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| | peap! «( faith the Lord ) have commiltca ws evils, ; 
| | they have forſaken me, the fountain of living waters | W'7 
EE and (ſecondly) have digged themſelves pits that F/0 
« | Thecomirt | p214 wo water. Where wee may briefly obſerve:\ 
Ke: \ Eirſt,rhar God is the {pring,from whom all com-|W-»/ 
I | forts come originally, ze pits, you know have {Wo © 
| ey the water, but borrowed and derived fromrhe We 
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| hecallerhrhempits, rharisths comfort in the} Yis* 
| creature is amixed comfort, itis like water in a! $r21 
pit, ir is muddie,and nor pure and cleare,likerhe' 
waterinthe tounraine: Thattis, the comforrrhart 
comes meerely from the creature (if you receive Mt! 
any comfort inthe creature, if Gods hand be not} 
init) iris alway mixed with ſome ſorro w,wirh|! 
{| ſomeevill burifit come from the Zord,it is MIcC 
 purecomfort: he gives riches, and no ſorrow with|| 
| | them. Thirdly, the comfort tharis in the crea-\{M-- 
| A deadcar | ture, « 15butadead comfort comparedro on 
Los | which itisin the Zord, and therefore he is ſaid 
| bea fountain of living water, that is,running wa- 
{ ter. The comfortth:tis in the Creature, 15ableſ]} 
; trodoelirtle, ir is quickly ſpent, and when it is] 
| fpent,thereis no more init :burtthe comfort that 
| is in Ged, itislike water thar commeth our of the 
' fpring,vehichis ſtill renewed from day to day, 
| and therefortiris cailed living water,therejs no{# 
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end of ir, bur ſtill ir fowes more and more Liſt? 
ofali,theyare broken pits thatcannothold the! 


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EE: | yetiris like liquor inabrittle glaſſe, thar is not 
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Kbfero hold this comfort in thecreature it is but 


77.(wherean inſtancels given of riches) Charge 
r hoſe that are rich iu this world that he 'y be not hizh 
ninded,that they truſt not inuncertaine riches, but 
7s the living God that giveth all things abundantly 
$2 enjoy .Markeſyou ſhall icerhere the difference ) 
tharcicy truſt not in uncertaine riches, but in the 
Aliving God, that is,ricnes areburdcad things, God 
Ais the //<7ng God they are able to doe but ſome 
Frhings for you; God 2ives you a//things,and gives 
WI -bn244atly. And againe,it riches doe ſomething, 
WM 7crthe enjoying rhey arenor able togive; bur 
the Zord gives us allthings abundantly to expoy. 

Now, when we conſider, that whatfoeveris in 
the Creatvre, it 1s but a borrowcd and derived 
comfort,thenthe aficiency is wholy in the Lord S$joule. 
heceis the God of all comfort ; as the Sunne is the 

cauſe of all lighr, whatfoever the ayre hath, it is. 

erived from the Sunne, ſo whatſoever 1s in the 

Treature,is derived from God, and therefore this 

s one ground, why wee ſhould perſwade our, 
ſe!res,thar he is AU. ſafficient. za ; 
| Theſecondis this, heis Al-ſuficteve, becauſe. _ 3 MY 
eoncly can bethe author of good andevill:that /amuitice 
you know ) which can dce neither good nore-. Fpotand 
vil.therc is no ſufficiency in itat all. Nowitische ©: 
propertic of the Zordto doe borh, as we ſce Tens, Jer. to. 5, 
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Jrrne becauſe they cannot go. feare them not becauſe; 
© $-#cy can doe neither good nor evill,. This is thear- 
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apply to any creature, conſidered init 
ſelfe, without the influence & concourſe of God, WF. 
It it were abletodoceither 2004 or evill, you f 
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good andeyillot himſelfe. Beloved,ifwe could M* 


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| bring our hearts to this per{waſton, that itis rhe my L- . 
| Lord only thatcan doe good and evill, we would|2? I; 

| thencleaye tohim,it could not be that we ſhould ©, 


depart from him upon any occaſion, for chat 


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which is ableto doe neither good nor evill, wee... 

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cure,thati it were without God, ncicher ablero do * 
good orevill, you would never turne from God| 2 
to any creature,upon any occafion : for certain-\ . 


' ly he isableto doe both good and evill, he onely| M 
can maxe every mans lite comfortable, Or un-} 
: comfortable, itis his prerogative Royall, it be-! 
longs to him alone. In W4.5.itis ſayd,amants 
| not able tomakeone haire white or blacke ; ſo (mall; 
athing nc is nerablc ro doe: andin Luke 11.itis\} 
ſyd moreplainely,ifwebenot able to doe the} 
leaſt thing, we beenot ableto doe thegrearct.; 
You know that place, {mos 3.ſha!l therebe evil, | 
tptneCitie, and the Lord bath not aoacit? Thef 
Seriptureis plentifullin tais; I ſhoul4looſe rime|# 
' rourge places; [{ay

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portion with him in| 
| being author s of ourgood,certainly,they ſhouldi{Mo: 
 hayea portionofour ſervice: forthereis reaſon|f 

and equaie init, thatthat which doth us good, in|% 
ſuch maaner,we ſhould feekeunto ic, wee thould|] 1 
| {erveit: and likewiſe, ifitcould doe us hurt; but] 
now in thatthe Lord challengeth all ro him ſelfe, | 


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*&/ [ ay) it is upon thisground,7 am All-ſuffcient- | 
Whereis nocreatureis ableto adde to meemore 
or leſſe : and therefore contider theground of ir, 
and let the cquitie of iteſtabliſh your heartsto 
be perfect with Ged that he onely isableto make | 
your lives comfortableor uncomfortable. Pur 
thecaſe, a man hath a grear addition to his e-: 
fate: put the caſe he hath much credit,and e- 
Y ſtceme among men :purthecaſe,he havethe fa- | 
Y your of Princes, thatare moſt able and powerfull | 
J among men : ifthe creature beablealone, ro doe | 
neither good nor hurt, they ſhall normake the, 
leaſt addition ro his happineſle; andifir beſo, | 
why ſhould weeſtcemeir to much?tt on thecon-| 
trary {ide,ir turne againſt us,it thall nordous the} 
leaſt hutt. 

Should notthis free us, from fearctfull perplexi« 
ties, from vaine hopes,and vainefeares? Should 
irnot keepe our hearts perfec# with Cod, if we 
:crethus per{waded? tor,whatare all the crea-' 
ures:arethey norlike ſervantsinthegreathouſe | Smiles 
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er he hath appointed : if we want anything, hee! xc lus com- 


an appoint them to provide forus;thereis nota-; 349 
ny creaturein heaven or earth, that ſtirreth with- | 

outa command.withoura warrant from the Ma- | 
ſter of the houſe : if he doe command them, they |, 
gdethey areready and nimbleto doe usany fer. | 

| Fvice:thisis the nature of all the creatures we have 

| Fro doewith. Thinke with your ſelves then, ic is 
Fooereat matter for chem; it the Maſter of the 

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houſe bevurtriend, they. arc all at his comm: ind; 
' you know thoſe mean creatures, the Caterpillers. | 
' are they not all the Lords Hoſt, tharg: oand come 
as he bids them, as Zscl 2, Soothe meanelt crea- 
mes the irc, and the avre.and whatſoever they 
- are,they areall atthe Lords command : andrher-| | 
forethinke nor, thatthe creature 15 ableto doe 
| any thing for us. | 
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is profitable for all things : hegives us O 
| | all thingsto enjoy : that is, he fils the ſoule of # 


| Man every Way,not Zeloved, that fim ply an infi- 
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b \nirc objeR is neceſſary,as it is uſually unders 
2 'ſood(l ſee noground for that)I ſee itnotnecet- 
7 had fon finite facultic, ſhould have an infinite 
' object, ifrhar whichis proportionable beenough | 
| butthisI affirme withall, char unlefſe Grd were No finite 4 
| infinite, he could not fatishie the foule of man, thing.can | 
| | for this is the nature of the ſoule, ific finda bot 
| romein any particular, ir patieti over char, ha-, | 
ſeth after more, and, therefore, 1n all part icular | 
# | Creatures{ you ee) wen wehayehad once cry 
B all ofthem,when we have had the enjoying and ' 
8 poſſeſſing ofthem, weleave them and feeke after 
© that which we want. Now the Lord gives u Na G-, 
\tisfaction, becauſerhe contentment, the Nappt- 
'nefle, tharwe have from hum, is without a bar-! 
(tom, it is without limits, that when we have had 
[\nev erſo much, lillthereismore ro be found in 
(him; and henceitis11regard of that univerſality | 
| thatis in him, he hath allchingsin him, heis A/- ! 
ufficient, and, inregard oft helatirude,for when 
weenjoy neverſo much, {till chere is more oy l 
binde him, and chereforehe onely hath to doe 
thatbukineſle, 1n makinguseternally happie, in 
giving us that [ummum vonum. Fe | 
For the ſecond, the helpe that the Creature Thecrexures þ 
(Svcs for the! chings thar belongro this lifezthere | Lene OO 
wp” {{e, the Creature hath ſomewharto doe, 
but ir doth itas an inſtrument, andifirc doth all [ 


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_ namanne erz wee thanke nor the hand ,butthe | SY 
Ho mind withinthat moves the hand,to doeagood OO OE | 
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inſtrument. Let uslooke upon every Creature, 
&every man as Gods inſtrument, when any man 
dothy ouakindneſle, when any man doth you a 
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is no ſufficiency at all, : 
| ſafficiencre tn and inthe Lordthbere & AUl-ſufficiencie, |th 
the CIeAuute.. j f ic 
| Wc will notdiſ-joyne them, but handle both|} 1 
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together; { for it would be in yainefor me tojſgis 
| prove the Lord x 1. ſufficient) butrhe grear de.|ſce 
ceit, which prevailes with the hearts of men, is/\w 
| chis, ,thatthey thinke there 1s ftomethingtobe had 


| in the creature ofirſelfe. And therefore, we will 
| fpcnd thoſe Arguments by which we will proven 
| thischiefly and conyince you of it, that there isMit: 
 nochingi in the Creature, no tabilirie, noſufhci-Yw 
\ency,it candoe you ofirtelfe, neither good nor _ 
 hure, as wetold yourhe laſt day. All the good f 
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| and hurt,tharthecreaturecanbe ſuppoſed todo, 
\ ir ſtandsinone of theſerwo things. Eirher in ma- 
| | king us happy, ormiſerable; Orelſe, ſecondly, 
| | inaffording usſubfidiary helps; fi uch as wehave 
| The creature | Need Of upon occaſion. In neither of rhem the 
can doeno- | | Creature ofitlelfe,is ableto doe any thing. You 
thing ofir | muſt remember{( tiatwhich wethen delivered) 


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as gy * | tharthe Creature isnotable to doe any thing it 


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| Becauſe | Firſt, Becaulſcit 1$infertor ro us.and charwhichl ſ 
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. Secondly, Becauſe the Creature is accurſeq 
ere is acurſe lies upon the Creature, theris an 
Jemprincſſe, and a vanitie init,and that which is 
Ycmpric in it ſelfe, can giueno fulneſſero us. 
2 Thirdly. The Creatureis #nder the Sunne, and = 
Ftherefore you haue thar phraſe ſo often repeated | ;, ;; _ | 
| in Ecclefiaſtes, Allthings under the Sunue,are wv 4- | the Sunne. 
{ nitie and vexationof ſpirit. Now the happinefſe | 
Ithat weſecke for is aboue the Sunne, which the 
I Creature is not ableto reach. L | 
Fourthly. The Creature is corporall, the mind 4 f 
-ofJis ſpiriruall, itisa ſpirit, and therefore it can re- | Itis corporal 
icciue no happineſſe from ir;therefore in Heb.r 2 
we areſayd to goq tothe ſpirits of perfecF men, as | 
if tha it were aſutable converſe fora ſpirit. | 
Fiftly. Itis remporary ,whereas the ſouletis im- 
mortall,itis notable to run the co urſe withit to - 
Mits journeys end, bur it leaues it in the middle! x: is ren8po- | 
i way,8& therefore it isnotableto make it happie. | ry 
or Beſides. As Itold you then the Crearure is | 
WM finite.,and thereforeit 1s notableto fill the ſoule;. | 
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good, or hurt, you might feare head of 
and itis certaine, ifany Creaturewere able, nM ſp: 
manner afore-{aid,to dbe youany good or hurt, Wl hat 
{ you mightr feare-rhe crearure :for ,Ged alrers no ita 
Law ot nature, thatwhich ts inits ſclfe tobe tea-\Wl the 
red, we may feare that whichs to be obſerucd| upc 
& regarded, we may regardit. Now,jF any crea-|l yo! 
 rure were able rodoe-good, or hurt, cerrainely || me 
itwereto be feared in regard of the hurtic could If in- 


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2! chegoodit could doe. Then againe, the Law of 
E{ the Lord ſhould be vnequal,ifthe Zord thold re. 
E quireall worſhip,thattheinrention ofthe mind 
© be wholly taken up abouthim, &that we ſhould 
EZ hauean eyero the creature,ifrheerearure had a- 
@ ny ſelfe-part with him in doing us good or hurt: 
$| for, ifthe creature could doe ns hure we ſhould 
Z| noronely looketo Ged,tharthe ſhould be a Buck- 
#{ /er,but we ſhould have aneyevponthe creature | 
g| Ifa man ſhouldſay, I will beadefenice to you, 
Iwill keepe you fate, but I cannot docit wholly, | 
ſuch aone ſtands by that may reach youa blow, 
fromwhich Icannortdefend you

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mercy,or from his providence 
| therefore wee ſhould: learne to: ſanftific as" 
Lord: 


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; proſpered my Tourney. Thatis, The Lord doth all in 
| | all,iris hetharcommands all, iris hethardifpo- | 
, ſeth all, I ſay thar we ſhonld ſan cific the Zordin 


| [/andthus. weeſhouldthinke of every Creature; 


| | neerer into particulars. Thar all the Crearures. 


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 Zord bath is ourheartsandin ourfpeeches;,nor 
by ſaying E have gotters.mt fauour & friendſhip 
of tuch a man, burche Scriptures expreſſion is, 
the Lord hath given me favourinſucha mans eyes 
So,agamne,not by ſayang I haue procured the ha: 
fred of fucha managainſt mee, but fay the Zerd 


4! this not Labannormy ownclabour;if,in 'any 
entcrprife youhaue ſucceffe,fay not, Thaue done 
ir, bur ſay as 4brahams ſeryant faid.,the Lord' hath 


our ſpeeches,thisis the language ofthe Sggip- 
| rures. Bur cheifly we ſhould ſavi7ifie him 31 our 


Z | ſtirred up ſucha mans ſpivir againſt mee, and ſo. 
= | not by ſaying Thaue gotten ſuchand fuchthings 
: | but as Zacob, the Lord of his endnes hath rinen me; ** 


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We thould 
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the good and 
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hearts. Ehatis. Thusweſhould conceiueof him, 


it willnot beunprofitable,ifwe drawthis a lirtle| 


are foat his.dt ; that rhey ſtirrenota jor, 
butar his command. you thal ſec in Eccleſe.3. the 
generall there fer downe, 7 know that whatſoever 
God ſhall de, it ſhall be for ever, toit can no man 
add, nor from it £an no man dimi:ui(h for God hath 
done it that man (hould feare before him. (Marke ) 
(1 knom that mhastfoeuer God ſhall do.tt ſhal be for e-. 
ver. That is:the creature cannatalkterany courle | 
thatGod hath: ſet,neither ar this time nor ar any 
ethey time, bur it ſhall run inaconſtant courſe, 
hike a ſtzong ſtreame that cannot be —_— . | 
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that befor eve cver,to it ſbal{no man adde and from it 
can 2,17;h.Thatis.Thecreaturecannor 
O oe no ſubſtantiall ation, bur, when the 
Lord hath done any thing, the Creacure cannot 
addetheleaſtrhung ro it,and as ic cannor adde, 
{0 it cannot diminiſh, nor-take' away: the leaſt 
thing fromany bleffing that hee beſtoweth, nor 


any evillchat he will doe, the creature addes nor 2 


ajotto that evill,ro chat croile,ro that afflition, 


nor the creature muttigatesnotthe croſfe, in che | 
leaſt degree;though you rhinkeit doth : Butthat| Þ 


weſhall anſwerafterward. But why is this? Thzs 
({ayrth he)rbe Lord hath done that men ſhawuld feare 


before him, As if he ſhould fay ;they would not| 1 


feare mc,bur they would fearethe creature, and 
looke to thecreature, ifitwereable ro adde any 
thing,or todetratany thing, citherto or from 
any blefling, or comfortthar we hauc, orroor 
from any euill, or any crofſethat [yes upon us. 

Now thatitis (9, thatrhe creature ts thus guided 
& diſpoſed by him, that itiSable to doe nothing 


ſonable creatures, which youall beleeue well e- 
noughto beat his comand, but we will inſtance 
inthoſe that ſeemeto be ar the greateſt libertie: 
thatis the wils and underſtandings of men? cer. 
tainly,it cherebeanylibertiein rhe creature itis 
there,the will ofmanis {o free a thing, the deut- 
; ſes ofa mans heart, his rurning of hunſelte this 
' wayor that wayzwho can ſet any Rulesto it? 
| Bucinthisthe £ord guides all : rakeirin other| 


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® | js:men are deceiucdintbis,ifthey thinkerhe u- | | 
| {ler,as of himſelfe,can doc any thing, though he | 
® iſceme rohaue much power and abulirie, to doe | | 
\| | ome go0d,and hurtromen. ifany elſc cunther- | 
| |forc({airh he) men ſceke #15 face, bur, he 15norca 
| (ble to doe any thing, but whar the Lord didtares{ | 


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no farther, for the whole judg gment | | 
| þ | chata man hach,iris from him,jr isfromrhe Lord| 


: | \minde of his from whence ir proceedeth,is gui- | 
\Ced: and faſhio ned by the Zord,uponevery parti- 


catigoeto ſucha place, or nor goetheecan doe | | 
{ſuch a thing,or nor docir;ir is very true, and | 


ALL<SVE FICIENG Y. 


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to him, or permirs him, what he preſcribes tO | 


| Tharis. All lie 290d and evill that he doth,thar | | 


cular occaſion, whenſocyer hc hath to doe | 
wich 19,0r we with him :burt that is for men that | | 
are) without as,tor other men. | 

But,no'x, for a mans (elfe there is the ſame | 2 | 
real; on,indeed; ofrheoneas there is of the other | G ods power 


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but man thinkes he hath libertie, he thinkes hee OE Ho 


therefore the alinightie power of God is ſcene | 
herein, which weare notable tro comprehend, | 
that whenthereis ſuch a liberte in the ſfoule, in 


thewillof man,in the devices and thoughts of a | 
mans heart, yet that they-ſhould be all ſo. guided 
by him thatrher is not the leaſt ſtirring of them | | 
this way or that way without his ordering and 
concurrencezevenas you ſee, Birds flying, the 


{zemro flee ar liberty, yer that all ſhould as” wow 
4 and ordered by an ouer-ruling hand. Suck | 
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' arethe wiles of men, 8 thae you ſhall ſee intheſe | | 
particulars ; whenaman thinkes with himfelfe, | | 
he conſults with himſelfeabour a thing that lyes'| 7 
| before him rhar is inhis owne power to doe. or 
| notto doe, inthisſayth the Text, Prov. 19.21.| | 


| Many devices are ina mans heart, but the counſcls| Þ 


of the Lord ſhal ftand.Thatis. Though there bee] | 


can doe the contrary, yer ſayth he looke what 
the Zord by his counſell, will hane thatman to || 
reſolueupon, lodoke whariflue he hath putto his 
deliberations, thar counſell thall tand,and all ; 
| thoſedeviccs ſhall be guided and ruled by ir,and|Þ 
| NOtgOea ſtep out ofir. 

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| power todoeit.Pr9. 16, There are preparations ni 

| 4 114ans heart, but the anſwer of the mouth is from 
the Lord. Thatis.Even when itis ſo'neer thatyou 

' thinke,thereis nothing that can come betweene! 

' thata man hath reſolved with himſelfe, & ſayth 
this will I doe,orthis will Tſpeake,faith the Lord. 

notwithſtanding, this preparation, though you! 

| hauemadeal theſe ready,thar now itis upon the| 

; Very poinr,onrhe act of execution, yet now ſaith 


| he,the anſwer ſhall be given as I thinke meete I | 
and that whichis faid ofan{wering, may be ap- i 


plyedco all kindes ofaRions, whena man hath. 


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ſuch varietie ofdevices,thathe is able ro caſt| |} 
things this way or that way, &toreaſonto & fro| |! | 
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bufinefle, yerthe Lord comes betweene the Cup 

and the lip, betweene the preparation and the | 
5| E | execution, and he dorh bar that which the Zord 
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li | be ated ; andtherefore, you thallſee what con- 
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iy and thinkes with himſelte, this and this will I do 
cM \fayth he, deceive notthy ſelte, thy ſteps are ru. 
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WW |his owne way. Thatis, He cannor fay thus, and. 

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'theyarcall Gods arinies, Nowanariny conlitts 
of many particulars ;take all the creatures under 
thecope of heaven,they are not fingle, youknow 
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that we are now to dcliver, to be content to have hay: 
God alone to bc our portion ; for thar is the caulſe|M row, 
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king with God, we would have ſomewhar beſides Mfthem 
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J otherwiſe, they would never have conftantly | 
followed him,andthough they might havegone_ 2 
J far with him \y&when they nad metwitha rub, | 
q whenthat winch they would norpart with, and. 
the ſervice of God ſhould come in competition, | 
I farely, they wouldturne aſide, and leave him. 
| Now, you muſt confider this, and worke your 
| heart unto it, tharif you have him alone, ir is 
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any manelt> can a0pe tO attaine, yet you RHAT 
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emprineſlt ot thargood he looked tor, they were 


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they werea yexation of {pirte. That is. There was, 

che preſence of much evil inrhem that he looked 
not tor,many ſtings, many troubles. And there- 
fore why ſhould you not be content with God 4+; 
lone? Takeall oneward things, before you joy 
them, they ſceme to be oreat:but when you have! 
inj: yedrhem, and tried them, y ou quickly tt inda, 
borrom in them.tor there is but a falie luftre that 
Sacanand your owne luſts Pur upon them, they! 
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|wvbichlikewite the wearing rakes off. Andthere. 
WM fore why ſhould voanor be content to take God 
J Etones Whartis ir thatmanſo {cckes after? is it 
'Mnothappines.and comfort? Alas ! ſuppole thar 
you had ail chetc in the highcit degree thar you 
cn looke for, whenallis done, you hall finde 
char burlabor loſt, you ſhall find no ſtability in 
KB them, You know what David faith in P/ al. 30. 
when he thought his mountain was made (trong 
& under- propped well on each fade Whar cau- 
led now an alteration? He doth not fay there was 
Fachangeinthe thing, he doth REY his moun- 
taine was pulled down,crthatthere was analte- 
W ration in hiseſtare.. rhar th:s or thar accident fell 
Vl our, that the people rebelled againſt bum now 
*M which did 10t betore, or, that he had loſt ſuch 
»Mand fiicli friends that he had before. Bur, fayth 
"WM 1c,t/on tar ne aſt away thy face,and then 1 was trou- 
! Wc. The meaning is this, that, it there wasa 
"Wchange it his ſtare, the change in God was the 
| Fa {ornen ir wasthe Zord that comforted him 
' Wtiough hee {aw it nor; ir was nor the mountaine 
MWehac held him up, ir was norallchoſe bietings that 
"WW dcenjoyedin it thar refreſhed his hearr, Þur ic 
was the |tzhtrhar thined throughthem, 8&rhere- 
forehe tou: 1d, whenchis light was with drawne, 
though he injoyed them Rill, his comfort was: 
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he that thines throughthem, Whar if a man had dic 
the ayreand no lightinir ? So, What if we had 2 
neverſomuch,and no beames fowins from hin Wwe 

; through them, who onely is the God of all:com-(' < 
\ fort,andrhe Father of all conſolation ? q {iſt 
But my Beloved,(to be briefe ) Putthe caſe: Ith 

| man were ſtript ofallchings, 8&ſuppole he wer: for 
exiled outot his own Country ,.ſuppoſe hewer Ih 
reduced tocxtreame poverty, or thut up clokſ P% 
Prifoner, ſuppoſe all imployments were taker hay 

| from him. and he were layd aſide like 2 broker for, 
veſſell; now for a man co ſay,yer God'is enough}: TI 
and that he is content with him alone tor his por: dep 
tron, . That is therryall,and this we oughrtro do: fort 

| and there is great reaſon why we ſhould doe it | : lay 
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| Abraham was an cxile from his Country, and find 


extraordinary | had not a foote ofland, was not rhe Lord A!1-ſaf ,You 
wh, me | ficzest to him,did he not provide for him aboud- kno! 

| faile. | dantly2 When £774h fled, and had no mear, he ure: 
| Inftances. | had neither mony,nor any body to provide any light 
thing for him ion noerhe Lord provide for hiaWio: 

| he ferthe Crexture a-worket: 0 do{thar, ro teedfifi ea 

» {fhiminan eutigotdinary way,when the ordinary {Isno 

' fayled. When Pa»land Silzs were hutup in Pri what 

| fon, yetthe Lord filledrhem wirk joy and com he c 

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{| yer t they ſang with joy ofhearr, there wasſuch 2 

I Auſh of joy, their hearts were fo filled with ir, | | 
8 \chatchey could not contain Ifa man be brought | 
3 ro poverty, it cannor be beyond that of lobs;was | 
7 itnot enough for [vb to have God for his protion |/ 
Y did he notfoone turner ? did henor ſoone take | 
away that,and turne the River another wWAay,as It 
8 were,and &1! him with aboundance ? | 
Z Oh,but you willfay,ifI wereaſpirir,and cog- | 0%je#. 
# ſiſted onel y of an immarertall ſoule,and no more | 
| I hould becontenr,(itmay be) to have the Lord | 

for my portion, bur, beſides thar,I havea body, 

[have atemporall life,and therefore I need tem- | 

porall comforts, and therefore rhough I _— 

have the Zora, I would havetheſe things added; | 

for, how ſhould be withour them £ 

. Tothis I anſwer, Firft ; thar, though thou be. eTn/», 

deprived of alltheie remporall bleſſings & com- 

for ts, yetthou ſhalt finde them all in the Saba 
Lay,though they were all loſt, andall ſcattered, 
though thou wert ſtripr of chem al, yetthou ſhalc 
find them allin the Lord ifrhou have him alone. 
You will ay, bow can thatbe? This you muſt | . 
know,tharall that Ged hath wroughtinthecrea- | ©#7e#- 
ture, all the excellency, all the beautie and de-| 4” 
light, and comfort, he hath putin the creature, 
[into mear,drinke, muſicke, lowers, yea into all! c,mfort and | 
creatures af all forts;who is rhe cauſe of all thiss | excellencicis } 
Isnorthe Zordche cauſerIris cerraine, then,thar Fayre. | 
whatſoeveris intheeffe,is inthe cauſe, and in | Creaure 2 
thecauſe in a more excec Uenr manner. There arc | Salac3; 
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that is buta poore {imilitude, to expreſſe thar 1|4|<9 
would, bur yetitis the beſt we have, Lookenow þ 
upon whatſoever thou haſt foundinthe creature|Þ jt 
whatſoever beautie thou haſt ſeene, wharſoever\Þ |! 
delight thou haſt taſted of, whatſoever excel. Þ jc 
lencierhou haſt EEovered, and be perſwaded tur 
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| * |lowesonthat? whartis thisro my comfort? | [#”, 

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| robuaghole | Louſts,aud el/1hat you bave you thall find allrheſeÞ {th 
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' communicatedrto thee. That is; Thou ſhalt find} 2's 

E-- | the comfort of them ina greater meaſure, inaſ "!t 
| moreexcellent manner, thanthou ſhouldft in thei | il 
.rhingsthemiſelyes; how elſe thould he ſay, Twi 291 

ſhall hovees bondred fold with perſecition ? And <10! 

- 'markethe inſtance;for you ſhall find the promiſe as S 
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7} 41d houſes, for my ſake, endrhe Goſpels, but he ſhall | | 
receive an hwnarcth-foldin this world, and in the \ 
world rocome eternall life. That is: you thall finds 
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E beſides hin thou ſhalc have abundar :« of ſweet | | 
$|comfort: takeallthoſe varicties ofco, atorts, that | 
{theſe givezas, landsgive one kindeof comfort, 
E land Parents another. and wives another; thou | | 
E iſhatr findeall theſe varieties of comforts in nm, | | 
© jhewill illthy foule wich alltheſe, for they are in | 
F aim alone. Marke that reaſonthar the Lord uſed | 
_ ro Moſes, when he complainedof hisrongue, that | 
| hcwasnotabletoſpeake.Send ,layth he by whom Thecrearnres 
thow ſhouldeſt ſend, ({ayth the Lord) wd—s maals the. mn; 
it#gue?7 who madethedumbe, and the deafe,and forts. 
'the hearing, and the ſeeing > 154 nor 1 the Lords 
'Asif he ſhould ſay ; Moſes,ſurely Iamthe maker 
ofalltheſe, though I have nocthe thingsin mee 
(the Lora hath no tongue, he hath no eye) yer | 
\laytl 1 hethou thalr find them all in me. Go7com. 
ne him with this, / will be with thee: When Moſes GODS pre- 
igþthave madethis objection; though thou be | i<nce ro 
with me,yct1 thal want arongueco(; Deake, what | he Creams | 
[Wi [1thar hielpe Saith he,T, whomads char, have a | 
'powerin me,andif I bewith thee,it ſhall beſuſh- | 
cient. I will ind or a way for hee, thar ſhall be | | 
asg00d as ifrhou hadſtchoa moſt eloquent fongume! | 
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| comfort? He can fill thee with all varictie by that 
| immediate communnicating of himfelte, | 

Beloved, what do youthinke heavenis? When! 
| youaretn heaven, do you thinkeyoureſtate ſhalli Þ 
| be worſe thenir is here? You ſee what varietiesof Þ 
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{ſers, rhe fouic ihall nor be filled, nor ſatisfied: | ta 
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| Sampe nor Meoxe : ail thecreatures thatnowgive' |ch 
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| thallbe all inall things. That is; Thou halt FI | w 
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| | rietie of comfort enough, And therefore, why 
| | houldſtthou not be contented to haveGodalone 
| forthy portion? Thouſhalt find enoughin him, 
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|  haveroſhew you that in your very communion 
| | with him, you ſhall indeenough, when the Lord | 
| | dorhrhis, when thouarrfilled with the joy of 
* [the holy Ghoſt, what will all be rothee? what do 
| | youthinkeallrhe world was to the Apoftles, if 
# |irſhould have beene preſented to them, if one 
| | ſhould have preſented them with a Kingdom, 
; | withall thatever the ſons of men could deviſe? 
| | Doeyouthinke they would have regarded them 
| | much? Surely,they would not, as they did' not 
| | regard the contrary. Impriſonment wasnothing 
| | &death was nothingto them; youtee with what | 
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loffe, he would much rejoyce in the contrary | 
contentment:whenthe Apoſtles were thus filled 

{ withthe joy of the holy Ghoft,*in regard of the | 
| one,certainly they would not have regardedrthe | 
other, ifit had beene preſented unto-them ; what | 


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upon whatſoever thou haſt foundinthe creature! | jar 

y- whatſoever beautie thou haſt ſeene, wharſoever| | |! 
delight thou haſt raſted of, whatſoever excel. Þþ |: 

lenciethou haſt diſcovered, and be perfwaded iſ | 

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lentmanner,thenit is in the Creature. _ 

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| <<” [lowesonthar? whatisthis romy comfort? | /** 


4 Anhw. | Beloved, Itisthisto thy comfort ; If thoulooſe|||ti 
The Lord | all make ufe of that in 37 ark.10.1frhou lagſe fa- A: 
pa rug ber and mother,or brethren, or ſifters,or landes, i % 
tohizthoſ® | Zonſes and al/rhatyon bave you thall find allrheſeÞ (t! 
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Mark, 19.29- \ haſt him alonte,zthou ſhalt find all theſe comforts *2! 

| communicatedro thee. Thatis; Thou ſhalt find ! 
| | the comfert of them ina greater meaſure, inaſ 
| moxeexcellent manoer,thanthou ſhouldft inthe | vi 
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receive an hunareth-foldin this world, and in the | 


world tocome eternail Gfe. Thats: you thallfinde 


3 .comforrin God alone; itchou be ſhut upalone, | 


| {ard yet converſeſt with God,and haſt communi-1 


| on wich him, and iceſt no crearfrÞ in the world: 


| beſides hin, thou ſhalc have abundar:<e of (ſweet 
(comfort: takeall thoſe yariccies ofco.ntorts, that | 
| itheſe give zas, landsgive one kindeovt comfort, | 
E 1and Parents another, and wives another ; thou | 
| {hate findeall theſe varieties of comforts in him, | 
| jhe will fllchy foule wich alltheſe, for chey are in | 


ſum one. Marke that reaſon that the Lord uſed | 


| 'ro Moſes, when hecomplained of hisrongue, that | 


| hewas notableto ſpeake, Send, ſayth he, by whom | Thecrearnres 


thow ſhouldeſt ſend, ({ayth the Lord) who made the FE TRE 


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ofallrheſe, though I have nocthe thingsin mee 
(the Lora hachnorongue, he hath no eye) yer 
i\ſayth herchou ſhalt find them all in me, Go7com- 
'torts him with this, wil! be with rhee;,when Moſes | GODS pre- 
'mighthaye madethis objection; though thou he | ence ſupplies 
wich me,yetlI thal want aronguero (peake, what | {hc Crearure, 
'willthar helpe Saith be, I, whomadcrhar, have a! = 
powerin megandif I be with thee,it ſhall beſuſfi-| 

cient. I will find or a way for thee, thar ſhall be 

as good as ifrhou had{tche moft 2loquent tonoue! 

aathe world . The famemayl fdyotall other ei 
'tortsia the world; who:maderhem 2 who-made | 
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$irthe | de worletheniris here? You ſee what varietiesof Þ 
Creature : 
were notin | ' comforts we now have here. When we cometo! 
| God, the ©| heaven,ſhall we havyeleſle varieries? No, we hal 
Sarnts1n hes 
ven ſhould be 

logſcrs. | none but God alone;we (hal have tellowſhip only' 


| ny man,to reveale himſelfe, and totake any man 


| thers & liſters, thatthouarrdeprived of in exile, 
oruponany ſuch occaſion, in povertieand di {-| 
erace?Is is nothe that madethem * What if the! 


; thee intobaniſhment, orcinto priſon, as he did 


' with 7oſeph 4 Wharif he will be withthee in dif. 


| Tsthere not enough in him, who is tull of all 
| | comfort? He can fillrhee with all yarictie by that 

| immediate communicating of himſelfe. | 
Beloved, what do you thinke heavenis? When! 


' hav emorezhow (hall we haveir? for we hal have 


, with him. Ifthere were not that varietie in him 

| that i is1A the creature,certainely,we ſhall be loo 

| ſers, the {ouic thall nor be filled, nor farisfied: 
| | Andthertore,fayth the Text :There /hall need ng 
Rev.21.23- | Swwne nor Moore : all thecreatures thatnowgive 
: us comtort ſhal beraken away, why* for the Lord 
| ſhall be Swnne & Moonehe thall beevery thing, he 
| hallbe all inal things. That is; Thou ſhalt Fade 

| them allcolleQedin hium;and do youthinke, that 

| the Zord ſhall bethns in heaven, and wilhe nothe 
; loro his ſervants upon earth *Itis certaine, wher- 


 ſoever he pleaſeth to comunicate himfelfe to a- 


ico tellowſhip with MT he pleaſe ro come! 
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| Lord will be withthee? What it he will goe with! Þ 


| grace: What if hewill be withthee in povertie?| 


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| 2 \rotheſouleofa man, to dwell with him to ſup | 
\| 2 | with him,as he hath promiſed ſo ro do and doth | 
-| {7 jchen whenallother comforts fayle, atchar time | 
e| | i Cod delighterth to come, thenthou ſhalt find ya- | 
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?| Þ | asinanadzquatec objeR. Thisisthe firſtthing T 
11! Þ | haveroſhew you that in your very communion | 
x þ | with him, you ſhall findeenough, when the Lord Plc aſares and 
| | doth this, when thouarr filled with the joy of EE. | 
n' Þ {rhe holy Ghoſt, whar will all be rothee: what do | Jen GOD 
1 Þ | youthinkeall che world wasto the Apoftles, if | filleth che 
ff Þ |ir ſhould have beene preſented to them, if one | 
0, Þ | ſhould have prefented them with a Kingdome, | 
; | withall chateverthe ſons of men could deviſe? E 
10: Þ | Doeyouthinkethey would have regarded them 
ly Þ | much? Surely,they would not, as they did' not 
mn. | regard the contrary. Impriſonment wasnothing 
> | Þ [&death was nothingto them; youtee with what 
d: Wh | facility they paſſedrhroughrthem.By the rule ot | 
no | cOntraries, outward happinefle had beene no- 
WW | thing: for he that grieves much tor any outward | 
rd | loffe, he would much rejoyce in the contrary | 
hel I | contentment: whenthe Apoſtles were thus filled 
de | with the joy of the holy Ghoft,* in regard of the | | 
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be! IF | other, if ir had beene preſented unto-them ; what | 

er i | was nowthejoy inthe holy Ghoſt 7 ir was but | 74.,.,.,q 
a [the Lord communicating himſelfe : They had of joy in per- 
an Þ | buttheLordalone,they werebut led into aneerer '©929% | 
ne fellowſhip with him :there was but a little crevis - 


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And this we would worke our hearts to, if we 
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| have my {oule filled wirh-comtortthus;yetthere 
| aremany neccfiities, many ules, thartl have of o- 
cher things. | 
Th. refore, I will goe yet further. -Docſt Ns 

| confider the Lord, what heis:2gocthrough all his 
| attributes, cond der hisalmighty power,confider 
| his great wiſedome, his counſell, and his under- | 
\f 'Randing ,conhder his great g ooodneſſe, and his 
[rruth, and kindneſſe, conſt der his patience, and 
| his long-ſuffering,&c. allthefeare thine. My Ze- 
| loved, Godis not knownein the world, we cont: 
 dernot aright what he faich, when he Girh, Emil 
| | be thy portion, 1 will be thy Goa; for ſohe ith, 1 
| r269l feife am my teloveds or my welbeloved is mine, 
| ' Nowto have the 1 ordhimſelte, is morethanifhe 

| ſhould givetheeall the Kin domes

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the uſe of it as farveandat | 


isthine, rodcliverthee whenthouarrt oppreſled, 
todetend thee in thine innocency,&to vindicare 


, oe throughthe reſt. Now conhder,what a 
n0nitis to have the Lord alone :1t chou hadſt _ 
thing but him,chou hadſt enough. When a wo. 
mam) marries wich a Tradeſman, orwihan Artiſt | Simue, 
that 15excellenrburin fome one -Art,or with one 
tharis excellentin learning and knowledge, thee 
iscontent,(irmay be)and thinkestt robe a great 
portion, as good as if ſheehad. many thouſands 
[with aim, ory fayth the, 'thists as good, i6 wall” 
'dring it in. Thinke thenif thou haſt the Zora a- 
[lonefor thy portion, if thou haſt nothing elle, * 
| thou haſt ſufficient. Thinkeof all theſe acres” 
& lay w tchin thine owne hearrallcheteare mine; ; 


| ave him al-ne? Burit frhis be notenough, [will 
LO ver further with thee, itthy heart ber not ſatis- 
tied withthis,ve econſider all things in the world. 
arerhine: for whatſoeverts the Lords. ts thine. | 

'Whena Viro1t, marries with 2 man that 1s rich, 

hee lookes uponall his poilefſions, and ſees ſo 
many thouſand theepe, ſo many faire houtes.,and. 


to much land, hee hath ſo much gold and fitver,/ 
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| 2nd; ſhe faith thus with her ſelfe;, now he is my || 
| husband, allthis is mine, I fhallhave my intereſt | 


 inthem, 1 ſhall bavethar thats fir for me. So, 
looke now uponthe Lord, confider when chou| 
' haft choſen him robe thy portion : though thou 
| | houldft becontenrro havehum atone, yerallthis | 
; comes together with him, itcannot be ſeparated! 
 fromhim, ſothar even then when thou art de- 
; prived of all, yer all is thine:he hath it ready for 
thee to beſtow on thee, as there is occaſion. 
Objects You willſay,theſcarc notions, theſe are hard 
 {thangsro beleeve, to ſee theſe really is another 
thing. | 
. Beloved, mill you betecve your ſenſes, I finde 
the Matter of |thofethingsthat are expoſed to the view of men, 
mil aha looke onnatureand fee what the Lord doth there 
world doc but compare a houfe-keeper on carth with 
;the Lord,and (ec whatthedifferenceis betweene 
| chem;conſider how many therearein this houtc 
ofthe Zord, of which he is Maſter, how many 
|rhere are atup-riſing & down. lying from day to 
| day. Conſider how he provides for them-all. In 
Fal.104. | pſal.204.2nd in1ob.38. you-ſee the holy Ghoſt 
” reaſon withthe ſonnes. of men, even after-this 
' manner; Why faith he,do you doube him? Why 
2re you not content to confecrate your ſelves 
to him, tobe ro himalone > Doe but fee how he 
deals with all thecreatures, inthe morning they 
| x1oW not whattodo, but they looke up nnto him? 


| 
( Heinſtancerh in che Raves, and other creatures, 


Þyal. F042 4 * he openeth his hand and giverh thens foods, he ſhuts 


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| bs hand and they periſh. Thatis, He teedes them | 

| & all. Confider rhe Treaſures in 104.33. Doeſt thou 923% 35+ | 
i /ſaith the Lord ) know the treaſnres of ſnew and. 

| | [| haile that T have hid? W hen there isa fnow all the | 

| | Land over,thinke whata greattreaſurethe Lord 

;| Fj hath, from whence ir comes: in the mightie b 

[| [8 hailesthat be, ſairh he ro 196, doſt thou know the 

treaſures of haile? When you ſee a mighty raine, | 


-| | faith he,whacanopen the voriles of heaven,and who | Vert. 37» 
[| cas ſbut them? Thatis; Conſider well, looke on ; 
| | | theſe outward things, and thinke who it is that RE 
| Veri.309, 


-| 8 doth this, when the earth u hot, and the clods knit 
| together, who ca open the earth? TFhele ſ{enfible 
| © | things ſhould lead us tofeethe Zordin his grear- EE 
| i nefſe; ſo faith he, who w the fatber of the raine,who | V5: 
' hath begotten the drops of the dew ? Againe,asin a 
(great houſe, there muſt be water to furniſh rhe | | 
 roomes; ſoſayth he, from his chambers he ſendeth vial. 104.10, 

| rings througheut the world, it the waters were all | 
'1n one place, ifir were all in one River, it one | 
;@annell, what woald become of mankinde ? 
| What would become of the beaſts * Bur, fayth | Gods workes 
| David, he ſendeth forth his ſprings t06Very mou. rs 

| taine,and every valley, thatthe Birds, and Beaſts,  usto ſee his 
and Mankinde might have water to refreſhthem : | grexcnedle. 
for otherwiſe (faith he) they would periſh. So 

againe, ſaythhe, who «it that enlightens the_ | P{al..10 4-2, | 
| earth ? Whewce comes the light ? and who arawes | 

| the Curtaines of the night * Apgaine, who is it! | 
{that maintaines all the creatures? The Lyon when 7 
he runs-out of his den inthe morning, he knowes f | 
| 20t where to bave his prey : and not hee _— 


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| 2*: providesfor all:ths 9fridze (106 39.) God hath Fi fl 
| Fakes underſtandins,( (ay. h he from her and [hee MF oi 


' wa yOURT Ones behind: h:r, and provides WM li 
{nor forrhem ; howcomssir -hentha: theygrow || re 
| rageian ſpecies is not extinzuith:d, bur con, ſj 41 

| tinues ? Sayth the Lord, T take care for them. Þ | 
' And fo the Hinde thatis in the Wilderneſle, as ſl tt 
; thee calues, thee bruſeth her young, and caſts yc 
' them forth, and there fhce leaves them, who 64 
 thould prov ide forthem 2 Is ic notT fayth che WW! 
E-- | Lord? 5c. Bur I will notenlarge my telte farther {\ cl 
| { 1arthis, becauſe I haſte ro that which remaines, mn 7 
| Onely this Uſe isto be made of ir, chac wheniW! tr 
: you looke upon the Univer{e:t90k2uponall the i! w 
| parts of it x :{eethe workes of Godin every kinde,: IM | 10 
| and {echo w he e provides for the Ravens; that WM! Ne 
Mach.s.:5. | have neither bs nes nor ſtore-bouſes ; (eehow hee | Þ: 
' clothes theearth thar/prmnes z0t,thatharh NO Jars! | Ca 
| ments made forir; ſee all chit he doch-in the 'al 
' worke ofnarure,and by this you may learneco iſ; & 
know God - by this you may know, whar he is, ith 
| how you may bewill content to have him alone ol 


; — for yourportion. to 
| Gvgevs |  Burthis willbe obje&ed; I butwe finde it 0-!} lat 
LE ' therwiſe,thoſethatare his children, are they not [to 
| , poore?arethey notforfaken manytimes? I Ye 
| «Ax/v. | I aniſwerinaword;lrtis true, while thechil-:I fc 
; The chileren | ren are underage, they enjov nothing i in com-| gl 


l.of God poore 


| 4nd forſaken, pariſonofchar inheritance, ie isprovided for) \th 
and wicked |rhem. Theſervanemany times lives ina farber-"þ iti 


Houriih | 
ks > > |ter condition, andeſcapes thar correction, and! if, $a 
| | that 

4 | 1 


A— 


a— _ tacks tows a ee Ee er eee ES — — T0 


4 _ ——_— — 


At ravibrents cr. 


: 


 thardifcipline and nurture, whichthe childe is: 


T/ ubjctro,and hc hath money in his purſe many | 


> UC ES - 3 Vs, 


|| and fo layth che Zord to ſfract, T could have ; \\fb;1 16 


 fi10ns, 
|; Deus. 2, £ 


| it was no difhcultthing rome, but 7 /ed yors fortic 


(| why ſhould you not be corentto have him alone 


| rimes. when thefonne hath none : he hath many” 


E cm——— wiichthechilde 1s deprived of, The 


reaton 1s, becauſe it is the rume of his nurture, | 


brought youinto the land of Caraarat the firſt: 


cars:to whatpurpole? Dent.$. that 1 m1ght teach. 


|| thee ({aith-he) that 7 might nurturethee, thatthou | 


' mighrſt learneto know me,8&ro know thy (elfe:- 
( that 7 m#ght humble you, that you mightlearnc by | | 

charto-feethe vanirie 2nd emprineſſe of thecrea- 
ture. SO the Zord deales with his children;bur yer 


for your portion? He hath all good for you, it is 
not ftorwarſotgood will cowards you, "that you | 
' have it nor, it1s notfor want of power, bur be. | 
| cauſe it 1s beſt for youro wantit: Theretore that 
'alſo 18 anſwered. thatrhe childremof God want, 
| & thoſe that arc his enemies have abundance. bur 
they are butland:flouds of comtorts,that make; 
great ſhew,S have ſome reality in them tocom- , 
fort for the preſent; but itis bur apond,itis bura 
land-floud, rhe ſpring ot comfort belongs onely ; 
the Saints, it may be, theirsare but little, bur 
yet they are ſpringing, they are renewed to chem 
from day ro day, they arcſuch ſprings as. make 
glad the heart of all the houthold of Ged;, And 
'therfore, what if Gods enemies haveabundance ? 
tis bur as ſimmer flowers, though they be ſet in 
; $awdic places, yer they: are bur ſlippery-places, 
though 


— EEE ts A Er ney AI es, 


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' Tn this lite 
Gods chil- 


dren ate nute.! 


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T hecomtorts 
ot Gods chils 


dren iprings 
Ng. E:4 


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Or Govs 


choughthey flourith foratime, itis but the flou- | 
riſhing of a greentree, thatlafteth not long, And } 
; therefore be nor miſtaken in that, though Goas | 
children want, anderhers have it, hischildren | 
haveitina better manner. Bur I willnor ftand 
upon this any longer. 811 
Uſe.3- | Ifthe Lordbe All ſufficient, then learne hence, ji! 
God | £Ohave

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of one thing to another ſhewes that 
thereisan Artthatdothir, which is the neon] : 
dence of God. Wie 
Beſides the conſtancy of rhings ; we fee, they) m 
goe their courſe. Thole things that comeby ac-| iſ 
cident, that come by chance, and not by provi.| th: 
dence, thcy tall our uncertainely,now one way, | jc 
and then another, bur, we fay,all the workes of| |, 74: 
nature goe ina certaine conſtant courlic. ET 


And laſtly ; Looke but upona houſe, or a fa-| ſh 42+ 


| ly bedifſolved ; there is not a Family, but it will 
be ſo: and therefore, there is aneed of govern-! 
ment alſo in the greae Familyof the world : and 

iftherebe agovernmentitmuſt needes bee by 
him : for by man it cannot be governed; for the 
preſcryation of cuery thingisin the ynitie of it 
and therefore, you ſee,any thing that is divided] 
that is the diſſolution of it,as whenthe ſoule is 
| di vided from the body,8 when the body is di- 
vided from it telfe : So, likewife,in a Family, or 
in a Common-wealth,when it 1s divided, looke! 
how farrc.itgoecs from vnutie, ſoneere it comes 
to periſhing,andrthe more peaceand ynrnie, che 
more ſaferie. Now,it there were not one guide!| 
| ofall theſe, it rhere ſhould be many guiders,ther| 
would bedifferent ſtreames,ther would be divers 
{ well-heads,and it there weredivers principles} 


chings,thar ſhould (werue this way,there word 


"—__ _——— 


SY ALL-SVFFICIENCY, 


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” py ———_— —— —  —— 
” 


I >c adivifion inthe nature ofthings, therewou!d 
| cot be a vnitie,and by conſequence;wwould be | 
” thedeſtruction ofthem, And therefore ofnece(e 


 fity, firſt rhere muſt be agovernment,or els how | 


| could the tamily ſtand 2and if therebe a goyern- þ 
| ment, 1t muſt nlot

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aſcribed to him, and hence ir is that 
| the Zord viually, inthe dif penli ing and admit 
DE _ wa 5] ſiringofcontingent things, he turnes things, t1 
| copaſl byce. * FBCT by accidental cauſes,by caſual chings, chet 
ſuallchinzs, , by thoſe cauſes that haue influence into tazir 
| effects : becauſe his owne hand is moft feecne in 

, Ithegets thegreareſt glory by ir, when heturna 
greateſt matters by a ſinall accident, as we tur 

; a great ſhip by a little Rudder,rherein his powd 

| -and his glory is ſeene* And therfore If! ty whel 
- you ſee fucha vanity and enaptines in the CY 
tures, labour to ſee the more tulneſſe in-God! 


! tha 


—_— - , = P—_ —— — ——_ Tm ns 


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ALL-SVEBFICHESNCY, 363 | 


het be fucha mutabtiliriey fortran inftabilitie, 

Sin che Creature, looke ypon his: immurabilirie: 

and h1s eternity,and labour to bepartakers of, | | 

When youlcetuch aninftabilitic inthecreature | | | 
| 


obring its 2merprizes ta paſſe, labour ro ſee his | 
almighty providence,and to beperiwaded of it, 
othink wuh.rhy ſ{elfe there 1s not the leaſtthinge- | 
without this providence, thercis nor:the” feaft 
Creature rhat makes a motionrhis wayii orthar ' 
way,butasitjs guided and diretedbyhin,” | 

[ would willingly adde oneword' concerning | 71yz50f om 
! = => a ky "M0 | - clieie of 
thetryall,now we aaueſayd fo much ofthe A7- G44 alu 
af ficlencae,, oft Gog,'and of the emprincfſe of the F-nce. 
Crcature:Allthe queſtioms no, howfarre we | 


——C I ew 
, 


"BIT jr be why /er ceagremererartiny; 249 

he fecart,andaske himiette thneſequeſtionsg*? © * {| | 
I: Firlt,zf a mag beleeuethar Ad-ſufrcienciethar FH 
15 13 G04, why doth; he terminate his affeions | Sari 


the Creature?It there, he nothsng'imn the Crea | afcRionsin | 
ure, bur emprineſic, why doyorloue che: Crea- | God or the | 
ure? why. do you. icarethe Creature? Why do | Tau: 
you r:loyccinthe Creature immediately as you | 
0? Z*/oved,it there be nothing inthe Creature, | 
du:al be in him,we theuld ſeerhrough rhe crea- | 
Wurc,we ſhould looke beyond. Itis that which 
Slaid of Shiſack, 2 Chron.12.he wasbutthe vial + Chron. r2, 
brough which Gods wrath was poured ypon | 
ſracl,fo it was true of Cyras, he was butthe vial | 
rough which Gods goodneffe was poured vp- | 
dn iſrael. If you d d looke vponevery man, vp- | 
dn every fricad.and cvcry, enemie, ypon every. ; 
Icaxure,as an iaitrument of good or hurt ro ——— 
| you 


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Looking to 
God,mwill 
make vs quiet ' 
ininjurics 
from men- 


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tt Ar Io ore 


| hand: And therfore he was readie to fly vp6 hit 


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Or Govs 


you;asanemptiei«/inirſelfe, throngh which 
God paures either his goodnesand mercy,or elſe WM

~117 words

not to truſt in them, yot to thinke' I 
your ſelues ſateinthem :for they are but all, IM *© 
throuzh which God poures his mercy,and good. fe 
neſſe towards you, I 
Conſider whether you be able to do this 
Looke on Devid ,when Nabal ſent him a rougiW ©? 
anſwer,anuntoward anſwer, hewas exceedingly M's 
moued at it. When Shemei did the ſame; yea and 
to his face ina farre greater meaſure, he was no! 
moved, what was the reaſon of ir, bur becauf! 
when helooked to Nabal, he forgat God, heſis] 
not God ſetting Nabal a-worketo giue fuch an 
anſwer, he looked not to Nabal as a vill, bit 
asif he had beene the principall in the ation i 


with impatience(as you know how angry hews 
with him) but when Sheavez did curſe him, he 


| had reaſon,(Che chought) to be quier, and not 
| che other caſe :becauſe he looked on Shemet 18 
aviall : cod({aith he) hath bid him doe it, an 
therefore he goeth ro God, and not to Shems 
[f thou doc beleeue this A# ſufficiencie in Cugh'*0l 
and this emprineſle. in the Creature, why 1 
younotablc ro do this, not to-loue the Cra 
| ure, nor to terminate, I ſay, your — 1 

the 


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FOE Fa 


ALL-SYFFEICIENCY. 


W/menin the orkd; fof indeede you would nfs | 
| lem

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you did not uſe them jif you did ſee | 
{ anemprineſſe in them, and a fulnciſe and Alt. 
| (ufficrency 1n God, 

WW Sccondly; ifwe doe beleeye there is an PA 
ſuffictencie,in God, why doe we go ou from him, 
totakein preſent commocities, toavoyde pre- 
MW {ent dangers: ? Why dowe not ſerve him with 


£ isno matter what thou looſeſt, thou haſt e- 
nough, ifthou haſt him. You may ſee itin paxt| 
(torcſembleirto you, to ſhew you what I would 
baveſayd faith he, wee ſerve the li21ng God, we 
take much paines in our Miniftery, we {iffer | 
much, buthavenothing bur impritonment, no- 
thing bur faſtings, and whippings, and ſtonings; | 
and why do we it 2 for we truſtin the living Ged. | 
and werhinke him to be A//-ſufficient: when he, 
fayth, we truſt in htm, that is implyed. ! : ay, now | 
boketo thy (elfe, art thou able to {ſerve him, 
rithout looking to preſent commodgitie? Art| 
tuabletodo 3 as the Diſciples did, when they. 
wre ſencemprie,and yet were willingto do rhe 
xFvorke, and were content to haye no wages gt- | 
nd renchem ,becauſcthey truſted in God, 8& thought 
be was ſufficient? Youlſee,our Saviour par them | 
pon ir; 1t is true, they lacked nothing, but” yet 
hat was the ryall. Hoſes whenhe might have | 
id preſent commoditie, he left all, he letr the | 


ourt of Pharaoh,heletr Exypt and went emprie 
away, 


(a hem, but Cre» 00 1d a6 though you Sata al 
wo, Thatis 5 All things in the world, atl the | 


che loſſe of all theſe? For if he be 42 ſufficient, | 


It we leaye 
ham for pre- 
fear commo+ | 


dine, 


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OR IONS 


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F— ANTIIENG VENEERS 


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wages,preſent comforts, and commodities, and 


way, hee did not turne aſide®to theſe preſent 'F 
Commodities, why ? becauſe heethought the 
\ Lord was All-ſufficient. And ſo Abraham, he lf; 
| his Fathers houſe, andcame into a Land, wher:Þþ ; Fri 
| he had nota foor; becauſe he thought God wa 
 All-(uff, cient; God (peakes to him, upon thar oc-if 
, cation. feave not Avraham, thou art ina ſtrangf 
What ma kes | | Countrey, where thow haſtno body to provid 
peta for thee, yet / will be All-ſufficient. Thoſe tha 
are hardſup | 

inthe world. | wandered up 4:4 downe in ſheepes-skinues, axd in 
Goats-Skins; no queſtion, they might have hat WMrh, 
_ | outward comforts as wel 25 0: hers, if they would W:- 
have rooke that courſe thar others did, but they Mb, 
were willing to leave all preſent commodities: ſy, 
'becauſerhey truſted in God, that he was A!!-(v7-Mrhe 

\fictems. They ſuffered (ſaith che Apoſtle Hes. 1t.) 
| he ſpoyling of their goods, they loſt all, and war 
; dered up, and downe, and had nothing but dt; 
'tolyein, in ſtead of houſes, and foeeper-ckinwn, ker, 
in ſtead of clothes, This they did, becauſe __ 
thoughthim ro be A. /ufficient. Conſider wh 
| | |rher thou beable to doe this to let goe prof me: 


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nottoturne aſtdetothem : for,if God be All. ſuf: 
fierent, what neede is there of them ? If ther hor 
|beenoughin him, why thould you ſtep our t9Myin 
them #7 Drin: 
3 | Moreover, if God be AY. ſufficient, vW ny dot ind] 
Whether we ' We {tick 10 muchupon particular meanecs,t9 {af 


looke much | {f{{;ch meanes be not uſed, I thall be undone? Þ tran 
to particular 


mMcanes, hee be A!-ſufficiem, itisno matter what re 
, meanes be,heis ablcro Dring ir to paſle, Ic15 " 


ee 


anne "W—_ — ye I ER II Ine nn renee Ia en — 


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21 wichmentofay,if fucharhing fayleme,Iam | 
Fundone, & if fuch an evillbenor removed. What 
Waretheſe bur particulars ? this ſticking upon pars- | 
Fticularsisa ſfigne we think him not 4/1-ſufficient. 
$:/a.50.10. Scewhat an expreſſion there is for | 1i1y, $0.10, 
matter of meancs, He that walkes in darkneſſe, & | 
4 /ees 10 117 ht let biz truſt 114 the Lord God he that 
I walks in darkneſle, and hath no light, yer, if God 
I be 41. ſaffictexnt purthe caſe, there be no meanes 
"Waall,put the caſe,chere be utter emprineſle, thar 
Ufthere be not a ſparke of lighr, bur that thou. 
OM walkeft in darkeneſſe, and eeft nothing to helpe| 
\ Wehee,if he be LL aficient

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ſin be there, yet the hearc {till caſts 

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vcd Eoutof irſelfe,jr refiſtsir,and reies it,and pu- 
F 'iticth and cleanſerh ir ſelfe from it,thisproperly 
152 pure hearr: As in other things, you ſay athing 
$pure,when iris ſolid, and cleare and vamixed,| 
toughir may haue ſome drofſe, and ſome mud 


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cleaving to ir,youlſay,itis pure gold when it is 
//\digged our of the mineral, though therbe much! 
| drofſe inir,and we fay, itisa pure ayre, rhough! 
foracime, therebe many foggesand miſts, and 
L adventirious vapours mthin tt. So, we fay, it is 
pure water,though therbe many inundationsof| 
| , | mud caſt into ir,orthar come from the ſprin2,or' 
| C hannellfrom whenceit runnes.S0a man may, 
be ſaid ro hauea pure heart,that is,aperfet? heart 
thoughther be an adhefts of much droffe, many 
evil thoughtsthat cleanero him, yer, I fay chey 
mingle not with him,tharis,Be/eveg,itis certain 
thatthe holieſt men hauea fountaine of original 
corruptionin them, and from this founraine fins 
Apure heart | apifecontinually, as the ſcumme inthe por, bur 
caſts out bn, | yer, iftheliquot be pure and 200d;fFir be right 
NN Crunrne ight h hatfoever rhe liquor is 
dath ſcurame | WINE Or rip c ONy, W VY qu 
rhoughtheſcummeariſe,ſtill it purifieth ir ſelfe, 
| &cafts tout: this isthe propertie of a pure hear; 
with theimparc

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it is quite contrary, the ſcamme| 
ariſcth asin the other, bur ir is ſoddenin, it is! 
mingled & confounded with ir, thereis nor ſuch! 


| > 
| aſegregating, ſuch acleanfing diſpoſition in it, 
butttiereisa mixing of them rogetherthis ſimi 1 
licude you ſhall find Ezet.24.12. whence I take] f 

Exe. 24-12- | ir,/Þee wearied ber ſelfe with lyes ere. Andher greatly 
ſ[cumme went not out of her. Thereisa {1mill-M{ 

rude going before ofa boyling pot, into wiichMY; 

| much fleſh was pur, to which hee compares their 

| children of 7/7ae/ of that time, bur this is checonM 

| clulton that God makes, her great ſcumme wifi, 
aot out of her;Asithe ſhould fay, icisvery true, MM: 


c 


CITY *— 


RO OT ee 
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| theholieſt men havethcir ſcummecriſingintheir 
| | hearts,as well as the wickedeſt men, bur. faithrhe 
 \Prophet, here is the difference, her great ſcumme 
| went 20t ont of her : That is rhoughit aroſe, and 
might have beene'caſt our, ir wasnot ſo, but was| 
ſodden in,and mingled together. And therfore | 
"faith he, her [crum ſhall be conſumed with fire. That 
'W is, G04 wil deale with her as we do with pottage 
whenthe ſcum is ſoddeninto them, we caſt them 
inthe fire,and the reaſonis given in the words 
following :for 1 would have parged thee ,out thou 
wouldſt not be purged therefore thou ſhalt not beeL 
purged frothy filthines #ill I haue cauſed my wrath | 
1 light vponthee - Asit hethonld fay, I put my 
Wordrorhee.whichis asfireT vicd ſuch ordi- 
nances, and meanes,I withheld none ofthem, 
and with thoſe I would haue purged thee not 
dytheinward purifing worke of the ſpirit: for 
that could nor efficaciouſly bereſiſted : but I | 
[would havepurged thee, that is, my Word is 4s 

fre -It is a ſegregating thing, that differenceth, 
and purs a ſeperation berweenthe ſcum,and the | 


Uquor, as that indeed was the end of the Pro- 
© picts,to ſeperate the precious from the vile. Now | 
faith the Lord, when theſe meanes were vſcd. | 
ca when thou hadſtthe Prophets that would have 
ſeperated the precious from the vile,in thy hart | 
[Swell asto docitin the companies of men:See- | 
| 


ling this had no ftuirnor effe@ vpon thee, bue ſtil 

thy ſcum, & filthines continued in thee and thou 

aſt not purged :therefore,I will deſtroy thee, 

ou ſhalt never be purged, but my wrath ſhall | 
| S lighr 


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Ee — 
—_— — ——_— = ie ro onerous os ED a en nan 


| EO. lizhr on thee:So my Beloved it © notthe having 

Sith {Mpurittes 1n the hearr,rhat makes the ! heartim.' 

the heart h3 yortect, (that is the con cluiton I growto)butir 

| mpHhonit” 'isthe fuffering ofthem to be m_ ed,even with 

| the abſng the inward frame of the h-art 

SS |} {Thus yon ſhall find, if you would know the 

| |truc ciftcrenc? berweene apureand perfect, and 

| 'animpure and ynperfect heart,ir ſtands onely in 

| this : he that hath a pure heart, there is in him 1 

clenſing and purifying,aſcgregaring difpoition 

that caſts out what ſoeverevill comes,though it 

| \be continually riftng, yet fill hee caſts it our 

'though he be {till fillinginto ſome linne, yer ſti 

f nels repentine,though maty ttmes he be mired 

yer ſtill he waſheth himſelfe againe, he cannor: 
endure it, he do:h nor asthe {wine deli2 hr ini; 

| butheh: ith another,a contrary diſpoſition, he 

' ſtill cteanſech himſelfe from it: Thar I rakerohe 

Mat.ro. the meaningotrthar, Mar.15.whcereitis ſaid, Thi 

| | ; which comes from within the man,as adultery, fits 

WT? ation CFC they defile the mn, Tre means 9 T5 

this, when {1n riſeth ina man from day rod oy if 

-he cheriſh fin, .and entertaineic,and ſutfer tines! 

\ zo dwetlandabide tn his heart ener Iv, Nick 

Hao them to be fodds >N 1N, a5 

ir werejnow they defile the heart: Bur if finnest 

| riſe inthe heart,and he cominually reſiſt them: 

' he continually caſt rhem forth, he continually 

| cleanſe th,and purifierh himſelte from them,ſuch 

a Mantis not deftled with them :nor is his mind: 

deflcd.,nor his conſcience defiled:bur not with- 

| {414108 this continual Ebwlitton ofevils (the 


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| Pn heart.thatis anotherexpreſſion of this per- | 
| fences. Nowathing is {aidto be lound,( isan! 


no: rotren at the core, though there be many 
| ſpecksin it :anda Ship is ſaid ro be ſound, when | 


other flv and detes: Anda veſſell is ſaid to 
[Though a man be ſubjetco many tfaylings, yer 


— at heart is)who doth admit a conſtant | 
neglect ofany dutie,or an' ordinary commiſſion | | 


'te;,verhad rather die ten omit a known durtic. 
or to be ina knowne fin Ifay, this man, though | 


VernrioenTtNEs. | 


| 222 
| [mayſocallir )heisa man ofa pure heart. and | 
with God and this,I fay,is one of che exprefions| 
ly any 5b | 
ad ſolikewile /ou>dres,whena man is ſound | <..LES. 


Apple you know.is {ayd ro be found when it is td 


i hat. 


there is no leakein it,though it may haue ſome | 


befound, when thereis no clifc in the bottom, 
though it may be otherwiſe bruiſed & battered | 
yer, youlay,icis afound Ueſlcil)I fay,foitis in 
chiscaſe, whenthe bottom of che heart, _ 
inward frame of the heat is righe and ſound : 
| 


this aperte& man, and he hath a ſound heart 
Pp on the other fide Fake a man, my BSe- 


oved, (that we may ſhew you what "this roc- \ 


| Vaan 
hearted, who, 


ofan 7 linne,{uch a man may properly beſaidto 
haue a leakein the bottom of the heart, to bee! 


roten-heartcd, to bee vnſound ar the botrom ;. 
Buta man,chart, though he be ſubje@ co infirmi- 


| 
nc hay? many infirmirics, yet he hath a ſound. 
jeare: And che reafon of it is this, becauſe fucha 
M1 a;chough he haue ſoine weaknes fometick-. 
Þ 


Ne, and infirmurie | hanging ypanhim,yct hee | 
will 


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ous 


| A | Or Mans 


(cls will weare our his ſicknefle,and diſtemper, as 
itit ſaid,rfthe infid: beclranetheourtide will fol. 
| Hypocnbe low: And that is true one the other fide,ler the 
| commonly inſide te rotten,though there be a faire &a 20! 
Gſcovernk. den outfide,as in an Apoſtle ofttimes, har faire. 
[nes doth not continue long, but rottennefſe wil 
noſſellethe outfidealfo: That weſte often in ex 
/perience,8& you ſhall 7eldome fee ir otherwite:] 
'thinkethere is icarce ancxample of ig but thatan. 
hypocrit,a man of an vnſound hezS.thougt he 
| may carry a faire thew long, yet inthe end,cyen 
[the outfide ſhall berooke away, thar ſhall yaniſh 
{1{o, and rocttennefſe ſhall ſeize upon ir:for thatis 
rhe nature of things, thar are unſound, they ſtay! 
| _ [notthereburthey puttifie, and corrupt more& 
| more:Sorhar, you ſeethroughouttheScripture| 


i 


ſtill thoſe that were of imperfect hearr: that is. 


| that had unſound hearts, they were diſcovercd' 
| | before their death: as Amaxtah was, he held out 
long,and1ſo was 7e4jh,and divers others : Itisa 
- rule, I thinke, that ſeldome failes : becauſe Gu! 
hath ſaid, he will curſe the name of the wicked, and. | 
zt (hal yoe, Now excepttheir hypocrif! y ſhouldbe - 
r diſcovered intime, and thar their ourfide, were |; 
| removed;and madeas rotten as the inſide, how 
i thould his name rot? So much ſhall ſerue for this: 2 
© | firſt expreſſion, that itis expreſſed by pureneſſe}| © 
land ſownareſſe. | |b 
| | | Secondly: you ſhall hane ic expreſſed by jim 
| Simplicvie. | pljcitie,and finglenes of heart: he, whoſe hearris | © 
perfect before God, heisfaid, Mat,6.tohaue aſengit | _ 
| Wi = 


nat Ao 


Un TELE 2" TIE f OII 0 A PII I SD ICI AAP 


—__ —— 
— 


| Jouble minded man, COMTary to which is da\zg* 
'2nanthat hath a ſ1mple heart, a heart without: 
| guile,and finzlebearr. Now,ifwecan finde our 
| what this inglenefle of heart is,this finglenes of 
eye,and of heart, you will find our chis perfeRi- 
0n,thatis here ſpoken of, Walke before me,and be 
thou perfect, Now afingle heart is {o called from 
the finglencfſeof the object, thar is aſing/e oye 
[that lookes butypon one objeR, 8: that is a:fin- 
gleheart thar lookes but vpgn on

~4,494 words

way,by his good will hee would be doin 
nothingelſe: Ifay, thus hee ſerves the Lor 
with all bis might, and that is anargumenthe | 
hath a ſincere and upright heart. You havea 


V prIGHTNES. 


common ſaying, when a man doth a thing ex- | 


 ceeding diligently, hee doth itfor his life: Now | 


\aman whoſe heart 1s uprighr, his opinion. is 
changed of his ownehappineſſe, of his life and | 


aterie: Whereas, before, hee conceived it re 


ly coaſiſts inthe favour of God,in pleafing him, 
|andin enjoying ob» him; And therefore when | 
'keereckons his lifets conſiſt therein, hee doth | 
exceeding diligently whatſoever worke tends 
iro him, andto his glory. This is the third ef- 
fe thatariſeth fram finceriric, and perfection of 
[heart. 

A fourtheffeQisthis;a Man whole heart is 


'grace to havcirs perfe& worke: Thats a figne 


the heartis ſound. andenrtire, and perfect, when 
thegraces of Godare not reſtrained, when they | 
tr not dammed and barred up, batareſuffered 
[to haue their perfe& worke: as it is ſaid of Pa- 
ence, youſhall ſce that expreflion, /aw.rx. Let 
\ Patience have her perfect warke. Rejoyce ( ſaith the. 
Apoſtle there) bak you fall into troubles of divers 

| ſorts zejoyce, knowing that the trying of yoar Eaith 
brings forth Patience, and let Patience have ber 


perfect worke that you may bee perfect and entire, | 
| & 2 | 


Neg in other things, now he knowes it whol- | 


cntire and upright, and perfeRt with.Gog, you hathics per- 
ſhall finde him thus diſpoſed, hee ſuffers eyery 8 works. 


Iam. 1.2, 3+4 


WABLING 
DE OS OIBINEY EIT __ 


299 


4. EffeR. 
Every Grace 


t.Paticnce., 


| 


EEE CEER 


260 - | Or Mans 


wanting nothing, Where you ſee, that this is| 
| put downe, as an effe& thar ariſech trom per-| 
| fenefle and integritic of hearr, when Wweſuf. 
 ferthe graces of Geg, (as patiencein particular) 
' tO have their perfe& worke. Now patienceis| 
\ faidto haveirsperfect worke, when itendures, 
| all kindes of cryalls, for that is the ſcope 6F the! 
; Apoſtle z Rejoyce ( faiththe Apoſtle) when you! 
fall into rrialrof divers ſorts + That is, tryalsthat! 
| eOncerneyouin foule,and body,innatme,and in 
5-37 <nere | ſtate, tryals ofevery ſort, and every kinde: If 
what, ; Patience be perfect, ( andir will be perfe&, -ifit | 
be in thearrthat is perfeR;and entire, it will; I} |! 
have a perfect worke ) it will make ns ftayno| I |' 
| where: So that patience hath then its perfed [8 

worke, when it will ſuffer any thing beit'l 
.death, be it diſgrace, beit impriſonment, or 
| poverrtie, beitlofſe| of friends, be it what it will |. 
| be, afflitions ofany kinde: Name all ſorrs of| | |* 
| An unſound | rroublechat you candevile, if Patience have a| |? 
{| inſome rrials | perfect worke, it will-beare all of them. When; |** 
| the heart is ſound, then this Grace or any! 
| other hath a'perfe&t worke: Therefore you! 
fee, men whole hearts are nor ſound, Nature 
will make aſtand\/ſemewhere: A man perhaps|ſ 5* 
will beare. many chings-for Religion, buritit |] >! 


| come re dearh, there hee ſhrinkes: Amanwilllſſ 
| endure much, burtifitcometo diſgrace, to dil-Þ * 
_— credit, to: loſſe of reputation, there patience | 9 
| bach nor a.perfe@ worke:- And therefore he ſl , - 
| Saves: over. As Patience its perfe& | work* = 


; is ſeene in ſuffering, ſo- likewiſe it is fence '0 
ER, | doin? 


_— —_ 


dh. -——a——_— 


| V yrrI GH TNES. | 301 
doing. Soyou ſec that expreſſion, Hebx.123. 1. 
| Secing we have ſuch a cloud of witneſſes, (ſaiththe 
| Apoſtle ) let a ranne the race with patience that ic 
ſer before w, The meaning of it is this; If Pa- 
tience have a perfect worke, 1t will carry you | | 
[through che whole race to. the journeys end; | 
(but if otherwiſe, a Man will runnefo farre,or ſo | 
fares But when hee meetswith ſucha rub,with 
ſ:cha barre by the way, there hee will make | 
'a ſtand, when he comes to thicke way, or to | 
'thorny way, or ro rough way, there hee will | 
[notrunne ;. And why 2 Becauſe parience harh | 
nota perfe&t worke. Therefore, ſaich he, runne | | 
| with patience the race that 1s ſet before you. | 
| So, a Mans heart is then entire, . when every 
\grace, (I inſtance nowin this ) hath hisperfe& ' 
worke. 
If you objed ; But you ſee ſometimes Pa- | 96;eF. 
© fience, even in the beſt ofthe Saints, hath not | 
| [2 perfect worke, but is ſometimes inter- | | 
Wl {rupted; You ſee it was fo in 19 ; though | 
'M hee were a Man of an upright heart, ( God | 
'W beares that witneſſe to him, hee was a juſt. | 
i Man, one that feared God ) and likewiſethis | 
s 'grace was perfect in him, ( as that witneſle is | 
given him,James.5.11.7 0% know the patience of | ; 
110 79) yernorwirhſtanding this, it ſeemed ro be. 
nl TE it ſeemed not to haye its perfect | | 
MM worke. 
o \ To this anſwer: Thatir did not riſe from ar 
kf fe hollownefſe of his hearr, or the imper- inche Saines | 
nl {etion ofthe grace, bur it ariſeth, many times 8775 riterh : 


Z 4 fr OMme oundneſle, 


ren een eo—_ ———  — — 


Heb.1i3,1. 


Oo oo. odor tro ou 
PRnS —— — — ————— 


NIL ABLE I Is TY EY IIS GS Bo Bong he en OD ——_— 


IE 


f f 


| Simles 


irs pertet 
wWoOrke. 


7» 8.9. 


4  _:.Or Mans 


| 
| ears yet ſome impedimentrheremay be, 


|. 2, Faith hath 


- Inflarcer. 
Es Chron, 2 $ 


4 


{ 


from ſome ocherimpediment, ſome orher acci 
dent, from ſomediſtemper that may ariſe inthe 
Soulc,thar ſometimes may hinder even a per- 
fetgracc from having a perfet worke; as you 
ſee inthe workes of nature, there may be a pet- 
fe Spring and yerfometimesit may be hindred 
fromrunning,by fome outward impediment, it 
may ſome way or other be damimed up: So it 
may be aperfet Drug, fic and apr enough to| 


that hinderit, and choakeir,and dead the vertuc| I | 
: Of it foratime, butir is burfora fic, ordinari-| I | 
ly, and in ordinary courſe,every grace willhave| | |: 
irs perfeRtworke. 72s 

And asIiay of Patience, ſo likewiſe youſce,| | || 
in allother Graces, (to give you another in-||il /* 
ſtance, the ſame the Apoſtle gives there of faith)| Il |* 
Faith, when itariſeth, when it dwels ina hear |1 
\ thatisentire, that is perfeR, it hath a perfeR| Il (4 
worke: Whenirt is otherwiſe, it workes but im-| I [4 
perfectly, and butby halfes,I willgive you an; | 1 
experiment of it ; | You ſhall ſee two notable ex. * 
amples of it, onein _Amazieb, 2 Chroexic. 15. |!" 
You ſhall finde there what worke Faith had in iw 
|him:Youſee inthe 8.9.10. Verſes, _1maziab 6 
was.to goe to-warre againftthe Edemites, he hy-| |< 
redone hundred.thouſand of 1ſraet, which was] 
| halfe his. Army, to goeand affiſt himin battle: ||| 
therecomes a Prophet from the Lord, andtells| br 
[him mezic know this'the Zovd is nor with i 
| Iſrael, and therefore ſeparate theſe men, and| : 
' 


| 


{endthem home, ifthoudoenor; thou ſhalt fall 
| before 


| *——_ 


VrrxIiGHTNWES. 310} | 


before the enemy : For inthe Zordthere is po- | 
| [wer to h-Ipe, or to caſt downez CAHmaziah yen may do 
| |belecyed rhe Prophet: So that you fee, Faith mnuch,and | | 

had a grcart worke in him ; Bur, faith hee. I am ripe | 
not ablc tohyre any more. That isno marter, | | 
(ſaid the Prophet ) go with thoſe thou haſt; | 
land hee was content to doe ſo.. hee went on | 
to the Battle; And in the next Verſe, hee | 
was encouraged to goe on: It was a great 
worke of Faith, ro ſend backe halfehis Army, 
androgoconſo muchencouraged notwithſtan- | 
ding, yetafter in the fame Chapter, you ſhall 
find. though Faith went thus farrein him, and | 
carried him through {ſo difficult a caſe, yer it | 
had nor its perte& worke: For immediately. 
latter hee had overcome the Zdomarzes,he ferup | 
their Gods, and a as wn comes .and tells ſ 
him, CAmaziah, art thou fo fooliſh, to ſer up | 
the GODS of the Edomites, that were wot 
* able to deliver their owne people ? Saith the| yerſ: 16. 
in. | Text, Hee wonld not hearken to the Prophet, 
v. \l nt bade hims ceaſe, and the Prophet ceaſed. So | 


5. you ſee Faith had a worke in him, anda great 
n\ ll {(worke, but herein hee had an unfound hearr, 
x it is faid,|Verſe z. Hee walked before the 
LORD, in the way of his Fithers, bar | 
not with a perfect heart, And you ſhall finde 
this very” ſtory, that I have now named, 
brought in as an evidence . that his heart 


:h (Was not found, that his Faith had not a 
and (erfteRt worke : So farre his Faith went, thus 
fall heedid by vertue of thar Faith that he had, 
fore (____ | bur 


a "> EET 
b 


TER ALY a4 Pr ——— : 


204 


2 Chron. 1 1. 


can 2,334» 


Wicked men 
may follow 
God for a 
ume. 


Ram 4.19. 


_ _ Or Mans 
but a perte& worke his Faith had not. Another 
exampleis in Rehohoam, 2 Chronic.11. When 


the Kingdome was divided, and givento erg. 
boam,and the tenne Tribes had made thar de. 


| fetion from Rehobaam, hee gathered together 


| 78e up to fight againſt your brethren, returne every 


| Welee the contrary in Abraham, Rom. 419-1 


—— 


ninefcore thouſand | fighting men, to goe up a. 


| of Indah,and ro 44 Iſratl, and Indih, and Benja- 


| min, ſaying : Thus ſaiththe LO R D,Tos ſhallnn 


| cAan te hu honſe : For this things is done by mee, 
| They obeyed therefore the ward of the Lord, and 
returned from going againſt Ieroboam. Youſee 
|hereavery great worke of Faith, that cauſed 
| him ro giveover, to fir downe, to be contentto} 
loſe ſa great apart of his Kinzdome, andto 
(lookeno more after it: That, when heehadan| 
Army ready of valiant men, yethe was con 
| tent to fit downe, though he were a Man that 


. | was not ſound-hearted, yer Faith had thus farre 


[a worke inhim: And nor onely for this time, 


{ bur for three yeares after hee cleaved to the! 


' Lord, and ſerved him in all things: And yet 
{or all this, it had not its perfect worke,itcar- 
| ried hin not thorow: For afterwards hee de- 
; Parted from the Lord, This is a figne of an: 
| unſound heart, when Faith ſhall goe fo farre, 
; when it ſhall enablea man to doe many things, 
; and yer forall this, it hath notirs perte& works. 


whel| 


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"'W 


| gainſt 7/7ae/ - Bur, ſairhthe Texr, The ward of 
1] HR bo 
\the Lord came to Shemaiah, a man of God, ſaying | 
' Speaketo Rehoboam, the ſonne of” Salomon, Kinr 


| when he was purtoir, when God had made him | 
[apromiſe, rhat he ſhould bethe Father of many. 


VrniGHTNES. 


{ 
| 
| 

wes ' 
| 


the Faith The meaningis, he was not unſound, | 
but wasperfectinthe Faith. Whar did hee doe? | 
How did'that appcare ? Saith hee, he wenr 


{thorow, when the Lord came with ſucha pro- | 


mile, hee conſidered not his owne body, that was 
dead ; ( tor hee wasan hundred yeares old ) zor 
hee confidered not the deadneſſe of Sarahs wombe : | 
but ( faith he ) he beleeved that hee was able that | 
had promiſed. This 1s given as an evidence of the : 
truthof his- Faith z he made nor a ftand inſuch | 
a4ifficult caſe: For he wagnotunſound; bur hee | 
wasperfe&inthe Faith. So likewife, when he | 


of his Faith was ſcene. And by this you may | 
know whether your hearts be right, if youſut-| 
'ferevery graceto haveits perfet worke, whien 
your Faith doth not pricke and chooſe, and take 
\here a promiſe,and leave there another ; Here 
to beleevethreatning, another nor to belceve ; | 
'Here totake hold ona Commandement;ro be- 
'leeve rhatthis is the will of Ged, in another cate 
notto beleeye: For ſadoing is a figne ofan un- 
found hearr, 

| If you objeR, but faith many timeNShath not 
{aperfe worke in the Saints,as Aoſes at the 
[waters af ſtrife, ſriththe Text, hee fayled throngh 
wnbeleefe : And againe, David, when he. fled 


trom Sal ro Ach, wee ſee his Faith therehad 


"A perfetworke: So likewiſe Peer, when 


the 


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| 


cameto offer his ſonne; herein the perfetion || 


Chufing 1n 
Gods wacs, 
2A 10te of uN- 
ſoundneltes 


Lad 


= , IIs” ae 4 


| 


* » Anſ} WP. 
The grace 
may be inter- 
rupt,how., 


Sumle, 


| 
| 


= ; 


the waves begeanne to ariſe, to ſwell, and he 
beganne to finke, his Faith had not a perte& 
worke. | 
To this Ianſwer,|that Faich may have a per.| 
| fe worke, thatts, there may be an aptneſlc-in 


= \ 


it, that ordinarily it goes through the worke;| I | 
though by ſome accident, ir may be hindred:| I | 
for/ marke the Faith of thoſe ) we ſee David, KY | 
though hee failed at this time, yetat othertimes| I | 
hee did not; No more did <4foſes nor Peter} i |* 
whichis an argument thatir roſe not fromun.| I * 
ſoundnefſe, from hollowneſle of the grace, or! Wl © 
of their hearts, bur from ſome interveniallim- 
pediment, ſome pafſign; As itwasa paſſton in bs 
Moſes, hee was difterFered :and ſoit was a feare 

a miſt that was caſt before the eyes of Peter ad i & 
thattime. Now you know a man may _ 8 
ro have aperfe@ eye, and yer, for all that,ina © 
miſt he may notbe able to ſee asat other times; I | 
anda manmzy be faid to have a perfect hand, 
and yet afir of a Palfie may makeitſhake,and 'm: 
| makeir unfir forany thing: Soa man may hare) M| th: 
a perfe@ taſte, able to diſtinguiſh one thing 

| from another, yer when hee is in an Ague,in a 
ſucha fir hee takes things amiſſe,rhiagsthar arc| I |{? 
wholſome, ſeeme bittertohim : So in the gr {Pe 
ces of the Spirit, there may be ſometimes much I | 
| imperfeRion admicted, when a Man is in the! 


miſt, whenhee is in the fit, when ſome diſtem- mg 
| per ſome paſſion or affeRion, hath overcaſtand I Thc 
| over cloudedrhe Soule,as it were, and poſſeſſed (Way 
the palate: Theſe defets may be, and yet tr we 


| grace, 


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— 


i "I ——_——— — 


r15,ordtaartly itisnotlo, it is butbyaccident ; 
21d chereforeit comes ta paſſe but now &then; 


Arc as wee tay ofthe grace of Faith, ſo (to. | ;.Knowledge 


ove you anotherinſtance ) Truth or the know- | 
[:dgr ofche trith : this great grace, if the heart 
|bc ound, will have a perfect worke ; It will 


VertoGarwes. | 207 


of rhe truth 
hath its PCr- 


fc & workein 


a pertect 


zoe thorow, it will not make a ftand here | ***** 


[2nd there, as it doth inthoſethatare unſound. 
[as you ſee, Rom.1.18.itis given thereas a figne 
ofanunrighteous man, when they withhold the_ 
 trath i wnrighteonſpeſſe ;that is, whentherruth 
isnot ſuffered to have a perfe& workez When 
there is truth, and they ſuffer it perhapsro in- 
formerheir underſtanding, but they ſuffer ir to 
goe no further; When they ſuffer ir nor to 
walkeabroad intoall the corners of the Soule, 
noallche inward roomes of it ; Or, ifthey doe 
that, yet they ſuffer it norto come into the our- | 
ward Courts oftheir converſation, ir is a hone | 
"ror grace hath not a perfet worke. bur is 


—— ——— — 


reſtrained: And ſuch an experflion, you ſhall | 


(marke ) that the Heavens were of old, oc. Hee | 
(peakes there of certaine Arheifts, that were | 
meckers,and deſpilers, that were ready to fay, | 
Where us the promiſe of his commiyz ? Doe not al 
ings continue a like, fincethe time of our Fathers? 
| The Apoſtle anſwers them-chus 5 Saith hee, they | 
' bavetruch in them, there is light enough, God 
bath borne wirneſſe to. him(elfe in their owne | 
<aſctences; There are many things. thatthey | 


\ 


ee 


Rom, 2.18, 


ind, 2 Peter,3.5. This they willingly know net ; | 2 Pcctr- 31 5. 


| 
| 
| 


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| might = 


rot 


Martth.1t3.15 


ne 


| peredrothe hearrs of men, their will runnes a' 


| their underſtandingto be.informed, they will 


might obje& againſt theſe temptations of A- 
theiſme: Bur,ſaich hee, they willingly will nor 
know them; Thar is, they will not take them | 
into conſideration, as if hee ſhould fay, their 
will, becauſethey willnot berroubled, becaulc 
they will live looſely, ſuffers them not to un- 
derſtand,” and to enquire into theſe thinzs, 
that they might know them ; Theſe things they 
willingly know not. So, Beloved, it is an argu. 
mentthat the knowledge of God, and the know- 
ledge of the Truth hath nota perfe& worke, 
when there is ſomething that a man willingly: 
will not know, when a man ſhall winke with; 
hiseyes, asitis ſaid, Watth.r3.15. They winke! 


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with their hearts, and be converted, that 1 ſhould, 
heale them. They winke with their eyes + That is, 
when the lightſhines rothem, rhey will not ſee! 
when thereis ſomewhat intimated, and whil:! 
looſe coarſe; Therefore they will not ſuffer 


not ſee all the light: Whereas a'man whole 
heart is perfe, if the light begin to appeare, 


| ithe ſee itthorow acrevis, hee opensthe witt| 


dowes of his Soule, and lets it in, even into 
every corner of it ; And the ground is, becauſe 
his heartis ſound, |heedefires ro make hisheart 
perteR, heisnot willing to ſpareitin anything, 
hee defires not there ſhould bee any exempt 


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an hypocrite, he comes to the light, he comesto 
beenlighrenedin whathe doth,  heremerth the- 
light, that his deedes might be made manifeſt ;that 
| is, thatit might be evident that his workes are | 
according to Gods will; Hee defires not that the 
li-he ſhould be kept of. This is another in- 
| ſtance. Patience will have her perte& worke, 
and the knowledge of the truth will have its 
| perfect worke: So I may ſay of all other graces; 
| Temperance will have its perfect worke, if the 
heart be ſincere and found; Thar is, it will re- | | 
ſraine every inordinareappetite, it wilkcauſe a | | 
\ E | manto forbearec every inordinate delight, eve- | 
'ry inordinate pleafure; It will make him withs- | 
IN {raw bimfelffrom exceſſein every thing. in diet, | | 
MI [in ſports, eale &c. So likewiſe Chaſticie,holi- | 
| and purenefſe, u cleanſerth the heart from | | 
\M [allkinde of uncleanneffe, ifit have irs perfect | 
\W i worke ; Ir ſuffers none of that leaven toremaine | 
; in ſoule or body either zneitherin the eye nor. 
intherhought. This 1s 2nothereffeR of an up-| 
rightheart,of one thatis perfect with God, thar | 
every grace hathirs pertect worke:And by chis, | 
thou mayſtknow,whether thy heart be found or | | 
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| ſeth from integritic, and {inceritic of heart; Tt 
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peaceable,gemtleeaſic to be intreated, full of mer-| 


and then peactable : As if hee ſhould ſay, The 


| purity of wifdome, the perfeRneſſe, the entire-! 


neſſe, the finceritie which holy wiſdome brings 
forth, iris ſeenein this effeR, it will make the! 


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His meaning is, that| peaceablenefle is an effet 
of the pureneſſe and; entireneſfle of the heart: 
So that, when any mans heart 1s perfect with 
God,you ſhall finde this effec riſing from it, 
that his heart is quiet, and humble, and gentle, 
and peaceabletowards men; fuloflove, and vf 
mercy aud good fruits,and of good ations, and; 
workes: bautwhen the heart is impure, and un- 
ſound, and hollow, it is awkward, and fro- 
ward, andcontenti6us, and implacable towards 
men,they arenot ful ofmercy, but full of wrath; 


they arenot full of good fruits, and good works 
andaQions, bur they are like the raving Sea, that 
caſts up mire and dirt uponthole with whom they 
have todoe. | 
Sothatthis is rhe effe& of a pure. heart; it 
breedesa quietneſſe,| a peaccableneſſe of ſpirit; 
whereas the other brings forth tumnlt &turbu- 
lent diſpoſition: they are eaſie tobeintreated, (t0 
behandled) ſayth the Text; Whereas the others 
whoſe hearts arcunſound, as David faith of the! 
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of ſpirit, this implacablenefle, is a figne of an | 
unſound heart, of anumpure hearr, of a hearr | 


|that is not perfect with the Lord: as you lee, 


the Devills are the moſt impure Spirits of any | 


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his heart, and writes the Lawof Go4 
| 1n his inward patts,as you hall ſec, it you com} 

Heb.3:8,9, /.pare theſerwo places together, He6.8.8.9.10, 
19 Behold, ſaith the Lord, 1 wid make a New Cove. 
| nant, and this is the Teſtament that 1 will wakt 

' with the Houſe of Iſrael : After thoſe dayes,ſaith 

| the Lord, 1 will put my Lawes into their mindes, 

| and in their hearts mill 1 write them,and I willbt' 
their God and they ſhall be my people. It youcom. 
z Cor. 3.3.3. |Pareit with that 2 Cor.3.2.3. Tow are our Epi. 
' |ftle writteninour hearts, which is underſtood aud, 
read of all men, in that you are manifeſt to be the 
| Epsſile of Chriſt, manifeſt by #s, and written, 
| not with Inke, but with the Spirit of the living 


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 (theheart, The meaning of it is this ; when the 
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ting the ans write his Lawes in the heart: which Meta- 
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exprefſion of | RCreis inthe outward Law, as itis written, and 


everycom- | laid before you, there ſhallbe a diſpoſition put 


wo ene | intothcir heart,thar ſhall anſwer it inall things, 
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a man is inclined to 
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\law in the mind within,anſwerable tothe law of 


| Grd withour, itanfweres it, as lead anſweres the | 
mould; after it is caſt into it; ic anſwers, as Tallie | 
\anſwer.s to Tallie, and Indenture anſweres | 
't0 Indenture,fo it agrees with it in all things; 
that, is, there 1s an aptneſle put into the minde 
[tharis able, and willing and diſpoſed in ſome 
[meaſure to keepe every Commandement, 
that anſwereth to all the particular Comman- 


the Law of God written in the minde, and this | 
sSthat which is firſt meant by it, there is a Law 
within anſwerable to the Law without in all 
things. | 

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as when letters are ingraved in Marble, yon 
know, they continue there, they are not eaſily 
worne out, and that is meant by it, I will ala 
my Lawinthy heart, it ſhall never out againe, 
there will I write it, there ſhall it continue - this] 
is the ſecond thing| thar is meant by it, it ſhall 
|| be naturallco you for that 1s meant by this, 
| when iris ſayd, that ir ſhall be printed, it ſhall be 
 graven of written in the heart, and likewiſe it 
| ſhall be perperuall,it ſhall never weare out againe' 
as things thatare wrieten in theduſt, burir (hall 
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Pen,it is he that handles ir, and!M|je 
uſerlfir, it is hethat puts Inke into Pen, it is\M/1. 
| kethatapplies it; fo that though the Miniſter |M/ +, 
bethe immediate writer of theſe Lazwes in the Mite 
heart, yer the Inke is the Holy Ghoſt, anditMij. 
comes Originally] from Chriſt, and belides, Miz; 
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heart; tris hethart guides the Penne, 4s it ih: gi 
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| hearts, that we may ſee theſe Lawes, we may 
= them, and underſtand them, as when a 
thing is written, God may ſeeit, and man may | 
ſee it :-a man himſelfe may ſee ir, and others | The writing 
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hath written it : man ſees it, for he&is able to ey 
ſee the Law in his minde, heis able to ſeethar 
|tabituall diſpoſition that is infuſed into_ him- 
and others areableto ſee it : for, faith Pad, you 
are our Epiſtle, evident to all men; that is, 
-| Was you may ſee letters graven in ſtone, ſo they | 
| 'ſee the} fruits and effects of this Law writ / 
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| Withis Coyenant of Grace is, and how it differs 
e'W'from the Covenant of workes: it is the mini- 
XY firation, not of the Letter, bur of the Spiric, 
'5\Mibecauſe ir doth nor onely preſent the outward 
d\Metter of the Commandemenr, bur there is 2 
Law written within, thatis done by vertue of | 
cl \Withe Spirit. So that the order 1s this; firſt it | The order of 
ne reveales righreouſnefle, fecondly, ir foftens the | writingrhe 
OW heart; it is. 2 miniſtration of the Spirit; and 1292 | 
5 \Mithirdly, iris a miniſtration of love, itis a mini- | 
v4 Ef fration of freedome, and nor of bondage and | 
Ic enmiti- - for when the Law is thus written, | 
1 2 man is not haled to it : he comes notto ir as. | 
0s WM 2 Bond-flaveto doe his worke, but hee comes 
h: willingly.he finds he hath fomeabilitierodoecir, | 
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as namely, the 
death of C4rft, and the fatisfaRion hee gave to 
his Fatherby his death, . and likewiſethe inward 
ſanaficarion ofthe ſpirir, ſignified by the waſh 
ing of water, and alſo the workes and the pray- 
ers of the Saints, that are ſweereas [ncenſc : now 
(faichthe Texr, Gel.4.) theſe were Elements 
and rudiments that Ged uſed ro them as chil 
dren, that is, as children have their A, B, C 
their firſt Elements, ſo God did ſhew to the 
lewes thele principall myſteries, not inthew 


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Meet intheſe rypes and ſhadowes, as _ 


wereable toſee chem from day to day;for there»: 


in wastheir weaknelle, they were not {oable as 
{ro conceive {piricua 1chings without a mediace_ 
view; they ſaw che bloud ſhed and againe, they 
fx the waſhings and the rites theſe werein their | 
eye . Whereas aowinthe tire ofrkeGoſpel,chele - 
jc no 'S aretaught to US, t thete we comprehend in 

ar mindes welcrue tae Lord in fpirit andtrurth, 
bu: there is not thar viſible fight which was a-| 
lhelpe to their weakenclle; {o chat theſe differ as. 
RE UNAge and the lubſtancei it fclte, evenas you | 
ll ſee things in proſpective ſhewes,and in painting 
| har are different from the thin-s themfelnes, 


WM ithing. And: chisistheſecon 4 differznce between 
® the Teſtaments, the one was expreſſed bur in 
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he 2encin it ſelfets but weake and unprofitable, ' 
roi 55 you ſhall ſee Iikewile in the ſame place, Heb. | 

and 13.18.) for the Commandement that wear be- 
ah Mi2re was difanulled, becauſe of the weakenetle 
nnd unproficableneſſe thereof: for the Law | 
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theſe things ſhall be done, all bus proms- vl 
ſes are Tea, and Amen in him: and againe, hee, I | the 
| |  hathundertaken on Qur part to give farisf iRion I 0 

by his death,and likewiſero makeus obedicntro I [is 
| bis Father :This he doth,rhisisto be a Mediator | us. 
ofthe Covenant. I will tandno longer on this:1 | of 
come briefly tromake fone uſe of ir, and leave did 
the other toure things (that. is, + With whom f [tha 
| this Covenant is made; How a man thall know ff [ence 
| wiktherhe be within the Covenant ; Wheachis! | hee 


| Covenantis brokenz and Thereaton why God Y | witl 
will make this Coveaan with men;z)ro another} \bim 


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lat _ Now this Uſe lye will make of it - Fi: -ſt,we [elfe 
| of i may conſider hence: the greatgoodneife of Goa, | how 


' | makea Co- | that he 1s willing to enter into Covenant with (ter ir 


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#4nt, that hee ſMnld be willing to indent with 
|US,45 ic were, that he ſhould be willing ro maks| 
himfelfe,a debtor to us. If wee conftderir, it is 
an exceeding great mercy, when wee thinke 
thus with our ſelves, hee is in heaven, and 
| we are,on earth; he the glorious God, weduſt 
{and aſhes; he the Creator, and wee but crea» 
'tures3z and yet hee is willing to enter into Cg- 
venant, which implies a kinde of equalitie be- | 
|rweene us 3 as when 1onathan and David: made Note. 
| aCovenant, though there was a difference, the 
'one was a Kings fonne; yet notwithſtanding, 
when the Covenant of friendihip was made, 
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[there did riſea kind of equalitiebetweene them ; 
'ſo it is betweene the Lord and us, whenhe 
is once willing to enter into Covenant with 
\us, This ſhould teach us ro magnifie, the mercy 
'of God, and to be readie to fay, as David 


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WW | ce ſhould come to a Compadt and agreement 
[{E vithme, thathe ſhould tye himſelfe, and bind 
rM ibimſelfe ro become a debtor tro mee? You! 
know, it is called an abafing, hee abaſeth him. | Plal.1 15. 

Wl [cife, ro ſee and to' view the things below, but| : | 
{Wow much greater abaſing is ir, for him to en-| 
ter into Covenant with man 2 Tt is not a ſmall 
5M thing, as Pavid ſaid in another caſe; Seemes 
\it to youa ſmall thing ts be the Sonne or Daugh-| 
tr to4 King? So, I (ay, itis nota fall rhing 
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| Covenantwith the | King ofKings : wee com- 
, monly reckon ira great © advantzge to have al- 
| liance, to be in confederation with ſtrong 

| Princes. You ſee what a Covenant there was| 

berwcene 1ehoſhaphat and CAheb, ſec how 1the. 
fhaphat exprefſeth himſcltfe; Truely, ſaich he, 
there is 4 League ——_— #, ( What then?) ) | 

therefore my Horſes are th Horſes, ad my peo. 

\ple are thy peiplez| and (o it is betiweene God 
and us, when there. is a Covenant betweene 
us, then his ſtrengrh is our ſtrength,and his 


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the Cove- 
By on <bave | Araues areour Armics, wee haveintereſtin all; 


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incereſt in all | there is an offenſive and defenſive League; | 
| wo arri- and when weſceke ro him, and put him inmind| Il | 
| ; { of it, he cannotdeny us. The people of Rome | If | 
| had other parts and Nations, that were allyes| I | 

with them, and if they were to fight, atany | 
| { time, the Romans were bound in honour, to de- 
| fendthem, and to aſſiſt them, and they didir,| WF | 
with as much diligence as they defended cheir| I | 
own Citic of Rope. It wee do implore God: | i [! 
ayde, doe you thinke that Ged will breake his| I |" 
| Covenant 2 Will hee nor ftirre up himſelfe to] I |! 
{catter his and our enemies* Certainely, hee 
will. This great|benefie you have therefore 
F you. have cauſero| magnifie your ſelves. in this 
| Condition, andto bleffe the Zord, to magnific| i 4 
him for hisgreat goodneſfe, thar hee would en- of 
; terinto Coycnantwith you, this wasthe grea-|il * 
| reſt favourthat eyerhce ſhewed ro Abraham, M © 
Ti very rope ofthis place ; _Lbrahen, %i 


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\Jam willing to enterinto Covezamr, to tye my | 
ſclie, ro enter into bond.; and therefore, ſince | 
che Lord is nota ſhamed to make us his people, 
let us not beafhamed to call him our God,to pro. 
fefſeir, and make it good upon all occaſions, 
This 1s the firſt Ule. 
Secondly from this difference of the Cove-| _Y/e-2 |} 
1475, you have theſe two things to obſerye : | 255 ale 
Firſt, in that the Covenant of Grace onely, is | givenedle. 
| the miniſtration of the Spirit, when the other is | [0 

| ' bur che miniſtration of the letter, it ſhould teach 

| |us thus much, to labour ro grow to affurance 

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of the forgivenefſe of our finnes. If a man| | | 

| WU | would dclire ro change his courſe,to have his 

heart renewed, tobe made a new creature, to 

| 'be tranſlated from death to life; the way is 

[not to conſider preſently the Commandement 

fora man to thinke with himſclfe, this Ioughe 

.| WJ |*2 doc, and I will fer abour it, Thavemadea| Howto ger || 
| WY | Covenant, TI havereſolved with my ſelferodoe| \cyca. © 

ir| I [3 burthe way is, to labour to ger affurance of U 

4 torgiveneſſe, to labour to apprehend the Cove- | 

is| I [*ant of Grace: for by thar meanes thy heart 

1 

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to! I | hall be ſoftened, there ſhall be an infuſion of the 
ee) MN | Spirir, that ſhall write rhe Law of Godin his in-| 
re | MY 247d parts + all thoſe places of Scripture make 
his | [© g00d, whereinir is ſaid, faith purifieth the_| 
fie | 4ca7t - and, by the promiſes we are made partakers | 
en-\fl #4 godly narare, as, 2 Pet. 1.4. and likewiſe | 
cal Ht0.9.14. How much more ſhall the blond of 
an, Ml £/7i/f.mbich through the eternall Spirit, offered Mch.g. 14. 
an, | himſelf without fanlt to God, purge your conſcience | 

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” \fremd aega workes f0. /erve thelivinz G O D. The: 
| meaningis this, if a|raan would have his con-/ 
. ſcience purged from dead workes, let him}a-' 
' bour for faith , whereby he may. be juſtified, 

lee him labour ro be ſprinckled with the bloud 


; of C5rift, to have aſſt uranceof the forgiveneſſe 
"and pardon of his finnes through his bloud,then/ 


he ſhall bave that Spirit put into his heart, thar 
erernall Spirit, thar [ſhall purge and cleanſe his 
conſcience from dead workes. So likewiſe, 
Gal.z. Did yourecetve the Spirit by the workes 
of the Law? Did you nor rather receive it by 
the hearing of faith Preached ? And fo, Gal... 
Faith that workesb by love;tharis.it is Faith that 
brings forth love, and love fets us,on worke. 
Alltheſe thew thus much unto us, charthe beſt | 


change our hearts, to ger victory over any lin, 
<tharit may not have dominion over us,to have 
out conſcience cleanſed from dead workes, to! 
be made partakers of the divine nature, is to! 
grow up in the allurance of the love of al 
tousinCarr smT,toget aſſurance of pardon! 
and forgiveneſſe :| for, know this, if the heart 
doe no more but looke to the "Commande- 
ment, if you heare onely that there are ſuch] 
duties to be done,and conſider them, and you! 
| compare your owne heart and the Comman-! 
dement together, there growes a quarrell be- 
rweenethe heart and the Commandement, at} 
exacerbation betweene them, and an enmirt, 
[they looke one you agOther as —_— 

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way to heale any| ſtrong luſt, the beſt way to| 


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Þ Nrvy Covsnanr, 


when the hcartis ſofined. and reconciled to God, 
| ircloſerh withchs Commandement, asthe ſoft | 
clay dorh with rice mould,and is ready co receive 
any impreflion ; bur tillthen Jltrebels againſt the 
Commandement, and ſtands Out As a hard ſtone, 
that receives no impreſhon; and therefore the 
| way is NOttO g0cabout toreforme our liyes as 
| morall mcn, to thinke with thy {elfe, there are 
heſedurics, I muſt take a courſe to performe 
'them,andenrerintovowes in particular courſes 


'withmy ſelfero docthem : no, my Beloved, the | 


way is to gct aſſurance of forgiveneſſe, to la- 
;your hearts will then be foftned, when you 
have received the ſpirir, that hath wrought in 


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your heartsa dil poſition anfwerabletothe Lay 


And tharis the firſt difference. 

The ſecond is, in regard of the difference of 
the two Teſtaments, the ſecond Teſtament be- 
ing ſtabliſhed upon ve#ter promiſes, What is the 
reaſon that the New Teſtament is ſaid to be 


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hour tobe partaker of the Covenant of Grace: | 


abliſhed upon better promiſes 9 Beloved, | 
this is the condition of rhe New Teftamen, | 
you ſhall finden it very lictle cxpreflion ofthe | 
| promiſes of this hifez Jooke 1n all rhe Epi. | 
ftles of Paul, and the other Epiſtles, looke | < 
to all the Dodtine of the Golpell, and you 
hall fee rhe chings that are iterated, ſtill chey 
.are theſe; You ſhall be faved, you hall / 
have your ſtances forgiven, you ſhall bejuſti- | 
ed; you ſhall be ſanRified, you ſhall ae | 

the | 


Tſe. 3. 
From the 2 2. 
G:Acrenee of 
theCoyenars 
Queſt, 
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| Why the 
| New Tefta- 
Pentis Fa. 
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"betrex Prom=® | 
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Spirituall 
things better 
than tcmpge 
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the adoption of ſonnes, you ſhull receive the | 
high price of your calling, &c. Theſe arethe | 
things that P«ul every where magnifies, as the | 
condition that exceeds, and goes beyond the | 
conditions of our forefathers times : Now this 
great myfteric is reycaled, now theſegreatri. 
ches are opened, tharbefore were hid. Whence 


| you may gather thus much, that grace and {pi-' 


rituall things, ſpirituall priviledges, things be- | 
longingto the Kingdome of God, and of I x- 
s$vs Cnx trsr, exceed muchall outward and. 
remporall hapineſſe; Why are they otherwile| 
called berrer promiſes * Thereare many other 
placesI know, to ſhew the vanitie of outward! 
rhings, andto preferre ſpirituall things before 
chem ; bur let this be added to the reſt; - this: 
Covenant is eſtabliſhed on better premiſes; la- 
bour then to worke your hearts fully to that 
perſwaſton,namely,| torhinke with your ſelves, 
it is bettertobe rich in Grace, better to have 
the priviledgesof eſs Chriſt, then to be rich 
in this world, Rev.2.1 know thy povertie, but 
thow art rich. You muſtthinke wirh your (elves 
this is thegreatriches; and therefore the Apo- 


other riches they enjoy, to ſpiricuall riches. 
Now a man will neyer be exhorted to change, 
except it be for the|better. Charge thoſe that 
arerich in this world, that they be vich in good 
;workes - let them (o uſe their riches, ſo difpence | 
them; ſo manage them, that they 'may turne' 


to other riches. When a man is rich in know.| 
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| ledge, as itis ſaid of the Cor:inthians,thar they 
| were rich inall knowledge, and in every grace. 
| Theſearethe better promiſes, this is the berter 
and more glorious condition. So thar. if there 
ſhould bea Cexſws ot men,. as one mayo fey, if | 


was wont to be amongſt the Romans, they 
| were put in ſeverall conditions, and one was 
worth thus.much;and another ſo much. Indeed 
if God ſhould make ſucha Cenſus; ascvery man 
is richer, in grace, as he excelsin theſe better 
priviledges,as hee hath .had theſe better promi- 
(ſes fulfilled more or lefſe ro him, ſo hee ſhould | 
be reckoned a more exccllent man, and fo 
ſhould eyery man eſteeme both of himſelfe and 
others: and there is very great reaſon for it, 
becauſe when a man isrichin grace, richin pi. | 
| | rituall blefings, when hee hath the ſpiricuall 

promiſes, he hath Geds image renued in him, he | 
hath Godto be his friend, whois the Governor 
of the World, and he is rich( as i ſaid ) whom 
God fayours, he hath gracethar heales his ſoule, 
which is that that makes his happineſle: Ir is 
that, which is'the inward faſhioning of every 
mans apprehenſion, that makes him happy, that 
brings comfort to him. Now they are theſe 
better promiſes,they are-the graces, the conſa- 
' lations of the Spirit, the worke of the Holy 
' Ghoſt, the vertue of regcnerarion; I ſay, i is 
that that taſhionsthe heart, and the inward ap-. 
xchcnfion iris that thar heales the foule, and 
\dprnes ir, iris thatrhat purs inro it another, a 
, fitter | 


there ſhould. be an eſtimation of men,as there Men fhould | 


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Not torake 
ſcandal! ar 
che low ettate 
of the 
Church, . 


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fitter condition, and isfarre goes' beyond 2llo. 
ther temporall felicitiez that reacherh not to 
the inward man, it makes not him that 1s the 
Governour of the world to behis friend ; other 
friends hee may have, that may make him po+ 
trentupon the earth, bur God, i» whoſe handy 
his life and ail his wayes, it makes not him his! | 
friend. Learne thus to judge of rhe condirion' I | 
of the Church Youlthinke the Churchis ina' MI | 
miſerable eſtate, when you ſee it a little under' I} 
hatches, when you ſeeit downe, when youſce it I | 

| 


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| harrowed and plowed bythe enemies; the con. 


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dition of the Church inthe new Teſtamenristo I || 
beſo;"they have a poore outſide, yet making Il |; 
many rich; they have a ſorrowfull outlide, 
though 4/wayes rejoyeing, as Chriſt himſelfe,and) 

allche Apoſtles wereherein exemplary for atrer- Il * 
Ages of the Church,yer we muſt nor thinke, be- 
cauſe the Church is downe a little, becauſe it, r 
wants that outward proſperitiethar before it en-!Ml | o 
joyed, thar theretoreir is the worſe: Iris a true: 'n 


| 


obſervation of one; When there were bur wood- WM ;; 
den Chalices, then there were golden Prieſts; | q 
and in after time, when there were golden Cha y; 
lices, they had woodden Prieſts : ſo it 1s,when| »; 
the Church is in a lower condition, commonly | cy 
ir proſpers beft ; and indeede properly the pro- | :» 
ſperirie of the Church conſiſts in theſe berter\f} 5; 
promiſes, the outward peace isnot ſo properand ſn; 
peculiar toit. | | [1 
And as of the Church, fo I may ſay of eve-| 


ry particnlar man :| Thinke not with yout| 
EH | ſelves 


| neſſe ends in berter promiſes : when: 2'man $2 


promiſe, it is a figne you are growne up ro. 


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{clues when your onrward condition is baſe 
| and low, thatir is more miſerable;-your happi- 


| 
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hath G47 proſperiry : thar-is, when his foule T1 
proſpers, that is his beft condivion; and com- | +... 
monly his ſoule profpers beſt, when hisOutward | farcs beſt 
| eſtate fares the wottt; Take wimer of hisoutward | LOO od 
| condition ts uſually che ſpring-rime of hisfoule | ron, 
'we ſhould learne ro judg® thus. You know, ir 
isanobferyable thing, raarrhe promiſes of our- 
| ward proſperity were made.to the Church of 
God, whiles it was yet tn tFIintfancy, while it 
was weake 3 ſorthart this you may obſerve from | 
it, that it isa ſigne of childithnetſe and weak- 
neſſe, and infirmiry. that a man is not growne 
perf: >, that hee is not growne ro maturity, to. LOOPS 
'thinke outward proſperity ro berhe betrer con- | Zola "ep a [ 
Gition, The Tewes had theſe promiſcs, bur in | rovurward 
things, 
regard of their infancy, and when the Clunek! | 
grew up to a great het tghrt, when it grew to 
manhood. 45 1t were, we have little mention of 
[any ſuch promiles as theſe :- the promiſes are | 
quire of another nature: and therefore when | 
you are ableto our-grow thete opinions, when | 
'p you are aÞleto looke upon things with another | | 
eye, when you thinke this oury ward proſperity | 
to be bur a trifle in compariſon of the better! f 


o 


'more ſtrength. You fee Salomon, when he | 
came himſelte, when his wiſedome rerurned | 
'rohim( as Imay ſo lay) you lee how helooked | 
0n all outward things, how he goes thorow all 


the , 


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Spirituall 
things better 
than tempge 
rall. 


Rev. 3. 


OO  wmns 


Or Tre | 


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the adoption of ſonnes, you hill receive the | 


things that Paul every |\where magnifies, as the | 
condition that exceeds, and goes beyond the 


great myfteric 15 revealed, now theſegrearri.. 
ches are opened, thatbefore were hid. Whence 
you may gather thus much, that grace and fpi-' 
ricuall things, ſpirituall priviledges, things be- 
longing to the Kingdome of God, and of I x- 
Svs C nx rsr, exceed muchall outward and 
remporall hapineſſe: Why are they otherwiſe 
called berter promiſes? Thereare many other 
places I know, to ſhew the vanitie of outward! 
things, andto preferre ſpirituall things before 
chem ; bur ler this be added to the reſt; this 
Covexant \is eſtabliſhed] on better promiſes; la-! 
bour then to worke your hearts fully to that 
perſwaſton,namely, torhinke with your ſelves, | 
it is better tobe rich in Grace, better to have 
the priviledgesof 7eſwus Chriſt, then ro be rich | 
in this world, Rev.2.7 know thy povertie, but 


.| Nowa man will never be exhorted to change, 


thou art rich. You muſtthinke wirh your ſelves 


ſtle exhorts rich men, |that they change theſe 
other riches they enjoy, to ſpirituall riches. 


except it be for the better. Charge thoſe that 
arerich in this world, that they be vich in good 
; workes - let them (o uſe theirriches, ſo diſpence 
them, ſo manage them, that they may rturne 


tootherriches. When a man is rich in know.| 
f ledge 


— 


high price of your calling, 8&c. Theſe arethe | | 


conditions of oar forefathers times : Now this | | 


this is thegreatriches; and therefore the Apo-| 


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ledge, as itis ſaid of the Corinthians,thar they 


ſhould bea Cexſws ot men,, as one mayo ſay, if 
there ſhould be an eſtimarion of men,as there 
was wont to be amongſt the Romans, they 


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worth thus.much,and another fo much. Indeed 
if God ſhould make ſucha Cenſus ; as every man 
is richer, in grace, as he excelsin theſe better 
priviledges,as hee hath had theſe better promi- 
{es fulfilled more or lefſe ro him, ſo hee ſhould 
be reckoned a more exccllent man, and fo 
ſhould every man eſteeme both of himſelfe and 
athers: and there is very great reaſon for its 
becauſe when a man isrichin grace, rich in ſpi- 
ricuall blefings,. when hee hath the ſpiricuall 
promiſes, he hath Gods image renued in him, he 
hath Godro be his friend, whois the Governor 
of the World, and he 1s rich( as i ſaid ) whom 
God fayours, he hath gracethar heales his ſoule, 
which is that that makes his happineſſe: Ir is 
har, which is the inward faſhioning of every 
mans apprehenſion, that makes him happy, that 
brings comfort to him. Now they. are theſe 
better promiſes,they are-the graces, the coaſa- 
lations. of the Spirit, the worke of the Holy 
Ghoſt, the vertue of regcnerarion; I fay, ts 
that that taſhionsrhe heart, and the inward ap- 
achenfion ; itis that thar heales the (oule, and 
adorns ir, it.is thatrhat purs into ir another, a 


were put in ſeverall conditions, and one was 


were rich inall knowledye, and in every grace. | 


| Theſe arcthe better promiſes, this is the better 


and more glorious condition. So thar. if there | 
| 


| 
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| Men ſhould 
be eſteemed 


' according to 


their graces. 


Gods fayour 
maketh rich, 


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; | firrer condition, and isfarre goes beyond allo-| 
cher temporall felicirie; that reacherh nor ro | 
the inward man, it makes not him that is the| 
 Governour of the world to be his friend; other 
friends hee may have, that may make him Pos 

| tentupon the earth, but God, 7» whoſe hands 

his life and all his wayes, it make $ not him his! | 
Not to:ak: | friend. Learne thus to judge of the condition' I 
ſcandalla* | of the Church Youthinke the Churchis ina i] | 


the low cltate 


of the miſerable eſtate, when you ſee tt a little " | 
Church. | hatches, when you ſeeir downe, when you ſee | 
: har rowed and plowed by the enemies; the con- i | 


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| dition of the Church inthe new Teſtamenristo F 
| beſo;"they have a poore outſide, yet makin; I | 
many rich; they have a ſorrowfull outlid:, WF : 
chough 4/wayes 7ejoy5ing, as Chriſt himlelfe,and WJ | 
all the Apoſtles wereherein exemplary for afrer- : 
Ages of the Church, yer we muſt nor thinke,be-. 
— | cauſe the Church is downe a little, becauſe it| 
wants that outward profj peritiethar before it en | 
joyed, thar thereforeit is the worſe: Iris a true! 
obſervation of one; Whenthere were but wood- MY ;, 
| den Chalices,then there were golden Prieſts; | q 
 jand in aftertime, when there were golden Cha; 
lices, they had woodden Prieſts : ſo ir is, when; 
the Church is in a lower condition .commonly| oy 


ic profpers beft ; and indeede properly the pro- 'E 


a, 
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q ſperirie of the Church confi ts in theſe better or 
| promiſes,the outward peace isnot fo properand Wn; 
peculiar to it. car 


Andas of the Church, ſo I may fay of eve 


ry particular man :\ Thinke nor with your 
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promiſe, ir is a figne you are growne up ro- 


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ſelves when your ontward condition is baſs; 
| and low, thatir is moremiſerable;-your happi- 
\ neſſe Rands in berter promiſes : when. 'man "| 
hach G41 proſperity : thar-is, when hisſ6uke | © © |þ 
proſpers, rhat is his beft condirion; and'com-! +... | 
monly his foule profpers beſt, when hisourward | fares beſt þ 
| eſtare fares the er rie wimecr of hisoutward | pa _ 
\ condition ts uſually rhe ſpring-rimeiof hisfoule | ton, 
we ſhould learne'ro judg: thus. Yoa know, ir 
is an 0bferyable thing, thatthe promiſes of out- 
| ward profperiey were made.to the Church of p | 
' God, whiles ir was -yet in'tFinfancy, while it| 

was weake; fothar this you may obſerve from | 
it, that irisa ſ1gne of childithnefſe and weak- 
nefſe, and infirmiry. that a man is not growne 
perfeR, that hee is nor growne to maturity, co *® ar 1 
thinke outward proſperity ro berhe betrer con- | Ti | 
dition, The Iewes had theſe promiſes, bur in  rocurward 
| regard of their infancy, and when the Church! LES 
grew UP tO A great het ghr, when it grew to 
manhood. 25 1t were, we 5 3. ſettle mention of 
any ſuch promiles as theſe: the promiſes are | 
[Quire of another nature: and therefore when ! 


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you are abteto our-grow theſe opinions, when | | 
'7ou are ableto looke upon things with another | 

eve, when you rhinke this outward profperiry | 
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'Nore ſtrength. You fee Salomon. when he 
came himſelte, when his wiſcdome returned | 
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{ Gon offinnes, fraccording to all his three Offces 3 Remifſion| 
| The excellen- Of ſinnes, he gives as/as a Pricſt :the othec Prieſts | 
cieof Ctrils yyere but a ſhadow of this Prieſthood of 
Prieſt hood. | (4,5, he is thegreatHizh Prieſt, thar is hoh 
and harmeleſſe, and undefiled, that is higher than, 

the Heavens : the greathigh Prieſt, hat is en- 
 tred(faiththe Text ) :7nto the very Heavens them | 
ſelves ; he thar ſits at the right hand of God, and. 
| 15S nowpreſent with him; he that is #o# extred 
| in by the bloud of Bulls, and of Goates, but by his. 
| owne bloud. This is ſuch a high Prieſt as is able| 
1ndeedeto give remiſſionof finnes, and there-! 
| fore ſaith the Apoſtle, Heby. 10.22. Seeing wt; 
| baveſuchahigh Prieft,doubt not, but now come 
| | with full aſſurance of F aith, when you ſce ſuchan] 
High Prieſt as this: If they were ableto be- 
; leeve, that had but a weake man to be their 
| | Prieft, beforc the comming of Chri/#, char off 
| red for hisowne finnes, aſwell as for the finnes| 
| of others, that often repeared his Sacrifice, 
that had but the bloud of Buls and Goats, that] Or 
did butenr=r into/the Tabernacle z fayth hee, Win 
whenyou fee 2/34 Chriſt himſelfe come, that Wyo! 
| hath no finne of his owne, that offered one pet-W+P!, 
| fe Sacrifice, that hee needes nor ro repeats, 
| that entred not into the Tabernacle, bur intoMithar 
the Heavenirſelfs ,thatdid this with his owneWPror 
bloud, and notwith the bloud of Beaſts, faitMere 
he, draw neere naw, with aſſurance of Faith ter 
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nd thar he doth as a Prophet; you ſhall no Knowledge. 


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Lord, and to. know him (©, 
0: Ml that we ſhalllove him with all our Soule, and | 
i: WI with allourſtrength, The like may TI ſay ofany 
20) Fl thing elſe. | 

bl Pithe caſe aflitions come upon thee, and 3 
an thou be not able ro be patient under ſuch af. To know at 
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ke; fictions, ſuppoſeir be a matter of diſgrace and crohr, 

diſcredit, that ſo wounds thee, that thy heart | 

cannot be at reſt, whar is the reaſon of this ? 
Thou calleſt ro minde, it may be,allthe rules of 
patience, that ſhould teach thee to beare affli- 
\W Qions; well, and yetthouart notablerodoe ir: 
MW ihecauſeis, becauſe rhou doeſtnot yet know 
theſe outward temprations,, theſe outward e- 
vils, 2s thou oughreſt to know them, ifthou 
W iddceſt, they would ſceme ſmallto thine eyes, 
linne would be an exceeding great eriefe, bur 
theſe would be bur trifles and flea. birings, in 
compariſon of the other: Goe to -hrift now 
 heaMand beſeech him to ſhewrhee whatis the na- 
at ture of theſe ourward crofles and loſſes, that 
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 preſenrsthings in their owne colours tothe un. 
| derſtanding,that the willand affeRions follow: 


[ beſeech him thatthon maiſt know them as thoy 
| oughteſt, and thou ſhalt finde that thou ſhalt 
| be able to beare the greateſt croſle with patis 
| ence, it ſhall be nothing then to thee, it will a 
| pearetobea ſmall matter, whenheehath raught 
' thee to judge aright, thou ſhalt not be deceived 

init. BY | 

So likewiſe, for|pleaſure, when a man findes 
his heart ſo wedded to any ſinfull luſt, roanye- 
villhaunt, wherein his heartis held inordinate- 
ly,that it cannotdivorce it ſelfe from it, goe to 
Chrift, heis the great Prophet. Thus wee may! 


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he will performeto

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within, a habit of Love within, anſwe-| | 
[rable to the Commandement without: This 
Sto put the Law into the minde: You know | 
this is the Commandetnene of the LORD, | 
{Tos ſhall feare the LORD, and keepe his Ordi- 
nances, and his Statutes, qua his Commande-| | 
ments to aoc them. Well BY the LORD Tex, Ir.32-4% | 
31.40.1 will make a Covenant with you. And. 
© Wi vhat will dog? 1 will put my feare into your | 
Wl arts. I will rot onely give you this precepr, 
that thou ſhale looke on withour, Tho# ſhalt | 
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1  feare mee and keepe my Commaraements - But 
\ I will pur the affections of feare into th 
| heart, therg/it ſhall be, and rhen thou ſhalt 
; eaſily feare- me, and keepe my Commande- 
ments; thou ſhalrfeare ro diſobey mee, thou 

| ſhalt feare and tremble army Word, and take 
| heede how thou dqeſt any thing contrary to 
\ my minde: And beloved, when this is done' 
| indeede, hee makes| ns Kings, as he makes us 
\ Prieſts and Prophets: For when a Man is thus 
taught,hee is a Prophet, other men neede not! 
to teach him, for hee is a ſpirituall man then, | 
andis ave io judge of all things; Ifay,whenthis| 
| government is {er

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partaker of the Covenant: And lo, if thou be 
leeve, itis certaine_then, thou art within the 
| Covenant: But how ſhall a 'Man know that? 
| Gal.5.5 .Neither circumciſion 4 vaileth any thing 
| Bor ancircumciſion, but Faith which worketh love. 
| Ifrhou canſt finde this now, that thou art abl 
| ro take leſus Chriſt, to take him as a Lord anc 
Seviewr, thou artable to beleeve all the Cove 
| nant of Grace, thou art by thar pur into thc 
| Covenant, | : 
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But how ſhall a man know whether his faith | 2 
be right or no2 For, youknow, thereisa falſe, | fra 
dead, and counterfeir faith : if ir be righr, thou How _— 
ſhalr finde itro be of a working and lively na- 23 | 
ture, but many rimes wee may be deceived in| | 
'that. A woman many times thinkes ſhe is with | 
child, bur if ſhee finde no motion or ſtirring | _ 
itis an argument ſhe was deceived : So when'| $94. | 
'4man thinkes that hee hath Faith in his: hearr, | 
[bur yet he findesno life, no motion, noftirring, | 
Ithere is no worke procceding- from his Faith, 
itis an argument he was miſtaken he wasdecei- | - mi 
vcd 10 it : For, ifit bea right faich,it will worke, 
there will belife and motion init. - As Abrahams | Treefaithis 


operative, |} 


Faith, youſte, irenabled' hint todoe whatſoe. 
vr God appointed him,to offer his fonne, to ex- 
\communicate 7/724el, when God bid him caſt | 
himoue, though hee loved 1/mact excceeding id 
darly,yet he didit, and did it readily 3:So, whar | 
ſoever elſe God bade him doe, here was a worke 
i0f Faith. | 

But yeta little further, a man may be yer 
deceived inthis, a mans Faith may worke, and os 
Im Hypocrite may, doe many workes, if it'be | anypoaite 
jour bare working, 2 man may be decet- | may do.amuh | 2 
lied, and therefore this is added further, it Es * 
workes by love. A man may doe exceeding | 
[many duties, hee may  fuffer Martyrdome, | | 
"© may give all to the poore,' hee may be |. . 
7 very diligent Miniſter of the Goſpell: For 
VF «! faith, I may -/peake with the tomgne of | 

| y «nd Angels, I may g/V0my gaods r04he poore | 
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| I may g:ve my hody tobe burned, andyer if theſe 
great workesto be done,without love they are ng. 
thing. Bur,onrhe other fide,if you finde this, that 
| you doe,but the leaſt worke.it ir be bur to giye a 


| cup of cold water, and doe irour of love, if you| 


| abſtaine from one ſinae, if you overcome any! 
| one luſt whatſoever, thar is neere and deareto. 
| you, becauſe you love Teſws Chriſt,it you ſer your 
ſelves upon any worke,| upon any imployment. 
and endeyour, andrhy heart witnefſerh this to 
thee, Itis becauſe I love the Zora, and defire 
exceedingly topleaſe him,he is onethar I would 
taine have communion with, my delight isin 
him, thereforeT doe theſe workes; forit is my; 
meate and drinke to doe his will ; now thou art 
on a {ure ground, now thou maiſt know thou 
| art within the Covenant : For thou beleeveſtas 
Abraham did, and thereforethou art withinthe 
Covenant, /\as hee wasz thow mayſt know it, 
becauſe thy Faith workes, and then thou mayſt 
know that it workes right, becauſe itis done by 


love. | | 

$ | Well, yer there is another way to know thus, 
By bei _- 4 
Bybeing  |that is, i#thy ſeede (ſairh rhe Text) ſhall all 
Chciſt. ations of the world be bleſſed + If a man berhen 
 Ingraftectinto this feed, 1ntothe Meſſiah onee, 
| then hee ſhall be bleflcd,if once hee belong (0 
{= him. Well, how ſhall a man know that? 
= OR If thou have received the Spirirof the Sonne 


for whoſoever is in| Chrift, hath received tht 
[cot of Chriſt, if he/have nor received the {| 


rit of Chri/t, hee is notin. kim. Conliderw® 
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\rher you have received the Spirit ofthe Sonne, | 
the Spirit of the promiled ſeed, thatis, wherher | 


ſpirit will aſſimilate thee, and renew this Image 
in thee, hee makes thee ſuch another in ſome de- 
oreeas he is, yea,hew:ill notonely do this, bur he 
will witneſſeto thee,that he is thy God, and that 
thouart of choſethatare partakers of the Cove. 
nant; and therefore this is the way to find it our, 


thouart made like Chrift by the Spirit: for the | | 


thatis the thing I intend to infiſt upon, to finde 
out whether you haverhis ſpirit, you ſhall nd ir, 
thisis the great marke charthe Apoſtle Paul in- 
liſts upon, ſtill in all his Epiſtles, by which 
a man may know whether hee be within the 
Covenant or no, ſtill itis this, wee have recerued 
the ſpirst,and,the Spirit ſeales us to the day of re- 
demption, we are eftablifhed and ſealed by the ſpirit 
if promiſe, and we have received the ſpirit which 
«an earneſt cc. 

Now to know whether you haverhe Spirit, 
[wil commend theſe

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no man can come. to Chrif, excepr the! 1" 
Law be aSchookmaſterto bringhtm to Chrif, iſ © 
Now the Law isnora Schoolemaſter, itreach-|ſ 


worketh not ee | | | 
without the feare, except the' Init of bondage pur an edge 


Cvirit of bon- ( UPON the Law,put a Sword into the hand of the! of 


a; | itis ſaid, Af#s 2. this is the Spirit of bondage : You 


| may heare the Law, and the threatnines ind MW” lo 
| curſes applyed to you tenne thonſand times! "97 
over, and yer no feare be bred in you, except Ml. ol 
the ſpirit of bondage joyne with it, thar makes MW 
ir cffectuall.. Now in the Law are included Haſt 
AMi&ions & | Judgements and afflictions, which are but the uret 


judgements | execution of the Law, ſometimesir goes with et 
mcexecutio? | the Law it ſelfe, ſometimes withthe judgement} 1 
- © | andafflictions, itis the Spiricof bondage than 
muſt goe with both; As for example, when it, ob 

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'when there was an exceeding great Raine, the | 
people didexceedingly tremble, and, youknow, in | 1 
that Earthquake, though all were ſafe, LF.r6. As 15, 
and there was no cauſe why hee ſhould be o | ; 
unquict, yet weſee howthe goaler wasamazed, | | | 
his heart was wounded, this was. not for theſe | | 


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particular [udgements, there might be a great 
Raine, there might be a great Earthquake and- 


thunder in Wheat-harvelt, and yet mens hearts 


lirle moved, buttherewenta ſpiritof bondage, | 
chatbred a fearcinthem, this is that, I'fay, ho-! amaions | 
man can cometo Chriſt, without the Law,either nor effeQuall { 
inirſelfe, orin afflictions, whichate bur the exe. out 2* | 

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cutioners of irt,and theſe are nar cfte&uall with. | 52a 


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And there 15 a very great reaſon: forit; be- | 

cauſe otherwiſe wee ſhould never knowrhe loye | | 

of Chriff, hee that hath not knowne what 'the | 

meaning of this ſpiritofbondageis; whar rheſe | 

fearesare, what theſe terrors of conſtience are | Tj. picirof 

inſome meaſure, knowes nor what Chriff hath | bondage tea-} 

{uffered for him, or what deliverance he hath MH 
. . now Chritts } 

adby him, beſides, he willnot be appliablers | toc. 

Chriſt - But I will. not ſtand more:upon: this. | - WO 

Hiſtthounorhad the ſpirit of bondage ? T lay, | 1 

{urely, if rhou haſt not taſted of this,C4ri# hath ; 

\nor{owne the ſeede of grace in thy heart: doth | 

[any man ſow.hefarghe hath plawed?.Doth any | 

man make a new.imprefion- before there bean | | | 


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melted with the ſpirir of bondage, there is- no 
knſe ofangwipiric, to make anew impreſſion | 
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| lefle;fſomertimesrhe Medicines goes foclofe with/ 
|Thefpiritof therevealing of tinnc, and judgement, that ir is 
of boneage nor ſomuch diſcerned :ſometimes againe, God 
\meaſure0n , MEanes

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AR oe '; | Water, and of ourowpe Spirits. þ 
E- [Thereſtimo- | Firſt, beloved.thereis inthe teſtimony of his \M |} 
(ny ofthe Bloud, There are three that beare record in the i |; 
cre" Earth the'Spirit the Water, and the bloud,thougl WM |1 

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\bein c4riff, whether he have received the pro-| 
miſed ſeede or no. let him confider- firſt, whe- | 
ther hee hath beleeved in the Bloud, that ls, | | 
there is a word of promiſe, that ſairh thus fo ; 
[us Thereisa Sacrificethar is offzred, there is 
[the bloud of the Lambe ſhed from the begin- | 
| ning of the World, and this Bloud ſhall waſh | 
thee from allthy {finnes, when a Man ſtands ro 
confider this promiſe, this promiſe hath two | 1 Two things | 

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| WM true, I beleeveit; bur wirhall, here is a g00d- 
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hetakesi it, and embraceth i it, and'is exceeding | | 
>| greedy of it: For

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is the teſtimony of the 
Wy watcr to this fi I2gne and teſtimony of the 
0 | bloud, which thewesrhar itis true, thatitisalive- 
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de himſelfe,1 lohs.3. W Toh. 3.3. 
Ac | Burſome man may lay, This teſtimony of a aps 
CW mans owne ſpiritemay decerve him. Dr 
_ Ianſwer,it cannor, becauſe thonghirbe cal. ,, + our (vi- 
0 WF ied the teſtimony of our owneſpirir, yer itts a riocnlight= 
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ol | pirit of Chr4ft, andthen thar rule is true, 1 John x Tobn 2, 
he 3.1f our owne hearts condemne ws not, that is, it 

ul the heart ofa manenlightened, ifthe heart of a 

11 man, with which the #oly Ghoſt | joynes, ifthe 

Jy heart of a man ſfanified doe not condemne 
by him, it he have the teſtimony of this ſpirit, rhat' 
ar heeſhall be ſaved he needsnortdoubtit,hee hath! 
je W boldnede towards God, then againe hee muſt 
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alone, buriris theteſtimony ofthe Water joy. 
ned with itz ifirt were but the teſtimony of one, 
indeedthe ground were not g994 bur they all 
2gregin one: andrthereforeif thou have one ſure M 
which we ſhall ſee deſcribed, befides theplaces Mi 
to thee, itis enough. Theſearethethings which 
goe before and accompany tt. | 
Now followes the teſtimony of Gea's Spirit;| 
Inamedto you, Epheſ.1.Wherein after you belee. 
ved, you were ſealed

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ſpirit. of promiſe, that is, tc 
Lord ſends the ſpiritinto his heart, andchac (pi. 
rit gives witnesto him, and when he hach putto 
his ſeale, that God's true, then the Lord puts to 
his ſeale, and aſſures himthat hee hath received 
him ro mercy. You willſay, Whar is thelſeale 
or witnefſe of the Spiric 2 My beloved, it1s4 


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dine expreſſion of lighr, 2 certaine unexpreſli- | | 


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y. MW beaffurancerharwe are rhe fonnes of God, a: 
ne, MF certaine{ecrer maniteftarion, that Ged hath re- | 


(ive us, and puraway our finnes: I ſay, it is 
ire Much arbing,char no man knowes, butrthey thar | 
ces have ir; you thall finde ir exprefled by alltheſe 
ch {places of Scripture, Revel. 3, 1fany man will pen  Revel. 3420, 
Wh me, 1 millorme in and ſup with him : that is, 
it; M'wbcn the Zord enters intoa kind of familiarity | 
ze. WW with a Man, when hee vouchſates him fo much 
iſe, WM fvour asz0 come and fupand dine with. him | 
fu Wit were, and ro dwell with him: And fo, Re-. 
11 0.2.17. Tohim that ever commeth will 7 giveof” 
his the bidder Dfannah, 1 will zive hima white ſtane 
ny [wth anew namewritten init, that naman knomes 
ch (int hee 1hat hath it ; that is, there ſhall bea ſecret 
ol} Mprivptoken ( asir were) of love given him, a 
12r Wi ſecrer marke of it, thar-rhere is no-man in the | 
[norld knowes beſides. So, 1obn 14.21. 1f any | Toba 4.22, 
nan love mee and keepe my Commandements Iwill' 
ſhew wy ſelfe to him; that is, he hall have an | 
extraordinary. maniteſtation of my ſelte, hee 
fallhaveſuch an expreſſion of loycand peace, 
that ſhall allhis heart with peace and joy, ſuch 


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he FWathing char no man knowes but himſelte, Be- 
pi- Wired, this is chereſtimony at the Spirit, I con- | 
to Mkſeir isa wonderaus

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muſt remember this, to diſtinguiſh ir from al] 
| fancies and deluſions; this Spirit comes after 
The witnefld You have the Warer and the Bloud, after you 
of Gods\pi- are beleeyers, after you have pur2ed your 
on of {elves, and therefore if any manhave flaſhes of 
bloudand light and joy, that witnefle thar hee hath recej. 
PO ved thepromiſe, andrhatheis inthe Coverant, 
| and for all this hee have notthe things thar goe 
' ;ibeforeit, hee may well. take it fora deluſion, 
faith Chrift 1 will come and ſup with bin : But 
with whom? With him that firſt openeth to 
me. It thou open thy heart tothe Lord, when-| 
ſoever hee knockes, andcomes to thee. And (o,| 
\To him'that overcomes, 1 will give of the hidden 
| Aannah. [f thou be one thar' art ableto over. 
| come remptations, and unruly affeRions, and 
| infull lufts, thou mayeſt conclude, it isa true te. 
| ſtimony that thou art not deceived, bur ifthou 
| be one thacarre oy:rcome wicrh every baſe luſt, 
' with every temptation, thou art deceived, if 
| chou art perſwaded thou art in good eſtate; 
| This is not the witneſle of the Spirit, For,#s 
zo him that overcomes. SOagaine, - To him. thi 
| owes mee, and hoepes my Commandements, vc. 
Nowif thoube one that breakſt the Comman- 
ements of Goa, that findeſt nor that holy fire in 
| thy breſt; that findeſt'not thy hearr affetioned 
| to him, and yetthou haſt theſe great flaſhes' of 
aſſurance, and thinkeſtrchy ſtare good, thou de- 
| ceiveltrhy ſelfe, the Lord harh nor thewed him: 
 ſelferothee, buritis 2delufion; and therefore! 
ay, conlideritzand this is rhe conſequent of 2 
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thathethathathitisableto pray. Sol willcon- | How: 0. know! 
clude all,hec is able tocry 4644 F ather, Tfrhou hays rhe whe | 
'hveſuchan aſſurance of a goodeſtate and yet | *<! ot che 
zrtnotable ropray, thouartdeceived likewiſe : | 

for that isrhe property ofthe Spirir, ir