~---__:.of_t_h_e_H---:-o-:L_v_G_ii_o_s-=-T-~_______ 6_5_9_ ~erather,_ro holdmy.felfetothepoint<o~ ~eating; with~·t dte fext ; H'""" :ea,j 'cl the rievances agam(l:lt : whtch I reduce to rhefetwo: .Etrh:r, Bqorc wnen ·~e •I se.ti•g." an . g tSealed bur 3 re to be; when He offers to ~oe1t. , Or ,<.After; when we are 0 1 oryde paft hi~ hand and His Scale upon1us. Therc..'lr_egrievances,both wayes. arc area Y · 'dd h ' · d fti S I · · · · . Firlt rheSpirirofGo or _come,•.an o erto eaeus.ou~panweretomv1re , 8 q.,,;c.( , Him to c~lrie,if He.did not; buuf He come, to beglad of 1t; b~t many wtfe,to be 1 · • willin withall. Otherwife,Ip/im• nolle,contriftarzefl. Fonfwe ,be not wlllmg,but fi ~ g, dI!Jifr Him off frill,is it noqujlmngravamen? But,even JS there were, that re ute, an d rL d ·· h 1 • .. · d · ' 'h cl. iJl fer His foonmland, an oude to come tot em, zntreate Hzm; flee " :or~:~re;:neag•im: So when the Hot~ Gh9fl makes thelike pro~et.;Eie h,ath hts Gtr, Matth.S.Jii · ifiw too that can fpare Hrm andlus Seale bot!:l. Men are (ll<now not how) even f~th ;tnd(a~ it were) afraid; think it a difgrace to~hemynany (and;':hatwould be ea!. led men of Spirit) that any.Seal:'-orrnarke-of holrmffe; _lhould.hc fl:t, or feetl~ upoo them. Comemwith aLabel, without anySeale toJr,;~lL~he.r Hdon~. And ofthefe Labe!Uhriflians,we have meet!y goodftore. As the Sp[rzl ofGod,~he:y.ltkcHrmwdl enough,to havetheir b'reath,and life;an_dmoving from Htm: y~a,•rts and tongt.es to<;>, if He will; Btlt,as the h~ly Spirit, not once to beacquamfr.dwttb.Htm. A nd wh>tt"s , thisplaine but their fpeech,Cau(e the ilolyoneto'cea(cftomu; r Butyed doehotCay Efa.3o.•i: [notat aU ~ ] F9r, if Hnvill come and s:ate t?em, foroe qllarter of ~aJl hower before. they die; forthat, they wrll not frand With htm. But they ddire tow"are the Stgnafureo f thejleff,, or of rheworld,of pride., or of tuft, as wng as they are able to (bnd on their legs. Animates, all their life _: andSpiritllr}; babentes, at thehoure of their Iud. '9; death. ctimci Chriihani, bedderedchrijfians (as thePrimitiv_e Chu?.chcalled them) when the jlcjb leaves them, letthespi~ittake ~heqra~JdSe~lerb.em : Thert the Seale (and ye will;) but; notbefore. But, tQ>~IS an tndtgnl.t:te, and,canrlor be we;ll taken·. He will not endure, thus to be rnfled ,wtth and I!Jtfted off, when He would: and1f, thenHeStaleus not; when we would we have our mends in our o\vne hands. But fecondlv ,Say we be willingHecome: Is it not ourparr,againft Hecomes,to difpofeour felvcs, and oe readie wrought.,to receive the figure ofHis Seale? Then,if eirher He finde us fo indurate, inmalice and defire of revenge, or-fins of rliar fort; thar,asgood offer himajlintto Seale,whichwill take.no prior: Or,on the other fide, tindeus fodijfo!ved (as it were) ~nd e~erimoltenint·hefins of thejlefb, that, as good offer Him a dilh of water ro Seale, rhat "wilL hold no.figure : Both comero one: • Notto fuff.:r Him, rodoeit ;and • not to be in cal'e, toreceive:ir~ 'Not dijfofed tQ it; Or, • indijfofedfor ir.· And can he choofe, but reckon this a~a frcondgravame» nod goe Hi'sway, and leave us as He foundus~ . Thefe t\vo,before we be: Two more,when wcbese~led. For;when we have well .Afrni 1: ' and orderly rctelvea it; then cloth it behoove qs,carefull.y to kee.p.theSjgnuturefrerrt 1 defacing or bruillng : If we doe.nor,but carry irfo looft!y,asif we cared not what became of ir'; and, \vhere we areSignati to be clofeand fall, fuffer every triflingoccafion to break us up;have our foulesly fo open,as,all manner ofthoughts may palfe and repa!fethroughthem : Is notthis arhird ~ Wlienone I!Jall lee apooreCqrmtrieman,how follicit!JUShe is,ifir,be but abond of no great valueto .kecpe the Seal:efaiie . j and,.hole : But if it be of highernamre,as aPatent, thento have hisbox, and leaver• - and wool!; and all careufed; ittakc not theleafr bur): : And on the other fide, .on ou; parts, how light reckoning wee make of the Boly Gh.ojls Sealq vouchfafeit not that care, doe not fo much, for ir,as he, for His Bund of fivenobles, the matter bein"' offuch confcquehce : Thiscontempt, mlt(l it not.atuount to a.grievance l Ye.s, -and that to agrdvegravAmen, a_grievomone. For, this, is evenUUarg,.rita-sporcfsrighr. But yet further: Ifhavmg rcce1ved thrs Seale uponus,we fof:u forget ou~ felves ·- as we be brought, to let His .emrt!m, the ftendthe evifl_ffirit(whomHce can by no ;. meanesendute) even to Sreper-Jigiflare; fer his marke over it, S'eal'e upon.Seale; put·hls pnnt,wrrhhis ima~eand Superfcription, abqve and upon the Ho L Y G H o s r, s: Thrs ts fo foule adt(gtacc, as Hee can never brooke it: A'nd !halhv.eon~ecencewe, bur,uponfobadufag~ as rhis,He will doe,what mengriwedufeto .do~,flJ.pre(ently-, N n n z. tmgrel!'ll4 •
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