the Cloudis taken off Tabernacle. 95 and darke, and the fpirit ofthe Lord Both not fpeake in them, then they muff be content to f t fill, till the day, that the Lord himfelf takes up theCloud : Man can never remove it; no not one hour nor minute fooner, but when thefpirit liíf- eth : But in the day oflight, then they may goe forward : nay, then theyfhall go forthwith power : then they !hall not fpeak as the Scribes andPharifees, but with Authority : Then, they [hall not regard the honour of men, nor glory in thofe things that thefoolifh and vain heart of man doth : As be- caufe they are Pent forth by thePresbytery,and they have gifts Stc.and they can fpeak anddeclare themfelves, and that they Band up in a Pulpit or high place aboveall their Brethren , and they are in high ofeem and the like. All thefe things are banifhed in that foul , when the Lord fends forth a mef- fenger. Far be it fromme, to think that I have Wifdome or Learning, or Knowledge more then the meanefi Saint a- mong you ; what am I ? what is Paul ? what is Apollo? but Minifters, and your Servants, and the Servants of Chri[f, by whomye believed? for me to think becaufe I ftand in this High place ; therefore I am ever the better,pr,have the more honour, or more efteemed, God for bid : For I amnothing ifChrift fpeak not out by me,any,yea every experience ofthe truth : Therefore look onely at him ; for what come ye out into the Wilderneffe tofee?a reedfhaken with the mind?Oh look look not at the real] infirument, but behold the Wifdom, the Power, the Majefty, the Authority of the Almighty : Ra- ther then I fhould hide him, let me be as I am, nothing, a vain and light fhaken reed, and I confeffe a Hill or a Moun- tain in a14 ildernefs,or a Stool were more fit for me,or for any man : Oh let nowoman be heard in the Church, but only the voice ofChrif; thereevery onefpeak of andfeeks hisglory, even the glory o fhim that feet him, and thatfame is true, and there is no unrighteoufnefs inhint. Let him encreafe, but let man and all the womanly weakneffe in man decreafe, and whatever is ofman : when ever hewould haveglory or be any thing, let him-be confounded, and the pit /hut hu r mouth upon him. For tisnot onely unfeemly, but a fhame for The Woman to fpeak in theChurch. THE Mat. ß.z9. Mat. i c.,. si
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