• ~9_,_6----:---;-;Q-;I{_t---;h:-~-G-::-u-:- · N_ ... -::-P-_O-:-\_¥_D_E-:R:-:~:-T-:-:R_:&_A:-:S:-O-:-· _N•__ S~ that could thusdoe,call firefrem heaven; !hikeElimtUblinde. !hikeAn– dead, in an infram; need not lofetheir imerefr, which the/had(forfo~~j.ilar~e fame temporail dominion, for lacke of frrength. Now, it is well knowne it 10 thts cafe, here in the Text : Diftiptlluo potuit, fed Magijler noluit. It was for w~nr\V}sthe this in theText: Vi;, of volo, of will in C HRI s T : not, for wan;of vu 0 v,,, power in them. It went nor, by vires adernnt,vel deerant: Invent by M;~v"11• chrij/swillwas ~anting,and nothing elfe: That was rheir cafe (her~ :) who~h;;;r•; (becaufe tWO thtngS goe tO the aCt, 1 thCir power,and > C HB. I s T S wilJ) ha re verrhey felt theirowne power, and themfelvesable to doe it, :yet would nor~v o:. o~theirown heads,~vitho!-lt His Frivitie,or leave : ~nd ro_no,~,they askeit; Ma ~ft;:, 'Ill! dmmm. By whtch very manner of propoundtngtt,m thts confident llyle ~£ ' meth, little doubt they madeto carry it cleere ; made full reckonina of chrih 1 ~eand that He would be moved with their motion. "' ;•svo P, '/l.fls lJ.II. - .. ,J.f. I JI,' And with their motion, He was moved; for, it is faid, He turned withit:but ie c thusTs was, the wrongway. At the turning, it may be thought, they looked for fomego~d ~enkfuref,ndh re- turne;that CH ll Is T fhould havecommendedrhem, andfaid: Iconyouthankes .u eo t cm. I { h f d. b c · ' - - -- ee you avecareo tnycre tt; youareevenworr y1ortt, tofitoneonmyright .. . i JorNef&itk': l.fattb.l0,%.3• ]ohn-t.az... 2 t•i'N•/iitu ,ujr~rfPiritiU. flO'!!l!·~ .. hand, the other on my lift, for fhewing your felves my Champions : your motion is good, forward with it. . But, it falls our, His rurning isrhewrong way: lfe turned on thelcfrlide Tore: hukerhcm. This CHRIsT did. Now I willrellyou, whatHellwuldhav~donc~ For,according to the new taken up refolution,of the grave Fathers ofrhe fociery He lhould have taught them lirll, to t_ake a P.aire of ballances,and weighed,whether'the good that would enfue-would over-wetghrheloffe of thetowne: lf it would up wirhitand fpare nor. That it would certainly. For, it would fuikefuch afeate(the burning of this Towne)inroalrtheTownes abour, thatCH a 1sT fhouldneveraf– ter wanr receiving: and it would falve C H R 1 s T s reputation much, who hadbin though too great a favourer of rhefe Samarit4ns : and it would be mueh for His cre– dit, rhar He hadDifciples could doe as much as ever couldEfi,... · But, Ca RI s T never fiands weighingthefe : but,forallthepartiesweres4; mAriiAns, parties not to be favoured .: for all iris made His quarrell, nonEum: for all their meanes lhould be bymiracle, which cannot be miaiked : for all this, t11rnts and _rehukuthem. Nevetthinkes the motion, worth the anfwering,asbeing evillo: tot-4 Jt•hfla'nti-4 : but, rehr•kes them for moving it,rehukes the JPirit,itcame from: and rehNkes them of ignorance of their ownefpirit; Tee know not, what /}irit Jture~f. As much to fay as, If yee did, ye would make nofuch motions : thatyoudoe make any fuch,it proceeds from 'lX!_(citis. ·That,would be marked. They arein ignorance; and the worfi ignorance (of themfelves) that move forfire. They knew not, what fpirit they are of ; bur, whatfoeverit is,~a wrong fpirit it is; for,here it is re6ulced, by cbrifl. That which Chri/trehuketh is, 1X!_fcitis; that is their fault : There isno word,ori \~hichhis rehul:e can fall, but rhat. It can be no good motion, that comesfr?mNe[- ' &ztis, For, from 'l'{Jfcitucommerh no good ; without knowledge,the foule1t felfeodts not good. 7't.!fcitiJ quid petati;; No good prayer : Adoratilq•odHefcti!J,no go worfhip; and fo ignorant tfe.rmion,implicittfaith, hli»de o6edience, all rebHked. f'lie, if it be not {ecundt'tm fcienti4m, cannot be fecundr<m cMfcientiam;m_at~er o con· ceit,it may be; of confcience, ir cannot be. It is bur'"'"''"i"' and'""''~'"'"'snotrob~ 01llowed (we [ee) no,notinChrifts owne caufe. . . And, it isnot every ignorance, this : nor, of the act; butof the ~irit, ~ej}echa:; geth : which is more. For, Spirittmm p~nderAtor Dem, Go o weeghes_t. e 1~; ~enlooke to the~as;He, to the Jlir!~ ~ theref~re, tr!e ~he ~a; but,the /}mt,ray.;c~
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