jMauh.6. ~ _______ S_e_rm_on_in_t_h_e_~ __ o_un_t_•~~=~~~-~~-6·;-- ~ i11e trnc mclniug. for life cr<:r.lltJ\1; and therefore fimply wee A himfclfeinrhcright '\K'tl.y, andl~ccpc h1stl:crc l may not dcftiifc it, bur onely in rtfj)crEt ofliFc 1 from Humbling and frOm faHi ng: but it his eye cccrn:Itl, Now we muCl: ibcw rhis'htgh rcfpeCl:' : l'l>cdirnnie ana darkc, thct~ 1\ce cannot walke I tohcaucn :md to life eternal!, apouc char we V\'ithomHumbling: an~ it' lie ....·at~r 211 cy~, or hauc to this worlci;.:md tcmporjlll l;fc, by he:\- I that his eye be fbrkc b!ind,rhcn _ot h:m(dtche I ucnly medirations,and by ij>iritual ddlrci,ioy, cannor- w-aikc ·w~d-Jbut Humbling 3nd waJ1dCand dcligh't: ~or iflkau_cn be om trcafiue,thcn rin~ : \o in like ma~ncr, ~~~he vndtrllandin~ I nu_tfl: our d;l·tgl;; be ilrawnc fi·o_m worldly_, j winch !S thc~>:e of d1c mmdc, be f~un?: :m_d 1 I thlllg');:\nd Ice on htnl1cn. ~ r • t dt:arc, :tblc to m~gc of good and cull!, tn'c.n ~s · · .:: , C7 A l' h· 't-"1 1 1 ~~ the "'·hole'life well ordcrccr·: but if the it1dgc- ' V • 12. 1 '1e tg t.o/ ltJe IJO~ 1 !mcnr b.e ~orrupt,thell is there 1imth difMdc~ id 1 di-e i:J'the eye':if theeye. b</Jng·fe ·l l'othe life:>.nd itit be cleantp;it our,rl:en inller~ ·- _'. • • , ••• • ' 1 nothmg·b~Jt brutdl1 c:onfu~10n.> - .. I tby who/e botfte jhafl be !Jght: ' . ' Thus fland the"com_rari!on<'m thef~ :mr~d< ;·; 'B · ;{h· ·· b . 'N0'.·\1 the meanmg ot thcitJ ·lS thts. ft·c hrH 1 . 23. Ut lj t ,meqye e Wtc--. I wot'd re p!•ine, Theltgh,of•hebu:Jieh thrqe, "ed then all t' 1 v· 6 -'i/"jhaf/ be !3 that is, 'the ~i:e grui:nightfortncdirdlior1 ~ ' r& Ouj 1 ·1· ofthcbod!e; asahgh~u1a1i hou(cd1t<!6'tsthc dlir"e. W~er:.efOre ij ihe· /ioht . · h.ouOlOidcrsinthcira!'fiir'i--/J'h;ncrye~ef:•g'' '\:. . - l}V. •· 0 , crc.Byt>zt>'ll·crclsmeanf·th~ ·mll]dc,re-iefl·ll)kd that t8 tn·the_ebe dar{nes' .ho'tP i by th~!J~dily eye: anatheJi_ngle ryelsthc vli- .[ • _T great f.&t at.aark_eneJ. ,. Cl!iJI,of \obciJouc;aiJduottottc .Jonc. ',. . h'' J ·? dcrflandin n\pdo;';lblctp iudgcofgo'l>d"and•,. "'"!' Thcfc two Vtrfcs · ~auc'fundric cxpofition:s, Thy wh!J/, Jhell ~'t'li,_~~it;": ~by~ bodit>is mco.m~ 1 which we muft ~.ifti.lCfC, ~o.:for_c we can fee thC tl~e li_(t;....,nndl/:1) b;~!;t isA~:ne~~n~, lv.eJI orde:re1m:~ · I fcope and co:1erc~1ce.of tncmm_this pbcc, o'f' I dtre~etl~ ~dt'4.he.~m.~e~~ ~~:~lie hff: .f.or the c!_:_- I fundr!c whicn I take to1pifft the ri.abt fcop.c of ! rcCbng_of,t, rh:tr ''"hlch·the cy~(s \O'thc b0drc · 1j Ch~·!ft _in th'i~ J)IA~C~ ·f\,·ill onc;ly' ~~uch one, , fonhc Oi-dcHn.g _thereof.··~:b if ~~h'e~·e~e~ii:..? l ' · I·wh1c!l ~~the motfprobabl,e: ana thfnfct dov\ 111 i(sd,, 6... c~ The wr.ckfd_· e7t>% ·1-hc- cbn~f.?pJ._n-rm_lle~ : 1 that' wlf1ch1 ta~cto,bc the bdt. J3y Jingle e_;'C, h::uunp: tnc vnderhandui!t,~t~..rkpecl,-<lnd urdgc-· . I fomc vndc~r~ai1d a !~bcra/l mink: and by rhe men:- fo"-tlc 1 raued, -r~ath c<lnnoc rigtu·lydi(: 1 wkk.!d CJ~, :1-n en:~loHJ t1r.d couetom mindt>: and c:erne oFgao-d'dnd euil1,wliaf is robe dc-'nc,a~~d· 1lo theymake Cl;ritl here to fpc•kc of libmli- C, wliar is left-tobe vndot\d-.<'PM~ d!~~ ~~,: h<fllte~ l tte and couctoulhdfc. Now tt tS true that the fl>all be da.-f:!: that os, ihy " 'f,Qioltfc 111 ;dlrhmc words "''ill bcart: .this {en[c,fCr~alomonputs aC:lions Jh~Jl, be fl!if.,b(fi'l1no ~nd -lHfor~lcr. ' =- ~ ."a thegood'}<, for the liberall and mercifitll pc'- 11-·h, ·rFore if¥/,' light t11al<f<lm t/,te b~il.vk.fmffi: I fon : Prou. 12. 9. l-Ice that hath the ITO;d ere,he tb~t is,ifcQc natural1Hg~~frcafof1 an~·iudgcjha// be bleJled: for he git!eth of his1read v;}fo: · rhcnt Jeft_in'1llan:tfte'r tne1tnf~be quh ..e exun- (rhepoore: and rheeitil~cp:, for the ':O~ctous per_ guifhecl. _How g.,.~at I~ r~a! ~-irk_~n~Jfb,. ~har;.is1• :fon: Prou. zH. :::-2. A man"fa wic!;,:il e_ycIJttjl-c:l} wondc.r~l1~· fhall1lls cert'tl£fU0!l.and <li'for-dtf ·vnto richu. Buc thoueh the \.\'Or~s \Yill be:~. re be; yc1i~fl111 t;f •cbn&.-t~lf-n-:: t~lat t11i?reil:.all be 1 this imcrprct:uion,ye~ ic is not( as -I take it)thc no diffC?!'1-~.J- bet~ic~i1c h'is liic and~tbol~f~ of (prop_cr mc3ning'of.Chrift in thi"s pla<:c:for hi:: re, a Dr~lii: ~~l/Antl}h}s;l tdbt. re bc'<ihtift~ p·r~~ the l1ght of thebodu!, thefit:,~le '!'e,a~cl the light pcrmCftmng. 1 • ·_J( " , •• that i1 hi vs, be ;tll put for one and 'the' f:tmc Now the worils rhuS~~-pJ·aned,dcpt'11lh·_eon 1 Tl1~cohc· thinr1. No-..v thelight thar Min vs, is the "ndcrthe forni'Cr aS an-anfwcr toa(c·cret" oGfeC:lJOn l l'tnc~~'.., flan(fin.~ and iud£c~l1Ctlt _of the minde. Ag~it,; "' hich.5h~hcan o~ mair.:m1g~t ~im;c trn_to 1t the qc lS here call ea the light of the whole b6- D fclfe; ag:Hnfl: tbo[e n\0 -commandcmcnt-s ' to I 1 ! die : bl!t the liberal! minde ~annot b_e the }igh't thJs effe.Ct:. lf rl~:rc b~'"[Uch flecCffitic ofizfmg Io:fthe\\ hole body for allaC:l JOns)but for workl ,. 'r trcaturc"S"Ill Heauefi, Rl:j~ of auolrlt,ng mby ' 'j of mcrcic :md bou~ty. .· .. ..,,, ,. · vp trCflfill'C~,.in br,th'·,_ ~"fl ,~·hy dt~e nOt''the To' Come therefore to th~t whjch1takc to moCl- vvife and lcarnc.d men o(Ql!r tilucdoc fo; be Chrifls true meaning: The v ..•c/rclrs.conrainJ th~y fceke more for ecrthly 'rrcafurd then for : ~them diuers fimilitudc_s. lii.the fitfLwordS;~ hcauenly'?t Hereto Chri{\-'-anfwcrs thlfS,as if ha 'J iu ~~~ht ofrhe hod1eUthe q e_.""is ~ ·p~dbJC~t'3i~ ll:ul f.-rid; m:u·ucll not :t't'this,fonhry-"' am'rhe ken from a can~Jc in :lll houfc; for" aS-~ bmnl.1\1{ finglc cyc,thcvnderlt:mdiiig inin.de w'diH:crne candle fee Vp. in_~n houfc, Ii_gh .. r~(l:_.;Jlc ho~fc o'f things that differ,.. they canno"t iodg<far~ght ~all thatbe ll11t; (o rhelig~( ~{th~J ~!e,(.,\•hii.l~ .ofthc true trcafurc, ~ne. ~not .knov,·ing the . 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