The HiddenSorcerer, difcovered. 169 ver reach the truth and the water oflife : and no nian in Hea- ven or Earthwas counted worthy to open this Bookend loofe the Rev. . 5. Settles thereof, but onely the Lyon ofthe Tribe ofJudah : And there it no man knows the Father but the Son, and him to i'hom Lu raze the fon will reveal .hire. Beloved, all things in theworld are from there two Prin- ciples or Roots : they are either from the wifdome that is from above, which ispure, peaceable, humble, meek longfufferinQ, lam 3 fill ofgood works ; or elfe they are from the wifdome which Verf. 15. is from beneath, which is earthly, fenfrtal, and devilifh 3 It is given to catching, carping, infnaring, reviling, lying, flander- ing, &c. Now the wifdom from above, never teaches men to carp and lie luring to catch the innocent and guiltleffe man ; Inch was and is the wifedome of the Pharifees in all ages ; MI. 0.9. they will be very forward to argue, as though they would willingly know all truth ; but they do but argue to catch and infnare, and when they cannot underftand or compre- hend, then they will invent force gin, and forge force lye -or other. Again, this wifdomefrom beneath, its very full ofjudging, jam,3.i $, and full ofpride, and it magnifies all things ofmans inven- ting and whatever man magnifies ; But do you think any ofthis is fromGod, or from the Divine Wifedome ? No no; the property ofDivine Wifdome is to become humble, to lay afide all things ofjèlfand flefh, and tobecome teach- able,and nothing in its ownpower or wifdom. This is the pro- perty of Divine Wifdome in man ; but when man would aei and be Something, and undertake to obferve this rule and the other, and they can undertake (the alone work ofthe fpirit) to lead men into all truth before Chrift comes Toh.16.3o in by his light, power, andwifdome, and they will be jour- hyingbefore the Lord remove theCloud ; All this is from the Exod.4o: Wifdome of the Serpent in man, who can transform himfelf 36. into an Angel oflight, and his Minifers into Miniflers ofrigh- i4 or. i i. teonfneß. What do thefe men more then the Pharifees ? for they by their ownpower, conformed to all outward rules, and indeed unquefionable Ordinances, appointed by Godhim- . Z felfe, .
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