach
             ,
             he
             promiseth
             to
             them
             a
             
               new
               heaven
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               new
               earth
               ,
               wherein
               dwelleth
               Righteousness
               .
            
             Thereby
             he
             Revives
             their
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             presses
             them
             to
             improve
             savingly
             ,
             what
             others
             abuse
             desperately
             .
             The
             patience
             of
             God
             ,
             bearing
             so
             wonderfully
             with
             all
             ,
             
             gives
             his
             Elect
             time
             of
             returning
             home
             ,
             and
             renders
             the
             rest
             inexcusable
             .
             This
             he
             uses
             as
             a
             strong
             Incentive
             to
             Re-inforce
             on
             them
             his
             former
             Exhortation
             ,
             whereto
             also
             his
             fellow-Labourer
             Paul
             had
             in
             his
             Epistle
             cogently
             pressed
             them
             .
             
             His
             writings
             so
             divine
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             Scriptures
             ,
             could
             not
             escape
             the
             abuse
             of
             wicked
             minds
             ,
             and
             Reprobate
             Consciences
             .
             They
             were
             then
             ,
             as
             still
             they
             are
             shamefully
             wrested
             by
             unlearned
             and
             
               unstable
               souls
            
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             and
             others
             destruction
             .
             
             He
             therefore
             ,
             with
             the
             more
             vigour
             ,
             charges
             Gods
             people
             to
             study
             and
             observe
             them
             with
             more
             diligence
             and
             sobriety
             ,
             with
             more
             prudence
             and
             circumspection
             ;
             with
             more
             sincerity
             and
             self-denial
             .
          
           
             
               Therefore
               ye
               Beloved
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
            
             seeing
             ye
             know
             these
             things
             ,
             beware
             lest
             ye
             be
             led
             away
             by
             the
             Errour
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             
             and
             so
             fall
             from
             your
             own
             stedfastness
             ;
             but
             grow
             in
             Grace
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Thus
             you
             see
             the
             ushering
             in
             of
             our
             Text
             ,
             to
             give
             us
             an
             excellent
             Counter-poison
             ,
             against
             all
             sin
             and
             Errour
             ,
             suted
             to
             the
             Complexion
             of
             these
             latter
             dayes
             ,
             in
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             way
             of
             Epilogue
             and
             Conclusion
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             This
             Epilogue
             or
             close
             ,
             sums
             up
             all
             in
             an
             Emphatical
             Exhortation
             ,
             by
             a
             pressing
             Disuasive
             from
             evil
             ,
             v.
             17.
             and
             a
             pregnant
             persuasive
             to
             good
             ,
             ver
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             Dissuasive
             expresses
             three
             main
             particulars
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             proper
             subject
             of
             damnable
             Errors
             ,
             viz.
             wicked
             ,
             Lawless
             persons
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             contagious
             danger
             thereof
             ;
             good
             men
             ,
             themselves
             being
             too
             ready
             to
             be
             led
             away
             thereby
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             fall
             from
             their
             own
             stedfastness
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             singular
             method
             of
             self-preservation
             from
             it
             ,
             by
             
             improving
             of
             all
             divine
             Warnings
             ,
             to
             the
             faithful
             keeping
             of
             our selves
             ,
             in
             our
             stedfastness
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Persuasive
             in
             ver
             .
             18.
             
             Exposes
             also
             three
             choyce
             things
             to
             our
             consideration
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             chief
             Ingredients
             of
             our
             spiritual
             Antidote
             ,
             Viz.
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             gradual
             compleating
             and
             fitting
             therereof
             ,
             by
             growing
             therein
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             due
             Application
             of
             the
             same
             in
             Opposition
             to
             that
             infectious
             Venom
             ,
             by
             a
             proportionable
             Improvement
             or
             this
             Antidote
             ;
             implyed
             in
             the
             particle
             [
             
               But
               :
               ]
               but
               grow
               in
               Grace
               and
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             These
             several
             Points
             are
             to
             be
             more
             distinctly
             viewed
             ,
             to
             our
             present
             purpose
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             From
             that
             special
             Attribution
             of
             Errour
             ,
             to
             wicked
             men
             ,
             which
             our
             Apostle
             pathetically
             expresses
             by
             the
             double
             demonstrative
             particle
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             whereby
             he
             Emphatically
             denotes
             their
             property
             and
             Interest
             in
             such
             a
             way
             of
             Error
             .
             We
             may
             observe
             to
             good
             purpose
             that
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Doctrine
             1.
             
             Lawless
             wicked
             Persons
             are
             exceeding
             subject
             to
             be
             carried
             away
             with
             destructive
             Errours
             .
             The
             Godly
             may
             accidentally
             fall
             into
             them
             :
             but
             the
             ungodly
             are
             peculiarly
             ,
             totally
             and
             finally
             carried
             away
             therewith
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             WIcked
             Ones
             are
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Lawless
             ,
             or
             boundless
             ;
             ab
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Privative
               ,
               &
               adversative
               ,
               &
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Lex
               ,
               Law.
            
             They
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             opposite
             to
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             destitute
             of
             it
             .
             
             They
             love
             not
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             ,
             
             they
             own
             not
             Gods
             law
             ;
             
             they
             observe
             it
             not
             ,
             
             whereas
             the
             regenerate
             delight
             in
             Gods
             Law
             as
             Paul
             ;
             though
             they
             look
             not
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             the
             works
             of
             it
             .
             Gods
             Law
             is
             the
             Revelation
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             concerning
             mans
             duty
             fully
             Registred
             now
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             
             the
             perfect
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             obedience
             ,
             
             summed
             up
             in
             Gods
             Statute-books
             of
             the
             old
             and
             New
             Testament
             .
             
          
           
             Errour
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             wandring
             from
             the
             Truth
             ,
             either
             Natural
             ,
             Moral
             ,
             or
             Spiritual
             ;
             either
             in
             foundation
             ,
             or
             superstructure
             .
             According
             to
             the
             Import
             of
             the
             Truth
             opposed
             ,
             so
             is
             every
             error
             
             more
             or
             less
             dangerous
             .
             Those
             Errours
             are
             damnable
             ,
             in
             the
             Apostles
             phrase
             ,
             which
             deny
             or
             destroy
             Fundamental
             Truths
             ,
             as
             about
             the
             Natures
             ,
             Person
             ,
             and
             Office
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Mediator
             :
             the
             misery
             of
             man
             ,
             his
             Recovery
             by
             Grace
             ,
             the
             need
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             resting
             on
             Christ
             alone
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             To
             be
             led
             away
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             to
             be
             carried
             by
             the
             force
             of
             a
             torrent
             and
             stream
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             croud
             and
             hurry
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Lawless
             men
             are
             hurried
             away
             by
             the
             fraud
             and
             force
             of
             Error
             into
             evil
             ;
             thence
             ver
             .
             12
             13.
             they
             are
             compared
             to
             natural
             bruit
             Beasts
             ,
             fiercely
             running
             to
             their
             destruction
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             been
             too
             sadly
             confirmed
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             specially
             in
             our
             dayes
             .
             Those
             grand
             Seducers
             and
             their
             prime
             followers
             ,
             which
             did
             so
             much
             pester
             the
             Apostolical
             Churches
             ,
             are
             thus
             described
             ,
             
             and
             we
             are
             told
             at
             large
             ,
             what
             monsters
             of
             wickedness
             should
             follow
             their
             steps
             ;
             
             Paul
             and
             
               Peter
               ,
               John
            
             and
             Jude
             set
             them
             forth
             in
             lively
             portraictures
             ,
             
             as
             Christ
             himself
             had
             done
             before
             :
             Scripture
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             History
             do
             fully
             demonstrate
             it
             .
             
             In
             this
             very
             Chapter
             and
             the
             foregoing
             ,
             the
             direful
             characters
             given
             by
             our
             Apostle
             of
             those
             Impostors
             ,
             
             that
             would
             successively
             disturb
             Christianity
             :
             
             demonstrate
             it
             
               ex
               abundanti
            
             .
             Such
             were
             Simon
             and
             
               Menander
               ,
               Ebion
            
             and
             
               Cerinthus
               :
               Basilides
            
             and
             Priscillian
             of
             old
             ;
             Paracelsus
             and
             
               David
               ,
               George
               Muncer
            
             ,
             and
             John
             of
             Leydon
             ,
             with
             many
             more
             of
             later
             date
             .
          
           
             Reason
             1
             ,
             
             The
             Reigning
             corruption
             of
             such
             Lawless
             ones
             must
             needs
             incline
             them
             thereto
             .
             
             The
             spawn
             of
             all
             Error
             is
             born
             and
             bred
             with
             them
             .
             
             Mans
             dunghil
             heart
             is
             the
             fruitful
             womb
             of
             all
             such
             weeds
             .
             
             Sin
             grows
             into
             strength
             ,
             by
             custom
             therein
             ;
             it
             s
             more
             radicated
             and
             setled
             in
             them
             .
             As
             it
             rejects
             the
             bounds
             of
             divine
             and
             humane
             Laws
             ,
             
             so
             doth
             it
             carry
             the
             soul
             headlong
             into
             all
             by-paths
             of
             Errour
             and
             folly
             .
             It
             endures
             neither
             Physick
             ,
             nor
             Physitian
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             choyce
             .
             Such
             a
             heart
             is
             dry
             tinder
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             but
             wet
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             Reason
             2.
             
             
             The
             deceitfulness
             of
             Error
             helps
             much
             that
             way
             ,
             that
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             resembles
             him
             in
             this
             as
             in
             all
             things
             else
             .
             It
             disguises
             its
             foul
             face
             ,
             under
             many
             fair
             colours
             ;
             it
             goes
             still
             masked
             :
             it
             baits
             every
             hook
             sutably
             to
             mans
             deceitfull
             heart
             ,
             Thence
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             so
             much
             of
             Errors
             ,
             Methods
             ,
             
             and
             crafts
             ,
             devices
             and
             subtilties
             ,
             snares
             and
             wiles
             Arts
             and
             stratagems
             ;
             Juglings
             and
             deceits
             .
          
           
             Reason
             3.
             
             
             The
             Just
             hand
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             giving
             up
             such
             to
             blindness
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             to
             be
             led
             away
             by
             sin
             and
             Satan
             ,
             
             because
             they
             received
             not
             the
             
               Truth
               in
               love
            
             ,
             but
             abused
             and
             corrupted
             it
             ,
             and
             themselves
             thereby
             ;
             they
             harden
             themselves
             sinfully
             ,
             then
             God
             hardens
             them
             judicially
             .
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
             See
             the
             ground
             of
             so
             many
             errors
             among
             us
             ,
             because
             iniquity
             so
             abounds
             in
             these
             later
             dayes
             ,
             Love
             to
             Truth
             waxes
             so
             cold
             .
             
             Most
             turn
             practical
             Antinomians
             of
             the
             worst
             sort
             ;
             
             as
             they
             reject
             both
             God
             and
             his
             Law
             :
             he
             gives
             them
             up
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             sin
             and
             death
             .
             
             Whence
             so
             many
             Bedlams
             of
             all
             humours
             and
             complexions
             .
             So
             many
             turns
             from
             one
             sin
             to
             another
             ;
             Sin
             being
             justly
             punished
             by
             sin
             .
             So
             many
             carnal
             hypocrites
             ,
             and
             proud
             Novices
             fall
             daily
             into
             the
             Devils
             condemnation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Admonition
             to
             Lawless
             men
             ,
             it
             should
             convince
             such
             of
             their
             folly
             and
             misery
             .
             See
             what
             it
             s
             to
             break
             the
             Banks
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             left
             to
             a
             mans
             will.
             Whether
             will
             
               ignus
               fatuus
            
             ,
             lead
             ,
             but
             to
             bogs
             and
             precipices
             ?
             
             Such
             are
             next
             step
             to
             vilest
             Errors
             ready
             to
             be
             drawn
             into
             the
             snare
             .
             
             All
             ignorant
             ,
             negligent
             souls
             ,
             
             that
             slight
             and
             oppose
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             should
             be
             throughly
             humbled
             .
             To
             shake
             off
             Christs
             bands
             is
             a
             Heathenish
             part
             :
             when
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             it
             s
             still
             against
             the
             abuse
             thereof
             ,
             and
             resting
             thereon
             .
             For
             the
             
               Law
               is
            
             good
             ,
             used
             Lawfully
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
             Examination
             .
             What
             kind
             of
             Christians
             are
             we
             ?
             like
             to
             escape
             the
             snares
             of
             Error
             ?
             
             Are
             not
             we
             lawless
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             Law
             to
             Christ
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             own
             and
             study
             ,
             love
             and
             practise
             that
             Law
             ;
             
             for
             sanctification
             ,
             though
             not
             for
             merit
             ?
             Is
             it
             written
             upon
             our
             heart
             ?
             Is
             his
             Spirit
             put
             
               within
               us
            
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             cause
             
               us
               to
               walk
            
             in
             his
             Statutes
             ;
             that
             we
             
               may
               keep
            
             his
             Judgements
             and
             
               do
               them
            
             ?
             Hath
             Grace
             freed
             us
             from
             our
             sinful
             bondage
             ?
             Hath
             the
             Law
             of
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             made
             
               us
               free
               from
            
             the
             
               Law
               of
               sin
            
             and
             Death
             ?
             Superiours
             and
             inferiours
             should
             view
             themselves
             in
             this
             Glass
             of
             Truth
             .
             Doth
             the
             principle
             of
             his
             Law
             within
             us
             ,
             quicken
             us
             still
             to
             the
             careful
             observance
             of
             the
             perfect
             Rule
             of
             his
             Law
             without
             us
             ?
          
           
           
             4.
             
             Exhortation
             .
             1.
             
             To
             sinners
             .
             Learn
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             see
             the
             need
             ,
             and
             use
             thereof
             .
             Be
             willing
             to
             know
             the
             wretchedness
             of
             a
             lawless
             state
             .
             It
             s
             sad
             to
             abide
             under
             the
             law
             of
             sin
             and
             Death
             .
             To
             be
             the
             Devils
             slave
             ,
             and
             the
             drudge
             of
             sin
             .
             Study
             the
             Beauty
             and
             sweetness
             ,
             
             the
             pleasure
             and
             profit
             of
             Gods
             Law.
             
               Acquaint
               thy self
               with
               Christ
               ,
               and
               be
               at
               peace
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               Receive
               I
            
             pray
             thee
             the
             Law
             from
             his
             mouth
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             Thus
             are
             you
             invited
             in
             the
             Lords
             Name
             .
             
             
               We
               are
               Embassadours
               for
               Christ
            
             .
             &c.
             
             Christ
             must
             do
             all
             the
             work
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             by
             you
             .
             Come
             to
             him
             for
             all
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             Saints
             ;
             improve
             your
             acquaintance
             .
             Keep
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             keep
             you
             .
             Look
             to
             your
             fence
             and
             Rule
             ,
             all
             neglect
             here
             is
             very
             dangerous
             .
             Error
             is
             soon
             let
             in
             ,
             before
             you
             be
             aware
             .
             
             God
             will
             keep
             you
             in
             his
             wayes
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Devils
             wayes
             .
             If
             your
             compass
             be
             slighted
             ,
             you
             must
             needs
             rove
             .
             
             If
             you
             attend
             not
             the
             Shepherds
             voyce
             ,
             how
             can
             you
             but
             wander
             ?
             
             Walk
             therefore
             circumspectly
             ,
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             :
             see
             to
             it
             ,
             
             improve
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             against
             all
             internal
             corruptions
             ,
             2.
             
             Against
             all
             external
             temptations
             .
             Bring
             all
             things
             to
             that
             Touch
             ,
             
             let
             nothing
             pass
             untried
             :
             if
             any
             Notion
             come
             under
             a
             dress
             of
             new
             Light
             ,
             bring
             it
             to
             the
             Law
             and
             Testimony
             .
             Satan
             comes
             often
             under
             a
             Scripture-Mask
             ,
             pretending
             conscience
             ,
             a●d
             pleading
             very
             fair
             .
             He
             must
             be
             sifted
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             and
             his
             Vizard
             must
             be
             pulled
             off
             .
             Christ
             dealt
             with
             him
             thus
             .
             This
             Gloss
             on
             Scripture
             still
             spoils
             the
             Text
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             sense
             or
             application
             .
          
        
         
           
             Doctrine
             2.
             
             Error
             will
             endanger
             Christians
             stedfastness
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             The
             verb
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             is
             Emphatically
             to
             fall
             out
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             out
             of
             a
             window
             ,
             as
             Eutiches
             ;
             or
             as
             a
             member
             out
             of
             joynt
             .
          
           
             THe
             word
             ,
             
             stedfastness
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             is
             Metaphorical
             ,
             denoting
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             in
             allusion
             to
             the
             strong
             composure
             of
             natural
             and
             artificial
             things
             ,
             well
             grounded
             and
             fixed
             .
             The
             soul
             is
             then
             setled
             ,
             when
             united
             to
             Christ
             ,
             by
             a
             lively
             faith
             ,
             
             on
             conjugal
             terms
             ,
             and
             harmoniously
             settled
             in
             his
             
             Body
             Mistical
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             and
             fitness
             of
             an
             orderly
             member
             .
             The
             Christian
             thus
             as
             a
             living
             stone
             ,
             
             well
             cemented
             on
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             
             is
             orderly
             Knit
             to
             the
             whole
             Building
             of
             his
             Church
             Political
             also
             .
             
          
           
             Such
             a
             living
             Twig
             ,
             
             ingrafted
             into
             the
             stock
             of
             Jesse
             ,
             is
             thereby
             established
             in
             that
             Root
             of
             David
             ,
             to
             receive
             all
             its
             sap
             and
             strength
             from
             thence
             ,
             by
             abiding
             in
             Christ
             .
             This
             is
             further
             set
             forth
             by
             all
             Politick
             frames
             and
             corporations
             .
          
           
             Error
             is
             that
             grand
             evil
             ,
             that
             endangers
             such
             a
             stedfastness
             ,
             that
             disorders
             such
             a
             symmetrie
             ,
             and
             discomposes
             the
             whole
             ,
             by
             disordering
             the
             parts
             ,
             putting
             them
             out
             of
             their
             prop●r
             seat
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             their
             own
             station
             and
             stablishment
             .
             It
             puts
             them
             out
             of
             Joint
             ,
             order
             and
             harmony
             .
             According
             to
             the
             comport
             of
             that
             particular
             straying
             from
             the
             Truth
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             material
             ,
             the
             danger
             answerable
             appears
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             dreadful
             .
          
           
             The
             sad
             experience
             of
             Gods
             people
             in
             all
             Ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             both
             before
             and
             since
             Christ
             ,
             
             hath
             given
             to
             this
             day
             a
             woful
             Test
             thereof
             .
             
             The
             poyson
             got
             into
             mens
             Brains
             ,
             doth
             easily
             slide
             into
             all
             inseriour
             parts
             and
             powers
             .
             
             Fishes
             begin
             to
             stink
             in
             the
             Head.
             
             Vain
             Notions
             soon
             breed
             vile
             affections
             ,
             
             such
             ill
             humours
             easily
             disperse
             into
             all
             the
             joynts
             ,
             
             to
             produce
             direful
             convulsions
             .
             Christ
             gave
             warning
             of
             it
             ;
             so
             did
             his
             Apostles
             again
             and
             again
             ;
             who
             were
             as
             careful
             to
             warn
             all
             Christians
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             kept
             stedfast
             in
             his
             wayes
             .
             The
             sad
             Revolts
             of
             so
             many
             Apostates
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             who
             slighted
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             followed
             Seducers
             practices
             ,
             stand
             on
             Record
             ,
             as
             Monuments
             of
             Salt
             ,
             to
             season
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
             Error
             loosens
             the
             Christians
             Hold.
             The
             looser
             he
             is
             from
             Christ
             ,
             
             the
             more
             unsteady
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Nature
             and
             degree
             of
             Error
             :
             so
             is
             the
             soul
             more
             or
             less
             loosened
             from
             Christ
             ,
             that
             Divine
             Anchor
             .
             The
             looser
             any
             member
             is
             in
             the
             Body
             from
             the
             Head
             ,
             the
             less
             steady
             stil
             .
             Error
             is
             that
             malignant
             humour
             ,
             
             that
             dislocates
             and
             benums
             Christs
             Members
             ,
             breeding
             sinful
             palsies
             and
             Relaxations
             ;
             It
             works
             as
             poison
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             as
             the
             fumes
             of
             Mercury
             and
             Orpiment
             ;
             that
             loosen
             the
             joynts
             ,
             and
             breed
             tremblings
             ,
             and
             distortions
             .
             It
             brings
             the
             soul
             into
             quick-sands
             by
             loosening
             it
             from
             the
             
             Rock
             it
             stood
             on
             .
             It
             ruines
             the
             cement
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             so
             loosens
             it
             from
             its
             Foundation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             impairs
             the
             Christians
             strength
             ,
             and
             thence
             his
             stedfastness
             .
             A
             Limb
             weakened
             cannot
             be
             firm
             and
             steady
             .
             Error
             infeebles
             and
             enervates
             the
             soul
             ,
             devouring
             its
             vigour
             and
             Liveliness
             proportionably
             to
             its
             Degree
             .
             There
             is
             a
             secret
             malignity
             therein
             ,
             which
             strikes
             at
             the
             Vitals
             :
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             are
             that
             radical
             moisture
             and
             native
             heat
             which
             preserve
             the
             soul
             in
             life
             and
             strength
             .
             Error
             preys
             upon
             them
             a
             main
             ,
             breeding
             varieties
             of
             Feavers
             and
             Rickets
             ,
             wastings
             and
             languishings
             of
             every
             part
             .
             As
             in
             the
             Building
             stones
             decaying
             ,
             endanger
             themselves
             and
             the
             whole
             :
             so
             doth
             Error
             ,
             by
             wasting
             all
             the
             faculties
             and
             parts
             .
             Thence
             such
             grow
             unstable
             and
             unsteady
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             turned
             by
             every
             wind
             of
             novel
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             sinful
             temptation
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             3.
             
             Error
             snatches
             him
             away
             with
             fraud
             and
             force
             from
             his
             proper
             standing
             .
             Things
             disordered
             are
             much
             endangered
             .
             The
             Father
             of
             lies
             comes
             with
             skill
             and
             strength
             along
             with
             his
             brood
             to
             deceive
             poor
             souls
             .
             Strong
             insinuations
             and
             subtile
             perswasions
             come
             along
             still
             .
             
             They
             are
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             spiritual
             wickednesses
             in
             high
             places
             that
             we
             wrastle
             with
             ,
             notable
             methods
             and
             Arts
             ,
             polices
             and
             powers
             do
             stir
             therein
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
             1.
             
             See
             the
             source
             of
             our
             frequent
             Apostacies
             .
             It
             s
             a
             revolting
             age
             :
             the
             back-slidings
             of
             Professors
             are
             so
             many
             ,
             so
             notorious
             ,
             a
             great
             cause
             thereof
             is
             from
             errors
             prevalency
             .
             Satan
             gets
             in
             by
             degrees
             into
             men
             ,
             
             as
             he
             did
             with
             our
             first
             Parents
             .
             His
             insinuations
             are
             carried
             on
             by
             plausable
             Queries
             .
             He
             breeds
             doubtings
             and
             scruples
             ,
             which
             soon
             grow
             up
             into
             pertinacious
             Errors
             .
             His
             spawn
             is
             dubious
             and
             inconsiderable
             at
             first
             ,
             but
             it
             thrives
             apace
             ,
             like
             the
             weeds
             of
             the
             dung-hill
             ;
             strength
             being
             gotten
             ,
             it
             preys
             for
             it self
             ,
             being
             humorous
             and
             ambitious
             ,
             it
             makes
             brawls
             and
             contentions
             ,
             then
             divisions
             and
             separations
             .
             Thence
             such
             lamentable
             departings
             from
             Gods
             goodness
             and
             good
             men
             .
             Hence
             such
             impostumes
             and
             inflamations
             ,
             such
             Tympanies
             and
             Ruptures
             in
             the
             souls
             and
             societies
             of
             men
             .
             When
             the
             Serpents
             head
             gets
             into
             the
             hole
             ,
             the
             body
             will
             easily
             follow
             .
             Thence
             such
             weakness
             in
             
             mens
             Judgements
             ,
             Affections
             and
             Practice
             .
             Good
             men
             are
             not
             free
             from
             those
             many
             snares
             .
             What
             lamentations
             might
             we
             take
             up
             over
             such
             !
             Our
             hearts
             cannot
             but
             bleed
             in
             the
             thoughts
             thereof
             .
             
             Oh!
             The
             sad
             Revolts
             of
             this
             Age.
             Few
             keep
             their
             Reason
             sound
             ,
             their
             heart
             warm
             ,
             their
             conversation
             clear
             ,
             Because
             
               Iniquity
               abounds
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               man
               waxes
               cold
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Admonition
             to
             erroneous
             persons
             .
             Your
             case
             is
             pittifull
             indeed
             ;
             so
             much
             the
             worse
             still
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             less
             sensible
             you
             are
             thereof
             .
             Sleepy
             feavours
             are
             the
             most
             dangerous
             ,
             because
             the
             less
             felt
             .
             Lethargick
             and
             Comatick
             bodies
             are
             for
             the
             most
             incurable
             .
             The
             Lord
             awaken
             you
             that
             you
             may
             be
             dressed
             .
          
           
             Error
             is
             your
             seeming
             freind
             ,
             your
             real
             enemy
             .
             It
             s
             a
             Bosom
             Traitor
             ,
             that
             corresponds
             with
             Satan
             still
             to
             betray
             and
             ruin
             you
             .
             The
             poison
             is
             subtile
             ,
             but
             desperate
             ,
             though
             of
             various
             degrees
             .
             There
             is
             a
             latitude
             in
             such
             distempers
             ,
             but
             the
             least
             is
             bad
             enough
             .
             The
             giddiness
             inclines
             to
             phrensie
             and
             faling
             sickness
             ,
             diseases
             and
             errors
             admit
             of
             gradations
             .
             
               Nemo
               de
               repentè
               pessimus
            
             .
             A
             Bodkin
             may
             wound
             to
             the
             very
             heart
             ;
             so
             will
             an
             error
             with
             little
             shew
             and
             sence
             .
             The
             more
             erroneous
             ,
             the
             more
             subject
             still
             to
             apostatize
             .
             
             Spirits
             of
             error
             ,
             will
             tear
             and
             range
             :
             Fractions
             and
             Factions
             are
             their
             proper
             effects
             :
             What
             a
             sad
             Spectacle
             doth
             a
             Hell
             set
             loose
             afford
             !
             Yet
             how
             many
             will
             plead
             for
             such
             Mountebanks
             and
             cheats
             ,
             who
             carry
             the
             poison
             sugar'd
             and
             gilded
             over
             into
             all
             parts
             !
             Will
             you
             still
             slight
             and
             abuse
             your
             Physitian
             ?
             Will
             you
             still
             run
             into
             plaguy
             Company
             ?
             Will
             you
             still
             scorn
             and
             reject
             the
             Sovereign
             Physick
             ,
             
             that
             would
             sute
             your
             case
             ?
             Christ
             himself
             the
             grand
             Physitian
             of
             Heaven
             came
             on
             this
             errand
             to
             physick
             his
             own
             ,
             but
             they
             received
             him
             not
             .
             Such
             is
             the
             Lot
             of
             his
             Messengers
             ,
             his
             under
             Physitians
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             That
             disease
             is
             sad
             and
             desperate
             ,
             that
             makes
             the
             Patient
             thus
             to
             rage
             and
             range
             .
             
             But
             it
             may
             be
             you
             pretend
             Conscience
             ;
             so
             doth
             the
             Devil
             often
             in
             his
             worse
             Instruments
             .
             
             But
             shall
             sin
             be
             covered
             under
             Christs
             royal
             Robe
             ,
             or
             possess
             his
             Throne
             without
             disturbance
             ?
             What
             rule
             God
             gives
             against
             any
             error
             ,
             his
             servants
             are
             duly
             to
             prosecute
             :
             you
             oppose
             Christ
             in
             opposing
             them
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             
             Trie
             therefore
             thy
             soundness
             in
             the
             Truth
             of
             Christ
             ,
             how
             far
             art
             thou
             from
             Apostacy
             :
             How
             stands
             thy
             heart
             towards
             Divine
             Truth
             ?
             
             Dost
             thou
             receive
             it
             in
             love
             ?
             Is
             it
             mingled
             with
             faith
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             long
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             delight
             in
             it
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             feel
             the
             want
             ,
             and
             bewail
             the
             absence
             thereof
             ?
             Art
             thou
             zealous
             for
             it
             in
             thy
             place
             and
             sphere
             ?
             Art
             thou
             troubled
             at
             the
             troublers
             thereof
             ?
             
             Art
             thou
             a
             studious
             scholar
             under
             Christ
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             observe
             the
             Teachings
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             internal
             and
             external
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             learn
             for
             practice
             ,
             and
             practise
             in
             learning
             ?
             Are
             thy
             Speculations
             brought
             into
             Realities
             ?
             Do
             thy
             heart
             and
             hands
             thrive
             as
             well
             as
             thy
             brains
             ?
             Art
             thou
             fixed
             in
             Christs
             ways
             ,
             and
             settled
             in
             his
             Word
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             ceased
             to
             be
             a
             wandring
             Planet
             ,
             and
             a
             floating
             Meteor
             in
             Religion
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             close
             with
             Christ
             ,
             
             and
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             in
             every
             Ordinance
             ?
             
             Doth
             thy
             spiritual
             health
             and
             integrity
             ,
             appear
             by
             thy
             vigor
             and
             activeness
             for
             him
             ;
             
             thy
             hungrings
             after
             him
             ;
             thy
             fervent
             and
             constant
             following
             of
             him
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             desire
             and
             digest
             the
             food
             of
             divine
             Truth
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             thrive
             effecutally
             thereby
             ?
             Is
             thy
             Judgement
             well
             informed
             and
             fixed
             ?
             Is
             thy
             heart
             cemented
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             rooted
             in
             him
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             observe
             him
             in
             all
             his
             Prescripts
             ,
             to
             give
             thee
             seasonable
             preservatives
             and
             help
             ?
             Is
             Christ
             thy
             strength
             ,
             thy
             hold
             and
             support
             ?
             Doth
             thou
             cleave
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             rest
             still
             on
             him
             ?
             Art
             not
             thou
             moved
             from
             thy
             place
             and
             station
             ,
             by
             tempting
             notions
             ?
             whether
             in
             a
             Superior
             or
             inferior
             charge
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             stand
             firm
             against
             all
             assaults
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             manifest
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             that
             thou
             holdest
             Christ
             for
             thy
             head
             in
             all
             things
             ?
             
             Art
             thou
             strong
             in
             his
             strength
             and
             power
             of
             his
             might
             ,
             
             against
             all
             spiritual
             enemies
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Christians
             be
             well
             advised
             ,
             beware
             of
             Errors
             ,
             slide
             not
             on
             that
             Ice
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             shun
             a
             fall
             .
             Avoid
             every
             kind
             and
             appearance
             of
             intellectual
             evils
             .
             Tamper
             not
             with
             poison
             ,
             if
             you
             love
             your
             health
             .
             One
             scabbed
             sheep
             may
             soon
             infect
             many
             .
             
             Trie
             all
             things
             by
             Gods
             touch-stone
             .
             Receive
             nothing
             without
             trial
             .
             If
             you
             suspect
             poison
             ,
             be
             the
             more
             carefull
             :
             If
             you
             deal
             with
             known
             cheats
             ,
             beware
             of
             trusting
             .
             If
             Mountebanks
             speak
             you
             fair
             and
             big
             ,
             distrust
             them
             the
             more
             :
             beware
             of
             self
             conceitedness
             :
             be
             not
             wise
             in
             your
             own
             eyes
             :
             dread
             
             the
             smallest
             Beginnings
             ,
             of
             evil
             in
             opinion
             ,
             affection
             or
             converse
             .
             The
             sums
             of
             this
             arsnick
             rats-bane
             and
             mercury
             will
             distemper
             you
             before
             you
             be
             aware
             .
             Avoid
             the
             first
             step
             to
             avoid
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             Beware
             of
             the
             brink
             ,
             if
             you
             fear
             the
             Precipice
             :
             if
             you
             keep
             ill
             diet
             ,
             
             and
             feed
             on
             venom
             ,
             wonder
             not
             at
             your
             wasting
             and
             decayes
             .
             Remember
             Ephesus
             ,
             who
             sadly
             miscarried
             by
             neglect
             of
             this
             care
             .
             Make
             sure
             of
             Christ
             upon
             his
             own
             terms
             ,
             and
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             .
             The
             noble
             Bereans
             shewed
             their
             Nobleness
             in
             trying
             daily
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Paul
             by
             the
             Scripture-rule
             duly
             examined
             :
             take
             heed
             what
             you
             hear
             ,
             
             and
             how
             you
             hear
             it
             :
             so
             Christ
             directs
             you
             :
             bring
             all
             things
             still
             to
             the
             Lords
             Touch-stone
             ,
             
             to
             his
             Rule
             and
             standard
             ,
             to
             his
             Ballance
             and
             Test
             to
             move
             you
             consider
             :
             
             That
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
             All
             Christians
             ,
             even
             the
             best
             ,
             need
             still
             warning
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             Error
             and
             Apostacy
             .
          
           
             SAith
             the
             Text
             ,
             
             keep
             your selves
             well
             that
             you
             may
             be
             kept
             :
             be
             very
             active
             that
             you
             may
             not
             suffer
             .
             This
             voice
             answers
             the
             Hebrew
             Hithpael
             ;
             keep
             your selves
             with
             all
             delight
             and
             diligence
             ,
             let
             every
             power
             of
             soul
             and
             body
             be
             kept
             on
             the
             watch
             .
          
           
             All
             Christians
             need
             this
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             very
             best
             .
             They
             must
             take
             warning
             from
             every
             part
             .
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             do
             warn
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             hearkened
             to
             .
             Christ
             warns
             in
             conscience
             by
             his
             Spirits
             motions
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Providence
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             .
             His
             motions
             are
             regular
             and
             harmonious
             still
             ,
             they
             are
             seasonable
             and
             proportionable
             .
             He
             warns
             by
             friends
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             by
             foes
             in
             adversity
             and
             prosperiry
             .
             Satans
             motions
             are
             irregular
             ,
             unseasonable
             and
             unproportionable
             .
             They
             are
             unscriptural
             in
             the
             scope
             and
             substance
             ,
             though
             often
             disguised
             with
             Scripture
             expressions
             ,
             
             sadly
             perverted
             .
          
           
             All
             do
             need
             warning
             ▪
             though
             but
             few
             take
             it
             .
             The
             best
             find
             most
             need
             and
             benefit
             thereof
             .
             
             Peter
             warns
             the
             Christian
             Hebrews
             here
             ,
             though
             well
             grounded
             and
             settled
             in
             the
             Truth
             .
             Warning
             never
             hurts
             ,
             it
             cannot
             but
             do
             good
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             well
             taken
             .
             The
             best
             retain
             much
             sin
             and
             weakness
             still
             .
             
             They
             cannot
             but
             feel
             their
             sinfull
             Reliques
             .
             
             To
             prevent
             Relapses
             and
             remove
             much
             evil
             ,
             warning
             must
             be
             given
             .
             The
             Physitians
             warnings
             are
             of
             singular
             use
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             Patients
             .
             None
             stands
             so
             fast
             ,
             but
             he
             still
             stands
             on
             slippery
             ground
             .
             The
             world
             is
             a
             great
             Ice
             ,
             very
             dangerous
             .
             The
             enemy
             is
             subtile
             and
             numerous
             ,
             vigilant
             and
             active
             .
             We
             cannot
             but
             find
             many
             lurking
             fiends
             in
             our
             own
             bosoms
             :
             our
             hearts
             are
             deceitfull
             and
             desperately
             wicked
             .
             
             We
             stand
             no
             longer
             then
             we
             keep
             our
             hold
             ;
             
             God
             indeed
             keeps
             his
             unto
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             therefore
             bids
             them
             keep
             themselves
             .
             He
             appoints
             the
             means
             as
             well
             as
             the
             end
             .
             As
             he
             keeps
             them
             by
             his
             own
             power
             ,
             so
             must
             they
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             by
             faith
             .
             They
             shall
             never
             fall
             totally
             ,
             nor
             finally
             ,
             but
             they
             may
             often
             fall
             partially
             and
             dreadfully
             .
             If
             left
             to
             themselves
             ,
             they
             would
             kill
             themselves
             ;
             They
             must
             therefore
             be
             faithfully
             warned
             .
          
           
             Objection
             .
             But
             what
             needs
             all
             this
             ,
             if
             the
             Elects
             salvation
             be
             sure
             ?
          
           
             Answer
             .
             
             1.
             
             All
             are
             not
             elect
             that
             seem
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             
               many
               are
               called
               ▪
               but
               few
               are
               chosen
               .
            
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Though
             Salvation
             be
             sure
             to
             the
             Elect
             ,
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             assured
             to
             them
             .
             Warnings
             must
             be
             taken
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             obtain
             such
             an
             assurance
             .
             They
             may
             have
             the
             Grace
             without
             the
             comfort
             .
             All
             diligence
             is
             therefore
             required
             to
             make
             their
             Calling
             and
             Election
             sure
             .
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
             Though
             Salvation
             be
             sure
             to
             the
             Elect
             ,
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             wrought
             out
             by
             them
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ,
             
             because
             its
             God
             
               that
               works
               in
               them
               both
               to
               will
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               to
               do
               of
               his
               good
               Pleasure
               .
            
             He
             will
             be
             sought
             and
             found
             in
             every
             one
             of
             his
             waies
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             still
             meet
             them
             with
             a
             Blessing
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
             Though
             Salvation
             be
             sure
             to
             the
             Elect
             ,
             yet
             because
             they
             are
             men
             mixed
             among
             men
             ,
             he
             deals
             with
             them
             by
             men
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             .
             
             Rational
             creatures
             must
             act
             rationally
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             acted
             with
             .
             
             He
             changes
             not
             the
             substance
             ,
             but
             their
             qualities
             in
             renewing
             them
             .
             They
             are
             so
             moved
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             enabled
             to
             move
             themselves
             in
             following
             him
             .
          
           
             Though
             the
             Elect
             cannot
             perish
             utterly
             ,
             yet
             they
             may
             
             fall
             very
             sinfully
             .
             Warnings
             well
             taken
             are
             effectual
             means
             to
             prevent
             much
             shame
             ,
             sorrow
             and
             loss
             .
             God
             warns
             his
             children
             that
             they
             may
             be
             taught
             good
             manners
             .
             Conditional
             Threats
             are
             intended
             to
             prevent
             the
             mischief
             treatned
             ,
             and
             are
             effectually
             blessed
             to
             Gods
             Elect.
             
             
          
           
             6.
             
             
             The
             assurance
             of
             the
             Elect
             lies
             not
             in
             themselves
             ,
             as
             it
             flows
             not
             from
             themselves
             :
             The
             Fathers
             Purpose
             ,
             and
             the
             Sons
             purchase
             :
             
             the
             Spirits
             indwelling
             ,
             and
             the
             Covenant-Promises
             made
             by
             the
             Father
             in
             his
             Son
             ,
             
             through
             his
             Spirit
             to
             them
             ,
             
             are
             their
             efficacious
             Grounds
             .
             In
             subserviency
             thereto
             all
             due
             means
             are
             therefore
             needed
             and
             blessed
             warnings
             among
             the
             rest
             .
             
             
               God
               neither
               promises
               nor
               commands
               in
               vain
               .
            
             His
             word
             is
             still
             sure
             ,
             as
             all
             ages
             have
             found
             ,
             Psal
             .
             93.
             5.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             There
             is
             a
             peculiar
             vertue
             attending
             the
             word
             and
             means
             of
             Grace
             to
             all
             Gods
             Elect
             in
             due
             time
             and
             order
             .
             That
             quickning
             power
             raises
             a
             Lazarus
             ,
             leaving
             others
             dead
             ,
             destitute
             thereof
             .
             That
             saving
             Grace
             of
             Heaven
             betters
             the
             good
             plants
             under
             every
             shoure
             ,
             when
             the
             weeds
             grow
             worse
             .
             That
             discriminating
             Influence
             from
             the
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             makes
             the
             flowers
             fragrant
             ,
             though
             is
             occasions
             the
             dung-hill
             to
             stink
             .
             
             Thereby
             is
             Gods
             word
             made
             a
             savour
             of
             Life
             to
             some
             ,
             whilst
             it
             proves
             a
             savour
             of
             death
             to
             others
             .
             
             Who
             makes
             a
             man
             to
             differ
             from
             another
             ?
             What
             hath
             he
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             received
             ?
             Must
             not
             the
             prime
             and
             ultimate
             cause
             resolve
             into
             Gods
             Will
             ?
             Do
             not
             you
             else
             subject
             Gods
             Will
             to
             mans
             ?
             There
             can
             be
             surely
             but
             one
             Independant
             ,
             either
             God
             or
             man
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             let
             reason
             it self
             judge
             by
             scripture-Light
             .
          
        
         
           
             Consect
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             SE
             the
             usefulness
             of
             a
             Gospel-Ministry
             .
             Christs
             Officers
             are
             given
             especially
             :
             to
             that
             end
             the
             Churches
             watch-men
             are
             called
             to
             this
             great
             work
             .
             
             He
             sets
             them
             apart
             by
             an
             orderly
             call
             ,
             
             to
             be
             his
             Heraulds
             and
             Ambassadors
             ,
             his
             criers
             and
             publishers
             .
             
             The
             Father
             sets
             them
             in
             ,
             the
             Son
             gives
             them
             to
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             
             makes
             them
             overseers
             in
             the
             Lords
             flock
             .
             They
             are
             especially
             charged
             to
             warn
             the
             unruly
             ,
             to
             prevent
             Error
             and
             Revolt
             .
             Therefore
             did
             Christ
             
             receive
             and
             give
             so
             many
             royal
             Coronation-gifts
             upon
             his
             triumphant
             assention
             ,
             
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             
               &c.
               that
               we
               hence
               forth
               migh
               be
               no
               more
               Children
               tossed
               too
               and
               fro
               ,
               with
               every
               wind
               of
               Doctrine
               by
               the
               craftiness
               of
               Seducers
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             The
             best
             need
             warning
             .
             
             Christs
             sheep
             must
             attend
             their
             Shepheards
             ,
             who
             are
             deputed
             to
             office
             by
             that
             grand
             Shepheard
             of
             their
             Souls
             .
             
             Such
             must
             be
             set
             a
             part
             thereto
             from
             age
             to
             age
             ,
             as
             Timothy
             was
             charged
             by
             Paul
             to
             chuse
             and
             charge
             such
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             able
             to
             instruct
             others
             :
             
             all
             indeed
             are
             bound
             in
             their
             several
             ●alces
             to
             instruct
             each
             other
             charitatively
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             abilities
             and
             opportunities
             .
             But
             Christs
             officers
             must
             do
             it
             authoritatively
             ,
             
               ex
               officio
            
             .
             Governers
             of
             societies
             must
             instruct
             their
             Inferiors
             with
             civil
             Authority
             ,
             these
             with
             Ecclesiastical
             .
             
             Thus
             it
             was
             of
             old
             by
             Gods
             appointment
             :
             the
             Levits
             were
             to
             teach
             in
             all
             their
             Cities
             .
             Thus
             it
             s
             still
             in
             Gospel-days
             ,
             
             in
             this
             and
             other
             points
             by
             the
             same
             Authority
             .
             The
             very
             light
             of
             nature
             hath
             taught
             all
             Nations
             in
             all
             times
             and
             places
             to
             set
             some
             apart
             for
             a
             sacred
             use
             ,
             who
             should
             officially
             act
             between
             God
             and
             man.
             None
             so
             barbarous
             ,
             but
             do
             acknowledge
             a
             supream
             Deity
             ,
             and
             highly
             esteem
             of
             sacred
             persons
             ,
             solemnly
             consecrated
             to
             him
             .
             Heathens
             observe
             this
             as
             well
             as
             Christians
             ,
             finding
             absolute
             need
             and
             choice
             use
             thereof
             .
             Satan
             indeed
             still
             appears
             Gods
             Ape
             ,
             in
             counterfeiting
             ridiculously
             and
             impiously
             Gods
             pure
             worship
             ,
             by
             gaudy
             traditions
             and
             innnovations
             ,
             of
             multiplicious
             sorts
             among
             all
             nations
             .
             That
             his
             malice
             and
             desperate
             rage
             to
             spoile
             the
             best
             things
             ,
             and
             do
             most
             mischief
             by
             such
             corruptions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             IT
             should
             convince
             negligent
             Christians
             ,
             that
             will
             neither
             take
             warning
             ,
             nor
             keep
             themselves
             from
             such
             a
             danger
             .
             Is
             not
             such
             
               a
               felo
               de
               se
            
             much
             to
             be
             blamed
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             evil
             very
             sad
             and
             common
             ?
             they
             must
             thank
             themselves
             ,
             that
             contract
             deadly
             diseases
             through-wilful
             carelesness
             .
             If
             people
             will
             run
             to
             infected
             places
             and
             persons
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             to
             smart
             .
             Errors
             are
             most
             catching
             in
             this
             Back-sliding
             generation
             .
             It
             s
             
             one
             of
             its
             characteristical
             Notes
             ,
             
             given
             by
             Christ
             himself
             ;
             Floods
             of
             Heresies
             the
             Dragon
             of
             old
             spued
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             against
             the
             Church
             in
             her
             flight
             :
             
             and
             is
             not
             he
             doing
             the
             like
             again
             upon
             her
             Return
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             dreadful
             sin
             to
             tempt
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             tempt
             us
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             woful
             ,
             to
             see
             so
             many
             embrace
             such
             palpable
             Delusions
             ?
             The
             Lord
             awaken
             them
             ,
             that
             sleep
             so
             securely
             ,
             when
             destruction
             is
             so
             neer
             at
             hand
             .
             He
             that
             being
             often
             warned
             ,
             
             hardens
             his
             heart
             still
             ,
             shal
             surely
             and
             suddenly
             perish
             .
             Spiritual
             ▪
             Judgements
             are
             the
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             which
             give
             up
             so
             many
             to
             brutish
             senslesness
             ,
             and
             usher
             in
             stil
             temporal
             judgements
             .
             
             The
             seven
             Asian
             Churches
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             flourishing
             Societies
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
               Africa
            
             ,
             and
             Asia
             ,
             both
             Major
             and
             Minor
             ,
             were
             made
             sad
             Monuments
             of
             such
             Divine
             Justice
             .
             They
             slighted
             warnings
             given
             them
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             word
             and
             Providence
             ,
             
             and
             were
             suasively
             exposed
             to
             the
             Rage
             of
             Sarracens
             and
             
               Turks
               ,
               Tartars
            
             and
             
               Parthians
               ,
               Persians
            
             and
             Infidels
             ,
             under
             which
             they
             do
             remain
             to
             this
             day
             .
             Iim
             and
             Jiim
             ,
             Satyrs
             and
             Devils
             are
             now
             howling
             there
             :
             where
             so
             many
             famous
             Churches
             resounded
             aloud
             the
             praises
             of
             Christ
             ;
             
             Go
             to
             that
             Shiloh
             ,
             
             and
             to
             the
             Jewish
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             behold
             ,
             with
             a
             bleeding
             heart
             and
             Relenting
             Bowels
             ,
             the
             direful
             fruits
             of
             slighting
             warning
             ,
             and
             pampering
             Errors
             .
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Bring
             our
             case
             to
             the
             Test
             ,
             have
             we
             learned
             to
             act
             as
             becomes
             Christians
             ?
             do
             we
             take
             warning
             ,
             do
             we
             keep
             our selves
             from
             Error
             and
             Revolt
             ?
             Is
             it
             our
             desire
             to
             be
             admonished
             ?
             Do
             we
             delight
             in
             the
             means
             of
             prevention
             ?
             Is
             it
             our
             purpose
             to
             avoid
             the
             snares
             ?
             Do
             we
             endeavour
             ,
             with
             diligence
             the
             use
             of
             all
             fit
             means
             ,
             to
             keep
             our selves
             and
             others
             ?
             Are
             we
             convinced
             of
             our
             former
             neglects
             ?
             Have
             we
             been
             humbled
             for
             our
             many
             Revolts
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             smite
             on
             our
             thigh
             ,
             as
             Ephraim
             did
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             born
             the
             reproach
             of
             our
             youth
             ?
             Do
             we
             make
             it
             our
             work
             ,
             with
             all
             diligence
             and
             delight
             ,
             personally
             thus
             to
             keep
             our selves
             ,
             and
             Relatively
             to
             keep
             those
             about
             us
             and
             under
             us
             ,
             through
             the
             Lords
             help
             ?
             Do
             we
             improve
             our
             time
             and
             strength
             ,
             our
             skil
             and
             credit
             ,
             our
             utmost
             endeavours
             ,
             to
             prevent
             and
             remove
             the
             Errors
             of
             the
             wicked
             ?
             
             Are
             we
             studious
             of
             that
             signal
             charge
             given
             and
             renewed
             unto
             all
             Gods
             people
             with
             so
             much
             of
             power
             and
             caution
             ,
             again
             and
             again
             ?
             
             The
             Cananites
             and
             Tories
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             are
             stil
             remaining
             as
             pricks
             in
             our
             eyes
             ,
             and
             thorns
             in
             our
             sides
             :
             external
             enemies
             are
             multiplicious
             stil
             to
             ensnare
             us
             into
             Satans
             crooked
             paths
             .
             Do
             we
             earnestly
             redouble
             our
             watch
             and
             Guard
             ,
             against
             such
             eminent
             dangers
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Be
             stirred
             up
             to
             take
             and
             improve
             warning
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             Take
             good
             warning
             and
             refuse
             it
             not
             ,
             ye
             that
             incline
             to
             Error
             and
             Backsliding
             .
             The
             Lord
             speaks
             to
             you
             ▪
             as
             he
             did
             to
             Ephesus
             and
             Sardis
             ;
             
             Remember
             whence
             you
             are
             fallen
             ,
             and
             Repent
             .
             Have
             you
             sucked
             poison
             at
             unaware
             ?
             Be
             perswaded
             by
             your
             Physitians
             to
             see
             your
             danger
             ,
             and
             take
             good
             Physick
             ?
             Will
             not
             you
             give
             your
             watchmen
             the
             hearing
             ,
             on
             the
             descry
             of
             a
             dreadful
             enemy
             ?
             Doth
             it
             not
             concern
             you
             to
             mind
             your
             Shepheards
             Voice
             ,
             that
             warns
             against
             the
             Wolves
             and
             Foxes
             ?
             What
             if
             they
             be
             disguised
             under
             sheeps
             cloathing
             ?
             Are
             you
             like
             to
             be
             the
             safer
             ,
             or
             will
             you
             be
             the
             less
             vigilant
             ?
             It
             s
             your
             mercy
             ,
             that
             God
             bears
             yet
             with
             you
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             alwayes
             bear
             ;
             after
             many
             warnings
             he
             will
             strike
             at
             last
             ,
             if
             you
             stil
             refuse
             the
             things
             of
             your
             peace
             ,
             they
             shal
             at
             last
             be
             
               hid
               from
               your
               eyes
            
             .
             Be
             not
             like
             Jerusalem
             in
             sin
             ,
             least
             ye
             be
             like
             her
             in
             sorrow
             also
             .
             The
             Lord
             took
             much
             pains
             by
             the
             former
             and
             later
             Prophets
             ,
             all
             his
             fore-Runners
             to
             awaken
             them
             ;
             Himself
             in
             person
             came
             to
             them
             at
             last
             ;
             
             but
             they
             would
             not
             hear
             .
             
             Therefore
             came
             wrath
             on
             
               them
               to
               the
               utmost
            
             .
             Doth
             not
             he
             warn
             you
             for
             your
             good
             ?
             
             Should
             not
             self-interest
             move
             you
             ,
             
             if
             the
             publick
             do
             not
             ?
             Will
             you
             gallop
             stil
             towards
             your
             own
             Ruin
             ?
             You
             will
             repent
             it
             .
             when
             it
             may
             be
             too
             late
             .
             Is
             there
             no
             spark
             of
             Ingenuity
             left
             ?
             Hath
             Satan
             robbed
             you
             of
             your
             Religion
             and
             Reason
             at
             once
             ?
             Bruits
             will
             take
             warning
             ,
             are
             you
             worse
             then
             they
             ?
             Have
             you
             been
             so
             deeply
             baptized
             into
             the
             spirit
             of
             Error
             ,
             as
             to
             loose
             your
             Sense
             ,
             Wit
             ,
             and
             good
             manners
             ?
             Do
             not
             ye
             see
             so
             many
             before
             you
             going
             up
             the
             steps
             of
             the
             Devils
             Ladder
             ,
             
             to
             execution
             ?
             Are
             your
             eyes
             quite
             out
             ,
             that
             you
             cannot
             discern
             the
             issue
             of
             all
             your
             High-flown
             Notions
             ?
             Have
             not
             the
             Seekers
             and
             
               familistical
               Revelationists
            
             turned
             to
             Levelling
             ,
             Ranting
             and
             Quaking
             ?
             Is
             not
             
               James
               Nayler
            
             with
             his
             prodigious
             crue
             :
             a
             fair
             warning
             to
             each
             of
             those
             ,
             that
             slight
             the
             publike
             Ordinances
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             follow
             
             their
             fancies
             in
             private
             ?
             Cannot
             ye
             discern
             yet
             ,
             that
             one
             Error
             will
             lead
             unto
             more
             :
             
             one
             separation
             from
             the
             good
             old
             way
             will
             usher
             in
             another
             ;
             
             til
             you
             come
             step
             by
             step
             to
             the
             devils
             bottom
             ?
             
             Ask
             then
             at
             last
             ,
             enquire
             for
             the
             
               good
               old
               way
            
             ,
             the
             
               new
               and
               living
               way
            
             ;
             
             that
             you
             may
             walk
             ,
             and
             find
             peace
             therein
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Improve
             the
             Warning
             ,
             and
             abuse
             it
             not
             .
             Learn
             to
             keep
             your selves
             from
             backsliding
             Errors
             .
             Shew
             your
             Christian
             care
             in
             all
             due
             means
             appointed
             by
             him
             ,
             
             Personally
             and
             Relatively
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Personally
             ,
             Look
             well
             to
             your
             own
             souls
             Beware
             of
             Error
             in
             its
             first
             motions
             .
             Mind
             your
             Guards
             ,
             slight
             not
             your
             watch
             ,
             
             in
             the
             several
             sorts
             of
             your
             internal
             man.
             Keep
             well
             the
             out-works
             of
             your
             external
             senses
             .
             Learn
             with
             Job
             to
             make
             a
             covenant
             with
             them
             .
             Observe
             well
             the
             In-work
             of
             your
             Imagination
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             well
             kept
             and
             fortified
             against
             the
             black
             Regiments
             of
             Hell.
             Let
             not
             your
             Phansie
             be
             a
             common
             Road
             for
             every
             Notion
             pretending
             to
             new
             Light.
             
             Observe
             well
             the
             great
             gate
             of
             your
             understanding
             ,
             that
             no
             disguised
             enemy
             may
             slip
             in
             unaware
             .
             Sift
             and
             search
             every
             thing
             by
             Scripture-Light
             ,
             
             that
             ye
             may
             know
             the
             Truth
             .
             Watch
             narrowly
             the
             Fort
             of
             Judgement
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             carnal
             Reasonings
             may
             not
             get
             in
             ,
             and
             thrust
             out
             spiritual
             Reason
             .
             Let
             divine
             Reason
             by
             the
             Scripture
             of
             Truth
             fortifie
             the
             same
             ,
             against
             all
             surprises
             of
             the
             enemy
             .
             Yield
             up
             your selves
             therefore
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
             
             for
             effectual
             renewing
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             you
             may
             have
             it
             purified
             and
             pacified
             .
             If
             Error
             get
             once
             into
             your
             conscience
             ,
             he
             will
             make
             sad
             work
             there
             .
             Exercise
             your self
             therefore
             ,
             to
             have
             it
             alwaies
             void
             of
             offence
             towards
             God
             and
             man.
             The
             Cittadel
             of
             your
             Will
             requires
             a
             special
             watch
             .
             
             Keep
             your
             heart
             with
             all
             diligence
             ,
             for
             out
             of
             it
             are
             the
             issues
             of
             life
             .
             Have
             a
             singular
             eie
             to
             the
             Ammunition
             of
             your
             Affections
             ;
             if
             wild-fire
             get
             thither
             ,
             it
             will
             make
             work
             indeed
             .
             See
             them
             all
             well
             ordered
             ,
             and
             well
             guarded
             least
             any
             be
             mounted
             for
             Error
             against
             Truth
             ,
             and
             for
             Revolt
             against
             perseverance
             .
             Your
             Love
             and
             hatred
             ,
             your
             desire
             and
             fear
             ,
             your
             joy
             and
             grief
             ,
             your
             anger
             and
             distaste
             ,
             your
             hope
             and
             despair
             are
             Guns
             of
             great
             use
             ;
             if
             well
             managed
             ;
             but
             if
             error
             
             get
             once
             the
             mastery
             ,
             they
             will
             tear
             you
             and
             others
             to
             pieces
             .
             Stand
             on
             your
             watch
             then
             ,
             as
             Christ
             commands
             all
             in
             these
             sleepy
             daies
             .
             
               Watch
               and
               pray
            
             ,
             watch
             and
             Believe
             ,
             watch
             and
             Labour
             against
             such
             an
             enemy
             .
             
             The
             Baits
             are
             specious
             that
             will
             entice
             you
             ;
             
             but
             dreadful
             hooks
             lie
             close
             under
             them
             .
             Deadly
             poisons
             ,
             desperate
             Diseases
             will
             tempt
             you
             round
             ,
             under
             fair
             disguises
             Satans
             Powder-plots
             are
             most
             desperate
             in
             these
             later
             daies
             .
             His
             venom
             is
             refined
             and
             sublimed
             to
             its
             height
             .
             His
             old
             stratagems
             are
             revived
             afresh
             with
             more
             plausibleness
             .
             
             Unclean
             spirits
             struggle
             and
             rage
             most
             stil
             ,
             when
             near
             ejection
             .
             
             The
             Lord
             will
             keep
             you
             whilst
             you
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Waies
             .
             He
             is
             with
             you
             whilst
             you
             keep
             with
             him
             :
             
             if
             you
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Relatively
             ,
             Keep
             close
             to
             your
             work
             ,
             in
             looking
             to
             others
             .
             All
             Superiours
             have
             a
             special
             charge
             to
             keep
             their
             Inferiours
             from
             these
             dreadful
             Evils
             .
             Study
             and
             improve
             your
             Relations
             well
             ,
             to
             this
             very
             end
             ;
             whether
             Political
             ,
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             ;
             
             Magistratical
             ,
             or
             Ministerial
             ;
             whether
             Parental
             ,
             
             or
             Magisterial
             ,
             Take
             heed
             to
             your selves
             and
             to
             the
             whole
             flock
             committed
             to
             your
             charge
             .
             
             Act
             Gods
             part
             towards
             them
             ;
             
             and
             act
             like
             God
             ,
             whom
             you
             Represent
             .
             Use
             all
             such
             means
             in
             Church
             or
             state
             ,
             as
             Christ
             himself
             would
             use
             ,
             
             were
             he
             in
             your
             place
             .
             If
             fair
             Means
             will
             do
             good
             ,
             so
             much
             the
             better
             ;
             but
             rather
             then
             fail
             ,
             use
             sharper
             Tools
             .
             
             If
             Lenatives
             will
             not
             avail
             ,
             Corrosives
             must
             be
             used
             .
             When
             a
             Limb
             is
             gangreend
             ,
             and
             mortified
             ,
             it
             cals
             for
             Iron
             and
             fire
             .
             If
             the
             Patient
             grow
             phrentick
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             bound
             and
             kept
             very
             close
             and
             solitary
             .
             If
             the
             disease
             be
             contagious
             ,
             company
             must
             be
             kept
             off
             .
             If
             the
             sore
             will
             not
             fairly
             resolve
             by
             proper
             discussives
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             ripened
             ,
             lanced
             &
             cleansed
             with
             stronger
             medicines
             .
             
             If
             a
             member
             be
             broken
             ,
             disjointed
             or
             wrenced
             ;
             
             you
             can
             hardly
             cure
             it
             without
             pain
             and
             trouble
             ,
             Superiors
             are
             Physitians
             in
             their
             kind
             :
             if
             your
             Patients
             be
             froward
             ,
             you
             need
             the
             more
             wisdom
             ,
             care
             &
             diligence
             .
             You
             are
             Shepheards
             and
             Rulers
             of
             men
             ,
             all
             your
             Titles
             of
             Honor
             will
             still
             mind
             you
             of
             your
             Duty
             and
             Burthen
             .
             Dignity
             and
             Duty
             are
             still
             inseparable
             .
             You
             are
             set
             over
             others
             for
             their
             good
             .
             Keep
             off
             therefore
             these
             great
             evils
             from
             them
             ,
             
             and
             keep
             them
             from
             these
             evils
             of
             revolting
             Errors
             .
             The
             external
             man
             is
             within
             your
             reach
             ,
             
             
               The
               internal
               man
               accounts
               to
               God
               alone
               .
            
             They
             that
             so
             honour
             God
             ,
             he
             will
             surely
             honor
             ,
             but
             they
             that
             dispise
             him
             in
             slighting
             his
             work
             ,
             shall
             become
             vile
             and
             base
             .
             Whilst
             you
             act
             like
             God
             ,
             in
             acting
             for
             God
             ,
             the
             Glory
             will
             be
             his
             ,
             and
             the
             comfort
             yours
             in
             the
             furtherance
             of
             the
             publique
             good
             .
             
             God
             looks
             now
             for
             such
             to
             stand
             in
             the
             Gap
             ,
             
             and
             make
             up
             the
             breach
             ,
             to
             prevent
             a
             fatal
             ruin
             ;
             One
             man
             of
             note
             may
             do
             a
             world
             of
             good
             ;
             
             one
             Moses
             ,
             one
             Phineas
             ,
             
             one
             Joshua
             ,
             one
             Nehemiah
             may
             be
             an
             eminent
             Saviour
             under
             Christ
             in
             this
             Israel
             .
             
             Who
             is
             on
             Gods
             side
             now
             ,
             against
             Blasphemy
             and
             damnable
             Heresie
             :
             
             against
             divisions
             and
             strong
             delusions
             ?
             
             Act
             Gods
             part
             now
             in
             your
             relations
             ,
             with
             zeal
             and
             courage
             ,
             with
             prudence
             and
             care
             ,
             Its
             Gods
             own
             work
             you
             may
             well
             trust
             him
             for
             Council
             and
             strength
             ,
             support
             and
             blessing
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             never
             yet
             failed
             faithfull
             Reformers
             ,
             who
             denied
             themselves
             for
             the
             publique
             Weal
             .
             
             Carnal
             policy
             will
             discourage
             you
             .
             Divine
             Policy
             will
             quicken
             you
             still
             .
             Christ
             himself
             met
             with
             strong
             Contradictions
             from
             all
             evil
             men
             ,
             and
             evil
             Spirits
             .
             Your
             worst
             enemies
             are
             conquered
             ones
             ,
             both
             in
             Spirituals
             and
             in
             Temporals
             remember
             and
             improve
             all
             your
             experiences
             ,
             renewed
             so
             often
             for
             these
             many
             years
             .
             Error
             discountenanced
             will
             soon
             wear
             away
             ,
             
             whereas
             Truth
             opposed
             will
             gather
             more
             strength
             .
             Sinfull
             tolerations
             are
             the
             devils
             Nurses
             in
             all
             relations
             ,
             publique
             &
             private
             .
             Be
             zealous
             for
             God
             ,
             mind
             his
             Interest
             ,
             then
             shall
             your
             interest
             besurely
             settled
             .
          
        
         
           
             Doctrine
             4.
             
             The
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             .
          
           
             THE
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             Grace
             ,
             in
             Scripture-sense
             hath
             divers
             acceptions
             ,
             
             improperly
             and
             properly
             .
          
           
             Improperly
             ,
             
             it
             signifies
             in
             a
             larger
             sense
             ,
             Thanks
             ,
             Joy
             ,
             Liberality
             ,
             Gift
             ,
             
             Office
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Properly
             and
             strictly
             ,
             it
             denotes
             two
             things
             .
             1
             ,
             Gods
             special
             favour
             towards
             his
             Elect.
             2.
             
             His
             sanctifying
             work
             in
             the
             
             Elect
             ;
             the
             former
             is
             favouring
             Grace
             ,
             this
             later
             is
             renewing
             Grace
             .
             
          
           
             1.
             
             
             It
             signifies
             Gods
             peculiar
             favour
             towards
             his
             Elect
             and
             that
             considered
             in
             the
             fountain
             and
             streams
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             Grace
             in
             the
             spring
             is
             called
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             purpose
             councill
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             
               Amor
               Benevolentiae
            
             ,
             his
             love
             of
             benevolence
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Favouring
             Grace
             in
             the
             stream
             ,
             signifies
             the
             various
             emanations
             of
             that
             eternal
             Love
             in
             all
             the
             expressions
             thereof
             towards
             them
             ,
             sutably
             to
             all
             their
             necessities
             ;
             thence
             the
             denominations
             of
             his
             predestinating
             and
             redeeming
             Grace
             ,
             his
             adopting
             and
             pardoning
             Grace
             ,
             his
             supplying
             and
             supporting
             Grace
             ,
             &c.
             
             Which
             are
             in
             God
             one
             single
             intire
             Act
             that
             is
             variously
             denominated
             from
             its
             object
             .
             This
             is
             
               Amor
               beneficientiae
            
             ,
             his
             love
             of
             beneficence
             ,
             whence
             flows
             his
             
               Amor
               Complacentiae
            
             :
             
             his
             love
             of
             delight
             ,
             embracing
             of
             them
             .
             
          
           
             
             Secondly
             ,
             Grace
             signifies
             also
             properly
             Gods
             sanctifying
             work
             of
             his
             Spirit
             in
             his
             Elect
             ,
             called
             the
             fruits
             of
             his
             Spirit
             the
             work
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             the
             gift
             from
             above
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             often
             the
             peculiar
             saving
             operations
             of
             his
             gracious
             Spirit
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             ;
             this
             Grace
             is
             considerable
             in
             the
             Root
             and
             Branches
             in
             the
             habit
             and
             acts
             ,
             in
             the
             principle
             and
             effects
             ,
             in
             the
             seed
             and
             fruits
             ,
             in
             the
             source
             and
             streams
             :
             in
             the
             beginning
             and
             progress
             thereof
             ,
             
             being
             often
             called
             metonymically
             ;
             the
             Spirit
             for
             the
             gifts
             thereof
             .
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Renewing
             Grace
             in
             the
             Root
             and
             Principle
             ,
             in
             the
             Habit
             and
             Source
             ,
             in
             the
             seed
             and
             beginning
             is
             first
             given
             to
             the
             Elect
             in
             their
             Regeneration
             and
             Conversion
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             original
             of
             all
             actual
             Graces
             in
             them
             ;
             this
             is
             called
             the
             new
             creature
             ,
             the
             new
             man
             created
             after
             Gods
             Image
             ,
             the
             divine
             Nature
             ;
             the
             forming
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             Of
             this
             children
             are
             capable
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             of
             actual
             Grace
             ,
             
             which
             yet
             seems
             probable
             .
             This
             is
             inherent
             Grace
             in
             the
             first
             principles
             and
             Habits
             thereof
             ,
             
             both
             
               gratis
               data
            
             and
             
               gratum
               faciens
            
             ,
             
             in
             an
             Orthodox
             ,
             not
             in
             a
             popish
             sense
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             Inherent
             Grace
             in
             the
             Branches
             and
             streams
             ,
             in
             the
             Acts
             and
             Effects
             ,
             in
             the
             fruits
             and
             progress
             ,
             is
             variously
             denominated
             
             from
             the
             Objects
             ,
             Subjects
             ,
             manner
             of
             acting
             ,
             &c.
             it
             s
             called
             faith
             ,
             to
             express
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             renewed
             soul
             towards
             God
             in
             Christ
             upon
             conjugal
             terms
             ,
             believing
             his
             Truth
             ,
             closing
             with
             his
             Person
             ,
             trusting
             his
             Promises
             ,
             depending
             on
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             deriving
             from
             his
             fulness
             ,
             observing
             him
             in
             all
             things
             which
             is
             called
             the
             life
             of
             faith
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             Repentance
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             it
             turns
             the
             whole
             soul
             from
             all
             sin
             to
             God
             ,
             Both
             in
             purpose
             and
             endeavour
             through
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             this
             and
             all
             other
             Graces
             are
             still
             concomitants
             and
             subsequents
             of
             faith
             in
             their
             gradual
             proportion
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             love
             ,
             to
             denote
             the
             affectionate
             embracing
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             people
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             amiable
             object
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             obedience
             ,
             as
             it
             acts
             the
             whole
             man
             to
             a
             free
             and
             full
             compliance
             with
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             revealed
             in
             his
             Word
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             Thankfulness
             ,
             as
             it
             affects
             the
             heart
             with
             the
             sense
             of
             Mercy
             received
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             self-denial
             ,
             as
             it
             moves
             the
             soul
             to
             prefer
             Christ
             before
             all
             things
             else
             ,
             and
             part
             with
             any
             thing
             for
             his
             sake
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             termed
             Patience
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             sorrowfull
             evils
             which
             it
             learns
             to
             bear
             submissively
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             named
             humility
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             its
             low
             thoughts
             of
             self
             :
             submitted
             still
             to
             Christ
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             nominated
             Temperance
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             its
             care
             to
             avoid
             all
             excessive
             use
             of
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             termed
             Zeal
             ,
             as
             it
             moves
             with
             fervour
             for
             good
             against
             evil
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             termed
             Justice
             or
             Righteousness
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             its
             readiness
             to
             give
             every
             one
             their
             due
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             called
             Prudence
             ,
             as
             it
             regards
             all
             due
             means
             tending
             to
             right
             ends
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             termed
             Wisdom
             ,
             as
             it
             s
             acquainted
             with
             the
             best
             things
             in
             their
             nature
             ,
             cause
             and
             end
             .
          
           
             Thus
             
               Grace
               inherent
            
             hath
             its
             various
             appellations
             and
             distinctions
             ,
             both
             habitually
             and
             actually
             ;
             being
             the
             Grace
             properly
             meant
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             as
             being
             that
             Grace
             which
             is
             capable
             of
             Growth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             taken
             also
             in
             a
             sense
             more
             large
             or
             more
             strict
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             LArgely
             and
             commonly
             for
             a
             notional
             Knowledge
             ,
             void
             of
             saving
             Faith
             and
             Love
             ,
             
             such
             as
             puffs
             up
             an
             empty
             Brain
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
             Strictly
             and
             specially
             for
             that
             saving
             applicative
             knowledge
             which
             includes
             all
             Grace
             by
             an
             elegant
             Hebraism
             ,
             
             verbs
             of
             sense
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             
             signifying
             both
             
               affectum
               &
               effectum
            
             .
             Natural
             knowledge
             of
             things
             is
             acquired
             by
             sense
             ,
             Reason
             or
             Authority
             .
             
             Thus
             in
             spirituals
             ,
             this
             knowledge
             of
             Christs
             is
             spiritually
             sensible
             and
             rationally
             fiducial
             Its
             a
             conjugal
             knowledge
             which
             implies
             .
             1.
             
             Apprehension
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             Christs
             proper
             Object
             .
             2.
             
             Credit
             and
             Assent
             thereto
             upon
             his
             divine
             Authority
             .
             3.
             
             Personal
             consent
             and
             particular
             Applications
             in
             mutual
             Acception
             and
             Reciprocation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Grace
             and
             Knowlede
             in
             the
             Text
             may
             be
             understood
             .
             1.
             
             Distinctly
             ,
             Conjunctly
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             DIstinctly
             ,
             shewing
             the
             excellent
             Worth
             and
             needfull
             use
             of
             every
             Grace
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Conjunctly
             by
             a
             figure
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             ,
             signifies
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ,
             as
             in
             that
             like
             phrase
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Apostleship
             for
             gracious
             Apostleship
             .
             
             So
             the
             sense
             will
             be
             very
             emphatical
             ,
             suiting
             our
             purpose
             in
             characterizing
             this
             excellent
             Jewel
             ,
             so
             singularly
             transcendent
             beyond
             all
             other
             .
             This
             precious
             Jewel
             is
             curiously
             set
             out
             in
             the
             golden
             ring
             of
             divine
             Records
             ,
             where
             you
             find
             it
             held
             forth
             in
             its
             radient
             Lustre
             ,
             whose
             glorious
             beams
             may
             be
             contracted
             for
             our
             clearer
             apprehension
             into
             plain
             description
             ,
             you
             may
             then
             observe
             it
             to
             be
             a
             conjugal
             acquaintance
             with
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             ,
             wrought
             in
             Gods
             Elect
             ,
             by
             the
             special
             operation
             of
             his
             renewing
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             effectually
             improved
             to
             Gods
             honor
             and
             mans
             
             good
             in
             every
             Relation
             ,
             toward
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             choice
             Jewel
             ,
             whose
             eminent
             worth
             hath
             been
             in
             all
             ages
             so
             incomparably
             prized
             by
             the
             Word
             and
             friends
             of
             God.
             
             Every
             Page
             of
             Scripture
             sets
             forth
             the
             peculiar
             Eminency
             thereof
             :
             every
             precept
             and
             Promise
             ;
             every
             prefiguration
             and
             Prophesie
             ;
             every
             President
             and
             performance
             points
             unto
             this
             .
             This
             was
             under
             the
             Old
             Testament
             more
             ceremonially
             vailed
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             New
             ,
             is
             more
             Evangelically
             Revealed
             .
             This
             is
             the
             centre
             ;
             wherein
             all
             the
             Lines
             of
             Scripture
             do
             meet
             .
             All
             the
             Patriarchs
             aimed
             still
             at
             this
             ;
             
               Abraham
               saw
               his
               day
               and
               rejoiced
               ;
               Davi●
            
             is
             full
             of
             it
             ;
             Job
             was
             divinely
             advised
             to
             such
             an
             Acquaintance
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             source
             and
             sum
             of
             all
             good
             ;
             
               Paul
               accounted
               all
               loss
               and
               dung
               ,
               in
               comparison
               of
               this
               excellent
               Knowledge
            
             ;
             and
             rationally
             determined
             ,
             
               to
               know
               nothing
               else
               .
               Peter
            
             sums
             all
             up
             in
             this
             .
          
           
             Good
             Reason
             for
             it
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             Object
             and
             subject
             ,
             the
             cause
             and
             Nature
             ;
             the
             property
             and
             effect
             thereof
             ,
             which
             are
             all
             hinted
             in
             the
             former
             Description
             .
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
             The
             proper
             Object
             adequate
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             is
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             indeed
             ,
             
             in
             every
             consideration
             .
             The
             Paramount
             and
             Non-such
             ,
             
               the
               chiefest
               of
               ten
               thousand
            
             ,
             both
             in
             his
             Person
             and
             Office
             ,
             
             in
             his
             progress
             and
             Purchase
             ,
             in
             his
             Relation
             and
             Influence
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Person
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             noble
             Paragon
             considered
             ,
             as
             God
             ,
             as
             Man
             ,
             as
             God-man
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             CHrist
             is
             God
             blessed
             for
             ever
             ,
             the
             eternal
             Son
             of
             his
             eternall
             Father
             co-essential
             and
             co-equal
             with
             him
             ;
             
             the
             
               the
               Brightness
               of
               his
               Glory
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               the
               express
               Image
            
             ,
             or
             
               Character
               of
               his
               Person
               ,
               in
               whom
               dwells
               the
               fulness
               of
               the
               Godhead
               ,
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             substantially
             ,
             and
             bodily
             :
             
               the
               only
               begotton
               of
               the
               Father
               full
               of
               Grace
               and
               Truth
            
             ;
             essentially
             one
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             though
             personally
             distinct
             ,
             
             by
             an
             eternal
             Generation
             ,
             unutterable
             to
             man
             :
             firmly
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             (
             on
             Gods
             Testimony
             )
             and
             piously
             adored
             ,
             not
             curiously
             pried
             into
             .
             The
             wonderful
             Wisdom
             of
             
             the
             Father
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             Delight
             before
             Time
             ,
             by
             whom
             in
             time
             he
             made
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             upholds
             all
             by
             the
             word
             of
             his
             power
             .
             Essentially
             ,
             he
             is
             God
             of
             himself
             ;
             Personally
             ,
             God
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             .
             
             His
             proper
             Name
             is
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Wonderful
               Councellor
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               Eternity
               .
            
             He
             that
             doth
             what
             ever
             the
             Father
             doth
             ,
             
             and
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             as
             the
             Father
             is
             worshipped
             .
             He
             that
             sends
             the
             Spirit
             from
             the
             Father
             ▪
             who
             being
             in
             the
             form
             and
             substance
             of
             God
             ,
             
               thought
               it
               no
               robbery
               to
               be
               equal
               with
               God.
            
             To
             him
             be
             glory
             for
             ever
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Christ
             as
             Man
             ,
             is
             the
             Rare
             Object
             of
             this
             Knowledge
             .
             
               For
               the
               word
               was
               made
               flesh
               ,
               and
               dwelt
               among
               us
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               seen
               his
               Glory
               .
            
             So
             the
             beloved
             Apostle
             witnesses
             of
             him
             .
             
               He
               took
               on
               him
            
             ,
             
             
               not
               the
               nature
               of
               Angels
            
             ,
             
             
               but
               the
               seed
               of
            
             Abraham
             .
             Thus
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             became
             the
             son
             of
             man
             ,
             
             being
             miraculously
             conceived
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             
             in
             the
             womb
             of
             Mary
             the
             Virgin
             ,
             
             (
             over-shadowed
             by
             Gods
             Spirit
             ,
             )
             and
             born
             of
             her
             ,
             
             in
             the
             humane
             nature
             ,
             like
             to
             us
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             except
             sin
             .
             Thus
             was
             God
             the
             Son
             made
             manifest
             in
             the
             flesh
             ;
             
             by
             assuming
             the
             Nature
             (
             not
             the
             person
             ;
             for
             then
             had
             he
             been
             two
             sons
             ,
             and
             two
             persons
             ,
             )
             of
             man
             to
             himself
             .
             This
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             hath
             body
             and
             soul
             ,
             the
             two
             substantial
             parts
             of
             Man
             ,
             even
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             
             as
             appear'd
             in
             his
             whole
             progress
             :
             both
             which
             he
             hath
             Glorified
             ,
             not
             nullified
             .
             This
             Fatherless
             man
             is
             as
             Wonderful
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             motherless
             God
             ,
             for
             who
             can
             declare
             his
             Generation
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             ?
             Thus
             Infiniteness
             confined
             himself
             .
             
             God
             eternal
             was
             born
             of
             a
             finite
             poor
             Virgin.
             
             Here
             is
             an
             Object
             indeed
             for
             the
             best
             knowledge
             of
             the
             best
             man
             ,
             God
             become
             man.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Christ
             is
             God-man
             ,
             Emmanuel
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               God
               with
               us
            
             :
             The
             true
             
               Ithiel
               ,
               God
               with
               me
            
             ;
             the
             very
             Vcal
             ;
             who
             is
             All.
             In
             him
             ,
             
             by
             hypostatical
             Union
             ,
             
             the
             humane
             nature
             with
             the
             Divine
             ,
             do
             both
             subsist
             in
             God
             the
             Son
             ,
             
             the
             second
             person
             of
             the
             divine
             Trinity
             .
             
             Here
             is
             indeed
             a
             complication
             of
             ineffable
             wonders
             .
             As
             there
             one
             Divine
             Nature
             subsists
             distinctly
             in
             three
             divine
             Persons
             .
             So
             here
             two
             Natures
             ,
             the
             divine
             and
             humane
             ,
             subsist
             both
             in
             one
             person
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             acting
             and
             remaining
             distinctly
             ,
             conjunctly
             and
             inseparably
             ,
             incommutably
             ,
             
             and
             unconfusedly
             ,
             as
             the
             Fathers
             expressed
             it
             ,
             to
             avoid
             Errors
             on
             both
             hands
             .
             
             Here
             is
             no
             mixtion
             ,
             nor
             composition
             ,
             no
             confusion
             nor
             conversion
             ,
             but
             a
             mysterious
             and
             transcendant
             Union
             ,
             from
             whence
             flow
             the
             various
             expressions
             of
             Scripture
             .
             1.
             
             When
             that
             is
             attributed
             to
             each
             Nature
             ,
             which
             properly
             belongs
             thereto
             ;
             as
             suffering
             ,
             to
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             and
             also
             ,
             when
             that
             is
             attributed
             to
             the
             person
             ,
             which
             therein
             belongs
             to
             both
             natures
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             Mediatour
             :
             this
             is
             most
             proper
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             When
             that
             which
             is
             common
             to
             the
             whole
             Person
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             Mediator
             ,
             is
             attributed
             only
             to
             one
             of
             the
             Natures
             ,
             suppose
             to
             the
             humane
             :
             this
             is
             more
             improper
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             When
             that
             which
             is
             proper
             to
             one
             Nature
             ,
             is
             attributed
             to
             the
             other
             Nature
             ,
             
               in
               concreto
            
             ,
             by
             a
             name
             denoting
             the
             whole
             Person
             :
             In
             that
             sense
             its
             true
             that
             God
             purchased
             his
             Church
             by
             his
             Blood
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King
             of
             Glory
             was
             crucified
             ,
             by
             communication
             of
             Properties
             .
             
             Yet
             this
             acception
             is
             the
             most
             improper
             of
             the
             three
             ;
             
             being
             Metonymical
             ,
             as
             the
             second
             is
             Synecdochical
             .
          
           
             In
             man
             two
             imperfect
             Natures
             ,
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             are
             coadunated
             ,
             with
             reservation
             of
             Proprieties
             ,
             to
             the
             constituting
             of
             one
             Suppositum
             and
             Person
             ,
             by
             the
             vertue
             of
             God.
             Christs
             Person
             in
             the
             divine
             Nature
             ,
             being
             most
             perfect
             ,
             took
             the
             humane
             nature
             into
             the
             unity
             of
             one
             person
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             Vertue
             .
             So
             that
             its
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Christ
             ,
             visible
             according
             to
             the
             humane
             ,
             invisible
             according
             to
             the
             divine
             Nature
             .
             
          
           
             This
             hypostatical
             Union
             was
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             
             mediately
             ;
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             
             immediately
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             terminatively
             .
             The
             Fathers
             compare
             this
             Mysterie
             to
             the
             joint
             work
             of
             three
             Sisters
             ,
             making
             up
             one
             vesture
             ,
             and
             putting
             it
             all
             conjunctly
             upon
             the
             second
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             necessary
             that
             Christ
             should
             be
             God
             ,
             1.
             
             To
             impart
             an
             infinite
             value
             and
             vertue
             to
             his
             compleat
             Obedience
             .
             2.
             
             To
             overcome
             all
             sufferings
             and
             enemies
             .
             3.
             
             To
             communicate
             all
             effectually
             by
             his
             Spirit
             to
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             as
             needful
             that
             he
             should
             be
             man
             ;
             1.
             
             Because
             the
             Godhead
             could
             not
             suffer
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             because
             the
             same
             Nature
             that
             had
             offended
             ,
             was
             to
             satisfie
             ,
             3.
             
             That
             our
             Nature
             corrupted
             by
             the
             first
             Adam
             ,
             might
             be
             restored
             by
             the
             second
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Thus
             is
             Christs
             Person
             ,
             the
             Amiable
             Object
             of
             our
             Knowledge
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             .
             CHrist
             considered
             in
             his
             Office
             is
             a
             precious
             Object
             ,
             his
             chief
             business
             ,
             as
             Mediator
             ,
             being
             to
             procure
             effectual
             Reconciliation
             ,
             to
             the
             saving
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             by
             his
             perfect
             Oblation
             presented
             to
             God
             ,
             
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             applied
             to
             them
             by
             Gods
             Spirit
             ;
             
             He
             assumed
             the
             Name
             and
             function
             of
             Jesus
             the
             Saviour
             ;
             
             He
             was
             anointed
             as
             the
             Christ
             of
             God
             ;
             with
             all
             suitable
             qualifications
             :
             and
             made
             Lord
             of
             all
             ,
             but
             especially
             made
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             ,
             by
             personal
             appropriation
             ,
             and
             effectual
             application
             .
          
           
             Thus
             was
             Christ
             voluntarily
             made
             of
             a
             woman
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             
             subjecting
             himself
             ,
             
             in
             that
             wonderful
             dispensation
             of
             his
             Mediation
             ,
             to
             receive
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             his
             Call
             to
             that
             redeeming
             Function
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             defect
             in
             God
             ,
             but
             in
             us
             only
             ,
             who
             wanted
             skil
             ,
             
             power
             and
             will
             utterly
             ,
             to
             the
             curing
             and
             saving
             of
             our selves
             .
             
             Christ
             therefore
             was
             divinely
             anointed
             to
             be
             our
             Soveraign
             ,
             Prophet
             ,
             
             Priest
             and
             Prince
             ,
             to
             effect
             all
             for
             us
             and
             in
             us
             needful
             to
             salvation
             .
             
             As
             a
             Prophet
             he
             Reveals
             the
             whole
             Council
             of
             God
             ;
             
             As
             a
             Priest
             he
             makes
             full
             expiation
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             Intercession
             for
             us
             :
             As
             a
             Kingly
             Prince
             ,
             he
             subdues
             all
             spiritual
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             makes
             all
             things
             serviceable
             to
             the
             guidance
             and
             protection
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             under
             his
             Soveraign
             Rule
             and
             Government
             .
             All
             this
             he
             did
             and
             doth
             by
             his
             Eternal
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             Records
             ,
             freely
             ,
             fully
             ,
             surely
             and
             singularly
             ,
             being
             therein
             a
             glorious
             Object
             of
             Christian
             knowledge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Christ
             in
             his
             Progress
             is
             considerable
             ,
             under
             a
             double
             state
             of
             Humiliation
             and
             Exaltation
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             HIs
             Humiliation
             ,
             appeared
             in
             all
             the
             steps
             of
             his
             Conception
             and
             Birth
             ,
             of
             his
             Life
             and
             Passion
             ,
             of
             his
             death
             and
             Burial
             most
             wonderfully
             :
             This
             God
             head
             was
             then
             covered
             with
             the
             dark
             vail
             of
             his
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             mourning
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             sad
             habit
             of
             his
             infirmities
             ,
             for
             his
             peoples
             Enormities
             .
             
             He
             willingly
             then
             eclipsed
             his
             divine
             light
             within
             the
             dark
             Lanthorn
             of
             this
             submissive
             state
             ,
             
             he
             humbled
             himselfe
             to
             exalt
             us
             ,
             he
             emptied
             himself
             that
             he
             might
             fill
             us
             .
             He
             parted
             with
             all
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             give
             us
             all
             .
             He
             shewed
             himself
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
             to
             the
             lowest
             degree
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bring
             all
             his
             into
             the
             state
             of
             Children
             .
             Had
             there
             not
             been
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             thereof
             ,
             he
             had
             never
             done
             it
             .
             Had
             not
             our
             case
             been
             so
             desperate
             ;
             could
             any
             other
             way
             have
             expiated
             and
             destroyed
             his
             peoples
             sins
             ,
             Christ
             had
             not
             come
             down
             from
             the
             height
             of
             Glory
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             ignominy
             .
             Here
             is
             an
             object
             of
             admiration
             indeed
             ,
             God
             humbled
             to
             a
             childs
             state
             ,
             growing
             up
             by
             degrees
             in
             Stature
             and
             Grace
             ,
             doing
             and
             suffering
             every
             moment
             for
             his
             enemies
             in
             rebellious
             arms
             .
             Behold
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             wrastling
             with
             earth
             and
             hell
             ,
             yea
             with
             heaven
             it self
             ,
             conflicting
             with
             mans
             rage
             ,
             the
             devils
             fury
             ,
             and
             the
             wrath
             of
             God!
             What
             think
             you
             of
             sin
             ,
             the
             murtherer
             of
             this
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             Love
             which
             gave
             him
             to
             the
             death
             ?
             
             Thus
             
               made
               he
               his
               soul
               a
               sacrifice
               for
               sin
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               see
               his
               seed
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               will
               of
               the
               Lord
               prospering
               in
               his
               hands
               .
            
             He
             laid
             in
             the
             grave
             to
             confirm
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             to
             air
             that
             Bed
             for
             our
             Repose
             .
             His
             God
             head
             held
             his
             soul
             and
             body
             asunder
             from
             each
             other
             ,
             yet
             still
             inseparably
             united
             to
             himself
             .
             Thus
             may
             you
             see
             a
             man
             drawing
             out
             his
             sword
             ,
             holding
             in
             his
             hands
             still
             both
             sword
             and
             scabret
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             put
             up
             again
             .
             Thus
             it
             was
             needfull
             that
             Christ
             should
             suffer
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             entrance
             into
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Christs
             Exaltation
             is
             further
             worthy
             the
             best
             observation
             .
             Therein
             his
             glorious
             person
             unvailed
             himself
             of
             all
             humane
             weakness
             ,
             though
             he
             still
             retained
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             and
             its
             properties
             .
             
             He
             laid
             down
             his
             sable
             weeds
             to
             put
             on
             the
             roabes
             of
             Immortality
             .
             His
             God-head
             did
             then
             raise
             up
             his
             Man-hood
             in
             his
             Resurrection
             ;
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             declared
             himself
             by
             his
             divine
             Power
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             :
             The
             Price
             paid
             for
             his
             people
             in
             his
             humiliation
             ;
             
             he
             applies
             by
             power
             through
             his
             exaltation
             ,
             to
             them
             orderly
             and
             effectually
             .
             He
             is
             God-Man
             still
             ,
             and
             therefore
             tearmed
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
             Thus
             his
             office
             was
             to
             be
             compleated
             by
             the
             compleating
             of
             his
             saving
             Progress
             .
             He
             conversed
             then
             among
             
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             the
             space
             of
             forty
             days
             to
             confirm
             their
             faith
             ;
             and
             to
             instruct
             them
             in
             the
             affairs
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             
             Thence
             his
             Ascention
             was
             solemnly
             performed
             ,
             
             followed
             with
             his
             Session
             at
             the
             Fathers
             right
             hand
             ;
             
             and
             Intercession
             for
             his
             people
             .
             
             These
             are
             the
             four
             main
             steps
             of
             his
             exaltation
             to
             be
             singularly
             improved
             .
             
             He
             rose
             that
             we
             might
             rise
             from
             death
             to
             Life
             :
             
             he
             ascended
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             ascend
             ;
             he
             sits
             at
             Gods
             right
             hand
             ,
             
             that
             we
             may
             sit
             with
             him
             on
             his
             Throne
             ;
             and
             he
             still
             intercedes
             to
             make
             all
             our
             Intercessions
             effectual
             .
             Who
             shall
             lay
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             Gods
             Elect
             ?
             It
             s
             Christ
             that
             died
             ,
             yea
             rather
             ,
             that
             rose
             and
             ascended
             ,
             siting
             now
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Majesty
             on
             high
             ,
             
             and
             ever
             lives
             to
             make
             Intercession
             .
             Thus
             is
             Christs
             progress
             of
             chief
             worth
             and
             consideration
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             Christ
             is
             most
             considerable
             in
             his
             purchase
             also
             made
             for
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             which
             hath
             both
             value
             and
             vertue
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THE
             value
             of
             his
             whole
             Obedience
             was
             of
             infinite
             worth
             ,
             being
             the
             merits
             of
             God-man
             ,
             giving
             full
             satisfaction
             to
             Gods
             Justice
             ,
             
             for
             all
             the
             sins
             of
             all
             his
             elect
             ,
             and
             making
             a
             full
             acquisition
             of
             all
             the
             good
             they
             were
             &
             should
             be
             capable
             of
             .
             This
             price
             of
             Christs
             perfect
             Righteousness
             ,
             active
             and
             passive
             ,
             
             was
             put
             into
             Gods
             Coffers
             ,
             to
             be
             seasonably
             and
             effectually
             applied
             to
             all
             his
             people
             orderly
             and
             actually
             from
             their
             conversion
             to
             their
             utmost
             salvation
             by
             his
             Spirit
             according
             to
             his
             eternal
             Purpose
             .
             By
             the
             same
             value
             were
             all
             Gods
             elect
             from
             Adam
             to
             Christs
             death
             ,
             delivered
             from
             the
             guilt
             &
             wages
             of
             sin
             upon
             Christs
             engagement
             of
             seasonable
             performance
             ;
             For
             he
             is
             the
             Lamb
             slain
             from
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             
             intentionally
             in
             the
             divine
             purpose
             and
             promise
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Vertue
             of
             Christs
             perfect
             Obedience
             ,
             extends
             to
             the
             effectual
             application
             thereof
             to
             all
             Gods
             people
             .
             So
             the
             Fathers
             purpose
             in
             electing
             ,
             and
             the
             Sons
             Intention
             in
             redeeming
             ,
             do
             run
             parallel
             .
             
             That
             value
             which
             Christs
             merits
             presented
             to
             God
             ,
             cannot
             but
             be
             attended
             with
             answerable
             vertue
             for
             the
             making
             good
             thereof
             to
             the
             utmost
             .
             The
             Son
             of
             man
             
             came
             to
             seek
             &
             save
             that
             which
             was
             lost
             ,
             
             and
             that
             to
             the
             utmost
             ,
             seeing
             he
             ever
             lives
             to
             perform
             all
             .
             
             Whilst
             therefore
             he
             was
             gone
             into
             Heaven
             to
             act
             his
             part
             there
             ,
             he
             was
             carefull
             to
             send
             his
             Proxie
             ,
             
             even
             his
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             a
             through
             application
             of
             all
             his
             Purchase
             by
             the
             conveyance
             of
             his
             saving
             Grace
             to
             all
             his
             Chosen
             .
             
             His
             Oblation
             is
             living
             and
             lively
             still
             ,
             even
             as
             Christ
             himself
             who
             abides
             for
             ever
             .
             The
             ceremonial
             Oblations
             had
             him
             shadow'd
             out
             ,
             to
             represent
             the
             efficaciousness
             of
             Christs
             Oblation
             .
          
           
             A
             wise
             man
             paying
             a
             Ransom
             or
             Debt
             ,
             as
             surety
             for
             another
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             know
             for
             whom
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             his
             purpose
             fulfilled
             to
             his
             power
             .
             The
             agreement
             or
             Covenant
             made
             between
             God
             and
             Christ
             (
             distinct
             from
             the
             gracious
             Covenant
             
             made
             conditionally
             with
             the
             visible
             Church
             in
             Christ
             )
             imports
             as
             much
             .
             
             As
             the
             Father
             required
             ,
             
               that
               he
               should
               offer
               his
               soul
               a
               Sacrifice
               for
               sin
               ,
            
             
             which
             the
             Son
             willingly
             undertook
             ;
             so
             was
             it
             engaged
             to
             him
             ,
             
               that
               he
               should
               see
               of
               his
               seed
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Lord
               should
               prosper
               in
               his
               hand
               .
            
             So
             that
             the
             vertue
             of
             his
             blood
             is
             still
             included
             in
             the
             value
             of
             it
             ;
             both
             being
             directed
             by
             divine
             intention
             ,
             which
             terminates
             in
             the
             proper
             subjects
             thereof
             .
             Therein
             concurs
             his
             threefold
             office
             ,
             he
             being
             still
             a
             Prophet
             and
             prince
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Priest
             unto
             any
             .
             The
             vertue
             of
             Christs
             Merits
             is
             indeed
             intrinsecally
             infinite
             like
             himself
             ,
             and
             only
             limited
             with
             the
             value
             thereof
             by
             the
             divine
             pleasure
             .
             This
             purchase
             of
             his
             may
             be
             said
             occasionally
             and
             secundarily
             to
             comprehend
             the
             whole
             Creation
             in
             subserviency
             to
             divine
             Intentions
             ,
             but
             directly
             and
             primarily
             the
             Scripture
             limits
             it
             to
             Gods
             Elect
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             came
             ,
             and
             lived
             ,
             prayed
             and
             died
             ,
             rose
             and
             intercedes
             still
             .
             It
             extends
             to
             the
             removal
             of
             all
             evil
             ,
             both
             of
             sin
             and
             sorrow
             inchoatively
             ,
             progressively
             and
             consummatively
             .
             It
             reaches
             also
             the
             Import
             of
             all
             sutable
             good
             spiritual
             ,
             temporal
             and
             eternal
             .
             All
             things
             are
             ours
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             sake
             ,
             that
             are
             truly
             his
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             as
             we
             are
             his
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             choice
             Jewel
             to
             be
             duly
             viewed
             ?
             
             Doth
             not
             such
             a
             purchase
             challenge
             our
             best
             knowledge
             ?
             The
             possessive
             Our
             gives
             rellish
             to
             all
             .
             It
             doth
             us
             little
             good
             to
             hear
             of
             Indian
             Treasures
             that
             are
             not
             our
             own
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Christ
             is
             most
             precious
             in
             his
             Relation
             ,
             multipliciously
             
             expressed
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             by
             Allusion
             to
             all
             choice
             relations
             in
             things
             natural
             ,
             civil
             and
             artificial
             .
             The
             perfection
             of
             all
             creatures
             is
             radically
             in
             him
             ,
             originally
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             reductively
             leads
             to
             him
             again
             .
             None
             of
             them
             can
             sufficiently
             set
             out
             his
             wonderfull
             Relation
             wherein
             he
             stands
             towards
             his
             chosen
             Ones
             ;
             he
             therefore
             borrows
             the
             cream
             and
             quintessence
             of
             them
             all
             to
             shadow
             out
             to
             our
             shallow
             capacity
             the
             marvels
             of
             his
             glorious
             Grace
             .
             Thus
             he
             speaks
             to
             his
             Babes
             in
             their
             known
             Dialect
             ,
             
             that
             he
             may
             gradually
             and
             familiarly
             be
             understood
             of
             them
             .
             
             He
             calls
             himself
             their
             root
             ,
             
             giving
             sap
             and
             life
             to
             every
             branch
             of
             his
             .
             He
             is
             the
             Head
             that
             conveyes
             all
             motion
             and
             sense
             to
             all
             his
             members
             .
             
             He
             is
             the
             Fountain-Spring
             ,
             
             from
             whom
             
               all
               living
            
             waters
             flow
             into
             the
             streams
             by
             his
             proper
             conduits
             .
             
             He
             is
             that
             Sun
             ,
             who
             carries
             Light
             and
             Life
             by
             his
             access
             unto
             all
             Creatures
             .
             
             He
             is
             the
             Father
             that
             tenders
             his
             Children
             .
             
             He
             is
             the
             husband
             that
             cherishes
             his
             Spouse
             ;
             
             the
             elder
             brother
             that
             looks
             to
             his
             adopted
             Brethren
             :
             
             the
             Master
             that
             hath
             the
             best
             care
             
             of
             Servants
             .
             
             That
             Foundation
             is
             he
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             Fabrick
             stands
             ;
             
             that
             garment
             that
             must
             cover
             us
             ,
             that
             food
             that
             must
             sustain
             us
             ,
             
             that
             Portion
             that
             must
             maintain
             us
             to
             saving
             purpose
             .
             
             Look
             into
             the
             whole
             compass
             of
             creatures
             ;
             
             what
             ever
             good
             you
             can
             find
             therein
             is
             used
             by
             him
             to
             set
             forth
             his
             goodness
             .
             What
             ever
             defect
             you
             find
             in
             the
             Creature
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             that
             is
             all
             goodness
             ,
             all
             perfection
             .
             Is
             not
             such
             a
             Christ
             a
             singular
             object
             to
             exercise
             our
             knowledge
             about
             ?
             What
             his
             office
             called
             him
             to
             ,
             his
             progress
             fitted
             him
             for
             ,
             and
             his
             relation
             makes
             conveyance
             of
             through
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             unto
             
             all
             his
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             His
             Influence
             is
             considerable
             for
             actual
             Communication
             of
             all
             .
             Each
             Relation
             of
             his
             carries
             still
             with
             it
             a
             secret
             ,
             sweet
             and
             sutable
             Influx
             ,
             which
             doth
             strongly
             and
             efficaciously
             operate
             on
             all
             his
             :
             thereby
             they
             are
             made
             more
             and
             more
             Partakers
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             ,
             in
             escaping
             the
             pollutions
             that
             are
             in
             the
             world
             through
             Lust
             .
             The
             Apostle
             had
             found
             the
             precious
             vertue
             thereof
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             so
             desirous
             to
             know
             him
             in
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             
             and
             in
             the
             fellowship
             of
             his
             sufferings
             ,
             
             being
             made
             conformable
             to
             
             his
             death
             .
             This
             the
             Converts
             at
             Ephesus
             felt
             ,
             who
             being
             made
             acquainted
             with
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             were
             quickned
             by
             his
             power
             ,
             
             and
             made
             to
             rise
             with
             him
             .
             yea
             ,
             to
             sit
             with
             him
             at
             Gods
             right
             hand
             .
             
             This
             Influence
             is
             free
             indeed
             ,
             
             this
             spiritual
             wind
             blows
             where
             it
             lists
             ;
             not
             being
             tied
             to
             any
             means
             ,
             it
             works
             at
             pleasure
             with
             or
             without
             means
             ,
             by
             weak
             ,
             small
             ,
             improbable
             or
             contrary
             means
             ,
             yet
             ordinarily
             God
             works
             by
             his
             appointed
             Tools
             ;
             he
             walks
             in
             his
             own
             road
             of
             Providence
             ,
             and
             leads
             his
             people
             step
             by
             step
             to
             the
             very
             top
             of
             Jacobs
             Ladder
             .
             
             In
             the
             course
             of
             things
             natural
             and
             spiritual
             ,
             he
             limits
             us
             still
             ,
             though
             not
             himself
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             sought
             and
             found
             in
             each
             of
             his
             ways
             for
             the
             further
             knowledge
             of
             his
             divine
             Influence
             .
             It
             s
             he
             that
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             our
             Life
             ,
             the
             strength
             of
             our
             strength
             ;
             in
             whom
             
               we
               live
               ,
               move
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               have
               our
               Being
            
             ,
             both
             naturally
             and
             spiritually
             .
             How
             excellent
             then
             is
             that
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ,
             whose
             Object
             is
             thus
             excellent
             in
             every
             consideration
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           
             THE
             Subject
             and
             Recipient
             of
             this
             knowledge
             sets
             forth
             
             the
             inestimable
             worth
             of
             it
             .
             
             They
             are
             his
             Elect
             ,
             
             his
             chosen
             Jewels
             ,
             
             his
             peculiar
             people
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             imparts
             this
             Jewel
             unto
             .
             
             Them
             only
             doth
             he
             know
             for
             his
             of
             all
             the
             Nations
             to
             whom
             he
             makes
             himself
             thus
             savingly
             known
             .
             
             As
             he
             makes
             himself
             the
             Pearl
             or
             Price
             to
             them
             ,
             
             so
             doth
             he
             make
             them
             Pearls
             of
             Price
             thereby
             .
             
             Blessed
             are
             the
             people
             who
             learn
             to
             known
             him
             ,
             
             being
             first
             known
             of
             him
             .
             The
             rest
             are
             refuse
             stones
             ,
             
             these
             are
             his
             living
             precious
             stones
             .
             
             Others
             he
             knows
             with
             a
             general
             knowledge
             of
             intuition
             ,
             
             but
             these
             with
             a
             special
             knowledge
             of
             appropriation
             and
             approbation
             .
             
             The
             rest
             delight
             not
             to
             know
             him
             ,
             
             as
             he
             delights
             not
             to
             know
             them
             .
             He
             never
             knew
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             never
             knew
             him
             in
             this
             choise
             manner
             .
             For
             his
             own
             he
             came
             to
             make
             himself
             thus
             graciously
             known
             to
             their
             souls
             in
             all
             the
             Dimensions
             of
             his
             eternal
             Love
             ,
             surpassing
             mans
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             fulness
             of
             God.
             How
             precious
             is
             that
             knowledge
             that
             makes
             the
             Subjects
             thereof
             so
             precious
             !
             How
             admirable
             is
             that
             Jewel
             that
             takes
             up
             the
             the
             sublimest
             Contemplations
             
             templations
             of
             the
             most
             glorious
             Angels
             !
             
             Those
             Elect
             Angels
             are
             still
             attending
             in
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             
             to
             join
             with
             his
             Elect
             ,
             and
             learn
             of
             
               the
               Church
            
             this
             
               manifold
               wisdom
            
             of
             our
             God.
             
             For
             those
             Elects
             sake
             Christ
             suffered
             all
             things
             meritoriously
             ,
             
             and
             Paul
             his
             servant
             providentially
             .
             
             Those
             Elect
             whom
             the
             Lord
             did
             foreknow
             ,
             
             he
             never
             casts
             away
             ,
             
             but
             makes
             them
             up
             among
             his
             Jewels
             ,
             
             by
             making
             his
             Christ
             so
             precious
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             a
             greacious
             way
             .
             
             His
             choice
             Love
             did
             freely
             choose
             them
             before
             time
             ,
             and
             is
             fully
             assured
             to
             them
             in
             Christ
             ,
             being
             communicated
             through
             the
             precious
             Operations
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             precious
             like
             himself
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             unto
             eternity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             3.
             
             The
             cause
             of
             this
             Gracious
             Knowledge
             doth
             as
             wonderfully
             magnifie
             the
             same
             ,
             considerable
             in
             the
             Efficient
             ,
             formal
             and
             final
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             Efficient
             cause
             and
             Author
             thereof
             is
             the
             blessed
             Trinity
             jointly
             ,
             yet
             distinctly
             ,
             Revealing
             and
             communicating
             Jesus
             Christ
             unto
             his
             chosen
             people
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             external
             Operations
             of
             God
             towards
             the
             creature
             being
             indivisibly
             effected
             by
             the
             three
             Persons
             ,
             
             concurring
             in
             One
             ,
             the
             Son
             doing
             nothing
             but
             what
             he
             sees
             his
             Father
             do
             ,
             and
             working
             still
             ,
             as
             the
             Father
             works
             ;
             and
             the
             Spirit
             proceeding
             from
             both
             ,
             speaks
             not
             of
             himself
             ,
             but
             whatsoever
             he
             hears
             from
             them
             both
             ,
             
             that
             speaks
             he
             unto
             Christs
             Disciples
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Distinctly
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             distinct
             personal
             Relations
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Father
             electing
             from
             eternity
             ;
             having
             chosen
             them
             in
             Christ
             before
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
             that
             they
             might
             be
             holy
             and
             unblameable
             before
             him
             in
             Love
             ;
             and
             therefore
             predestinating
             them
             to
             the
             Adoption
             of
             children
             ,
             by
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             himself
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             his
             Will
             ;
             and
             making
             them
             ,
             
             through
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             meet
             partakers
             of
             his
             Inheritance
             in
             Light
             ,
             
             by
             translating
             them
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             his
             dear
             Son
             ,
             who
             were
             chosen
             according
             to
             his
             foreknowledge
             through
             sanctification
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Son
             accepting
             and
             undertaking
             ,
             tendring
             and
             effecting
             ,
             in
             and
             by
             himself
             the
             whole
             business
             of
             their
             Salvation
             ;
             
             making
             known
             the
             same
             by
             his
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             also
             by
             his
             own
             Person
             ,
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             his
             flesh
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             holy
             Spirit
             by
             wooing
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             opening
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             fitting
             them
             for
             the
             Reception
             of
             this
             Excellent
             Knowledge
             ,
             infusing
             the
             same
             into
             them
             ,
             applying
             it
             particularly
             to
             their
             several
             dispositions
             and
             occasions
             ;
             removing
             daily
             the
             scales
             of
             their
             ignorance
             and
             sin
             ,
             scattering
             the
             mists
             raised
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             darkness
             ;
             Repressing
             the
             vapours
             steeming
             from
             their
             boyling
             Lusts
             and
             dunghil
             hearts
             ;
             setting
             forth
             Christ
             to
             their
             souls
             in
             his
             full
             Beauty
             and
             Loveliness
             ;
             
             and
             leading
             them
             into
             all
             Truth
             ,
             by
             taking
             of
             Christ
             to
             impart
             unto
             them
             the
             gracious
             secrets
             of
             the
             Fathers
             Counsel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thus
             the
             glorious
             God
             works
             graciously
             in
             and
             by
             all
             Means
             of
             his
             appointing
             ,
             to
             the
             creating
             ,
             encrease
             and
             perfecting
             of
             his
             singular
             Jewel
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             THe
             formal
             Cause
             is
             very
             Remarkable
             in
             that
             peculiar
             saving
             application
             made
             of
             Christ
             to
             his
             Elect
             in
             their
             conversion
             ,
             gradually
             carried
             on
             towards
             perfection
             by
             the
             Spirits
             gracious
             Operation
             .
             For
             then
             doth
             he
             stamp
             on
             that
             soul
             the
             glorious
             characters
             of
             Christs
             Image
             ,
             and
             begets
             that
             new
             creature
             ,
             which
             divine
             off-spring
             moves
             upward
             instantly
             ,
             in
             conjugal
             Reciprocations
             ,
             dilating
             the
             soul
             in
             all
             her
             faculties
             to
             the
             further
             comprehension
             of
             Christ
             .
             It
             may
             be
             parallel'd
             with
             that
             Energetial
             Power
             ,
             whereby
             the
             rational
             soul
             ,
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             animates
             the
             humane
             nature
             ,
             into
             all
             suitable
             operations
             .
             What
             the
             soul
             is
             to
             man
             ,
             in
             naturals
             ,
             that
             's
             Christ
             to
             the
             soul
             in
             spirituals
             .
             The
             principle
             of
             all
             Life
             ,
             Sence
             and
             Reason
             thus
             spiritually
             applied
             to
             the
             Regenerate
             ,
             enables
             and
             excites
             ,
             directs
             and
             strengthens
             them
             to
             the
             choice
             Improvements
             of
             this
             conjugal
             Acquaintance
             .
             Christ
             on
             marriage
             terms
             by
             his
             Spirit
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             tenders
             and
             gives
             himself
             to
             be
             their
             Husband
             .
             
             By
             this
             quickening
             Touch
             ,
             they
             are
             efficaciously
             moved
             to
             close
             with
             him
             ,
             
             and
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             ,
             by
             Matrimonial
             Reciprocations
             .
             
             Thus
             doth
             the
             gracious
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             Receive
             its
             first
             Being
             and
             progressive
             
             Operations
             from
             that
             Light
             of
             Life
             imparted
             to
             Gods
             people
             in
             this
             conjugal
             Union
             and
             Communion
             .
             
               I
               will
               betroth
               thee
               unto
               me
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             God
             of
             Grace
             ,
             in
             Kindness
             and
             
               Mercy
               ,
               in
               Truth
               and
               Judgement
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               thou
               shalt
               know
               the
               Lord.
            
             Admirable
             sure
             in
             this
             divine
             Acquaintance
             ,
             that
             is
             thus
             twisted
             by
             the
             Lords
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             embraced
             by
             a
             gracious
             hand
             !
             Rare
             is
             that
             Jewel
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             curiously
             wrought
             for
             the
             Workmanship
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             .
             Therein
             do
             shine
             all
             divine
             Attributes
             in
             their
             Orient
             brightness
             ,
             at
             the
             wedding
             Feast
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Saints
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             
               Life
               eternal
            
             ,
             thus
             to
             know
             the
             
               Father
               ,
               the
               only
               true
               God
               ,
               and
               Jesus
               Christ
               whom
               he
               hath
               sent
               ?
            
             Doth
             not
             this
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             bring
             Healing
             under
             his
             Wings
             to
             all
             that
             fear
             his
             Name
             ?
             
             Is
             not
             he
             that
             Living
             ,
             that
             quickening
             Light
             ,
             
             that
             dispels
             all
             darkness
             and
             Death
             ,
             
             by
             his
             gracious
             Visits
             and
             Influxe
             ?
             
             Do
             not
             his
             amiable
             Aspects
             produce
             a
             joyful
             Spring
             of
             all
             Divine
             Graces
             in
             the
             New
             world
             
             by
             his
             glorious
             Light
             and
             efficacious
             Heat
             ?
             
             Doth
             he
             not
             Ravish
             with
             divine
             Embraces
             the
             New
             Creature
             ,
             
             with
             his
             All-searching
             Presence
             ,
             and
             his
             perfective
             Influence
             ,
             through
             all
             the
             Beams
             of
             his
             Transcedent
             communications
             ?
             Do
             not
             his
             Active
             Rayes
             cherish
             ,
             by
             all
             his
             renewed
             Motions
             the
             Principles
             of
             Life
             given
             to
             all
             his
             ?
             This
             Divine
             Sun
             never
             ecclipsed
             but
             once
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             his
             ,
             though
             he
             seems
             often
             to
             be
             clouded
             ,
             in
             his
             alternative
             Access
             and
             Recess
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             The
             final
             cause
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             adds
             very
             much
             to
             the
             choyiceness
             thereof
             .
             We
             may
             consider
             it
             both
             as
             Supream
             and
             subordinate
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             supream
             Ultimate
             end
             of
             it
             is
             Gods
             Glory
             ,
             which
             is
             also
             the
             end
             of
             all
             things
             else
             ,
             which
             are
             
               all
               made
               for
               him
            
             .
             This
             Relative
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             was
             laid
             in
             the
             dust
             
             by
             mans
             Rebellion
             ,
             Christ
             undertook
             to
             repair
             ;
             which
             he
             performed
             fully
             ,
             giving
             satisfaction
             in
             Mans
             Nature
             ,
             and
             so
             glorifying
             all
             the
             divine
             Attributes
             .
             Thus
             in
             the
             first
             building
             up
             of
             Zion
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Restauration
             and
             preservation
             thereof
             ,
             he
             
               still
               appears
               in
               the
               Glory
            
             of
             all
             his
             Excellencies
             .
             His
             Power
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             his
             Greatness
             and
             Goodness
             ;
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Justice
             ,
             his
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             shine
             Radiantly
             in
             every
             part
             of
             it
             .
             
             Christ
             thereby
             read
             us
             our
             Lesson
             ,
             and
             writ
             a
             fair
             Copy
             for
             our
             Imitation
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             glorifie
             God
             by
             the
             knowledge
             of
             him
             ,
             in
             giving
             each
             of
             the
             Divine
             persons
             their
             proper
             honor
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Father
             ,
             
             for
             giving
             such
             a
             Son
             for
             such
             enemies
             ,
             and
             upon
             such
             terms
             ;
             
             All
             the
             honour
             of
             Christ
             redounds
             to
             his
             Father
             ;
             For
             the
             
               Son
               doth
               nothing
               but
               what
               he
               hath
               seen
               the
               Father
               do
               ,
               and
               speaks
               not
               of
               himself
               ,
            
             but
             the
             Father
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Son
             by
             our
             embracing
             and
             publishing
             ,
             desiring
             and
             esteeming
             the
             particulars
             of
             his
             Infinite
             Glory
             ,
             whereof
             he
             is
             so
             full
             ,
             
             that
             we
             have
             still
             cause
             to
             
               admire
               with
               all
               Saints
               ,
               the
               length
               and
               bredth
               ,
               the
               heighth
               and
               depth
               of
               it
               ,
            
             in
             the
             manifestation
             of
             all
             his
             Excellencies
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             holy
             Ghost
             by
             whose
             special
             favour
             and
             Influence
             we
             are
             made
             partakers
             thereof
             .
             
             
               He
               shall
               take
               of
               mine
            
             ,
             said
             Christ
             ,
             and
             
               impart
               it
               to
               you
               ;
               For
               all
               that
               the
               Father
               hath
               is
               mine
               .
            
             What
             Infinite
             Condescension
             is
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             glorious
             Spirit
             to
             stoop
             thus
             to
             sinful
             Dust
             and
             Ashes
             ,
             to
             Reveal
             and
             apply
             the
             gracious
             Counsels
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             to
             bear
             with
             our
             Ignorance
             and
             unbelief
             ,
             contempt
             and
             neglect
             ,
             abuse
             and
             Affronts
             ?
             Nay
             more
             ,
             to
             dwell
             in
             such
             dunghils
             and
             Receptacles
             of
             all
             filthy
             Lusts
             ?
             What
             Infinite
             Mercy
             is
             that
             which
             carries
             on
             the
             work
             of
             Grace
             through
             all
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             keeps
             a
             weak
             spark
             alive
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             an
             Ocean
             ?
             What
             marvellous
             power
             is
             that
             which
             preserves
             a
             poor
             smoaking
             flax
             among
             so
             many
             storms
             !
          
        
         
           
           
             2.
             
             The
             subordinate
             and
             proxime
             End
             of
             it
             is
             mans
             Good
             ;
             both
             Personal
             and
             Relative
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             PErsonally
             our
             own
             Salvation
             ,
             purchased
             and
             manifested
             by
             the
             Author
             and
             Object
             of
             this
             knowledge
             ,
             is
             hereby
             assured
             and
             orderly
             confirmed
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             wayes
             and
             means
             of
             his
             appointment
             ,
             through
             his
             peculiar
             Blessing
             .
             The
             perfect
             knowledge
             of
             him
             will
             compleat
             ,
             as
             the
             beginning
             thereof
             begins
             our
             Salvation
             .
             Through
             the
             
               Knowledge
               of
               him
               are
               given
               to
               us
               all
               things
               pertaining
               to
               Life
               and
               Godliness
               .
            
             
             As
             he
             came
             once
             in
             person
             ,
             so
             hath
             he
             from
             the
             beginning
             by
             his
             Spirit
             through
             the
             same
             communicated
             all
             saving
             good
             ,
             and
             will
             still
             do
             it
             .
             That
             Bosom
             friend
             of
             his
             leads
             us
             thereby
             into
             his
             very
             heart
             ,
             there
             to
             behold
             and
             embrace
             the
             whole
             Platform
             of
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             steps
             of
             it
             ,
             from
             Election
             to
             Glory
             ,
             that
             by
             walking
             therein
             steadily
             ,
             we
             may
             ascend
             to
             
               his
               Father
               and
               our
               Father
            
             ,
             
             
               his
               God
               and
               our
               God
            
             ,
             through
             the
             same
             Ladder
             ,
             even
             Christ
             ,
             whereby
             he
             comes
             down
             to
             us
             .
             Christs
             Deity
             surpassing
             the
             highest
             Heavens
             infinitely
             ,
             is
             the
             Top
             ;
             and
             his
             Humanity
             ,
             fixed
             as
             it
             were
             on
             earth
             ,
             is
             a
             sure
             step
             for
             us
             .
             The
             more
             careful
             we
             are
             to
             attain
             this
             End
             ,
             the
             more
             certainly
             shall
             we
             promote
             that
             further
             End.
             God
             hath
             so
             wonderfully
             twisted
             our
             happiness
             and
             his
             honour
             ,
             that
             we
             advance
             the
             one
             by
             furthering
             the
             other
             .
             One
             eye
             he
             allows
             us
             for
             the
             
               recompence
               of
               Reward
            
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             thereby
             effectually
             look
             through
             it
             ,
             to
             his
             Glory
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             Knowledge
             a
             Jewel
             of
             Price
             ,
             which
             conveighs
             and
             assures
             all
             good
             to
             us
             ?
             The
             end
             of
             his
             Electing
             and
             predestinating
             us
             ,
             of
             his
             Blessing
             and
             saving
             of
             us
             ,
             
             is
             it
             not
             
               that
               we
               might
               be
               to
               the
               Glory
               of
               his
               Grace
               ,
               whereby
               he
               hath
               made
               us
               Accepted
               in
               the
               Beloved
               ?
            
             Christ
             himself
             desired
             Glory
             for
             that
             End
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             
               glorifie
               God.
            
             
             This
             excellent
             Knowledge
             was
             never
             so
             dearly
             bought
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             meer
             pleasing
             of
             our selves
             and
             sin
             ,
             but
             to
             spiritualize
             us
             throughly
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             powers
             and
             parts
             of
             soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             holy
             and
             happy
             ,
             like
             unto
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             honouring
             and
             enjoying
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Relatively
             ,
             the
             subordinate
             end
             thereof
             is
             the
             good
             of
             
             our
             Neighbour
             ;
             
             that
             
               speaking
               the
               Truth
               in
               Love
               ,
               we
               may
               grow
               up
               unto
               him
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Head
               ,
               even
               Christ
               .
            
             He
             gave
             all
             the
             means
             of
             Knowledge
             ,
             
             and
             all
             Teachers
             ordinary
             and
             extraordinary
             for
             the
             
               perfecting
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               for
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               for
               the
               edifying
               of
               his
               Body
               .
            
             God
             hath
             so
             contempered
             his
             gifts
             among
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirit
             doth
             so
             variously
             convey
             the
             same
             ,
             
             that
             the
             
               One
               cannot
               say
               to
               the
               other
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               thee
               .
            
             He
             could
             in
             a
             moment
             ,
             and
             immediately
             from
             himself
             ,
             bring
             them
             to
             their
             full
             perfection
             .
             But
             his
             infinite
             Wisdom
             hath
             thought
             it
             best
             ,
             that
             his
             Body
             should
             be
             
               joined
               together
               and
               compacted
               by
               that
               which
               every
               joint
               supplies
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               several
               workings
               in
               the
               measure
               of
               every
               part
               ,
            
             
             
               to
               make
               an
               increase
               of
               it self
               in
               Love.
            
             He
             loves
             not
             ,
             he
             allows
             not
             selffishness
             in
             any
             of
             his
             .
             By
             his
             own
             example
             and
             Command
             he
             hath
             directed
             us
             to
             
               seek
               the
               things
               that
               make
               for
               Peace
               ,
               wherein
               we
               may
               edifie
               one
               another
               .
            
             
             Convulsions
             in
             his
             Members
             are
             most
             direful
             and
             dangerous
             Symptoms
             ,
             proceeding
             from
             ill
             humors
             ,
             vapors
             and
             Spirits
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Limbs
             fall
             a
             jarring
             ,
             the
             body
             must
             needs
             decay
             .
             That
             Wisdom
             from
             beneath
             ,
             which
             cherishes
             contentions
             and
             envy
             ,
             
             is
             sensual
             and
             devilsh
             .
             The
             Devil
             hath
             no
             better
             sport
             then
             in
             such
             troubled
             waters
             .
             These
             Confusions
             of
             Tongue
             become
             Babylon
             better
             then
             Zion
             :
             Must
             not
             the
             stones
             of
             Gods
             Temple
             be
             proportionably
             squared
             and
             fitted
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             that
             his
             Sanctuary
             may
             be
             erected
             ?
             Should
             not
             they
             that
             believe
             in
             one
             God
             ,
             are
             saved
             by
             one
             Christ
             ,
             
             justified
             by
             one
             faith
             ,
             acted
             by
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             sealed
             by
             one
             baptism
             ,
             supported
             by
             one
             hope
             ,
             and
             ruled
             by
             one
             Lord
             ,
             walk
             in
             one
             Love
             also
             ,
             and
             be
             shod
             with
             the
             
               preparation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Peace
               ?
            
             
             There
             is
             too
             much
             of
             hell
             fire
             in
             unchristian
             Combustions
             .
             Such
             
               ignes
               fatui
            
             ,
             and
             cheating
             Meteors
             lead
             many
             to
             destruction
             .
             Do
             not
             such
             wandring
             stars
             and
             blazing
             Comets
             manifest
             divine
             wrath
             and
             portend
             woful
             Judgements
             ?
             If
             our
             Light
             and
             fire
             burn
             better
             then
             anothers
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             cause
             to
             be
             more
             thankful
             and
             communicative
             ?
             What
             have
             we
             that
             we
             have
             not
             received
             to
             impart
             to
             others
             ?
             
             Are
             not
             the
             
               strong
               bid
               to
               bear
               with
               the
               weak
               ,
               and
               not
               please
               themselves
               ?
            
             Our
             Neighbours
             good
             
             is
             co-ordinate
             still
             with
             our
             own
             Interest
             ,
             for
             we
             should
             
               love
               our
               Neighbour
               as
               our selves
            
             .
             
             Is
             not
             this
             Jewel
             a
             very
             precious
             one
             ,
             
             which
             is
             of
             such
             Import
             to
             the
             benefit
             of
             all
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             4.
             
             The
             Nature
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             doth
             further
             demonstrate
             its
             Excellency
             .
             There
             are
             three
             special
             parts
             that
             do
             make
             it
             up
             ,
             being
             the
             choice
             Ingredients
             thereof
             ,
             Apprehension
             ,
             Assent
             ,
             and
             Application
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             APprehension
             of
             the
             matter
             understood
             ,
             
             is
             found
             in
             every
             kind
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             
             specially
             in
             this
             .
             A
             view
             of
             Christs
             Beauty
             and
             Excellency
             is
             taken
             by
             the
             mind
             thus
             spiritualized
             .
             
             The
             lively
             picture
             of
             Christs
             al-sufficiency
             is
             drawn
             in
             his
             Gospel
             by
             the
             pencil
             of
             his
             own
             Spirit
             .
             The
             Lord
             himself
             opens
             his
             very
             Bowels
             to
             the
             Prospect
             of
             his
             peoples
             eyes
             therein
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             precious
             sight
             indeed
             ,
             to
             behold
             such
             a
             Saviour
             in
             all
             his
             proportions
             ?
             
             Doth
             not
             the
             sensible
             sight
             of
             our
             vileness
             and
             sinfulness
             recommend
             such
             a
             merciful
             Redeemer
             to
             our
             apprehension
             ?
             Can
             we
             behold
             our
             own
             wretchedness
             .
             Insufficiency
             and
             unworthiness
             ;
             and
             thence
             cast
             a
             glance
             on
             his
             sutable
             and
             sure
             Redemption
             ,
             
             without
             admiration
             ?
             Doth
             not
             the
             survey
             of
             divine
             fulness
             ,
             thus
             exposed
             to
             view
             ,
             exalt
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             above
             all
             other
             Lovers
             ?
             Are
             not
             all
             his
             royal
             perfections
             ,
             a
             magnificent
             sight
             to
             a
             gracious
             Soul
             ?
             
             Can
             there
             be
             any
             thing
             more
             swett
             and
             stately
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Assent
             and
             Credit
             to
             the
             Truth
             apprehended
             attends
             this
             knowledge
             in
             a
             singular
             way
             .
             
             The
             God
             of
             Truth
             bespeaks
             this
             Assent
             by
             the
             word
             of
             Truth
             .
             
             Salvation
             by
             Christ
             alone
             for
             true
             Believers
             upon
             conjugal
             terms
             ,
             is
             the
             sum
             thereof
             .
             
             He
             that
             believes
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             hath
             set
             to
             his
             seal
             that
             God
             is
             true
             ;
             divine
             Authority
             gaining
             thus
             credit
             to
             his
             Assertion
             ,
             sways
             the
             Judgement
             to
             reason
             the
             case
             ,
             and
             cast
             its
             resolve
             upon
             Christs
             side
             .
             Divine
             reason
             then
             perswades
             mans
             Reason
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             Christ
             is
             worth
             the
             accepting
             upon
             his
             own
             Terms
             .
             The
             soul
             thereby
             judges
             all
             capitulations
             and
             Reservations
             to
             be
             
               sinfull
               ,
               dreadfull
               ,
               irrational
            
             .
             Mans
             reason
             
             is
             then
             brought
             over
             to
             such
             a
             subjection
             as
             Christs
             reason
             demands
             without
             delaies
             or
             exceptions
             .
             It
             sees
             that
             in
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             better
             then
             All
             ,
             and
             suits
             its
             wants
             in
             every
             part
             thereof
             .
             It
             sees
             no
             help
             from
             any
             creature
             to
             be
             looked
             for
             ,
             and
             judges
             all
             to
             be
             but
             vanity
             and
             Lyes
             that
             hinders
             from
             Christ
             .
             The
             soul
             then
             learns
             feelingly
             to
             cry
             ,
             
               None
               but
               Christ
               ,
               none
               but
               Christ
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Martyr
             did
             ,
             with
             due
             conviction
             of
             sin
             and
             righteousness
             in
             order
             to
             Judgement
             through
             the
             Spirits
             help
             .
             The
             soul
             thus
             weary
             both
             of
             self
             and
             sin
             ,
             readily
             assents
             to
             that
             truth
             of
             God
             which
             presents
             Christ
             for
             a
             faithful
             and
             loving
             Husband
             ,
             for
             Saviour
             and
             Lord
             :
             And
             is
             not
             this
             of
             singular
             worth
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             .
             Application
             and
             hearty
             consent
             is
             the
             main
             ingredient
             of
             all
             conjugal
             Knowledge
             ,
             especially
             of
             this
             .
             The
             soul
             is
             hereby
             effectually
             yielded
             into
             Christs
             own
             hand
             upon
             his
             own
             terms
             .
             The
             Will
             in
             this
             Act
             accepts
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             renders
             up
             it self
             to
             his
             disposal
             .
             Conjugal
             Acception
             is
             thus
             reciprocated
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             man
             may
             yield
             unto
             him
             all
             loyal
             obedience
             of
             Faith
             and
             Love.
             This
             great
             wheel
             thus
             moved
             ,
             all
             the
             Affections
             turn
             accordingly
             Christ
             ward
             ,
             heaven-ward
             ,
             that
             before
             still
             moved
             self-ward
             and
             earth-ward
             .
             The
             soul
             being
             thus
             surrendred
             to
             Christ
             ,
             depends
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             derives
             from
             him
             still
             Grace
             for
             Grace
             .
             All
             other
             things
             then
             become
             serviceable
             to
             the
             honor
             and
             service
             of
             Christ
             .
             
             This
             Marriage-union
             brings
             with
             it
             a
             free
             and
             full
             ,
             a
             singular
             and
             sure
             Communion
             .
             
             Then
             saith
             the
             soul
             ,
             
               My
               Beloved
               is
               mine
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               his
               .
            
             I
             have
             all
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             him
             ,
             
             all
             in
             him
             and
             all
             through
             him
             .
             And
             is
             not
             this
             a
             very
             rare
             Jewel
             ,
             
             that
             makes
             a
             match
             between
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             Knowledge
             of
             singular
             worth
             that
             marries
             sinfull
             man
             to
             God
             Almighty
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             thing
             of
             a
             rare
             value
             ,
             whose
             nature
             appears
             so
             supereminent
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Reason
             5.
             
             The
             Properties
             of
             this
             Knowledge
             do
             much
             commend
             its
             excellency
             also
             .
             They
             are
             expressed
             by
             a
             pregnant
             word
             ,
             full
             of
             sense
             and
             vertue
             ,
             being
             called
             a
             gracious
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             IN
             regard
             of
             Gods
             favouring
             Grace
             ,
             whence
             it
             flows
             ,
             which
             it
             manifests
             ,
             and
             whither
             it
             leads
             .
             The
             glory
             of
             divine
             Grace
             doth
             so
             admirably
             and
             so
             wonderfully
             shine
             forth
             therein
             ,
             that
             its
             preciousness
             is
             as
             remarkable
             ,
             as
             the
             Noon-Sun
             in
             a
             Summer-day
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             respect
             to
             his
             renewing
             Grace
             ,
             this
             knowledge
             is
             truly
             and
             incomparably
             gracious
             ;
             
             being
             attended
             with
             all
             the
             gracious
             Train
             and
             fruits
             of
             Christs
             Spirit
             .
             So
             far
             as
             the
             Lord
             is
             duly
             known
             by
             his
             people
             ,
             so
             far
             is
             this
             knowledge
             attended
             with
             a
             proportionable
             measure
             of
             saving
             Grace
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             It
             s
             a
             fiducial
             knowledge
             that
             knows
             Christ
             with
             conjugal
             faith
             ,
             
             discerning
             of
             him
             ,
             
             looking
             up
             to
             him
             ,
             
             closing
             with
             him
             ,
             
             following
             after
             him
             ,
             
             trusting
             in
             him
             ,
             feeding
             upon
             him
             ,
             drawing
             all
             from
             him
             ,
             
             and
             returning
             all
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             s
             a
             loving
             knowledge
             that
             embraces
             Christs
             love
             ,
             
             and
             retaliats
             Love
             for
             Love
             ,
             loving
             his
             person
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             goodness
             .
             That
             soul
             that
             knows
             Christ
             ,
             loves
             him
             sincerely
             and
             self-denyingly
             ,
             fervently
             and
             constantly
             .
             That
             soul
             hears
             and
             speaks
             ,
             
             prays
             and
             acts
             in
             love
             to
             him
             ,
             
             loving
             his
             Word
             and
             ways
             ,
             
             his
             name
             and
             honor
             ,
             his
             service
             and
             servants
             ,
             out
             of
             Love
             to
             him
             .
             That
             soul
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             loves
             his
             Saints
             with
             a
             Love
             of
             delight
             ,
             and
             sinners
             with
             a
             Love
             of
             pitty
             .
             The
             more
             she
             knows
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             more
             is
             her
             heart
             melted
             into
             his
             heart
             ,
             to
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             mold
             of
             his
             Love.
             What
             's
             recorded
             of
             famous
             Ignatius
             ,
             †
             is
             verified
             of
             such
             ,
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             is
             engraven
             on
             their
             heart
             by
             the
             finger
             of
             his
             own
             Spirit
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             It
             s
             a
             penitential
             knowledge
             that
             melts
             the
             soul
             with
             godly
             sorrow
             ,
             
             as
             looking
             on
             Christ
             pierced
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             him
             .
             The
             sight
             of
             such
             a
             Saviour
             so
             unkindly
             requited
             cannot
             but
             make
             sin
             out
             of
             measure
             sinfull
             to
             such
             a
             tender
             heart
             .
             The
             sweetness
             of
             Christ
             must
             needs
             embitter
             every
             sin
             to
             such
             ,
             who
             have
             tasted
             
               how
               good
               the
               Lord
               is
            
             .
             
             Such
             do
             hate
             sin
             with
             perfect
             hatred
             ,
             
             knowing
             the
             baseness
             and
             unreasonableness
             thereof
             .
             
             Christ
             clears
             their
             eyes
             to
             descry
             and
             detest
             the
             least
             appearance
             of
             evil
             .
             
             The
             more
             beauty
             is
             discovered
             in
             him
             ,
             the
             more
             ugliness
             do
             such
             observe
             in
             sin
             ,
             his
             grand
             Opposite
             .
             They
             take
             most
             pains
             to
             mortifie
             those
             Lusts
             which
             are
             most
             opposite
             to
             Christ
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             s
             an
             obediential
             knowledge
             ,
             carefull
             to
             observe
             the
             Lords
             Will
             made
             known
             .
             If
             any
             say
             that
             he
             
               knows
               him
            
             ,
             and
             
               keeps
               not
               his
               Commands
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               liar
               ,
               and
               the
               truth
               is
               not
               in
               him
               .
            
             
             If
             
               we
               know
               that
               he
               is
               righteous
               ,
               we
               know
               that
               he
               that
               doth
               righteousness
               is
               born
               of
               him
               .
            
             This
             knowledge
             is
             not
             notional
             but
             practical
             .
             
             It
             rests
             not
             in
             the
             brain
             ,
             but
             conveys
             Influence
             into
             the
             whole
             Life
             .
             It
             s
             not
             idle
             ,
             but
             very
             active
             .
             It
             studies
             his
             Will
             to
             fulfill
             it
             ,
             and
             fulfills
             it
             in
             studying
             thereof
             .
             It
             s
             obedience
             is
             neither
             blind
             nor
             lame
             ,
             but
             a
             spiritual
             Sacrifice
             ,
             
             a
             rational
             Service
             .
             The
             whole
             man
             in
             heart
             and
             life
             compleats
             this
             oblation
             of
             loyal
             observance
             .
             It
             minds
             the
             precepts
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Promises
             ,
             and
             desires
             holiness
             as
             much
             as
             happiness
             .
             It
             would
             act
             like
             Christ
             ,
             in
             acting
             for
             him
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             It
             s
             an
             humbling
             knowledge
             that
             puffs
             not
             up
             ,
             but
             laies
             the
             soul
             low
             .
             The
             more
             any
             know
             of
             Christ
             aright
             ,
             the
             more
             still
             do
             they
             know
             of
             their
             sins
             .
             The
             best
             of
             Christ
             being
             duly
             known
             ,
             makes
             them
             to
             know
             the
             worst
             of
             themselves
             .
             Christs
             eye-salve
             doth
             so
             clear
             their
             eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             see
             easily
             those
             sinfull
             motes
             of
             lesser
             faults
             ,
             
             which
             by
             their
             moon-light
             of
             notional
             knowledge
             they
             could
             not
             discern
             .
             Their
             beholding
             of
             Christ
             in
             their
             Gospel-glass
             ,
             with
             open
             face
             thus
             ,
             shews
             more
             of
             this
             shame
             and
             of
             his
             Glory
             .
             Thus
             Job
             was
             more
             humbled
             by
             seeing
             of
             God
             in
             a
             clearer
             light
             .
             
             Abraham
             acknowledges
             himself
             dust
             and
             ashes
             upon
             familiar
             Conference
             with
             Christ
             .
             Their
             Affronts
             put
             on
             him
             
             in
             their
             time
             of
             darkness
             ,
             humble
             them
             soundly
             in
             this
             season
             of
             Light.
             
             They
             learn
             daily
             as
             Socrates
             said
             ,
             
               to
               know
               their
               ignorance
            
             .
             As
             Simonides
             the
             more
             they
             study
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             
             the
             more
             amazed
             are
             they
             with
             his
             glorious
             unsearchableness
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             It
             s
             a
             grateful
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             cannot
             endure
             sinful
             ingratitude
             .
             They
             know
             thereby
             the
             worth
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             the
             high
             price
             ,
             paid
             by
             Christs
             blood
             for
             every
             favour
             afforded
             to
             his
             .
             The
             bounty
             of
             Christ
             so
             magnificently
             multiplied
             on
             them
             still
             renders
             them
             thankful
             Debtors
             ,
             mindful
             of
             their
             Bonds
             .
             Their
             Insolvency
             they
             more
             throughly
             know
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             the
             more
             beholding
             to
             him
             .
             What
             others
             enjoy
             by
             common
             Providence
             ,
             they
             receive
             still
             by
             a
             Gracious
             Promise
             .
             Ingratitude
             ,
             the
             sum
             of
             all
             evil
             ,
             they
             abominate
             as
             the
             Devil
             himself
             .
             Their
             homage
             and
             rent
             do
             they
             bring
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             they
             well
             know
             to
             be
             their
             chief
             Lord.
             Returns
             of
             Duty
             they
             labour
             to
             make
             in
             some
             proportion
             to
             their
             Receipts
             of
             Mercy
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             All
             other
             Graces
             do
             beautifie
             this
             ,
             attending
             on
             Christ
             in
             following
             his
             Train
             .
             Patience
             and
             Prudence
             are
             found
             in
             their
             Rank
             .
             Zeal
             and
             diligence
             will
             not
             be
             backward
             .
             Meekness
             and
             sweetness
             will
             not
             be
             strangers
             .
             Courage
             and
             Fortitude
             are
             ready
             at
             hand
             .
             Sincerity
             and
             self-denial
             are
             inseparable
             companions
             thereof
             .
             The
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             then
             is
             a
             choyce
             Jewel
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             well
             set
             and
             accompanied
             .
             Nothing
             is
             wanting
             for
             knowledge
             or
             comfort
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             Christ
             is
             known
             or
             enjoyed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             6.
             
          
           
             The
             Effects
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             do
             add
             very
             much
             to
             the
             price
             thereof
             .
             It
             works
             effectually
             upon
             the
             whole
             man
             ,
             in
             every
             Relation
             towards
             God
             and
             man.
             There
             is
             no
             condition
             ,
             nor
             occasion
             here
             ,
             wherein
             its
             Influence
             is
             not
             manifested
             .
             It
             s
             a
             precious
             Root
             ,
             that
             bears
             much
             fruit
             ,
             solid
             ,
             substantial
             ,
             and
             still
             seasonable
             .
             It
             renders
             a
             man
             fit
             for
             every
             good
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Preserver
             from
             all
             kind
             of
             evil
             .
             It
             makes
             a
             man
             still
             to
             look
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             seek
             for
             him
             in
             every
             Ordinance
             .
             The
             matter
             and
             means
             of
             Divine
             worship
             with
             the
             
             manner
             and
             solemn
             time
             thereof
             it
             spiritually
             minds
             .
             
             In
             every
             Providence
             Christ
             is
             also
             acknowledged
             by
             such
             ,
             in
             every
             Duty
             towards
             their
             Neighbor
             .
             
             As
             the
             first
             Table
             of
             Christs
             Divine
             Law
             is
             unto
             them
             the
             Standard
             of
             Worship
             ;
             
             so
             is
             the
             second
             Table
             of
             his
             Decalogue
             their
             constant
             Rule
             of
             officious
             Duty
             towards
             every
             man.
             That
             order
             and
             safety
             setled
             by
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             for
             Beauty
             ,
             strength
             and
             use
             in
             this
             worldly
             Fabrick
             ,
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             teaches
             how
             to
             preserve
             with
             all
             possible
             care
             .
             The
             chastity
             and
             propriety
             of
             body
             and
             goods
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             souls
             ,
             it
             looks
             after
             .
             The
             credit
             and
             content
             that
             concerns
             all
             men
             in
             their
             respective
             places
             is
             much
             furthered
             ,
             
             and
             duly
             preserved
             by
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             .
             It
             s
             good
             physick
             to
             purge
             out
             ill
             humours
             ,
             for
             the
             curing
             of
             all
             distempers
             .
             It
             affords
             choice
             food
             for
             old
             and
             for
             young
             ,
             
             for
             strong
             and
             for
             weak
             ,
             in
             all
             necessities
             .
             What
             the
             Rabbies
             soy
             of
             the
             material
             manna
             ,
             is
             truly
             verified
             of
             this
             spiritual
             Meat
             :
             that
             its
             relish
             suits
             every
             Palat
             ,
             and
             may
             satisfie
             every
             desire
             .
             
             It
             s
             a
             Cordial
             against
             all
             faintings
             ,
             to
             revive
             the
             feeble
             in
             their
             Agonies
             .
             Armour
             of
             Proof
             it
             furbishes
             for
             war
             ,
             
             against
             all
             enemies
             inward
             and
             outward
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Key
             of
             Christs
             Magazin
             and
             of
             all
             his
             stores
             ,
             
             opening
             the
             Treasures
             of
             our
             All
             sufficient
             God
             ,
             our
             
               El
               Shaddai
            
             .
             If
             you
             can
             conceive
             any
             thing
             of
             worth
             either
             in
             Heaven
             or
             earth
             ,
             This
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             both
             match
             it
             and
             get
             it
             for
             you
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             may
             tend
             to
             your
             real
             good
             .
             It
             s
             in
             a
             word
             the
             true
             Elixar
             ,
             and
             Philosophers
             Stone
             ,
             that
             turns
             all
             to
             Gold
             ,
             and
             puts
             a
             choice
             vertue
             into
             every
             thing
             towards
             felicity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             This
             knowledge
             appears
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             upon
             good
             Reason
             :
             good
             use
             thereof
             should
             be
             made
             also
             .
             The
             best
             things
             are
             made
             for
             the
             best
             use
             ,
             and
             appear
             best
             therein
             .
             As
             Christ
             himself
             is
             of
             infinite
             usefulness
             ,
             every
             kind
             of
             way
             ;
             so
             is
             his
             Grace
             participatively
             and
             communicatively
             .
             This
             may
             be
             improved
             then
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             a
             word
             of
             Information
             ,
             1.
             
             See
             hence
             by
             way
             of
             Corollary
             ,
             the
             singular
             Method
             that
             should
             regulate
             every
             mans
             
             study
             .
             Men
             are
             naturally
             desirous
             of
             Knowledge
             ,
             by
             an
             Instinct
             suited
             to
             their
             rational
             Being
             .
             Mans
             soul
             was
             at
             first
             made
             after
             Gods
             Image
             in
             perfect
             Knowledge
             .
             
             What
             sin
             lost
             and
             defaced
             in
             Adams
             Treason
             ,
             
             Grace
             only
             Restores
             .
             The
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             affords
             a
             Tree
             of
             Life
             ;
             
             but
             most
             follow
             the
             Serpents
             advice
             stil
             ,
             in
             longing
             after
             another
             knowledge
             ,
             both
             of
             good
             and
             evil
             .
             The
             sinful
             Issue
             of
             sinful
             Adam
             do
             stil
             love
             to
             tread
             in
             his
             steps
             ,
             hearkening
             to
             Satan
             rather
             then
             to
             God.
             They
             are
             still
             Learning
             to
             know
             good
             and
             evil
             by
             sad
             experience
             .
             This
             Tree
             of
             Life
             is
             little
             observed
             and
             less
             improved
             ,
             mens
             palats
             are
             so
             far
             degenerated
             .
             Most
             are
             still
             scrambling
             about
             that
             Tree
             for
             fruit
             ,
             which
             can
             yield
             nothing
             but
             sin
             and
             sorrow
             .
             
             The
             best
             of
             its
             fruit
             like
             to
             Sodoms
             Apples
             ,
             look
             very
             fair
             but
             by
             the
             least
             touch
             turned
             into
             Ashes
             .
             Most
             men
             break
             their
             necks
             in
             clammering
             about
             and
             climing
             of
             that
             Tree
             whose
             fruit
             brings
             death
             .
             
             If
             that
             fruit
             seem
             hard
             ,
             it
             s
             but
             a
             shell
             ;
             if
             it
             appear
             soft
             ,
             it
             s
             through
             rottenness
             .
             In
             every
             condition
             ,
             
             men
             study
             something
             ,
             but
             most
             mind
             least
             this
             choice
             Tree
             of
             Life
             .
             Christ
             is
             Divine
             Wisdom
             ,
             Essentially
             and
             Personally
             .
             In
             him
             are
             
               hid
               all
               the
               Treasures
               of
               Wisdom
               and
               Knowledge
               .
            
             
             He
             keeps
             open
             school
             ,
             and
             sends
             his
             Spirit
             to
             be
             his
             Usher
             .
             
             He
             teaches
             within
             ,
             by
             motions
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             
             and
             without
             us
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Providence
             .
             The
             Volumes
             of
             his
             Truth
             ,
             
             and
             of
             all
             his
             works
             he
             gives
             us
             to
             read
             ,
             that
             the
             former
             may
             explain
             the
             latter
             .
             
             He
             is
             the
             best
             Master
             for
             skil
             and
             sweetness
             .
             Yet
             few
             do
             learn
             to
             any
             purpose
             ,
             because
             they
             slight
             the
             knowledge
             of
             him
             .
             Men
             study
             pleasures
             ,
             profit
             &
             honor
             in
             the
             world
             below
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             had
             only
             from
             him
             .
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             others
             would
             attain
             ,
             but
             they
             miss
             their
             aim
             im●missing
             of
             him
             .
             Some
             gaze
             at
             the
             stars
             ,
             and
             stumble
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             like
             the
             
               blind
               Philosopher
            
             for
             want
             of
             Christs
             Light.
             Many
             study
             words
             to
             tickle
             mens
             ears
             ,
             neglecting
             Christs
             Word
             that
             would
             teach
             the
             heart
             .
             Some
             mind
             the
             Law
             of
             men
             so
             disorderly
             ,
             that
             they
             attend
             not
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             .
             The
             bodies
             of
             men
             are
             studied
             by
             many
             ,
             whilst
             their
             own
             poor
             souls
             are
             wholly
             neglected
             .
             The
             care
             of
             souls
             is
             professed
             by
             some
             ,
             who
             yet
             little
             mind
             this
             saving
             knowledge
             .
             Divers
             ,
             Parrot-like
             ,
             do
             speak
             of
             Christs
             knowledge
             ,
             not
             by
             experience
             ,
             
             but
             only
             by
             Roat
             .
             Too
             many
             are
             found
             studying
             how
             to
             sin
             ,
             without
             trouble
             and
             sence
             ,
             without
             stop
             and
             Remorse
             .
             Not
             a
             few
             tempt
             Satan
             to
             tempt
             them
             ,
             and
             study
             how
             to
             act
             a
             Satanical
             part
             of
             tempting
             of
             others
             .
             Til
             Christ
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             all
             our
             studies
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             fruitless
             ,
             being
             without
             Rule
             .
             Till
             he
             be
             our
             End
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             sure
             still
             to
             prove
             endless
             .
             Til
             he
             be
             the
             ground
             and
             the
             strength
             thereof
             ,
             they
             will
             prove
             groundless
             and
             supportless
             still
             .
             If
             we
             learn
             him
             well
             ,
             he
             will
             teach
             us
             all
             that
             we
             need
             to
             know
             .
             If
             we
             know
             him
             not
             ,
             
             we
             shall
             learn
             nothing
             ,
             that
             's
             worth
             the
             knowing
             .
             Knowledge
             is
             excellent
             ,
             when
             it
             s
             orderly
             learned
             and
             improved
             but
             it
             proves
             mischievous
             ,
             when
             it
             s
             once
             corrupted
             and
             abused
             .
             Such
             men
             like
             Toads
             ,
             carry
             a
             stone
             of
             worth
             in
             their
             heads
             ,
             being
             full
             of
             poyson
             in
             their
             heart
             and
             Life
             .
             Like
             monstrous
             Syrens
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             fair
             face
             ,
             but
             a
             shameful
             Tail.
             The
             
               tinkling
               Cymbal
               ,
               and
               the
               sounding
               Brass
            
             is
             the
             fit
             Emblem
             of
             too
             many
             now
             .
             
             The
             Lord
             teach
             us
             to
             study
             Christ
             stil
             ,
             in
             all
             ,
             above
             all
             ,
             
             that
             we
             may
             know
             all
             in
             him
             and
             for
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Second
             Vse
             is
             for
             reprehension
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             Graceless
             and
             to
             Gracious
             souls
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             IT
             justly
             reproves
             the
             Graceless
             and
             unregenerate
             ,
             that
             still
             many
             wayes
             stand
             against
             this
             Truth
             ,
             as
             1.
             
             All
             ignorant
             ones
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             know
             and
             will
             not
             learn
             Christ
             .
             Such
             live
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             as
             Moles
             under
             ground
             ,
             and
             Owls
             or
             Bats
             in
             the
             open
             ayr
             .
             They
             are
             born
             blind
             ,
             and
             will
             continue
             so
             ,
             not
             looking
             for
             cure
             .
             
             It
             was
             so
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             it
             s
             so
             stil
             ;
             my
             
               people
               parish
               for
               lack
               of
               knowledge
               ,
            
             
             was
             the
             Lords
             complaint
             .
             A
             
               people
               of
               no
               understanding
               shall
            
             find
             
               no
               mercy
               from
               him
            
             that
             made
             them
             .
             
             Consider
             it
             well
             ;
             Gross
             wilful
             ignorance
             will
             aggravate
             ,
             not
             lessen
             your
             sins
             .
             Under
             Gospel-Light
             such
             Ignorance
             is
             very
             dreadful
             .
             
             This
             is
             a
             sad
             condemnation
             indeed
             ,
             that
             seals
             up
             the
             full
             measure
             of
             all
             other
             sins
             .
             
             Men
             think
             they
             see
             ,
             and
             therefore
             remain
             blind
             .
             
             None
             are
             such
             fools
             as
             the
             conceited
             wise
             .
             
             
               My
               people
               is
               foolish
            
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
             again
             ,
             they
             
               have
               not
               known
               me
            
             .
             
             
               They
               are
               wise
               to
               do
               evil
               ,
               but
               to
               do
               good
               they
               have
               
               no
               knowledge
               .
            
             
             Men
             pretend
             business
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             leisure
             ,
             like
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             much
             to
             look
             after
             on
             earth
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             no
             time
             to
             look
             after
             Heaven
             .
             But
             is
             not
             this
             egregious
             folly
             ,
             to
             slight
             the
             Jewel
             ,
             and
             mind
             only
             the
             cask
             ?
             If
             you
             have
             not
             so
             much
             time
             as
             others
             ,
             why
             do
             not
             you
             Redeem
             what
             you
             have
             ?
             should
             not
             you
             rather
             spare
             it
             from
             your
             sleep
             ,
             work
             ,
             or
             Recreation
             ,
             then
             from
             this
             Jewel
             ,
             so
             much
             concerning
             both
             Gods
             honour
             and
             mans
             good
             ?
             Is
             Christ
             so
             little
             worth
             knowing
             and
             owning
             ?
             Will
             not
             you
             rue
             it
             to
             eternity
             ?
             Is
             not
             sinful
             darkness
             the
             beginning
             of
             Hell
             and
             utter
             darkness
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             womb
             and
             Nurse
             of
             all
             sin
             ?
             If
             Papists
             be
             content
             with
             picture-Teachers
             ,
             and
             blind
             obedience
             ,
             slighting
             and
             slandering
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             should
             their
             folly
             be
             followed
             among
             us
             ?
             Is
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             so
             to
             be
             disowned
             ?
             If
             the
             servant
             that
             knows
             not
             his
             Masters
             will
             ,
             shall
             be
             beaten
             ,
             
             though
             with
             fewer
             stripes
             ;
             what
             will
             become
             of
             him
             that
             would
             not
             learn
             to
             understand
             his
             will
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             All
             negligent
             ones
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             take
             pains
             to
             attain
             unto
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             .
             Such
             may
             possibly
             enjoy
             special
             helps
             ;
             they
             may
             have
             pregnant
             parts
             ,
             profess
             fair
             ,
             and
             seem
             to
             desire
             good
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             sluggish
             ,
             they
             improve
             not
             all
             means
             ,
             and
             prove
             lazy
             in
             their
             enquiries
             after
             Christs
             wisdom
             .
             This
             is
             a
             sad
             and
             common
             evil
             .
             
             Many
             such
             
               shall
               seek
               to
               enter
               in
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               shall
               not
               be
               able
            
             .
             He
             that
             asks
             lazily
             ,
             teaches
             denyal
             .
             The
             lazy
             servant
             that
             hoarded
             up
             his
             Talent
             smarted
             sore
             for
             it
             .
             None
             can
             be
             excused
             for
             such
             a
             neglect
             .
             
             Is
             not
             Christ
             well
             worth
             the
             taking
             pains
             for
             ?
             Who
             looks
             for
             a
             conquest
             without
             trouble
             ?
             Who
             expects
             a
             crop
             without
             care
             &
             cost
             ?
             Who
             can
             drive
             a
             Trade
             without
             pain
             and
             venture
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             best
             Trade
             and
             Husbandry
             ,
             
             the
             best
             warfare
             and
             surest
             Venture
             ?
             Who
             gets
             acquaintance
             with
             the
             Lords
             wisdom
             ,
             
             without
             crying
             ,
             waiting
             and
             searching
             ?
             
             Why
             art
             thou
             content
             with
             a
             Velleity
             ,
             
             and
             a
             woulding
             will
             without
             endeavour
             ,
             like
             the
             sluggards
             wish
             ?
             
             Why
             art
             thou
             pleased
             with
             barren
             desires
             ,
             and
             fruitless
             Resolves
             ?
             
             If
             thy
             seeming
             longing
             make
             thee
             not
             active
             and
             inquisitive
             ,
             impatient
             of
             delay
             ,
             and
             unsatisfied
             ,
             it
             s
             a
             false
             longing
             .
             
             If
             thou
             be
             not
             better
             then
             the
             stony
             ground
             ,
             lasting
             but
             a
             while
             ,
             
             and
             soon
             blasted
             ,
             what
             will
             thy
             end
             be
             ?
             
             Dost
             thou
             not
             hereby
             reproach
             Christ
             sadly
             ,
             by
             preferring
             creatures
             before
             him
             ?
             Thou
             wilt
             Repent
             when
             it
             s
             too
             late
             ,
             if
             Ephesus
             warning
             do
             not
             rouz
             thee
             up
             .
             Be
             convinced
             then
             of
             thy
             laziness
             ;
             
             be
             ashamed
             and
             weary
             of
             it
             .
             It
             concerns
             thee
             to
             see
             thy
             folly
             and
             thy
             misery
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
             This
             Truth
             looks
             wishly
             upon
             Formalists
             ,
             that
             have
             indeed
             a
             
               form
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               but
               deny
               the
               Power
               thereof
               .
            
             A
             bare
             external
             painted
             form
             they
             have
             ,
             a
             shel
             of
             duty
             and
             carkass
             of
             Religion
             ,
             but
             without
             the
             Life
             and
             inward
             vigour
             .
             Such
             are
             Pharisaical
             monkish
             Hypocrites
             ;
             
             varnished
             potsheards
             ,
             garnished
             Sepulchres
             .
             Christ
             was
             troubled
             with
             such
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             we
             still
             .
             
             Profession
             is
             grown
             into
             fashion
             ,
             shifted
             by
             many
             as
             men
             shift
             their
             cloaths
             .
             
             They
             make
             use
             of
             God
             to
             serve
             their
             own
             turn
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             their
             Lust
             .
             Such
             are
             on
             a
             round
             of
             duty
             like
             a
             Mill-horse
             in
             a
             course
             ,
             perfunctorily
             .
             Religionis
             their
             task
             and
             Burthen
             .
             They
             post
             from
             one
             Ordinance
             to
             another
             as
             to
             a
             stage
             ,
             longing
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             their
             trouble
             .
             Used
             to
             a
             Road
             ,
             as
             a
             Carriers
             horse
             they
             carry
             their
             Load
             ,
             and
             take
             their
             turns
             .
             
             But
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             they
             are
             strangers
             to
             .
             Their
             worship
             is
             much
             like
             the
             mongrel
             Samaritans
             ,
             that
             knew
             the
             Lord
             in
             a
             mixt
             formal
             way
             ,
             
             but
             knew
             him
             not
             aright
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             woful
             condition
             !
             thinkest
             thou
             to
             baffle
             Christ
             thus
             ?
             
             Will
             this
             foppish
             way
             of
             dead
             performances
             be
             pleasing
             to
             him
             who
             
               is
               a
               Spirit
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               will
               be
               worshipped
               in
               spirit
               and
               Truth
               ?
            
             Did
             not
             Paul
             himself
             see
             the
             vanity
             of
             his
             utmost
             Pharisaical
             holiness
             ,
             
             wherein
             he
             rested
             before
             his
             conversion
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             not
             much
             more
             need
             to
             bewail
             thy
             coldness
             and
             deadness
             ,
             
             thy
             cursoriness
             and
             heartlesness
             ?
             A
             sacrifice
             without
             a
             heart
             ,
             was
             alwayes
             ominous
             ,
             as
             it
             proved
             among
             the
             Romans
             .
             Wilt
             thon
             put
             off
             God
             as
             Heathens
             serve
             their
             Idols
             ,
             
             with
             a
             liveless
             worship
             ?
             If
             thou
             offer
             the
             lame
             and
             the
             torn
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             evil
             ?
             
             How
             far
             art
             thou
             from
             knowing
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             knowest
             not
             thy self
             ,
             
             but
             art
             well
             conceited
             of
             thy
             good
             meaing
             ,
             and
             thy
             good
             Duties
             ?
             
             Who
             hath
             required
             these
             things
             at
             thy
             hand
             ?
             Will
             not
             the
             Lord
             rebuke
             thee
             as
             he
             did
             Israel
             in
             the
             like
             case
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             justly
             reproves
             the
             Justitiary
             Legalist
             ,
             that
             seems
             exact
             in
             his
             way
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             rests
             thereon
             .
             He
             is
             not
             
             so
             bad
             as
             the
             worst
             ,
             and
             therefore
             thinks
             himself
             as
             good
             as
             the
             best
             .
             His
             seeming
             Justice
             ,
             equity
             and
             charity
             beguiles
             him
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Formalists
             painted
             holiness
             .
             He
             hopes
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             his
             good
             Deeds
             ,
             and
             good
             Intentions
             ,
             as
             the
             Papists
             do
             ▪
             thinking
             that
             Christ
             will
             make
             up
             for
             him
             what
             is
             defective
             .
             Alas
             wretched
             soul
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             patch
             up
             thus
             a
             Linsey
             Woolsey
             Garment
             of
             thy
             own
             Righteousness
             ,
             mingled
             with
             Christs
             Merits
             ?
             Will
             thy
             fig-leaves
             cover
             thy
             nakedness
             ?
             Will
             thy
             crack'd
             peny
             make
             amends
             to
             God
             for
             millions
             of
             pounds
             due
             to
             him
             from
             thee
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             do
             any
             thing
             without
             sin
             ?
             Art
             thou
             not
             bound
             to
             be
             wholly
             his
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             satisfie
             his
             Infinite
             Justice
             ,
             
             or
             deserve
             his
             Infinite
             Mercy
             ?
             Did
             Christ
             merit
             that
             thou
             mightest
             merit
             ?
             
             Is
             he
             a
             Remote
             Saviour
             ,
             that
             thy self
             mightst
             be
             thine
             immediate
             Saviour
             ?
             
             Canst
             thou
             climbe
             to
             Heaven
             with
             a
             Ladder
             of
             thy
             making
             ,
             
             or
             waft
             thy self
             over
             into
             the
             Indie's
             in
             thy
             own
             Nut-shel
             of
             self-Righteousness
             ?
             
             Civil
             morality
             is
             good
             in
             it self
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             Justifie
             thy
             person
             ;
             
             as
             a
             piece
             of
             brass
             is
             good
             for
             something
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             pass
             for
             Gold
             ,
             
             nor
             to
             pay
             an
             Infinite
             ransom
             .
             God
             gives
             indeed
             a
             Reward
             to
             his
             according
             to
             their
             works
             ,
             
             but
             not
             for
             their
             works
             sake
             .
             
             Thou
             canst
             not
             be
             saved
             without
             good
             works
             ;
             and
             yet
             not
             by
             works
             .
             
             If
             thou
             knewest
             Christ
             graciously
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             know
             thy self
             to
             be
             unworthy
             and
             insufficient
             still
             .
             
             See
             thy
             folly
             and
             thy
             misery
             ,
             
             in
             trusting
             to
             self
             ;
             thou
             loosest
             and
             slightest
             the
             only
             Pearl
             of
             Price
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             This
             point
             casts
             a
             very
             ghastly
             glance
             upon
             all
             profane
             licentious
             persons
             ,
             
             that
             turn
             Christs
             grace
             into
             wantonness
             ,
             and
             delight
             in
             a
             sinful
             Liberty
             .
             
             Consider
             it
             thou
             Swearer
             and
             drunkard
             ,
             thou
             Lyar
             and
             unclean
             wretch
             ;
             thou
             scoffer
             and
             malicious
             ;
             
             thou
             proud
             and
             wanton
             ;
             thou
             slanderer
             and
             riotous
             Liver
             .
             Why
             dost
             thou
             profess
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             to
             abuse
             him
             thus
             ?
             Art
             not
             thou
             much
             worse
             then
             Pilate
             or
             Judas
             ,
             then
             the
             Jewes
             and
             Romanes
             in
             affronting
             and
             murthering
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             not
             give
             him
             ten
             blows
             for
             one
             good
             word
             ,
             destroying
             thy self
             in
             disgracing
             him
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             presume
             on
             his
             mercy
             still
             ,
             whilst
             thou
             delightest
             in
             the
             Devils
             work
             ?
             Doth
             the
             Name
             and
             Baptism
             of
             Christ
             give
             thee
             a
             Protection
             from
             Divine
             Justice
             ,
             whilst
             thou
             remainest
             
             still
             in
             open
             Rebellion
             ?
             
             Dost
             thou
             hope
             still
             to
             pacifie
             him
             with
             a
             few
             faint
             words
             of
             
               Lord
               hove
               mercy
               ,
               I
               am
               sorry
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             mock-speeches
             ?
             Is
             Repentance
             in
             thy
             own
             power
             ,
             or
             thy
             Life
             and
             Means
             ,
             that
             still
             thou
             puttest
             off
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             lay
             the
             whole
             Burthen
             on
             the
             tyred
             horse
             ,
             and
             wave
             returning
             till
             thy
             elder
             age
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             give
             Satan
             the
             creame
             ,
             and
             Christ
             the
             Refuse
             of
             thy
             time
             and
             strength
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             hope
             for
             Christs
             Salvation
             in
             the
             high
             Road
             to
             thy
             damnation
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             still
             delight
             in
             the
             Devils
             work
             ,
             and
             yet
             hope
             for
             wages
             from
             Heaven
             ?
             
             Is
             not
             thy
             case
             very
             desperate
             ,
             to
             follow
             the
             Devil
             into
             every
             sin
             ?
             
             Couldst
             thou
             but
             see
             thy
             Infernal
             Guide
             ,
             that
             
               leads
               thee
               captive
               at
               his
               will
               ,
            
             what
             a
             dreadful
             sight
             would
             that
             prove
             to
             thee
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             lived
             so
             long
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             the
             Smiths
             Dog
             under
             the
             Anvil
             ,
             to
             deafen
             and
             harden
             thee
             ?
             Will
             not
             thy
             later
             end
             prove
             most
             desperate
             ,
             that
             hast
             made
             so
             much
             haste
             in
             the
             broad
             way
             to
             Hell
             ?
             If
             Grace
             prevent
             not
             miraculously
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             know
             that
             Christ
             to
             thy
             confusion
             ,
             whom
             thou
             wouldst
             not
             know
             to
             thy
             conversion
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             Truth
             looks
             wishly
             on
             carnal
             Notionists
             ,
             who
             pretend
             much
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             yet
             remain
             destitute
             of
             his
             Grace
             .
             They
             have
             learned
             to
             prate
             about
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             use
             his
             Name
             for
             a
             Sanctuary
             to
             sin
             .
             From
             vain
             Notions
             they
             speedily
             run
             into
             vile
             affections
             ,
             and
             their
             devotion
             lies
             most
             in
             their
             fancy
             .
             Their
             Tongue
             is
             tipped
             with
             the
             Language
             of
             Canaan
             to
             deceive
             the
             simple
             in
             deceiving
             themselves
             .
             
             This
             age
             abounds
             with
             such
             ,
             
             the
             Lord
             awaken
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             lulled
             asleep
             in
             the
             Devils
             Lap.
             Alas
             wretched
             soul
             ,
             what
             will
             be
             thy
             end
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             thy
             case
             in
             such
             delusions
             ?
             If
             thy
             head
             swel
             much
             with
             giddy
             Notions
             ,
             doth
             it
             not
             betoken
             a
             woful
             disease
             ?
             
             Whither
             will
             Satan
             transformed
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light
             lead
             thee
             at
             the
             last
             ?
             
             How
             sad
             is
             it
             thus
             to
             poyson
             thy self
             &
             so
             many
             more
             ,
             
             in
             mingling
             fancies
             with
             Gods
             holy
             Word
             ,
             perverted
             by
             thee
             ,
             to
             dream
             thy self
             into
             a
             fools
             Paradise
             ,
             whilst
             thou
             slightest
             Christ
             &
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             how
             woful
             is
             it
             ?
             Thou
             playest
             like
             a
             Gnat
             and
             Moth
             about
             the
             Candle
             ,
             till
             thou
             be
             consumed
             by
             the
             heat
             thereof
             .
             Golden
             Imaginations
             do
             tickle
             thy
             thoughts
             whilst
             Satan
             is
             leading
             thee
             captive
             at
             his
             Will.
             Are
             not
             such
             spiritual
             Judgements
             the
             worst
             of
             
             all
             to
             be
             given
             up
             thus
             to
             strong
             delusions
             ,
             
             to
             believe
             such
             Lies
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             because
             thou
             receivest
             not
             the
             Truth
             in
             the
             Love
             of
             it
             ,
             
             that
             God
             gives
             
               thee
               up
               to
               thy
               own
               hearts
               Lusts
               ?
            
             How
             far
             art
             thou
             from
             a
             gracious
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             turnest
             his
             Grace
             into
             wantonness
             ?
             Didst
             thou
             know
             Christ
             aright
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             know
             thy self
             better
             ,
             and
             wouldst
             see
             thy
             new
             pretended
             Light
             to
             be
             but
             old
             darkness
             .
             Thy
             pretence
             of
             Christs
             name
             will
             do
             thee
             little
             good
             whilst
             thou
             slightest
             his
             Word
             and
             Ways
             ,
             his
             Sabbath
             and
             Worship
             ,
             his
             Service
             and
             Saints
             .
             
             Satan
             may
             cease
             troubling
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             fill
             thee
             with
             false
             joyes
             ;
             
             but
             thy
             carnal
             Raptures
             will
             soon
             end
             in
             wo
             ,
             like
             the
             crackling
             of
             Thorns
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             most
             gracious
             may
             find
             just
             cause
             from
             this
             very
             point
             to
             humble
             and
             judge
             themselves
             for
             the
             remaining
             of
             so
             much
             sin
             in
             them
             .
             The
             most
             are
             totally
             guilty
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             in
             part
             of
             too
             much
             darkness
             and
             dulness
             ,
             selfishness
             and
             sinfulness
             against
             this
             precious
             Jewel
             .
             That
             Christ
             is
             no
             better
             known
             unto
             thee
             after
             so
             much
             of
             his
             glorious
             discoveries
             ,
             what
             a
             shame
             is
             it
             ?
             that
             there
             is
             yet
             so
             little
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             of
             corruption
             in
             us
             ,
             should
             it
             not
             deeply
             humble
             us
             ?
             that
             we
             savour
             so
             much
             of
             self
             ,
             and
             so
             little
             of
             Christ
             :
             Is
             it
             not
             matter
             of
             sad
             lamentation
             ,
             that
             Christ
             should
             be
             slighted
             and
             abused
             ,
             forgotten
             and
             forsaken
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             by
             his
             very
             Friends
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             wofull
             ?
             The
             more
             precious
             Christ
             is
             unto
             us
             ,
             
             the
             more
             vile
             shall
             we
             be
             to
             our selves
             ?
             Saith
             not
             Christ
             to
             us
             ,
             
             as
             David
             his
             Type
             to
             his
             bosom
             friend
             that
             wretched
             Anitophel
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             dreadfull
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             our
             nearest
             and
             dearest
             relations
             ?
             Hadst
             thou
             struck
             thy
             best
             friend
             in
             the
             dark
             on
             mistake
             ,
             how
             would
             it
             break
             thy
             heart
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             Truth
             will
             afford
             a
             needfull
             Test
             for
             a
             due
             examination
             .
             Hence
             may
             we
             trie
             our
             state
             personal
             and
             publique
             to
             frame
             a
             Prognostick
             of
             our
             hopes
             and
             fears
             .
             In
             this
             ballance
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
             our
             case
             should
             be
             weighed
             .
             Deceit
             is
             common
             and
             very
             dreadfull
             .
             
             
               False
               Christs
               and
               false
               Prophets
            
             variously
             delude
             themselves
             and
             others
             too
             .
             Bring
             then
             all
             to
             Gods
             Touch.
             
          
           
           
             1.
             
             By
             the
             due
             review
             and
             application
             of
             all
             the
             former
             particulars
             :
             do
             we
             know
             Christ
             thus
             in
             his
             person
             and
             office
             ,
             in
             his
             Progress
             and
             Purchase
             ,
             in
             his
             Relation
             and
             Influence
             ?
             Are
             we
             the
             subjects
             so
             wrought
             upon
             by
             him
             ?
             Are
             we
             thus
             acquainted
             with
             the
             cause
             and
             nature
             ,
             with
             the
             properties
             and
             effects
             of
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             ?
             Are
             we
             not
             still
             in
             that
             unregenerate
             state
             of
             reigning
             Ignorance
             and
             neglect
             ,
             
             of
             formality
             and
             self
             justifying
             ,
             
             of
             profaness
             or
             notional
             delusions
             ?
             Is
             the
             spiritual
             Change
             yet
             wrought
             within
             us
             by
             the
             
             special
             hand
             of
             Christs
             renewing
             Spirit
             ?
             
             Our
             nature
             of
             it self
             is
             as
             bad
             as
             the
             worst
             ;
             
             Is
             it
             now
             savingly
             transformed
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             mind
             ?
             
             How
             far
             is
             this
             change
             wrought
             in
             our selves
             and
             others
             ?
             
             mind
             it
             exactly
             by
             the
             standard
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             this
             Change
             was
             wrought
             ,
             is
             as
             considerable
             .
             What
             Method
             and
             Means
             did
             Gods
             Spirit
             use
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             manner
             did
             he
             prevail
             with
             us
             ?
             Were
             we
             effectually
             convinced
             by
             him
             of
             sin
             and
             Righteousness
             ?
             Were
             we
             made
             to
             see
             the
             worst
             of
             our selves
             ,
             
             that
             we
             might
             embrace
             the
             best
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Have
             we
             felt
             at
             the
             heart
             such
             a
             clear
             discovery
             of
             our
             emptiness
             and
             sinfulness
             ,
             of
             our
             Wretchedness
             and
             Unworthiness
             ,
             of
             our
             Insufficiency
             and
             nothingness
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             wholly
             weaned
             from
             self
             ,
             and
             carried
             out
             to
             him
             ?
             Have
             we
             duly
             observed
             the
             unability
             of
             all
             Creatures
             to
             afford
             us
             help
             ?
             Hath
             the
             sight
             and
             sense
             of
             our
             wofull
             state
             so
             opposite
             to
             God
             ,
             made
             Christ
             truly
             precious
             to
             our
             souls
             ?
             Are
             we
             more
             troubled
             at
             the
             pollution
             then
             at
             the
             punishment
             of
             sin
             ?
             Doth
             it
             grieve
             us
             to
             the
             very
             soul
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             grieved
             such
             a
             dear
             Saviour
             ?
             Have
             we
             beheld
             our
             state
             in
             the
             Glass
             of
             his
             Law
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Gospel
             to
             make
             us
             sensible
             efficaciously
             both
             of
             our
             Malady
             and
             of
             his
             Remedy
             ?
             
             Hath
             he
             made
             his
             Word
             so
             to
             work
             on
             us
             ,
             
             as
             to
             break
             our
             hearts
             and
             melt
             them
             kindly
             ?
             Have
             we
             found
             that
             hammer
             and
             fire
             of
             his
             killing
             our
             sins
             and
             quickning
             our
             souls
             ?
             Hath
             he
             made
             us
             thereby
             cheerfully
             willing
             to
             give
             up
             all
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             prefer
             him
             above
             all
             ?
             Hath
             he
             blessed
             the
             means
             so
             effectually
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             us
             feel
             him
             in
             and
             through
             them
             all
             ?
             Hath
             he
             made
             every
             sin
             more
             bitter
             to
             our
             Taste
             ,
             then
             ever
             we
             found
             any
             sweetness
             therein
             ?
             
             Hath
             he
             knock●d
             us
             off
             from
             all
             other
             props
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             rest
             upon
             him
             alone
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Consider
             also
             how
             this
             Change
             works
             now
             to
             clear
             this
             Inquiry
             with
             impartiality
             .
             Doth
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             operate
             on
             us
             by
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             the
             Soul
             doth
             upon
             the
             Body
             through
             its
             variety
             of
             intermediate
             Spirits
             ?
             Observe
             it
             we
             may
             in
             the
             resemblance
             of
             that
             three-fold
             Life
             ,
             which
             mans
             soule
             doth
             communicate
             to
             its
             proper
             subject
             .
             A
             vegetative
             ,
             a
             sensitive
             ,
             a
             rational
             Life
             is
             afforded
             thereby
             :
             Doth
             Christ
             do
             so
             to
             us
             spiritually
             ?
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             A
             Vegetative
             Life
             is
             for
             Nutrition
             ,
             Augmentation
             and
             Propagation
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             FOR
             Nutrition
             ,
             whereto
             serve
             the
             several
             faculties
             attractive
             and
             retentive
             ,
             concoctive
             and
             expulsive
             :
             Doth
             this
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             act
             thus
             within
             us
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             Do
             we
             draw
             and
             attract
             spiritual
             nourishment
             to
             the
             supply
             of
             our
             renewed
             wants
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             suck
             his
             breasts
             as
             new
             born
             babs
             ,
             
             and
             desire
             that
             food
             that
             may
             sustain
             us
             to
             eternal
             Life
             ?
             Is
             it
             done
             in
             season
             and
             order
             ,
             in
             quantity
             and
             quality
             meet
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Do
             we
             retain
             and
             keep
             the
             same
             with
             all
             diligence
             ,
             lest
             
               at
               any
               time
               we
               should
               let
               it
               slip
               ?
            
             
             Is
             it
             laid
             up
             in
             our
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             industriously
             kept
             ,
             
             that
             it
             may
             keep
             us
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Do
             we
             concoct
             and
             digest
             it
             well
             by
             spiritual
             fervour
             ,
             to
             be
             distributed
             unto
             every
             part
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             shun
             and
             abhor
             Crudities
             ,
             
             Cloyings
             and
             Oppressions
             that
             might
             hinder
             it
             .
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Do
             we
             expel
             
               all
               sinfull
            
             Excrements
             that
             continually
             do
             breed
             within
             us
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             loath
             ,
             
             detest
             ,
             and
             cast
             out
             duly
             all
             filthiness
             of
             flesh
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             
             and
             all
             superfluity
             of
             naughtiness
             from
             every
             part
             of
             us
             ?
          
           
           
             2.
             
             For
             Augmentation
             ,
             Is
             our
             spiritual
             Life
             ,
             like
             the
             natural
             ,
             
             still
             upon
             increase
             ,
             spreading
             it self
             into
             every
             part
             ,
             
             that
             our
             growth
             may
             be
             proportional
             ,
             
             universal
             ,
             and
             perpetual
             ?
             Doth
             this
             knowledge
             dilate
             all
             faculties
             in
             Mind
             and
             Judgement
             ,
             Reason
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             Will
             and
             Affections
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             For
             Propagation
             ,
             
             Doth
             our
             spiritual
             Life
             ,
             as
             the
             natural
             ,
             labor
             still
             to
             beget
             in
             us
             ,
             
             and
             produce
             in
             others
             more
             fruits
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             
             more
             issues
             of
             Grace
             to
             perpetuate
             this
             divine
             off-spring
             ?
             Is
             nothing
             more
             active
             and
             communicative
             ?
             Doth
             it
             diffuse
             its
             species
             round
             about
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Issue
             and
             Image
             of
             him
             who
             is
             the
             chief
             and
             most
             communicative
             good
             ?
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             A
             sensitive
             Life
             is
             for
             Sense
             ,
             Motion
             and
             Appetite
             ;
             so
             it
             our
             spiritual
             Life
             :
             Doth
             Christ
             do
             so
             to
             us
             spiritually
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             Doth
             he
             give
             us
             Sense
             external
             and
             internal
             ,
             as
             in
             Nature
             ,
             so
             in
             Grace
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             External
             Sense
             is
             five-fold
             ,
             by
             Sight
             ,
             and
             Hearing
             ,
             Smelling
             ,
             Taste
             and
             Touch.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             DO
             we
             spiritually
             discern
             and
             delight
             in
             the
             Beauty
             of
             Christs
             divine
             holiness
             in
             all
             his
             perfections
             ,
             
             in
             all
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             
             and
             in
             every
             Providence
             ?
             Do
             we
             thereby
             see
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             reflect
             on
             our selves
             as
             becomes
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             behold
             vanity
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Is
             our
             Hearing
             spiritually
             employed
             in
             listning
             after
             the
             Fathers
             Commands
             ,
             
             Christs
             invitations
             ,
             
             the
             Spirits
             motions
             ,
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Rod
             ,
             
             within
             and
             without
             us
             ?
             Is
             our
             ear
             opened
             to
             our
             Beloved
             ,
             
             and
             boared
             to
             the
             posts
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             hearken
             after
             any
             Tempter
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Have
             we
             a
             spiritual
             Smell
             after
             the
             perfumes
             of
             Christs
             precious
             Garments
             ;
             the
             droppings
             of
             his
             Graces
             and
             Benefits
             ,
             
             and
             the
             fragrancy
             of
             his
             divine
             Spices
             :
             
             Do
             we
             odorare
             the
             sweetness
             of
             his
             Garden
             ,
             
             and
             prefer
             it
             before
             all
             the
             rankness
             of
             sin
             ,
             
             self
             ,
             of
             the
             World
             and
             Satan
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Is
             our
             Taste
             spiritually
             active
             to
             relish
             the
             dainties
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             the
             pleasures
             of
             his
             Table
             ,
             
             the
             choiceness
             of
             his
             feast
             ?
             Do
             we
             prefer
             his
             flaggons
             and
             apples
             ,
             
             Do
             we
             relish
             him
             in
             his
             sweetness
             and
             comfort
             before
             all
             the
             worlds
             chear
             ?
             all
             ,
             and
             all
             in
             him
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             therefore
             abhor
             the
             bitterness
             attending
             every
             sin
             ,
             though
             sugard
             with
             Pleasure
             ,
             Profit
             or
             Honor
             ?
             
               Do
               we
               taste
               and
               know
               how
               good
               the
               Lord
               is
               ?
            
          
           
             5.
             
             Is
             our
             Touch
             also
             spiritually
             employed
             to
             feel
             the
             difference
             between
             heat
             and
             cold
             ,
             
             between
             good
             and
             evil
             in
             the
             things
             of
             Christ
             ?
             
             Is
             this
             sense
             as
             others
             ,
             so
             well
             exercised
             to
             avoid
             all
             evil
             ,
             and
             embrace
             the
             good
             ?
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             The
             Internal
             sense
             receives
             from
             those
             Cinque
             Ports
             and
             Gates
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Objects
             to
             be
             orderly
             view'd
             and
             compar'd
             ,
             laid
             up
             and
             improved
             by
             the
             faculties
             called
             Common
             sense
             ,
             Phantasie
             ,
             and
             Memory
             .
             Are
             we
             thus
             spiritually
             sensible
             through
             this
             gracions
             Knowledge
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             BY
             
               common
               sense
            
             and
             general
             Perception
             of
             the
             species
             of
             things
             ,
             with
             their
             circumstantiated
             differences
             of
             Motion
             ,
             Rest
             ,
             Magnitude
             ,
             Number
             ,
             &c.
             to
             give
             thereof
             a
             definitive
             intimation
             unto
             the
             Phantasie
             .
             
             Doth
             Christs
             Spirit
             thus
             help
             us
             to
             discern
             of
             all
             things
             presented
             for
             a
             spiritual
             use
             ,
             
             to
             be
             faithfully
             reviewed
             and
             transmitted
             for
             orderly
             Improvement
             ?
             Do
             we
             keep
             watch
             ,
             and
             take
             due
             account
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Passengers
             and
             Guests
             coming
             to
             visit
             our
             internal
             man
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             punctually
             discerned
             and
             orderly
             dealt
             with
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Phantasie
             or
             Imagination
             entertaining
             those
             various
             Objects
             ,
             
             compares
             ,
             divides
             and
             composes
             them
             much
             like
             a
             Printer
             ,
             
             doth
             order
             his
             work
             with
             multitudes
             of
             variations
             and
             flowrishes
             .
             
             Have
             we
             a
             like
             spiritual
             skill
             faithfully
             to
             compare
             the
             things
             that
             differ
             ,
             to
             separate
             the
             good
             from
             the
             evil
             ,
             to
             compose
             all
             things
             to
             spiritual
             advantage
             ?
          
           
           
             3.
             
             Memory
             laies
             up
             what
             is
             thus
             ordered
             ,
             and
             laieth
             it
             out
             again
             ,
             
             as
             there
             is
             occasion
             ,
             in
             the
             na●ural
             man.
             Is
             it
             so
             with
             us
             in
             the
             spiritual
             man
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             remember
             well
             the
             things
             of
             Christs
             Glory
             ,
             
             and
             of
             our
             own
             Peace
             ?
             Do
             we
             so
             record
             what
             he
             teaches
             us
             ,
             as
             to
             improve
             it
             in
             season
             and
             order
             ?
             Do
             we
             so
             lay
             up
             as
             to
             lay
             out
             in
             the
             best
             manner
             ?
             Are
             we
             carefull
             not
             to
             forget
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             of
             his
             ?
             Do
             we
             therefore
             beware
             of
             oblivion-water
             ,
             
             that
             we
             become
             not
             like
             wretched
             Israel
             ?
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             Sensitive
             Life
             acts
             by
             way
             of
             motion
             ,
             upward
             and
             downward
             ,
             to
             the
             right
             and
             left
             ,
             forward
             and
             backward
             ,
             in
             Pulsation
             and
             Respiration
             .
             Do
             we
             move
             thus
             spiritually
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             DO
             we
             move
             upward
             towards
             Christ
             and
             Heaven
             ,
             
             aspiring
             still
             after
             Eternity
             ?
             
             Is
             our
             Center
             above
             ,
             and
             our
             Load-stone
             there
             where
             Christ
             sits
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God
             ?
             
             Is
             there
             a
             divine
             fire
             within
             us
             ,
             bending
             still
             heaven-ward
             to
             its
             first
             original
             ?
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             downward
             against
             every
             sin
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             labor
             still
             to
             tread
             self
             and
             Satan
             under
             foot
             ,
             
             with
             all
             sublunaries
             ,
             
             as
             Christ
             and
             his
             spouse
             eminently
             do
             ?
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             to
             the
             right
             in
             compassion
             and
             brotherly
             Love
             ,
             
             friendly
             assistance
             and
             Christian
             forbearance
             ,
             as
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             teach
             us
             practically
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             to
             the
             left
             by
             pittying
             and
             bemoaning
             sinners
             ,
             
             praying
             for
             them
             ,
             
             reproving
             of
             them
             ,
             
             and
             directing
             and
             exhorting
             them
             that
             yet
             remain
             in
             the
             gall
             of
             bitterness
             ,
             
             and
             in
             the
             bonds
             of
             iniquity
             ,
             
             plucking
             some
             as
             brands
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ?
             Christ
             himself
             did
             so
             in
             the
             days
             of
             his
             flesh
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             forward
             still
             ,
             
             toward
             the
             price
             of
             the
             heavenly
             calling
             ,
             
             looking
             at
             Jesus
             ,
             
               &
               c
            
             ?
             Do
             we
             so
             press
             forward
             towards
             the
             Mark
             ,
             forgetting
             the
             things
             behind
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             lose
             no
             time
             in
             this
             race
             of
             ours
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             back
             sometime
             to
             hasten
             our
             pace
             ,
             
             that
             we
             may
             leap
             better
             ,
             
             in
             considering
             our
             ways
             with
             remorse
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             strong
             resolves
             to
             be
             more
             diligent
             in
             learning
             Wisdom
             from
             former
             follies
             ?
          
           
           
             7.
             
             Doth
             our
             Pulse
             beat
             spiritually
             with
             freeness
             ,
             strength
             and
             orderliness
             ,
             to
             signifie
             the
             due
             Composure
             and
             harmonious
             Accord
             of
             all
             our
             Vitals
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Doth
             our
             heart
             keep
             a
             right
             Circulation
             of
             spiritual
             blood
             from
             the
             Center
             to
             the
             Circumference
             with
             renewed
             Reciprocations
             ?
             
             Do
             the
             various
             Communications
             of
             his
             Spirit
             (
             set
             out
             by
             the
             Title
             of
             seven
             Spirits
             ,
             to
             denote
             Perfection
             ,
             Variety
             and
             Sufficiency
             )
             manifest
             themselves
             in
             the
             constant
             Tenor
             of
             
             of
             our
             spiritual
             Pulse
             ,
             
             by
             returning
             still
             to
             Christ
             what
             we
             are
             still
             receiving
             from
             him
             ?
             Are
             we
             sensible
             of
             any
             change
             there
             in
             weakness
             ,
             
             inaequality
             and
             disorderliness
             for
             speedy
             remove
             
             of
             all
             obstructions
             disturbing
             the
             same
             ?
             
          
           
             8.
             
             Do
             we
             move
             also
             in
             Spiritual
             Respirations
             ;
             1.
             
             Inspiring
             the
             fresh
             gales
             of
             his
             reviving
             Spirit
             ;
             
             who
             blows
             where
             he
             lists
             ,
             
             and
             breaths
             into
             us
             by
             internal
             and
             external
             motions
             to
             temper
             our
             Spirits
             ,
             
             and
             to
             revive
             them
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             therein
             imitate
             David
             and
             all
             the
             friends
             of
             Christ
             in
             their
             spiritual
             Pantings
             and
             longings
             ?
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Expiring
             the
             fuliginous
             vapors
             of
             our
             sinfull
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             breathing
             forth
             the
             desires
             of
             our
             souls
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             those
             fumes
             that
             are
             so
             noisom
             to
             all
             our
             vitals
             ,
             
             and
             still
             breeding
             feavourish
             heats
             in
             our
             internal
             man
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             long
             to
             eject
             these
             unwelcome
             Guests
             ,
             who
             still
             like
             that
             serpent
             in
             Aesop
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             sting
             and
             poison
             their
             host
             ,
             when
             they
             recover
             heat
             ?
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             Sensitive
             Life
             acts
             by
             Appetite
             .
             Doth
             spiritual
             Life
             act
             so
             within
             us
             ,
             both
             Concupiscibly
             and
             Irascibly
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             concupiscible
             Appetite
             acts
             the
             Affections
             of
             Love
             and
             Hatred
             ,
             Joy
             and
             Sorrow
             ,
             Desire
             and
             Disdain
             .
             Is
             the
             like
             felt
             in
             us
             spiritually
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             DO
             we
             love
             Christ
             as
             the
             best
             Object
             for
             sweetness
             and
             beauty
             ,
             
             excellency
             and
             sutableness
             ,
             
             the
             incomparable
             Paragon
             of
             all
             ?
             
             Have
             we
             none
             in
             Heaven
             but
             him
             ,
             and
             none
             upon
             earth
             in
             comparison
             of
             him
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             love
             all
             his
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             
             in
             subordination
             to
             himself
             ?
             Do
             we
             
             therefore
             love
             all
             the
             ways
             and
             means
             wherein
             his
             Love
             is
             shewed
             towards
             us
             ,
             
             that
             our
             Love
             may
             reciprocate
             towards
             him
             again
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Do
             we
             hate
             sin
             and
             all
             Christs
             enemies
             as
             he
             hates
             them
             
             upon
             his
             account
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             abhor
             and
             detest
             whatsoever
             is
             contrary
             to
             that
             lovely
             Object
             ,
             as
             contrary
             to
             our
             very
             being
             also
             ?
             
             Hatred
             extends
             unto
             all
             the
             kinds
             .
             
             Doth
             our
             Spirit
             thus
             abominate
             all
             sinful
             habits
             and
             acts
             ,
             
             inclinations
             and
             allurements
             ,
             provocations
             and
             examples
             ,
             yea
             every
             appearance
             of
             evil
             in
             our selves
             and
             others
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Is
             our
             Joy
             spiritually
             delighted
             in
             that
             Soveraign
             good
             presented
             to
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             certainly
             and
             intimately
             enjoyed
             ,
             both
             in
             free
             and
             present
             fruition
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             rejoice
             thus
             in
             the
             Lord
             always
             from
             the
             possession
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             which
             is
             Peace
             ,
             
             Righteousness
             ,
             
             
               and
               Joy
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ?
            
             Doth
             the
             Pledge
             and
             Earnest
             of
             his
             eternal
             Glory
             given
             us
             thereby
             ,
             
             fill
             us
             with
             that
             Joy
             ,
             
               both
               unspeakable
               and
               full
               of
               Glory
               ?
            
             Is
             this
             
               Joy
               of
               the
               Lord
               our
               strength
               ,
            
             to
             quicken
             and
             supple
             all
             the
             wheels
             of
             our
             souls
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Is
             our
             Sorrow
             spiritually
             active
             in
             grieving
             for
             all
             sin
             ,
             
             Original
             ,
             
             habitual
             and
             actual
             ;
             for
             the
             great
             dishonor
             still
             done
             to
             Christ
             ,
             
             the
             contempt
             of
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             abusing
             his
             Mercies
             ,
             breaking
             of
             his
             Laws
             ,
             
             slighting
             his
             warnings
             ,
             hardning
             under
             his
             Judgements
             ?
             
             Do
             we
             mourn
             for
             the
             failings
             and
             distempers
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             case
             ours
             among
             his
             Mourners
             ,
             marked
             for
             safety
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Doth
             our
             Desire
             move
             spiritually
             with
             unsatisfiableness
             after
             that
             Good
             not
             yet
             attained
             ,
             
             setting
             an
             edge
             upon
             all
             endeavours
             ,
             
             sweetning
             all
             troubles
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             facilitating
             all
             difficulties
             ,
             spurring
             on
             sluggishness
             ,
             and
             teaching
             all
             Improvements
             of
             what
             's
             received
             in
             order
             thereto
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Doth
             our
             Disdain
             act
             spiritually
             to
             scorn
             
               all
               sinfull
            
             baseness
             ,
             
             which
             might
             hinder
             us
             from
             the
             good
             desired
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             make
             us
             flie
             from
             whatsoever
             might
             keep
             that
             from
             us
             by
             keeping
             God
             at
             distance
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             make
             us
             disown
             what
             might
             grieve
             Christ
             ,
             
             and
             offend
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             whose
             acquaintance
             is
             our
             chief
             desire
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             2.
             
             The
             sensitive
             Appetite
             moves
             irascibly
             against
             all
             difficulties
             by
             the
             Affections
             of
             Hope
             and
             Despair
             ,
             Fear
             ,
             Confidence
             ,
             and
             Indignation
             .
             Doth
             this
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             act
             thus
             within
             us
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             DOth
             our
             Hope
             stir
             spiritually
             towards
             the
             full
             enjoyment
             of
             eternal
             good
             ,
             
             though
             surrounded
             with
             discouragements
             from
             Earth
             and
             Hell
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             cast
             .
             
             Anchor
             within
             the
             vail
             upon
             the
             rock
             of
             Ages
             to
             stay
             our
             souls
             in
             the
             
             midst
             of
             all
             storms
             ?
             
             Is
             it
             that
             Helmet
             which
             safeguards
             our
             head
             in
             all
             Conflicts
             with
             many
             Legions
             of
             sins
             and
             devils
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Do
             we
             spiritually
             despair
             ,
             
             not
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             of
             sin
             ,
             of
             selfe
             ,
             
             of
             all
             creatures
             ,
             expecting
             all
             good
             only
             from
             Christ
             in
             the
             use
             of
             good
             means
             appointed
             by
             him
             ,
             but
             not
             from
             themselves
             ,
             much
             less
             from
             self
             or
             sin
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Is
             our
             fear
             spiritually
             active
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             displease
             him
             ,
             
             and
             frustrate
             our
             own
             good
             by
             neglecting
             our
             duty
             ,
             or
             doing
             any
             thing
             contrary
             to
             him
             ?
             
             Doth
             this
             filial
             fear
             move
             us
             with
             Noah
             by
             faith
             to
             prepare
             all
             things
             ,
             
             and
             repair
             to
             the
             Ark
             ,
             casting
             out
             all
             slavish
             tormenting
             fears
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Doth
             our
             Confidence
             appear
             spiritually
             in
             Christian
             resolutions
             against
             all
             Christs
             enemies
             to
             the
             discharge
             of
             our
             proper
             Duty
             he
             calls
             us
             to
             ?
             
             Are
             we
             bold
             with
             a
             generous
             audaciousness
             to
             follow
             Christ
             ,
             
             the
             Captain
             of
             our
             Salvation
             through
             all
             Impediments
             ?
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Doth
             our
             spiritual
             Indignation
             move
             in
             holy
             Zeal
             to
             the
             removing
             of
             all
             obstacles
             that
             lie
             in
             the
             way
             of
             our
             Allegiance
             to
             our
             Soveraign
             Christ
             ?
             
             Are
             we
             enflamed
             with
             that
             prudent
             zeal
             which
             consumed
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             for
             the
             purging
             and
             settling
             of
             his
             house
             ?
             
             Is
             our
             fire
             kindled
             against
             sin
             ,
             
             whilst
             our
             heart
             melts
             for
             the
             sinners
             good
             as
             far
             as
             possible
             ?
             
             It
             it
             not
             a
             blind
             ,
             
             but
             a
             well-guided
             zeal
             ?
             
             not
             a
             wild
             fire
             ,
             
             but
             duly
             ordered
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             III.
             Natural
             Life
             appears
             in
             the
             Rational
             faculties
             ,
             by
             the
             several
             Acts
             of
             the
             Mind
             and
             Judgement
             ,
             Conscience
             and
             Will
             ,
             Memory
             and
             Affections
             ;
             doth
             our
             spiritual
             Life
             appear
             therein
             also
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             DOth
             our
             mind
             act
             spiritually
             in
             understanding
             of
             spiritual
             Matters
             ,
             
             and
             apprehending
             the
             mind
             of
             Christ
             made
             known
             to
             us
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             
             Word
             and
             Providence
             ?
             
          
           
             2
             Doth
             our
             Judgment
             act
             in
             discerning
             of
             things
             that
             differ
             ,
             
             and
             reasoniug
             of
             things
             ,
             
             answerably
             to
             his
             divine
             Reason
             signified
             to
             us
             ,
             
             either
             expresly
             ,
             
             or
             consequentially
             ?
             Do
             we
             judge
             our selves
             first
             ,
             
             and
             our
             own
             sins
             ,
             that
             Satan
             may
             be
             judged
             in
             us
             and
             by
             us
             ?
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Doth
             our
             conscience
             move
             spiritually
             in
             a
             due
             reflection
             on
             self
             ,
             
             with
             subordination
             to
             Gods
             Judgement
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             speak
             for
             God
             as
             becomes
             his
             Deputy
             and
             Substitute
             ;
             
             in
             Teaching
             and
             Ruling
             ,
             
             in
             Witnessing
             and
             Recording
             ,
             
             in
             Judging
             and
             Executing
             according
             to
             Gods
             Will
             ?
             
             Is
             it
             not
             blinded
             ,
             bribed
             and
             feared
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             benum'd
             ,
             deaded
             and
             gangrened
             by
             self-love
             and
             corrupt
             Opinions
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Doth
             our
             will
             spiritually
             stir
             in
             chusing
             true
             good
             ,
             
             and
             refusing
             true
             evil
             ?
             
             Is
             it
             brought
             over
             to
             subject
             freely
             and
             fully
             to
             the
             will
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Hath
             the
             Key
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             the
             great
             Spring
             to
             lift
             up
             these
             
               everlasting
               Gates
            
             to
             the
             
               King
               of
               Glory
            
             ?
             Is
             thy
             
               heart
               of
               stone
               turned
               into
               flesh
               ,
            
             and
             this
             Iron
             sinew
             melted
             into
             Gods
             mould
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Doth
             our
             Intellectual
             memory
             spiritually
             act
             in
             laying
             
             up
             those
             things
             which
             those
             faculties
             have
             committed
             to
             its
             
             charge
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             recal
             such
             things
             to
             Remembrance
             by
             its
             peculiar
             Acts
             of
             Reminiscency
             ,
             
             and
             recovering
             those
             many
             useful
             things
             ,
             which
             accidentally
             had
             slipt
             away
             ?
             
             Doth
             it
             carry
             it self
             like
             a
             good
             Steward
             indeed
             ,
             bringing
             out
             of
             its
             store
             good
             things
             ,
             new
             and
             old
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Do
             our
             rational
             Affections
             move
             spiritually
             towards
             
             good
             against
             evil
             ,
             
             under
             the
             guidance
             and
             Rule
             of
             these
             superiour
             Powers
             ,
             
             which
             are
             stil
             to
             follow
             the
             dictates
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             Do
             these
             wheels
             and
             weights
             stir
             Regularly
             ?
             Do
             these
             wings
             and
             feet
             carry
             our
             souls
             orderly
             ?
             Do
             these
             Sails
             and
             
             Oars
             convey
             us
             safely
             through
             the
             current
             of
             all
             our
             Relations
             to
             the
             service
             and
             enjoyment
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             may
             we
             take
             a
             due
             Estimate
             ,
             by
             this
             scantling
             and
             Abstract
             of
             our
             spiritual
             Acquaintance
             with
             God
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             measure
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ,
             variously
             acting
             toward
             Christ
             and
             from
             Christ
             ;
             for
             him
             and
             through
             him
             by
             his
             Spirits
             Energetical
             motions
             .
             
             
               He
               that
               hath
               the
               Son
               ,
               hath
               life
               ;
               he
               that
               hath
               not
               the
               Son
               ,
               hath
               not
               life
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             4.
             
          
           
             This
             Truth
             speaks
             singular
             Consolation
             to
             the
             real
             friends
             of
             Christ
             .
             Choyce
             is
             the
             Jewel
             afforded
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             former
             particulars
             do
             fully
             evince
             .
             This
             precious
             Cordial
             will
             be
             of
             excellent
             use
             against
             all
             corruptions
             and
             temptations
             ;
             against
             all
             Afflictions
             and
             desertions
             :
             There
             will
             a
             season
             come
             for
             the
             benefit
             thereof
             to
             all
             Gods
             people
             .
             It
             concerns
             all
             to
             make
             the
             best
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Objection
             .
             This
             is
             good
             indeed
             ,
             may
             the
             trembling
             heart
             say
             ,
             but
             it
             s
             none
             of
             mine
             ,
             that
             am
             so
             far
             from
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             .
             I
             fear
             I
             am
             a
             stranger
             to
             him
             yet
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             It
             s
             bad
             indeed
             to
             be
             far
             from
             Christ
             ,
             
             but
             its
             good
             to
             be
             sensible
             of
             it
             .
             
             The
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             disease
             is
             a
             good
             step
             to
             the
             cure
             .
             There
             is
             hopes
             of
             good
             in
             sensible
             sinners
             ;
             nothing
             but
             wo
             to
             sensless
             Perfectionists
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             2.
             
             But
             what
             makes
             thee
             fear
             thy
             estrangedness
             ?
             Is
             not
             thy
             desire
             to
             him
             ,
             
             and
             delight
             in
             him
             ,
             thy
             design
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             after
             him
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             thy
             fear
             is
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             
             so
             far
             as
             it
             drives
             thee
             not
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             draws
             thee
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             3.
             
             What
             makes
             thee
             complain
             of
             thy
             Ignorance
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             thy
             esteem
             of
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Art
             thou
             weary
             and
             ashamed
             of
             thy
             Ignorance
             ?
             
             Art
             thou
             still
             wrastling
             against
             it
             ,
             
             for
             attaining
             of
             Knowledge
             ?
             Ar
             thou
             diligent
             in
             all
             the
             means
             he
             affords
             thee
             ,
             to
             dispel
             darkness
             and
             get
             light
             from
             him
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             bewail
             thy
             deadness
             and
             dulness
             ,
             thy
             sloth
             and
             selfishness
             ,
             thy
             formality
             and
             hypocrisie
             ,
             thy
             worldliness
             and
             unfaithfulness
             ?
             Is
             it
             thy
             greatest
             trouble
             and
             
             grief
             ,
             thy
             shame
             and
             sorrow
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             act
             the
             more
             humbly
             and
             self-denyingly
             ,
             the
             more
             watchfully
             and
             industriously
             in
             thy
             general
             and
             particular
             calling
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             the
             comfort
             is
             thine
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             know
             it
             in
             the
             best
             time
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             4.
             
             There
             are
             divers
             degrees
             in
             the
             school
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             divers
             manners
             of
             his
             dealing
             with
             his
             Disciples
             .
             Thou
             must
             not
             measure
             thy
             condition
             by
             others
             so
             much
             as
             by
             his
             Rule
             .
             
             The
             least
             degree
             of
             his
             Grace
             deserves
             thanks
             ,
             though
             we
             must
             not
             rest
             there
             .
             There
             are
             many
             little
             weaklings
             in
             his
             house
             which
             must
             not
             be
             slighted
             ,
             nor
             mis-judged
             of
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             so
             strong
             and
             healthy
             as
             others
             .
             The
             
               smoaking
               flax
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               the
               bruised
               Reed
            
             ,
             
             are
             neither
             to
             be
             quenched
             nor
             broken
             in
             his
             House
             ,
             
               till
               he
               bring
               forth
               Judgement
               into
               victory
               ,
            
             according
             to
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             5.
             
          
           
             This
             point
             should
             be
             improved
             in
             a
             pressing
             Exhortation
             to
             all
             Nominal
             and
             real
             Christians
             .
             Doth
             it
             not
             concern
             every
             sort
             of
             men
             to
             look
             after
             such
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             ?
             Doth
             any
             need
             Incentives
             to
             move
             thereto
             ?
             Is
             there
             not
             matter
             enough
             already
             expressed
             to
             inflame
             all
             our
             hearts
             after
             it
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             knowledge
             the
             most
             profitable
             ,
             the
             most
             pleasurable
             ,
             the
             most
             honourable
             that
             can
             be
             conceived
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             still
             of
             absolute
             need
             ,
             and
             singular
             use
             ?
             Is
             any
             good
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             any
             evil
             to
             be
             avoided
             without
             it
             ?
             
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             Field
             that
             holds
             the
             Treasure
             ,
             and
             the
             Pearl
             of
             Price
             ?
             Doth
             it
             not
             bewray
             an
             ignoble
             spirit
             to
             neglect
             and
             slight
             it
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             Jewel
             the
             Quintessence
             of
             Good
             ,
             that
             will
             sanctifie
             all
             conditions
             to
             any
             of
             us
             ?
             Be
             we
             all
             pressed
             then
             to
             make
             it
             our
             business
             to
             look
             after
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             
               wise
               Merchant
            
             after
             the
             
               Pearl
               of
               Price
            
             ;
             he
             seeks
             and
             finds
             it
             ,
             he
             
               sels
               all
               for
               Joy
            
             and
             
               buys
               it
               out
               right
            
             .
             Do
             you
             so
             likewise
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             enriched
             thereby
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Two
             sorts
             are
             specially
             invited
             hereto
             ,
             the
             Nominal
             and
             real
             Christian
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             Nominal
             Christian
             that
             hath
             but
             the
             Name
             ,
             without
             the
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             .
             Sinners
             of
             all
             sorts
             still
             unregenerate
             ,
             are
             comprized
             here
             .
             Such
             of
             all
             Ranks
             are
             called
             to
             Christ
             ,
             
             though
             they
             will
             hardly
             give
             him
             the
             hearing
             .
             We
             speak
             to
             all
             indefinitely
             ;
             
             Christs
             Spirit
             will
             speak
             to
             his
             peculiarly
             .
             We
             offer
             to
             you
             a
             singular
             Jewel
             ,
             to
             be
             obtained
             upon
             Christs
             own
             terms
             .
             
             Come
             and
             view
             it
             well
             ,
             turn
             it
             every
             way
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             blemish
             in
             any
             part
             thereof
             .
             Doth
             any
             of
             you
             see
             the
             worth
             thereof
             ?
             Be
             then
             willing
             also
             to
             part
             with
             all
             for
             it
             .
             Thy
             natural
             ,
             
             sinful
             and
             
               Religious
               self
            
             thou
             must
             deny
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             may
             be
             thine
             .
             
             The
             destruction
             of
             thy
             sinful
             self
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             thy
             salvation
             .
             Thy
             sin
             is
             thy
             disease
             ,
             thy
             poison
             and
             plague
             ;
             art
             thou
             unwilling
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             it
             ?
             Thy
             natural
             self
             will
             be
             bettered
             ,
             by
             putting
             of
             it
             into
             his
             keeping
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             mend
             it
             for
             thee
             .
             Thy
             Religious
             self
             in
             thy
             best
             duties
             ,
             cannot
             be
             useful
             but
             by
             being
             put
             into
             Christs
             own
             hand
             .
             But
             where
             is
             the
             Price
             to
             buy
             it
             withal
             ?
             It
             s
             in
             Christs
             Treasury
             ,
             not
             thine
             own
             .
             Thy
             souls
             empty
             hand
             must
             be
             reached
             forth
             to
             receive
             at
             once
             the
             Price
             and
             the
             Pearl
             .
             
             Come
             to
             Christ
             then
             ,
             
             that
             thou
             maist
             get
             Christ
             ,
             and
             through
             his
             Spirit
             maist
             close
             with
             his
             Father
             .
             The
             worst
             of
             thy
             sins
             shall
             not
             keep
             thee
             off
             ,
             when
             thou
             once
             comest
             on
             conjugal
             Terms
             .
             Wilt
             thou
             be
             moved
             thereto
             cordially
             ?
             Hear
             the
             Embassy
             sent
             to
             thee
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             
             We
             are
             Embassadors
             for
             the
             King
             of
             Saints
             ,
             to
             beseech
             sinners
             to
             be
             reconciled
             .
             Consider
             how
             much
             is
             laid
             up
             in
             this
             to
             draw
             home
             thy
             soul
             most
             effectually
             .
             Mind
             then
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Person
             offering
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             Glory
             ,
             thy
             Soveraign
             ,
             the
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             All-sufficient
             Saviour
             ,
             provoked
             by
             thee
             to
             the
             utmost
             ;
             that
             needs
             thee
             not
             ,
             and
             can
             in
             a
             moment
             crush
             thee
             to
             nothing
             .
             It
             s
             the
             God
             of
             all
             Grace
             ,
             full
             of
             mercy
             and
             Truth
             :
             the
             Fountain
             of
             all
             good
             ,
             most
             precious
             ,
             most
             sweet
             ,
             a
             most
             suitable
             match
             ;
             wilt
             thou
             refuse
             him
             ?
          
           
             2
             ,
             The
             matter
             offered
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             Jewel
             ,
             the
             sum
             of
             all
             
             Good
             ,
             God
             himself
             to
             be
             thy
             portion
             ;
             fulness
             of
             Grace
             to
             pardon
             and
             purge
             ,
             to
             quicken
             and
             save
             ;
             Treasures
             of
             mercy
             most
             free
             and
             full
             ,
             most
             singular
             and
             sure
             :
             it
             s
             a
             match
             with
             Heaven
             ;
             an
             extract
             of
             Blessings
             suiting
             thy
             state
             most
             exactly
             .
             Here
             is
             Wisdom
             to
             teach
             ,
             
             Righteousness
             to
             absolve
             ,
             Holiness
             to
             renew
             ,
             Redemption
             to
             save
             thee
             :
             what
             can
             thy
             heart
             wish
             that
             is
             not
             laid
             up
             here
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             refuse
             it
             yet
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Mind
             his
             manner
             of
             offering
             ,
             with
             intreaties
             and
             Invitations
             ;
             He
             waits
             ,
             he
             knocks
             ,
             he
             expostulates
             again
             and
             again
             :
             Mercy
             kneels
             to
             thee
             ,
             beseeching
             ,
             pleading
             ,
             tendring
             all
             with
             open
             arms
             ;
             bearing
             with
             thee
             ,
             forbearing
             of
             thee
             ,
             attempting
             all
             means
             of
             doing
             thee
             good
             .
             Should
             not
             this
             prevail
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Consider
             the
             Person
             offered
             to
             ,
             thy
             wretched
             self
             ,
             a
             forlorn
             sinner
             ,
             a
             Rebel
             in
             Arms
             ,
             a
             desperate
             enemy
             ,
             full
             of
             Venom
             and
             deadly
             poison
             ;
             a
             miserable
             worm
             ,
             sinful
             dust
             ;
             a
             Traitor
             at
             the
             Bar
             under
             condemnation
             ;
             an
             abuser
             of
             every
             favor
             ,
             unworthy
             of
             the
             least
             good
             ;
             a
             vile
             Bankrupt
             ;
             a
             riotous
             Prodigal
             utterly
             undone
             ;
             a
             starving
             beggar
             ,
             a
             drowning
             wretch
             ,
             a
             servant
             of
             sin
             ,
             a
             slave
             of
             Hell
             ,
             Satans
             prisoner
             ,
             empty
             of
             all
             good
             ,
             full
             of
             all
             evil
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             thy
             picture
             ,
             thy
             name
             and
             state
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             times
             worse
             ?
             What
             madness
             keeps
             thee
             from
             coming
             to
             him
             that
             would
             help
             all
             this
             ?
          
           
             Quest
             .
             What
             if
             I
             come
             not
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Then
             will
             thy
             case
             prove
             despenate
             indeed
             .
             Justice
             will
             speedily
             send
             thee
             to
             thy
             place
             .
             
             Infinite
             wrath
             shall
             be
             thy
             portion
             ,
             
             thou
             shalt
             fare
             worse
             then
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             in
             endless
             ,
             easeless
             ,
             remediless
             Torments
             .
             All
             thy
             mercies
             shal
             prove
             thy
             Judgements
             ;
             thy
             own
             conscience
             shall
             be
             thy
             witness
             ,
             Recorder
             ,
             Judge
             and
             Executioner
             .
             This
             very
             Word
             shal
             rise
             against
             thee
             and
             stop
             thy
             mouth
             to
             eternity
             .
             Thou
             wast
             fair
             offered
             once
             ,
             and
             wilt
             know
             it
             when
             the
             time
             is
             past
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             What
             if
             I
             come
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Then
             thy
             case
             is
             happy
             ;
             all
             good
             is
             thine
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             as
             welcom
             as
             the
             lost
             Son
             to
             thy
             Fathers
             arms
             ,
             meeting
             thee
             half
             way
             with
             Tears
             ,
             with
             joy
             ,
             with
             a
             feast
             ,
             with
             a
             royal
             Robe
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             married
             to
             the
             Kings
             own
             son
             ,
             and
             
             
               Heaven
               shall
               rejoyce
               at
               the
               Repentance
               of
               such
            
             a
             sinful
             wretch
             .
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             I
             doubt
             I
             am
             not
             elected
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             is
             in
             vain
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             How
             knowest
             thou
             that
             ?
             Who
             hath
             told
             thee
             so
             ?
             Findest
             thou
             thy self
             excluded
             by
             Name
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             such
             matter
             .
             
               Secret
               things
               belongs
               to
               God
            
             ;
             
             
               revealed
               things
               to
               us
            
             .
             Come
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             know
             thou
             wast
             elected
             .
             Exclude
             not
             thy self
             before
             he
             excludes
             thee
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             all
             are
             not
             saved
             .
             Many
             do
             perish
             .
             May
             not
             I
             be
             of
             them
             ?
          
           
             Ans
             .
             What
             then
             ?
             Should
             it
             not
             quicken
             thy
             pace
             to
             Christ
             ,
             that
             thou
             maist
             be
             saved
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             not
             see
             how
             many
             as
             bad
             as
             thou
             canst
             be
             possibly
             ,
             have
             been
             welcom
             to
             him
             ;
             what
             thinkst
             thou
             of
             Mary
             ,
             of
             Paul
             ,
             of
             Manasseh
             ?
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             if
             I
             be
             a
             Reprobate
             ,
             I
             cannot
             be
             saved
             ,
             the
             labour
             is
             lost
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Were
             thou
             a
             Reprobate
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             not
             be
             so
             inquisitive
             after
             Christ
             and
             Heaven
             ;
             their
             heart
             never
             yields
             unfeignedly
             to
             Christ
             as
             thine
             seems
             to
             do
             .
             Thou
             canst
             not
             be
             sure
             thou
             art
             such
             a
             one
             .
             Yea
             thou
             maist
             quickly
             be
             sure
             thou
             art
             not
             such
             by
             coming
             to
             him
             .
             But
             if
             thou
             refuse
             stil
             ,
             and
             harden
             thy
             heart
             ,
             thy
             case
             then
             will
             be
             very
             suspicious
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             wretch
             as
             I
             should
             obtain
             mercy
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             s
             possible
             ,
             its
             probable
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             certain
             quickly
             if
             thy
             heart
             be
             but
             yielded
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             this
             is
             but
             A
             may
             be
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
             A
             may
             be
             is
             sufficient
             Inducement
             to
             put
             thee
             on
             trial
             .
             Remember
             the
             Leprous
             men
             about
             Samaria
             ,
             A
             may
             be
             saved
             them
             .
             
             Mind
             the
             Syrian
             Ambassadors
             ,
             and
             the
             Jewish
             case
             .
             
             If
             thou
             try
             not
             ,
             thou
             art
             certainly
             lost
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             I
             have
             often
             tried
             ,
             but
             to
             little
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Thou
             didst
             not
             try
             aright
             ,
             blame
             thy self
             ,
             not
             God.
             Is
             it
             not
             well
             worth
             the
             trial
             again
             ?
             Observe
             wherein
             thou
             missest
             ,
             to
             amend
             the
             fault
             .
             Possibly
             thou
             wast
             too
             cold
             and
             formal
             ,
             too
             hasty
             and
             unmannerly
             ;
             too
             self-conceited
             and
             not
             throughly
             humbled
             .
             Thou
             didst
             not
             know
             the
             worst
             of
             thy self
             .
             Thou
             wentest
             in
             thy
             own
             strength
             .
             Thou
             wast
             not
             wholly
             taken
             off
             from
             self
             ,
             and
             weaned
             from
             every
             creature
             .
             The
             
             Lord
             hath
             been
             preparing
             of
             thee
             by
             all
             his
             put-offs
             ,
             to
             spur
             on
             thy
             desire
             &
             pace
             .
             Try
             once
             again
             ,
             come
             to
             better
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Alas
             I
             cannot
             come
             ,
             my
             heart
             is
             dead
             and
             hard
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
             That
             's
             bad
             indeed
             ;
             but
             hath
             he
             not
             a
             quickning
             Spirit
             ?
             Is
             not
             his
             Word
             a
             word
             of
             Life
             ,
             
             Power
             and
             Salvation
             ?
             Hath
             not
             he
             promised
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ,
             
             in
             taking
             away
             of
             the
             stony
             heart
             ?
             
             Is
             it
             not
             he
             that
             quickens
             the
             dead
             ?
             Is
             not
             he
             come
             to
             give
             Life
             to
             that
             world
             whom
             he
             cals
             his
             sheep
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             it
             them
             more
             abundantly
             ?
          
           
             Object
             .
             I
             am
             not
             sure
             I
             am
             one
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Neither
             art
             thou
             sure
             thou
             art
             none
             of
             them
             .
             His
             sheep
             hear
             his
             voyce
             with
             attention
             and
             affection
             ,
             
             with
             submission
             and
             application
             ;
             dost
             thou
             not
             desire
             and
             delight
             ,
             dost
             thou
             not
             design
             and
             labour
             to
             do
             so
             ?
             
             Is
             not
             the
             hour
             come
             ,
             wherein
             such
             a
             
               dead
               Lazarus
               as
               thou
            
             ,
             
             
               shouldst
               hear
               the
               voyce
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               and
               live
               ?
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             I
             have
             no
             free
             will
             of
             mine
             own
             to
             spiritual
             good
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Thou
             hast
             a
             moral
             will
             ;
             capable
             of
             the
             means
             ,
             and
             doing
             thy
             duty
             ,
             though
             in
             a
             weak
             manner
             .
             Bestir
             thy self
             therefore
             ,
             and
             whilst
             thou
             art
             making
             use
             of
             that
             ,
             Christs
             Renewing
             Grace
             thou
             maist
             meet
             with
             to
             spiritualize
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             free
             from
             its
             sinful
             Bondage
             .
             
             
               His
               Truth
               will
               make
               thee
               free
               .
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             
             But
             none
             comes
             to
             the
             So●●
             but
             such
             as
             the
             Father
             draws
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Is
             not
             the
             Father
             drawing
             of
             thee
             now
             ?
             Are
             not
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             Mercies
             and
             Offers
             strong
             cords
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             the
             Bands
             of
             Man
             to
             fetch
             thee
             home
             ?
             
             Is
             not
             he
             drawing
             thee
             internally
             also
             by
             the
             motions
             of
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             upon
             thy
             conscience
             ?
             Resist
             no
             longer
             ,
             burst
             not
             his
             Divine
             Tresses
             ,
             but
             yield
             and
             follow
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             I.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             No
             more
             Buts
             against
             God
             and
             thine
             own
             Good
             ,
             thou
             must
             yield
             now
             .
             Christ
             is
             resolved
             on
             it
             .
             He
             will
             have
             thee
             home
             ,
             thou
             must
             come
             ,
             it
             s
             in
             vain
             to
             struggle
             ;
             All
             sufficient
             Grace
             will
             be
             all-efficient
             .
             Dost
             thou
             not
             feel
             him
             turning
             of
             thy
             heart
             ,
             silencing
             thy
             doubts
             ,
             stirring
             in
             thy
             Bowels
             ,
             opening
             thine
             eyes
             ,
             and
             drawing
             thy
             will
             to
             embrace
             his
             own
             terms
             ?
             
             Are
             not
             these
             sure
             signes
             of
             his
             saving
             Grace
             ?
             Come
             on
             then
             ,
             come
             home
             to
             thy
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Quest
             .
             How
             shall
             I
             come
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             be
             welcom
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             1.
             
             Come
             instantly
             ,
             without
             any
             delay
             ;
             demurs
             are
             dangerous
             .
             This
             may
             be
             thy
             last
             moment
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             his
             last
             word
             to
             thee
             .
             Strike
             ,
             whilst
             th'
             Iron
             is
             hot
             ;
             come
             whilst
             there
             is
             hope
             .
             
             Seek
             now
             the
             Lord
             whilst
             he
             may
             be
             found
             ;
             cast
             in
             thy
             mettle
             whilst
             hot
             ,
             
             into
             his
             mould
             .
             Yield
             thy
             softned
             wax
             to
             the
             Seal
             of
             his
             Spirit
             .
             
             
               His
               spirit
               will
               not
               alwayes
               strive
               with
               man.
               
            
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Come
             self
             denyingly
             ,
             not
             in
             thy
             strength
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             :
             follow
             his
             effectual
             drawing
             ,
             from
             the
             sence
             of
             thine
             unability
             .
             Let
             thy
             heart
             still
             say
             with
             the
             Spouse
             ,
             
               Draw
               me
               ,
               and
               we
               will
               run
               after
               thee
               .
            
             
             Know
             still
             thy
             unworthiness
             and
             insufficiency
             ,
             laying
             thy self
             with
             recumbency
             upon
             his
             merits
             ;
             
             not
             on
             any
             thing
             else
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Come
             self-resigningly
             ,
             on
             conjugal
             terms
             ,
             to
             be
             wholly
             given
             up
             to
             him
             .
             Make
             no
             capitulations
             ,
             no
             Reservations
             of
             any
             sin
             ,
             of
             any
             creature
             ,
             though
             as
             dear
             to
             thee
             as
             thy
             right
             eye
             ,
             
             right
             hand
             ,
             or
             right
             foot
             .
             Be
             content
             to
             be
             wholly
             his
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             content
             to
             be
             wholly
             thine
             .
             Thy
             skil
             and
             power
             ,
             thy
             will
             and
             comforts
             ,
             thy
             time
             and
             credit
             ,
             thy
             soul
             and
             body
             ,
             thy
             Interest
             and
             friends
             ,
             must
             be
             wholly
             given
             up
             to
             him
             .
             Nothing
             is
             his
             ,
             
             if
             all
             be
             not
             his
             ;
             a
             ●eart
             and
             a
             heart
             ,
             he
             cannot
             endure
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Come
             sincerely
             and
             cordially
             ,
             without
             dissembling
             without
             base
             designs
             .
             Come
             for
             his
             Person
             first
             out
             of
             Love
             to
             him
             ,
             not
             meerly
             to
             his
             goods
             .
             Come
             chiefly
             to
             partake
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             to
             enjoy
             him
             ,
             though
             he
             should
             seem
             to
             withold
             all
             things
             else
             .
             Come
             to
             a
             Husband
             ,
             not
             to
             a
             Fair.
             Come
             for
             marriage
             ,
             not
             for
             a
             Bargain
             .
             Chuse
             him
             for
             himself
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             goodness
             must
             needs
             be
             thine
             too
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
             Come
             understandingly
             ,
             not
             in
             a
             blind
             manner
             .
             Know
             what
             thou
             art
             about
             ,
             
             and
             be
             well
             advised
             .
             Consult
             and
             reason
             the
             case
             to
             the
             full
             .
             Cast
             up
             thy
             accounts
             ,
             what
             it
             may
             cost
             thee
             .
             Canst
             thou
             be
             willing
             to
             live
             and
             die
             with
             him
             and
             for
             him
             ?
             View
             him
             throughly
             in
             all
             his
             Perfections
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             his
             Precepts
             too
             .
             Be
             well
             acquainted
             with
             his
             marriage
             Covenant
             ,
             engaging
             to
             Duty
             ,
             by
             engaging
             Mercy
             .
             He
             is
             a
             jealous
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             Gracious
             .
          
           
           
             6.
             
             
             Come
             fiducially
             ,
             not
             distrusting
             him
             .
             Study
             and
             apply
             this
             Promise
             of
             marriage
             so
             variously
             and
             so
             frequently
             expressed
             to
             thee
             .
             That
             Promise
             is
             set
             out
             both
             absolutely
             and
             conditionally
             .
             Suck
             those
             Breasts
             still
             ,
             and
             draw
             with
             comfort
             the
             water
             of
             life
             out
             of
             those
             saving
             Wels
             by
             the
             Bucket
             of
             faith
             ,
             
             let
             out
             by
             the
             cords
             of
             thine
             Affections
             ;
             when
             thou
             canst
             not
             find
             in
             thee
             the
             Condition
             required
             ,
             
             then
             press
             that
             word
             upon
             him
             and
             thy self
             ,
             
             which
             freely
             promises
             to
             give
             that
             Condition
             .
             
             Do
             as
             David
             ,
             begging
             for
             a
             new
             heart
             from
             him
             that
             had
             faithfully
             promised
             it
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             required
             the
             same
             .
             
             There
             is
             no
             Precept
             nor
             Condition
             in
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             a
             Promise
             to
             answer
             it
             .
             
             Do
             as
             Jacob
             did
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             all
             .
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Come
             penitentially
             with
             a
             bleeding
             heart
             to
             a
             bleeding
             Saviour
             ,
             
             looking
             upon
             him
             whom
             thou
             hast
             pierced
             ,
             mourning
             over
             him
             ,
             and
             judging
             thy self
             for
             abusing
             him
             .
             Come
             from
             the
             sensible
             sight
             of
             thy
             sinfull
             Revolts
             ,
             condemning
             thy self
             as
             unworthy
             to
             be
             his
             Servant
             .
             
             Come
             as
             Abigail
             did
             unto
             David
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Prodigal
             did
             towards
             his
             Father
             .
             His
             infinite
             kindness
             must
             needs
             aggravate
             thy
             horrid
             unkindness
             .
             He
             forgets
             thy
             sins
             ,
             but
             thou
             must
             remember
             them
             .
             He
             forgives
             thee
             freely
             and
             fully
             ,
             that
             thou
             maist
             forsake
             them
             accordingly
             .
             Come
             then
             with
             a
             tender
             heart
             to
             such
             a
             tender
             Christ
             with
             lively
             Repentance
             ,
             
             never
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             .
             Such
             Musick
             on
             these
             waters
             will
             be
             found
             most
             sweet
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Come
             obedientially
             because
             he
             commands
             it
             who
             is
             thy
             Soveraign
             .
             
             Come
             to
             do
             thy
             homage
             in
             loyal
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             that
             is
             thy
             God
             ,
             to
             worship
             and
             serve
             him
             .
             It
             s
             a
             loving
             and
             faithfull
             Obedience
             he
             expects
             from
             thee
             as
             his
             proper
             due
             most
             dearly
             bought
             .
             Thou
             art
             ransomed
             with
             a
             divine
             price
             that
             thou
             maist
             be
             his
             wholly
             and
             eternally
             .
             
             If
             any
             part
             of
             thee
             be
             at
             any
             time
             given
             up
             to
             sin
             against
             thy
             husband
             ,
             what
             treasonable
             Adultery
             will
             it
             prove
             ?
             Come
             then
             to
             thy
             Lord
             to
             be
             ruled
             by
             him
             in
             every
             Ordinance
             ,
             in
             every
             Providence
             .
             Come
             to
             thy
             Fathers
             house
             to
             shew
             all
             loving
             dutifulness
             there
             ,
             
             not
             to
             be
             lawless
             or
             a
             servant
             to
             sin
             .
             His
             royal
             Law
             cals
             to
             perfect
             Liberty
             ,
             
             that
             thou
             maist
             be
             as
             free
             as
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God.
             
             
          
           
           
             9.
             
             
             Come
             lovingly
             with
             fervent
             Affections
             to
             this
             royal
             feast
             of
             Christs
             own
             wedding
             ,
             
             that
             so
             nearly
             concerns
             thy self
             .
             
             Let
             the
             Joy
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             thy
             strength
             herein
             to
             tune
             the
             whole
             man
             to
             the
             highest
             strain
             of
             heavenly
             delight
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             Solemnity
             so
             incomparable
             to
             be
             observed
             with
             sutatable
             Enlargements
             ?
             Stir
             up
             thy
             soul
             in
             coming
             to
             Christ
             ,
             that
             the
             vigor
             of
             all
             thy
             faculties
             may
             sweetly
             embrace
             the
             great
             King
             of
             Saints
             .
             Purity
             and
             Fervency
             meet
             here
             admirably
             at
             the
             Celebration
             of
             this
             wonderfull
             match
             .
             Christ
             comes
             to
             thee
             ,
             
             and
             all
             over
             with
             zeal
             ;
             thou
             must
             meet
             him
             in
             the
             
               like
               apparell
            
             .
             
             Observe
             the
             Brides
             Attire
             in
             that
             glorious
             Type
             of
             Solomons
             marriage
             answerable
             to
             his
             ,
             that
             thou
             mightest
             learn
             how
             to
             come
             to
             Christ
             thy
             divine
             Solomon
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Come
             gratefully
             to
             thy
             Benefactor
             with
             hearty
             thanks
             for
             his
             unspeakable
             Gifts
             .
             
             Cast
             thy
             Crown
             at
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             the
             Glory
             of
             all
             his
             Mercies
             .
             
             Let
             him
             wear
             the
             Crown
             who
             hath
             done
             and
             suffered
             so
             wonderfully
             for
             thee
             .
             
             Begin
             betime
             that
             Angelical
             Duty
             ,
             
             which
             shall
             be
             thy
             task
             and
             thy
             happiness
             to
             Eternity
             .
             
             Triumph
             in
             thy
             God
             that
             makes
             thee
             to
             triumph
             .
             Let
             thy
             soul
             be
             harmoniously
             set
             to
             sing
             forth
             his
             praises
             in
             the
             sweet
             Consort
             of
             all
             thy
             Powers
             and
             Parts
             .
             
             In
             all
             things
             give
             thanks
             to
             the
             wonderfull
             Dispenser
             of
             all
             things
             .
             Bless
             him
             continually
             who
             thus
             blesses
             thee
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             
             Come
             diligently
             in
             the
             use
             of
             all
             means
             appointed
             by
             him
             .
             
             Seek
             him
             in
             all
             his
             ways
             ,
             attend
             him
             in
             his
             road
             ,
             hearken
             to
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             
             study
             his
             Word
             ,
             seek
             his
             face
             often
             ,
             think
             much
             of
             him
             ,
             
             inquire
             of
             others
             ,
             neglect
             no
             help
             ,
             and
             rest
             on
             none
             but
             on
             Christ
             himself
             .
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Thus
             nominal
             Christians
             should
             be
             perswaded
             to
             make
             sure
             of
             Christ
             in
             closing
             with
             him
             upon
             his
             own
             terms
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             real
             Partakers
             of
             Christ
             and
             Possessors
             as
             well
             as
             Professors
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             .
             REal
             Christians
             should
             also
             be
             pressed
             to
             make
             use
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ,
             by
             keeping
             close
             to
             Christ
             in
             the
             spiritual
             Improvement
             thereof
             .
             Each
             of
             us
             should
             strongly
             be
             quickned
             thereto
             by
             all
             the
             former
             Considerations
             .
             This
             singular
             Jewel
             is
             given
             for
             use
             ,
             not
             meerly
             to
             gaze
             at
             .
             The
             best
             find
             much
             need
             still
             to
             be
             quickned
             to
             their
             Duty
             herein
             ,
             that
             this
             choice
             Mercy
             may
             be
             well
             improved
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Personally
             in
             our
             several
             places
             ;
             our
             fruitfulness
             should
             demonstrate
             still
             that
             we
             have
             learn'd
             to
             know
             Jesus
             Christ
             in
             a
             saving
             way
             .
             This
             gracious
             knowledge
             must
             have
             influence
             into
             every
             thought
             ,
             every
             word
             and
             work
             .
             In
             every
             Duty
             to
             be
             performed
             ,
             in
             every
             Mercy
             to
             be
             improved
             ,
             in
             every
             sin
             to
             be
             mortified
             ,
             in
             every
             Grace
             to
             be
             exercised
             .
          
           
             Remember
             Christian
             who
             ever
             thou
             art
             that
             hast
             been
             effectually
             taught
             in
             the
             School
             of
             Christ
             ,
             thy
             constant
             work
             must
             be
             to
             practise
             the
             Lessons
             got
             there
             .
             Action
             is
             the
             end
             of
             Contemplation
             .
             Thy
             Speculations
             must
             never
             be
             idle
             .
             Thy
             general
             and
             particular
             Calling
             
               will
               still
            
             find
             thee
             matter
             for
             the
             spiritual
             use
             of
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             .
             Mind
             Christ
             still
             then
             in
             every
             Duty
             towards
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             In
             thy
             generrl
             Calling
             look
             for
             him
             ,
             attend
             him
             in
             every
             Ordinance
             ,
             The
             Charets
             and
             Walks
             of
             Communication
             between
             him
             and
             his
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             OBserve
             him
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             speaking
             to
             thee
             that
             thou
             maist
             know
             his
             divine
             Oracles
             ,
             
             hearken
             to
             this
             voice
             ,
             
             who
             speaketh
             from
             Heaven
             by
             men
             and
             means
             to
             us
             .
             Hath
             not
             he
             promised
             that
             all
             his
             people
             shall
             be
             taught
             of
             
             God
             ?
             hear
             him
             then
             in
             hearing
             his
             servants
             ,
             
             appointed
             and
             duly
             called
             to
             his
             work
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             teach
             one
             another
             still
             
             
             
             Pharisaically
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Sect-masters
             did
             ;
             hearken
             to
             his
             orderly
             appointments
             ,
             
             that
             you
             may
             receive
             his
             
               Anointing
               from
               above
               to
               teach
               you
               all
               things
            
             gradually
             ,
             
             so
             as
             you
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             be
             put
             a
             fresh
             to
             your
             first
             Elements
             ,
             to
             spell
             the
             principles
             in
             a
             childish
             manner
             .
             Minding
             of
             him
             will
             put
             you
             further
             towards
             perfection
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             able
             to
             teach
             others
             also
             .
             
             Read
             often
             those
             precious
             Love-letters
             sent
             unto
             you
             from
             your
             best
             friend
             above
             ;
             and
             search
             the
             Scriptures
             for
             the
             Records
             of
             him
             who
             is
             the
             Treasure
             of
             those
             golden
             Mines
             .
             Behold
             in
             that
             Gospel-glass
             of
             his
             his
             glorious
             Image
             ,
             that
             thou
             maiest
             be
             transformed
             into
             the
             same
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
             Visit
             him
             often
             in
             spiritual
             prayer
             ,
             secret
             ,
             private
             publike
             .
             This
             is
             the
             line
             of
             Communication
             between
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             whereby
             Christs
             Souldiers
             keep
             correspondency
             with
             each
             other
             ,
             as
             with
             their
             General
             .
             This
             fiery
             Chariot
             may
             carry
             thy
             soul
             Eliah
             like
             to
             thy
             dear
             Saviour
             in
             Abrahams
             bosom
             on
             any
             occasion
             .
             
             It
             s
             a
             sure
             and
             a
             speedy
             Post
             for
             any
             dispatch
             .
             
             It
             s
             a
             choise
             key
             that
             will
             unlock
             all
             the
             stories
             of
             his
             al-sufficiency
             .
             
             It
             will
             avail
             much
             if
             it
             be
             fervent
             ;
             for
             what
             ever
             thou
             askest
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             
             thou
             maist
             be
             sure
             he
             will
             do
             it
             in
             the
             best
             way
             and
             season
             .
             
             He
             is
             the
             God
             that
             heareth
             prayers
             ,
             
             that
             will
             be
             sought
             and
             found
             in
             every
             thing
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             Meditation
             ,
             retire
             thy self
             into
             a
             private
             walk
             ,
             that
             thou
             maist
             enjoy
             him
             the
             more
             freely
             to
             renew
             thy
             acquaintance
             more
             familiarly
             .
             
             Thus
             a
             man
             
               having
               sequestred
               himself
            
             from
             the
             croud
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             seeks
             and
             intermeddles
             with
             all
             divine
             Wisdom
             .
             This
             choise
             Duty
             is
             the
             souls
             withdrawing
             Room
             wherein
             Christian
             sincerity
             appears
             most
             in
             its
             purity
             ,
             
             nothing
             so
             subject
             to
             hypocrisie
             as
             other
             services
             .
             Attend
             Christ
             herein
             as
             Isaac
             did
             ,
             retiring
             thy self
             in
             the
             most
             convenient
             season
             ,
             to
             exercise
             the
             noble
             faculties
             of
             thy
             rational
             soul
             in
             the
             noblest
             way
             of
             Intercourse
             between
             Christ
             and
             thy self
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Look
             for
             Christ
             also
             in
             Christian
             Conference
             which
             he
             hath
             promised
             to
             honor
             and
             further
             with
             his
             singular
             Presence
             and
             Blessing
             .
             He
             loves
             to
             see
             his
             Members
             helpfull
             to
             each
             other
             this
             way
             .
             
             The
             one
             cannot
             say
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             thee
             .
             
             The
             meanest
             may
             be
             of
             great
             use
             therein
             .
             
             
             Thus
             
               Iron
               sharpens
               Iron
            
             ,
             
             and
             the
             sticks
             together
             do
             burn
             much
             the
             better
             .
             
             
               Two
               are
               better
               then
               one
               ,
               and
               a
               three-fold
               cord
               is
               not
               easily
               broken
               .
            
             A
             sadder
             wo
             there
             is
             to
             him
             that
             is
             alone
             .
             Christ
             loves
             to
             meet
             with
             his
             friends
             this
             way
             .
             
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             the
             solemn
             Seals
             of
             his
             Covenant
             ,
             Christ
             will
             be
             peculiarly
             observed
             .
             
             Those
             sacramental
             Institutions
             are
             the
             choice
             Remembrancers
             of
             him
             .
             
             Behold
             and
             attend
             him
             there
             with
             a
             Spirit
             sutable
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             such
             Ordinances
             .
             
             
          
           
             6.
             
             
             In
             praising
             of
             him
             and
             sanctifying
             his
             holy
             Sabbath
             ,
             in
             spiritual
             fastings
             and
             feastings
             ,
             
             in
             every
             Institution
             of
             his
             thou
             wilt
             still
             find
             the
             sweetness
             and
             strength
             of
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             may
             still
             be
             thy
             
               All
               in
               All.
            
             
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
             In
             thy
             particular
             Calling
             ,
             each
             Relation
             towards
             thy
             Neighbour
             ,
             whereto
             Providence
             calls
             thee
             orderly
             ,
             will
             require
             a
             spiritual
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             variety
             of
             his
             dispensations
             towards
             thee
             .
             
             
               In
               all
               thy
               ways
               acknowledge
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               direct
               thy
               paths
               .
            
             In
             Prosperity
             and
             Adversity
             Christ
             is
             still
             to
             be
             experimentally
             known
             .
             Every
             smile
             and
             frown
             of
             his
             ,
             every
             check
             and
             stroak
             comes
             as
             a
             Messenger
             with
             a
             special
             Errand
             .
             All
             his
             Providential
             Administrations
             will
             declare
             much
             of
             his
             conjugal
             Care
             towards
             thee
             .
             Thou
             maist
             learn
             thence
             to
             carry
             a
             Counterpane
             in
             thy
             heart
             and
             life
             proportionable
             to
             the
             several
             motions
             of
             his
             hand
             .
             In
             every
             Condition
             and
             occasion
             thou
             wilt
             find
             hereby
             cause
             to
             observe
             all
             his
             ways
             to
             be
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             towards
             such
             as
             know
             him
             .
             The
             Checker
             work
             of
             his
             Providence
             will
             hereby
             appear
             to
             be
             most
             beautifull
             in
             the
             Result
             ,
             when
             all
             
               things
               shall
               work
               together
               for
               good
               ,
            
             
             though
             some
             particular
             passages
             may
             seem
             harsh
             and
             disorderly
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             gracious
             knowledge
             should
             be
             improved
             Relatively
             in
             a
             Christian
             way
             of
             Communication
             ,
             doing
             good
             to
             All
             ,
             
             
               especially
               to
               the
               houshold
               of
               faith
               .
            
             Every
             one
             in
             his
             place
             should
             therein
             labor
             to
             resemble
             the
             God
             of
             all
             Grace
             ,
             who
             is
             always
             streaming
             forth
             goodness
             round
             about
             .
             
             It
             s
             our
             honor
             and
             happiness
             to
             be
             faithfully
             active
             therein
             ,
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             like
             him
             .
             By
             Faith
             and
             Prayer
             ,
             Advice
             and
             Counsel
             ,
             the
             meanest
             may
             improve
             Opportunities
             of
             serving
             his
             Providence
             
             for
             others
             help
             .
             But
             Superiors
             in
             their
             Relations
             ,
             Civil
             and
             Military
             ,
             Oeconomical
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             are
             especially
             called
             thereto
             by
             the
             Lord
             himself
             ,
             whose
             Substitutes
             they
             are
             .
             
             Each
             of
             them
             in
             their
             places
             will
             find
             most
             comfort
             in
             the
             promoting
             and
             improving
             the
             gracious
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             .
             
             Encouragements
             and
             Directions
             he
             affords
             very
             plentifully
             to
             all
             Magistrates
             and
             Officers
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             all
             his
             Ministers
             and
             Governors
             of
             Families
             ,
             to
             advance
             the
             same
             in
             its
             Power
             and
             Purity
             ,
             
             that
             the
             earth
             may
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             as
             the
             waters
             cover
             the
             sea
             .
             His
             Spirit
             and
             Providence
             will
             seasonably
             remove
             all
             Lets
             and
             Obstacles
             .
             Blessed
             shall
             they
             be
             whose
             prudent
             zeal
             and
             faithfull
             
             Diligence
             shall
             be
             still
             found
             subservient
             thereto
             .
             To
             
               know
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               him
               crucified
            
             was
             the
             scope
             and
             sum
             of
             the
             great
             Apostles
             preaching
             and
             practice
             ;
             let
             it
             be
             so
             of
             ours
             that
             our
             conjugal
             Acquaintance
             with
             him
             may
             effectually
             be
             demonstrated
             to
             his
             honor
             and
             mans
             good
             .
             This
             precious
             jewel
             is
             daily
             endangered
             by
             variety
             of
             close
             and
             open
             enemies
             .
             Many
             false
             Lights
             are
             daily
             setting
             up
             by
             the
             strong
             factions
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             darkness
             to
             counterfeit
             and
             disgrace
             divine
             Light.
             The
             publique
             Interest
             as
             well
             as
             our
             private
             is
             wrapped
             up
             together
             and
             shipped
             in
             one
             Bottom
             with
             Christs
             Interest
             .
             
             Our
             best
             Politicks
             do
             wholly
             depend
             on
             the
             right
             use
             of
             this
             gracious
             knowledge
             .
             Doth
             not
             the
             Lord
             speak
             again
             to
             each
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             especially
             to
             our
             noble
             Worthies
             ,
             what
             he
             solemly
             expressed
             by
             the
             royal
             Prophet
             to
             his
             famous
             Son
             ,
             
               And
               thou
               Solomon
               my
               Son
               ,
               Know
               thou
               the
               God
               of
               thy
               Father
               ,
               and
               serve
               him
               with
               a
               perfect
               heart
               and
               a
               willing
               mind
               ;
               If
               thou
               seek
               him
               ,
            
             
             
               he
               will
               be
               found
               of
               thee
               ;
               but
               if
               thou
               forsake
               him
               he
               will
               forsake
               thee
               .
            
             
             The
             like
             charge
             he
             pressed
             in
             effect
             upon
             all
             Gods
             people
             in
             that
             great
             convention
             of
             state
             .
             To
             further
             it
             ,
             mind
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Doctrine
             5.
             
             Growing
             in
             the
             Gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             a
             special
             Gospel-Duty
             .
             It
             becomes
             Christians
             to
             be
             still
             growing
             in
             that
             gracious
             Knowledge
             .
             The
             Apostle
             sums
             all
             up
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             the
             great
             work
             of
             every
             Christian
             ,
             from
             which
             none
             are
             exempted
             .
             Improvement
             of
             that
             singular
             Mercy
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             singular
             Duty
             .
          
           
             THis
             Spiritual
             Growth
             is
             variously
             expressed
             in
             Scripture-Dialect
             ,
             being
             compared
             to
             the
             growing
             of
             corn
             ,
             
             the
             encrease
             of
             Light
             ,
             the
             spreading
             of
             a
             Tree
             ,
             the
             augmentation
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             the
             fermentation
             of
             Leaven
             ,
             the
             ripening
             of
             Vegetables
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               All
            
             sorts
             of
             things
             natural
             ,
             civil
             ,
             artificial
             ,
             all
             vegetative
             ,
             sensitive
             and
             rational
             Beings
             contribute
             towards
             the
             Illustration
             and
             Resemblance
             thereof
             .
             Growth
             still
             attends
             Life
             ,
             
             the
             Principle
             of
             it
             .
             Christ
             himself
             grew
             in
             Grace
             and
             Statute
             before
             God
             and
             Man
             ;
             so
             doth
             the
             knowledge
             of
             him
             in
             every
             gracious
             heart
             ;
             Its
             thriving
             still
             .
             The
             most
             spreading
             plants
             are
             used
             still
             in
             Scripture
             to
             set
             forth
             this
             spiritual
             Increase
             of
             divine
             Plants
             .
             
             They
             grow
             as
             the
             Mustard-seed
             from
             small
             beginnings
             to
             a
             huge
             increase
             ,
             especially
             in
             that
             Country
             .
             They
             sprout
             as
             the
             Lilly
             for
             suddenness
             ,
             beauty
             ,
             uprightness
             and
             use
             .
             They
             spread
             as
             the
             Vine
             for
             abundant
             fruitfulness
             ,
             as
             the
             Oak
             for
             strength
             and
             durableness
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Cedar
             for
             taleness
             ,
             straightness
             and
             medicinableness
             ,
             
             as
             Roses
             for
             choiceness
             ,
             pleasure
             and
             cordial
             vertues
             .
             
             Thus
             being
             planted
             in
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             they
             flourish
             in
             the
             courts
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             
             and
             most
             in
             their
             old
             age
             .
             It
             s
             a
             choice
             Duty
             ,
             obliging
             all
             sorts
             in
             their
             several
             capacities
             ,
             which
             the
             Gospel-commands
             and
             commends
             frequently
             and
             singularly
             ;
             the
             neglect
             whereof
             is
             as
             largely
             reproved
             ,
             threatned
             and
             visited
             for
             .
             The
             variety
             of
             Ordinances
             and
             spiritual
             Provisions
             which
             he
             affords
             ,
             so
             abundantly
             demonstrate
             the
             same
             .
             
             He
             compares
             them
             therefore
             to
             the
             Tree
             planted
             by
             the
             water
             side
             ,
             
             whose
             leaves
             flourish
             ,
             and
             whose
             fruit
             comes
             still
             to
             solid
             ,
             savory
             and
             ripe
             fruit
             .
             Christ
             the
             tree
             of
             Life
             by
             his
             own
             Growth
             ,
             
             teaches
             them
             thus
             to
             grow
             ,
             affording
             still
             the
             sweet
             streams
             of
             his
             gracious
             Influence
             ,
             
             in
             
             each
             Relation
             from
             his
             Person
             through
             his
             offices
             ,
             
             that
             the
             fruits
             of
             his
             progress
             and
             purchase
             may
             be
             brought
             forth
             in
             
             them
             Those
             eminent
             places
             in
             Ezekiel
             ,
             
             and
             other
             Scriptures
             hold
             this
             forth
             to
             the
             Life
             by
             the
             increase
             and
             Improvement
             of
             the
             Sanctuary-waters
             .
             A
             fruitfull
             Parable
             the
             Lord
             himself
             spreads
             before
             us
             to
             express
             this
             emphatically
             by
             a
             large
             and
             pregnant
             Allegory
             ,
             
             whose
             divine
             Branches
             have
             been
             elaborately
             trimmed
             to
             this
             purpose
             by
             a
             very
             worthy
             Pen.
             
             
               The
               God
               of
               all
               Grace
               likes
               not
               to
               see
               his
               gracious
               Off-spring
               wasted
               with
               Rickets
               in
               a
               decaying
               posture
               .
            
             His
             Messages
             from
             Heaven
             to
             the
             seven
             Churches
             of
             Asia
             testifie
             the
             same
             ,
             
             and
             hold
             forth
             a
             lively
             resemblance
             of
             his
             various
             dealings
             with
             his
             people
             from
             that
             time
             hitherto
             ,
             
             according
             to
             the
             various
             proportions
             of
             their
             Growth
             or
             Decay
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             Their
             Nature
             requires
             it
             ;
             full
             of
             Spirit
             and
             Life
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             must
             needs
             grow
             .
             
             The
             more
             of
             Life
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             the
             more
             of
             Growth
             .
             
             The
             more
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             more
             of
             liveliness
             .
             Grace
             is
             spiritual
             Life
             ,
             
             the
             seed
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             eternal
             Life
             .
             
             It
             s
             the
             Life
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             operation
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             
             as
             far
             as
             man
             is
             capable
             thereof
             .
             The
             best
             of
             a
             mans
             natural
             Life
             is
             but
             dull
             and
             dead
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             this
             gracious
             Life
             .
             Union
             to
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             and
             Communion
             with
             him
             in
             Christ
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             the
             Principle
             of
             this
             supernatural
             Life
             .
             The
             new
             Creature
             must
             needs
             grow
             that
             Partakes
             so
             much
             of
             the
             divine
             Nature
             in
             similitude
             ,
             
             though
             not
             in
             sameness
             ;
             in
             quality
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             equality
             .
             
             Want
             of
             lively
             Principles
             ,
             makes
             so
             many
             glorious
             Professors
             to
             wither
             and
             waste
             so
             miserably
             .
             
             They
             were
             but
             seeming
             Branches
             ,
             
             &
             as
             Cions
             meerly
             fastened
             about
             the
             stock
             ,
             
             but
             never
             incorporated
             therein
             intimately
             .
             They
             that
             have
             their
             root
             and
             Life
             from
             earthly
             Nature
             ,
             
             still
             may
             for
             a
             while
             flourish
             ,
             but
             will
             soon
             be
             blasted
             .
             The
             Root
             and
             Life
             of
             the
             new
             man
             is
             above
             in
             Gods
             bosom
             ,
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             Christ
             ,
             still
             supplied
             by
             his
             Spirit
             to
             safeguard
             them
             from
             all
             winter-blasts
             of
             renewed
             Temptations
             and
             corruptions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           
             Gods
             honour
             cals
             for
             it
             .
             
             All
             things
             are
             made
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             framed
             by
             him
             .
             
             
               Of
               him
               ,
               through
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               him
               are
               all
               things
               ,
            
             
             as
             in
             Nature
             ,
             so
             in
             Grace
             peculiarly
             .
             This
             people
             hath
             he
             formed
             for
             his
             praises
             .
             
             They
             are
             the
             plants
             of
             his
             setting
             ,
             
             the
             work
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             glorified
             .
             And
             herein
             is
             
               their
               Father
               glorified
               ,
               that
               they
               bring
               forth
               much
               fruit
               .
            
             The
             growth
             of
             his
             Garden
             is
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             Divine
             Husbandman
             .
             The
             thriving
             of
             his
             children
             must
             needs
             commend
             his
             Fatherly
             care
             .
             
             His
             Love
             and
             service
             cannot
             but
             press
             thereto
             .
             If
             his
             children
             be
             so
             unlike
             him
             ,
             they
             can
             neither
             honour
             nor
             serve
             him
             aright
             .
             
             He
             hat
             much
             work
             for
             all
             his
             servants
             in
             every
             Relation
             and
             occasion
             .
             If
             they
             be
             sickly
             and
             wasting
             ,
             what
             are
             they
             fit
             for
             ?
             Must
             not
             his
             people
             be
             lively
             like
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             stil
             faithful
             and
             successful
             ?
             The
             more
             Christ
             is
             known
             in
             a
             gracious
             way
             ,
             the
             more
             doth
             sin
             waste
             ,
             and
             Grace
             flourish
             .
             
             The
             vigor
             of
             a
             Christian
             is
             still
             in
             his
             Christ
             .
             The
             Love
             of
             Christ
             must
             needs
             constrain
             him
             to
             live
             more
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             being
             more
             like
             him
             .
             Much
             strength
             and
             Spirit
             is
             still
             required
             in
             every
             part
             of
             the
             Lords
             service
             .
             He
             would
             have
             us
             fervent
             in
             spirit
             ,
             
             as
             Paul
             himself
             was
             therein
             ,
             which
             doth
             require
             a
             spiritual
             growth
             to
             make
             us
             vigorous
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             3.
             
          
           
             Mans
             Interest
             challenges
             it
             ,
             their
             credit
             and
             comfort
             ,
             their
             honour
             and
             happiness
             depend
             upon
             their
             growth
             .
             Their
             profit
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             their
             helpfulness
             to
             others
             still
             attend
             the
             same
             .
             A
             wasting
             sickly
             life
             is
             as
             uncomfortable
             as
             unserviceable
             to
             our selves
             and
             others
             .
             Rickets
             and
             Consumptions
             render
             our
             children
             useless
             and
             burthensom
             ;
             spiritual
             decaies
             are
             far
             more
             offensive
             unto
             Gods
             children
             .
             They
             can
             neither
             help
             themselves
             nor
             others
             ,
             that
             are
             thus
             pining
             and
             consuming
             .
             The
             life
             of
             our
             life
             is
             in
             our
             health
             and
             strength
             :
             without
             it
             we
             cannot
             receive
             nor
             do
             good
             to
             any
             purpose
             .
             A
             diseased
             Life
             is
             but
             a
             living
             Death
             ,
             and
             a
             dying
             Life
             .
             Christ
             must
             be
             
             known
             more
             graciously
             stil
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             enjoy
             more
             of
             his
             comforts
             ,
             
             and
             be
             more
             useful
             to
             all
             his
             members
             .
             The
             more
             any
             Limb
             receives
             from
             the
             head
             ,
             the
             more
             assistance
             may
             the
             same
             afford
             unto
             its
             Body
             .
             
             We
             must
             still
             be
             deriving
             from
             Christ
             ,
             what
             we
             are
             stil
             to
             communicate
             to
             our
             fellow
             members
             .
             Christian
             sympathie
             and
             communion
             will
             still
             challenge
             serviceableness
             from
             every
             part
             of
             his
             mystical
             Body
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             Necessity
             and
             Benefit
             of
             a
             perpetual
             Ministry
             and
             Ordinances
             .
             They
             are
             the
             special
             means
             appointed
             and
             blessed
             for
             the
             promoting
             of
             this
             spiritual
             growth
             .
             He
             gave
             Apostles
             ,
             
             
               Prophets
               ,
               Evangelists
               ,
               Pastors
               and
               Teachers
               for
               the
               perfecting
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               for
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               for
               the
               edifying
               of
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               untill
               we
               all
               come
               into
               a
               perfect
               man
               in
               him
               ,
               to
               the
               full
               measure
               of
               his
               stature
               ;
               that
               we
               henceforth
               be
               no
               more
               children
               tossed
               to
               and
               fro
               with
               every
               wind
               of
               Doctrine
               ,
               but
               speaking
               the
               Truth
               in
               Love
               ,
               may
               grow
               up
               into
               him
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Head
               ,
               even
               Christ
               .
            
             The
             slighting
             of
             Christs
             Institutions
             makes
             so
             many
             to
             decay
             apace
             in
             their
             profession
             and
             affection
             ,
             in
             their
             parts
             and
             practice
             .
             They
             are
             the
             food
             and
             refreshings
             of
             Gods
             House
             ,
             
             suited
             to
             the
             case
             of
             all
             his
             children
             and
             servants
             therein
             .
             
             The
             neglect
             ,
             abuse
             and
             poisoning
             thereof
             must
             needs
             be
             very
             sinful
             and
             woful
             .
             How
             can
             they
             but
             languish
             and
             perish
             ,
             that
             scorn
             and
             defile
             ,
             that
             spoil
             and
             pervert
             the
             precious
             Means
             of
             their
             Life
             and
             growth
             ?
             Providence
             ever
             knits
             the
             End
             and
             the
             Means
             .
             What
             the
             Lord
             appoints
             ,
             he
             doth
             surely
             and
             seasonably
             bless
             .
             Out
             of
             his
             road
             he
             will
             not
             be
             look'd
             for
             ,
             nor
             assure
             his
             Grace
             where
             he
             Records
             not
             his
             Name
             .
             
             His
             General
             presence
             fils
             all
             places
             indeed
             ,
             and
             Rules
             in
             hell
             it self
             Judicially
             .
             
             But
             his
             favourable
             and
             fatherly
             presence
             ,
             
             is
             to
             be
             sought
             and
             found
             in
             his
             gracious
             Ordinances
             .
             What
             can
             Rebels
             expect
             from
             a
             Soveraign
             whose
             Orders
             they
             stil
             oppose
             and
             reject
             ?
             Who
             can
             look
             for
             the
             Blessing
             of
             Heaven
             in
             following
             the
             waies
             of
             darkness
             ?
             What
             hope
             of
             growing
             in
             any
             good
             things
             ,
             without
             answerable
             supplies
             and
             relief
             ?
             We
             waste
             a
             pace
             and
             need
             refreshing
             
             still
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             grow
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             It
             may
             convince
             and
             humble
             all
             ignorant
             and
             negligent
             Christians
             .
             It
             s
             our
             sin
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             our
             shame
             and
             sorrow
             that
             we
             grow
             so
             little
             under
             such
             helps
             in
             the
             Lords
             husbandry
             .
             
             This
             evil
             reigns
             in
             most
             ,
             it
             remains
             in
             the
             best
             .
             Most
             continue
             in
             the
             love
             ,
             under
             the
             power
             thereof
             ,
             making
             a
             trade
             and
             a
             sport
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             best
             find
             much
             cause
             to
             be
             still
             judging
             themselves
             for
             the
             sad
             Reliques
             of
             these
             unhappy
             weeds
             .
             The
             dunghil
             abounds
             continually
             with
             filth
             and
             Vermin
             ,
             
             so
             doth
             mans
             unrenewed
             heart
             .
             The
             best
             Garden
             will
             ever
             be
             troubled
             with
             some
             trash
             or
             other
             to
             be
             look'd
             after
             .
             Their
             case
             is
             saddest
             that
             are
             most
             sensless
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             secure
             in
             it
             .
             The
             soundest
             bodies
             retain
             some
             ill
             humors
             ,
             that
             will
             augment
             too
             much
             Putrefaction
             if
             not
             timely
             removed
             .
             Thence
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             Diseases
             that
             hinder
             the
             growth
             of
             the
             inward
             and
             outward
             man.
             But
             how
             dreadful
             is
             their
             condition
             that
             stil
             feed
             their
             disease
             ,
             and
             love
             nothing
             but
             what
             increases
             distempers
             ?
             Corrupt
             nature
             stil
             will
             bring
             like
             to
             like
             ,
             and
             undo
             it self
             by
             pampering
             self
             .
             God
             provides
             us
             very
             wholsom
             food
             in
             his
             Ordinances
             ;
             but
             like
             foolish
             children
             we
             frowardly
             dislike
             it
             ,
             and
             prefer
             any
             trash
             rather
             .
             We
             feed
             on
             crude
             and
             corrupt
             matter
             which
             breeds
             choler
             ,
             phlegm
             and
             worms
             a
             pace
             .
             Thence
             an
             increase
             of
             putrefaction
             ,
             which
             spoils
             our
             appetite
             and
             taints
             our
             palate
             .
             Want
             of
             exercise
             and
             orderly
             care
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             Christ
             ,
             makes
             us
             such
             weaklings
             ,
             and
             such
             punies
             in
             his
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             .
             How
             doth
             it
             trouble
             us
             to
             see
             our
             children
             wasting
             with
             Rickets
             ,
             worms
             and
             Feavers
             through
             their
             own
             folly
             ?
             Is
             not
             our
             case
             much
             worse
             under
             our
             many
             spiritual
             consumptions
             ,
             stil
             contracted
             by
             our
             negligence
             ?
             Let
             is
             humble
             us
             and
             make
             us
             ashamed
             ,
             that
             we
             grow
             so
             little
             in
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             so
             fast
             in
             that
             which
             is
             evil
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             our
             folly
             and
             our
             misery
             ?
             Should
             not
             it
             be
             our
             shame
             and
             sorrow
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             Examination
             .
             Doth
             your
             spiritual
             Life
             appear
             to
             your self
             and
             others
             by
             your
             growth
             ?
             Is
             it
             universal
             ,
             proportional
             ,
             and
             continual
             ?
             Living
             things
             do
             grow
             in
             every
             part
             stil
             ,
             with
             proportion
             and
             continuance
             .
             Do
             you
             thus
             spiritually
             grow
             in
             the
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ?
             Observe
             it
             in
             the
             particulars
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Is
             it
             an
             universal
             growth
             ,
             both
             internally
             and
             externally
             ?
          
           
             1.
             
             Internally
             ,
             do
             you
             grow
             in
             every
             faculty
             and
             power
             of
             the
             inward
             man
             ?
             
             Doth
             your
             mind
             and
             Judgement
             ,
             your
             reason
             and
             conscience
             ,
             
             your
             will
             and
             Affections
             ,
             your
             memory
             and
             Sense
             grow
             more
             spiritual
             ,
             solid
             and
             substantial
             ?
             Are
             you
             better
             acquainted
             with
             his
             Person
             and
             Office
             ,
             Progress
             and
             Purchase
             ,
             Relation
             and
             Influence
             ?
             Do
             you
             feel
             thereby
             more
             vigor
             and
             strength
             flowing
             into
             your
             soul
             out
             of
             his
             fulness
             ?
             Do
             you
             find
             his
             Spirit
             quickning
             your
             spirit
             by
             every
             Ordinance
             and
             Providence
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             an
             higher
             Degree
             of
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             ?
             Are
             you
             more
             sensible
             of
             your
             need
             thereof
             as
             of
             your
             own
             insufficiency
             to
             support
             and
             supply
             you
             in
             every
             Relation
             ?
             Do
             you
             long
             for
             it
             and
             delight
             in
             it
             ,
             grieving
             for
             the
             want
             ,
             striving
             after
             it
             ,
             restless
             without
             it
             ,
             refreshed
             with
             it
             ?
             Is
             Christ
             sweeter
             ,
             and
             sin
             bitterer
             to
             your
             soul
             more
             and
             more
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             
             Externally
             ,
             do
             your
             leaves
             ,
             buds
             and
             fruit
             encrease
             in
             Loveliness
             towards
             God
             and
             man
             ?
             Do
             you
             grow
             ,
             as
             Christ
             did
             ,
             in
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             ?
             Is
             it
             your
             study
             ,
             design
             and
             labour
             to
             perfect
             holiness
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             putting
             away
             every
             filthiness
             of
             flesh
             and
             spirit
             ,
             through
             the
             improvement
             of
             his
             precious
             Promises
             ?
             Is
             your
             growth
             uniform
             in
             its
             universal
             augment
             ?
             Do
             you
             abhor
             sins
             of
             Omission
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             you
             do
             sins
             of
             Commission
             ?
             Have
             you
             an
             eye
             still
             to
             the
             second
             Table
             ,
             in
             minding
             the
             first
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             in
             minding
             the
             second
             ?
             Do
             you
             make
             conscience
             of
             the
             least
             Precept
             ,
             in
             improving
             every
             Promise
             ?
             Doth
             not
             your
             Interest
             encroach
             upon
             Christ
             ,
             or
             your
             Neighbours
             various
             concernments
             ?
             Are
             you
             more
             sincere
             and
             ▪
             self-denying
             ,
             more
             couragious
             and
             
             zealous
             for
             Truth
             and
             for
             Peace
             ?
             Do
             you
             grow
             in
             Patience
             and
             Prudence
             also
             ,
             as
             in
             diligence
             and
             Dependency
             ?
             Are
             formality
             and
             hypocrifie
             more
             loathsome
             stil
             to
             you
             as
             to
             God
             ?
             
             Doth
             your
             hand
             grow
             stronger
             and
             steadier
             in
             all
             offices
             of
             Justice
             and
             Charity
             as
             of
             Piety
             and
             true
             Devotion
             ?
             Is
             your
             speech
             active
             and
             lively
             ?
             is
             your
             life
             speaking
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Is
             your
             growth
             proportional
             ?
             Doth
             it
             answer
             the
             measure
             of
             every
             part
             ?
             
             It
             s
             a
             Monster
             that
             grows
             not
             aright
             in
             Nature
             and
             Grace
             for
             quantity
             ,
             order
             and
             quality
             .
             Observe
             how
             Plants
             spread
             with
             fit
             proportions
             ,
             and
             sensitives
             in
             every
             member
             ;
             mind
             the
             very
             growth
             of
             your
             own
             &
             others
             Bodies
             ,
             to
             compare
             your
             spiritual
             case
             therewith
             .
             Do
             you
             grow
             downward
             in
             self-denial
             and
             humility
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             upward
             in
             knowledge
             and
             comfort
             ?
             Is
             there
             no
             disproportion
             between
             your
             profession
             and
             Conversation
             ;
             your
             parts
             and
             practice
             ?
             Are
             not
             you
             sick
             of
             spiritual
             Rickets
             that
             puff
             up
             the
             head
             and
             waste
             other
             limbs
             ?
             Do
             your
             sence
             and
             motion
             grow
             spiritually
             ,
             orderly
             and
             fitly
             ?
             Are
             you
             not
             like
             Mushroms
             ,
             of
             a
             sudden
             monstrous
             disproportionable
             growth
             ?
             Hath
             every
             faculty
             its
             proper
             increase
             for
             the
             service
             of
             all
             other
             parts
             ?
             Do
             you
             digest
             well
             spiritual
             Nourishment
             ,
             which
             every
             part
             must
             assimilate
             into
             its
             proper
             substance
             and
             use
             ?
             Doth
             your
             increase
             of
             Gifts
             and
             Knowledge
             ,
             
             make
             you
             to
             grow
             in
             all
             Judgement
             of
             Christian
             helpfulness
             towards
             every
             Relation
             above
             you
             ,
             about
             you
             ,
             under
             you
             ?
             Do
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             New
             creature
             keep
             an
             harmonious
             symmetry
             and
             orderly
             motion
             within
             you
             ?
             Is
             there
             no
             excrescence
             ,
             or
             exuberance
             ,
             no
             dislocation
             ,
             or
             disruption
             there
             willingly
             suffered
             ?
             Are
             not
             you
             like
             Hydropical
             Bodies
             ,
             puffed
             up
             with
             wind
             ,
             water
             and
             humours
             ?
             Is
             your
             Judgement
             sound
             ,
             and
             affections
             warm
             ;
             your
             will
             supple
             ,
             and
             conscience
             tender
             ;
             your
             tongue
             seasoned
             ,
             and
             your
             whole
             man
             strengthened
             daily
             ,
             by
             this
             gracious
             Knowledge
             ?
             Doth
             your
             Growth
             answer
             Christ
             provisions
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Is
             it
             continual
             ?
             Is
             it
             stil
             your
             desire
             and
             delight
             ,
             design
             and
             labour
             to
             be
             found
             ripening
             towards
             Gods
             Harvest
             ?
             Is
             your
             way
             stil
             as
             the
             morning
             Light
             ,
             
             which
             shines
             more
             and
             more
             to
             the
             perfect
             day
             ?
             
             Do
             you
             hold
             on
             in
             that
             gracious
             
             course
             ,
             
               waxing
               stronger
               and
               stronger
            
             ,
             as
             he
             
               that
               hath
               pure
               hands
            
             ?
             Do
             you
             abhor
             sinful
             Remissions
             and
             intermissions
             in
             your self
             and
             others
             ?
             Observe
             the
             growth
             of
             all
             living
             things
             ,
             how
             they
             hasten
             stil
             after
             their
             proper
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             perfection
             ?
             Is
             it
             so
             with
             you
             on
             a
             spiritual
             score
             ?
             
             Have
             you
             learned
             with
             Paul
             to
             forget
             things
             behind
             ,
             and
             stil
             press
             forward
             ?
             Do
             you
             therefore
             labour
             to
             
               cast
               off
               every
               weight
               that
               doth
               hinder
               you
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               the
               sin
               that
               so
               easily
               besets
               you
               ?
            
             The
             Lord
             is
             continually
             dropping
             down
             fatness
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             you
             ;
             Do
             you
             Return
             thither
             ,
             answer
             your
             Receipts
             thence
             ?
             Are
             you
             like
             a
             Plant
             in
             the
             Lords
             Garden
             ,
             spiritual
             and
             civil
             ,
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             ripening
             still
             towards
             a
             better
             state
             ?
             Do
             you
             mark
             and
             bewail
             your
             failings
             &
             neglects
             ?
             Do
             your
             fals
             and
             slips
             quicken
             your
             pace
             and
             your
             watchfulness
             ?
             Doth
             others
             folly
             teach
             you
             more
             wisdom
             ,
             to
             walk
             more
             steadily
             in
             this
             slippery
             age
             ,
             
             whilst
             the
             Seducers
             do
             
               wax
               worse
            
             and
             worse
             ,
             both
             in
             deceiving
             and
             being
             deceived
             ?
             Are
             you
             stil
             striving
             to
             grow
             better
             and
             better
             ?
             
             Are
             you
             not
             like
             the
             high
             way
             ,
             stony
             ,
             or
             thorny
             ground
             ,
             
             which
             are
             but
             for
             a
             time
             ;
             but
             like
             the
             good
             ground
             fruitful
             to
             perfection
             ?
             
             Do
             you
             Resemble
             those
             true
             Believers
             who
             through
             faith
             &
             patience
             
               inherited
               the
               Promises
            
             ;
             
             rather
             then
             Judas
             and
             Alexander
             ,
             
             Anannias
             and
             Saphira
             ,
             with
             thousands
             more
             that
             failed
             half-way
             ?
             
             Do
             
               Hymeneus
               ,
               Philetas
            
             and
             Demas
             awaken
             your
             care
             ,
             
             and
             quicken
             your
             diligence
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             prove
             like
             to
             them
             in
             forsaking
             Christ
             ?
             Do
             you
             give
             your
             Lusts
             neither
             Peace
             nor
             Truce
             in
             your
             warfare
             against
             spiritual
             evils
             ?
             
             Doth
             your
             profiting
             in
             this
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             appear
             unto
             all
             in
             all
             occasions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             4.
             
          
           
             Be
             we
             stirred
             up
             to
             obey
             this
             divine
             Charge
             of
             growing
             in
             Grace
             and
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             .
             Are
             not
             we
             all
             nearly
             concern'd
             therein
             ?
             Doth
             not
             our
             profit
             ,
             delight
             and
             credit
             challenge
             this
             from
             us
             ?
             Is
             not
             Gods
             Interest
             of
             greater
             moment
             to
             prevail
             with
             us
             ?
             Should
             not
             our
             Relations
             to
             others
             put
             as
             upon
             it
             ?
             
             Are
             not
             Christians
             spiritual
             Merchants
             ?
             Shall
             we
             not
             improve
             then
             such
             a
             precious
             Jewel
             ?
             Should
             
             not
             we
             still
             be
             trading
             with
             Christ
             in
             the
             great
             Commodities
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             Strong
             encouragements
             we
             have
             from
             all
             parts
             thereof
             ,
             if
             but
             duly
             weighed
             .
             The
             Trade
             ,
             the
             Factor
             ,
             the
             Commodity
             ,
             the
             Venture
             and
             Gain
             are
             beyond
             compare
             .
             Men
             improve
             their
             grounds
             ,
             and
             manage
             their
             state
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             well
             .
             Should
             not
             we
             then
             improve
             this
             stock
             ,
             and
             husband
             this
             portion
             upon
             better
             ground
             ?
             It
             is
             a
             field
             that
             will
             never
             fail
             ;
             the
             more
             we
             till
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             it
             will
             yield
             .
             As
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             so
             the
             knowledg
             of
             him
             ,
             are
             richest
             Mines
             still
             full
             of
             Treasure
             :
             
             springs
             of
             all
             good
             still
             inexhaustible
             .
             The
             more
             you
             draw
             the
             more
             will
             follow
             it
             ;
             
             like
             the
             womans
             Oil
             that
             will
             never
             stop
             ,
             
             but
             for
             want
             of
             Vessels
             .
             This
             improvement
             will
             improve
             all
             things
             else
             ;
             and
             without
             it
             nothing
             will
             do
             well
             .
             This
             speak
             to
             dead
             and
             living
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Death
             Christians
             should
             be
             excited
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             get
             Life
             ,
             else
             they
             cannot
             grow
             .
             You
             must
             get
             the
             stock
             before
             you
             can
             trade
             .
             Your
             heart
             must
             be
             renewed
             that
             it
             may
             be
             bettered
             .
             Former
             directions
             will
             stand
             you
             in
             stead
             if
             duly
             minded
             and
             observed
             .
             
             You
             must
             be
             convinced
             of
             your
             spiritual
             death
             ,
             
             to
             feel
             the
             need
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Life
             .
             Seek
             then
             to
             him
             as
             blinde
             Bartimeus
             ,
             
             cry
             hard
             after
             him
             ,
             let
             him
             have
             no
             rest
             til
             he
             give
             you
             Life
             and
             Light
             at
             once
             .
             He
             never
             yet
             rejected
             any
             soul
             that
             unfeignedly
             did
             attend
             on
             him
             .
             If
             you
             wait
             long
             at
             Bethesdas
             pool
             ,
             
             it
             s
             for
             your
             good
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             be
             found
             in
             the
             best
             season
             ;
             if
             he
             put
             you
             off
             as
             he
             did
             that
             famous
             woman
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             
             it
             is
             but
             for
             trial
             and
             to
             quicken
             you
             .
             If
             you
             cannot
             go
             ▪
             send
             your
             heart
             and
             friends
             ,
             your
             Prayers
             and
             Tears
             to
             give
             him
             a
             call
             .
             Be
             sure
             to
             observe
             what
             he
             saith
             to
             you
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Providence
             ,
             as
             by
             his
             Spirit
             .
             As
             you
             desire
             Life
             ,
             neglect
             no
             Means
             helping
             thereto
             ,
             Looking
             stil
             to
             him
             for
             his
             Blessing
             in
             all
             .
             Retain
             no
             sin
             ,
             and
             slight
             no
             Duty
             Voluntarily
             ;
             give
             him
             your
             bad
             heart
             to
             mend
             it
             for
             you
             .
             Feel
             your
             deadness
             that
             he
             may
             quicken
             you
             .
             Know
             the
             worst
             of
             your self
             by
             inspection
             in
             his
             Glass
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             learn
             to
             know
             the
             best
             of
             Christ
             .
             Beware
             especially
             of
             your
             darling
             Lusts
             ,
             
             your
             Dalilah
             corruptions
             ,
             whether
             sinful
             pleasure
             ,
             profit
             or
             Pride
             .
             Know
             your
             wretchedness
             and
             emptiness
             ,
             your
             insufficiency
             and
             unworthiness
             :
             
             that
             Christ
             may
             
             be
             your
             all
             ,
             
             for
             Wisdom
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             Redemption
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
             Living
             Christians
             must
             stir
             up
             themselves
             encrease
             this
             Life
             .
             Rouz
             up
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             that
             is
             within
             you
             .
             Blow
             up
             those
             sparks
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             your
             work
             to
             grow
             stil
             in
             Grace
             and
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             Food
             and
             Exercise
             ,
             Physick
             and
             Diet
             ,
             Temperance
             and
             Vigilance
             will
             be
             found
             special
             Helps
             ,
             as
             for
             bodily
             ,
             so
             for
             spiritual
             improvement
             of
             Life
             .
             There
             is
             an
             Instinct
             in
             every
             creature
             ,
             for
             self-preservation
             and
             increase
             ,
             which
             moves
             stil
             towards
             proper
             Objects
             in
             all
             due
             means
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Look
             well
             to
             your
             food
             then
             of
             a
             spiritual
             Nature
             ,
             to
             shun
             what
             is
             evil
             ,
             
             and
             improve
             what
             is
             good
             .
             You
             must
             therein
             mind
             the
             quantity
             and
             quality
             ,
             
             the
             order
             and
             season
             of
             Receving
             it
             for
             due
             concoction
             .
             
             The
             Scripture
             Word
             will
             afford
             you
             still
             the
             living
             Bread
             ,
             
             and
             the
             living
             Water
             ;
             the
             flesh
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             to
             feed
             on
             by
             Faith.
             
             Its
             
               milk
               for
               Babes
               ,
               and
               strong
               meat
               for
            
             adult
             Christians
             .
             Let
             it
             not
             be
             mixed
             nor
             adulterated
             by
             humane
             additions
             or
             detractions
             .
             
             Hunger
             and
             thirst
             stil
             after
             the
             Word
             and
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             .
             Take
             what
             suits
             your
             case
             ,
             
             and
             observe
             what
             Rules
             himself
             gives
             you
             .
             Plain
             dressing
             thereof
             will
             be
             still
             best
             for
             your
             profiting
             .
             Feel
             the
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             long
             after
             it
             ;
             cry
             and
             seek
             hard
             for
             it
             ,
             make
             good
             use
             of
             it
             .
             You
             must
             feed
             well
             that
             you
             may
             thrive
             well
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             See
             to
             your
             exercise
             ;
             that
             it
             may
             be
             moderate
             ,
             suitable
             and
             seasonable
             ;
             so
             will
             it
             be
             of
             singular
             help
             to
             discuss
             ill
             humours
             ,
             and
             to
             augment
             your
             native
             heat
             ,
             by
             fit
             distribution
             of
             food
             and
             Spirits
             .
             
             In
             all
             the
             waies
             of
             God
             exercise
             your self
             unto
             Godliness
             as
             the
             Apostle
             did
             for
             himself
             ,
             
             directing
             Timothy
             and
             all
             others
             to
             the
             same
             .
             
             Such
             an
             exercise
             hath
             the
             Promises
             of
             
               this
               Life
            
             and
             
               of
               that
               to
               come
            
             ,
             being
             still
             profitable
             for
             
               all
               things
            
             .
             Beware
             of
             straying
             into
             the
             devils
             paths
             ,
             and
             training
             in
             his
             military
             Yard
             .
             You
             must
             wrastle
             against
             sin
             and
             self
             ,
             against
             spiritual
             enemies
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             Your
             sinful
             body
             must
             be
             kept
             under
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             nimble
             and
             swift
             in
             your
             Race
             .
             
             The
             whole
             Armour
             of
             God
             is
             furbished
             to
             your
             hands
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             put
             it
             on
             and
             use
             it
             with
             success
             .
             Be
             thus
             strong
             in
             his
             strength
             and
             in
             the
             power
             of
             his
             might
             ,
             
             that
             you
             may
             prevail
             in
             all
             your
             conflicts
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             Mind
             seasonable
             Physick
             which
             you
             will
             often
             find
             the
             need
             of
             to
             purge
             out
             your
             peccant
             humors
             that
             are
             increasing
             and
             putrifying
             still
             .
             Your
             Growth
             will
             be
             stopt
             if
             these
             sinfull
             stoppages
             and
             putrid
             matters
             be
             not
             duly
             removed
             .
             Advise
             therefore
             with
             the
             best
             Physician
             for
             Prescripts
             and
             Medicines
             sorted
             to
             your
             case
             .
             
             Deal
             very
             freely
             and
             fully
             with
             him
             without
             dissembling
             and
             reservation
             .
             
             Give
             him
             exact
             account
             of
             what
             you
             do
             know
             ,
             
             that
             you
             may
             be
             dealt
             throughly
             with
             for
             good
             ;
             
             observe
             his
             directions
             with
             puncutual
             care
             in
             receiving
             good
             ,
             
             and
             eschewing
             evil
             .
             His
             Skill
             ,
             Power
             and
             Will
             are
             incomparable
             and
             unquestionable
             .
             His
             blood
             and
             Grace
             by
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             he
             mingles
             in
             his
             Word
             to
             destroy
             your
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             save
             your
             soul
             .
             If
             his
             Pils
             appear
             bitter
             to
             ,
             your
             taste
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             fitter
             to
             kill
             your
             corruptions
             :
             Your
             eure
             is
             certain
             if
             you
             be
             but
             ruled
             under
             his
             preparing
             ,
             
             purging
             and
             dressing
             .
             No
             disease
             ever
             proved
             shame
             to
             him
             ;
             trust
             him
             ,
             obey
             him
             ,
             and
             your
             case
             is
             safe
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Keep
             a
             due
             Diet
             as
             he
             doth
             instruct
             ,
             who
             orders
             all
             things
             to
             his
             peoples
             good
             .
             To
             abstain
             from
             evil
             is
             still
             as
             needfull
             as
             to
             be
             doing
             and
             receiving
             good
             .
             Observe
             then
             what
             things
             are
             most
             offensive
             to
             your
             constitution
             ,
             
             that
             you
             may
             avoid
             the
             first
             beginnings
             and
             appearance
             thereof
             .
             Some
             are
             more
             bent
             to
             pride
             ,
             others
             to
             Passion
             ,
             some
             to
             vanity
             ,
             others
             to
             wordliness
             ,
             some
             are
             more
             lazie
             ,
             others
             more
             wanton
             ,
             some
             grow
             more
             secure
             ,
             others
             more
             foolish
             .
             Error
             will
             tempt
             you
             under
             various
             shapes
             ,
             
             putting
             on
             often
             the
             Garment
             of
             Light.
             Ignorance
             and
             Pride
             
               will
               still
            
             cherish
             it
             ;
             self-conceit
             and
             folly
             
               will
               still
            
             be
             its
             Nurses
             .
             Meddle
             not
             with
             pitch
             to
             avoid
             its
             filth
             .
             
             
               Trie
               all
               things
               aright
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               suck
               no
               evil
               .
            
             Advice
             from
             sure
             hands
             will
             preserve
             you
             much
             from
             the
             common
             Wo
             of
             this
             erring
             Age.
             Improve
             your
             own
             and
             others
             Experience
             ,
             confirmed
             to
             you
             by
             Scripture-Records
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Forget
             not
             Temperance
             ,
             
             the
             Nurse
             of
             Vertue
             and
             the
             Ruin
             of
             vice
             .
             Let
             your
             moderation
             appear
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             the
             Lord
             is
             an
             hand
             .
             Sobriety
             in
             all
             things
             lawfull
             must
             attend
             abstinence
             from
             things
             unlawfull
             .
             
             The
             supream
             Physician
             directs
             often
             to
             this
             ,
             both
             by
             his
             own
             mouth
             and
             his
             Servants
             
             
             
             
             
             Pen.
             
             Intemperance
             is
             the
             womb
             and
             breast
             of
             all
             sinfull
             evil
             that
             would
             weaken
             you
             .
             You
             may
             soon
             surfeit
             with
             worldly
             Creatures
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             not
             singularly
             carefull
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             grow
             apace
             in
             the
             things
             of
             Christ
             ,
             be
             very
             moderate
             in
             all
             other
             things
             .
             
             Nature
             is
             content
             with
             little
             ,
             and
             Grace
             with
             less
             ,
             where
             Inordinancy
             hath
             not
             burst
             the
             bounds
             .
             Know
             well
             what
             becomes
             your
             Complexion
             and
             Condition
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             still
             cut
             your
             garment
             to
             your
             cloth
             ,
             and
             to
             your
             wearing
             .
             He
             is
             rich
             indeed
             that
             hath
             learn't
             Contentment
             ,
             the
             choice
             Jewel
             which
             Christ
             alone
             gives
             .
             Paul
             studied
             long
             and
             hard
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             
             being
             instructed
             in
             the
             School
             of
             Heaven
             .
             
             Follow
             his
             steps
             to
             attain
             his
             End
             :
             so
             shall
             you
             know
             how
             to
             want
             and
             abound
             .
             Godliness
             with
             Content
             will
             be
             your
             great
             gain
             ;
             the
             Blessing
             of
             the
             Lord
             will
             make
             you
             so
             rich
             ,
             
             as
             to
             add
             no
             sorrow
             thereto
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             
             Be
             very
             watchfull
             ;
             this
             is
             Christs
             own
             Rule
             ,
             often
             inculcated
             to
             spur
             on
             our
             dulness
             .
             
             We
             naturally
             are
             very
             drowzy
             ,
             
             much
             inclining
             to
             sloth
             and
             slumber
             .
             In
             this
             sleepy
             age
             the
             wisest
             Virgins
             contract
             infection
             among
             the
             foolish
             .
             
             They
             all
             slumber
             and
             sleep
             through
             their
             own
             default
             ,
             the
             Bridgroom
             tarrying
             for
             some
             longer
             space
             then
             some
             expected
             .
             Watch
             and
             pray
             ,
             
             watch
             and
             be
             sober
             ,
             lest
             ye
             be
             surprized
             ere
             you
             be
             ware
             .
             You
             are
             surrounded
             with
             mortal
             enemies
             ,
             very
             numerous
             ,
             cruel
             and
             cunning
             :
             Look
             well
             to
             your
             Guards
             ,
             inward
             and
             outward
             ;
             your
             danger
             within
             is
             often
             greatest
             .
             
             Redeem
             the
             time
             well
             ,
             walking
             circumspectly
             ,
             not
             as
             fools
             ,
             
             but
             as
             wise
             in
             these
             evil
             days
             .
             Watch
             unto
             all
             good
             against
             every
             sin
             ,
             so
             shall
             you
             be
             ready
             for
             your
             Masters
             comming
             .
             
             The
             lazy
             Servant
             shall
             see
             him
             with
             horror
             ,
             whom
             the
             diligent
             shall
             welcome
             with
             Joy.
             The
             night
             of
             Ignorance
             ,
             Error
             ,
             and
             all
             sin
             ,
             is
             the
             season
             that
             requires
             this
             most
             .
             Troubles
             of
             all
             sorts
             will
             attend
             the
             same
             if
             all
             due
             care
             be
             not
             rightly
             used
             .
             Christ
             comes
             as
             a
             Thief
             unexpectedly
             ,
             both
             on
             the
             former
             and
             this
             latter
             world
             ,
             whilst
             robbing
             Spirits
             are
             catching
             abroad
             .
             
               Blessed
               is
               he
               that
               watcheth
               ,
               and
               keeps
               his
               Garments
               .
            
             
             If
             any
             of
             us
             be
             stripped
             by
             their
             Wiles
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             found
             naked
             to
             our
             open
             shame
             .
             Seducing
             Spirits
             do
             haunt
             every
             place
             with
             their
             cheating
             drugs
             and
             Mountebanck
             
             Tricks
             .
             Look
             well
             to
             your selves
             and
             to
             all
             under
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             poisoned
             by
             their
             Artifice
             .
             They
             can
             cog
             the
             dice
             ,
             and
             shuffle
             their
             Cards
             with
             all
             nimbleness
             and
             secret
             methods
             .
             The
             Prince
             of
             this
             world
             is
             still
             teaching
             them
             to
             abuse
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             corrupt
             its
             sense
             by
             wresting
             its
             words
             .
             Watch
             therefore
             to
             improve
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             with
             more
             vigor
             ,
             zeal
             and
             diligence
             .
             Be
             moved
             thereto
             by
             further
             viewing
             the
             following
             point
             ,
             as
             the
             Remedy
             against
             such
             Maladies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Doctrine
             VI.
             Spiritual
             Growth
             is
             a
             Soveraign
             Antidote
             against
             Error
             and
             Apostacy
             .
             This
             clearly
             appears
             from
             the
             respective
             Aspect
             of
             this
             Text
             upon
             the
             Context
             ,
             as
             is
             implyed
             in
             the
             particle
             But.
             
          
           
             ERror
             is
             a
             subtile
             and
             a
             strong
             Poison
             ,
             as
             doth
             appear
             from
             the
             former
             hints
             .
             It
             blinds
             the
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             misleads
             the
             soul
             into
             Satans
             road
             of
             falshood
             and
             deceit
             .
             Spiritual
             Errors
             are
             most
             dangerous
             in
             the
             great
             matters
             of
             our
             Salvation
             .
             Scruples
             and
             doubts
             are
             more
             unsettled
             ;
             Error
             grows
             fixed
             ,
             and
             radicates
             it self
             .
             In
             Circumstantials
             of
             Religion
             there
             is
             less
             danger
             among
             sober
             and
             humble
             Christians
             .
             If
             this
             disease
             grow
             to
             greater
             height
             ,
             near
             the
             foundation
             and
             the
             noble
             parts
             ,
             t'
             will
             be
             worse
             still
             .
             If
             once
             it
             strike
             at
             Fundamentals
             ,
             its
             intolerable
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             born
             with
             .
             The
             venom
             thereof
             is
             set
             out
             in
             Scripture
             by
             the
             most
             poisonous
             Creatures
             that
             can
             be
             .
             Minerals
             and
             Plants
             ,
             Vermin
             and
             Serpents
             do
             all
             come
             short
             in
             setting
             it
             forth
             .
             The
             vilest
             Excrements
             and
             the
             worst
             disease
             cannot
             sufficiently
             express
             its
             deadliness
             .
             It
             s
             the
             sad
             abstract
             of
             all
             kind
             of
             evil
             ,
             wherein
             sin
             and
             Sorrow
             do
             fully
             center
             .
             All
             sorts
             ,
             even
             the
             best
             ,
             being
             subject
             thereto
             in
             different
             ways
             ,
             should
             be
             made
             carefull
             to
             provide
             against
             it
             .
             As
             Countryes
             vary
             ,
             so
             do
             their
             poisons
             ;
             as
             bodies
             vary
             ,
             so
             do
             their
             diseases
             .
             This
             poisonous
             disease
             doth
             likewise
             vary
             on
             divers
             accouts
             to
             be
             distinctly
             known
             towards
             a
             cure
             .
          
           
             Apostacy
             and
             Revolt
             from
             God
             is
             a
             pernicious
             evil
             ,
             and
             the
             
             common
             Attendant
             of
             Error
             ,
             which
             still
             endangers
             a
             Christians
             stedfastness
             .
             
             The
             word
             signifies
             a
             turning
             aside
             ,
             and
             setting
             mans
             back
             against
             the
             living
             God.
             
             Every
             sin
             is
             Gods
             enemy
             ,
             
             and
             turning
             to
             sin
             is
             running
             from
             God.
             In
             the
             first
             Adam
             we
             revolted
             all
             ,
             
             and
             corrupt
             nature
             is
             still
             bent
             to
             sin
             ,
             through
             the
             sinfull
             venom
             received
             from
             him
             .
             
             Christ
             the
             second
             Adam
             came
             into
             the
             world
             to
             save
             his
             people
             from
             their
             sinfull
             death
             by
             a
             gracious
             Covenant
             published
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
             
             Some
             do
             embrace
             it
             but
             externally
             ,
             others
             cordially
             .
             Satan
             is
             
               still
               attempting
            
             to
             turn
             every
             man
             from
             it
             by
             various
             Errors
             and
             Methods
             of
             his
             .
             
             He
             prevails
             with-most
             to
             their
             undoing
             ,
             
             and
             gains
             too
             much
             credit
             with
             the
             best
             .
             This
             Apostacy
             and
             turning
             from
             God
             is
             total
             ,
             or
             partial
             .
             Total
             Apostacy
             raigns
             still
             in
             all
             the
             unregenerate
             that
             do
             shake
             off
             the
             good
             ways
             of
             Christ
             .
             Partial
             Apostacy
             often
             distempers
             the
             Regenerate
             to
             a
             high
             degree
             ,
             though
             it
             never
             proves
             total
             nor
             final
             .
             They
             turn
             as
             far
             from
             God
             as
             they
             turn
             aside
             into
             crooked
             ways
             ,
             being
             disturbed
             with
             the
             fumes
             of
             corruption
             and
             temptation
             .
             They
             turn
             from
             one
             Truth
             ,
             and
             then
             from
             another
             by
             following
             Satan
             and
             his
             counterfeit
             Lights
             ;
             from
             one
             disease
             they
             contract
             another
             ,
             by
             the
             putrifying
             of
             their
             ill
             humors
             to
             more
             malignity
             .
          
           
             These
             dreadfull
             evils
             need
             a
             Soveraign
             Antidote
             ,
             and
             a
             sutable
             Counterpoison
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             turn
             all
             into
             confusion
             .
             All
             Societies
             civil
             and
             spiritual
             ,
             are
             very
             much
             endangered
             thereby
             as
             well
             as
             mens
             souls
             .
             Spiritual
             Growth
             is
             a
             choise
             Remedy
             fitted
             by
             the
             Lord
             for
             such
             a
             disease
             .
             In
             every
             Country
             Providence
             affords
             some
             Preservative
             against
             all
             diseases
             and
             poisons
             that
             infest
             the
             same
             .
             Wise
             Physitians
             know
             this
             very
             well
             ,
             though
             they
             make
             use
             of
             forraign
             drugs
             also
             
               ex
               abundanti
            
             .
             God
             hath
             shewed
             no
             less
             care
             of
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             then
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             having
             sent
             his
             own
             Son
             to
             be
             the
             Saviour
             and
             Lord
             of
             his
             people
             .
             He
             is
             held
             forth
             indefinitely
             to
             all
             that
             will
             hear
             ,
             and
             is
             peculiarly
             given
             to
             such
             whose
             heart
             is
             by
             special
             Grace
             renewed
             efficacioussy
             to
             the
             embracing
             of
             him
             .
             By
             his
             Spirit
             he
             draws
             home
             his
             Elect
             from
             among
             the
             rest
             to
             a
             conjugal
             acquaintance
             with
             himself
             .
             This
             gracious
             knowledge
             is
             to
             be
             improved
             for
             a
             singular
             Antidote
             
             against
             sinfull
             Errors
             .
             It
             hath
             appeared
             to
             be
             so
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             and
             will
             still
             be
             so
             upon
             solid
             grounds
             which
             divine
             Reason
             suggests
             to
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             Because
             it
             removes
             and
             prevents
             the
             causes
             thereof
             ,
             External
             and
             Internal
             .
             The
             cause
             removed
             ,
             the
             Effect
             will
             cease
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             THE
             External
             Causes
             ,
             called
             evident
             among
             Physicians
             ,
             are
             all
             such
             as
             from
             without
             endanger
             men
             ,
             as
             ill
             Company
             ,
             Disorders
             ,
             Infection
             ,
             Wounds
             ,
             &c.
             from
             Sin
             and
             Satan
             ;
             thus
             spiritually
             many
             external
             causes
             do
             still
             assault
             us
             ,
             
             which
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             prevents
             and
             removes
             .
             A
             well
             grown
             Christian
             
               hath
               his
               senses
               exercised
               to
               discern
               aright
               between
               good
               and
               evil
               .
            
             
             
               The
               spiritual
               man
               judges
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               comparing
               of
               them
               spiritually
               .
            
             
             He
             is
             not
             easily
             caught
             into
             the
             snare
             ,
             
             but
             wisely
             foresees
             it
             and
             escapes
             .
             He
             believes
             not
             every
             Spirit
             ,
             
             but
             tries
             them
             all
             by
             the
             Lords
             Touch-stone
             .
             He
             is
             forewarned
             and
             forearmed
             still
             against
             Infectious
             Temptations
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Internal
             Causes
             are
             either
             Antecedent
             and
             remote
             ,
             or
             continent
             and
             proxime
             ,
             which
             are
             bred
             within
             by
             congestion
             and
             defluxion
             of
             several
             ill
             humors
             ,
             putrifying
             gradually
             and
             variously
             to
             the
             distempering
             of
             the
             several
             parts
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             whole
             also
             .
             Thus
             sinfull
             Corruption
             doth
             spiritually
             disorder
             mens
             souls
             .
             Spiritual
             Growth
             affords
             Christs
             own
             help
             to
             the
             purging
             out
             of
             such
             ill
             Humors
             ,
             Vapors
             and
             Spirits
             .
             It
             kils
             the
             worms
             ,
             takes
             away
             stoppages
             ,
             cleanses
             the
             parts
             by
             all
             convenient
             helps
             ,
             internal
             and
             external
             .
             It
             purges
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             parts
             in
             a
             due
             Method
             ,
             using
             revulsions
             and
             derivations
             with
             all
             sort
             of
             evacuations
             .
             So
             far
             as
             Grace
             is
             grown
             up
             within
             by
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             so
             far
             is
             corruption
             purged
             out
             gradually
             .
             
             He
             that
             knows
             him
             purifies
             himself
             even
             as
             he
             is
             pure
             .
             
             Christs
             own
             Physick
             dispenced
             daily
             in
             his
             Word
             and
             Providence
             ,
             is
             through
             his
             Spirit
             improved
             that
             way
             .
             
               He
               that
               is
               born
               of
               God
               doth
               not
               so
               sin
               ,
            
             as
             he
             
             did
             before
             ,
             neither
             can
             he
             so
             sin
             ,
             either
             totally
             or
             finally
             ,
             because
             the
             seed
             of
             
               God
               abides
               in
               him
            
             .
             As
             he
             finds
             corruption
             breeding
             afresh
             within
             ,
             it
             s
             his
             desire
             and
             design
             ,
             his
             delight
             and
             labor
             to
             crush
             the
             Cockatrice
             in
             the
             shell
             ,
             and
             suppress
             the
             first
             beginnings
             .
             He
             hath
             a
             tender
             heart
             ,
             sensible
             of
             the
             first
             stirs
             ,
             of
             the
             least
             vain
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             keeps
             himself
             that
             the
             ev●l
             one
             touch
             him
             not
             ,
             as
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           
             Because
             it
             corroborates
             and
             fortifies
             the
             noble
             parts
             ,
             and
             thereby
             all
             the
             rest
             against
             all
             internal
             Corruptions
             and
             outward
             Temptations
             .
             Thus
             health
             and
             strength
             are
             procured
             and
             improved
             against
             the
             malignity
             of
             all
             spiritual
             distempers
             .
             Corroboration
             is
             a
             singular
             help
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             bodies
             ,
             so
             in
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             against
             all
             diseases
             .
             Ill
             Humors
             do
             leave
             in
             the
             parts
             affected
             an
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             Discomposure
             which
             enfeebles
             it
             ,
             
             and
             by
             a
             ferment
             and
             a
             sickly
             Spawn
             ,
             makes
             it
             prone
             to
             new
             disorders
             .
             Error
             and
             Sin
             work
             in
             the
             like
             manner
             upon
             mens
             souls
             ,
             
             striking
             chiefly
             at
             the
             Vitals
             and
             Chief
             .
             
             The
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             duly
             improved
             ,
             doth
             orderly
             eradicate
             and
             extirpate
             it
             by
             Communication
             of
             his
             divine
             strength
             to
             vivification
             of
             every
             Grace
             ,
             
             and
             Mortification
             of
             the
             old
             man
             in
             all
             its
             Members
             .
             The
             more
             a
             soul
             lives
             in
             him
             and
             by
             him
             ,
             the
             more
             of
             his
             renewed
             Supports
             and
             supplies
             come
             in
             ,
             which
             compose
             the
             Christian
             into
             spiritual
             health
             ,
             rectifying
             every
             part
             .
             All
             the
             faculties
             are
             secured
             and
             fortified
             thereby
             against
             Relapses
             and
             struglings
             of
             sin
             .
             
             Such
             can
             do
             all
             things
             through
             Christ
             strengthning
             them
             .
             
             The
             sense
             of
             their
             own
             insufficiency
             drives
             them
             still
             to
             his
             Al-sufficiency
             ,
             
             that
             his
             Grace
             may
             be
             sufficient
             for
             them
             ,
             
             and
             his
             Vertue
             perfected
             in
             weakness
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Reason
             3.
             
          
           
             Because
             it
             derives
             still
             a
             specifick
             Vertue
             out
             of
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             
             whose
             Soveraign
             Property
             mingled
             with
             all
             due
             means
             of
             his
             appointing
             ,
             
             affords
             still
             a
             sure
             Preservative
             :
             Physicians
             observe
             the
             specifick
             Vertue
             of
             natural
             Medicines
             ,
             simple
             and
             compound
             ,
             which
             renders
             the
             whole
             effectual
             towards
             bodily
             cures
             .
             Such
             a
             signally
             peculiar
             force
             is
             found
             in
             the
             Lords
             choice
             Antidote
             ,
             dispensed
             to
             his
             Patients
             .
             The
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             duly
             improved
             ,
             fetches
             out
             of
             him
             that
             wonderfull
             Grace
             which
             he
             mingles
             with
             all
             the
             Medicines
             appointed
             for
             their
             good
             .
             His
             Blood
             is
             that
             
               Aurum
               potabile
            
             and
             Panpharmacum
             ,
             that
             Catholicon
             and
             Elixer
             of
             Life
             which
             sanctifies
             all
             things
             effectually
             to
             his
             Peoples
             good
             .
             
             The
             more
             any
             soul
             grows
             up
             into
             acquaintance
             with
             him
             ,
             
             the
             more
             use
             is
             made
             of
             that
             Soveraign
             Balm
             of
             Gilead
             ,
             
             flowing
             from
             the
             Physicians
             very
             heart
             .
             
             The
             Pelican
             is
             said
             to
             cure
             his
             little
             ones
             with
             his
             own
             blood
             .
             
             Christ
             to
             be
             sure
             makes
             this
             good
             to
             his
             .
             His
             Grace
             is
             the
             Basis
             of
             every
             Dose
             ,
             
             of
             every
             Topick
             ,
             of
             every
             means
             appointed
             by
             him
             .
             
             The
             strongest
             poison
             is
             quelled
             thereby
             ,
             the
             stoutest
             humors
             are
             subdued
             ,
             the
             sorest
             obstructions
             are
             removed
             ,
             and
             the
             worst
             Maladies
             cured
             by
             the
             same
             .
             
             He
             healed
             all
             manner
             of
             diseases
             and
             sicknesses
             among
             the
             people
             in
             their
             bodies
             and
             souls
             ,
             
             in
             his
             progress
             on
             earth
             ,
             
             and
             he
             doth
             so
             still
             by
             his
             Spirit
             from
             heaven
             .
             His
             Word
             and
             Ordinances
             are
             the
             proper
             means
             used
             by
             him
             for
             application
             thereof
             .
             
             He
             employes
             his
             servants
             of
             the
             Magistracy
             and
             Ministry
             to
             observe
             his
             will
             in
             the
             right
             use
             thereof
             by
             all
             fit
             helps
             Spiritual
             and
             Civil
             .
             
             His
             Providence
             points
             out
             the
             case
             to
             be
             dealt
             with
             all
             spiritual
             skil
             .
             Our
             Antidote
             improved
             affords
             every
             Christian
             to
             manage
             all
             aright
             .
             His
             special
             Blessing
             he
             affords
             in
             all
             according
             to
             Promise
             .
             The
             Reason
             is
             good
             ;
             make
             good
             use
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Corollar
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Hence
             may
             we
             view
             the
             Ground
             and
             Cure
             of
             our
             spiritual
             Distempers
             in
             all
             Relations
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             THE
             Ground
             is
             much
             from
             want
             of
             spiritual
             Growth
             in
             the
             best
             ,
             
             as
             from
             want
             of
             Life
             in
             most
             .
             Were
             Christ
             known
             to
             better
             purpose
             ,
             
             both
             Church
             and
             State
             would
             not
             be
             so
             sickly
             .
             
             But
             the
             most
             are
             ignorant
             of
             him
             ,
             
             and
             the
             best
             much
             too
             blame
             .
             
             Thence
             so
             many
             diseases
             and
             sores
             in
             all
             Relations
             and
             Societies
             .
             
             Every
             Person
             ,
             every
             Family
             finds
             cause
             to
             complain
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             is
             so
             much
             slighted
             .
             
             No
             wonder
             if
             the
             sickness
             increase
             ,
             and
             the
             venom
             spreads
             ,
             when
             such
             a
             Physician
             with
             his
             Antidote
             are
             so
             basely
             used
             .
             Wise
             men
             easily
             see
             whence
             this
             evil
             comes
             and
             is
             aggravated
             .
             Gross
             wilfull
             unbelief
             is
             the
             forest
             disease
             that
             aggravates
             the
             case
             ,
             making
             it
             desperate
             .
             This
             was
             the
             case
             of
             Gods
             people
             of
             old
             in
             the
             wilderness
             and
             Canaan
             ,
             again
             and
             again
             .
             
             They
             slighted
             Christ
             and
             his
             Messengers
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             grown
             beyond
             all
             Remedy
             .
             
             It
             may
             give
             us
             warning
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Cure
             and
             Method
             of
             Relief
             is
             hence
             observable
             ;
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             left
             us
             yet
             remediless
             .
             There
             is
             Balm
             in
             Gilead
             ,
             and
             a
             Physician
             there
             with
             Soveraign
             Vertue
             to
             cure
             our
             Israel
             .
             
             The
             Method
             thereof
             appears
             clearly
             from
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             .
             
             This
             gracious
             knowledge
             will
             afford
             us
             the
             sure
             Medicines
             for
             a
             distracted
             Church
             and
             a
             discomposed
             
             State.
             
             Any
             diseased
             soul
             and
             disordered
             Family
             may
             hence
             take
             Receipts
             with
             the
             best
             Probatum
             .
             Politicians
             would
             prove
             far
             more
             prosperous
             ,
             
             would
             they
             study
             Christ
             more
             ,
             and
             Machiavel
             less
             .
             
             Did
             Ministers
             know
             him
             more
             graciously
             ,
             they
             would
             meet
             surely
             with
             better
             success
             .
             Did
             all
             Superiors
             attend
             his
             Prescripts
             ,
             every
             business
             would
             find
             under
             
             them
             much
             facility
             .
             Did
             private
             Christians
             observe
             this
             better
             ,
             they
             would
             sure
             enjoy
             much
             of
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             internal
             and
             external
             man.
             
               The
               Lord
               thy
               Physitian
            
             ,
             is
             his
             Title
             of
             honour
             ,
             
             which
             Christ
             sets
             up
             by
             his
             great
             Herauld
             ,
             and
             proclaims
             to
             his
             people
             for
             speedy
             help
             in
             every
             trouble
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             It
             should
             admonish
             all
             carnal
             and
             notional
             Christians
             ,
             under
             the
             total
             Reign
             ,
             or
             partial
             Remainder
             of
             Spiritual
             Errors
             and
             Revolts
             .
             What
             pity
             is
             it
             that
             such
             a
             choice
             Help
             so
             freely
             tendered
             should
             be
             so
             basely
             slighted
             and
             abused
             !
             Doth
             not
             this
             Point
             then
             justly
             Reprove
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Such
             as
             are
             under
             the
             total
             Reign
             of
             sin
             and
             Error
             ,
             all
             sinners
             in
             grain
             ?
             Is
             not
             your
             case
             very
             woful
             indeed
             ,
             that
             wilfully
             abide
             in
             a
             Christless
             state
             ,
             by
             still
             abiding
             in
             a
             sinful
             state
             ?
             Sin
             is
             your
             plague
             and
             you
             know
             it
             not
             ;
             Error
             Rules
             in
             you
             and
             you
             feel
             it
             not
             ;
             why
             are
             you
             sensless
             in
             such
             a
             danger
             ?
             Because
             sin
             is
             there
             in
             its
             Element
             .
             Your
             disease
             is
             a
             sleepy
             feaver
             ,
             or
             a
             phrantick
             madness
             ;
             else
             you
             would
             never
             slight
             Christs
             Physick
             no
             more
             then
             his
             Person
             .
             You
             feed
             upon
             ashes
             ,
             
             
               a
               deceitful
               heart
               hath
               carried
            
             you
             aside
             that
             
               you
               cannot
            
             see
             the
             lye
             in
             
               your
               right
            
             hand
             .
             
             It
             may
             be
             you
             think
             you
             Reject
             not
             Christ
             :
             why
             then
             do
             you
             reject
             his
             Terms
             ,
             and
             prefer
             your
             own
             ?
             
             Why
             do
             you
             stil
             love
             what
             he
             loaths
             ,
             and
             loath
             what
             he
             loves
             ?
             Why
             do
             you
             then
             continue
             stil
             in
             the
             love
             and
             trade
             of
             your
             darling
             sins
             ,
             secret
             or
             gross
             ?
             Why
             do
             you
             stil
             provide
             for
             your
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             plead
             for
             them
             ,
             covering
             of
             them
             ,
             mincing
             the
             matter
             and
             returning
             still
             thereto
             as
             the
             dog
             and
             swine
             ?
             
             Why
             do
             you
             stil
             then
             loath
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             his
             Word
             and
             Sabbath
             ,
             his
             service
             and
             servants
             ?
             Do
             you
             pretend
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             yet
             continue
             stil
             in
             Rebellion
             ?
             Do
             you
             profess
             to
             own
             his
             marriage
             terms
             ,
             and
             yet
             remain
             stil
             wedded
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             your
             gain
             and
             will
             ,
             to
             sensual
             pleasure
             and
             windy
             honour
             ?
             Do
             you
             profess
             to
             believe
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             yet
             will
             not
             do
             what
             he
             bids
             you
             ,
             nor
             forbear
             what
             he
             forbids
             ?
             This
             is
             to
             mock
             ,
             
             not
             to
             honour
             Christ
             ;
             he
             knows
             you
             not
             ,
             that
             wilfully
             and
             constantly
             work
             iniquity
             in
             opinion
             ,
             
             affection
             ,
             or
             life
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Under
             the
             partial
             Remainders
             thereof
             will
             Regnerate
             Saints
             be
             found
             ,
             though
             not
             all
             alike
             .
             The
             best
             therefore
             may
             justly
             be
             Reproved
             for
             their
             sinful
             estrangedness
             from
             Christ
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             Errors
             and
             Revolts
             ,
             our
             not
             growing
             in
             that
             gracious
             Knowledge
             that
             would
             prove
             our
             Soveraign
             Antidote
             ?
             Why
             do
             we
             study
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             so
             little
             and
             the
             world
             so
             much
             ?
             Is
             not
             our
             ignorance
             and
             self-conceitedness
             ,
             our
             sloth
             and
             neglect
             about
             this
             main
             thing
             ,
             the
             great
             cause
             of
             our
             sad
             distempers
             ?
             Factions
             and
             Fractions
             we
             justly
             bewail
             in
             every
             Relation
             .
             Most
             carry
             fire
             and
             fuel
             to
             the
             common
             Incendy
             to
             encrease
             it
             stil
             ;
             few
             mind
             the
             water
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
             for
             to
             quench
             the
             same
             .
             Do
             not
             the
             best
             find
             upon
             due
             search
             much
             of
             selfishness
             in
             all
             disputes
             and
             controversies
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             also
             find
             in
             their
             private
             affairs
             how
             much
             self
             is
             preferred
             before
             Christ
             ?
             Should
             not
             this
             great
             evil
             humble
             our
             souls
             deeply
             ,
             that
             we
             thus
             
               forsake
               the
               Fountain
               of
               living
               Waters
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               dig
               unto
               our selves
               broken
               empty
               Cisterns
               that
               will
               hold
               no
               water
               ?
            
             Is
             this
             our
             kindness
             to
             our
             dearest
             friend
             ?
             Is
             this
             our
             Loyalty
             to
             our
             dread
             Soveraign
             ?
             Is
             this
             our
             love
             to
             our selves
             and
             Neighbor
             ,
             to
             despise
             thus
             the
             only
             way
             of
             cure
             ?
             Be
             we
             ashamed
             of
             this
             vile
             neglect
             ,
             that
             Christs
             Truth
             and
             Waies
             have
             suffered
             so
             much
             through
             our
             great
             folly
             .
             Are
             our
             experiences
             of
             so
             little
             worth
             ,
             and
             our
             acquaintance
             with
             Christ
             so
             inconsiderable
             ,
             that
             we
             slight
             all
             ,
             and
             yield
             to
             every
             assault
             of
             temptation
             and
             corruption
             ,
             drawing
             us
             aside
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             Enquiry
             and
             search
             into
             our
             spiritual
             state
             ;
             our
             Complexion
             may
             be
             hence
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             Tokens
             of
             our
             Personal
             and
             publike
             Constitution
             may
             be
             duly
             brought
             to
             Divine
             Test
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Hence
             may
             every
             one
             personally
             view
             his
             case
             and
             state
             towards
             Eternity
             .
             We
             are
             all
             by
             Nature
             deadly
             sick
             of
             sin
             ,
             still
             subject
             to
             Error
             and
             Apostacy
             of
             the
             basest
             kind
             .
             Our
             hearts
             are
             full
             of
             mortal
             poison
             ,
             carrying
             still
             within
             the
             seed
             and
             Root
             of
             the
             worst
             disease
             naturally
             and
             spiritually
             .
             What
             
             Antidote
             have
             we
             got
             against
             all
             such
             dreadful
             evils
             ?
             Have
             we
             learned
             Christ
             in
             the
             truth
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             our
             gracious
             knowledge
             might
             stil
             be
             growing
             ?
             Are
             we
             thereby
             fenced
             against
             the
             sinful
             causes
             of
             Error
             and
             Revolt
             ?
             Are
             we
             daily
             mortifying
             sin
             ,
             dying
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             resisting
             Tempters
             ,
             denying
             our selves
             through
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Are
             we
             still
             fortifying
             our
             souls
             with
             his
             precious
             Grace
             ,
             that
             all
             our
             Faculties
             may
             be
             preserved
             in
             spiritual
             health
             against
             sin
             and
             Error
             ?
             Do
             we
             rightly
             apply
             the
             vertue
             of
             this
             Christ
             in
             each
             of
             his
             specifick
             properties
             ,
             whilst
             we
             attend
             his
             will
             and
             Blessing
             in
             the
             diligent
             use
             of
             all
             the
             means
             appointed
             by
             him
             ?
             Do
             we
             still
             mind
             his
             Word
             and
             Blood
             ,
             his
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             in
             every
             Ordinance
             and
             Providence
             through
             his
             Spirits
             help
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             May
             we
             not
             hence
             also
             take
             a
             Publick
             Estimate
             of
             the
             state
             of
             Affairs
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             in
             this
             Land
             ,
             in
             this
             Republique
             ,
             yea
             of
             any
             place
             whatsoever
             ?
             The
             true
             Prognosticks
             of
             present
             and
             future
             Weal
             ,
             or
             Wo
             ,
             will
             be
             hence
             made
             perspicuous
             .
             Away
             with
             Star-gazers
             and
             carnal
             wisdom
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             consult
             with
             Gods
             own
             Personal
             Wisdom
             .
             How
             far
             are
             we
             then
             in
             a
             publike
             posture
             acquainted
             with
             Christ
             ?
             How
             far
             is
             that
             Acquaintance
             improved
             ?
             Resolve
             these
             queries
             ,
             and
             the
             case
             will
             be
             as
             clear
             as
             Noon-day
             .
             God
             may
             save
             us
             with
             A
             Notwithstanding
             miraculously
             ,
             
             at
             his
             own
             pleasure
             .
             But
             we
             must
             judge
             of
             persons
             and
             things
             by
             the
             known
             Rule
             of
             his
             Word
             ,
             compared
             with
             Providence
             .
             So
             far
             as
             we
             slight
             Christ
             publickly
             in
             any
             concernment
             of
             his
             ,
             so
             far
             may
             we
             rationally
             expect
             that
             he
             should
             slight
             us
             in
             our
             concernments
             .
             
             Let
             every
             one
             make
             due
             application
             as
             he
             shall
             see
             cause
             in
             all
             
             publike
             Affairs
             ,
             
             whilst
             God
             is
             shaking
             and
             overturning
             all
             things
             in
             the
             Nations
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             so
             still
             ,
             til
             Christ
             come
             to
             his
             Right
             to
             fill
             his
             house
             with
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vse
             4.
             
          
           
             May
             be
             for
             counsel
             to
             all
             Christian
             Professors
             ;
             prize
             and
             desire
             ,
             embrace
             and
             insure
             ,
             Keep
             and
             improve
             this
             precious
             Antidote
             .
             It
             s
             an
             infectious
             season
             ,
             it
             concerns
             all
             to
             look
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             therefore
             look
             well
             after
             this
             Antidote
             ,
             
             to
             prevent
             and
             remove
             all
             sinful
             diseases
             .
             That
             it
             may
             be
             yours
             effectually
             thus
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Prize
             it
             ,
             undervalue
             it
             not
             ;
             consider
             its
             worth
             and
             singular
             use
             .
             It
             s
             Christ
             himself
             with
             his
             saving
             Grace
             that
             is
             to
             be
             duly
             known
             and
             improved
             .
             Let
             no
             creature
             then
             come
             into
             competition
             .
             Christ
             will
             endure
             no
             Corrival
             nor
             Superiour
             .
             Let
             not
             any
             darling
             sin
             be
             cherished
             now
             to
             undervalue
             Christ
             .
             If
             he
             be
             not
             infinitely
             better
             ,
             mind
             him
             not
             at
             all
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             ,
             mind
             him
             above
             all
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Desire
             it
             ,
             disdain
             it
             not
             .
             So
             lovely
             ,
             so
             needful
             an
             Object
             should
             set
             all
             your
             Affections
             on
             flames
             .
             You
             have
             disdained
             him
             too
             long
             already
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             high
             time
             to
             long
             for
             him
             ,
             to
             breath
             and
             pant
             ,
             till
             you
             obtain
             him
             ?
             What
             would
             a
             dying
             man
             give
             for
             a
             sure
             cure
             ?
             a
             condemned
             man
             for
             a
             pardon
             ?
             a
             drowning
             man
             for
             help
             ?
             Let
             your
             heart
             give
             that
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             this
             Christ
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Embrace
             it
             ,
             reject
             it
             not
             ;
             accept
             of
             him
             if
             you
             love
             your self
             ,
             upon
             his
             own
             Terms
             .
             If
             you
             capitulate
             ,
             or
             reserve
             any
             thing
             ,
             Christ
             will
             none
             of
             you
             .
             This
             offer
             may
             be
             your
             last
             .
             Let
             your
             whole
             soul
             now
             close
             freely
             with
             him
             in
             a
             Conjugal
             way
             ,
             
             by
             mutual
             consent
             .
             Receive
             and
             Take
             that
             you
             may
             be
             One
             ,
             and
             may
             know
             him
             thus
             and
             your self
             aright
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
             Insure
             it
             ,
             neglect
             it
             not
             ;
             you
             have
             his
             Insuring
             Office
             to
             make
             all
             clear
             and
             firm
             .
             
             His
             Spirit
             within
             by
             his
             privy
             Seal
             ;
             his
             Sacraments
             and
             Ordinances
             without
             ,
             
             by
             a
             broad
             Seal
             ratifie
             his
             gracious
             Covenant
             .
             
             Observe
             and
             grieve
             not
             that
             Spirit
             of
             Adoption
             ,
             that
             must
             witness
             within
             by
             evidencing
             Grace
             ,
             and
             operate
             without
             in
             all
             the
             means
             of
             Grace
             ,
             for
             the
             Obsigation
             and
             security
             of
             your
             Interest
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
             Keep
             it
             ,
             los
             it
             not
             ;
             so
             Rare
             a
             Jewel
             ,
             so
             choice
             an
             Antidote
             should
             be
             laid
             up
             with
             all
             possible
             care
             .
             
             Precious
             stones
             are
             found
             to
             be
             specifick
             Cordials
             against
             various
             diseases
             and
             poisons
             .
             This
             choisest
             Jewel
             should
             be
             chiefly
             set
             in
             the
             Golden
             Ring
             of
             a
             gracous
             soul
             ,
             to
             be
             worn
             and
             kept
             against
             all
             danger
             .
             Beware
             of
             sullying
             ,
             breaking
             and
             hurting
             so
             curious
             a
             Piece
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Improve
             it
             ,
             abuse
             it
             not
             ;
             This
             precious
             knowledge
             was
             never
             intended
             to
             feed
             vain
             Notions
             ,
             or
             vile
             Affections
             :
             but
             
             to
             fence
             you
             against
             every
             evil
             ,
             and
             help
             you
             effectually
             to
             all
             true
             good
             .
             Improve
             it
             therefore
             unto
             such
             Ends
             ,
             wherein
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             of
             Gods
             Blessing
             .
             There
             was
             never
             more
             need
             of
             such
             an
             Antidote
             ,
             to
             preserve
             Christians
             from
             Epidemical
             sins
             .
             This
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             well
             improved
             hath
             vertue
             enough
             to
             fortifie
             you
             against
             all
             the
             Wiles
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             deceits
             of
             your
             sinful
             hearts
             ;
             make
             use
             of
             it
             then
             against
             every
             Temptation
             and
             corruption
             ,
             especially
             against
             Errour
             ,
             the
             woful
             disease
             of
             this
             sinful
             Age
             ;
             There
             was
             never
             more
             need
             of
             Christs
             help
             against
             so
             many
             unclean
             spirits
             ,
             ensnaring
             many
             simple
             hearts
             .
             Prudence
             and
             Zeal
             are
             here
             most
             needful
             ,
             
             to
             discern
             aright
             of
             persons
             and
             things
             .
             
             Some
             good
             men
             are
             drawn
             in
             on
             mistakes
             ,
             
             as
             the
             four
             hundred
             that
             followed
             Absalom
             in
             their
             simplicity
             .
             
             Some
             Errors
             are
             more
             superficial
             wherein
             Christians
             must
             bear
             with
             each
             other
             ,
             
             walking
             together
             as
             far
             as
             they
             agree
             ,
             waiting
             for
             the
             Lords
             further
             discovery
             .
             
             Many
             Errors
             are
             so
             fundamental
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             hope
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             
             and
             must
             be
             earnestly
             
               contended
               against
            
             ,
             
             by
             due
             improvement
             of
             this
             Antidote
             ;
             
             all
             of
             them
             militate
             against
             Christ
             ,
             either
             directly
             or
             reflectively
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             all
             that
             is
             near
             and
             dear
             unto
             him
             ,
             
             variously
             assaulting
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             His
             Deity
             ;
             which
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             
             and
             Sabellians
             blasphemously
             denied
             ,
             making
             him
             but
             a
             
               Deus
               factus
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Socinians
             after
             them
             ,
             following
             therein
             both
             the
             Socinus's
             ,
             Uncle
             and
             Nephew
             ;
             
             whose
             Italian
             Venom
             carried
             so
             much
             infection
             into
             Poland
             (
             lately
             revived
             by
             too
             many
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             by
             
               Paul
               Best
               .
               Biddle
            
             ,
             &c.
             )
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             scattered
             in
             Transilvania
             ,
             and
             Neighbouring
             parts
             by
             divers
             such
             Instruments
             .
             Turks
             and
             Jewes
             agree
             with
             them
             therein
             .
             For
             the
             prevention
             and
             cure
             of
             this
             deadly
             plague
             ,
             spiritual
             growth
             in
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             be
             a
             special
             Antidote
             faithfully
             improved
             ;
             fortifying
             your
             soul
             with
             his
             Truth
             ,
             making
             you
             to
             feel
             the
             Power
             of
             his
             Godhead
             through
             the
             beam
             of
             that
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             .
             
             Reason
             and
             Experience
             thus
             spiritualized
             will
             demonstrate
             
             
             to
             you
             and
             to
             others
             by
             you
             ,
             the
             Record
             which
             God
             bears
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             
             
               in
               whom
               dwels
               the
               fulness
               of
               the
               Godhead
               bodily
               ,
            
             or
             essentially
             as
             the
             Greek
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             imports
             .
             
             The
             same
             Titles
             and
             Attributes
             ,
             
             the
             same
             Worship
             and
             works
             ascribed
             to
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             
             are
             also
             ascribed
             to
             God
             the
             Son.
             The
             wretched
             Arrians
             called
             Christ
             in
             scorn
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             diminutive
             God
             ,
             
             and
             would
             grant
             him
             to
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
             of
             a
             like
             substance
             ,
             but
             denied
             him
             to
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             of
             the
             same
             substance
             .
             
             Were
             he
             not
             God
             co-essential
             and
             co-eternal
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             
             how
             could
             he
             be
             one
             with
             him
             ,
             
             as
             himself
             affirms
             ?
             
             How
             could
             he
             have
             made
             infinite
             satisfaction
             and
             procured
             infinite
             Salvation
             ?
             
             How
             could
             he
             have
             born
             Gods
             infinite
             wrath
             for
             his
             peoples
             sins
             ?
             
             What
             shall
             we
             think
             of
             those
             quaking
             Impostors
             ,
             that
             own
             no
             Christ
             above
             ,
             
             but
             what
             's
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             renew
             the
             Ranters
             blasphemy
             of
             Gods
             being
             all
             things
             ,
             their
             being
             Christed
             ,
             
               &
               c
            
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             affront
             the
             God
             of
             Glory
             ?
             The
             God-head
             of
             Christ
             takes
             up
             man
             to
             God
             ,
             conveying
             from
             God
             all
             good
             through
             his
             Manhood
             .
             There
             must
             be
             our
             strength
             against
             every
             sin
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             our
             surety
             is
             the
             blessed
             God.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             His
             Humanity
             variously
             assaulted
             by
             Notionists
             of
             an
             old
             and
             new
             stamp
             ,
             by
             many
             Behmenists
             and
             the
             swarms
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             have
             con'd
             too
             much
             of
             their
             mysterious
             absurdities
             .
             This
             poison
             once
             got
             into
             mens
             Brains
             casts
             them
             into
             strange
             dreams
             about
             Christs
             manhood
             ;
             which
             they
             fancy
             to
             have
             been
             but
             a
             fiction
             and
             figure
             ,
             a
             Phantasm
             and
             Apparition
             ,
             that
             vanished
             after
             a
             while
             ,
             to
             represent
             that
             within
             them
             which
             they
             call
             Christ
             .
             To
             repress
             those
             pestiferous
             fumes
             from
             intoxicating
             your
             head
             and
             heart
             ,
             your
             Antidote
             will
             inform
             your
             Judgement
             with
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             warm
             your
             heart
             with
             the
             substantial
             goodness
             of
             his
             human
             Nature
             .
             It
             will
             shew
             you
             out
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             truly
             the
             
               Son
               of
               man
               ,
               who
               took
               on
               him
               the
               seed
               of
            
             Abraham
             ,
             
               was
               made
               flesh
               ,
               in
               all
               things
               like
               to
               us
               except
               sin
               .
               Without
               controversie
               ,
               Great
               is
               the
               Mysterie
               of
               Godliness
               ;
               God
               manifest
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               justified
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               seen
               of
               Angels
               ,
               believed
               on
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               preached
               to
               the
            
             Gentiles
             
               received
               up
               into
               Glory
            
             .
             
             Had
             he
             not
             been
             a
             real
             man
             ,
             
             how
             could
             he
             have
             suffered
             on
             his
             peoples
             behalf
             ?
             
             How
             could
             he
             have
             made
             his
             soul
             an
             offering
             for
             sin
             ?
             
             His
             sufferings
             
             
             were
             most
             real
             sure
             ,
             
             that
             forced
             from
             him
             such
             a
             bloody
             sweat
             ,
             
             in
             the
             open
             air
             of
             a
             cold
             season
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             night
             ;
             that
             made
             him
             cry
             out
             so
             lamentably
             ,
             
               My
               God
               ,
               my
               God
               ,
               why
               hast
               thou
               forsaken
               me
               ?
            
             that
             spent
             him
             wholly
             to
             his
             last
             breath
             ,
             with
             a
             most
             cruel
             and
             painful
             torment
             .
             
             They
             might
             as
             well
             deny
             the
             Sun-light
             at
             noon-day
             ,
             
             who
             deny
             this
             Truth
             .
             To
             turn
             plain
             Scripture
             into
             Allegories
             ,
             is
             to
             turn
             substance
             into
             a
             shadow
             .
             It
             cost
             Origen
             a
             self-mutilation
             ,
             for
             mutilating
             divine
             writings
             thus
             .
             He
             was
             called
             Centaur
             ,
             for
             monstrous
             Opinions
             ,
             flowing
             from
             Allegorical
             strainings
             of
             Scripture
             .
             Christs
             Manhood
             should
             be
             so
             precious
             to
             us
             as
             not
             to
             endure
             affronts
             put
             on
             it
             .
             Therein
             God
             and
             man
             do
             most
             sweetly
             meet
             ;
             which
             will
             help
             weak
             faith
             in
             every
             time
             of
             need
             .
          
           
             3
             ▪
             
             Against
             both
             the
             parts
             of
             his
             humane
             nature
             ,
             his
             soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             many
             also
             fight
             :
             Apollinarius
             denying
             him
             a
             human
             soul
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Godhead
             had
             supplied
             the
             want
             thereof
             .
             Eutyches
             destroyed
             both
             ,
             by
             his
             pretended
             swallowing
             of
             them
             up
             into
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             .
             The
             Manichees
             and
             Valentinians
             allowed
             him
             but
             an
             aery
             phantastical
             Body
             ,
             running
             through
             the
             womb
             of
             Mary
             as
             through
             a
             Pipe.
             Mahometans
             fain
             it
             to
             have
             passed
             through
             Maries
             Paps
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             smell
             of
             a
             Rose
             .
             Divers
             Novelists
             are
             daily
             broaching
             strange
             conceits
             about
             it
             .
             The
             Vbiquitarians
             give
             him
             a
             monstrous
             Body
             ,
             immense
             and
             filling
             all
             places
             ;
             the
             Papists
             as
             monstrously
             would
             have
             his
             Body
             to
             be
             distinctly
             in
             many
             places
             at
             once
             ;
             to
             be
             without
             quantity
             ,
             without
             extension
             ,
             without
             sensible
             accidents
             :
             to
             be
             made
             a
             new
             daily
             at
             the
             Priests
             will
             :
             to
             be
             broken
             and
             not
             broken
             by
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             their
             Priests
             ,
             &c.
             
             Many
             such
             contradictions
             against
             Scripture
             and
             sence
             ,
             Reason
             and
             all
             Sciences
             they
             are
             forced
             to
             for
             their
             fictitious
             Transubstantiation
             sake
             .
             All
             such
             Malignant
             vapours
             which
             infest
             many
             ,
             will
             be
             effectually
             dispelled
             by
             the
             right
             use
             of
             your
             spiritual
             confection
             .
             Christ
             was
             and
             abides
             ever
             a
             perfect
             man
             ,
             consisting
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             both
             subsisting
             in
             his
             divine
             Person
             ,
             
             being
             united
             to
             the
             divine
             Nature
             therein
             .
             It
             will
             shew
             you
             ,
             that
             his
             soul
             was
             sorrowful
             to
             death
             ,
             
             and
             was
             made
             sensible
             of
             all
             humane
             affections
             ,
             though
             without
             sin
             :
             as
             clear
             Chrystal
             water
             moved
             without
             any
             mud
             .
             It
             will
             teach
             you
             that
             his
             Body
             had
             flesh
             and
             bones
             after
             his
             Resurrection
             as
             before
             ,
             which
             a
             spirit
             hath
             not
             .
             
             That
             the
             same
             Body
             did
             visibly
             ascend
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             
             before
             the
             Disciples
             eyes
             ,
             and
             shal
             return
             thence
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             .
             
             That
             the
             Heavens
             must
             hold
             him
             ,
             till
             the
             Restauration
             of
             all
             things
             .
             
             That
             the
             glorifying
             of
             his
             Body
             hath
             not
             ,
             could
             not
             have
             annihilated
             it
             ,
             or
             changed
             the
             substance
             ,
             though
             it
             hath
             bettered
             the
             qualities
             thereof
             .
             It
             will
             help
             you
             to
             know
             the
             flesh
             of
             Christ
             spiritually
             ,
             though
             you
             learn
             
               to
               know
               him
               no
               more
               after
               the
               slesh
               carnally
               .
            
             It
             will
             teach
             you
             that
             his
             bare
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             fleshly
             sence
             thereof
             ,
             profits
             nothing
             a
             Capernaitish
             soul
             ,
             being
             destitute
             of
             his
             Spirit
             :
             but
             that
             it
             s
             his
             Spirit
             that
             quickens
             us
             ,
             giving
             Life
             to
             his
             flesh
             and
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             that
             both
             may
             be
             Spirit
             and
             Life
             to
             us
             in
             a
             spiritual
             and
             lively
             improvement
             .
             
             Christs
             manhood
             is
             that
             precious
             Golden
             Ring
             ,
             
             that
             sets
             forth
             the
             Jewel
             of
             his
             Godhead
             to
             us
             .
             It
             s
             a
             curious
             Vail
             of
             his
             contriving
             ,
             that
             his
             glorious
             face
             may
             through
             it
             be
             beheld
             .
             It
             s
             a
             Chrystal
             Glass
             of
             the
             Lords
             framing
             ,
             to
             reflect
             thereby
             his
             Image
             upon
             us
             .
             Out
             of
             Christ
             God
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
             but
             thereby
             he
             becomes
             a
             Reconciled
             Father
             .
             If
             Christ
             were
             not
             man
             still
             ,
             there
             were
             no
             hopes
             for
             man
             ;
             if
             we
             know
             him
             not
             thus
             ,
             we
             know
             him
             not
             at
             all
             .
             It
             s
             not
             a
             figment
             of
             our
             own
             divising
             ,
             but
             the
             man
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             that
             must
             be
             our
             Saviour
             .
             He
             cannot
             be
             ours
             unless
             wholly
             ours
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
             Against
             his
             Person
             ,
             appear
             ,
             Nestorius
             dividing
             it
             into
             two
             Persons
             ,
             
               Sabellius
               ,
               Arius
            
             ,
             all
             Antitrinarians
             ,
             denying
             his
             distinctly
             eternal
             Personality
             from
             the
             Father
             ;
             The
             Socinians
             and
             Notionists
             that
             fancy
             the
             distiction
             of
             persons
             in
             God
             to
             be
             but
             nominal
             according
             to
             various
             dispensations
             ,
             witness
             
               Hob's
               Leviathan
            
             ,
             among
             many
             other
             poisonous
             books
             ,
             so
             commonly
             scattered
             abroad
             .
          
           
           
             TO
             queneh
             the
             force
             of
             these
             pernicious
             Errors
             ,
             your
             Counter
             poison
             will
             season
             your
             soul
             with
             the
             scriptural
             description
             of
             Emmanuel
             ,
             
             our
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             God
             with
             us
             .
             It
             will
             prove
             him
             to
             be
             God-man
             ,
             having
             both
             Natures
             ,
             divine
             and
             humane
             ,
             subsisting
             in
             his
             person
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             second
             Person
             of
             the
             divine
             Trinity
             by
             Hypostatical
             Union
             ;
             it
             will
             clear
             him
             to
             be
             the
             Brightness
             of
             his
             
               glorious
               Father
            
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             Image
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             
             being
             that
             one
             Mediator
             between
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             and
             therefore
             God-man
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             conquer
             by
             suffering
             ,
             
             and
             make
             his
             suffering
             infinite
             for
             vertue
             and
             value
             ,
             for
             satisfaction
             and
             acquisition
             .
             It
             will
             shew
             you
             that
             there
             are
             three
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Word
             and
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               those
               three
               are
               one
               .
            
             That
             this
             Mystery
             is
             not
             against
             Reason
             ,
             though
             above
             it
             in
             its
             common
             shallow
             apprehension
             ;
             that
             the
             Son
             sends
             the
             Spirit
             Comforter
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             distinct
             from
             them
             both
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             and
             the
             Father
             are
             one
             in
             Essence
             ,
             though
             distinct
             in
             person
             .
             
             That
             Gods
             Reason
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             ours
             ,
             being
             revealed
             to
             us
             in
             his
             divine
             monuments
             ,
             
             that
             we
             may
             assent
             to
             his
             Assertion
             ,
             though
             we
             cannot
             fathom
             the
             Explicitness
             thereof
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             Bruits
             can
             fathom
             our
             rational
             expressions
             .
             That
             the
             Person
             of
             Christ
             coming
             out
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             distinct
             from
             that
             Person
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             
             who
             came
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             a
             Dove
             ,
             lighting
             on
             him
             at
             his
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             whose
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             said
             ,
             
               This
               is
               my
               Beloved
               Son
               ,
               hear
               him
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             will
             teach
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             thought
             it
             no
             
               Robbery
               to
               be
               equal
               wtth
               God
               ,
            
             
             (
             
               being
               in
               the
               form
               of
               God
               substantially
               )
               made
               himself
               of
               no
               Reputation
               ,
            
             that
             as
             God-man
             he
             might
             restore
             man
             to
             God
             in
             the
             gloryfiing
             of
             all
             divine
             Attributes
             .
             Our
             Faith
             is
             not
             true
             if
             we
             do
             not
             own
             the
             true
             God
             truly
             ,
             as
             he
             holds
             forth
             himself
             in
             three
             distinct
             persons
             .
             Those
             divine
             persons
             are
             not
             meer
             modes
             ,
             or
             manners
             of
             Attribution
             or
             Manifestation
             ,
             but
             real
             subsistences
             .
             The
             Father
             is
             not
             the
             Son
             ,
             the
             Son
             is
             not
             the
             Spirit
             personally
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             one
             God
             essentially
             .
             The
             person
             of
             
             the
             Son
             alone
             was
             incarnate
             ,
             
             not
             that
             of
             the
             Father
             ;
             he
             could
             not
             be
             Son
             ;
             
             not
             that
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             there
             had
             been
             two
             Sons
             then
             .
             
               The
               Word
               became
               flesh
            
             ,
             not
             the
             Father
             nor
             Spirit
             .
             Divers
             Emblems
             are
             used
             to
             set
             forth
             this
             glorious
             Mysterie
             ;
             but
             Scripture-Language
             describes
             it
             best
             to
             a
             sober
             faith
             .
             The
             Word
             Person
             is
             a
             Scripture
             Word
             very
             proper
             and
             significant
             .
             They
             that
             deny
             this
             right
             use
             thereof
             ,
             make
             way
             for
             further
             denyal
             of
             Truth
             .
             The
             Person
             of
             Christ
             is
             then
             to
             be
             owned
             by
             all
             that
             intend
             to
             be
             owned
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Against
             Christs
             Spirit
             stirs
             first
             Macedonius
             ,
             denying
             him
             to
             be
             a
             divine
             Person
             distinct
             from
             the
             Father
             and
             Son.
             Secondly
             ,
             All
             Antitrinitarians
             ,
             
             who
             oppose
             the
             distinction
             of
             divine
             Persons
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             Greeke
             ,
             who
             deny
             the
             Procession
             of
             the
             Spirit
             from
             the
             Father
             through
             the
             Son.
             Fourthly
             .
             The
             several
             Blasphemers
             that
             vaunted
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             as
             
               Simon
               Magus
               ,
               Montanus
               ,
               David
               ,
               George
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             All
             Enthusiasts
             who
             father
             their
             lies
             on
             Gods
             Spirit
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             TO
             quell
             this
             wofull
             poison
             ,
             your
             Preservative
             will
             set
             your
             Judgement
             right
             by
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christs
             Spirit
             .
             Thereby
             you
             will
             surely
             understand
             that
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             hath
             in
             Scripture
             ascribed
             to
             him
             the
             same
             Titles
             and
             Attributes
             ,
             the
             same
             divine
             worship
             and
             works
             which
             are
             ascribed
             to
             the
             Father
             and
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             needs
             be
             God
             ,
             blessed
             from
             ever
             and
             for
             ever
             .
             That
             the
             working
             of
             all
             Scripture
             Miracles
             ,
             the
             penning
             of
             all
             those
             divine
             writings
             ,
             
             the
             wonderfull
             quickning
             of
             dead
             souls
             and
             bodies
             ,
             
             and
             the
             daily
             experience
             of
             all
             spiritual
             Christians
             do
             fully
             demonstrate
             it
             .
             
             That
             therefore
             the
             fanatick
             illusions
             and
             delusions
             of
             Revelationists
             ,
             
             being
             so
             opposite
             to
             Gods
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             must
             needs
             proceed
             from
             that
             lying
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             perswaded
             so
             many
             of
             Ahabs
             Prophets
             ,
             
             and
             still
             
             possesses
             the
             false
             Prophets
             of
             our
             days
             ,
             
             to
             speak
             and
             act
             against
             the
             Dictates
             of
             Christs
             Spirit
             .
             The
             malicious
             opposing
             of
             the
             Truth
             confirmed
             so
             undeniably
             by
             the
             miraculous
             
             Operations
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             
             The
             Spirit
             hath
             therefore
             the
             most
             desperate
             aggravations
             even
             unto
             death
             ,
             
             attending
             the
             same
             ,
             
             because
             God
             the
             Father
             and
             Son
             both
             are
             thereby
             also
             desperately
             opposed
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             
             Against
             his
             Office
             and
             Function
             of
             Al-sufficient
             and
             only
             Mediator
             ,
             for
             his
             peoples
             Salvation
             ,
             move
             First
             ,
             All
             the
             former
             Hereticks
             in
             denying
             his
             Deity
             or
             Humanity
             ,
             his
             Parts
             and
             Person
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             All
             such
             who
             mangle
             the
             said
             Function
             as
             the
             Socinians
             ,
             who
             deny
             the
             need
             and
             use
             of
             his
             satisfaction
             for
             sin
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             All
             such
             who
             divide
             his
             Mediation
             work
             ,
             ascribing
             part
             thereof
             to
             Saints
             and
             Angles
             ,
             as
             the
             Papists
             with
             fond
             distinctions
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             All
             such
             as
             put
             the
             said
             Mediation
             into
             the
             Virgin
             Mary's
             hand
             ,
             calling
             her
             Queen
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             
             entitling
             the
             Psalter
             to
             her
             ,
             placing
             her
             name
             instead
             of
             the
             Lords
             name
             in
             the
             said
             Psalter
             ,
             giving
             her
             Authority
             over
             Christ
             her
             Son
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             promising
             and
             expecting
             more
             from
             her
             often
             then
             from
             Christ
             ,
             
             as
             much
             at
             least
             ,
             and
             telling
             doctorally
             that
             God
             hath
             divided
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Justice
             ,
             giving
             her
             the
             Throne
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             reserving
             himself
             the
             Throne
             of
             Justice
             ,
             &c.
             as
             the
             said
             Papists
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             All
             such
             who
             pretending
             to
             sinless
             perfection
             and
             selfish
             Righteousness
             do
             frustrate
             and
             nullifie
             so
             far
             his
             Mediation
             ,
             as
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             such
             monkish
             Pharisees
             .
          
           
             To
             suppress
             the
             violence
             of
             this
             poisonous
             stuff
             ,
             
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             improved
             ,
             
             will
             shew
             us
             clearly
             still
             the
             necessity
             of
             Christs
             satisfaction
             and
             Al
             suffiency
             of
             his
             Mediation
             ,
             that
             without
             the
             shedding
             of
             this
             blood
             there
             can
             be
             no
             remission
             of
             sin
             .
             That
             No
             Righteousness
             but
             that
             of
             God-man
             could
             satisfie
             divine
             Justice
             .
             That
             without
             satisfaction
             there
             could
             be
             no
             Reconciliation
             of
             God
             to
             man
             ,
             that
             without
             Imputation
             thereof
             to
             many
             there
             
             could
             be
             no
             discharge
             of
             mans
             Debt
             .
             
             That
             no
             purchase
             could
             be
             made
             of
             eternal
             Life
             and
             divine
             favour
             ,
             but
             by
             that
             infinite
             Price
             paid
             by
             Emmanuel
             .
             That
             without
             such
             purchase
             orderly
             applycable
             ,
             there
             could
             be
             no
             salvation
             for
             lost
             man.
             That
             Christs
             mediation
             alone
             is
             Al-sufficient
             to
             all
             those
             purposes
             ,
             and
             needs
             no
             partners
             in
             any
             share
             thereof
             ,
             either
             for
             Impetration
             or
             application
             .
             That
             to
             give
             the
             least
             part
             thereof
             to
             any
             meer
             Creature
             ,
             whether
             in
             Heaven
             or
             Earth
             ,
             can
             be
             no
             better
             then
             Idolatry
             .
             That
             no
             Palliation
             or
             shifts
             by
             distinctions
             of
             
               Dulia
               ,
               Hyperdulia
            
             and
             Latria
             can
             cover
             this
             Blasphemy
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             Adams
             figs
             leaves
             could
             cover
             his
             nakedness
             .
             That
             there
             cannot
             be
             on
             earth
             in
             any
             meer
             man
             a
             sinless
             perfection
             ,
             
             and
             if
             it
             could
             be
             had
             ,
             yet
             it
             could
             not
             satisfie
             for
             the
             evil
             past
             in
             the
             least
             .
             
             That
             the
             best
             are
             but
             unprofitable
             Servants
             .
             
             That
             the
             payment
             of
             a
             farthing
             due
             ,
             cannot
             satisfie
             a
             thousand
             pound
             debt
             in
             Arrears
             .
             
             To
             signifie
             emphatically
             the
             due
             application
             and
             Imputation
             of
             Christs
             Righteousness
             unto
             Believers
             ,
             
             the
             Scripture
             cals
             *
             him
             Jehovah-Tsidkenu
             ,
             the
             Lord
             our
             Righteousness
             ,
             repeating
             that
             name
             again
             in
             the
             great
             Promise
             of
             Restauration
             to
             be
             afforded
             to
             his
             Israel
             by
             vertue
             of
             that
             Righteousness
             made
             theirs
             ,
             whence
             Christs
             name
             is
             Synecdochically
             and
             Metonymically
             ascribed
             to
             the
             new
             Jerusalem
             .
             To
             that
             import
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             incorporates
             his
             name
             with
             a
             Christians
             Propriety
             into
             one
             New
             name
             ,
             framed
             by
             his
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             Paul
             expresses
             by
             his
             being
             made
             unto
             us
             of
             God
             ,
             *
             Righteousness
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             our
             being
             made
             *
             the
             
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               in
               in
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               made
               sin
               for
               us
               ,
               who
               knew
               no
               sin
               ,
            
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             understood
             by
             way
             of
             Imputation
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             sin
             inherent
             in
             Christ
             .
          
           
           
             7.
             
             His
             Priesthood
             is
             opposed
             .
             first
             ,
             By
             all
             the
             formerly
             named
             Errors
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             in
             making
             new
             Priests
             daily
             ,
             
             and
             a
             new
             propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             ,
             called
             incruentum
             ,
             to
             be
             offered
             by
             them
             for
             the
             living
             and
             dead
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             In
             joining
             mans
             merits
             to
             his
             ,
             and
             thereby
             patching
             up
             a
             mongrel
             Righteousness
             for
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             In
             pretended
             Works
             of
             supererogation
             which
             are
             imputed
             to
             others
             by
             way
             of
             Indulgence
             out
             of
             their
             Churches
             imaginary
             Treasure
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             In
             denying
             the
             Imputation
             of
             Christs
             Righteousness
             for
             the
             pardon
             and
             Justification
             of
             his
             Members
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             In
             giving
             to
             mans
             Righteousness
             ,
             dip'd
             in
             Christs
             blood
             ,
             a
             meriting
             value
             and
             vertue
             to
             satisfie
             and
             pacifie
             Gods
             Justice
             ,
             and
             to
             procure
             his
             Mercy
             .
             Sixthly
             ,
             In
             making
             Christs
             Merits
             to
             be
             but
             the
             remote
             and
             mediate
             cause
             ;
             but
             mans
             Merits
             to
             be
             the
             immediate
             Proxime
             cause
             of
             the
             pardon
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
             By
             such
             who
             sever
             his
             habitual
             and
             his
             active
             Obedience
             from
             his
             meriting
             Oblation
             ,
             given
             to
             God
             for
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             imputed
             to
             Believers
             ,
             reckoning
             only
             his
             passive
             Obedience
             to
             be
             so
             meritorious
             and
             imputative
             for
             the
             reconciling
             of
             Man
             to
             God.
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             Quakers
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             find
             no
             need
             of
             ,
             and
             little
             regard
             an
             high
             Priest
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             Against
             such
             mortal
             wounds
             ,
             
             the
             Balm
             of
             our
             Christian
             Gilead
             will
             afford
             healing
             vertue
             from
             the
             due
             review
             of
             his
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             .
             We
             shall
             find
             thereby
             ,
             that
             Christ
             Jesus
             by
             his
             personal
             Righteousness
             ,
             by
             that
             one
             
               Oblation
               hath
               for
               ever
               perfected
               those
               that
               are
               sanctified
               ,
            
             once
             for
             all
             .
             That
             a
             new
             order
             of
             Priests
             brings
             a
             new
             Law
             ,
             and
             nuls
             the
             former
             .
             That
             it
             was
             an
             imperfect
             Priest
             and
             Sacrifice
             typically
             ceremonial
             that
             needed
             renewing
             .
             
             That
             to
             give
             to
             a
             meer
             Man
             ,
             suppose
             a
             Masse-Priest
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             making
             and
             renewing
             a
             propitiatory
             Oblation
             at
             his
             Will
             upon
             his
             intent
             of
             consecrating
             ,
             
             is
             to
             set
             him
             in
             Christs
             room
             ,
             yea
             above
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             deny
             Christ
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             by
             unavoidable
             Consequence
             .
             
             
             The
             Oblation
             of
             Christ
             had
             not
             been
             compleat
             ,
             
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             active
             as
             well
             as
             passive
             ,
             and
             habitual
             as
             well
             as
             actual
             ;
             Heart-Obedience
             being
             the
             root
             and
             life
             of
             all
             other
             .
             Redemption
             is
             indeed
             frequently
             ascribed
             to
             his
             blood
             and
             death
             ,
             but
             it
             s
             by
             a
             Synecdoche
             ,
             including
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             whole
             Obedience
             whereof
             his
             death
             was
             the
             complement
             and
             utmost
             .
             His
             whole
             life
             was
             a
             continual
             passion
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             most
             active
             in
             his
             most
             passive
             Obedience
             .
             He
             laid
             down
             his
             Life
             of
             himself-freely
             ,
             and
             shewed
             his
             active
             Power
             in
             his
             giving
             up
             the
             Ghost
             .
             That
             perfection
             of
             his
             Merits
             excludes
             the
             least
             Ingrediency
             of
             mans
             Merits
             .
             Our
             Obedience
             is
             required
             indeed
             and
             rewarded
             of
             Grace
             ,
             not
             for
             its
             worth
             or
             proportion
             .
             The
             Childs
             duty
             is
             required
             ,
             not
             to
             merit
             his
             Inheritance
             by
             ,
             but
             to
             shew
             his
             Ingenuity
             .
             The
             Beggars
             reaching
             of
             his
             hand
             is
             a
             condition
             ,
             yet
             no
             merit
             of
             the
             Gift
             .
             
          
           
             8.
             
             His
             Prophetical
             Charge
             is
             undermined
             .
             First
             ,
             By
             the
             Errors
             forenamed
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             the
             Popish
             pretences
             of
             Infallibility
             in
             their
             Church
             ,
             Pope
             or
             Councel
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             the
             immediate
             Revelations
             and
             infallible
             Oracles
             of
             
               Enthusiasts
               ,
               Quakers
               ,
               Behmenists
            
             ,
             pretending
             extraordinary
             acquaintance
             with
             God
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             besides
             ,
             above
             and
             against
             his
             Word
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             the
             Perfectionists
             of
             divers
             sorts
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             a
             sinless
             state
             ,
             wherein
             they
             need
             no
             further
             teaching
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             By
             such
             as
             despise
             Christs
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             ,
             extraordinary
             and
             ordinary
             Messengers
             of
             his
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             a
             disease
             ,
             
             improve
             this
             Antidote
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Lords
             Infallibleness
             ,
             and
             to
             detect
             the
             cheats
             of
             all
             Impostors
             pretending
             thereto
             .
             You
             will
             see
             thereby
             that
             Christs
             Spirit
             alone
             is
             the
             supream
             infallible
             Judge
             ,
             speaking
             to
             us
             by
             his
             written
             word
             ,
             
               è
               Cathedra
               coeli
            
             .
             That
             we
             need
             no
             other
             infallible
             Judge
             on
             earth
             .
             That
             every
             Christian
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             whether
             private
             or
             publique
             ,
             Civil
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             
             hath
             a
             Judgement
             of
             discretion
             to
             regulate
             him
             in
             his
             own
             Acts
             by
             the
             Scripture
             Rule
             .
             
             That
             Churches
             and
             Counsels
             have
             an
             Authoritative
             Judgement
             of
             direction
             to
             the
             several
             members
             under
             their
             respective
             Charges
             ,
             
             still
             in
             subordination
             to
             Christs
             writen
             Word
             .
             
             That
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             any
             Infallible
             ,
             
             immediate
             and
             sinless
             assistance
             ,
             or
             spirit
             in
             any
             mortal
             man
             now
             since
             the
             Canon
             of
             Scripture
             our
             perfect
             Rule
             was
             compleated
             by
             John
             the
             Beloved
             Apostle
             .
             
             That
             all
             pretenders
             to
             such
             infallibility
             since
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ,
             have
             successively
             bewrayed
             their
             notorious
             Impostures
             and
             contradictions
             ,
             both
             notionally
             and
             practically
             .
             That
             Popish
             Bishops
             and
             Councils
             ,
             
               Enthusiastical
               Behmenists
            
             and
             Quakers
             ,
             have
             hitherto
             been
             found
             guilty
             of
             such
             absurd
             falshoods
             and
             blasphemous
             extravagancies
             ,
             that
             they
             sufficiently
             confute
             themselves
             .
             
             That
             Paul
             himself
             after
             all
             his
             Raptures
             knew
             but
             in
             part
             ,
             
             complaining
             stil
             of
             his
             own
             and
             others
             weakness
             and
             insufficiency
             ;
             
             That
             Peter
             himself
             failed
             ,
             and
             was
             reproved
             by
             him
             openly
             .
             That
             there
             is
             indeed
             a
             perfection
             of
             sincerity
             and
             Truth
             begun
             below
             in
             the
             Regenerate
             ,
             and
             a
             perfection
             of
             Growth
             ,
             
             which
             is
             comparative
             &
             progressive
             :
             But
             that
             a
             sinless
             perfection
             of
             fulness
             is
             reserved
             for
             the
             Glory
             of
             
             Heaven
             ,
             
             not
             enjoyed
             before
             mans
             dissolution
             .
             That
             Christ
             therefore
             is
             the
             grand
             Prophet
             ,
             
             who
             teaches
             his
             people
             stil
             by
             his
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             for
             their
             Salvation
             gradually
             .
             
             That
             being
             taught
             all
             needful
             things
             by
             his
             
               Anointing
               ,
               who
               writes
               his
               Law
               upon
               their
               heart
               ,
            
             
             they
             need
             
               not
               to
               be
               taught
            
             by
             any
             Sect-master
             in
             a
             Pharisaical
             way
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             pin
             their
             faith
             upon
             any
             mans
             sleeve
             upon
             his
             own
             credit
             ;
             but
             must
             attend
             Christ
             
               who
               teaches
               from
               Heaven
            
             by
             men
             and
             Means
             .
             
             That
             no
             meer
             mans
             word
             is
             to
             be
             believed
             upon
             his
             own
             credit
             ,
             
             but
             that
             all
             Doctrines
             must
             be
             examined
             by
             the
             Scriptural
             Teachings
             of
             Christ
             .
             
             That
             those
             spirits
             and
             persons
             who
             pretend
             to
             bring
             Infallible
             Oracles
             and
             a
             new
             Gospel
             ,
             
             are
             cursed
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
             for
             shaking
             off
             Christ
             and
             his
             Gospel
             .
             
             That
             all
             Christs
             servants
             are
             to
             be
             heard
             so
             far
             as
             they
             keep
             to
             his
             scriptural
             Commission
             but
             no
             further
             .
             
             That
             Christ
             himself
             is
             received
             or
             rejected
             ,
             
             so
             far
             as
             his
             Embassadors
             ,
             following
             his
             Instruction
             ,
             
             are
             owned
             or
             slighted
             .
             It
             s
             the
             common
             
             and
             ominous
             Symptom
             of
             Error
             to
             despise
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             though
             Godly
             and
             Learned
             ,
             and
             prefer
             their
             own
             Imaginations
             before
             the
             plain
             Word
             of
             God.
             The
             Gospel
             is
             to
             us
             the
             only
             Glass
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             
             wherein
             the
             Glorious
             Revelations
             of
             Gods
             Image
             are
             made
             out
             ,
             to
             transform
             us
             into
             the
             likeness
             thereof
             gradually
             through
             his
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Kingship
             of
             Christ
             is
             much
             abused
             ,
             1.
             by
             the
             Errors
             forenamed
             .
             
             2.
             
             By
             Libertines
             and
             Ranters
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             3.
             
             By
             the
             Pontifician
             Supremacy
             ,
             pretended
             to
             be
             over
             all
             things
             and
             persons
             in
             the
             Pope
             ,
             
             as
             Peters
             Successor
             .
             4.
             
             By
             Quakers
             and
             others
             slighting
             the
             Christ
             above
             under
             pretence
             of
             a
             Christ
             within
             .
             5.
             
             By
             sensual
             pretenders
             and
             abusers
             of
             a
             fifth
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             Against
             these
             Rebellious
             Tenets
             ,
             
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             satisfie
             us
             ,
             
             that
             
               Christ
               Jesus
               is
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               and
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               ,
            
             
             who
             must
             Reign
             even
             in
             the
             
               midst
               of
               all
               enemies
               ,
               till
               they
               be
               made
               his
               footstool
               ,
            
             
             That
             he
             will
             destroy
             all
             such
             who
             refuse
             to
             stoop
             to
             his
             Golden
             Scepter
             ,
             
             but
             chuse
             to
             live
             in
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Darkness
             under
             the
             Rule
             of
             sin
             and
             Satan
             .
             
             That
             Conscience
             is
             his
             seat
             Royal
             in
             mans
             soul
             ,
             
             which
             is
             by
             Sin
             ,
             
             Satan
             and
             self
             usurped
             from
             him
             .
             That
             he
             will
             surely
             recover
             his
             Right
             ,
             
             if
             not
             in
             mercy
             ,
             yet
             in
             his
             just
             wrath
             .
             That
             pretence
             of
             conscience
             to
             shake
             off
             his
             Rule
             ,
             is
             the
             highest
             Treason
             under
             his
             Pavilion
             .
             That
             to
             shelter
             any
             sin
             or
             Error
             under
             that
             covert
             ,
             is
             but
             to
             cloath
             Traytors
             in
             his
             robes
             of
             state
             .
             That
             he
             will
             not
             save
             where
             he
             doth
             not
             Rule
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             be
             our
             Priest
             if
             he
             be
             not
             our
             King.
             That
             to
             desire
             or
             plead
             Liberty
             to
             sin
             ,
             is
             to
             set
             up
             Hell
             in
             Rule
             among
             men
             under
             the
             habit
             of
             Heaven
             .
             That
             the
             more
             of
             Christ
             is
             in
             any
             soul
             ,
             the
             more
             obedience
             in
             true
             faith
             and
             Love
             is
             given
             to
             him
             .
             That
             to
             set
             up
             a
             Pope
             or
             any
             other
             meer
             man
             for
             a
             supream
             Head
             over
             the
             conscience
             ,
             is
             to
             set
             up
             a
             sinful
             wretch
             in
             the
             Throne
             of
             Christ
             .
             That
             his
             Jealousie
             will
             not
             endure
             long
             such
             a
             Rebellion
             .
             That
             Peter
             never
             had
             any
             Supremacy
             of
             
             Power
             or
             Authority
             ,
             what
             ever
             priority
             of
             Order
             and
             Age
             may
             be
             granted
             by
             some
             .
             That
             Peters
             being
             at
             Rome
             is
             very
             uncertain
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             be
             proved
             ,
             though
             many
             affirm
             it
             .
             That
             if
             his
             being
             there
             were
             fully
             granted
             ,
             yet
             his
             fixed
             charge
             and
             continuance
             there
             shall
             need
             as
             much
             proof
             .
             That
             upon
             supposal
             of
             his
             setling
             there
             ,
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             shewed
             that
             he
             acted
             there
             such
             a
             Supremacy
             .
             That
             if
             that
             also
             were
             clear
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             shewed
             also
             ,
             that
             his
             full
             power
             was
             made
             over
             to
             his
             successors
             there
             ,
             more
             then
             to
             any
             other
             Minister
             of
             Christ
             at
             Antioch
             ,
             or
             elsewhere
             .
             That
             in
             case
             that
             should
             be
             proved
             likewise
             ,
             they
             must
             demonstrate
             a
             clear
             succession
             from
             that
             time
             till
             now
             ,
             which
             is
             impossible
             .
             And
             if
             that
             could
             be
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             evince
             their
             succession
             in
             Doctrine
             also
             ;
             
             else
             all
             the
             former
             will
             only
             prove
             Papacy
             to
             be
             the
             
               Man
               of
               Sin
            
             got
             into
             Gods
             Temple
             :
             
             the
             grand
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             the
             scarlet
             Whore
             riding
             on
             the
             Beast
             by
             this
             usurped
             Supremacy
             .
             When
             all
             that
             is
             dispatched
             ,
             
             we
             shall
             have
             more
             work
             for
             them
             ,
             to
             clear
             their
             Antichristianism
             in
             ruling
             by
             their
             own
             ,
             
             not
             by
             Christs
             Scepter
             ;
             by
             their
             will
             ,
             
             not
             by
             his
             :
             which
             they
             have
             taught
             their
             mongrel
             Brood
             quaking
             among
             us
             ,
             
             to
             spread
             under
             disguises
             ,
             their
             chymical
             sublimations
             of
             old
             rotten
             Errors
             .
             As
             for
             the
             fifth
             Monarchy
             ,
             it
             s
             a
             point
             needing
             much
             sobriety
             in
             the
             sence
             and
             use
             thereof
             .
             Christ
             indeed
             hath
             a
             kingdom
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             though
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ;
             and
             his
             work
             is
             to
             Reform
             Rulers
             and
             people
             ,
             not
             to
             confound
             his
             own
             Ordinances
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             
             Christs
             humiliation
             state
             is
             opposed
             much
             ,
             as
             1.
             by
             the
             former
             ,
             so
             2
             ,
             by
             many
             Novelists
             who
             make
             light
             of
             it
             ,
             accounting
             it
             but
             a
             type
             and
             figure
             of
             what
             was
             to
             be
             done
             within
             them
             .
             Christs
             Incarnation
             ,
             Life
             and
             Passion
             are
             with
             them
             but
             stories
             and
             shadows
             ;
             the
             Life
             and
             substance
             is
             all
             within
             them
             .
             There
             say
             they
             ,
             lies
             Christ
             very
             deep
             in
             every
             mans
             heart
             ,
             covered
             with
             earth
             ,
             to
             be
             born
             and
             raised
             up
             ,
             to
             live
             and
             die
             ,
             to
             do
             and
             suffer
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Christ
             that
             died
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             many
             do
             slight
             him
             ,
             and
             many
             that
             seem
             to
             own
             him
             verbally
             ,
             yet
             renounce
             him
             effectively
             .
             3.
             
             By
             our
             late
             Quakers
             who
             have
             revived
             those
             rotten
             drugs
             from
             the
             Familists
             dunghil
             ,
             
             adding
             a
             new
             dress
             and
             access
             thereto
             ,
             as
             Paracelsus
             
             and
             
               David
               George
            
             ,
             
             Swenkfield
             and
             
               Battenburg
               ,
               Manno
            
             and
             
               Jacob
               Behmen
            
             with
             their
             German
             followers
             ;
             So
             do
             our
             Modern
             Enthusiasts
             rake
             up
             the
             kennels
             of
             old
             fanatick
             Dreamers
             ,
             with
             disguises
             and
             additions
             of
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             Against
             this
             Venom
             ,
             spiritual
             Growth
             will
             help
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             know
             Christ
             ,
             as
             the
             great
             Apostle
             did
             labour
             for
             ,
             in
             
               the
               fellowship
               of
               his
               sufferings
            
             .
             It
             
               will
               inform
               us
               of
               his
               wonderful
            
             abasing
             of
             himself
             in
             every
             step
             from
             his
             first
             conception
             till
             his
             resurrection
             .
             
             It
             will
             shew
             us
             the
             absolute
             need
             all
             his
             Elect
             had
             of
             his
             miraculous
             Incarnation
             and
             Birth
             ,
             
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             Burial
             and
             abode
             for
             three
             daies
             in
             the
             Grave
             .
             It
             will
             make
             us
             feel
             the
             effects
             thereof
             in
             our
             very
             souls
             ,
             that
             his
             Transcendent
             Love
             in
             stooping
             so
             low
             ,
             and
             parting
             withal
             ,
             may
             direct
             and
             press
             Returns
             of
             the
             like
             to
             him
             and
             for
             him
             .
             That
             experience
             will
             engage
             our
             hearts
             to
             that
             Christ
             above
             ,
             
             who
             died
             once
             for
             sin
             ,
             
             but
             can
             die
             no
             more
             ,
             living
             unto
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             
               may
               likewise
               reckon
               our selves
               to
               be
               dead
               to
               sin
               ,
               but
               alive
               to
               God
               through
               him
               .
            
             That
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             teach
             us
             aright
             how
             to
             distinguish
             of
             the
             Person
             of
             Christ
             that
             once
             suffered
             for
             us
             :
             and
             of
             the
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             by
             his
             Spirit
             formed
             within
             us
             in
             Regeneration
             .
             Christ
             Personal
             ,
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             eternal
             Creator
             ;
             But
             his
             Grace
             in
             us
             which
             seems
             sometimes
             to
             be
             called
             by
             Christs
             Name
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Church
             is
             also
             by
             a
             Metonymical
             Metaphor
             ,
             and
             Synecdochically
             ,
             )
             is
             but
             a
             finite
             creature
             ,
             a
             spiritual
             quality
             ,
             not
             subsisting
             by
             it self
             ,
             but
             inhering
             in
             a
             subject
             humane
             .
             Scripture
             saith
             indeed
             that
             Christ
             is
             within
             us
             ,
             dwelling
             in
             us
             by
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             .
             But
             may
             not
             he
             work
             within
             our
             heart
             by
             gracious
             communications
             without
             a
             personal
             fixation
             there
             ?
             The
             Sun
             conveys
             Light
             and
             Life
             by
             his
             Beams
             to
             all
             parts
             ,
             yet
             his
             substance
             abides
             stil
             in
             Heaven
             .
             
             There
             is
             indeed
             a
             spiritual
             Relative
             union
             between
             Christ
             and
             the
             Regenerate
             ,
             
             set
             forth
             in
             Scripture
             by
             divers
             Emblems
             .
             
             The
             Natural
             union
             between
             the
             Head
             and
             Members
             ;
             
             the
             civil
             union
             between
             Husband
             
             and
             Wife
             ;
             the
             artificial
             union
             between
             Foundation
             and
             Building
             set
             it
             forth
             .
             But
             we
             must
             not
             strain
             figurative
             speeches
             beyond
             their
             scope
             .
             This
             union
             is
             Real
             ,
             yet
             mystical
             ,
             full
             of
             mysteries
             .
             
             There
             is
             no
             confusion
             nor
             composition
             ,
             no
             Transmutation
             nor
             Annihilation
             here
             .
             Our
             persons
             are
             stil
             distinct
             .
             Christs
             Godhead
             is
             indeed
             a
             Circle
             ,
             whereof
             the
             center
             is
             everywhere
             ,
             the
             Circumference
             nowhere
             .
             He
             fils
             all
             places
             ,
             comprised
             in
             none
             .
             Hell
             it self
             feels
             him
             ,
             though
             with
             little
             comfort
             .
             But
             his
             manhood
             is
             not
             Infinite
             ,
             being
             a
             creature
             ,
             though
             wonderfully
             glorified
             by
             assumption
             and
             hypostatical
             union
             unto
             the
             Godhead
             in
             the
             second
             Person
             .
             Christ
             as
             Saviour
             must
             stil
             be
             considered
             in
             both
             his
             Natures
             ,
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             ,
             subsisting
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             .
             Thus
             considered
             ,
             he
             dwells
             not
             in
             us
             personally
             .
             The
             person
             of
             the
             Husband
             is
             one
             with
             the
             Wife
             Relatively
             ,
             not
             personally
             .
             Christs
             manhood
             cannot
             be
             personally
             within
             us
             .
             
             The
             Heavens
             must
             hold
             ,
             
             as
             
               they
               received
               him
               ,
               till
               the
               Restauration
               of
               all
               .
               He
               dwels
               in
               our
               hearts
               by
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             we
             in
             him
             mutually
             ,
             as
             the
             Root
             in
             the
             Branches
             ,
             and
             the
             Branches
             in
             the
             Root
             by
             Relation
             and
             communication
             .
             His
             whole
             Humiliation
             was
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirit
             enables
             us
             gradually
             to
             conform
             thereto
             by
             a
             fiducial
             Improvement
             thereof
             .
             
             Thence
             he
             is
             said
             to
             be
             formed
             within
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             us
             ,
             (
             or
             among
             us
             *
             )
             
               the
               hope
               of
               Glory
            
             ,
             to
             live
             and
             act
             in
             us
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             Hence
             the
             sufferings
             of
             Paul
             are
             called
             
               Christs
               sufferings
            
             ,
             
             not
             personally
             ,
             but
             causally
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             for
             his
             sake
             through
             his
             Grace
             undergone
             .
             
             It
             s
             a
             sad
             abuse
             put
             on
             Christ
             and
             his
             Word
             ,
             thus
             to
             slight
             and
             destroy
             Christs
             personal
             Humiliation
             whereon
             depends
             all
             our
             Salvation
             .
             If
             Christ
             suffered
             not
             ,
             then
             he
             rose
             not
             again
             ;
             and
             then
             are
             we
             
               still
               in
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               men
               most
               miserable
               .
            
             But
             Christ
             is
             as
             effectually
             Risen
             as
             he
             effectually
             suffered
             .
             That
             effected
             Redemption
             by
             price
             in
             Impetration
             ,
             this
             by
             Power
             in
             application
             .
             Thus
             it
             became
             
               him
               to
               suffer
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               enter
               into
               his
               Kingdom
               .
            
             How
             far
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             ,
             
             absolutely
             considered
             ,
             may
             be
             thought
             to
             require
             such
             satisfaction
             in
             order
             to
             pardon
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             controvert
             .
             
             It
             suffices
             that
             upon
             supposition
             of
             his
             purpose
             and
             Engagement
             ,
             this
             way
             is
             of
             absolute
             need
             .
             By
             this
             all
             his
             Attributes
             harmoniously
             concur
             to
             the
             perfecting
             of
             his
             peoples
             Salvation
             .
          
           
           
             11.
             
             
             Christs
             Exaltation
             is
             also
             much
             abused
             ,
             as
             1.
             
             By
             the
             former
             Errors
             :
             so
             2.
             
             By
             our
             Modern
             Sadduces
             ,
             denying
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             as
             some
             did
             at
             Corinth
             .
             3.
             
             By
             the
             Quaking
             Rabble
             ,
             who
             own
             no
             Christ
             but
             what
             is
             within
             them
             .
             4.
             
             By
             our
             Novelists
             who
             deny
             his
             Ascension
             ,
             and
             his
             Session
             at
             the
             Fathers
             Right
             hand
             .
             5.
             
             In
             effect
             also
             by
             the
             Papists
             in
             their
             Impanation
             ,
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             and
             such
             monstrous
             Doctrines
             .
             6.
             
             The
             Vbiquitaries
             trespass
             too
             much
             thereon
             ,
             in
             divers
             fond
             conceits
             ,
             broached
             and
             encreased
             after
             Luthers
             death
             ,
             by
             
               Brentius
               ,
               Osiander
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             AGainst
             such
             Opposers
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             is
             of
             Soveraign
             force
             .
             Thence
             we
             learn
             to
             Believe
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             several
             steps
             of
             his
             Resurrection
             and
             Ascension
             ,
             of
             his
             Session
             and
             Intercession
             .
             It
             teaches
             us
             to
             improve
             the
             many
             Arguments
             so
             cogently
             pressed
             by
             Paul
             on
             the
             Corinthians
             as
             on
             the
             Romanes
             .
             
             Thence
             we
             learn
             to
             know
             Christ
             as
             the
             Apostle
             did
             ,
             
             more
             experimentally
             in
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             
             
               being
               made
               conformable
               to
               his
               death
               .
            
             So
             it
             became
             
               Christ
               to
               suffer
               and
               enter
               into
               Glory
               .
            
             As
             by
             Humiliation
             he
             wrought
             out
             our
             Salvation
             by
             Price
             in
             way
             of
             Impretation
             ;
             So
             by
             his
             Exaltation
             he
             works
             it
             out
             by
             power
             in
             a
             way
             of
             Application
             .
             
             The
             many
             cavils
             objected
             against
             it
             ,
             Paul
             fully
             confuted
             over
             and
             over
             .
             The
             Popish
             pretences
             for
             their
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             have
             been
             from
             Scripture
             sufficiently
             taken
             off
             by
             many
             choice
             Pens
             .
             That
             Capernaitical
             conceit
             Christ
             himself
             took
             pains
             to
             refute
             .
             
             It
             much
             wrongs
             the
             Glory
             of
             Christ
             to
             bring
             him
             again
             from
             Heaven
             to
             earth
             ,
             daily
             to
             mangle
             and
             abuse
             him
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             their
             Mass-Priests
             ,
             and
             expose
             him
             to
             shame
             and
             suffering
             again
             .
             Though
             they
             call
             their
             Mass
             an
             unbloody
             Sacrifice
             ,
             yet
             do
             they
             make
             themselves
             the
             Butchers
             and
             Executioners
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             pretending
             to
             offer
             his
             corporal
             flesh
             and
             blood
             .
             Scripture
             indeed
             cals
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             his
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ,
             so
             doth
             it
             call
             
             Christ
             the
             Door
             ,
             
             the
             Vine
             ,
             &c.
             by
             the
             like
             Metaphors
             ;
             yet
             is
             not
             Christ
             turned
             into
             a
             Door
             nor
             Vine
             ;
             no
             more
             are
             the
             Elements
             turned
             into
             his
             Body
             and
             Blood.
             Christ
             explains
             the
             meaning
             of
             those
             phrases
             ,
             &
             so
             doth
             his
             Apostle
             to
             the
             full
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Vbiquitarians
             conceit
             ,
             to
             make
             Christs
             Body
             present
             corporally
             with
             the
             Elements
             and
             everywhere
             ,
             the
             absurdity
             thereof
             abuses
             grosly
             Christs
             Exaltation
             in
             his
             humane
             Nature
             ;
             and
             their
             Consubstantiation
             is
             refuted
             with
             that
             Scripture
             Reason
             that
             dispels
             the
             Popish
             Impanation
             .
             Their
             straining
             of
             figurative
             speeches
             beyond
             their
             scope
             ,
             fetches
             Blood
             out
             of
             Scripture
             by
             dreadful
             violence
             and
             absurd
             consequence
             .
             Yet
             will
             they
             admit
             figures
             in
             many
             other
             places
             not
             controverted
             .
             
          
           
             12
             ,
             The
             Word
             of
             Christ
             suffers
             much
             likewise
             ,
             1.
             
             From
             the
             forenamed
             Tenets
             .
             2.
             
             Formal
             Antiscripturists
             ,
             old
             and
             new
             ,
             quite
             denying
             the
             need
             and
             use
             thereof
             ;
             and
             questioning
             the
             purity
             ,
             sufficiency
             ,
             clearness
             and
             divineness
             of
             it
             .
             3.
             
             By
             Papists
             ,
             
             charging
             it
             with
             obscurity
             ,
             corruption
             ,
             insufficiency
             ,
             defectiveness
             and
             needlesness
             .
             They
             keep
             it
             from
             the
             peoples
             common
             use
             ,
             unless
             licenced
             ,
             teaching
             that
             Ignorance
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             Devotion
             .
             They
             prefer
             their
             vulgar
             Latin
             version
             before
             both
             Originals
             .
             They
             equalize
             their
             unwritten
             Traditions
             therewith
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             commands
             :
             yea
             prefer
             them
             often
             before
             it
             .
             They
             bind
             all
             to
             receive
             its
             Interpretation
             only
             from
             their
             mouth
             .
             They
             patch
             to
             the
             Canon
             many
             Apocrypha's
             and
             spurious
             books
             ,
             stored
             with
             lies
             and
             contradictions
             ,
             absurdities
             and
             fables
             ,
             ascribing
             thereto
             the
             like
             divine
             Authority
             .
             4.
             
             The
             Quakers
             join
             with
             them
             in
             slighting
             Scripture
             ,
             
             equaling
             their
             pretended
             Revelations
             therewith
             ,
             abusing
             the
             words
             thereof
             to
             contrary
             sences
             ,
             wresting
             it
             to
             the
             disguising
             of
             their
             gross
             Errors
             ,
             giving
             to
             their
             pretended
             Light
             within
             that
             Infallibility
             which
             the
             Papists
             give
             to
             their
             Pope
             and
             Council
             ;
             5.
             
             The
             Behmenists
             and
             Notionists
             that
             turn
             it
             into
             Allegories
             and
             uncouth
             Eictions
             ;
             changing
             Realities
             
             into
             shadowes
             ,
             and
             the
             substance
             of
             Scripture
             into
             Chymical
             Fumes
             ,
             witness
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Wigelius
               ,
               Behmens
            
             several
             Books
             ,
             which
             are
             stored
             with
             non-sence
             and
             vile
             blasphemies
             ;
             bold
             Intrusions
             into
             hid
             Mysteries
             ;
             all
             under
             specious
             colours
             with
             bombastical
             words
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             these
             woful
             Drugs
             ,
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             be
             successfully
             improved
             ,
             shewing
             us
             the
             Excellency
             and
             Necessity
             ,
             the
             sufficiency
             and
             purity
             ,
             the
             clarity
             and
             utility
             of
             Scripture
             .
             
             It
             will
             take
             off
             all
             the
             mistakes
             ,
             objections
             and
             cavils
             made
             against
             the
             Divinity
             and
             right
             use
             thereof
             .
             
             It
             will
             clear
             it
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             and
             sure
             Standard
             and
             Rule
             of
             Religion
             ;
             
             being
             the
             full
             Declaration
             of
             Gods
             Will
             and
             Mind
             ,
             
             the
             Fountain
             of
             all
             Goodness
             &
             Truth
             .
             It
             will
             shew
             the
             need
             that
             all
             have
             to
             study
             it
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             
             and
             observe
             it
             in
             all
             things
             .
             
             It
             will
             detect
             their
             folly
             who
             add
             thereto
             their
             unwritten
             Traditions
             ,
             additions
             and
             Revelations
             besides
             ,
             above
             ,
             or
             against
             it
             as
             abominable
             to
             God.
             It
             will
             discover
             their
             madness
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             speak
             and
             write
             as
             good
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             own
             the
             Bible
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             It
             will
             shew
             that
             
               all
               Scripture
               was
               written
               by
               Inspiration
               from
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               is
               sufficient
               to
               compleat
               the
               Man
               of
               God
               to
               every
               good
               work
               .
            
             That
             
               it
               came
               not
               by
               the
               will
               of
               man
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               men
               of
               God
               writ
               as
               they
               were
               moved
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
            
             
             That
             the
             abuse
             of
             it
             by
             some
             must
             not
             prejudice
             the
             right
             use
             thereof
             ;
             
               corruptio
               Optimi
               pessima
            
             ;
             that
             
               if
               he
               be
               hid
               ,
               it
               s
               to
               them
               that
               perish
               .
            
             
             That
             the
             
               Word
               is
               Light
            
             ,
             and
             
               gives
               Light.
            
             That
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               still
               speaks
               in
               his
               Word
            
             whether
             to
             Life
             or
             to
             Death
             ,
             
             being
             inseparable
             from
             it
             .
             
             That
             its
             never
             a
             dead
             Letter
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             sometimes
             a
             killing
             Letter
             .
             
             That
             Translations
             are
             but
             the
             Taps
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             broach
             those
             full
             vessels
             ,
             which
             therefore
             should
             be
             fitted
             to
             the
             use
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             far
             to
             be
             owned
             as
             they
             agree
             with
             the
             original
             sense
             .
             That
             the
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             is
             Scripture
             ,
             though
             it
             may
             be
             variously
             expressed
             .
             That
             no
             mans
             Interpretation
             is
             to
             be
             received
             further
             then
             it
             agrees
             with
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             .
             That
             all
             seeming
             contradictions
             therein
             are
             easily
             cleared
             by
             comparing
             of
             Scriptures
             ,
             minding
             the
             
             context
             and
             scope
             in
             a
             sober
             humble
             manner
             with
             studious
             diligence
             .
             That
             the
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             Translations
             when
             dark
             ,
             must
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             Original
             Light.
             That
             all
             things
             absolutely
             needful
             to
             Salvation
             are
             clearly
             laid
             down
             in
             Scripture
             .
             That
             Scripture
             Consequence
             is
             Scripture
             .
             That
             some
             things
             are
             obscure
             therein
             to
             exercise
             our
             sobriety
             &
             industry
             .
             That
             it
             s
             so
             fitted
             to
             every
             mans
             condition
             ,
             that
             the
             simplest
             may
             reap
             the
             benefit
             thereof
             .
             
             That
             Christ
             bids
             all
             search
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             sends
             them
             to
             the
             Law
             and
             Testimony
             for
             decision
             and
             prediction
             stil
             .
             
             That
             the
             wisest
             Christians
             are
             most
             studious
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             
             finding
             stil
             most
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             most
             sensible
             of
             their
             remaining
             Ignorance
             .
             That
             pride
             and
             blindness
             make
             men
             to
             conceive
             so
             highly
             of
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             to
             think
             themselves
             wise
             enough
             without
             it
             ,
             
             or
             as
             wise
             as
             it
             .
             
             That
             they
             are
             foolish
             self-seducers
             ,
             who
             thus
             think
             and
             say
             .
             That
             God
             indeed
             spoke
             to
             our
             Fathers
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             
               divers
               parts
            
             and
             manners
             ,
             
             by
             piece-meal
             as
             it
             were
             ;
             but
             he
             hath
             now
             contracted
             all
             ,
             
               in
               speaking
               to
               us
               by
               his
               Son.
            
             That
             therefore
             having
             closed
             the
             Canon
             ,
             and
             sealed
             up
             those
             Records
             by
             his
             Sons
             Apostles
             ;
             who
             ever
             adds
             to
             or
             detracts
             from
             it
             ,
             
             is
             liable
             to
             that
             sentence
             there
             denounced
             by
             the
             Lord
             himself
             .
             That
             the
             Lords
             Will
             revealed
             in
             Scripture
             obliges
             all
             ,
             being
             the
             Beck
             and
             hint
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             ,
             who
             can
             becken
             us
             all
             into
             nothing
             at
             his
             Will.
             That
             since
             the
             compleating
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             immediate
             Inspirations
             are
             expired
             ,
             being
             needless
             ,
             the
             divine
             Rule
             of
             all
             being
             perfectly
             given
             out
             .
             That
             all
             pretended
             Enthusiasms
             not
             agreeing
             with
             the
             Word
             ,
             must
             be
             suspected
             to
             be
             from
             evil
             spirits
             .
             The
             several
             Errors
             of
             the
             Apocrypha
             are
             discovered
             by
             Scripture
             Light
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             abundantly
             confuted
             by
             many
             worthy
             hands
             .
             The
             abuse
             of
             Scripture
             by
             feigned
             Allegories
             ,
             is
             thereby
             detected
             also
             ,
             when
             men
             will
             be
             wise
             above
             what
             's
             written
             ,
             
             giving
             heed
             to
             Jewish
             and
             Chymical
             Fables
             ,
             
             yea
             to
             Magical
             Notions
             and
             Fictions
             ,
             as
             Paracelsus
             ,
             
             
               Behmen
               ,
               &c.
            
             they
             are
             justly
             given
             up
             to
             believe
             those
             lies
             ,
             
             
               deceiving
               ,
               and
               being
               deceived
            
             .
             The
             Scripture
             indeed
             sometimes
             Allegorizes
             and
             teaches
             the
             use
             of
             Tropes
             and
             figures
             by
             the
             best
             Rhetorick
             .
             
             We
             must
             therefore
             be
             sure
             to
             keep
             close
             to
             it
             ,
             
             least
             we
             turn
             substantial
             Truth
             by
             Chymical
             
             Evaporations
             into
             Notional
             smoak
             .
             
             Too
             many
             of
             late
             have
             followed
             those
             woful
             courses
             of
             enervating
             Scripture
             by
             Allegorical
             strains
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             lost
             Reason
             and
             Religion
             at
             once
             .
             Such
             Paracelsian
             Fumes
             quickly
             Intoxicate
             mens
             Brains
             ,
             breeding
             the
             Giddiness
             ,
             and
             then
             Convulsions
             to
             extremity
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             
             Christs
             Ordinances
             ,
             by
             his
             Word
             appointed
             ,
             are
             not
             spared
             ,
             but
             are
             opposed
             too
             .
             First
             ,
             By
             the
             forenamed
             deceits
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             our
             modern
             Seekers
             and
             Familists
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             old
             Gnosticks
             ,
             accounting
             them
             but
             childish
             weak
             things
             ,
             fit
             only
             for
             inferior
             Christians
             in
             their
             lower
             form
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             many
             Luke-warm
             Laodiceans
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
             of
             a
             neutral
             indifferent
             spirit
             towards
             Christs
             Instituted
             Worship
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             all
             Papists
             and
             Traditionists
             ,
             who
             set
             up
             wayes
             and
             parts
             of
             Worship
             of
             mans
             devising
             :
             as
             religious
             use
             of
             Images
             ,
             prayer
             for
             the
             dead
             ,
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             ,
             Veneration
             of
             Reliques
             ,
             sale
             of
             pardons
             and
             Indulgences
             ,
             Fictions
             of
             Purgatory
             and
             
               Limbus
               patrum
               ,
               &
               infantium
            
             ;
             Prayer
             in
             an
             unknown
             Tongue
             by
             roat
             upon
             Beads
             ,
             vain
             Babling
             and
             Tautologies
             repeated
             over
             and
             over
             ;
             superstitious
             uses
             of
             Crosses
             and
             Crossings
             ;
             Altars
             and
             Tapers
             ;
             Vestments
             and
             Dressings
             ;
             Mimical
             Gestures
             and
             ridiculous
             Stage-playes
             in
             Worship
             :
             corrupting
             of
             every
             Ordinance
             by
             many
             foppish
             additions
             and
             tricks
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             By
             Ranters
             and
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             jeer
             and
             blaspheme
             Christs
             Institutions
             ,
             as
             our
             sad
             experience
             testifies
             in
             all
             places
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             gross
             Evils
             ,
             
             the
             right
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             arm
             us
             ,
             
             and
             prove
             that
             they
             are
             but
             fools
             who
             think
             themselves
             too
             wise
             for
             Christs
             School
             .
             
             That
             the
             highest
             Christians
             have
             alwaies
             used
             them
             ,
             and
             pressed
             all
             others
             thereto
             with
             all
             diligence
             .
             That
             they
             are
             the
             Charets
             and
             Conduits
             of
             communication
             between
             the
             Lord
             and
             us
             .
             That
             they
             are
             all
             suited
             to
             the
             case
             of
             all
             Gods
             people
             on
             earth
             .
             That
             we
             should
             live
             above
             them
             in
             the
             use
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             neglect
             of
             them
             .
             That
             our
             bodies
             shal
             cease
             from
             needing
             food
             ,
             when
             our
             souls
             shall
             cease
             to
             need
             Ordinances
             .
             That
             Christ
             promises
             his
             presence
             therewith
             to
             the
             worlds
             end
             .
             That
             he
             
             
               meets
               his
               people
               with
               a
               choice
               Blessing
               ,
            
             
             
               where
               ever
               he
               records
               his
               name
               ,
            
             
             and
             therefore
             bids
             them
             
               seek
               his
               face
               evermore
            
             .
             That
             therein
             our
             Homage
             is
             paid
             unto
             him
             in
             a
             special
             manner
             .
             
             
               That
               the
               Lord
               will
               be
               sought
               and
               found
               in
               all
               his
               ways
               .
            
             
             That
             his
             familiarity
             is
             to
             teach
             us
             manners
             ,
             
             not
             sauciness
             .
             That
             to
             be
             neutral
             and
             meteor-like
             in
             the
             Lords
             worship
             ,
             
             is
             sad
             and
             sinfull
             in
             a
             high
             degree
             .
             
             That
             Prayer
             and
             Singing
             are
             jointly
             prescribed
             and
             directed
             to
             for
             spiritual
             use
             .
             
             That
             the
             abuse
             thereof
             by
             any
             ,
             
             should
             not
             ,
             cannot
             excuse
             us
             from
             our
             duty
             .
             
             All
             are
             bound
             and
             bidden
             to
             use
             them
             ,
             yet
             none
             can
             use
             them
             spiritually
             but
             by
             a
             special
             Grace
             .
             
             That
             a
             moral
             performance
             of
             Duty
             is
             better
             far
             then
             non-performance
             .
             
             That
             men
             are
             to
             serve
             God
             as
             well
             as
             they
             can
             ,
             
             still
             learning
             of
             him
             how
             to
             serve
             him
             better
             .
             That
             God
             is
             ready
             to
             give
             more
             still
             to
             such
             as
             improve
             what
             they
             have
             received
             .
             That
             its
             better
             to
             serve
             Christ
             outwardly
             ,
             then
             to
             serve
             sin
             and
             Satan
             by
             omitting
             good
             ,
             or
             committing
             evil
             .
             That
             the
             preaching
             and
             hearing
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             requires
             of
             necessity
             meditation
             and
             repetition
             ,
             reading
             and
             studying
             thereof
             .
             That
             Christ
             will
             be
             honoured
             in
             every
             Relation
             by
             every
             one
             ,
             without
             exception
             ,
             as
             in
             publique
             and
             secret
             ,
             so
             likewise
             in
             our
             several
             Families
             .
             That
             he
             threatens
             a
             curse
             to
             such
             Nations
             ,
             and
             such
             Families
             as
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             call
             not
             on
             his
             name
             .
             That
             his
             morning
             and
             evening
             Mercies
             challenge
             good
             manners
             in
             duty
             from
             us
             .
             
             That
             Christ
             himself
             taught
             how
             to
             pray
             and
             praise
             on
             the
             solemn
             use
             of
             the
             Lords
             creatures
             .
             
             That
             to
             rest
             on
             Duties
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             
             and
             to
             neglect
             the
             same
             is
             Rebellion
             That
             all
             mixtures
             of
             humane
             Inventions
             do
             but
             soil
             and
             deface
             the
             Lords
             pure
             worship
             :
             
             that
             therefore
             all
             Romish
             Innovations
             are
             sufficiently
             confuted
             by
             the
             bare
             rehersal
             .
             
             That
             Will-worship
             can
             never
             please
             him
             who
             will
             be
             worshipped
             in
             Spirit
             and
             Truth
             .
             
             That
             the
             Heathens
             pleaded
             the
             like
             excuses
             for
             their
             superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Papists
             do
             for
             theirs
             .
             
             That
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Pop●sh
             trash
             is
             but
             borrowed
             from
             Pagans
             with
             disguises
             .
             
             That
             in
             many
             
             
             
             
             
             
             things
             they
             renew
             those
             Rites
             ,
             which
             by
             Christs
             coming
             were
             to
             have
             an
             end
             :
             that
             vows
             contrary
             to
             Scripture-Duty
             ,
             can
             shew
             little
             savour
             of
             Scripture-Verity
             :
             that
             the
             ready
             way
             to
             obscure
             our
             Light
             ,
             is
             to
             besmear
             and
             and
             paint
             our
             Windows
             .
             That
             Scripture-simplicity
             loves
             not
             the
             dressing
             of
             a
             pompous
             whore
             .
             
             That
             a
             fair
             Complexion
             needs
             no
             painting
             ,
             and
             truth
             hath
             most
             power
             when
             most
             purity
             .
             That
             Antiquity
             pleads
             not
             at
             all
             for
             their
             grossest
             Tricks
             .
             
             That
             in
             the
             things
             wherein
             some
             of
             the
             Fathers
             seem
             to
             plead
             for
             them
             ,
             there
             is
             much
             mistake
             and
             much
             forgery
             .
             That
             however
             ,
             Truth
             is
             the
             eldest
             ,
             and
             he
             wants
             no
             Antiquity
             that
             wants
             not
             Scripture-Truth
             .
             Many
             words
             were
             innocently
             used
             by
             the
             Fathers
             as
             Merit
             ,
             Altar
             ,
             &c.
             which
             are
             turned
             quite
             into
             another
             sense
             among
             Papists
             now
             .
             
          
           
             14.
             
             Christs
             holy-Day
             ,
             his
             Sabbath
             of
             rest
             ,
             suffers
             peculiarly
             ,
             as
             ,
             1.
             
             From
             the
             foresaid
             Enemies
             of
             Truth
             ;
             So
             secondly
             ,
             From
             too
             many
             seeming
             friends
             ,
             some
             wholly
             rejecting
             ,
             some
             mangling
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             some
             indifferent
             to
             this
             or
             to
             that
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             Quakers
             and
             all
             Enthusiasts
             ,
             who
             slight
             all
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             Christs
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             this
             especially
             .
          
           
             Against
             such
             mistakes
             and
             abuses
             ,
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             teach
             and
             enable
             us
             to
             observe
             his
             day
             as
             becomes
             a
             Sabbath
             .
             It
             s
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             to
             express
             his
             special
             property
             therein
             ,
             and
             sanction
             thereof
             ,
             as
             the
             Eucharist
             is
             called
             the
             Lords
             Table
             and
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
             The
             Command
             enjoining
             it
             ,
             
             is
             placed
             in
             the
             heart
             and
             Center
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             ;
             with
             a
             signal
             Memento
             prefixed
             .
             It
             s
             largely
             expressed
             ,
             
             both
             positively
             and
             prohibitively
             .
             In
             the
             precept
             and
             close
             he
             names
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             though
             in
             the
             amplification
             he
             mentions
             the
             seventh
             day
             ,
             or
             a
             seventh
             day
             .
             He
             adds
             strong
             Reasons
             to
             enforce
             it
             from
             his
             Propriety
             ,
             Example
             and
             Blessing
             ,
             as
             also
             from
             the
             Equity
             thereof
             .
             By
             this
             one
             Command
             ,
             he
             often
             expresses
             his
             whole
             Worship
             ,
             He
             couples
             it
             sometimes
             with
             one
             Precept
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             and
             after
             with
             one
             of
             the
             second
             Table
             to
             signifie
             the
             great
             
             
             Influence
             it
             hath
             into
             the
             observance
             of
             both
             .
             It
             s
             abundantly
             confirmed
             ,
             enforced
             and
             renew'd
             in
             every
             part
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             old
             and
             new
             .
             The
             reason
             that
             enforced
             the
             use
             of
             the
             seventh
             day
             Sabbath
             extends
             as
             fully
             to
             the
             first
             day
             Sabbath
             .
             That
             was
             the
             Lords
             rest
             day
             from
             his
             Creation-work
             ;
             This
             is
             his
             rest
             day
             from
             his
             Redemption-work
             .
             The
             change
             of
             the
             day
             in
             its
             quando
             ,
             made
             by
             God
             himself
             ,
             alters
             not
             the
             force
             of
             the
             Comand
             ,
             but
             ratifies
             it
             .
             He
             only
             could
             do
             it
             that
             is
             the
             Lord
             thereof
             .
             
             There
             is
             no
             change
             made
             in
             the
             quamdiu
             and
             continuance
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             quoties
             and
             frequency
             of
             the
             same
             .
             The
             whole
             Precept
             being
             moral
             ,
             in
             part
             naturally
             ,
             in
             part
             positively
             ,
             is
             perpetual
             therefore
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             altered
             by
             any
             Creature
             .
             That
             some
             special
             time
             should
             be
             observed
             for
             Gods
             solemn
             worship
             ,
             is
             moral
             natural
             .
             That
             it
             should
             be
             such
             a
             proportion
             in
             such
             a
             Revolution
             ,
             is
             moral
             positive
             .
             That
             the
             duty
             should
             be
             moved
             from
             the
             seventh
             to
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             makes
             no
             substantial
             change
             therein
             ,
             but
             only
             directs
             to
             the
             season
             thereof
             upon
             pregnant
             ground
             .
             
             Paul
             clears
             this
             by
             a
             large
             demonstration
             .
             The
             first
             day
             Sabbath
             was
             eminently
             typified
             in
             the
             most
             notable
             Providences
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             .
             
             On
             the
             first
             day
             Light
             was
             created
             ,
             
             Noahs
             Ark
             rested
             ,
             Circumcision
             was
             first
             ordained
             ,
             Israel
             was
             redeemed
             from
             Aegyptian
             Bondage
             ;
             
             on
             the
             same
             day
             Christs
             Law
             was
             first
             given
             by
             himself
             to
             Israel
             on
             mount
             Sinai
             ;
             
             the
             cloud
             of
             his
             special
             presence
             first
             rested
             on
             them
             ,
             the
             Tabernacle
             with
             his
             pertinances
             was
             rear'd
             ,
             
             Aaron
             and
             his
             Children
             first
             executed
             their
             Priesthood
             .
             
             On
             that
             day
             his
             fire
             from
             Heaven
             first
             came
             down
             to
             consume
             the
             Sacrifices
             to
             make
             them
             acceptable
             in
             Christ
             by
             his
             Spirit
             .
             
             The
             Israelites
             were
             first
             solemly
             by
             the
             Lord
             himself
             blessed
             ;
             
             their
             Princes
             first
             publiquely
             offered
             to
             the
             Lord.
             
             So
             for
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             Christ
             thereon
             first
             shewed
             his
             Miracles
             in
             Cana
             ,
             
             he
             first
             rose
             and
             appeared
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ;
             
             the
             Saints
             that
             slept
             then
             rose
             out
             of
             their
             Graves
             ;
             
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             came
             down
             upon
             the
             Apostles
             solemnly
             met
             ,
             
             and
             thereon
             still
             they
             met
             for
             divine
             worship
             .
             
             When
             the
             Jewish
             Sabbath
             ended
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             Typicalness
             expiring
             with
             Christs
             death
             ,
             
             then
             began
             the
             first
             day
             to
             be
             the
             Christian
             Sabbath
             ,
             
             Christ
             sanctifying
             it
             
             
             
             
             to
             that
             end
             by
             his
             resurrection
             ,
             honouring
             it
             in
             a
             special
             manner
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             ground
             given
             by
             God
             himself
             for
             the
             keeping
             of
             a
             Sabbath
             .
             
             So
             carefull
             were
             Christ
             and
             Christians
             of
             it
             ,
             
             that
             he
             bids
             them
             pray
             ,
             
               that
               their
               flight
               be
               not
               in
               the
               winter
               ,
               nor
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
            
             lest
             it
             should
             distract
             their
             bodies
             and
             souls
             .
             
             Prophaning
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             hath
             ever
             been
             threatned
             and
             punished
             signally
             ,
             
             as
             the
             due
             observance
             of
             it
             hath
             been
             choicely
             encouraged
             and
             rewarded
             in
             all
             Superiors
             and
             Inferiors
             .
             
             It
             s
             the
             Lords
             court-day
             wherein
             he
             expects
             due
             Homage
             and
             Rents
             from
             all
             his
             Tenants
             .
             
             It
             s
             his
             Muster-day
             for
             all
             his
             Christian
             Souldiers
             .
             
             It
             s
             his
             solemn
             Feast-day
             to
             welcome
             all
             his
             friends
             .
             
             It
             s
             his
             weekly
             Market
             for
             the
             getting
             in
             of
             all
             heavenly
             provisions
             .
             
             It
             s
             his
             Chancery-day
             for
             the
             sealing
             and
             grant
             of
             his
             deeds
             of
             Favour
             .
             
             What
             enemies
             are
             they
             to
             his
             honor
             and
             mans
             good
             ,
             who
             slight
             and
             abuse
             that
             Heaven
             upon
             earth
             !
             It
             s
             the
             beginning
             of
             an
             eternal
             Sabbath
             .
             All
             Cavils
             against
             it
             have
             been
             fully
             dispelled
             by
             many
             choice
             pieces
             .
             When
             Paul
             condemns
             the
             distinction
             of
             days
             ,
             his
             meaning
             is
             cleared
             by
             the
             Context
             ,
             to
             speak
             of
             Jewish
             Ceremonials
             ,
             not
             of
             Christian
             Morals
             .
             The
             neglect
             and
             abuse
             of
             the
             Christian
             Sabbath
             hath
             been
             observed
             formerly
             and
             lately
             to
             be
             still
             the
             Inlet
             to
             all
             other
             errors
             .
             Englands
             prosperity
             began
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             time
             ,
             when
             the
             Sabbath
             began
             to
             be
             duly
             maintained
             by
             Authority
             .
             The
             troubles
             of
             England
             began
             afterwards
             ,
             when
             the
             Sabbath
             was
             publiquely
             by
             Authority
             profaned
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             party
             .
             *
             
             The
             famous
             Kings
             and
             Witagen
             Mots
             among
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             still
             ;
             renew'd
             strict
             Laws
             for
             due
             observance
             of
             the
             Christian
             Sabbath
             .
             
             
          
           
           
             15.
             
             
             The
             Law
             of
             Christ
             is
             variously
             abused
             ,
             1.
             
             By
             the
             the
             foresaid
             Errors
             .
             2.
             
             By
             Antinomians
             ,
             denying
             the
             Obligation
             of
             a
             Christian
             to
             the
             moral
             Law.
             3.
             
             By
             Papists
             in
             mangling
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             dispencing
             therewith
             at
             pleasure
             many
             ways
             .
             4.
             
             By
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             other
             Innovators
             ,
             joining
             too
             much
             with
             Papists
             .
             5.
             
             By
             Socinians
             that
             rest
             thereon
             ,
             teaching
             people
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             so
             making
             it
             their
             satisfaction
             to
             justice
             and
             their
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             evils
             ,
             Scripture-knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             help
             us
             to
             see
             the
             need
             and
             use
             of
             that
             Law
             of
             Christ
             .
             
             As
             he
             printed
             it
             on
             mans
             heart
             at
             first
             ,
             
             so
             doth
             he
             by
             his
             Grace
             renew
             it
             there
             gradually
             .
             
             He
             published
             it
             himself
             from
             Mount
             Sina
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             adding
             the
             Ceremonials
             and
             Judicials
             afterwards
             ,
             
             as
             fit
             accommodations
             of
             that
             moral
             Law
             ,
             
             suited
             to
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             and
             State.
             
             The
             Decalogue
             then
             is
             the
             sum
             of
             that
             Law
             ,
             
             which
             obliges
             all
             men
             without
             exception
             .
             The
             sevetal
             Explications
             and
             Applications
             thereof
             we
             find
             through
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             .
             
             Christ
             ratified
             the
             same
             from
             Mount
             Zion
             also
             ,
             
             in
             taking
             away
             the
             Pharisaical
             Rubbish
             ,
             
             which
             their
             false
             Glosses
             had
             cast
             about
             it
             .
             The
             Apostles
             further
             clear
             and
             confirm
             it
             in
             their
             several
             Epistles
             and
             Writings
             .
             
             Where
             the
             Scripture
             seems
             to
             speak
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             
             the
             sense
             is
             cleared
             by
             viewing
             the
             Context
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             They
             speak
             against
             the
             justifying
             Power
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             through
             mans
             weakness
             since
             the
             fall
             ,
             
             none
             being
             able
             to
             keep
             it
             without
             fault
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             amends
             for
             his
             breach
             thereof
             .
             Thus
             by
             the
             Law
             can
             
               none
               be
               justified
            
             ,
             and
             the
             regenerate
             are
             not
             under
             it
             to
             get
             pardon
             and
             salvation
             by
             a
             Law
             of
             works
             .
             The
             Pharisees
             thus
             pressed
             and
             owned
             it
             ,
             and
             were
             confuted
             by
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
             Thus
             also
             do
             they
             sin
             ,
             that
             do
             rest
             upon
             any
             Gospel-duty
             ,
             making
             it
             to
             themselves
             thereby
             a
             Law
             of
             Works
             .
             
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             speak
             against
             the
             condemning
             effect
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             which
             the
             regenerate
             are
             freed
             from
             by
             Christs
             Righteousness
             imputed
             to
             them
             .
             They
             are
             not
             
             under
             the
             curse
             of
             it
             ,
             having
             their
             sins
             pardoned
             by
             Christs
             satisfaction
             ,
             
             made
             theirs
             actually
             through
             faith
             in
             his
             blood
             ;
             though
             their
             sin
             deserves
             the
             Curse
             ,
             
             yet
             that
             reatus
             and
             guilt
             doth
             not
             redound
             upon
             their
             persons
             ,
             being
             taken
             off
             by
             Christ
             .
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             They
             speak
             often
             of
             the
             ceremonial
             Law
             as
             not
             obliging
             any
             Christian
             since
             Christ
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             used
             indifferently
             for
             a
             while
             to
             bear
             with
             tender
             Converts
             then
             unsatisfied
             about
             the
             abrogation
             thereof
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             They
             still
             own
             the
             royal
             Law
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             
             that
             moral
             Law
             which
             is
             the
             Transcript
             of
             Gods
             holy
             Will
             for
             the
             Rule
             of
             mans
             Duty
             in
             conformity
             to
             Gods
             Image
             .
             It
             s
             called
             therefore
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             perfect
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             Truth
             ,
             which
             men
             do
             well
             when
             they
             observe
             ,
             and
             ill
             so
             far
             as
             they
             neglect
             it
             .
             God
             indeed
             writes
             his
             Law
             on
             his
             peoples
             heart
             ,
             but
             gradually
             and
             variously
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             them
             an
             internal
             Principle
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             
             which
             is
             still
             attended
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             their
             Members
             in
             opposition
             thereto
             .
             This
             Principle
             moves
             them
             still
             to
             observe
             that
             Law
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             to
             be
             their
             standing
             Rule
             ,
             perfect
             and
             unchangeable
             .
             Men
             are
             as
             far
             from
             his
             Grace
             as
             they
             are
             from
             observing
             his
             Law.
             God
             never
             leaves
             his
             Children
             without
             Rule
             .
             He
             that
             breaks
             and
             nuls
             any
             one
             part
             willingly
             ,
             is
             guilty
             of
             all
             .
             The
             Papists
             guilt
             is
             great
             in
             hiding
             the
             second
             Command
             from
             the
             people
             in
             their
             vulgar
             Liturgies
             ,
             leaving
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             making
             a
             gainful
             Trade
             of
             dispensing
             with
             Incest
             ,
             undutifulness
             of
             Children
             ,
             Fornication
             ,
             &c.
             
             How
             great
             is
             their
             guilt
             then
             that
             take
             away
             all
             the
             Commands
             at
             once
             ,
             leaving
             man
             to
             his
             own
             deceitfull
             heart
             under
             pretence
             of
             a
             Light
             and
             Law
             within
             ?
             to
             be
             lawless
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             godless
             ,
             ;
             For
             what
             's
             Gods
             Law
             but
             the
             declaration
             of
             Gods
             Will
             requiring
             mans
             Duty
             ?
             who
             ever
             opposes
             the
             Princes
             order
             ,
             doth
             so
             far
             oppose
             the
             Prince
             himself
             .
             Atheism
             is
             the
             Source
             and
             Sum
             of
             such
             Antinomianism
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             
             The
             Lords
             Covenant
             in
             Christ
             is
             assaulted
             also
             ,
             First
             ,
             By
             the
             former
             Errors
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             
               Socinians
               ,
               Papists
               ,
               Novellists
            
             ,
             who
             deny
             his
             gracious
             Covenant
             with
             Abraham
             ,
             renewed
             with
             Israel
             in
             Horeb
             ,
             in
             Moab
             ,
             and
             so
             successively
             till
             Christs
             personal
             coming
             ,
             who
             published
             a
             new
             Edition
             thereof
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             divers
             Anabaptists
             ,
             and
             other
             week
             Christians
             ,
             
             who
             mistake
             and
             miscall
             that
             Covenant
             many
             ways
             ,
             
             not
             distinguishing
             the
             substance
             from
             the
             manner
             of
             administring
             it
             ,
             confounding
             works
             and
             Grace
             ,
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             thereby
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             that
             Distemper
             ,
             
             our
             Antidote
             will
             give
             a
             sure
             Remedy
             ,
             shewing
             the
             right
             nature
             and
             use
             of
             that
             gracious
             Covenant
             made
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             with
             his
             people
             in
             all
             ages
             ever
             since
             mans
             fall
             .
             
             God
             made
             first
             an
             Overture
             thereof
             to
             our
             first
             Parents
             in
             the
             promised
             seed
             .
             It
             was
             further
             cleared
             to
             Noah
             ,
             and
             sealed
             to
             Abraham
             and
             his
             seed
             .
             At
             their
             coming
             from
             Aegypt
             he
             renewed
             it
             by
             the
             Mediators
             voice
             and
             hand
             .
             
             Gods
             
               Mercy
               engaged
               ,
               engaging
               mans
               Duty
            
             in
             
               Christ
               and
               through
               him
            
             ,
             
             is
             the
             sum
             thereof
             .
             Gods
             Mercy
             is
             expressed
             in
             every
             Promise
             ,
             
             mans
             Duty
             in
             every
             Precept
             .
             The
             Ceremonials
             and
             Judicials
             were
             the
             several
             Garments
             of
             that
             Covenant
             ,
             
             suited
             to
             their
             condition
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             By
             this
             Covenant
             they
             had
             all
             good
             ,
             
             and
             were
             freed
             from
             evil
             temporal
             ,
             
             spiritual
             ,
             and
             eternal
             .
             It
             was
             a
             Parental
             and
             conjugal
             Covenant
             which
             the
             godly
             did
             embrace
             spiritually
             ,
             
             and
             other
             Professors
             but
             externally
             .
             
             God
             owned
             them
             ,
             whither
             Jews
             or
             Proselytes
             for
             his
             Children
             and
             Spouse
             ,
             
             so
             far
             as
             they
             owned
             it
             either
             externally
             or
             internally
             .
             
             Because
             this
             Covenant
             was
             much
             mistaken
             and
             abused
             in
             their
             latter
             times
             ,
             
             Christ
             came
             in
             Person
             to
             renew
             it
             evangelically
             .
             Thence
             the
             Gospel
             is
             called
             a
             new
             Covenant
             ,
             
             because
             the
             old
             renew'd
             in
             a
             fairer
             Print
             .
             
             Thus
             the
             old
             Command
             of
             Love
             being
             renew'd
             is
             a
             new
             Command
             .
             
             Thus
             the
             old
             Moon
             renew'd
             ,
             is
             called
             the
             new
             Moon
             .
             
             Thus
             an
             old
             Lease
             revived
             ,
             is
             a
             new
             Lease
             .
             It
             s
             the
             old
             substantially
             ,
             
             it
             s
             a
             new
             one
             circumstantially
             .
             The
             former
             Edition
             was
             more
             dark
             ,
             
             this
             more
             clear
             ;
             that
             straighter
             ,
             this
             larger
             ;
             
             that
             heavier
             ,
             this
             lighter
             :
             therefore
             the
             Gospel-Covenant
             is
             comparatively
             said
             to
             be
             better
             ,
             
             made
             on
             better
             Promises
             ,
             
             and
             more
             lasting
             ,
             being
             unchangeable
             till
             
             Christs
             last
             coming
             ;
             whereas
             the
             former
             is
             said
             to
             be
             grown
             weak
             and
             antiquated
             .
          
           
             Thence
             the
             Gospel-Ministry
             is
             comparatively
             called
             a
             Ministry
             of
             Life
             of
             Glory
             ,
             
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             abiding
             ,
             whereas
             the
             former
             dispensation
             was
             more
             accommodated
             to
             that
             Infant
             Age
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             is
             said
             to
             have
             more
             of
             death
             ,
             of
             the
             letter
             ,
             and
             less
             Glory
             .
             Thus
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             often
             positively
             of
             things
             understood
             comparatively
             .
             My
             Doctrine
             saith
             Christ
             ,
             is
             not
             mine
             ,
             
               John
               7.
               16.
               h.
               e.
            
             comparatively
             ,
             not
             barely
             mine
             ,
             but
             his
             that
             sent
             me
             .
             That
             this
             Covenant
             must
             needs
             be
             substantially
             the
             same
             now
             ,
             
             as
             then
             ,
             though
             now
             more
             plainly
             dressed
             ,
             appears
             in
             the
             Author
             and
             Mediator
             ,
             the
             substance
             and
             scope
             ,
             the
             parties
             and
             parts
             ,
             the
             terms
             and
             conditions
             which
             are
             still
             essentially
             the
             same
             .
             It
             s
             still
             of
             Grace
             and
             from
             Grace
             ,
             
             for
             Grace
             ,
             and
             through
             Grace
             in
             every
             branch
             of
             it
             .
             All
             cavils
             objected
             have
             been
             abundantly
             refuted
             by
             others
             .
             These
             hints
             may
             suffice
             now
             to
             point
             at
             those
             things
             which
             have
             been
             so
             fully
             and
             so
             frequently
             cleared
             by
             so
             many
             Champions
             of
             divine
             Truth
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             
             The
             Seals
             of
             Christs
             Covenant
             are
             also
             abused
             :
             as
             1.
             
             By
             the
             foresaid
             Evils
             ;
             so
             2.
             
             By
             the
             Papists
             defiling
             ,
             mangling
             and
             corrupting
             them
             :
             adding
             five
             Sacraments
             of
             their
             own
             Invention
             ,
             viz.
             Penance
             ,
             and
             Order
             ,
             Confirmation
             ,
             Marriage
             and
             extream
             Unction
             .
             3.
             
             By
             Quakers
             and
             Notionists
             ,
             who
             slight
             and
             contemn
             them
             .
             4.
             
             By
             the
             Anabaptists
             who
             deny
             Baptism
             to
             Christs
             Infant
             Members
             ,
             the
             Believers
             seed
             .
          
           
           
             AGainst
             those
             Maladies
             we
             find
             Soveraign
             Help
             from
             the
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             improved
             .
             Thence
             we
             observe
             the
             Lords
             care
             renewed
             in
             confirming
             his
             Covenant
             now
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             of
             old
             by
             significant
             Seals
             called
             Sacraments
             ,
             because
             sacred
             Rights
             ,
             confirming
             the
             Engagement
             of
             Christs
             souldiers
             to
             him
             .
             
             What
             the
             Manna
             and
             Rock
             ,
             the
             Cloud
             and
             
               Sea
               ,
               Circumcision
            
             and
             Passe-over
             did
             of
             old
             ratifie
             ;
             the
             same
             is
             now
             consigned
             by
             Baptism
             and
             Eucharist
             .
             The
             Popish
             Recess
             from
             Christs
             Institution
             therein
             sufficiently
             disproves
             all
             their
             Innovations
             thereabout
             .
             
             
               In
               vain
               do
               they
               worship
               him
               ,
               teaching
               for
               Doctrines
               the
               commands
               of
               men
               .
            
             They
             agree
             not
             among
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             with
             Scripture
             of
             Reason
             ,
             in
             the
             account
             given
             of
             those
             five
             Sacraments
             they
             have
             superadded
             .
             It
             s
             pitty
             that
             any
             friend
             of
             Christ
             should
             join
             with
             them
             in
             slighting
             the
             purity
             and
             simplicity
             of
             Christs
             sealing
             Ordinances
             .
             There
             are
             extreams
             and
             abuses
             about
             both
             of
             them
             .
             The
             Lord
             gave
             them
             for
             Pledges
             and
             Helps
             of
             Christian
             communion
             ;
             Satan
             hath
             abused
             them
             to
             foment
             unchristian
             division
             .
             The
             great
             Reformation
             in
             Germany
             ,
             
             Denmark
             and
             Sweden
             ,
             hath
             been
             sadly
             opposed
             and
             abused
             by
             Errors
             in
             these
             two
             Seals
             .
             Rigid
             Lutheranism
             and
             fanatick
             Anabaptism
             have
             been
             the
             great
             stops
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             fire-brands
             .
             Error
             hath
             been
             acting
             in
             our
             parts
             also
             .
             Much
             plausibleness
             from
             mistaken
             and
             misapplied
             Scriptures
             hath
             been
             made
             use
             of
             to
             palliate
             the
             sore
             .
             But
             the
             nature
             of
             Christs
             Covenant
             sufficiently
             clears
             our
             Infants
             Right
             to
             the
             Seal
             thereof
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             capable
             .
             Interest
             in
             the
             Covenant
             must
             needs
             import
             Interest
             in
             the
             Seal
             .
             
             They
             may
             have
             the
             seed
             of
             Faith
             ,
             though
             the
             fruit
             appears
             not
             yet
             .
             
             They
             do
             virtually
             profess
             in
             their
             Parents
             though
             not
             actually
             .
             
             The
             Statute
             of
             Heaven
             that
             took
             them
             first
             into
             Covenant
             ,
             was
             never
             yet
             repealed
             nor
             expired
             .
             Our
             children
             are
             as
             much
             members
             of
             Christs
             Family
             and
             Kingdom
             as
             the
             Jewish
             children
             .
             
             Christ
             owns
             them
             and
             blesses
             them
             still
             as
             he
             did
             before
             .
             
             The
             Precepts
             and
             Promises
             concerning
             them
             have
             suffered
             no
             substantial
             change
             ,
             
             though
             Administrations
             be
             circumstantially
             altered
             .
             
             
               The
               Blessing
               of
            
             Abraham
             
               comes
               still
               on
               the
            
             Gentile
             
               through
               faith
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             
             as
             
             it
             did
             on
             the
             Jewes
             .
             What
             Infidel
             Jews
             lost
             ,
             
               Believing
               Gentiles
            
             receive
             
               in
               Root
               and
               Branch
            
             .
             
             The
             Believing
             Isralites
             child
             could
             be
             no
             loser
             by
             the
             change
             of
             the
             Seal
             ,
             his
             Parent
             still
             abiding
             in
             Covenant
             .
             Look
             how
             the
             unbelieving
             Jewes
             were
             
               broken
               off
               branch
               and
               twig
            
             ,
             so
             are
             Believing
             
               Gentiles
               graffed
               in
               Branch
               and
               Twig
               .
            
             There
             is
             less
             said
             of
             this
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             because
             so
             much
             was
             said
             in
             the
             Old.
             This
             Point
             was
             so
             clear
             then
             without
             opposition
             that
             a
             little
             sufficed
             .
             The
             Believing
             Jewes
             would
             not
             have
             been
             quiet
             if
             their
             children
             had
             been
             shut
             out
             of
             Gods
             House
             ,
             that
             made
             such
             stirs
             at
             lesser
             matters
             .
             Christ
             ,
             when
             a
             child
             ,
             was
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             children
             then
             may
             be
             members
             thereof
             .
             He
             cals
             them
             his
             
               Children
               ,
               Disciples
               ,
               Saints
               ,
               servants
            
             in
             the
             same
             Relation
             given
             to
             their
             Parents
             .
             
             When
             Families
             of
             old
             joyned
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             children
             were
             not
             excluded
             ;
             
             no
             more
             were
             they
             in
             Apostolical
             dayes
             .
             
             They
             that
             will
             deny
             Scripture-Consequence
             ,
             must
             deny
             all
             Duties
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             none
             whereof
             can
             be
             performed
             without
             such
             Reasoning
             .
             Reason
             and
             Religion
             they
             must
             at
             once
             gainsay
             ,
             that
             gainsay
             Inferences
             orderly
             drawn
             from
             thence
             .
             The
             Condition
             of
             this
             Covenant
             is
             sufficiently
             cleared
             by
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             both
             for
             Entrance
             and
             continuance
             ,
             both
             Internally
             and
             Externally
             .
             Christ
             invites
             sinners
             to
             come
             by
             Faith
             to
             him
             for
             all
             needful
             Grace
             .
             
               None
               can
               come
               to
               him
               except
               the
               Father
               draw
               them
               .
            
             
             He
             gives
             to
             his
             Elect
             peculiarly
             ,
             what
             he
             requires
             from
             all
             indefinitely
             .
             As
             far
             as
             that
             Condition
             is
             performed
             either
             Externally
             or
             Internally
             ,
             so
             far
             reaches
             the
             Covenant
             priviledge
             before
             God
             and
             men
             .
             The
             profession
             and
             outward
             Priviledge
             may
             be
             utterly
             lost
             by
             carnal
             hypocrites
             ;
             but
             the
             distinguishing
             Grace
             and
             internal
             priviledge
             thereof
             cannot
             be
             totally
             nor
             finally
             lost
             by
             the
             Regenerate
             ,
             though
             they
             may
             be
             ecclipsed
             for
             a
             time
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             
             The
             Church
             of
             Christ
             suffers
             much
             also
             ,
             First
             ,
             By
             all
             the
             former
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             rigid
             Separatists
             of
             divers
             sorts
             .
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             the
             Popish
             Apostacy
             and
             Usurpations
             ,
             assuming
             to
             themselves
             alone
             the
             Title
             of
             Catholicks
             ,
             and
             unchurching
             all
             that
             jump
             not
             with
             them
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             Quakers
             and
             Notionists
             ,
             who
             slight
             and
             abuse
             the
             communion
             of
             Saints
             multipliciously
             and
             nefariously
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             Disorders
             ,
             
             the
             gracious
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             affords
             meet
             help
             .
             
             Improve
             it
             to
             a
             right
             Union
             and
             Communion
             ,
             both
             with
             the
             Head
             ,
             Christ
             ;
             and
             with
             his
             Body
             .
             His
             Church
             is
             his
             House
             ,
             
             that
             cherishes
             Concord
             among
             Brethren
             of
             different
             sizes
             .
             
             There
             is
             but
             one
             
               God
               and
               Mediator
            
             there
             ;
             there
             also
             should
             be
             but
             
               one
               mind
               and
               heart
            
             .
             There
             are
             divers
             Chambers
             and
             Stories
             therein
             ,
             yet
             it
             s
             one
             house
             .
             Though
             different
             flocks
             under
             various
             Shepherds
             ,
             
             yet
             are
             they
             all
             under
             one
             great
             shepherd
             .
             They
             that
             own
             Christ
             as
             Head
             ,
             should
             be
             owned
             of
             his
             Members
             .
             They
             that
             agree
             in
             the
             main
             ,
             may
             bear
             with
             each
             other
             in
             the
             means
             .
             Schism
             is
             a
             sinfull
             separation
             that
             breeds
             a
             Convulsion
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             .
             Shame
             and
             Sorrow
             are
             the
             genuine
             fruits
             thereof
             ,
             as
             Pride
             and
             Ignorance
             the
             Parents
             of
             it
             .
             
             They
             bear
             most
             with
             others
             that
             know
             Christ
             and
             themselves
             best
             .
             Paul
             would
             have
             them
             both
             marked
             and
             shun'd
             that
             make
             divisions
             as
             selfish
             Christians
             that
             know
             little
             of
             Christ
             and
             themselves
             .
             He
             would
             have
             us
             separate
             from
             evil
             ,
             but
             not
             from
             good
             ,
             as
             himself
             doth
             .
             
             Christians
             and
             Churches
             must
             purifie
             themselves
             as
             he
             is
             pure
             .
             
             They
             should
             therefore
             labor
             more
             for
             verity
             and
             Unity
             in
             the
             way
             to
             purity
             .
             They
             need
             all
             mutual
             help
             .
             
             Orderly
             Union
             affords
             much
             Beauty
             ,
             strength
             and
             usefulness
             .
             It
             makes
             Gods
             people
             like
             an
             Army
             with
             Banners
             ;
             such
             an
             Arch-Building
             is
             choice
             and
             sure
             .
             All
             convulsions
             are
             painfull
             and
             direfull
             .
             Scripture
             represents
             this
             harmonious
             composure
             by
             that
             which
             excels
             in
             all
             frams
             ,
             natural
             ,
             civil
             and
             artificial
             .
             
             We
             should
             all
             labor
             then
             for
             things
             that
             tend
             
               to
               Peace
            
             for
             mutual
             edification
             .
             Variety
             of
             helps
             he
             affords
             to
             that
             end
             .
             The
             Popish
             pretence
             is
             as
             injurious
             as
             its
             ridiculous
             .
             They
             make
             a
             particular
             Universal
             ,
             a
             Roman
             Cathotholick
             .
             They
             first
             disown
             Christ
             in
             effect
             ,
             and
             then
             must
             
             they
             disown
             and
             be
             disowned
             of
             his
             friends
             .
             The
             Quakers
             follow
             them
             too
             closely
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             things
             ,
             casting
             Odiums
             upon
             our
             reformed
             Churches
             ,
             and
             rejecting
             them
             .
             It
             s
             sad
             to
             see
             any
             of
             Christ
             friends
             ,
             who
             seem
             more
             sober
             and
             serious
             ,
             through
             mis-interpretations
             and
             mis-applications
             of
             Scripture
             to
             imitate
             them
             in
             such
             dividing
             ways
             .
             
               To
               divide
               and
               destroy
            
             is
             Satans
             Motto
             ,
             it
             s
             his
             Method
             .
             We
             see
             it
             ,
             we
             feel
             it
             by
             woful
             experience
             .
             We
             must
             learn
             of
             Christ
             Prudent
             moderation
             in
             our
             zeal
             for
             Truth
             .
             
             Both
             his
             Body
             and
             Garment
             should
             be
             so
             tendered
             ,
             
             as
             not
             to
             rend
             the
             one
             by
             favouring
             the
             other
             .
             
             Peace
             is
             to
             be
             pursued
             after
             as
             far
             as
             possible
             in
             consistency
             with
             Holiness
             .
             Much
             labor
             and
             care
             must
             often
             be
             used
             in
             over-taking
             and
             preserving
             Peace
             ,
             still
             endangered
             by
             many
             enemies
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             
             The
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             nearly
             concerns
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             meets
             with
             the
             contradiction
             of
             sinners
             .
             His
             Electing
             Grace
             is
             much
             slandred
             by
             many
             .
             First
             ,
             By
             most
             of
             the
             forenamed
             Errors
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             
               Pelagians
               ,
               Socinians
            
             ,
             and
             others
             denying
             it
             to
             be
             eternal
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             Papists
             and
             Arminians
             agreeing
             with
             the
             Semi-Palagians
             in
             making
             it
             conditional
             ,
             not
             absolute
             ;
             upon
             faith
             foreseen
             or
             on
             Good
             work
             ,
             not
             of
             Gods
             free
             pleasure
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             many
             of
             our
             Notionists
             following
             of
             those
             blind
             Guides
             ,
             in
             following
             the
             false
             Lights
             which
             Paracelsus
             ,
             and
             
               Behmen
               ,
               Swenkfield
            
             and
             Wigelius
             ,
             the
             Rose-Crucians
             and
             
               Enthusiastical
               Recluses
            
             have
             racked
             out
             of
             old
             Dung-hils
             ,
             and
             dressed
             anew
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             deceits
             improve
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             consider
             him
             in
             a
             double
             capacity
             .
             1.
             
             As
             God
             the
             Son
             ,
             jointly
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             chusing
             his
             people
             from
             eternity
             ;
             
               divina
               opera
               ad
               intra
               sunt
               indivisa
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             As
             Mediator
             in
             Gods
             eternal
             purpose
             ,
             
             in
             whom
             in
             all
             the
             vessels
             of
             Mercy
             were
             absolutely
             elected
             without
             any
             respect
             to
             any
             thing
             in
             them
             ,
             
             but
             
               according
               to
               the
               good
               pleasure
               
               of
               his
               Will
               ,
               having
               predestinated
               us
               to
               the
               adoption
               of
               Children
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               to
               himself
               before
               the
               foundation
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             There
             is
             a
             double
             Election
             also
             mentioned
             in
             Scripture
             .
             
             1.
             
             Eternal
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             Glory
             .
             
             2.
             
             Temporal
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             office
             .
             By
             eternal
             Election
             the
             Lords
             chosen
             flock
             alone
             were
             fore-ordained
             to
             Glory
             through
             Grace
             .
             By
             temporal
             Election
             reprobates
             as
             Judas
             may
             be
             chosen
             to
             office
             ,
             
             as
             he
             was
             to
             the
             Apostleship
             .
             Gods
             electing
             Grace
             is
             called
             sometimes
             his
             fore-knowledge
             by
             an
             Hebraism
             ,
             
             verbs
             of
             sence
             with
             them
             importing
             both
             affect
             and
             effect
             .
             
             Thus
             Christ
             is
             said
             never
             to
             have
             known
             the
             wicked
             ,
             because
             he
             never
             owned
             them
             for
             his
             .
             
             This
             foreknowing
             Grace
             is
             called
             his
             Pleasure
             ,
             his
             
               good
               Will
            
             ,
             
             his
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Amor
               Bonevolentiae
            
             ,
             chiefly
             looking
             at
             the
             end
             ,
             Gods
             Glorifying
             himself
             by
             glorifying
             them
             in
             Christ
             .
             Predestination
             or
             fore-ordaining
             Grace
             ,
             pre-determining
             those
             Elect
             Persons
             so
             freely
             pitched
             upon
             by
             God
             ▪
             regards
             the
             means
             leading
             to
             that
             end
             ;
             therefore
             it
             fore-appointed
             them
             to
             Redemption
             and
             Adoption
             in
             Christ
             by
             Grace
             towards
             Glory
             .
             Some
             being
             thus
             chosen
             ,
             others
             were
             passed
             by
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             called
             Reprobates
             ;
             and
             Gods
             purpose
             or
             councel
             about
             them
             is
             called
             
               Praeterition
               ,
               Non-election
            
             ,
             and
             non-predestination
             .
             God
             was
             not
             bound
             to
             any
             ,
             
             and
             did
             chuse
             and
             pass
             by
             of
             his
             own
             Will
             ,
             independently
             ,
             eternally
             ,
             distinctly
             ,
             individually
             ,
             certainly
             .
             
             Those
             persons
             so
             passed
             by
             ,
             considered
             in
             
               massa
               nuda
            
             ,
             he
             did
             fore-ordain
             they
             should
             be
             left
             to
             sin
             ,
             
             and
             suffer
             for
             their
             sin
             ;
             
             so
             considering
             them
             *
             
               in
               massa
               corrupta
            
             ,
             this
             Act
             of
             his
             purpose
             is
             called
             Praedamnation
             ,
             
             being
             an
             Act
             of
             his
             Justice
             ,
             whereas
             the
             former
             is
             properly
             an
             Act
             of
             Soveraignty
             .
             
             As
             Soveraign
             he
             passed
             by
             them
             absolutely
             ,
             
             but
             as
             a
             just
             God
             ,
             foreseeing
             their
             sin
             ,
             
             he
             fore-appointed
             them
             to
             Wrath.
             These
             various
             expressions
             denote
             one
             intire
             ,
             continued
             ,
             perfect
             Act
             of
             the
             divine
             Essence
             ,
             set
             out
             after
             our
             apprehension
             diversly
             ,
             and
             having
             distinct
             Denominations
             ,
             but
             externally
             from
             its
             
             several
             Objects
             ,
             being
             still
             immanent
             in
             God
             from
             Eternity
             ,
             non-transient
             .
             They
             all
             set
             forth
             his
             Grace
             in
             the
             freeness
             and
             fulness
             ,
             in
             the
             singularity
             and
             sureness
             thereof
             .
             Thus
             Christs
             knowledge
             improved
             ,
             will
             vindicate
             his
             Truth
             from
             all
             aspersions
             of
             injustice
             ,
             unmercifulness
             and
             unfaithfulness
             .
             In
             all
             this
             he
             is
             just
             ,
             wronging
             none
             ,
             being
             bound
             to
             none
             .
             He
             is
             mercifull
             in
             chusing
             and
             predestinating
             some
             .
             He
             is
             faithfull
             and
             true
             ,
             observing
             his
             word
             exactly
             .
             Blind
             eyes
             cannot
             ,
             sore
             eyes
             will
             not
             see
             this
             clear
             Truth
             with
             delight
             ,
             but
             fret
             at
             it
             as
             Cavillers
             in
             Pauls
             time
             ,
             with
             heavy
             charges
             .
             But
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             Christ
             must
             be
             justified
             of
             her
             Children
             now
             ,
             
             as
             she
             was
             by
             himself
             and
             by
             his
             Apostles
             then
             .
             
             It
             must
             needs
             wrong
             the
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             much
             to
             make
             it
             depend
             upon
             the
             foresight
             of
             faith
             ,
             
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             in
             the
             Creature
             ,
             and
             giving
             the
             Creature
             a
             priority
             at
             least
             so
             far
             .
             
             God
             first
             appoints
             what
             shall
             be
             ,
             
             and
             so
             foresees
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             else
             he
             were
             not
             the
             first
             and
             last
             .
             
             As
             God
             is
             eternal
             and
             certain
             ,
             so
             is
             his
             purpose
             eternal
             and
             certain
             .
             
             The
             figments
             of
             mens
             brains
             are
             loathsom
             Idols
             that
             would
             bring
             God
             down
             to
             mans
             shallow
             reach
             ,
             and
             fall
             as
             Dagon
             before
             the
             Ark.
             
          
           
             20.
             
             
             Christs
             redeeming
             Grace
             is
             much
             wronged
             .
             First
             ,
             By
             the
             former
             mistakes
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             
               Pelagians
               ,
               Papists
            
             and
             Arminians
             ;
             First
             ,
             In
             extending
             it
             to
             all
             and
             every
             man
             individually
             alike
             ;
             so
             that
             Judas
             was
             as
             much
             redeemed
             as
             Peter
             in
             their
             sense
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             In
             restraining
             it
             to
             a
             meer
             salvability
             or
             putting
             mankind
             into
             a
             Power
             of
             being
             saved
             ,
             and
             acquiring
             to
             God
             a
             new
             Power
             of
             saving
             men
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             unsetling
             it
             ,
             and
             making
             it
             an
             uncertain
             Meteor
             ,
             wandring
             up
             and
             down
             among
             men
             ,
             waiting
             on
             their
             free
             Will
             to
             embrace
             or
             refuse
             it
             at
             their
             List
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             In
             enfeebling
             it
             so
             as
             that
             it
             hath
             with
             them
             no
             Power
             or
             Efficacy
             to
             save
             those
             so
             redeemed
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             person
             whom
             God
             in
             Christ
             did
             so
             redeem
             ,
             may
             
             perish
             nevertheless
             utterly
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             By
             divers
             of
             late
             who
             appear
             much
             more
             sober
             and
             godly
             ,
             
             yet
             incline
             too
             much
             to
             those
             dangerous
             Errors
             .
             Sixthly
             ,
             By
             the
             
               Socinians
               ,
               Familists
               ,
               Behmenists
               ,
               Quakers
               ,
            
             who
             either
             wholly
             deny
             it
             ,
             or
             pass
             it
             in
             silence
             as
             needless
             and
             useless
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             this
             Poison
             ,
             Christs
             Antidote
             improved
             will
             give
             singular
             help
             ;
             it
             will
             shew
             the
             Al-sufficiency
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             Christs
             oblation
             to
             all
             the
             Elect
             ;
             
               for
               whom
               he
               did
               fore-know
               ,
               those
               he
               did
               predestinate
               ,
            
             
             
               he
               called
               ,
               justified
               and
               glorified
               .
            
          
           
             The
             necessity
             and
             operation
             thereof
             it
             clears
             also
             .
             None
             but
             God
             man
             could
             save
             lost
             man.
             Nothing
             but
             the
             full
             Obedience
             of
             him
             could
             satisfie
             infinite
             Justice
             ,
             and
             procure
             infinite
             Mercy
             .
             
             Christ
             had
             not
             died
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             of
             absolute
             necessity
             .
             
             
               Without
               the
               blood
               of
               God
               there
               was
               no
               Remission
               .
            
             That
             blood
             must
             needs
             be
             efficacious
             and
             saving
             to
             all
             redeemed
             by
             him
             .
             
             
               For
               if
               whilst
               we
               were
               enemies
               ,
               we
               were
               reconciled
               to
               God
               by
               his
               death
               ,
               much
               more
               being
               reconciled
               ,
               shall
               we
               be
               saved
               from
               wrath
               by
               his
               life
               .
            
             There
             is
             indeed
             ,
             First
             ,
             An
             external
             and
             professed
             Redemption
             which
             is
             mentioned
             in
             Scripture
             that
             proves
             ineffectual
             to
             eternal
             salvation
             .
             Thus
             Apostates
             deny
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             them
             generally
             &
             professedly
             .
             
             Thus
             he
             is
             said
             to
             redeem
             the
             whole
             Creation
             .
             
             It
             mentions
             in
             that
             sense
             a
             temporal
             Salvation
             generally
             ,
             
             for
             thus
             he
             
               saves
               both
               man
               and
               beast
            
             ,
             All
             Apostates
             professed
             to
             be
             redeemed
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             outwardly
             redeemed
             from
             much
             gross
             evil
             .
             
             Secondly
             ,
             There
             is
             an
             eternal
             Redemption
             of
             Grace
             to
             Glory
             ,
             peculiar
             to
             Gods
             elect
             .
             This
             differs
             from
             that
             as
             far
             as
             Heaven
             from
             Earth
             .
             Christ
             the
             Redeemer
             is
             indeed
             Lord
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             makes
             use
             of
             all
             for
             the
             good
             of
             his
             redeemed
             ones
             .
             The
             devils
             themselves
             and
             brutes
             are
             thus
             generally
             under
             his
             dominion
             ,
             
             as
             all
             Reprobates
             .
             Yet
             it
             follows
             not
             that
             he
             died
             for
             them
             .
             Gods
             Elect
             are
             the
             proper
             Objects
             of
             redeeming
             Grace
             ;
             All
             things
             else
             below
             come
             in
             accidentally
             ,
             secundarily
             ,
             subserviently
             and
             comprehensively
             under
             consideration
             in
             Christs
             Redemption
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             all
             to
             advance
             Gods
             honor
             and
             his
             peoples
             good
             .
             There
             is
             a
             dubious
             Homonymy
             in
             this
             word
             
             (
             Grace
             )
             which
             occasions
             much
             mistake
             .
             Many
             take
             it
             generally
             for
             any
             favour
             shew'd
             by
             God
             to
             man.
             But
             Scripture
             limits
             the
             sense
             thereof
             in
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             in
             all
             places
             to
             his
             peculiar
             favour
             shew'd
             to
             his
             Elect
             in
             Christ
             ,
             reaching
             their
             Redemption
             and
             Salvation
             efficaciously
             and
             infallibly
             .
             Other
             Creatures
             enjoy
             many
             gifts
             ,
             as
             Abrahams
             secundary
             offspring
             ,
             but
             his
             Elect
             as
             Isaac
             alone
             his
             Inheritance
             .
             This
             advances
             the
             Glory
             of
             Christs
             Grace
             in
             every
             consideration
             .
             To
             make
             his
             blood
             impotent
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             cannot
             but
             much
             eclipse
             it
             .
             His
             freeness
             and
             fulness
             ,
             his
             sureness
             and
             choiceness
             appear
             orientally
             in
             this
             redeeming
             Grace
             .
             Neither
             may
             any
             Creature
             complain
             of
             any
             wrong
             herein
             .
             
             Is
             not
             he
             free
             to
             do
             with
             his
             own
             what
             he
             pleases
             ?
             
             Was
             he
             ever
             bound
             to
             any
             Creature
             ?
             Doth
             any
             suffer
             but
             for
             their
             sins
             ?
             Doth
             not
             God
             make
             good
             every
             Word
             of
             his
             ?
             Christ
             was
             never
             a
             half-Saviour
             .
             He
             came
             not
             barely
             to
             make
             men
             salvable
             ,
             
             but
             to
             save
             effectually
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             utmost
             .
             His
             Redemption
             is
             as
             absolute
             as
             the
             Fathers
             Election
             ,
             though
             the
             offers
             of
             Grace
             be
             conditional
             ,
             indefinitly
             tendred
             to
             all
             sorts
             .
             Christ
             came
             not
             to
             purchase
             any
             new
             Power
             to
             God
             ,
             
             but
             to
             fulfill
             his
             purpose
             in
             his
             effectual
             procuring
             of
             Salvation
             for
             all
             his
             .
             
             He
             came
             for
             his
             lost
             sheep
             whom
             the
             Father
             Gave
             him
             ,
             to
             fetch
             them
             home
             efficaciously
             .
             The
             Sons
             Redemption
             must
             needs
             keep
             parallel
             with
             the
             Fathers
             election
             .
             Had
             salvation
             been
             intended
             to
             each
             man
             ,
             what
             could
             have
             hindred
             the
             effecting
             thereof
             ?
             If
             Christ
             died
             for
             Judas
             as
             for
             Peter
             ,
             then
             is
             Peter
             little
             more
             then
             Judas
             beholding
             to
             Christs
             Redemption
             .
             It
             s
             not
             Christ
             it
             seems
             that
             makes
             the
             difference
             ,
             but
             some
             thing
             else
             .
             If
             he
             died
             for
             them
             both
             ,
             but
             not
             alike
             ,
             then
             was
             his
             death
             therein
             peculiar
             to
             Peter
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             difference
             .
             Then
             was
             it
             impossible
             that
             Judas
             could
             be
             saved
             without
             that
             special
             thing
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             as
             impossible
             that
             he
             should
             have
             it
             ,
             seeing
             it
             was
             not
             intended
             to
             him
             .
             To
             what
             purpose
             then
             did
             Christ
             die
             for
             him
             ?
             He
             was
             not
             salvable
             it
             seems
             by
             the
             grant
             supposed
             .
             What
             else
             he
             had
             was
             common
             to
             him
             with
             other
             Creatures
             ,
             good
             in
             it self
             ,
             but
             abused
             by
             man.
             That
             Christ
             came
             not
             to
             restore
             whole
             mankind
             ,
             appears
             in
             that
             every
             one
             is
             never
             effectually
             restored
             to
             primitive
             state
             .
             Where
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             of
             Christs
             
             Dying
             for
             all
             ,
             for
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             sinners
             ,
             &c.
             the
             context
             still
             clears
             the
             restriction
             of
             those
             phrases
             to
             all
             the
             Elect
             ,
             both
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             are
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             places
             and
             ages
             .
             It
             s
             a
             common
             phrase
             in
             every
             language
             thus
             to
             speak
             of
             all
             for
             many
             of
             all
             sorts
             indefinitely
             ,
             
             to
             be
             explained
             by
             the
             matter
             in
             hand
             .
             
             Thus
             all
             Judea
             came
             to
             be
             baptised
             .
             The
             Apostles
             preached
             to
             every
             creature
             under
             heaven
             ,
             yet
             still
             with
             limitation
             .
             The
             word
             [
             World
             ]
             in
             divers
             places
             cannot
             signifie
             whole
             man-kind
             ,
             
             but
             must
             be
             limited
             to
             the
             vessels
             of
             mercy
             alone
             .
             
             Thus
             Christ
             takes
             away
             the
             sin
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             
             now
             blessed
             is
             he
             whose
             sin
             is
             taken
             away
             ;
             
             every
             man
             is
             not
             so
             .
             Many
             are
             in
             Hell
             beyond
             possibility
             thereof
             ;
             he
             gives
             Life
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             not
             to
             them
             in
             Hell.
             God
             was
             in
             Christ
             ,
             reconciling
             the
             world
             ,
             not
             imputing
             their
             sin
             unto
             them
             :
             Is
             this
             every
             mans
             priviledge
             to
             have
             reconciliation
             and
             pardon
             ?
             In
             other
             places
             ,
             the
             World
             can
             signifie
             none
             but
             Reprobates
             ,
             
             that
             shall
             never
             be
             saved
             ,
             that
             
               lie
               in
               wickedness
            
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             prayed
             not
             for
             ,
             that
             die
             in
             their
             sins
             that
             cannot
             receive
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             ,
             
             &c.
             
             Usually
             its
             signification
             is
             indefinite
             to
             be
             explained
             by
             the
             context
             .
             
             But
             what
             must
             men
             blieve
             if
             Christ
             died
             not
             for
             every
             man
             ?
             
             They
             must
             believe
             that
             Christ
             alone
             is
             the
             full
             Saviour
             and
             Redeemer
             of
             his
             people
             ;
             
             that
             he
             that
             believes
             not
             shall
             be
             damned
             ,
             that
             Believers
             are
             saved
             through
             his
             Grace
             ,
             
             &c.
             as
             the
             Scripture
             teaches
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Bnt
             why
             is
             Christ
             offered
             to
             all
             then
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Because
             that
             he
             speaks
             to
             men
             by
             men
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             .
             His
             Elect
             are
             to
             be
             gathered
             from
             among
             all
             sorts
             .
             The
             Gardiner
             waters
             the
             weeds
             secundarily
             ,
             but
             the
             good
             plants
             primarily
             .
             The
             Sun
             shines
             on
             the
             blind
             that
             cannot
             make
             use
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             is
             not
             Vnbelief
             the
             great
             damning
             sin
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             It
             is
             so
             ,
             though
             not
             the
             only
             damning
             sin
             .
             Positive
             unbelief
             is
             worse
             then
             negative
             and
             admits
             of
             Degrees
             too
             .
             All
             sin
             is
             Damnable
             ,
             a
             deadly
             disease
             :
             But
             Unbelief
             is
             the
             refusing
             ,
             the
             rejecting
             of
             the
             only
             Remedy
             that
             shuts
             the
             soul
             under
             its
             deserved
             death
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             is
             not
             this
             Doctrine
             uncomfortable
             ?
          
           
           
             Answ
             .
             It
             s
             indeed
             to
             all
             unbelieving
             Imp●nitent
             sinners
             wilfully
             rejecting
             Christ
             ;
             
             but
             it
             s
             most
             comfortable
             to
             all
             humble
             self-denying
             souls
             ,
             those
             poor
             in
             spirit
             ,
             that
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             after
             Christs
             righteousness
             .
             
             There
             is
             no
             
               comfort
               to
               the
               wicked
               from
               the
               Lord.
            
             
             But
             much
             encouragement
             to
             every
             soul
             that
             is
             made
             willing
             to
             turn
             from
             al
             sin
             to
             God
             through
             Christ
             .
             
             Such
             shall
             duly
             know
             that
             Christ
             died
             for
             them
             when
             they
             find
             him
             killing
             sin
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             to
             him
             .
             A
             general
             Notion
             that
             Christ
             died
             for
             all
             and
             every
             One
             ,
             can
             give
             no
             more
             comfort
             to
             Peter
             then
             to
             Judas
             ,
             till
             his
             heart
             do
             feel
             the
             power
             of
             Christs
             death
             .
             Is
             it
             not
             more
             comfort
             that
             Christ
             died
             to
             save
             his
             Elect
             certainly
             ,
             then
             that
             he
             died
             so
             indefinitely
             ,
             that
             its
             uncertain
             for
             all
             his
             death
             whether
             any
             shall
             be
             saved
             ?
             If
             you
             grant
             he
             died
             absolutely
             but
             for
             some
             ;
             then
             it
             s
             certain
             that
             only
             they
             shall
             be
             saved
             ;
             and
             his
             dying
             for
             the
             rest
             conditionally
             ,
             will
             not
             make
             them
             salvable
             nor
             afford
             any
             comfort
             to
             them
             .
             If
             any
             Inconvenience
             attend
             our
             Doctrine
             it
             must
             needs
             attend
             that
             also
             .
             
             Yea
             ,
             if
             Christ
             should
             have
             died
             for
             all
             alike
             ,
             
             yet
             seeing
             all
             are
             not
             in
             the
             event
             saved
             ,
             he
             must
             needs
             fore-know
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             be
             Omniscient
             ;
             and
             fore-ordain
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             be
             Omnipotent
             ;
             and
             that
             certainly
             ,
             or
             not
             be
             Soveraign
             .
             The
             same
             difficulties
             will
             follow
             that
             way
             with
             many
             more
             .
             Either
             God
             or
             the
             Creature
             must
             be
             Independent
             .
             It
             disparages
             not
             Christs
             death
             that
             its
             limited
             to
             the
             Fathers
             purpose
             ,
             
             by
             his
             Intention
             and
             Execution
             .
             All
             Divine
             Attributes
             are
             wonderfully
             magnified
             this
             way
             ;
             his
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             ,
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             ,
             Justice
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Parallel
             drawn
             by
             the
             Apostle
             between
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Adam
             proves
             a
             parity
             and
             proportion
             of
             Christs
             Redemption
             ,
             extended
             to
             all
             his
             spiritual
             seed
             ;
             as
             the
             corruption
             and
             condemnation
             of
             Adam
             extends
             to
             all
             his
             natural
             seed
             .
             But
             all
             men
             individually
             considered
             ,
             are
             not
             Christs
             spiritual
             seed
             .
             The
             Elect
             are
             such
             intentionally
             before
             Conversion
             ,
             and
             actually
             Become
             such
             in
             their
             Conversion
             .
             
             All
             Adams
             children
             died
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             Christs
             children
             were
             redeemed
             by
             him
             .
             It
             s
             more
             to
             redeem
             one
             soul
             ,
             then
             to
             destroy
             all
             .
             Christ
             excels
             incomparably
             .
          
           
             21.
             
             
             Christs
             renewing
             Grace
             is
             no
             less
             a
             Sufferer
             by
             ,
             First
             ,
             The
             former
             Oppositions
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             Pelagians
             old
             and
             new
             ,
             asserting
             mans
             nature
             to
             be
             so
             restored
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             all
             born
             in
             Gods
             favour
             ,
             continuing
             so
             till
             they
             grosly
             abuse
             the
             Light
             given
             them
             ,
             either
             natural
             or
             Evangelical
             :
             making
             Grace
             as
             common
             as
             Nature
             ,
             because
             its
             a
             gift
             ,
             though
             diversifyed
             .
             Denying
             Original
             sin
             and
             Habitual
             corruption
             before
             years
             of
             discretion
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             Socinians
             who
             following
             them
             ,
             deny
             that
             special
             Renewing
             Grace
             ,
             and
             pretend
             the
             New
             Birth
             mentioned
             so
             often
             to
             be
             but
             a
             moral
             change
             upon
             men
             ,
             which
             their
             nature
             by
             a
             common
             help
             from
             God
             doth
             attain
             unto
             in
             imitation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whom
             they
             suppose
             to
             be
             a
             meer
             Patterne
             of
             Holiness
             ,
             not
             the
             Internal
             efficient
             thereof
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             the
             Papists
             and
             Arminians
             who
             have
             learned
             of
             them
             to
             advance
             mans
             self-sufficiency
             ,
             free
             Will
             and
             Power
             by
             a
             common
             assistance
             of
             Gods
             Light
             indifferently
             afforded
             to
             all
             sorts
             according
             to
             their
             Improvements
             of
             the
             common
             Gifts
             received
             to
             accept
             or
             reject
             Christ
             at
             their
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             to
             cast
             away
             the
             best
             of
             his
             Gifts
             Received
             when
             they
             list
             .
             In
             effect
             ,
             placing
             a
             mans
             strength
             and
             standing
             ,
             yea
             his
             chief
             All
             in
             his
             own
             mutable
             will
             :
             making
             Faith
             but
             a
             common
             Assent
             given
             to
             Truth
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             By
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Familists
            
             and
             Notionists
             ,
             who
             carry
             too
             much
             compliance
             with
             their
             Ghostly
             Fathers
             in
             these
             as
             in
             other
             things
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             these
             Lethal
             Maladies
             ,
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             improved
             graciously
             will
             afford
             effectual
             Remedies
             .
             Thereby
             we
             learn
             to
             see
             by
             Scripture
             Light
             the
             total
             corruption
             of
             mans
             sinful
             Nature
             ;
             
             the
             universality
             thereof
             reaching
             all
             places
             and
             persons
             :
             
             its
             closeness
             and
             adherence
             ,
             its
             contagion
             and
             fruitfulness
             ,
             
             its
             temptations
             and
             Rebellions
             ,
             its
             policies
             and
             power
             ,
             
             its
             fierce
             and
             inconsiderate
             madness
             ;
             
             
             its
             indefatigable
             unsatisfiableness
             ,
             and
             its
             multiplicious
             propagation
             ,
             not
             admitting
             of
             remission
             or
             intermission
             :
             This
             fully
             manifests
             the
             insufficiency
             and
             emptiness
             of
             man
             ,
             his
             unskilfulness
             and
             aptness
             to
             any
             spiritual
             good
             .
             Thence
             the
             necessity
             of
             a
             special
             Renewing
             Grace
             from
             above
             to
             work
             an
             effectual
             change
             in
             all
             Gods
             Elect
             by
             an
             Almighty
             irresistible
             power
             ,
             
             such
             as
             quickned
             Lazarus
             and
             raised
             up
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             from
             the
             Grave
             .
             
             This
             sanctifying
             Grace
             is
             considered
             in
             Scripture
             in
             the
             gradual
             Renovation
             of
             man
             from
             his
             first
             conversion
             from
             Nature
             to
             Grace
             ,
             
             unto
             his
             change
             from
             Grace
             into
             Glory
             .
             The
             product
             of
             this
             Renewing
             Grace
             is
             called
             a
             
               new
               Creature
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Translation
               from
               death
               to
               Life
            
             ;
             
             a
             
               Turning
               of
               men
               from
               darkness
               to
               Light
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               from
               the
               power
               of
               Satan
               to
               God
               ,
            
             
             by
             
               opening
               of
               their
               eyes
            
             and
             renewing
             their
             Will.
             It
             s
             expressed
             by
             
               taking
               away
               the
               heart
               of
               stone
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               giving
               a
               heart
               of
               flesh
               ;
               in
               putting
               his
               Spirit
               within
               us
               ,
               and
               giving
               a
               new
               heart
               and
               a
               new
               spirit
               ,
            
             in
             our
             special
             effectual
             Calling
             .
             It
             s
             said
             to
             be
             our
             Regeneration
             and
             
               being
               born
               again
            
             ,
             
             absolutely
             needful
             to
             open
             an
             entrance
             into
             Gods
             Kingdom
             .
             Though
             there
             be
             some
             Reliques
             of
             natural
             and
             moral
             Endowments
             left
             in
             men
             since
             the
             fall
             in
             their
             powers
             and
             parts
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Heathens
             Improvements
             :
             yet
             these
             only
             testifie
             the
             wofulness
             of
             mans
             desperate
             fall
             in
             ruining
             so
             glorious
             a
             Fabrick
             .
             Thence
             the
             blindness
             and
             perversness
             of
             his
             mind
             and
             will
             are
             so
             aggravated
             ,
             
             the
             crooked
             distortions
             of
             his
             Affections
             ,
             
             the
             searedness
             and
             corruption
             of
             his
             Conscience
             with
             the
             disorder
             of
             every
             part
             ,
             
             are
             set
             forth
             so
             Emphatically
             to
             convince
             every
             man.
             
             Thence
             men
             are
             said
             before
             Conversion
             to
             be
             Godless
             and
             hopeless
             ,
             
             because
             Christless
             .
             Thence
             is
             the
             wonderful
             operation
             of
             Renewing
             Grace
             so
             extolled
             still
             in
             this
             new
             creation
             ,
             
             bringing
             forth
             
               Light
               out
               of
               darkness
            
             ,
             
             in
             making
             man
             partaker
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             .
             This
             supernatural
             Work
             is
             carried
             on
             rationally
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             *
             in
             a
             way
             suitable
             to
             mans
             rational
             Being
             .
             
             He
             works
             strongly
             ,
             yet
             sweetly
             ;
             he
             opens
             their
             heart-springs
             with
             a
             special
             Key
             of
             his
             own
             framing
             .
             
             
             
             This
             Renewing
             Grace
             runs
             parallel
             with
             the
             Fathers
             Electing
             and
             the
             Sons
             Redeeming
             Grace
             ;
             
             
               whom
               God
               did
               foreknow
               and
               predestinate
               ,
            
             
             
               those
               he
               calls
               effectually
               ,
               seasonably
               ,
               savingly
               .
            
             Their
             corrupt
             nature
             doth
             much
             resist
             it
             till
             Grace
             prevails
             and
             conquers
             all
             its
             Forts
             .
             
             The
             outworks
             of
             the
             Mind
             and
             Judgement
             ,
             
             Christs
             Spirit
             conquers
             first
             ;
             thence
             breaking
             through
             the
             Iron
             Gate
             of
             mans
             Will
             into
             the
             possession
             of
             all
             the
             powers
             and
             parts
             of
             the
             soul
             .
             
             Many
             sins
             remain
             still
             in
             every
             part
             like
             so
             many
             Cananites
             and
             Tories
             to
             be
             gradually
             subdued
             .
             
             These
             Rebels
             being
             broken
             in
             their
             Head
             and
             Reign
             ,
             
             Grace
             doth
             orderly
             dispatch
             by
             mortifying
             exercise
             .
             
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             carries
             on
             his
             work
             in
             supporting
             and
             supplying
             still
             those
             gracious
             Beginnings
             ,
             
             which
             are
             weak
             at
             first
             .
             By
             the
             Gospel
             Light
             he
             communicates
             his
             gracious
             Life
             .
             
             Thus
             he
             perswades
             &
             enables
             his
             people
             to
             embrace
             Jesus
             Christ
             upon
             Gospel
             terms
             by
             a
             Covenant
             of
             Marriage
             and
             Adoption
             .
             
             Thus
             is
             mans
             dunghil
             heart
             by
             Renewing
             Grace
             broken
             up
             and
             dressed
             into
             a
             spiritual
             Garden
             sown
             and
             set
             with
             the
             fruits
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             .
             
             It
             differs
             exceedingly
             from
             common
             convictions
             and
             external
             Reformations
             ,
             
             as
             earth
             differs
             from
             Heaven
             .
             That
             difference
             is
             still
             morally-specifical
             ,
             though
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             Physically
             ,
             but
             Numerical
             and
             gradual
             .
             It
             s
             the
             same
             Spirit
             that
             works
             conviction
             on
             the
             Reprobate
             and
             on
             the
             Elect
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             .
             He
             knocks
             at
             both
             ,
             and
             is
             resisted
             .
             He
             leaves
             the
             Reprobate
             justly
             ;
             he
             opens
             the
             Elects
             heart
             mercifully
             and
             prevailingly
             .
             The
             Reprobate
             may
             be
             externally
             and
             professedly
             sanctified
             in
             a
             partial
             superficial
             way
             .
             Gods
             Elect
             are
             specially
             sanctified
             ,
             universally
             in
             every
             part
             ;
             and
             gradually
             through
             every
             part
             .
             Mans
             free
             will
             by
             sin
             subjected
             to
             Satan
             ,
             is
             through
             this
             Renewing
             Grace
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             
             so
             far
             as
             Grace
             prevails
             .
             The
             unregenerate
             is
             free
             only
             to
             spiritual
             evil
             ,
             
             being
             an
             enemy
             to
             spiritual
             good
             .
             
             The
             Regenerate
             soul
             is
             so
             far
             free
             to
             spiritual
             good
             ,
             
             as
             it
             s
             renewed
             .
             When
             Grace
             is
             compleated
             in
             Glory
             ,
             the
             soul
             like
             good
             Angels
             shall
             be
             free
             only
             to
             good
             .
             
             The
             Nature
             of
             mans
             will
             is
             thus
             bettered
             by
             Grace
             ;
             which
             was
             made
             a
             slave
             by
             sin
             .
             The
             Devils
             and
             damned
             do
             freely
             will
             sin
             ,
             so
             do
             unregenerate
             souls
             on
             earth
             ,
             yet
             necessarily
             .
             Thus
             
             necessity
             man
             stand
             with
             freedom
             both
             to
             good
             and
             evil
             .
             By
             this
             Renewing
             Grace
             the
             regenerate
             soul
             is
             made
             conformable
             to
             Gods
             Image
             ,
             
             and
             is
             so
             far
             called
             the
             
               new
               man
            
             ,
             and
             gradually
             learns
             to
             be
             holy
             as
             God
             is
             Holy.
             
             That
             Seed
             and
             Root
             of
             Grace
             cast
             into
             it
             at
             first
             ,
             grows
             up
             by
             degrees
             as
             the
             
               grain
               of
               mustard
               seed
            
             ,
             
             as
             the
             corn
             ,
             as
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             the
             living
             Child
             .
             Thereby
             the
             soul
             is
             enabled
             to
             believe
             and
             Repent
             ,
             
             and
             further
             to
             actuate
             every
             sort
             of
             Grace
             ,
             
             being
             excited
             ,
             corroborated
             and
             directed
             still
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             .
             
             Thence
             is
             the
             conflict
             so
             continuall
             between
             the
             spirit
             and
             flesh
             ,
             
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             members
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             Mind
             ?
             Grace
             and
             sin
             ,
             which
             ends
             not
             till
             the
             death
             of
             sin
             in
             bodily
             death
             .
             Thus
             
               acti
               agimus
            
             :
             Implanted
             Grace
             then
             co-works
             still
             with
             the
             Lords
             gracious
             Spirit
             ,
             
             
               who
               works
               in
               us
               both
               to
               will
               and
               to
               do
               of
               his
               good
               pleasure
               .
            
             This
             Grace
             appears
             also
             most
             free
             and
             full
             ,
             most
             choice
             &
             sure
             ,
             to
             the
             glorifying
             of
             all
             Divine
             Attributes
             .
             Man
             could
             not
             be
             conceived
             to
             have
             any
             skil
             ,
             power
             or
             will
             to
             procure
             the
             same
             .
             
             By
             Grace
             the
             Lord
             cals
             unto
             Grace
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Glory
             .
             
               By
               Grace
               are
               we
               saved
               through
               Faith
               ,
               and
               that
            
             not
             
               of
               our selves
               ,
               it
               s
               the
               gift
               of
               God
               ;
               not
               of
               works
               ,
               least
               any
               man
               should
               boast
               :
            
             
             
               for
               we
               are
               his
               workmanship
               created
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               unto
               good
               works
               :
            
             
             
               so
               that
               it
               s
               not
               in
               him
               that
               wills
               ,
               nor
               in
               him
               that
               runs
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               in
               God
               who
               shews
               mercy
               :
               Of
               his
               own
               will
               begat
               he
               us
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               Truth
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               be
               to
               the
               praise
               of
               his
               Glory
               .
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             why
             then
             is
             man
             commanded
             to
             believe
             and
             repent
             ,
             to
             change
             his
             heart
             ,
             
               &
               c
            
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Because
             as
             we
             hinted
             before
             ,
             God
             deals
             with
             men
             by
             men
             ,
             rationally
             ,
             orderly
             ,
             to
             convince
             all
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             insufficiency
             ,
             to
             humble
             and
             awaken
             them
             ,
             to
             put
             them
             upon
             all
             due
             means
             ,
             to
             render
             the
             most
             inexcusable
             ,
             and
             moralize
             many
             :
             to
             convey
             his
             Grace
             into
             his
             Elect
             through
             those
             very
             means
             peculiarly
             sanctified
             to
             the
             spiritualizing
             of
             their
             heart
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             is
             not
             God
             partial
             in
             so
             doing
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             No.
             For
             he
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             any
             further
             then
             he
             pleases
             ,
             neither
             is
             he
             led
             by
             any
             sinful
             respects
             which
             render
             men
             partial
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             why
             doth
             he
             yet
             complain
             of
             the
             Reprobates
             ,
             if
             
             he
             give
             them
             not
             sufficient
             Grace
             ,
             as
             to
             others
             ?
             how
             can
             they
             help
             it
             ?
          
           
             Ans
             .
             
             God
             justly
             complains
             of
             the
             wicked
             for
             insolvency
             and
             squandring
             away
             his
             goods
             wilfully
             and
             rebelliously
             ,
             both
             in
             their
             first
             Father
             and
             by
             themselves
             .
             They
             smart
             not
             but
             for
             their
             fault
             :
             their
             being
             Bankrupts
             is
             no
             payment
             ,
             nor
             discharge
             of
             their
             debts
             to
             him
             .
             He
             gives
             them
             more
             then
             they
             could
             expect
             or
             make
             right
             use
             of
             .
             Though
             they
             cannot
             change
             their
             own
             heart
             yet
             they
             might
             use
             the
             means
             better
             then
             they
             do
             ;
             they
             are
             still
             wilfully
             negligent
             and
             selfish
             in
             all
             they
             do
             and
             suffer
             justly
             for
             their
             demerits
             .
             Can
             the
             wicked
             say
             they
             sin
             not
             wilfully
             ?
             Will
             not
             their
             own
             conscience
             condemn
             them
             ?
             Are
             they
             not
             all
             corruptly
             estranged
             from
             the
             womb
             ,
             and
             speaking
             Lyes
             by
             time
             ?
             Who
             can
             bring
             a
             clean
             thing
             out
             of
             an
             unclean
             ?
             Can
             the
             Bramble
             bear
             figs
             ,
             or
             a
             sinful
             man
             beget
             a
             sinless
             child
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             spawn
             and
             brood
             of
             venemous
             creatures
             venemous
             also
             ?
             Can
             a
             dead
             corpse
             raise
             it self
             to
             Life
             ,
             or
             a
             soul
             dead
             in
             sin
             contribute
             ought
             to
             its
             own
             quickning
             ?
             Yet
             is
             this
             no
             excuse
             for
             any
             sin
             ,
             because
             man
             is
             condemned
             for
             the
             abuse
             and
             neglect
             of
             that
             which
             is
             given
             him
             .
             The
             best
             of
             them
             goes
             not
             so
             far
             as
             he
             might
             .
             Though
             he
             be
             spiritually
             dead
             ,
             yet
             is
             he
             naturally
             alive
             ,
             and
             the
             abuse
             of
             natural
             parts
             is
             a
             sufficient
             condemnation
             to
             every
             sinner
             ,
             though
             variously
             appearing
             .
             Thus
             is
             God
             stil
             just
             ,
             merciful
             and
             true
             ,
             though
             man
             prove
             unjust
             ,
             unworthy
             and
             false
             .
             He
             is
             stil
             beforehand
             with
             every
             man
             ,
             though
             unfaithful
             servants
             who
             improve
             not
             the
             talent
             lent
             them
             ,
             charge
             him
             to
             be
             a
             hard
             master
             .
             As
             he
             is
             free
             in
             disposing
             of
             his
             gifts
             ,
             so
             will
             every
             abuse
             and
             neglect
             of
             each
             of
             them
             be
             duly
             reckoned
             for
             .
          
           
           
             22.
             
             
             Christs
             saving
             Grace
             is
             also
             abused
             ,
             1.
             
             By
             the
             former
             Errors
             .
             2.
             
             By
             the
             Pelagians
             and
             Socinians
             ,
             ascribing
             mans
             salvation
             to
             his
             own
             merits
             ,
             the
             fruits
             of
             his
             own
             power
             and
             will.
             3.
             
             By
             the
             Papists
             and
             Arminians
             sacrificing
             also
             to
             their
             nets
             ;
             some
             owning
             merits
             
               de
               congruo
            
             before
             Conversion
             ;
             others
             only
             merits
             
               de
               condigno
            
             ,
             after
             conversion
             ;
             either
             
               ex
               propria
               Natura
            
             ,
             with
             some
             ,
             or
             
               ex
               pacto
            
             with
             others
             ;
             very
             few
             of
             them
             are
             found
             more
             modest
             .
             4.
             
             By
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Behmenists
            
             and
             Notionists
             variously
             treading
             in
             their
             steps
             ,
             and
             disguising
             those
             old
             Errors
             with
             the
             colours
             of
             new
             Light
             of
             a
             Christ
             within
             ,
             pretended
             Raptures
             ,
             Chymical
             dreams
             and
             Magical
             deceits
             .
             Their
             monstrously
             abstruse
             expressions
             and
             Fictitious
             Raptures
             were
             much
             magnified
             in
             that
             German
             Tragedy
             acted
             in
             various
             Scenes
             for
             many
             years
             ,
             especially
             from
             1522.
             til
             1540.
             and
             are
             now
             revived
             out
             of
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Behmen
               ,
               Wigelius
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             by
             their
             followers
             very
             perniciously
             now
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             such
             a
             Poyson
             the
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             will
             fortifie
             you
             by
             Scripture
             discovery
             of
             the
             Nature
             and
             Cause
             ,
             the
             Method
             and
             Means
             ,
             the
             Subject
             and
             Effects
             ,
             of
             that
             saving
             Grace
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
             The
             Nature
             thereof
             is
             Gods
             Application
             of
             his
             special
             Favour
             unto
             his
             Elect
             ,
             
             Redeemed
             by
             Christ
             ,
             saving
             them
             from
             all
             sin
             on
             earth
             Inchoatively
             ,
             in
             Heaven
             consummatively
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
             The
             Fountain
             cause
             thereof
             is
             his
             own
             pleasure
             :
             the
             final
             his
             Honour
             ,
             exalted
             in
             his
             Son
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             Spirit
             applying
             the
             same
             .
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
             The
             Method
             observed
             is
             gradually
             to
             shew
             this
             favour
             ,
             1.
             
             
             Primitively
             in
             his
             Election
             and
             Redeeming
             Love.
             2.
             
             Communicatively
             ,
             in
             his
             Adopting
             and
             Justifying
             ,
             
             his
             supporting
             
             and
             supplying
             Love
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             Grace
             ,
             through
             perseverance
             unto
             Glory
             in
             Eternity
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
             The
             means
             appointed
             and
             employed
             therein
             are
             ,
             1.
             
             Christ
             the
             Principal
             :
             
             The
             Spirits
             Operation
             as
             efficient
             :
             and
             every
             Ordinance
             and
             Providence
             ,
             his
             Word
             especially
             ,
             as
             Instrumentally
             blessed
             of
             him
             thereto
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Subjects
             thereof
             are
             Gods
             Elect
             ,
             
             Redeemed
             by
             the
             Son
             ,
             Renewed
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             whom
             he
             Adopts
             for
             Children
             ,
             justifying
             their
             persons
             ,
             and
             keeping
             them
             through
             faith
             by
             his
             Power
             unto
             Salvation
             ;
             
             supporting
             and
             supplying
             them
             stil
             by
             the
             earnest
             and
             first
             fruits
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             
             til
             the
             full
             possession
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             
             The
             Effects
             thereof
             are
             ,
             the
             gaining
             of
             their
             hearts
             by
             Divine
             Love
             to
             mutual
             Returns
             ,
             
             to
             chuse
             him
             in
             Christ
             by
             his
             Spirit
             for
             their
             chief
             good
             and
             soveraign
             Lord
             ,
             
             delighting
             in
             him
             ,
             
             depending
             on
             him
             ,
             closing
             with
             him
             ,
             following
             of
             him
             ,
             drawing
             all
             from
             him
             ,
             
             reducing
             all
             to
             him
             ,
             loving
             what
             he
             loves
             ,
             hating
             what
             he
             hates
             ,
             with
             an
             harmony
             of
             mind
             ,
             heart
             and
             hand
             .
             And
             all
             for
             his
             sake
             and
             to
             his
             Glory
             ,
             by
             his
             strength
             according
             to
             his
             Will.
             
          
           
             THis
             Light
             will
             easily
             dispel
             all
             Cavils
             darkning
             the
             truth
             .
             There
             are
             no
             merits
             but
             in
             Gods
             Mercy
             .
             He
             rewards
             indeed
             ,
             but
             it
             s
             of
             Grace
             .
             He
             pardons
             sin
             and
             doth
             it
             freely
             .
             Yet
             he
             requires
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             not
             to
             merit
             ,
             but
             to
             receive
             it
             ,
             emptying
             the
             soul
             of
             self
             ,
             to
             fill
             it
             with
             himself
             ,
             letting
             out
             sin
             to
             let
             in
             Christ
             :
             casting
             out
             Satan
             to
             bring
             in
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             Purging
             out
             corruption
             by
             giving
             his
             Grace
             ,
             preparing
             for
             Glory
             .
             He
             therefore
             bids
             them
             
               take
               heed
               lest
               they
               fall
            
             ,
             to
             keep
             them
             standing
             in
             the
             right
             use
             of
             Means
             .
             He
             appointed
             the
             End
             and
             blesses
             the
             Means
             .
             He
             promises
             and
             assures
             their
             standing
             ,
             
             not
             by
             their
             own
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             Might
             .
             Thus
             
               all
               that
               the
               Father
               gave
               Christ
               ,
               shall
               come
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               him
               that
               comes
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               will
               in
               no
               wise
               cast
               out
               ,
               because
               this
               is
               the
               will
               of
               the
               
               Father
               that
               sent
               him
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               of
               all
               he
               hath
               given
               him
               he
               should
               lose
               nothing
               .
               The
               father
               that
               gave
               them
               to
               him
               ,
               is
               greater
               then
               all
               ;
               none
               shall
               pluck
               them
               out
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
            
             Ergo.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             may
             they
             not
             slip
             away
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
             Yea
             ,
             if
             left
             to
             themselves
             as
             Adam
             was
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Works
             .
             But
             he
             hath
             made
             a
             better
             Covenant
             with
             them
             in
             Christ
             ,
             engaging
             his
             Grace
             to
             preserve
             and
             save
             to
             the
             utmost
             all
             whom
             he
             chose
             in
             him
             ,
             
             Redeemed
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             sanctifyingly
             renews
             by
             his
             Spirit
             .
             This
             is
             all
             their
             Hope
             and
             all
             their
             Salvation
             ,
             
             though
             in
             a
             Winter
             of
             temptation
             it
             seems
             not
             to
             flourish
             .
             
             He
             therefore
             
               writes
               his
               Law
               in
               their
               heart
               ,
               and
               puts
               his
               Spirit
               within
               them
               ,
            
             to
             
               cause
               them
               to
               walk
               in
               his
               Statutes
               ,
            
             
             that
             
               they
               shall
               keep
               his
               Judgements
               and
               do
               them
               .
            
             He
             
               will
               uphold
               them
               by
               his
               right
               hand
               till
               he
               bring
               them
               to
               Glory
               .
            
             He
             will
             Crown
             his
             own
             Grace
             in
             them
             ,
             
             and
             
               magnifie
               his
               strength
               in
               their
               weakness
               .
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             doth
             not
             this
             Doctrine
             lead
             to
             presumption
             and
             Libetinism
             ?
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Not
             at
             all
             ,
             though
             it
             may
             be
             abused
             as
             the
             best
             things
             are
             .
             
             It
             leads
             genuinely
             to
             all
             Christian
             diligence
             and
             Grace
             ,
             as
             the
             sure
             only
             way
             to
             Glory
             .
             
             This
             Assurance
             he
             gives
             not
             to
             all
             alike
             ,
             nor
             to
             any
             alike
             at
             all
             times
             .
             Though
             his
             weak
             children
             be
             sure
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             yet
             he
             lets
             them
             often
             stumble
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             know
             him
             and
             themselves
             better
             .
             The
             Riches
             of
             his
             Grace
             appear
             still
             herein
             freely
             and
             fully
             ,
             
             surely
             and
             choicely
             .
             What
             's
             freer
             then
             pardon
             to
             an
             unworthy
             Rebel
             ?
             That
             Christ
             satisfied
             ,
             
             and
             that
             Faith
             is
             given
             to
             receive
             pardon
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             free
             also
             ?
             What
             's
             fuller
             then
             such
             a
             pardon
             ,
             that
             justifies
             from
             all
             guilt
             Inchoatively
             ,
             
             progressively
             ,
             consummatively
             ?
             whether
             you
             say
             the
             pardon
             is
             Renewed
             ,
             
             or
             continued
             ,
             or
             confirmed
             to
             the
             Regenerate
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             stil
             full
             ?
             Doth
             he
             not
             blot
             out
             all
             scores
             and
             remit
             all
             faults
             by
             application
             of
             his
             Justifying
             Grace
             ?
             
             His
             correcting
             of
             them
             is
             the
             fruit
             of
             that
             Adopting
             Love
             which
             pardons
             them
             .
             
             Because
             
             they
             are
             children
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             Physick
             and
             the
             Rod
             also
             .
             What
             's
             surer
             then
             this
             Grace
             ,
             which
             engages
             the
             Trinunity
             in
             the
             clearest
             Bond
             ,
             with
             the
             surest
             Ties
             ,
             with
             Word
             and
             Writing
             ,
             with
             his
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             ,
             with
             Promise
             and
             Oath
             ,
             yea
             with
             his
             own
             Blood
             to
             final
             performance
             on
             his
             side
             and
             theirs
             ?
             
             They
             may
             break
             indeed
             ,
             but
             he
             cannot
             break
             .
             Though
             they
             act
             faithlesly
             ,
             yet
             he
             acts
             faithfully
             .
             He
             cannot
             
               Deny
               himself
               nor
               them
            
             ,
             because
             his
             in
             Christ
             .
             And
             what
             's
             choiser
             then
             this
             special
             Grace
             ,
             that
             saves
             his
             children
             when
             he
             punishes
             others
             ?
             What
             's
             more
             precious
             then
             this
             Miracle
             of
             Grace
             that
             gives
             them
             God
             in
             Christ
             and
             all
             things
             with
             him
             ?
             
             What
             more
             singular
             then
             this
             marvellous
             Love
             ,
             
             who
             gives
             them
             his
             Spirit
             to
             seal
             and
             strengthen
             them
             ,
             
             that
             they
             may
             close
             with
             him
             and
             keep
             close
             to
             him
             still
             ?
             This
             is
             Grace
             indeed
             not
             to
             be
             abused
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             opposed
             by
             any
             pretence
             .
             It
             s
             as
             compleat
             as
             his
             Salvation
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             answerable
             to
             such
             a
             compleat
             Saviour
             .
             An
             imperfect
             Christ
             is
             but
             an
             Idol
             of
             mans
             fancy
             ,
             so
             is
             that
             Imperfect
             salvation
             and
             ineffectual
             Grace
             which
             many
             dream
             of
             .
          
           
             23.
             
             
             Christ
             suffers
             also
             in
             his
             Instruments
             ,
             his
             Civil
             Deputies
             ,
             in
             the
             Magistracy
             :
             1.
             
             By
             the
             former
             evils
             .
             2.
             
             By
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             advance
             their
             Antichristian
             Head
             into
             the
             Magistrates
             Seat
             ,
             putting
             the
             civil
             Key
             into
             the
             Popes
             hand
             ,
             and
             loosening
             the
             Subjects
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             such
             Superiours
             who
             do
             not
             please
             him
             ,
             encroaching
             much
             upon
             civil
             Affairs
             in
             their
             Cannon
             Law
             ,
             as
             about
             Marriage
             ,
             Incest
             ,
             Adultery
             ,
             &c.
             obliging
             their
             Clergy
             to
             Forraign
             Supremacy
             ;
             forbidding
             the
             Magistrate
             his
             Duty
             about
             Externals
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             &c.
             3.
             
             By
             Quakers
             and
             Notionists
             ,
             who
             labour
             to
             bring
             in
             confusion
             ,
             as
             the
             
               German
               Anabaptists
            
             did
             .
             4.
             
             Yea
             by
             many
             who
             seem
             more
             sober
             ,
             yet
             deny
             the
             best
             part
             of
             his
             Office
             :
             that
             special
             care
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             in
             its
             Externals
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             to
             do
             most
             for
             God.
             5.
             
             By
             divers
             infirm
             Christians
             that
             by
             mistaken
             apprehensions
             of
             a
             fifth
             Monarchy
             do
             actually
             
             resist
             Christ
             in
             denying
             due
             homage
             to
             such
             Powers
             whom
             hi
             Providence
             hath
             set
             in
             Power
             .
          
           
             AGainst
             these
             Oppositions
             ,
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             graciously
             improved
             will
             sufficiently
             arm
             us
             ,
             declaring
             from
             Scripture
             the
             Magistrates
             Duty
             and
             Dignity
             in
             being
             most
             like
             God
             ,
             
             and
             doing
             most
             for
             God.
             His
             Power
             is
             Authoritative
             about
             the
             external
             man
             ,
             in
             all
             matters
             Religious
             and
             Civil
             ,
             Politically
             to
             regulate
             ,
             reward
             and
             correct
             according
             to
             Gods
             Word
             for
             the
             Lords
             honour
             and
             the
             Publique
             good
             .
             The
             Genus
             is
             an
             Authoritative
             Power
             ;
             the
             Object
             is
             the
             external
             man
             ,
             expressed
             by
             word
             ,
             sign
             ,
             or
             deed
             ;
             the
             Subject
             is
             all
             matters
             of
             the
             first
             or
             second
             Table
             ,
             religious
             and
             civil
             .
             The
             acts
             of
             Power
             are
             to
             regulate
             ,
             reward
             ,
             countenance
             good
             ,
             and
             disown
             and
             correct
             evil
             .
             The
             manner
             of
             acting
             is
             Political
             ,
             not
             Spiritual
             ;
             by
             civil
             Censures
             ,
             not
             Ecclesiastical
             ?
             The
             Rule
             is
             Gods
             Revealed
             Will
             in
             his
             written
             Word
             ,
             not
             his
             own
             Will
             or
             mans
             fancy
             .
             The
             End
             is
             Gods
             honour
             as
             supreme
             ;
             publique
             good
             ,
             as
             subordinate
             .
             Herein
             shines
             the
             Magistrates
             Dignity
             in
             being
             thus
             employed
             as
             Gods
             Substitute
             ,
             to
             look
             to
             his
             Law
             in
             cherishing
             good
             ,
             and
             suppressing
             evil
             .
             Herein
             Gods
             Vicegerent
             shall
             meet
             with
             comfort
             in
             these
             Politicks
             of
             Gods
             own
             giving
             .
             
             The
             Lord
             in
             all
             Ages
             hath
             honoured
             such
             who
             have
             thus
             laboured
             still
             to
             honour
             him
             .
             He
             requires
             it
             still
             ,
             
             and
             rewards
             it
             in
             a
             special
             manner
             .
             He
             gives
             many
             Instructions
             about
             it
             to
             avoid
             error
             ,
             
             neglect
             and
             abuse
             .
             He
             still
             branded
             those
             that
             neglected
             it
             ,
             
             and
             set
             up
             themselves
             in
             slighting
             of
             him
             .
             
             They
             were
             threatned
             and
             punished
             sorely
             that
             would
             not
             and
             did
             not
             tender
             Christs
             Interest
             .
             
             No
             Book
             of
             Scripture
             or
             humane
             Record
             but
             gives
             us
             signal
             demonstrations
             hereof
             .
             
             The
             many
             Cavils
             obscuring
             this
             Truth
             easily
             vanish
             by
             the
             brightness
             thereof
             .
             
             The
             Pontifician
             Crue
             by
             their
             encroachments
             have
             taught
             our
             Libertines
             very
             sad
             lessons
             .
             
             Corah
             with
             his
             Partners
             acted
             once
             this
             part
             ,
             as
             the
             German
             Rout
             did
             long
             afterwards
             from
             1522
             till
             1534.
             
             Pretence
             of
             Conscience
             is
             much
             talked
             of
             ,
             but
             it
             covers
             often
             the
             abuse
             of
             Conscience
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             meddles
             not
             with
             conscience
             ,
             
             but
             with
             external
             evil
             ,
             though
             pretending
             conscience
             .
             He
             is
             a
             terrour
             to
             all
             evil
             works
             whatever
             they
             be
             ,
             where-ever
             they
             appear
             ,
             and
             a
             countenance
             to
             good
             .
             That
             's
             his
             Office
             by
             Gods
             Commission
             
               for
               thy
               good
            
             ;
             
             Christ
             is
             King
             of
             Kings
             by
             whom
             they
             all
             Raign
             ,
             
             who
             calls
             all
             to
             account
             .
             If
             sin
             and
             Satan
             possess
             a
             mans
             conscience
             that
             should
             be
             Gods
             Seat
             ,
             it
             cannot
             excuse
             their
             treasonable
             acts
             ,
             but
             aggravate
             them
             .
             Much
             care
             indeed
             is
             to
             be
             still
             used
             least
             this
             Power
             be
             slighted
             or
             abused
             .
             Such
             Christians
             who
             appear
             truly
             consciencious
             are
             to
             be
             dealt
             with
             in
             much
             tenderness
             .
             Yet
             cannot
             Conscience
             plead
             for
             any
             sin
             .
             Christ
             never
             intended
             it
             to
             be
             Errors
             Sanctuary
             .
             He
             dallies
             with
             no
             sin
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             his
             servants
             like
             him
             .
             They
             that
             make
             no
             conscience
             of
             his
             Truth
             and
             Grace
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             publique
             Peace
             ,
             shew
             their
             conscience
             to
             be
             very
             unsound
             .
             The
             standing
             Rule
             of
             man
             ,
             whether
             high
             or
             low
             ,
             
             is
             not
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             the
             
               Lords
               Word
            
             .
             An
             evil
             Conscience
             is
             the
             worst
             of
             evils
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Nurse
             of
             all
             evil
             .
             
             Error
             is
             an
             infections
             Disease
             that
             spreads
             dangerously
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             Conscience
             still
             .
             Conscience
             must
             rule
             us
             so
             far
             as
             it
             s
             ruled
             by
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             .
             It
             cannot
             bind
             to
             ,
             nor
             discharge
             any
             sin
             .
             Paul
             judges
             himself
             for
             those
             very
             sins
             very
             hainously
             ,
             
             which
             his
             conscience
             through
             mistake
             suggested
             to
             be
             his
             duty
             .
             
             If
             a
             Christian
             suffer
             
               as
               an
               evil
               doer
            
             ,
             
             though
             he
             pretend
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             shall
             have
             little
             honour
             or
             comfort
             therein
             .
             
             The
             sin
             is
             aggravated
             that
             is
             committed
             by
             an
             evil
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             the
             Presence
             Chamber
             and
             the
             Royal
             Throne
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             Christ
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             therefore
             should
             be
             most
             careful
             to
             see
             that
             all
             sorts
             enjoy
             the
             best
             Means
             of
             informing
             Conscience
             about
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             
             as
             Noble
             Jehosaphat
             did
             ,
             that
             all
             good
             Laws
             may
             be
             duly
             observed
             .
             Then
             Execution
             must
             be
             look'd
             unto
             ,
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Law.
             It
             s
             the
             great
             mercy
             promised
             to
             Christs
             Kingdom
             ,
             that
             
               Kings
               shall
               be
               Nursing
               Fathers
            
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             
             and
             contribute
             their
             utmost
             to
             the
             help
             thereof
             ;
             
             whereas
             before
             they
             gave
             up
             their
             power
             to
             the
             Antichristian
             Beast
             .
             
             Christ
             himself
             is
             wronged
             ,
             when
             his
             Lieutenant
             the
             Magistrate
             is
             taken
             off
             from
             his
             Work
             or
             disturbed
             therein
             .
             All
             Arguments
             used
             against
             the
             Magistrates
             Power
             in
             Religion
             are
             still
             
             under-charged
             or
             over-charged
             ;
             either
             they
             prove
             only
             that
             Conscience
             is
             not
             to
             be
             forced
             ,
             and
             that
             Christians
             should
             begentle
             and
             meek
             ,
             bearing
             with
             each
             other
             in
             things
             indifferent
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             denied
             ;
             or
             if
             there
             were
             any
             force
             in
             them
             to
             disprove
             the
             Magistrates
             dealing
             with
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             the
             same
             force
             would
             reach
             further
             against
             the
             second
             Table
             also
             .
             So
             that
             they
             would
             make
             his
             office
             needless
             ,
             striking
             at
             Christ
             through
             his
             vicegerents
             Loins
             to
             bring
             in
             confusion
             and
             Anarchy
             ,
             by
             exempting
             from
             his
             Cognisance
             whatever
             things
             may
             pretend
             Conscience
             .
             What
             evil
             so
             horrid
             that
             may
             not
             be
             covered
             under
             such
             a
             mask
             ?
             Hath
             not
             experience
             seen
             it
             fulfilled
             in
             the
             predigious
             Ranters
             are
             Quakers
             of
             our
             days
             ?
             Christs
             Interest
             in
             the
             good
             of
             mens
             souls
             is
             still
             the
             best
             part
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             care
             ;
             they
             must
             needs
             be
             sadly
             injurious
             to
             both
             ,
             that
             would
             deprive
             them
             of
             that
             choice
             Garland
             ,
             and
             that
             signal
             work
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             
             Christ
             is
             opposed
             likewise
             in
             his
             Servants
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             as
             ,
             First
             ,
             By
             the
             former
             Errors
             ;
             So
             ,
             secondly
             ,
             By
             the
             
               Socinians
               ,
               Seekers
               ,
               Behmenists
               ,
               Revelationists
               ,
               Quakers
            
             and
             Libertines
             who
             deny
             ,
             corrupt
             and
             oppose
             it
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             set
             up
             an
             Antichristian
             Head
             ,
             and
             Hierarchy
             ,
             mangling
             and
             perverting
             it
             wofully
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             By
             Innovators
             ,
             who
             exalt
             a
             Power
             therein
             above
             others
             unknown
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             others
             slighting
             what
             Christ
             hath
             set
             up
             .
          
           
           
             AGainst
             these
             various
             Evils
             ,
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             improved
             graciously
             will
             fence
             our
             Judgements
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             to
             see
             the
             excellency
             and
             perpetuity
             ,
             the
             necessity
             and
             utility
             of
             his
             Gospel-ministry
             .
             It
             was
             his
             care
             of
             old
             to
             set
             it
             up
             in
             his
             Church
             for
             their
             common
             good
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Priests
               lips
               might
               preserve
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               they
               should
               seek
               the
               Law
               at
               his
               mouth
               ,
            
             
             
               because
               he
               is
               the
               Messenger
               of
               the
               Lord.
            
             The
             first
             Insurrections
             against
             it
             ,
             (
             which
             assaulted
             also
             the
             Magistracy
             by
             a
             strong
             levelling
             party
             under
             holy
             pretences
             ,
             
             )
             were
             dreadfully
             rebuked
             and
             plagued
             by
             an
             extraordinary
             hand
             from
             Heaven
             .
             
             The
             Lord
             made
             also
             Aarons
             Rod
             to
             blossom
             and
             fructifie
             miraculously
             ,
             
             that
             he
             might
             ratifie
             this
             great
             Ordinance
             of
             his
             to
             all
             Ages
             .
             
             He
             appointed
             the
             Levites
             to
             be
             therefore
             settled
             in
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             Israel
             ,
             
             that
             every
             one
             might
             be
             provided
             with
             ministerial
             Help
             .
             
             Himself
             promised
             in
             a
             peculiar
             way
             to
             be
             their
             best
             Portion
             ,
             and
             took
             a
             special
             care
             ,
             
             that
             among
             their
             Brethren
             they
             might
             never
             want
             a
             plentifull
             portion
             .
             
             From
             time
             to
             time
             did
             he
             renew
             that
             charge
             ,
             
             and
             sharply
             visited
             for
             the
             neglect
             thereof
             .
             He
             honor'd
             and
             prosper'd
             those
             Princes
             and
             people
             that
             did
             carefully
             observe
             his
             Will
             therein
             .
             
             His
             Magistracy
             and
             his
             Ministry
             went
             still
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             
             both
             in
             doing
             good
             and
             suffering
             evil
             .
             
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             in
             all
             their
             Successors
             were
             still
             duly
             observed
             by
             God
             and
             good
             men
             .
             The
             Jewish
             Church
             and
             State
             declined
             together
             by
             their
             sinfull
             neglects
             of
             Christs
             Institutions
             .
             Christ
             therefore
             came
             at
             last
             himself
             personally
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             repair
             those
             wofull
             Ruins
             .
             The
             vile
             abusing
             of
             his
             Ministry
             brought
             on
             them
             first
             a
             Babylonian
             yoak
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             a
             Roman
             slavery
             ,
             after
             many
             Persian
             and
             Grecian
             Oppressions
             .
             The
             Revolts
             of
             Jason
             and
             of
             Onias
             ,
             with
             their
             Anti-temples
             in
             Aegypt
             and
             Samaria
             ,
             brought
             in
             many
             more
             confusions
             then
             both
             on
             Church
             and
             State.
             Their
             corrupt
             opposings
             of
             Christs
             Ministry
             cost
             them
             very
             dear
             .
             When
             Christ
             came
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             the
             many
             disorders
             of
             the
             ministerial
             Office
             and
             persons
             had
             disordered
             all
             .
             
             His
             great
             care
             was
             then
             to
             rectifie
             things
             in
             the
             best
             method
             .
             
             An
             end
             of
             all
             shadows
             he
             made
             in
             himself
             by
             his
             own
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             settled
             himself
             a
             substantial
             Ministry
             that
             should
             continue
             unto
             the
             
             worlds
             end
             .
             His
             great
             business
             still
             was
             to
             purge
             his
             Temple
             ,
             and
             to
             commission
             his
             ministerial
             Servants
             for
             the
             successive
             building
             of
             his
             house
             .
             His
             twelve
             Apostles
             and
             seventy
             Disciples
             were
             to
             that
             end
             succesfully
             employed
             by
             him
             .
             
             When
             he
             ascended
             and
             triumph'd
             over
             all
             ,
             
             he
             bestowed
             then
             Coronation
             Gifts
             of
             a
             choice
             Nature
             .
             
             Then
             gave
             he
             
               Apostles
               ,
               Prophets
            
             and
             Evangelists
             in
             extraordinary
             ,
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             in
             ordinary
             for
             Ambassados
             ,
             
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             
               Saints
               ,
               for
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               for
               the
               building
               up
               of
               his
               body
               ,
            
             
             
               untill
               we
               all
               come
               to
               the
               full
               stature
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God.
            
             Thus
             Christ
             settled
             this
             ministerial
             function
             with
             spiritual
             Authority
             ,
             
             by
             setting
             apart
             in
             a
             regular
             Call
             ,
             persons
             by
             him
             duly
             qualified
             to
             the
             full
             employment
             of
             the
             Ministry
             .
             The
             Circumstantials
             of
             the
             ceremonial
             Law
             he
             pared
             off
             thereby
             ,
             and
             settled
             the
             substance
             of
             his
             will
             therein
             in
             this
             solemn
             office
             for
             his
             special
             honor
             and
             his
             peoples
             good
             .
             The
             Father
             and
             Spirit
             joined
             with
             God
             the
             Son
             in
             the
             Commission
             given
             from
             above
             to
             settle
             this
             Office
             ,
             and
             assure
             thereon
             a
             signal
             Blessing
             till
             the
             end
             of
             all
             .
             As
             the
             Son
             gave
             these
             Residents
             of
             his
             to
             his
             Church
             below
             ,
             
             so
             did
             the
             Father
             
               set
               them
            
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             and
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             still
             makes
             them
             overseers
             thereof
             .
             In
             the
             renewing
             of
             their
             Commission
             he
             enlarged
             it
             unto
             all
             Nations
             ,
             
             gave
             them
             the
             
               keys
               of
               his
               Kingdom
            
             to
             act
             under
             him
             as
             Deputy-stewards
             ;
             
             Titles
             of
             Honor
             he
             gives
             them
             many
             ,
             
             fit
             Emblems
             also
             of
             their
             weighty
             work
             .
             They
             are
             his
             Agents
             and
             the
             peoples
             Guides
             ,
             
             Shepherds
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             
             Angels
             and
             Leaders
             .
             Elders
             they
             are
             and
             Overseers
             ,
             as
             Ambassadors
             acting
             in
             his
             name
             .
             
             As
             he
             taught
             his
             Apostles
             the
             things
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             
             so
             were
             they
             carefull
             to
             instruct
             the
             rest
             .
             
             Pauls
             Epistles
             to
             Timothy
             and
             Titus
             are
             a
             directory
             for
             all
             Church
             Affairs
             .
             
             The
             Apostles
             needed
             extraordinary
             Gifts
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Evangelists
             in
             the
             first
             planting
             of
             Churches
             everywhere
             .
             That
             work
             being
             done
             ,
             then
             ended
             with
             them
             their
             immediate
             infallible
             Call.
             Extraordinaries
             are
             but
             for
             a
             time
             to
             make
             sure
             way
             to
             Ordinaries
             .
             
             Snccessors
             they
             had
             in
             the
             substantials
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             
             though
             not
             in
             all
             their
             Circumstantials
             .
             Paul
             in
             his
             progress
             having
             shew'd
             
             the
             way
             of
             ordaining
             such
             ,
             
             gave
             Timothy
             and
             others
             further
             Rules
             still
             to
             prosecute
             that
             work
             .
             
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             must
             abide
             in
             charge
             ,
             
             whilst
             there
             is
             one
             soul
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             Christ
             and
             built
             up
             in
             Christ
             .
             
             These
             stars
             are
             kept
             in
             the
             Lords
             own
             hand
             ,
             being
             the
             Lights
             of
             his
             own
             setting
             up
             .
             Many
             Ministers
             and
             Churches
             may
             perish
             for
             their
             Apostacy
             ,
             as
             they
             of
             Asia
             ,
             
             but
             the
             Ministry
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             stand
             .
             These
             witnesses
             of
             his
             may
             be
             much
             abused
             to
             the
             very
             Death
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             rise
             again
             very
             speedily
             to
             the
             confusion
             of
             all
             enemies
             .
             Lest
             they
             should
             grow
             proud
             and
             usurp
             Lorship
             ,
             Christ
             charged
             them
             timely
             to
             act
             as
             Servants
             in
             his
             name
             and
             work
             .
             
             His
             word
             holds
             forth
             all
             Elders
             equal
             in
             ordinary
             ,
             since
             extraordinaries
             removed
             from
             men
             .
             Some
             priority
             of
             order
             and
             age
             the
             Primitive
             Churches
             thought
             fit
             to
             admit
             .
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             corrupted
             the
             same
             ,
             adding
             Jurisdiction
             and
             Power
             thereto
             .
             At
             first
             they
             did
             chuse
             a
             Moderator
             ,
             who
             might
             be
             Speaker
             in
             their
             regular
             meetings
             .
             That
             was
             first
             elective
             ,
             and
             then
             became
             fixed
             ,
             and
             gradually
             did
             degenerate
             .
             Under
             fair
             colors
             many
             did
             encroach
             ,
             and
             subjected
             Elders
             to
             Bishops
             Power
             .
             Thence
             did
             Arch-Bishops
             and
             Patriarchs
             rise
             with
             other
             Limbs
             of
             that
             Hierarchy
             .
             By
             Princes
             bounty
             too
             sadly
             abused
             ,
             this
             evil
             did
             rise
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             a
             Pope
             .
             That
             Antichristian
             Beast
             with
             his
             double
             horn
             ,
             speaking
             like
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             acted
             Dragon-like
             .
             He
             gradually
             subdued
             Christs
             Magistracy
             and
             Ministry
             by
             usurpations
             of
             the
             double
             sword
             .
             That
             Pestilential
             Wen
             grew
             so
             fast
             on
             the
             Church
             that
             it
             did
             over-spread
             and
             consume
             it
             in
             its
             noblest
             parts
             .
             Many
             Excrescences
             did
             rise
             under
             it
             as
             their
             Cardinals
             ,
             Archdeacons
             ,
             Chancellors
             .
             Thence
             a
             further
             Rabble
             of
             
               Commissaries
               ,
               Porters
               ,
               Acolyths
               ,
               Subdeacons
               ,
               Exorcists
               .
            
             Thence
             also
             their
             
               Monks
               ,
               Friers
               ,
               Eremits
               ,
               Nuns
            
             and
             Jesuits
             swarming
             everywhere
             .
             Thus
             gradually
             did
             Abaddon
             prevail
             to
             waste
             Christs
             portion
             for
             a
             thousand
             two
             hundred
             sixty
             years
             .
             The
             witnesses
             whilst
             prophecy
             in
             Sackcloth
             ,
             the
             woman
             is
             fed
             in
             
             the
             wilderness
             .
             
             Yet
             did
             not
             Christ
             forget
             his
             Interest
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             worst
             time
             maintained
             his
             Ministry
             .
             
               Brittain
               ,
               Ireland
               ,
               Germany
            
             and
             France
             shew
             large
             Catalogues
             of
             undoubted
             Truth
             to
             verifie
             it
             .
             Waldus
             and
             
               Wicklef
               ,
               John
               Hus
            
             and
             Jerom
             with
             many
             thousands
             testified
             the
             same
             .
             The
             Reformation
             by
             Luther
             and
             Calvin
             was
             but
             a
             more
             solemn
             carrying
             on
             of
             the
             Work.
             We
             have
             antiquities
             of
             approved
             credit
             ,
             shewing
             Successions
             of
             faithful
             Ministers
             from
             the
             Apostles
             time
             all
             along
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             parts
             ,
             so
             in
             these
             Nations
             .
             The
             Scriptures
             are
             not
             the
             worse
             ,
             nor
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             for
             passing
             through
             the
             hand
             of
             Romish
             Antichrist
             .
             Gold
             loses
             not
             its
             worth
             for
             touching
             a
             leprous
             hand
             ,
             nor
             Gods
             Temple
             by
             the
             sitting
             of
             the
             man
             of
             sin
             ,
             when
             their
             pollutions
             are
             but
             once
             removed
             .
             If
             any
             defilment
             be
             proved
             to
             attend
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             yield
             and
             remove
             the
             same
             .
             When
             the
             Wen
             is
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             body
             cured
             ,
             health
             being
             restored
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             improved
             .
             If
             any
             will
             stil
             lord
             it
             over
             Brethren
             we
             shall
             disclame
             such
             usurpations
             .
             Christs
             Ministry
             is
             to
             feed
             and
             teach
             ,
             to
             rule
             and
             to
             cure
             Ministerially
             .
             Our
             weapons
             and
             work
             are
             spiritual
             ,
             not
             Political
             ,
             nor
             Monarchical
             .
             As
             Nurses
             appointed
             for
             the
             Childrens
             good
             ,
             it
             s
             our
             desire
             to
             attend
             Christs
             house
             .
             An
             orderly
             Call
             unto
             this
             office
             as
             he
             doth
             appoint
             ,
             so
             will
             he
             still
             bless
             .
             
               How
               shall
               men
               believe
               ,
               if
               not
               preached
               to
               ?
               How
               shall
               men
               preach
               right
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               not
               sent
               ?
            
             Internal
             gifts
             are
             very
             needfull
             ,
             yet
             not
             sufficient
             to
             make
             out
             this
             Call.
             No
             man
             self-called
             is
             owned
             by
             God
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             Corah
             and
             Jeroboams
             Priests
             .
             A
             Souldier
             ,
             though
             able
             ,
             without
             Commission
             shall
             never
             be
             owned
             for
             an
             Officer
             .
             A
             person
             of
             Parts
             without
             Authority
             cannot
             act
             the
             part
             of
             Justice
             or
             Judge
             .
             Every
             Christian
             is
             to
             improve
             Gifts
             ,
             but
             within
             his
             place
             and
             fit
             relation
             .
             
             Gods
             word
             doth
             appoint
             an
             orderly
             way
             of
             Calling
             persons
             into
             the
             Ministry
             .
             
             They
             must
             be
             well
             proved
             and
             approved
             of
             ,
             
             then
             chosen
             and
             ordained
             to
             a
             proper
             charge
             .
             
             He
             that
             hears
             and
             receives
             persons
             so
             called
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             hears
             and
             receives
             Jesus
             
             
             Christ
             himself
             by
             his
             own
             witness
             .
             He
             that
             abuses
             and
             rejects
             such
             ,
             abuses
             and
             rejects
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             thereby
             .
             If
             any
             be
             bad
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             questioned
             ,
             and
             reap
             their
             deserts
             .
             We
             pretend
             to
             no
             Infallibility
             ,
             but
             would
             be
             tried
             still
             in
             Doctrine
             and
             Life
             by
             the
             word
             of
             Truth
             .
             
             Christs
             work
             its
             we
             are
             sent
             about
             ;
             
             the
             devil
             would
             marr
             it
             by
             slandering
             tongues
             .
             False
             Christs
             ,
             false
             Prophets
             are
             now
             very
             rife
             .
             Sick
             brains
             are
             heaping
             Teachers
             to
             themselves
             to
             please
             itching
             ears
             .
             
             They
             that
             thus
             run
             before
             they
             are
             sent
             ,
             shall
             not
             profit
             ,
             but
             deceive
             the
             people
             .
             The
             chief
             rage
             of
             Foxes
             and
             Wolves
             disguised
             ,
             will
             stil
             be
             bent
             against
             the
             Shepherds
             .
             
             Jeroboams
             Priests
             with
             his
             Golden
             Calves
             brought
             in
             division
             ,
             deceit
             and
             ruin
             .
             If
             the
             Lords
             Mercy
             do
             not
             prevent
             it
             ,
             our
             sin
             and
             sorrow
             will
             be
             too
             like
             theirs
             .
             The
             Cavils
             pleaded
             against
             this
             clear
             Truth
             ,
             have
             been
             fully
             dissolved
             again
             and
             again
             .
             It
             was
             Julians
             attempt
             to
             starve
             the
             Ministry
             and
             Schools
             ,
             as
             the
             sure
             way
             to
             ruin
             Christianity
             .
             The
             like
             design
             is
             revived
             of
             late
             to
             the
             same
             end
             .
             
             The
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             and
             of
             Nations
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Gods
             positive
             Laws
             ,
             are
             brought
             in
             by
             Paul
             to
             prove
             the
             just
             Rights
             of
             Ministers
             maintenance
             .
             The
             Corinthiane
             are
             blamed
             for
             putting
             him
             to
             shift
             and
             work
             with
             his
             hands
             .
             He
             commends
             them
             highly
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             free
             towards
             his
             relief
             .
          
           
             25.
             
             
             Christ
             suffers
             also
             in
             his
             Providence
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             former
             Errors
             ;
          
           
             So
             first
             ,
             By
             
               Atheists
               ,
               Stoicks
               ,
               Epicures
            
             that
             ascribe
             events
             to
             fortune
             ,
             fate
             or
             chance
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             Divers
             Jesuits
             and
             Arminians
             ,
             charging
             his
             purpose
             and
             execution
             with
             Contingency
             and
             Dependency
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             By
             Star-gazers
             and
             Astrologers
             who
             pretend
             to
             divine
             of
             humane
             Events
             by
             their
             judicial
             Prognostications
             .
          
           
           
             AGainst
             this
             Malady
             the
             gracious
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             improved
             will
             give
             us
             still
             a
             Soveraing
             Remedy
             .
             It
             shews
             by
             Scripture
             
             Light
             ,
             that
             the
             hand
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             first
             made
             the
             world
             ,
             
             doth
             uphold
             it
             still
             with
             Rule
             and
             Order
             by
             the
             word
             of
             his
             power
             .
             
             His
             eternal
             purpose
             he
             still
             executes
             in
             doing
             of
             good
             ,
             and
             over-ruling
             evil
             .
             What
             evil
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             sends
             not
             ?
             What
             evil
             of
             sin
             ,
             that
             he
             limits
             not
             ?
             What
             good
             temporal
             or
             spiritual
             ,
             that
             comes
             not
             still
             from
             his
             Providence
             ?
             His
             Rule
             is
             so
             sweet
             and
             so
             soveraign
             ,
             that
             all
             fulfill
             his
             Will
             in
             fulfilling
             theirs
             ;
             what
             ever
             opposes
             his
             revealed
             Will
             ,
             is
             still
             over-ruled
             by
             his
             secret
             Will.
             The
             Will
             of
             his
             purpose
             men
             do
             then
             fulfill
             ,
             when
             they
             disobey
             the
             Will
             of
             his
             precept
             .
             The
             Instance
             of
             Joseph
             and
             Jesus
             suffice
             to
             demonstrate
             Christs
             Soveraign
             Rule
             .
             Things
             most
             contingent
             as
             to
             men
             and
             means
             ,
             do
             yet
             come
             to
             pass
             by
             a
             necessary
             and
             sure
             providence
             .
             The
             very
             Sparrows
             fall
             not
             to
             the
             earth
             ,
             nor
             the
             hairs
             of
             man
             without
             Gods
             special
             hand
             .
             Astrologers
             sin
             is
             so
             much
             condemned
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             Reason
             and
             Experience
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             proceed
             any
             further
             ,
             seeing
             their
             folly
             is
             made
             so
             manifest
             .
             
             Some
             use
             we
             grant
             of
             Astronomy
             ,
             
             if
             modestly
             handled
             ;
             natural
             Astrology
             may
             hint
             at
             some
             things
             ,
             
             though
             very
             uncertainly
             .
             But
             that
             judicial
             Astrology
             which
             pretends
             to
             foretel
             the
             success
             of
             affairs
             acted
             
             among
             men
             ,
             
             is
             an
             Errand
             cheat
             and
             dreadfull
             Imposture
             :
             such
             an
             Art
             descends
             from
             old
             Magicians
             ,
             that
             learned
             of
             Satan
             among
             the
             Nations
             .
             
             Caldeans
             and
             Diviners
             with
             all
             South-sayers
             are
             noted
             in
             Scripture
             with
             
               Aegypts
               Magicians
            
             .
             
             
               Indian
               Gymnosophists
            
             ,
             
             Brachmans
             and
             Pawawes
             ,
             the
             Druids
             of
             Gaul
             ,
             the
             Bards
             of
             Brittain
             ,
             
             the
             Dervis's
             of
             Turkie
             are
             of
             the
             like
             
             
             school
             .
             The
             rules
             of
             this
             Art
             are
             certainly
             known
             to
             be
             most
             absurd
             ,
             vain
             and
             uncertain
             .
             Mirandula
             and
             Perkins
             ,
             who
             searched
             into
             their
             depths
             ,
             discovered
             fully
             their
             juggling
             Impostures
             ,
             as
             their
             Writings
             testifie
             .
             Some
             profound
             Scholars
             ,
             who
             had
             curiously
             pryed
             into
             their
             secrets
             ,
             
             came
             off
             with
             remorse
             and
             abhorrings
             thereof
             .
             This
             Profession
             hath
             been
             in
             all
             ages
             justly
             detested
             by
             the
             wise
             and
             good
             .
             Such
             Affinity
             it
             hath
             had
             still
             with
             Satanical
             Oracles
             ,
             that
             its
             unsufferable
             in
             a
             Christian
             State.
             There
             is
             vertue
             indeed
             in
             heavenly
             bodies
             ;
             But
             who
             can
             find
             out
             the
             same
             distinctly
             ?
             An
             
               Apollonius
               ,
               Faustus
            
             ,
             or
             Hildebrand
             may
             pretend
             somewhat
             from
             Satans
             teaching
             in
             this
             black
             study
             :
             But
             shall
             Christians
             go
             to
             the
             devils
             school
             to
             learn
             Christs
             mind
             ?
             Starry
             Constellations
             have
             their
             Influence
             on
             sublunary
             bodies
             ,
             but
             they
             cannot
             reach
             the
             souls
             and
             Acts
             of
             men
             .
             How
             far
             they
             may
             affect
             this
             earth
             ,
             none
             can
             know
             ;
             but
             that
             our
             Reason
             and
             humane
             Events
             are
             beyond
             their
             reach
             ,
             is
             easily
             known
             .
             The
             Constellations
             of
             Christs
             Providence
             compared
             with
             his
             word
             ,
             are
             the
             proper
             Rules
             of
             our
             Prognosticks
             ,
             personal
             and
             publique
             .
             Thence
             should
             Christians
             cast
             a
             divine
             figure
             to
             find
             out
             a
             true
             scheme
             of
             their
             State
             and
             Acts.
             Learn
             we
             to
             calculate
             our
             spiritual
             
             birth
             ,
             and
             observe
             the
             positure
             of
             souls
             under
             Chris
             ▪
             thence
             all
             conjunctions
             and
             oppositions
             ,
             total
             or
             partial
             ,
             will
             rightly
             mark
             out
             what
             our
             case
             will
             prove
             .
             The
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             passing
             through
             our
             houses
             will
             carry
             Light
             and
             Life
             into
             every
             part
             .
             His
             Aspects
             direct
             ,
             oblique
             or
             opposite
             ,
             signifie
             Influence
             benign
             or
             malign
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             station
             of
             things
             about
             it
             .
             When
             the
             Lord
             ascendent
             doth
             rule
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             it
             prognosticates
             all
             propitiousness
             .
             If
             quaking
             Saturn
             ,
             and
             the
             ranting
             Mars
             ,
             if
             notional
             Mercury
             ,
             and
             ambitious
             Jupiter
             ,
             if
             unstable
             Luna
             ,
             and
             voluptuous
             Venus
             come
             to
             cross
             this
             Sun
             ,
             what
             can
             men
             expect
             but
             a
             Combustion
             ?
             Wandring
             Planets
             ,
             and
             floating
             Meteors
             are
             still
             over-ruled
             by
             his
             fixed
             motions
             .
             He
             is
             regular
             in
             his
             Light
             and
             heat
             ,
             the
             only
             fountain
             of
             benign
             Influx
             .
             He
             is
             no
             Retrograde
             ,
             but
             still
             in
             progress
             to
             dispell
             darkness
             and
             death
             from
             his
             friends
             .
             Would
             men
             study
             him
             in
             his
             word
             and
             works
             ,
             they
             would
             soon
             banish
             sinful
             Astrology
             .
             
             His
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             suffer
             so
             much
             by
             it
             ,
             that
             no
             wise
             Christian
             should
             plead
             for
             the
             same
             .
             Was
             there
             ever
             a
             great
             Astrologer
             that
             hath
             not
             bewrayed
             some
             Satanical
             cheat
             ?
             May
             not
             London
             speak
             loud
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             if
             late
             experience
             be
             but
             testified
             ?
             We
             may
             challenge
             all
             Records
             divine
             &
             humane
             to
             shew
             any
             good
             Prince
             or
             State
             owning
             it
             .
             Who
             ever
             were
             found
             hearkning
             thereto
             ,
             history
             brands
             them
             by
             Tragical
             ends
             .
             Oh
             That
             great
             Brittain
             would
             consider
             this
             ,
             that
             Satan
             may
             not
             fix
             his
             Throne
             among
             us
             !
             Christ
             will
             not
             endure
             so
             ill
             a
             Neighbour
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             this
             Trade
             to
             go
             unpunished
             .
             Compacts
             with
             the
             Devil
             ,
             though
             but
             indirect
             ,
             do
             challenge
             both
             frowns
             and
             Judgements
             from
             above
             .
             Superiors
             must
             act
             under
             Christ
             for
             him
             to
             punish
             this
             great
             evil
             with
             sutable
             Wages
             .
             If
             men
             be
             so
             bold
             and
             presumptuous
             ,
             Powers
             are
             ordained
             for
             terror
             to
             such
             .
             They
             are
             errand
             cheats
             ,
             or
             Conjuring
             knaves
             that
             fortell
             events
             of
             humane
             
             matters
             by
             their
             star-gazing
             .
             
             If
             men
             slight
             
               Gods
               Law
               and
               testimony
            
             ,
             to
             follow
             such
             
               peeping
               ,
               muttering
               Wizards
            
             ,
             
             it
             s
             because
             
               there
               is
               no
               Light
               in
               them
               .
            
             Christ
             will
             right
             himself
             for
             all
             such
             Affronts
             cast
             upon
             his
             Word
             and
             his
             Providence
             .
             The
             Lord
             awaken
             all
             concerned
             herein
             ,
             that
             we
             repent
             not
             when
             it
             s
             too
             late
             .
          
           
             II.
             IMprove
             this
             Antidote
             against
             Apostacy
             the
             wofull
             Issue
             of
             dreadful
             Errors
             .
             
             
               Lot
               him
               that
               doth
               stand
               ,
               take
               heed
               lest
               he
               fall
               .
            
             Let
             none
             therefore
             stand
             on
             his
             own
             strength
             .
             Be
             we
             of
             Pauls
             mind
             in
             studying
             Christ
             ,
             to
             
               account
               all
               loss
               and
               dung
               for
               him
               .
            
             Be
             we
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             not
             in
             carnal
             self
             ;
             stripp'd
             off
             our
             Righteousness
             ,
             
             and
             cloathed
             with
             his
             .
             Let
             's
             know
             him
             still
             more
             fiducially
             ,
             more
             improvingly
             in
             the
             power
             
               of
               his
               Resurrection
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             fellowship
             of
             his
             
               sufferings
               ,
               conforming
               to
               his
               death
               .
            
             This
             will
             hasten
             our
             pace
             to
             the
             Resurrection
             that
             will
             make
             an
             end
             of
             sin
             and
             sorrow
             .
             We
             are
             not
             yet
             perfect
             but
             must
             press
             forwards
             with
             Christian
             bearing
             and
             forbearing
             still
             .
             
             Beware
             we
             Brethren
             ,
             lest
             in
             any
             of
             us
             be
             found
             an
             evil
             heart
             of
             unbelief
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             depart
             from
             the
             living
             God.
             
             See
             to
             it
             with
             all
             care
             possible
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             you
             
               come
               short
               of
               that
               Grace
               of
               God
               ,
               lest
               any
               root
               of
               bitterness
               
               springing
               up
               trouble
               you
               ,
               and
               thereby
               many
               be
               defiled
               .
               But
               exhort
               one
               another
               daily
               whilst
               it
               s
               called
               to
               day
               ,
            
             
             
               lest
               any
               of
               you
               be
               hardened
               through
               the
               deceitfulness
               of
               sin
               .
            
             
             
               And
               follow
               Peace
               with
               all
               men
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               without
               which
               none
               shall
               see
               the
               Lord.
            
             
             
               Blessed
               are
               such
               Peace-makers
               ,
               especially
               in
               this
               dividing
               age
               ,
               for
               they
               shall
               be
               called
               the
               Children
               of
               God.
            
             About
             this
             blessed
             work
             of
             Christian
             Peace-making
             we
             design
             another
             Piece
             ,
             (
             if
             the
             Lord
             give
             strength
             and
             time
             )
             to
             stir
             up
             all
             Gods
             people
             thereto
             in
             this
             selfish
             generation
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             all
             be
             effectually
             helped
             thereto
             ,
             and
             preserved
             from
             the
             wofull
             delusions
             and
             divisions
             now
             so
             prevailing
             .
             Be
             we
             all
             so
             much
             the
             more
             pressed
             to
             
               grow
               in
               Grace
               and
               in
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               to
               whom
               be
               Glory
               for
               ever
               ,
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85988-e10
           
             Adag
             .
             Arabic
             E●eg
             .
             Erronibus
             sibi
             solis
             sapient
             bu●
             adaptatum
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A85988-e360
           
             Deut.
             8.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             14.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Micah
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Habac.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esay
             27.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             30.
             11.
             
             John
             ●
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             126.
             5.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             11.
             
          
           
             Esad
             5.
             3
             ,
             4.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Esay
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             36.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
          
           
             Rom
             9.
             16.
             
          
           
             *
             An
             eminent
             Physitian
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Sun
             among
             Poets
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Esay
             64.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             37.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             13
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Col.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             46.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A85988-e960
           
             
               See
               Mr.
            
             Boltons
             Arraignment
             of
             Error
             ;
             Danaeus
             ,
             Epiphan
             .
             August
             .
             Hieronym
             .
             de
             Heretic
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             hence
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             8.
             44.
             
          
           
             Iude
             6.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             14.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28.
             27.
             
          
           
             Dato
             uno
             absurdo
             ,
             mille
             sequuntur
             .
             Cadmei
             Proles
             ,
             Adag
             .
          
           
             Veritas
             Radicis
             ,
             Indicis
             &
             Entis
             ,
             apud
             Scholasticos
             .
          
           
             Errores
             quidom
             citra
             ,
             alii
             circa
             ,
             alii
             contra
             fundumentum
             .
             Primi
             divertunt
             ,
             Secundi
             pervertunt
             ,
             tertii
             subvertunt
             fidem
             Orthodoxam
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom
             ,
             6.
             23.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             13.
             29
             ,
             30
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             Sleidan
             ,
             Cloppenburg
             ,
             Hornebeck
             ,
             Bulinger
             ,
             Luther
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Galen
             .
          
           
             Providence
             affords
             in
             every
             Country
             Remedies
             suited
             to
             their
             Maladies
             ,
             and
             Counter-poisons
             against
             their
             Poisons
             ;
             witness
             the
             Rattle-snake
             ,
             and
             Snakeweed
             of
             Virginia
             and
             of
             New
             England
             ;
             The
             
               Italian
               Tora
            
             and
             Antitora
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             hath
             the
             Lord
             provided
             a
             sutable
             proportion
             of
             divine
             Truths
             and
             helps
             to
             be
             duly
             applyed
             for
             effectual
             Relief
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A85988-e4710
           
             Gal.
             2.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             C●nsult
             Epiphan
             .
             August
             .
             Athan.
             Concil
             .
             Laodicen
             .
             Carthag●n
             .
             Damascen
             .
             Bed.
             Centur-Magdeb
             ,
             
               &c.
               about
               it
            
             .
          
           
             verse
             10.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             verse
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             verse
             12.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             13.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               See
               about
               them
            
             ,
             Euseb
             .
             Socrat.
             Epiphan
             .
             Austin
             .
             Ammian
             ,
             Marcel
             .
          
           
             v.
             14.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             v.
             15.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             17.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             18.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             9.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Verse
             13.
             
          
           
             Verse
             14.
             
          
           
             Verse
             15.
             
          
           
             Verse
             16.
             
          
           
             Verse
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Athenaeus
             l.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             11
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             19.
             
             2c
             .
          
           
             1
             cor
             .
             9.
             2r
             ▪
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15.
             16
             ,
             17
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             1.
             to
             19.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             5.
             11
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Luke
             21.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             58.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             13.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             impostors
             and
             prostigators
             ,
             bewitching
             Cheats
             .
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             19
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             29.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             8
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             22.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             55.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             11.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             91.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10
             27.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             8.
             20.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             5
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             
          
           
             Mark
             13.
             
          
           
             Luke
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iude
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             4.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             19
             
             ▪
             20.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             1
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             3
             ,
             4.
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             42.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             25.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             8.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             1.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             La
             coz
             de
             la
             yégua
             no
             haze
             mal
             al
             pótto
             ,
             Proverb
             Castigl
             .
          
           
             Quae
             relinquntur
             in
             morbis
             ,
             recidivas
             faci
             unt
             .
             Hippocrat
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             10.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             64.
             5.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             37.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             5.
             acti
             agimus
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             20.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             19
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             11
             ,
             16
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             7.
             
          
           
             Natura
             naturans
             nihil
             facitant
             loquitur
             frustra
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             33.
             10.
             
          
           
             Read
             
               Plato
               Arist
               .
               Seneca
               .
               Plutarch
               ,
               Cicer
               .
               Macro
               .
            
             Histories
             of
             the
             Western
             and
             Eastern
             Indies
             for
             proof
             hereof
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             42.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             29.
             1.
             
          
           
             See
             Euseb
             .
             Socrat
             .
             Sosomen
             .
             Zonar
             .
             Chal.
             Carion
             .
             Chron.
             Center
             .
          
           
             Magdib
             .
             Baron
             .
             Annal.
             History
             of
             Turks
             .
             Sarac
             .
             Tartars
             .
          
           
             Esay
             34.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             7.
             14
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             26.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             31.
             18.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             4.
             9.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             2.
             5
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Luke
             19.
             42.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             29.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             A
             full
             Relation
             of
             
               Iames
               Nayler
            
             and
             his
             comrades
             ,
             is
             lately
             printed
             by
             Mr.
             Farmer
             of
             Bristol
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             20.
             
          
           
             Iob
             32.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Eph
             ,
             1.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Acts
             24
             ▪
             16.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             4.
             23.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             42.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             13.
             33
             ,
             35
             ,
             37.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             9.
             20
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             91.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             9.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Ruler
               is
               called
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             Healer
             or
             Repairer
             ,
             to
             signifie
             his
             office
             from
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             to
             bind
             ,
             restrain
             ,
             dress
             ,
             fit
             and
             order
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             22.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             Josh
             .
             22.
             
          
           
             Num.
             25.
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             100.
             30.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             32.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             9.
             27.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             13.
             13
             ,
             17
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Error
             ,
             like
             the
             Giant
             Anteus
             ,
             looses
             strength
             and
             life
             ,
             by
             losing
             the
             Ground
             ,
             whence
             it
             was
             cherished
             .
          
           
             Truth
             cannot
             lose
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             therefore
             prevails
             against
             earth
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             14
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             7.
             37
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             8
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             172.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             11.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             2.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Affection
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Many
             choise
             Tracts
             have
             been
             written
             formerly
             and
             lately
             about
             this
             excellent
             point
             :
             see
             among
             the
             modern
             ,
             Mr.
             Perkins
             ,
             Dr.
             Stoughton
             ,
             Mr.
             Reynolds
             ,
             and
             very
             lately
             that
             by
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               ●all
            
             of
             London
             ,
             upon
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             2.
             and
             Mr.
             Shesfield
             ,
             upon
             Mala.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             8.
             5.
             
          
           
             Iob
             22.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ▪
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             30.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             Joh.
             5.
             11.
             19
             ,
             21
             ,
             23
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             1.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             1.
             20
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Luke
             1.
             35.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             7.
             
          
           
             Act.
             8.
             33.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             7.
             14.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             8.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             In
             Christo
             reperitur
             unio
             personales
             ,
             non
             personarum
             ,
             &
             unio
             naturarii
             ,
             non
             naturalis
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             aliud
             &
             aliud
             ,
             non
             alius
             &
             alius
             .
             In
             Trinitate
             divinâ
             datur
             alius
             &
             alius
             ,
             non
             aliud
             &
             aliud
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             verè
             &
             perfectè
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             This
             Dialect
             of
             Gods
             Word
             is
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             
               communicatio
               Id●omatum
            
             .
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             The
             humane
             Nature
             being
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             first
             ,
             was
             then
             made
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             45.
             7
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Act.
             5.
             31.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             32.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esa
             33.
             22.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             33
             ,
             34
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             33
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             14.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             13.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Luke
             19.
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             16
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             ,
             16.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Esay
             53.
             10
             ,
             11.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6
             ▪
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             53.
             2.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             22.
             16.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             36.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             87.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             8.
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             13
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             14
             ,
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Co.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             73.
             26.
             
          
           
             This
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             is
             to
             the
             life
             set
             forth
             ,
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             by
             allusion
             to
             the
             Soveraign
             influence
             of
             the
             natural
             sun
             ,
             quickning
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Deus
             non
             alligat
             suas
             manus
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             28.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Acts
             17.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Amos
             3.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             144.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             76.
             1.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13.
             45
             ,
             46.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             138.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             25.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Those
             Countries
             which
             are
             nearest
             the
             sun
             ,
             having
             most
             of
             him
             ,
             abound
             most
             with
             precious
             Minerals
             ,
             Gold
             ,
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             Pearls
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             7
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             The
             original
             is
             very
             Emphatical
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Both
             these
             Articles
             are
             very
             pregnant
             ,
             and
             the
             abstract
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             imports
             Honour
             ,
             esteem
             ,
             choiceness
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Opera
             ad
             extra
             sunt
             indivisa
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             19
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             22.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luke
             14.
             
          
           
             Forma
             dat
             esse
             &
             operari
             .
          
           
             Hos
             .
             2.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             17.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             9.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.
             36.
             46.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             The
             Apostle
             in
             Rom.
             10.
             18.
             alluding
             to
             the
             natural
             Sun
             ,
             wherein
             God
             hath
             pitched
             his
             glorious
             Tabernacle
             ,
             sets
             out
             the
             p●ogress
             of
             his
             Gospel
             most
             elegantly
             ,
             by
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Septuagint
             .
             Thence
             some
             call
             the
             Sun
             the
             Natural
             Apostle
             of
             the
             Deity
             ,
             shewing
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Rom.
             1
             19
             ,
             20.
             to
             conviction
             ,
             though
             not
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             unto
             Salvation
             .
             That
             is
             of
             common
             nature
             ,
             this
             of
             peculiar
             Grace
             ,
             Mat.
             11.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             Mat.
             13.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             &c.
             Pro.
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             102.
             16.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             11.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             17
             ,
             19
             ,
             21
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             16.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             20.
             17.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             19.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             3.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.
             39.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             45.
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             18.
             
          
           
             Can.
             5.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             23
             ,
             24
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             3
             Ioh.
             5.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             3.
             33.
             
          
           
             The
             Hebrew
             is
             very
             emphatical
             in
             Hos
             .
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Et
               loquar
               ad
               animum
               ipsius
            
             .
             God
             speaks
             to
             the
             heart
             then
             as
             to
             the
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ex
             cognoscente
             &
             cogn●●o
             fit
             unum
             .
             Axioma
             .
             Philosoph
             .
          
           
             Can.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Can.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             22.
             23.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             45.
             22.
             
          
           
             Zecha
             .
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             27.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             26.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             36.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Amor
               meus
               crucifixus
               est
            
             ,
             was
             his
             Motto
             still
             .
             Christ
             my
             Love
             was
             crucified
             to
             crucifie
             all
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             me
             to
             all
             but
             himself
             .
          
           
             Zach.
             12.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             34.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             128.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             29.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             42.
             
             Gen.
             18.
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             21.
             
          
           
             In
             Plutarch
             .
             Diogen
             .
             Laert.
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             .
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             12
             ,
             14
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             52
             ,
             55
             ,
             56.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             92.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             20.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             See
             Plin.
             Ioseph
             .
             Solin
             .
          
           
             Some
             such
             are
             in
             the
             West
             Indies
             ,
             fair
             and
             full
             of
             poison
             .
          
           
             See
             Hackluit
             ,
             Purchas
             ,
             Acosta
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             24.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             
          
           
             Si
             Christum
             discis
             ,
             satis
             est
             si
             caetera
             nescis
             .
             Si
             Christum
             nescis
             ,
             nihil
             est
             ;
             si
             caetera
             discis
             ,
             
               was
               the
               choice
               saying
               of
               a
               choice
               Christian
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             4.
             1.
             2
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             6.
             6.
             
          
           
             Esay
             27.
             11.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esay
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             9.
             41.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             26.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             4.
             22.
             
          
           
             See
             History
             of
             the
             Netherlands
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             47
             ,
             48.
             
          
           
             Luke
             13.
             24.
             
          
           
             Qui
             timidè
             rogat
             ,
             docet
             negare
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             25.
             24
             ,
             27.
             28.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             20.
             4.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13
             ,
          
           
             Luke
             8.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             26.
             23.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             23.
             27.
             
          
           
             Las
             quentas
             en
             la
             mano
             y
             el
             diablo
             en
             el
             capillo
             .
             Hisp
             .
             Adag
             .
          
           
             2
             King.
             17.
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             41
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             9.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             See
             Tit.
             Livius
             Flor.
             Tacit.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             1.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             66.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luke
             17.
             10.
             
          
           
             Acts
             4.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             32.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Secundum
             ,
             non
             propter
             opera
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             62.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             2.
             23.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             25
             ,
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             16.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Jude
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             2.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             7.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             2.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             26.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             81.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             50.
             11.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             7.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             58.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             55.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             As
             Caesar
             to
             Brutus
             ,
             Tu
             etiam
             mi
             fili
             ?
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             14.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             53.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             18.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             16.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             9
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             23.
             29.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Matth
             ,
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             119.
             11.
             
          
           
             Luke
             8.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             Micah
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             55.
             56.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             92.
             12
             ,
             13
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             1.
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             18.
             
          
           
             Can.
             5.
             10
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Can.
             5.
             2
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             21.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             26.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             45.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             133.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Can.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             34.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Can.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             14
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             94.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139
             ▪
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             10.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             45.
             1
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             52
             ,
             55.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             78.
             35.
             39.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             106.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             25.
             1.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3
             ,
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             31.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             14.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Jud.
             22.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             59.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12
             ▪
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             42.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             84.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             116.
             1.
             
          
           
             Can.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Can.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             73.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             4.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139.
             22.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             104
             ,
             128.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             97.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             8.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             9.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             26.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             5
             ,
             23
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             ●●●●eff
             .
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ie
             1.
             18.
             12.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57.
             10.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             28.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             1.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             139.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             69.
             9.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             59.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             Whether
             these
             faculties
             differ
             really
             ,
             is
             not
             our
             business
             now
             to
             question
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             23.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             16.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             31.
             
          
           
             Act.
             23.
             1.
             
          
           
             Act.
             24.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             17.
             
          
           
             See
             an
             Elegant
             Emphasis
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             The
             mold
             int●
             which
             ye
             wer●
             cast
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             26.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13
             52.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             21
             ,
             22
             ▪
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             24
             ,
             25
             ▪
             26
             ,
             27
             ▪
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             9.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Primus
             gradus
             poenitentiae
             ,
             cognitio
             peccati
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             throughout
             .
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             2
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Esay
             42.
             3.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             12.
             20.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13.
             44
             ,
             45
             ,
             46
             ▪
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             40.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esay
             55.
             
          
           
             Mark
             8.
             34.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             16.
             24.
             
          
           
             Luke
             9.
             23.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             11.
             28.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             35
             ,
             37
             ,
             44.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             11.
             24.
             
          
           
             Luke
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             15.
             7
             ,
             10
             
          
           
             Deut
             29.
             29.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             7.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             20.
             30
             ,
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Ioel
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor
             15.
             45.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             33.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             26.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             5.
             25.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             8.
             32
             ,
             33
             ,
             34
             35.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             6.
             44.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             11.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             55.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esay
             26.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             12.
             2.
             
          
           
             Luke
             14.
             26
             ,
             28
             ,
             30
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             18.
             the
             Greek
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             signifies
             a
             most
             rational
             supputation
             ,
             cast
             up
             by
             divine
             Arithmetick
             exactly
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             35.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             66.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.
             6
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             30.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             36.
             26.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             18.
             31.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             32.
             9.
             10
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Zech.
             12.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             29.
             
          
           
             Luke
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             10
             ,
             11
             ▪
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             45.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             16.
             6
             
          
           
             Matth.
             22.
             
          
           
             Luke
             1●
             .
          
           
             Nehem.
             8.
             8.
             
          
           
             Esay
             59.
             17.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             45.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             9.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             18.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.
             45.
             
          
           
             Esay
             55.
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             24.
             
          
           
             Esay
             64.
             5.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             25.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             10.
             40.
             
          
           
             Luke
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             45.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             31.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             ▪
             Iohn
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             39.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             17.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             37.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             5.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             65
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             29.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             18.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             24
             ▪
             63.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             18
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pro
             27.
             17.
             
          
           
             Eccle.
             4
             9.
             11
             ,
             12
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             14.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             1
             10.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             27.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             44.
             45
             ,
             48.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             82.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             11.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Chro.
             28.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Corh
             .
             28.
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Chro.
             19.
             1
             ,
             2.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luke
             1.
             80.
             
          
           
             The
             
               Iewish
               Rabbeis
            
             tell
             great
             wonders
             of
             the
             Mustard-seeds
             increase
             .
          
           
             Hos
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             
          
           
             Can.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             92.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             1.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Rev
             2
             7.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             17.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             23
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             5
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             47.
             1
             ,
             9
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
               Thomas
               Goodwin
            
             in
             his
             Christs
             Growth
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             36.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             129.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             90.
             5.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             37.
             27.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             36.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             60.
             21.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             61.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             2
             ,
             3.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             84.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             56.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             24.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             6●
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.
             46.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             See
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             119.
             and
             other
             pieces
             of
             Saints
             experiences
             lively
             anatomized
             .
          
           
             Naturalists
             mention
             a
             strange
             creature
             ,
             whose
             skin
             is
             as
             big
             at
             its
             birth
             as
             ever
             after
             ,
             the
             internal
             substance
             filling
             it
             up
             by
             degrees
             ,
             like
             a
             pouch
             ;
             a
             gracious
             soul
             is
             no
             such
             Monster
             .
          
           
             Iob
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iob
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12
             
             ▪
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luke
             8.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             36.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13.
             45
             ,
             46.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             4.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             20.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             ●0
             .
             46.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             8.
             
          
           
             John
             7.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Phil
             3.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             to
             stir
             up
             and
             blow
             the
             coals
             ;
             to
             quicken
             the
             dying
             sparks
             ,
             by
             an
             elegant
             Metaphor
             .
          
           
             Iob
             23.
             12.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             119.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             
          
           
             Ierem
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Acts
             24.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             6.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             6.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             39.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             51.
             9.
             
          
           
             Some
             diseases
             are
             called
             
               Opprobria
               Medicorum
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Phil
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5
             6
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Naturae
             pauca
             sufficiunt
             .
             Senec.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6
             6
             ,
             8
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             22.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             25.
             
          
           
             Mark
             14.
             
          
           
             Luke
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Col.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             25.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             16.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             10
             ,
             11.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1.
             72
             ,
             73
             ,
             74.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Sublata
             causa
             ,
             tollitur
             effectus
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             13
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             22.
             3.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             27
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Sperma
             morbosum
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             103.
             3.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             22.
             
          
           
             Plin.
             Solin
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             53.
             5.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             17.
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             greater
             and
             lesser
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             105.
             20.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             A
             Magistrate
             is
             a
             State-Physician
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             20.
             26.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             7.
             1.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             7.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             6.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             15.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             51.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             34.
             4.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             The
             Evangelists
             vary
             the
             phrase
             ;
             he
             would
             not
             saith
             one
             ,
             he
             could
             saith
             the
             other
             ;
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             13.
             58.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             6.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             17.
             20.
             
             Heb.
             3.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             Psalm
             95.
             2
             
             Chron.
             36.
             16.
             
             Till
             there
             was
             no
             healing
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Sanatio
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             22.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             30.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             19
             ,
             21
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             23.
             22.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             15.
             26.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             44.
             20
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             23.
             
          
           
             Luke
             13.
             27.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             106.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             21.
             27.
             
          
           
             Hag.
             2.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             4.
             30.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             Hipocrat
             .
          
           
             Paulus
             .
             See
             Galen
             .
             Avicen
             .
             Averroes
             .
             Mesue
             .
             Avenzoar
             ,
             Serap
             .
             Reub
             .
             de
             Gemm
             .
             
               and
               all
               modern
               Physitians
               of
               all
               Nations
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             15.
             11.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             3.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Ioh.
             7.
             8
             ,
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             About
             these
             see
             at
             large
             Epiphan
             .
             Augustin
             .
             Euseb
             .
             Socrat.
             Concilior
             .
             Tom.
             Danaeum
             ;
             Chamier
             .
             Iunium
             .
             Paraeum
             .
             Simpsons
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             History
             of
             Socin
             .
             Anatom
             .
             of
             
               Socin
               .
               Cheynels
               Trinunity
               .
               Centuriat
               .
               Magdeb.
            
             a
             Testimony
             born
             to
             Christ
             by
             the
             London
             Ministers
             ,
             with
             Lyfords
             Explanation
             thereof
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2
             ,
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Heb
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Mark
             2.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             2.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             24
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             30.
             
          
           
             About
             this
             read
             Beckmans
             exercit
             .
             against
             Behmen
             .
             The
             History
             of
             Familists
             :
             the
             answers
             to
             Quakers
             by
             many
             godly
             Ministers
             .
             
               Hornebeck
               de
               Anabapt
               .
               German
               .
               Epiphan
               .
               de
               haeret
               .
               Augustin
               .
               Danaeum
               .
            
             Bishop
             Vsher
             of
             Christs
             Incar
             .
             
               &c.
               Downames
            
             Body
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Esay
             53.
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             44.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             quasi
             grumosus
             sanguis
             largiter
             defluens
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             23.
             46.
             
          
           
             So
             far
             as
             Scripture
             teaches
             to
             Allegorize
             ,
             as
             Galat.
             4.
             
             It
             s
             very
             useful
             ,
             so
             as
             still
             to
             retain
             the
             proper
             sence
             of
             the
             place
             .
             But
             to
             strain
             Allegorles
             to
             the
             destroying
             of
             Truth
             ,
             is
             a
             dreadful
             wresting
             and
             wracking
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             monstrous
             Errors
             in
             every
             Age.
             
          
           
             See
             Epiphan
             .
             Euseb
             .
             August
             .
             Socrat.
             Daneus
             .
             Calvin
             .
             Centur.
             Magdeb.
             Simpsons
             
               Hist
               .
               of
               the
               Church
            
             .
             Chamier
             .
             Panstrat
             .
             Hornebeck
             de
             variis
             heretic
             .
             Chemnit
             .
             exam
             .
             Ames
             .
             Bell.
             Ener
             .
             
               Anatom
               .
               of
               the
               Mass
               by
            
             Mornay
             ;
             Anatomie
             dela
             Messe
             ,
             par
             Mousieur
             du
             Moulin
             .
             Willets
             Synops
             .
             Perkins
             Reform
             .
             Catholick
             .
             Iun.
             Antibellarm
             .
             
               Not.
               Books
               against
               Quakers
            
             .
             Pagets
             Heresiogr
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             38.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             39.
             
          
           
             Act.
             1.
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             The
             Seulicians
             of
             old
             shewe'd
             their
             Enmity
             to
             Christ
             ,
             as
             modern
             Noonists
             in
             faigning
             a
             distinctive
             dissiolution
             of
             Christs
             humane
             nature
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             63.
             
          
           
             Histor
             .
             Concil
             .
             Euseb
             .
             Epiphan
             .
             Augustine
             ,
             Baron
             .
             Annal.
             Gentur
             .
             Magdeburg
             .
             Chamier
             .
             Phanstr
             .
             
               Anat.
               of
            
             Socin
             .
             
               Histor
               of
            
             Socin
             .
             Iun.
             de
             Trin.
             Cheynels
             Triunity
             ,
             Calvin
             .
             Paraeus
             .
          
           
             Esay
             7.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             15.
             26.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             the
             schoolmen
             ,
             
               Mornaeus
               de
               veritate
               religionis
               Christi
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             are
             large
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             shadowing
             out
             this
             mysterie
             by
             Similes
             ,
             from
             mans
             intellect
             ,
             from
             the
             Sun
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               About
               this
               read
            
             Concilior
             .
             Tom.
             Euseb
             .
             Danaeus
             .
             Calvin
             Magdeb.
             centur
             .
             Simpsons
             History
             ;
             Zonar
             .
             Sleidan
             comment
             .
             Bulinger
             .
             Histor
             .
             David
             .
             George
             .
             Pagets
             Heresiogr
             .
             Luther
             against
             Enthus
             .
             Hornebeck
             de
             haeret
             .
             Cha●mier
             .
             Panstr
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             9
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             1.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Kin.
             22.
             22.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             18.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             9.
             29
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             27
             ,
             28.
             29
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             
               About
               these
               at
               large
               see
            
             Hornebeck
             ,
             Danaeum
             ,
             de
             haeret
             .
             Paraeum
             ,
             Iunium
             ,
             
               &c.
               Anatomy
               of
               Socinianism
            
             .
             Ostorod
             .
             Catech
             .
             Cracov
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             Bellarmin
             .
             Concil
             .
             Trident.
             Becan
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Chemnit
             .
             Exam
             .
             Chamier
             .
             Panstrat
             .
             Ames
             .
             Bellar.
             Enervat
             .
             Willets
             Synops
             .
             Nouveaute
             du
             Papism
             .
             Pard
             .
             Moulin
             .
             
               Mysterie
               of
               Iniquity
               by
            
             Mornay
             ,
             Rainold
             ,
             Whitaker
             ,
             Fox
             Monum
             .
             Pagets
             Heresiogr
             .
             See
             the
             Quakers
             Books
             and
             Confutations
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             23.
             
          
           
             ons
             of
             the
             Leapers
             cleansed
             ,
             and
             the
             living
             and
             dying
             bird
             mentioned
             ,
             
               Levit.
               14.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               &c.
            
             and
             the
             two
             propitiatory
             Goats
             ,
             the
             one
             dying
             ,
             the
             other
             escaping
             ,
             
               Lev.
               16
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             53
             ,
             63.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             63.
             3.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             The
             Grecians
             had
             propitiatory
             Oblations
             by
             devoting
             of
             men
             ,
             called
             therefore
             Obominals
             to
             expiate
             for
             the
             peoples
             sins
             ,
             the
             Devil
             being
             still
             Gods
             Ape
             in
             counterfeiting
             and
             spoiling
             his
             Worsip
             by
             humane
             Inventions
             and
             mimical
             innovations
             among
             Pagans
             and
             Papists
             .
             Luke
             17.
             10.
             
             God
             would
             have
             but
             one
             Altar
             and
             one
             Door
             ,
             to
             which
             Sacrifices
             should
             be
             brought
             ,
             Lev.
             17.
             3
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Ier.
             23.
             6.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             The
             Priests
             were
             to
             put
             ▪
             off
             their
             own
             Garments
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             that
             sacred
             Vesture
             which
             was
             to
             serve
             all
             the
             Lords
             Servants
             successively
             ,
             typifying
             Christs
             Righteousness
             ,
             comming
             into
             his
             special
             presence
             for
             Acceptance
             and
             Oblation
             .
             Christs
             Oblation
             is
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             Mercy-seat
             or
             Propitiation
             that
             must
             cover
             our
             best
             Duties
             and
             Works
             .
             Ier.
             33.
             16.
             
             The
             Church
             being
             the
             Spouse
             and
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             leaves
             her
             own
             name
             to
             borrow
             his
             .
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             21.
             
             Gods
             high
             Priest
             alone
             was
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             most
             holy
             place
             to
             explate
             and
             Intercede
             .
          
           
             
               About
               this
               read
               you
               may
            
             Bellarmin
             .
             Concil
             .
             Tridentin
             .
             Gratian.
             Lombard
             .
             Aquinat
             .
             Becan
             .
             Chamier
             .
             Panstr
             .
             Chemnit
             Exam.
             Ames
             ,
             Bell.
             Enerv.
             Willets
             Synops
             .
             Armachan
             .
             Nov.
             Bishop
             Potter
             ,
             Bishop
             Davenant
             ,
             is
             hitaker
             ,
             Rainold
             .
             Bishop
             Iewel
             .
             Jun.
             Not.
             Antibell
             .
             Calvin
             .
             Institut
             .
             Luther
             in
             Gal.
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               About
               this
               you
               may
               see
            
             Davenant
             ,
             Wootten
             ,
             Bradshaw
             .
             Burges
             ,
             Baxter
             ,
             Downam
             .
          
           
             Quisquis
             domus
             partem
             super
             arena
             fundat
             ,
             totius
             ruinam
             certò
             periclitatur
             ;
             ipsius
             etiam
             partis
             quae
             rupi
             videbatur
             affixa
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             14
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             12
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Totus
             Christus
             Salus
             nostra
             ,
             adae
             ●uatum
             fidei
             Objectum
             ;
             totalis
             obedientia
             Christi
             ,
             propitiatio
             adae
             quata
             ad
             illam
             complendam
             Solutem
             .
             
               Ioh.
               10.
               17
               ,
               18
               good
               works
               are
               well
               stiled
            
             via
             R●gni
             ,
             non
             causa
             regnandi
             .
          
           
             
               You
               may
               see
               for
               this
            
             Concilior
             .
             Tom.
             Bellarmin
             .
             Baronii
             ,
             Annal.
             Chamier
             .
             Chemnit
             .
             Exam.
             Beckmans
             
               Exerc
               .
               History
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
             Calvin
             .
             
               contr
               .
               Fanat
               .
               Hist
               .
               of
               Famil
               .
            
             Hornbeck
             de
             haeret
             .
          
           
             Authority
             ,
             Impartialty
             and
             Infallibility
             ,
             the
             properties
             of
             a
             supream
             Iudge
             ,
             belong
             only
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             Heb.
             12.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Act.
             15.
             28.
             
          
           
             Act.
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             20.
             31.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             20
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             5.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             10.
             40.
             
          
           
             Luke
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             
          
           
             Luke
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             For
             this
             read
             Hist
             .
             of
             Germ.
             
          
           
             Anab.
             Pagets
             Heresiogr
             .
             Danaeus
             de
             haeret
             .
             Chamier
             .
             Panstr
             .
             and
             Supplem
             .
             
               The
               Books
               against
            
             Quakers
             .
             
               Subject
               .
               to
               Christ
               by
            
             Thom.
             Sheph.
             Downam
             de
             Antichrist
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             19.
             16.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luke
             19.
             27.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             33.
             22.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             32.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             25.
             
          
           
             Act.
             15.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             21.
             27.
             
          
           
             Hag.
             2.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             17.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             12.
             
          
           
             See
             to
             this
             purpose
             the
             several
             places
             against
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Familists
            
             ,
             by
             
               Gataker
               ,
               Featly
               ,
               Rutherford
               ,
               Burges
               ,
               Baxter
               ,
               Farmer
               ,
            
             The
             New-Castle
             Ministers
             ,
             
               Paget
               ,
               Baily
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Beckmans
             Exercit
             .
          
           
             Baxter
             of
             the
             sin
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             Compare
             them
             with
             the
             relation
             given
             of
             the
             old
             
               Valentinians
               ,
               Basilidians
               ,
               Gnosticks
               ,
               Carpocratians
               ,
            
             &c.
             by
             
               Epiphan
               .
               August
               .
               Euseb
               .
               Socrat.
               Sozomen
               .
               Theodoret.
               Magdeb.
               Centur.
            
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3
             10.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             The
             Greek
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             very
             emphatical
             ,
             signifying
             the
             most
             rational
             way
             of
             deliberation
             and
             determination
             upon
             the
             due
             consideration
             of
             all
             things
             .
             This
             is
             the
             most
             divine
             Arithmetick
             ,
             and
             a
             sure
             computation
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             32.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             20.
             21.
             
          
           
             Deus
             est
             Circulus
             ,
             cujus
             Centrum
             ubique
             circumferentia
             nusquam
             ,
             
               said
               the
               Philosopher
            
             .
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             The
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Emphatically
             signifies
             to
             embrace
             and
             retain
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             15.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               inter
               vos
            
             ,
             among
             you
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             phrase
             imports
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             1.
             
             The
             Elders
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             among
             you
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             27.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Luke
             24.
             26
             ,
          
           
             About
             these
             you
             may
             see
             the
             many
             Books
             abroad
             ,
             discovering
             the
             mysterious
             designs
             of
             our
             Opinionists
             ;
             by
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             the
             London
             Ministers
             and
             others
             ;
             as
             also
             the
             many
             detections
             of
             Jesuitick
             designs
             touched
             ,
             by
             
               Iesuitic
               .
               speculum
            
             ,
             Histor
             .
             Iesuit
             .
             Mr.
             Prins
             books
             ,
             Hornebeck
             ,
             Some
             German
             Jesuits
             converted
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             
          
           
             See
             for
             this
             
               Chamier
               .
               Calvin
               .
               Anatom
            
             .
             of
             the
             Mass
             ,
             with
             the
             joint
             forces
             of
             our
             many
             writers
             .
             
               Crede
               ,
               &
               manducasti
            
             ,
             was
             the
             famous
             Axiome
             of
             St.
             Augustin
             in
             this
             case
             .
          
           
             
               Hereticks
               of
               old
               are
               thus
               set
               out
               by
            
             Epiphan
             .
             Augustin
             .
             Ierom.
             Irenaeus
             .
             Cyprian
             .
             Euseb
             .
             Socrat.
             Tertul
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             Bellarm.
             Concil
             .
             Trid.
             Becan
             .
             Tolet.
             Staplet
             .
             Maldon
             .
             Gordon
             .
             
               &c.
               confuted
               by
            
             Chamier
             .
             Panstrat
             .
             Rainold
             .
             Whitak
             .
             Bishop
             Iewel
             .
             Downame
             .
             Potter
             .
             Morton
             .
             Davenant
             .
          
           
             
               Field
               .
               Willet
               .
               Ames
               .
               Paraeus
               .
               Calvin
               .
               Luther
               .
            
             and
             multitudes
             of
             Protestant
             Writers
             .
             Witness
             the
             many
             books
             by
             them
             and
             against
             them
             ,
             besides
             their
             flying
             papers
             and
             daily
             speeches
             .
             
               Beckmans
               Exercit.
               Erastus
            
             against
             
               Paracelsus
               .
               Zuinger
               .
               Gesner
            
             .
             and
             others
             have
             particularly
             detected
             the
             sad
             affinity
             of
             Behmens
             Doctrine
             with
             Paracelsus
             his
             Chymical
             delusions
             ;
             Mr.
             Baxter
             in
             his
             late
             tract
             of
             the
             sin
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             from
             pag.
             146.
             147.
             he
             gives
             direful
             hints
             of
             this
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             19.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             119.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Esay
             8.
             20.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             39.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             6.
             23.
             
          
           
             Esay
             59.
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Esay
             8.
             20.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4
             7.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Witness
             Sprig
             .
             Erbury
             .
             Iohn
             Sedgwick
             Salmon
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             of
             this
             the
             Writers
             formerly
             named
             ,
             those
             also
             hinted
             by
             Mr.
             Baxter
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             the
             sin
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             with
             divers
             others
             sufficiently
             known
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Paul
             for
             instance
             in
             all
             his
             Epistles
             .
          
           
             Exod
             20.
             24.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             105.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esay
             64.
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Iob
             42.
             6.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             18
             27.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             30.
             
          
           
             Mark
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             A●
             .
             16.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph
             5.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             29.
             30.
             
             Ezechias
             and
             the
             Lords
             servants
             commanded
             that
             they
             should
             sing
             in
             the
             words
             of
             David
             &
             Asaph
             .
             All
             men
             are
             bid
             and
             bound
             to
             serve
             God
             morally
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             learn
             to
             serve
             him
             spiritually
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             33.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             67.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             10.
             25.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             26.
             
          
           
             Luke
             21.
             
          
           
             Mark
             14.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15
             9.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             full
             parallel
             thereof
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Man
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Bernard
             in
             the
             charge
             drawn
             against
             Papistry
             .
          
           
             See
             Mr.
             Daille
             right
             use
             of
             the
             Fathers
             .
          
           
             Rivet
             .
             Critic
             .
             Censur
             .
             patr
             .
             Perkins
             Problem
             .
             
               and
               all
               our
               Divines
               on
               that
               Subject
               .
            
          
           
             Many
             worthy
             Pens
             have
             largely
             confuted
             all
             Anti-Sabbatarians
             ,
             witness
             .
             Dr.
             Twiss
             ,
             Dr.
             Baily
             ,
             Mr.
             Palmer
             ,
             and
             Caudry
             ,
             Mr.
             Shepheard
             ,
             Mr.
             Lestrange
             ,
             Mr.
             White
             ,
             Dr.
             Ames
             ,
             Mr.
             Garter
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             The
             Particle
             ha
             ,
             is
             not
             alwayes
             Emphatical
             to
             notifie
             a
             particular
             ;
             &
             if
             it
             should
             be
             so
             taken
             here
             ,
             it
             may
             notifie
             proportion
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Order
             .
          
           
             As
             Esay
             56
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             Exod.
             31.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             &c.
             Levit.
             19.
             3
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             12.
             8.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             8.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             17.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             12.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             19.
             c.
             20.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             30.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             40.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             9.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             17.
             1.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             2.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             20.
             19.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             27.
             
          
           
             Act.
             1.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             1.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             7.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             23.
             
          
           
             Nehem.
             13.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             31.
             14
             ,
             35
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             17.
             27.
             
          
           
             Carnal
             Protestants
             have
             learned
             of
             the
             
               Paganish
               Papists
            
             to
             profane
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             making
             it
             rather
             
               Diabolicus
               quam
               dominicus
               dies
            
             .
             Like
             their
             Pope
             Sylvester
             ,
             who
             commanded
             the
             alteration
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             Thursday
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             lieu
             thereof
             ,
             as
             Hospin
             relates
             ,
             
               de
               fest
               .
               Christ
            
             .
          
           
             Witness
             
               Afred
               ,
               Ivan
            
             &c.
             in
             Saxon
             and
             English
             History
             by
             
               Braiton
               ,
               Britton
               ,
               Fortescue
               ,
               Bacons
            
             History
             of
             
               English
               Government
            
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             
             Col.
             2.
             
             The
             first
             and
             great
             Blow
             given
             to
             the
             German
             Churches
             was
             upon
             the
             Sabbath
             Day
             which
             they
             had
             so
             notoriously
             prophaned
             .
             On
             that
             day
             Prague
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Papists
             
          
           
             Many
             Champions
             of
             Truth
             have
             contributed
             much
             to
             this
             Subject
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             Reformers
             and
             Ancient
             Fathers
             ;
             So
             of
             late
             ,
             Mr.
             Burges
             ,
             Mr.
             Rutherford
             ,
             M.
             Paget
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             Mr.
             Cotton
             ,
             Mr.
             Cobbet
             .
             Mr.
             Shepheard
             ,
             Mr.
             Hooker
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             32.
             39
             ,
             40
             ,
             41.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
          
           
             Act.
             7.
             37.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             12
             ,
             14
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             21.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             6.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             10
             ,
             11
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             25.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             Act.
             15.
             
          
           
             Iam
             ,
             2.
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Worthy
             pains
             have
             been
             taken
             by
             many
             of
             late
             ,
             as
             by
             our
             former
             reformed
             Divines
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Bulkeby
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Cobbet
             ,
             M.
             Carter
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Anth.
               Burges
            
             ,
             Dr.
             Owen
             ,
             Mr.
             Blake
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             Mr.
             Marshal
             ,
             Mr.
             Norton
             ,
             &c.
             whose
             lesser
             differences
             are
             composed
             with
             facility
             by
             the
             sober
             friends
             of
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             37.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             19.
             20.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             26.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             89.
             3
             ,
             28
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             105
             8.
             
          
           
             Esay
             59.
             21.
             
          
           
             Zech.
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             106.
             45.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             111.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             16.
             60
             ,
             62.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             7.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1
             72
             ,
             73.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             12.
             48.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             2.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9
             ,
             17
             ,
             20
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             8
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             13.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Hobbs
             in
             his
             Leviathan
             and
             other
             Books
             ,
             hath
             many
             gross
             Errors
             opposing
             this
             and
             other
             Divine
             Truths
             dangerously
             .
             The
             Fathers
             of
             old
             ,
             both
             Greek
             ,
             Latin
             ,
             and
             all
             Reformed
             Divines
             since
             have
             cleared
             this
             Point
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             being
             followed
             by
             many
             Worthy
             Pens
             in
             our
             Age
             ;
             English
             and
             
               French
               ,
               Dutch
            
             and
             Danes
             .
          
           
             The
             Novelists
             follies
             have
             have
             been
             detected
             sufficiently
             also
             ,
             formerly
             and
             lately
             .
             Infant
             Baptism
             in
             its
             purity
             ,
             Antiquity
             &
             Right
             hath
             been
             fully
             made
             out
             ,
             as
             by
             all
             former
             Writers
             ,
             so
             lately
             by
             Mr.
             Marshal
             ,
             Mr.
             Blake
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             Mr.
             Cobbet
             ,
             Dr.
             Winter
             ,
             Dr.
             Featley
             ,
             Dr.
             Goodwin
             ,
             Mr.
             Cotton
             ,
             Mr.
             Sidenham
             .
             Dr
             Worth
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             9.
             
          
           
             Consult
             .
             Sleiden
             ,
             Alling
             ,
             Hornebeck
             ,
             Bulinger
             ,
             
               &c.
               for
               the
               particulas
            
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             26.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             17.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             10
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             16.
             20.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             19.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.
             39.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             20.
             
             Gal.
             3.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             20
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             12.
             48.
             
          
           
             Act.
             16.
             31.
             
          
           
             Luke
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             44.
             
          
           
             About
             this
             Subject
             you
             may
             see
             most
             of
             our
             Protestant
             Divines
             ,
             as
             the
             Fathers
             also
             against
             schism
             ,
             as
             
               Irenaeus
               ,
               Austin
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             More
             lately
             have
             written
             Dr.
             Field
             ,
             B.
             Iewel
             ,
             Dr.
             Willet
             ,
             and
             within
             these
             few
             years
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             ,
             Mr.
             Hudson
             ,
             Mr.
             Hooker
             ,
             Mr.
             Stone
             ,
             Mr.
             Caudry
             ,
             Mr.
             Cotton
             ,
             M.
             Baxter
             ,
             &c.
             whose
             circumstantial
             differences
             are
             easily
             reconciled
             by
             moderate
             Christians
             ;
             who
             strive
             for
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             ,
             not
             for
             contentious
             Victory
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             11
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor
             ,
             5.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             34.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             follow
             hard
             after
             ,
             as
             with
             hue
             &
             cry
             ,
             with
             utmost
             diligence
             .
          
           
             
               Augustin
               .
               Propert
            
             .
             and
             many
             other
             Fathers
             cleared
             this
             point
             of
             old
             .
             The
             Reformed
             Churches
             have
             afforded
             successively
             many
             Champions
             thereto
             ,
             as
             
               Wickliff
               ,
               Bradward
               ,
               Calvin
               ,
               Zanch.
               Paraeus
               ,
               Iun.
               Chamier
               ,
               Twiss
               ,
               Pemble
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Lately
             Dr.
             Owen
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             Mr.
             Resbury
             ,
             Dr.
             Kendal
             ,
             Dr.
             Prideaux
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             70.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             25.
             12.
             
          
           
             Eph
             1.
             5
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             The
             Arminian
             distinction
             of
             Gods
             Antecedent
             and
             Consequent
             Will
             ,
             is
             found
             insufficient
             to
             thei●
             scope
             ,
             &
             cross
             to
             all
             Divine
             Attributes
             .
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Act.
             13.
             48.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Apostle
             ,
             Rom.
             9.
             brings
             three
             signal
             Instances
             of
             this
             great
             Truth
             for
             a
             sure
             demonstration
             ;
             1.
             
             In
             Jacobs
             Posterity
             ,
             ver
             .
             5.
             6.
             2.
             
             In
             Abrahams
             seed
             ,
             ver
             .
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             3.
             
             In
             Isaacs
             family
             ,
             
               ver
               .
               10.
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               &c.
            
             to
             take
             off
             all
             mistakes
             ,
             shewing
             the
             first
             absolute
             Ground
             of
             difference
             between
             man
             and
             man
             ,
             to
             flow
             from
             Gods
             bosom
             ,
             for
             ordaining
             the
             future
             state
             of
             all
             his
             creatures
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             purposed
             pleasure
             of
             his
             wil.
             As
             for
             the
             execution
             or
             Justice
             ,
             or
             decreeing
             thereof
             ,
             he
             delights
             not
             in
             the
             sinners
             death
             ,
             but
             in
             glorifying
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Iude.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Upon
               this
               Text
               see
               Mr.
            
             R.
             Resburies
             
               Elaborate
               Lectures
            
             .
             Dei
             voluntas
             rerum
             necessitas
             .
             August
             .
             de
             Genes
             .
             ad
             liter
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               choice
               Pleces
               of
               this
               Theme
               you
               may
               consult
               with
               ,
               left
               by
            
             Augustin
             ,
             Propert
             .
             Bradward
             .
             Calvin
             ,
             Luther
             ,
             Paraeus
             ,
             Zanch.
             Twiss
             ,
             Chamier
             ,
             Molin
             ,
             Downame
             
               and
               many
               more
               Ancient
               and
               modern
               .
               Dr.
            
             Owen
             ,
             Dr.
             Kendal
             ,
             Mr.
             Lyford
             ,
             Mr.
             Resbury
             ,
             
               &c.
               have
               taken
               off
               many
               sad
               mistakes
               herein
               ,
               in
               their
               late
               writings
               against
            
             Arminianism
             .
          
           
             See
             the
             writings
             about
             them
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             36.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Salvabis
               .
               Septuag
            
             .
             thou
             shalt
             save
             ,
             answering
             the
             Hebrew
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             20.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             35.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             19.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             16
             ,
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             29.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             32.
             32.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6
             33.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             13.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             14.
             17.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             17.
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             He
             distinguishes
             the
             ●orld
             of
             the
             ungodly
             from
             the
             saved
             Ones
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             3
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Esay
             48.
             22.
             
          
           
             Esay
             57.
             21.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             37.
             
          
           
             Act.
             15.
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             It
             s
             no
             disgrace
             to
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             blind
             eyes
             share
             not
             in
             its
             Light.
             Some
             are
             wilfully
             ,
             all
             naturally
             ,
             some
             judicially
             ,
             many
             sluggishly
             blind
             in
             spirituals
             .
             All
             are
             born
             blind
             ;
             Satan
             blinds
             further
             ,
             some
             fall
             asleep
             ,
             others
             wilfully
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ;
             some
             are
             offended
             ,
             others
             judicially
             blinded
             ;
             There
             is
             no
             fault
             in
             the
             Natural
             or
             Spiritual
             Sun
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             creature
             :
             sin
             is
             from
             self
             ,
             Rom.
             5.
             1
             
             Cor.
             15.
             22.
             
          
           
             
               You
               may
               see
               largely
               on
               this
               Subject
            
             Augustin
             ,
             Epiphan
             .
             Prosper
             ,
             Chamier
             ,
             Magdeb
             .
             Centur.
             Calvin
             ,
             Luther
             ,
             Chemnit
             .
             Paraeus
             ,
             Zanchius
             ,
             Bradwardine
             ,
             Ames
             .
             Dr.
             Twiss
             ,
             Anatom
             .
             
               and
               Histor
               .
               of
            
             Socinian
             .
             Trelcatium
             Vtrumque
             ,
             Iun.
             Theses
             ,
             Davenant
             ,
             Bishop
             Jewel
             ,
             Rivet
             ,
             Hornebeck
             ,
             de
             Socin
             .
             Willets
             Synops
             .
             Dr.
             Owens
             Display
             of
             Arminians
             ,
             
               &c.
               Mr.
            
             Ant.
             Burges
             
               Lectures
               .
               Mr.
            
             Downams
             System
             .
             Mr.
             Baxters
             Rest
             .
             Mr.
             Perkins
             ,
             Hooker
             ,
             Shepheard
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Dr.
             Preston
             ,
             Sibs
             ,
             
               &c.
               See
               the
               Books
               about
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             14
             ,
          
           
             Psalm
             53.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             51.
             5.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             3
             ,
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             18.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             26.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             3
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             58.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             1
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             *
             Act.
             ●4
             .
             27.
             
             Act.
             16.
             14.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             8.
             21.
             
          
           
             The
             Particle
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             that
             speech
             of
             God
             ,
             appears
             to
             be
             not
             causal
             as
             many
             take
             it
             ,
             but
             discretive
             ,
             as
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             etsi
             ,
             although
             ,
             aggravating
             mans
             sinfulness
             ,
             as
             the
             Greek
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             seems
             to
             import
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             13.
             where
             he
             doth
             not
             extenuate
             ,
             but
             aggravate
             his
             sin
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             9.
             
          
           
             Col.
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             6.
             37
             ,
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             2
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             32.
             39
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             89.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             2.
             14
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             9.
             27.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             as
             the
             Hebrew
             reads
             Emphatically
             ,
             God
             will
             efficaciously
             perswade
             Japhet
             ,
             enlarging
             the
             heart
             of
             Gentiles
             towards
             Christ
             ;
             
               il
               a
               hirera
               en
               douceur
            
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             reads
             it
             .
             He
             will
             sweetly
             and
             surely
             draw
             them
             .
             Thence
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             persuadeo
             .
          
           
             Revel
             .
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             2
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Necessity
             and
             liberty
             meet
             together
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             on
             Earth
             ,
             yea
             in
             Hell
             itself
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             13.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             Luke
             13.
             
          
           
             Mark
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.
             16.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             Men
             sin
             wilfully
             ,
             though
             necessarily
             .
             It
             s
             a
             necessity
             conditional
             ,
             not
             absolute
             ;
             It
             was
             contracted
             by
             a
             mans
             own
             fault
             ;
             it
             opposes
             not
             his
             Liberty
             of
             choice
             ;
             whether
             in
             point
             of
             contradiction
             towards
             contrary
             acts
             ;
             willing
             or
             nilling
             :
             or
             of
             contrariety
             towards
             contrary
             objects
             good
             or
             evil
             .
             The
             sinner
             chuses
             evil
             in
             refusing
             good
             ,
             willingly
             without
             constraint
             .
             Gods
             Decree
             infuses
             no
             evil
             into
             a
             man
             ,
             nor
             his
             Providence
             .
             Psalm
             58.
             3.
             
             Iob
             14.
             4.
             
             Matth.
             7.
             16.
             
             Luke
             6.
             44.
             
             Iam.
             3.
             12.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             partial
             acceptation
             of
             persons
             ,
             forbidden
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             found
             only
             
               in
               debitis
            
             and
             matters
             of
             Duty
             ,
             not
             in
             Gratulties
             and
             things
             of
             free
             Gift
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             Truth
             ,
             besides
             the
             Fathers
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             ,
             and
             our
             former
             Reformed
             Divines
             ,
             you
             may
             consult
             with
             late
             Writers
             ,
             as
             Dr.
             Preston
             ,
             Dr.
             Ames
             .
             Dr.
             Sibs
             ,
             Mr.
             Bolton
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Thom.
               Goodwin
            
             ,
             Dr.
             Ward
             ,
             Dr.
             Twiss
             ,
             Bishop
             Davenant
             ,
             Bl.
             Morton
             ,
             Mr.
             Hooker
             ,
             Mr.
             Shepherd
             ,
             Dr.
             Owen
             ,
             Mr.
             Rutherford
             ,
             Mr.
             Cotton
             ,
             Mr.
             Burges
             Lectures
             ,
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             Mr.
             Gataker
             ,
             Mr.
             Lyford
             ,
             &c.
             
               Sleidan
               ,
               Cloppenburg
               .
               Becman
               ,
               Hornebeck
               ,
               Altingius
               ,
               Bulinger
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             37
             ,
             39
             ,
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             17.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Act.
             13
             48.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             3
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             throughout
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             37
             ,
             38
             ,
             39.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             8.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             73.
             23.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Mirae
             Gradationes
             in
             divina
             Catena
             ,
             &
             inseparabiles
             !
             1
             a.
             decretorum
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             2
             a.
             Virtutum
             ,
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             3a
             .
             Officiorum
             ,
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             17
             ,
             18.
             19
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             4
             a.
             Privilegior
             .
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             1
             
             Cor.
             3.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             5
             a.
             Beatitudinum
             .
             Matth.
             5.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             &c.
             Omnes
             isti
             Coelestes
             nexus
             sunt
             firmiter
             contexti
             ,
             &
             nulla
             vi
             aut
             fraude
             dissolvendi
             .
             Pendent
             enim
             omnes
             ab
             Optimi
             Maximi
             Throne
             ,
             &
             ipsius
             Omnipotenti
             manu
             connectuntur
             &
             conservantur
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             32.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             About
             this
             Subject
             you
             may
             read
             much
             in
             all
             Antiquity
             ;
             and
             among
             Divines
             and
             Civilians
             of
             late
             ,
             especially
             in
             English
             you
             'l
             find
             it
             handled
             exactly
             by
             Mr.
             Cobbet
             of
             
               New
               England
            
             in
             1653.
             and
             much
             in
             scattered
             places
             among
             Mr.
             Baxters
             ,
             and
             others
             Works
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Volumes
             of
             Sermons
             preached
             before
             the
             Parliaments
             since
             1640.
             to
             this
             day
             .
             You
             may
             see
             about
             it
             our
             
               Libertine
               School'd
            
             ,
             lately
             published
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             30.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Exod
             18.
             21.
             
          
           
             Nehem.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             19.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             49.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ierem
             ,
             30.
             21.
             
          
           
             Their
             Queries
             and
             Objections
             you
             find
             answered
             in
             our
             
               Libertin
               School'd
            
             briefly
             ,
             more
             largely
             in
             other
             Authors
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             8.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Esay
             8.
             20.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             26.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             2
             Ki●g
             .
             17.
             compared
             with
             2
             King.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esay
             49.
             23.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             This
             Theme
             hath
             been
             frequently
             and
             fully
             handled
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             and
             in
             ours
             by
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             of
             London
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Shepheard
             ,
             Mr.
             Hooker
             ,
             Mr.
             Rutherford
             ,
             Mr.
             Gilespy
             ,
             Mr.
             Norton
             ,
             Mr.
             Cotton
             ,
             &c.
             who
             harmoniously
             agree
             in
             the
             substantials
             ,
             though
             they
             sometimes
             vary
             in
             Circumstantials
             of
             Order
             Ecclesiastical
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Num.
             16.
             
          
           
             Num.
             17.
             
          
           
             Num.
             31.
             30
             ,
             47.
             
          
           
             Num.
             35.
             2
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             49
             7.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             33.
             9
             ,
             10.
             their
             scattering
             was
             for
             the
             publike
             good
             .
          
           
             Deut
             ,
             12.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             44.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             30.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             48.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             This
             Prophesie
             from
             the
             40
             th
             .
             Chapter
             of
             Ezek.
             is
             Evangelical
             ,
             though
             set
             out
             by
             Mosaical
             Expressions
             ,
             as
             the
             whole
             scope
             demonstrates
             ,
             &
             Expositors
             harmoniously
             agree
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             See
             Josephus
             his
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Iewish
             wars
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             2.
             14
             ,
             15
             16.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             21.
             12.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             19.
             45
             ,
             46.
             
          
           
             Luke
             9.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luke
             10.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             28.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             20.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             7
             ,
             17
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             2.
             and
             Chap.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             5
             12.
             
          
           
             Act
             14.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             17
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             Revel
             11.
             
          
           
             About
             this
             you
             may
             see
             much
             in
             
               Smectymnuus
               ,
               in
               Wa●o
               Messalinus
               ,
               in
               Salma
               sii
               libro
               de
               primatu
               Papae
            
             ;
             In
             the
             London
             Ministers
             ,
             
               Jus
               Minist
               .
               &
               Presbyt
            
             .
             in
             
               Gilespie
               A-Aarons
               Rod
               Blossoming
            
             ;
             where
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             as
             
               Iren.
               Iustin
               .
               Tertul.
               Austin
               ,
               Ierom
               ,
            
             &c.
             are
             quoted
             to
             your
             hand
             .
             See
             also
             
               Centur.
               Magdeb.
               Calvins
               Institut
            
             .
             All
             our
             Divines
             about
             Church-Order
             .
             
               Myster
               .
               Inquit
               .
               Morn
            
             .
             &c.
             Revel
             .
             13.
             
             Revel
             .
             17.
             2
             
             Thes
             .
             2.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             1
             
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             Revel
             .
             11.
             
             Revel
             .
             12.
             
             Revel
             .
             13.
             
             Revel
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             BishopVsher
             de
             Antiq
             .
             &
             success
             .
             Ecclesiar
             .
             Centur
             .
             Magdeburg
             .
             Catalog
             .
             Test
             .
             veritat
             .
             Myster
             .
             Inquit
             .
             Morn
             .
             Histor
             .
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Chemnit
             .
             Exam
             .
             Field
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Iewels
             Apolog
             .
             Whitaker
             ,
             Rainold
             ,
             Ius
             divinū
             .
             Minist
             .
             Evangel
             .
             Fox
             .
             Monuments
             .
             Spelman
             de
             Christ
             .
             Relig.
             in
             Britan.
             Isaak's
             Chronology
             ,
             Speed
             ,
             &c.
             Voet.
             Desperata
             causa
             papat
             .
             
               pag.
               405.
               
               The
            
             Romish
             
               usurpations
               were
               vigorously
               opposed
               in
            
             England
             
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               witness
            
             Eademer
             ,
             Hist
             .
             Nov.
             Selden
             ,
             Speed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             2.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             23.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             32
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             29.
             31.
             
             Numb
             .
             16.
             1
             
             King.
             12.
             30
             ,
             31.
             1
             
             King.
             13.
             34.
             1
             
             Tim.
             3.
             
             Act.
             14.
             22.
             1
             
             Tim.
             5.
             22.
             
             Matth.
             10.
             40.
             
             Luke
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             23.
             32.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             17.
             18
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             &c
          
           
             Many
             choice
             Pleces
             are
             extant
             of
             this
             Subject
             by
             the
             Ancient
             and
             Modern
             in
             all
             Nations
             ;
             About
             these
             see
             
               Picus
               Mirandula
               ,
               Perkins
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Gauls
               Magastromanier
               .
               &
               Spanhemius
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               Cornelius
               Agrippa
            
             himself
             ,
             once
             a
             great
             friend
             hereto
             ,
             saw
             at
             last
             the
             great
             danger
             thereof
             ,
             and
             discovered
             it
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Amos
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             God●
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             sin
             ,
             though
             active
             about
             sin
             in
             his
             decree
             and
             execution
             .
             Therein
             he
             acts
             1.
             as
             the
             supreme
             Mover
             ,
             man
             as
             the
             proper
             subject
             :
             2.
             
             God
             as
             the
             Author
             of
             Nature
             ,
             man
             as
             a
             moral
             Agent
             .
             3.
             
             God
             by
             a
             pure
             Rule
             ,
             man
             against
             Rule
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             50.
             20.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             20.
             
          
           
             Matth
             10.
             21.
             
          
           
             Esay
             47.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             18.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             17.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             12.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             13.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Act.
             16.
             16.
             
             The
             chief
             Hereticks
             who
             troubled
             the
             Church
             most
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             have
             been
             great
             promoters
             of
             this
             black
             Art
             ,
             as
             Manes
             the
             Priscillianist
             ,
             the
             
               Simonians
               ,
               Menandrians
               ,
               Marcionists
               ,
               Mark
            
             confuted
             by
             Irenaeus
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Laws
             Imperial
             ,
             Ecclesiastick
             and
             Municipal
             have
             been
             zealous
             in
             all
             Ages
             against
             it
             ,
             both
             among
             the
             sober
             Pagans
             and
             all
             Christians
             .
             The
             notorious
             Lyes
             and
             Impostures
             of
             the
             prime
             Astrologers
             stand
             on
             Record
             in
             History
             .
             Tully
             shews
             how
             horribly
             they
             cheated
             
               Pompey
               ,
               Crassus
            
             and
             
               Caesar
               .
               Alapide
            
             upon
             Act.
             19.
             declares
             their
             horrid
             deceits
             in
             Rome
             .
             See
             their
             lives
             in
             print
             by
             several
             Authors
             ,
             and
             many
             Histories
             to
             that
             purpose
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             all
             Nations
             and
             Ages
             .
             Iob
             9.
             9.
             
             Iob.
             38.
             31.
             
             Amos
             5.
             8.
             
             If
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             coeli
             may
             have
             a
             little
             Influence
             upon
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             corporis
             ,
             it
             hath
             less
             upon
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Ingenij
             ,
             if
             any
             ,
             least
             of
             all
             upon
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Rationis
             in
             such
             a
             multiplicious
             variety
             of
             millions
             of
             men
             in
             all
             places
             and
             ages
             .
             How
             great
             then
             must
             needs
             the
             uncertainty
             be
             ,
             and
             how
             fallacious
             the
             Conjectures
             ,
             that
             poor
             sinful
             worms
             below
             are
             put
             upon
             by
             judicial
             Prognosticks
             from
             thence
             ?
             Woful
             was
             the
             Catastrophe
             of
             Ahab
             and
             
               Iezabel
               ,
               Balak
            
             and
             
               Ahaziah
               ,
               Haman
            
             and
             Belshazzar
             harkning
             thereto
             .
             In
             Malach.
             4.
             2.
             
             Christ
             is
             elegantly
             compared
             to
             the
             Sun
             to
             set
             forth
             his
             Divine
             Perfections
             ,
             represented
             to
             the
             Life
             by
             that
             abstract
             of
             Natures
             Wonder
             in
             its
             Essence
             and
             Attributes
             ,
             Properties
             and
             Effects
             ,
             Accidents
             and
             Adjuncts
             .
             Thus
             a
             spiritual
             use
             may
             be
             made
             of
             the
             Caelestial
             Bodies
             ,
             besides
             the
             natural
             and
             moral
             .
             But
             that
             horrid
             abuse
             of
             their
             lying
             Vanities
             ,
             and
             jugling
             Impieties
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             divine
             future
             events
             of
             Contingent
             affairs
             and
             humane
             transactions
             ,
             hath
             been
             still
             branded
             as
             the
             servant
             of
             Satan
             .
          
           
             The
             commendation
             given
             to
             the
             ancient
             Magi
             or
             Wise
             men
             by
             
               Caelius
               Albertus
            
             ,
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             ,
             hath
             no
             colour
             of
             plea
             for
             our
             divining
             Astrologers
             what
             was
             commendable
             in
             the
             Chaldaean
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Grecian
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             for
             natural
             and
             moral
             Philosophy
             ,
             should
             not
             patronize
             any
             Juglers
             Tricks
             ,
             or
             Satanical
             Divinations
             .
             The
             Chaldaeans
             and
             Phenicians
             had
             opportunity
             to
             learn
             much
             from
             
               Ioseph
               ,
               Moses
               ,
               Daniel
               ,
               David
               ,
               Solomon
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             wise
             men
             of
             Judea
             ;
             which
             the
             most
             of
             them
             corrupted
             ,
             and
             so
             transmitted
             to
             the
             
               Greeks
               and
               Romans
            
             ,
             Rom.
             13.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Esay
             8.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             objected
             by
             some
             from
             the
             Star
             observed
             by
             the
             Wise
             men
             ,
             Matth.
             2.
             is
             impertinent
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             That
             case
             was
             transcendently
             extraordinary
             ,
             and
             miraculous
             in
             every
             part
             thereof
             ,
             as
             all
             learned
             Commentators
             observe
             .
             The
             Star
             it self
             was
             of
             a
             nature
             ,
             motion
             ,
             appearance
             ,
             seat
             and
             rest
             quite
             different
             from
             all
             the
             Caelestial
             Stars
             .
             The
             Persons
             being
             wise
             Chaldaeans
             surnamed
             Magi
             in
             those
             Eastern
             Countries
             ,
             had
             been
             instructed
             by
             many
             Prophesies
             of
             the
             Messias
             coming
             at
             that
             season
             and
             of
             his
             Star.
             Besides
             Balaams
             Prophesie
             ,
             Numb
             .
             24.
             17.
             of
             Great
             repute
             with
             them
             ;
             they
             had
             the
             
               Sybils
               Oracles
            
             ,
             particularly
             that
             of
             
               Sybilla
               Erythraea
            
             which
             writ
             very
             plainly
             of
             Christs
             Birth
             and
             Life
             .
             They
             had
             especially
             the
             Iewish
             Instructions
             received
             from
             Daniel
             and
             others
             successively
             ,
             and
             most
             especially
             the
             Greek
             Translations
             of
             Scripture
             very
             frequent
             In
             all
             those
             parts
             ,
             which
             foretold
             plainly
             the
             time
             ,
             place
             and
             all
             Circumstances
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             generally
             expected
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             Jewes
             only
             ,
             but
             by
             all
             Nations
             also
             who
             minded
             Oracles
             and
             Prophesies
             .
             
               Cicer.
               2.
               lib.
               de
               divinatione
               ,
               Calcidius
               Platonicus
               in
               Timaeum
               Platon
               .
            
             and
             divers
             others
             both
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             and
             Iews
             give
             pregnant
             testimony
             thereof
             .
             Hence
             the
             inquisitive
             Greeks
             had
             received
             so
             much
             of
             Scripture-truth
             ,
             which
             they
             disguised
             under
             multiplicious
             fables
             ;
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             was
             Apollos
             Oracle
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             12.
             
          
           
             Phil
             3.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             &c
             ,
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             27.
             
          
        
      
    
  

