-- ofthe HoLY GHosT. 701 S~mon~l~O·~----~--------------------~------~--- In every cure our rule, is lirfl to looke t~ decattji;mor~mn,;,how thehem c~n be , I V i . ,, • 1•n afrcr de method~.medendi, the way here to helpe it. . ofthe ~;<,,,; hrD<tJI.tl• ' b 1. Th h h b k h · f. •Howthey How comes theheart roKen ? ecomm.on ~m111er, t at ~ea cs t em, 15 ome came bro~•• ~ d'l . orldly croffe fuchas we corrtmQnly call heart-breakmgs. Th.ere be here ~0°t~[~~~~' three !hok~ of this hammer; able (I thinke) to /makeany lleart in the vorld · . · ·· · · · 1 1 'ea tivity. 'fhey becaptives.li.rfi: a1,1d captivesandcaitives,inour fpeech foun<l ~,B;,~~;~g . llluch uptn one. It is(fure) a condttton ab~e to make ~py manhawg up hrs H11rpe, and Ptco! , 17 • 1; fttweeping6ytbewatersofBabylon. There,ts ~nefiroke• . . .. . , 1 ,.d><kc z There foilowes another worfe yet. For,mBabylon,though theyw~re captwes, •••&"•· yet went they abroad, had their liberty. Thefe here arc inprifo~ : Andmfome · blindc hole there, as it might be in thedungeon,where theyfee notlung. That (I ·tak!= it) is mearirbyblindhere in the Text: Blind, for want oflight; not for want offight; though thofe both cometo onei are convertible. They that beblinde, fay they are Jark: and they that be inthedark, fonhe time are deprived offigbt,have no manner ufeofitat all no more than a blindma,.. Now,theythat row in the Galleye~, yet tbis comfort ~heyhave, they fee the light : and ifa man fee nothing elfe, thelight of jtfelfe iscomfortable. And, agreat firoke ofthehammerit is; not to have fo much as . , thatpoore comfort!eft them. . . ,, Ectlct u.7; ~ 3 Buryetarenot wee at the worfi; One firoke more. For, one may bee m the ; "-nd bruifi4 dHngeon, and yet have his lim"!es.at.la~ge, his hands and fm at liberty. ~ut fo have :;;~~.'""' --" not thofeintheText,but aremzrons : and thofe fo heavte andfo plnchmg, as they - · · ~ are even T<9iav<iJ,{v01, braifedand burt with them. See now their cafe. ' Captives; anG! oncly that, but • inprifon. Inpri(on; not above, but in the_dungeon, tile de_epelt, b/indqlholethere; no light, nofightatall: 3 And, tn the hole, With as · upon them, that they are even bruifed and fore with them. And cell mee ifthefe three together bee not enough to brcakeManaf!es, or any mans heart, make him have&~rcontritum indeed. ,. ,, , be: butwhatisthis to us~ This is no mans cafe_p!;fe: No rriorewasit that were at C a .. is T s Se(mon: yet. C 11 .. I s; fpake to the purpofe, we may befure. We may not then take it Uterally, as meant by the body: CH lll s T, meantnofuchcaptivity, dungeon,orirs».s. That !Iem~ant notfuch, is phine. He faith,Hew.ufent to free captives, toopen prifuns : Bur, Hee never fer any CAptivefree, in His life, nor opened anygoale (in chat fenfe) to let any prifo.ner forth• Another fenfethen, we aretofeeke. Remember ye not, we began with thespirit? the bufineffe, thespirit comes about, isJPirittMil, not fecular. So, allthefeJPiritual!y to beunderfiood. As (indeed) they are all threeappliable to the cafe oftheSpirit; ~nd aplaine defcription of all our fiates, out of C H RI $ ,. , and before He take us IDbaAd. . . . 1 There iscaptivity there, wherein men are.held in llavery under finn~ and Sa-· . than, worfe than that we nowfpeake of. Saint I' at~/ knew it: fp~akesofit, Rom.VII. ltom'l'!\i; · an~when he hath fo, criethour,Wretchedman that lam, whojhaflridme sfit ! Verily, there is noTurke fo hurries men, puts them to (o b~fefervkes, as finnedoth her cap-. t•ves' Give me one that hath beene inher captivitie;and is got out ofit, &(cit qrtod alC9, he tan tell, it is trueJ fay• , , • . . . ~· 2 There is aprifon too: notc.Manajfes prifon. But aske David, whoneve.rcame Ill anygDAit; what he meant, \vhenhefaid,'lamfo fafl inprifon, /If)knoulnot bow to Pat. sd. , zeto~t. And that you may knowwhatprifo,n t.hat was, he cries, o&ringmy[otlleiut Pfcol.'4'·7· . 'ifrifon! Aprifon there is thenj ofthelou~~J)o)e!fe;t)lan o(the bodY'•. Inwhic:;h . ~~»were fomeofthofethat CHR 1 n pre~cped heFe to : .~~int MmheR?. faich,they M"th..j.•&: JAlln darkmejfe andin thejhadowofdeath, even as men in the dungeondoe, : .3 Th~rearcchainesroo, thatis alfothejinners cafe He is eventiedwith.chaines Prov_r.u;; 'f IIH[Qwne fi~"i~ \faithSalo~Pil) wit~ the ~onds of iniquity (Saint ieter:) which bands Ails 8 ·•l· ,R.rr are
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