The HiddenSorcerer, difeovered. 131 part of his acing : He will cut off' his Horfes anddeflroy bis Charets : that is , whatever it be that man rides on, or truth in, or thinks to be delivered by, all his helps or refuges, all his hopes or confidences that are below or lef then Jefus Chrift himfelf, bee will cut offand diftroy : thought his confidence be never fogreat, and that wherein he trufts be never fofirong, and his Charets neverfo many, In that day wheu the Lord wil arife, they (hall be all cut off, all utterly 'overwhelmed like Pharaoh and his Charets in the Sea. Let it be what it will wherein thou trufteft,and thinkeft to fit' *afely in the .nidit of all wrath and fiornas : if thou putteft truft in richer, honour, power of men, wifdom, parts, or any thing thou haft chofen, and thinkeft thy felfever the better, or fafer for them, all there Jhall be cut offrom thine hand: Nay, though thou art in the very Chariot of Religion, and higheft profefon of the truth, and haft chofen to thy felfe thepureft forms, and Or- dinances (as thou calleft them) and Church-felloJhips, wafh- ings, breakiing ofbread, or any thing elfe in thine hand, which can benamed, except Jefus Chrift himfelfe whereby thou haft quieted thy fpirit, andhaft thereby gotten to thy felfe a peace and a refs, all is a delufion and an Ido1. It may be, Thou, when thy confcience began to accufe thee, andwrath appeard to amaze and affright thee, thou faidft within thy felf, I muff now do fomething, that I may deliver my foule from this guilt , i muff quench thisflame, for /am not able to bear it : /will run to this duty and take up that form, and obfervefuch andfuch rules, and thenI (hall do well, and I (hall fecure my felffromwrath and hell: As the Pharifees, what think you drove them to theBaptifmofjohn ? certain- ly it was this fear, and this guilt upon their fpirits : For, faith he to them, O Generation of Vipers, who bath warned you tofleefrom the wrath to come ? bring forth fruits meet for repentance : as ifhe fhould fay, when ye were affrighted and terrified, you thought comming to my Baptifine would fecure you , but you are but Vipers for all this ; and thisfubmitting to Baptifme, doth not declare true repen- tance : But know, the Ax is now laid to the root of the Tree, andevery Tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is bewen S z down Exod, rq< Mich. S. 12. Mat, 3.7. Verf. to.
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