.Sxbor.di11ates ll{ijlakm [o1 Contraries. 11 or M God ! And he that will not believe mdu af man, 01all fcarce know whlt he hath to 'believe .from God. . • c 11 • • . ,. 5 ,. [,;fr. 1 3. Thus many fepuate the fi!fficiency of the Law and Rule from the •fifulnefi ofan lnfrance 13. Officer, Mutijler and Jt<dge ! As if the Lawmuft be imperfect,or ell<! need _no Extcutiqn, and no Judge for execution! Or as 1f the Judges execuuun were a {upp1emlfnttOr adduton to the L1w! As 1fthe Q!!.efiion, Who jhaU be the Judge ? Did argue the Law of info.fficiency ! ~nd the promulgati•n, and ~xecution Were~npt "fuppofed ? 9· 52- .lnft· '4· Thus"lCo many feparate the mceffity ofa publiek._Judge, from the l.twfi<lnefi and lnjlanCI 14• 'neceffity of a priv.lft judgement, or difcerning in aU tbt rational fitbjet1J ! As 1 if God and man d1d ~govern oilly·Brttlts! or we could obey a Law, and not judge ic to be a Law, af1:d to be obeyed! and not underCtand the fenfe qf it, and,what it dorh comma~d ·us! ·. As·~ if fools and mad men .were the .only fubje6\s! As if our learning of Chrifi as his Difciplcs, und : meditating day and pight in hj? Law_, and fearching for ~iCdOm in his Word, were a difobeyhtg him as ottt. Ki1rg! As if it were a pollible thing for fubjeCl:s to obey , without a private jndgtment of difere~i•n ! Or as if thcie were any repugnancy between my judging what is the Kingt Law l and hif judgin.~ fPhetiJ((r I am punijbable for difl'btyi,zg it ! or as if; judging cmr fol'vu, ~ contraditled our be· ing judged of Gpd ! · • . · 9· 53· l>ifl. I 5· So, ·many feparate petween the •peratio~ of the Ward and Spirit, the Miniftcr and btftance 15• Chrijl:: As if the Spirit did not ufually work by the Ward; and Chrijt did not preach to us' by bu Minijl:err and Embaffadorr 1 And as if they might de[pi[e hi< Mejfengm, and.not be taken for dejpiftrr of himftJf! Or might throw away the dijh, and keep the mill(: §. 54• Inft. 16. Thus many feparate the[pecilll Love of Saints from the common Love ofman as man : Tn(lance 16• As if they could not Love a Saint, unlefs they may bate an enemJ, and defpife all others, and deny them the Love which is anfwerable to their Natural Goodneji. 9· 55· Injl. '7· Thus many feparatc Vniverfal or Cat!Jq/ick..Vnion and C•mmmtion from particular. lnftar.ce '7• And fomeunderfiand no Comm~mion but the Vniverfol, and fomc none brtt the particular. Soll}e fay we feparate from them as to CatholicJt Communion, if we hold not loc::~l p::~rticul::~r Communion with them ; yea, if we joyn not with them in every mode! As if I could be perfonally in ten thoufand thoufand Congregations at once, or elfe did[eparate from tbtm aU! Or as if I feparared from all mankind, if I differed from all men in my vifage or complexion l Or as if I cannot be abfent from many thoufand Churches, and yet honour them as true Churches of ChriU, and hold Cath•- lic/t communion with them in Faith,Hopt and Love! Yea, tho).lgh I durfinot joyn with thcmpcrfonally in Woriliip for fear of fome finful condition which they impofe! Or as if I need not be a mcm~ ber of any ordered worlhipping Congregation, becaufe I have a Cath.lick._faith and Love " aU the Chrifiians in the world ! 9· 56. lnfl. 18. Thus are the ot~tward and inward wqrjhip feparated by many, who think that alllnftance ,g. which the Body performerh is again(\ the due fpirituality; or that the Jpiritua/ity is but fanfie and contrary to the form or o1ttward part; As if thehe.Jrt and the Jtnee may not tidy bow together ; nor decency 8[ order concur with Spirit and truth. , 9· 57· lnjl. '9· Thus many feparate f•ith and obedienct; Pat~lt J~tftificatiMt by faith witbqut the Inftance 19• wqrl(t •f tht LJw, from Jamet's Juflification by workr, and nqt by faitb only, andChrijlr Juliitication by our wordr, Mattli. 12. 37· And thus they feparatefree Grace and Jujti.ftcation from any n~- ce.Jfarj condition, and from the rewardablenejr of obedience, ( which the Antients called lr!trit); But of this at large elfe.where. . §. 58. Injl. 20. And many feparate Prudence and ztal, meek._nefr and refolmiqn, the wi{dom of the lnftance 20. Serpent, and the innocency of the Dove ! yielding to no Ji~, and yet yielding in things l~wfi1l; ll'lain– taining our Chrift:ian liberty, and yet becoming all things to all men, if by any means we may fave fome. Thcfe Injtancu are enow ; I will add no mOre. 9· 59· Direct. x8. Tal<$ lmd of faUing inta faC/iqnr and partier in Religion, ( be thepmy great ar Dire/1. 1 g, fmail, high or low, in honour or dijhonour ), and take heed leji: you be infelled with ajalliom, cenforio~M, uncbaritable) burting z eal: For thefe are much contrary to the intereft,JYiU and Spirit @f.Chrijt-: therefore am~ng aU your readings, deeply fuck i11 the dollrint gf charity and peace ; a~td read mre,JJ .Reconcililzg moderating Amhou ; Such M Drury, Hall, D1venant, Crocius, Bergius, Martinius, Amyraldus, Dallreus, Tefiardus, Calixtus, Hottonus, Junius, Parreus and Burroughs their Irenicotu. §· So.The reading of fuch Books e?<tingui!heth the confuming flame of that infernal envious zeal d.e– fcribed James 3· and kindlethcharity, andrneekncfs, and mellowncfs, and rnodtration in f.he 'heart; and cureth thofe bloodlhotten eyes which are unable till cured to difccrn the truth : It helpeth us to k..n•wltdge; and to that which is m01e edifying, and kecpeth knowledge from puffing us up. And experience will tell you at long running, that among Antients and Moderns, Greeks and Latines, Pa– pi(ts and !'roteft:ants, Lutherans and Calvinifis, Rernonfirants and Contraremonfirants, Prelatifts, Pres– byterians, Independents>&c. commonly the Moderattrrare not only the beji: and molt ch::~ritable, but the wifift, moll judicio~~< men. 9· 61o Direct. 19· With all your Rtadingr ftiO joy11 the re.di11g of the s'criptttru, and oftiJe moft Dire/1. 1~, holy and pra{iical Divines; not fantaftical EnthufiajiicJt counterfeiu; Paracelfian Divine.;; but thofi that lead yo11 up by tbt folid dollrim of faith and L()Ve to ITUt Dev.ti,., a11d Htavenly mi11dtdnift and conver{;ltion. §. ~i .. This
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