440 Book. IV. LDoking unto 1efus. Chap.J.Sed.4 ~--~---- ------------------- the Apocriphal book of Solomon bring~ in fuch men as if in hell they were f peaking th:s language, we wer-trird :ur felvn in the Wir. ~· 7• '""']of wic~tdnr(Je, yea we htt~'e gone through defertt, where there lay no way; but M for the way of the L ord we have mt k._nown it. ::.Cor. 3 . 17 , Wicked men are in thraldome, but where the Spirit of the L?rd u there tJ freedome. 0 the paines) troubles, cxpences that men ar~ at to ferve tl>leir fenfuali ry ! ice how theambitious rna n rifeth early, and goes to bed late; fee how he fl.,rters, diifembles folicits to obcaine nothing buc a lit de wind, a ;}u;fe, a breath of· v.aine mens mouths ! f~:e how the cuvewus man toyles, as if he were eyed in a G .llly by the lt gge with a chaine co ferve by row• ing for ever; fo l have heard, that T 'd:p ufe fo;ne Chrifrians . but this is a thoufand times wor le it1 vitude, for fuch a one is i~ fervicude to a more b,, fe creat• re than a Tur/ze, and he iies bound not only by the feet but :ilfo by the hands, cares, eyes, heart and t il. Only the Chrifiianis ac liberty; only Chriil:ian Religio~ and the pracbf~ of it fees men at liberry ; if ye continue in my Word ( faith C hrifi ) then are ye my difciple.r inJoh.8,3x,;a. deed,andye fba/1 lz.now ·rhe tn:th, and the truth jha/J make JOU fre;·. Chrifiian R~ligion is all compo~ed of peace; her waies are the waies ofpleafantneffe; and all her paths are peace, Prov. 17.3. Chrifi framed ail bis laws in complyanceof thts defigne ofpeace; peace within, and peace at home, and peace abroad; r. It , hulds forth a cerca!ne heavenly peace, and trang_uilitie within; Pf.:tl. 1 19 . 16s.great je.tce have the.y which love thy ~aw, and nothing fbt~ll offend _ them. But on rhe contrary, the wrck.fd are ltk.f the trofJb!ed [e11 lla. )7· lo,: 1 whf~; it can~:ot reft, whofe waten cnft ·up mire and dirt; there uno pe•t"' faith my God·tot he r;.;ckfd : their pa~ons. were never yet mort ified ; and luch patlions ufually rangem wtcked men as are moU contrary, and demand contrary th ings; the ddire ofhonour en~> !pend !Jae, butthe pal1ion of avarice cries, hold thy hands; lull: cnes, vmrure here, but pride faith, no juch thin[, it may turne to thy dijbononr; anger cries, revenge thy f~lfe here, but ambition fa yes, its better to dif[emble. And here ts fulfilled that of the Pial. ; 5 • 9 . Pfa!mi i1 , I h:tVe feen violer~ce aiid ftrife ;, the Ci ty; the vulgar rende rs it, I have jew iniquit] and cmtradiCfion in the flfe [attie · Ci · 1 : Fir£\:,iniquity, forallthedemands.-ofthefe patlions are unjuil; And, 2. Contradiction _, for one: gaffion erie> ?ut agatnft
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