· ~ I ----·------------------~----------~--------- 'The Sai1zts fure Heh.:,.rl• •opcaed. TheWord is faid to be live– . ly ia three re– gards. Ic quicktns. lt Jails for . ever. P{Ai.J,IJ.89• ft difperfeth it felfc, and fear– chcth into c-.. ' very pan of thcfo~c. or reftraine the freedome and wanderings ' of thoughts .: onc:ly the W ,ord of God can amaze, Learch, and faneHfie them. The weapons 9[our warfare (faithPaul) are not c"Arna!J, hut mightie through God to cAlf downe Ho/d_r; iafling downe the imagimz– tion_r,and n:ery_thing that iuxafted Againft the know. ledge o['GtJd,And /;ringing into cizptivitic every thought into theohedietue ofchrift, 2 C-or.Io. 4,5. ·The Word ofGod(faith theApofl:le to the Hebrewes) illivily Andmightie in operAtion)anl.fh~trperJhAnA.ny two-edged · [word; tmdentreth through, even to the~ividingafun– der of the foule 4ndtheJPirit, andof the joi11t1 and the inarrow)and itadifccrner ofthe thoughts And the intents of the he~trt,He!J.4. I 2. · · ,;' · 'TheW<:>rd ofGodmaybe faid tobe livingor lively in dueerefped:s. .. l · · 1 Becaufe,whereas we naturally live unde.r d1e fhadow ·ofdeath,and in thedatkenelfeof finne it . . , quickens us with a new and fpirituall life , it· cheares and comforts us withheavenly Light. z TheWord may be called Living,becaufe it fclfe is immortaiJ,and lafl:eth forever; as doth the living and eternall God,the Authorofir• 3 But moll: efpecial!y , and agreeably to the plac;e in the Hebrewes, it is.called lively., becaufe it enters with great power and fecre;t infinuation into every_part and power both offoule and body: So that as our l-ife is fcattered and difperfed into every little part, and leaft veine in us, and we fe.ele it both in paine and pleafure; even fo thevertue ofthe Word ofGod pierceth into every member, into the moft fecret and hidden Clofet of tb~ heart,
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