Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BT770 .B39 1670

The Lfe ofFaith. 403 In a 'Word, Confedaries are confounded with principles: Nature , Medicine and Health ; the precepts and parts of Primitive Sat:airy , with the precepts and means of Medicinal Grace; the End and the Means; yea nothing moreufeally than words and things are confounded and ¿if- ordered by the molt (that I fay not by us all.) Thecircular motion of grace, fromGod, and by God, and to Ged, and in man the receiving duties as Mind from the im provingduties; and tbefe, as contmunicativelaud difßercingunte man, from thole afcendent unto God, partly in the fruits, and partly in theexaltation of the mind it felt, chefs are not to be found, nor abundance more which I pats by, in any putt hat. monious Scheme. IL And O what confufion is in our Heartsor Dips, and lamenefs,&defeú as well as confufion;which mutt needs be the confcquent ofa lame and confutedunderüanding.It is fogreat, that Iam not willing to be fo tedious as to open it at large. III. And the confufion in our pral7ices, taking it in, and exprctfing it, will Thewyou your heart confulon of it fell. But to open this alto would be long ; and the regular order before laiddown, will thew you our diforders without any furiher enumerations or inttances. Only fome ofour lamenefs and partialities, contrary to en- tire and compleat Religionfncfs, I (hall briefly mention, be- caufe I think it to be ofno (mallneed, to the mon, even oftie wore zealous part ofChriftians. r. In our Studies and Meditations, weare partial and de- fedive : we reachhard perhaps for Towne few 'jrutbs, with the negleáofmany hundred more. 2. Inour Zeal for Truth, we are oft as partial,greatly take* with force one orfew, whichwe thinkwe have fuddenly and happilyfound out, and fee more into than others do; or is which we thinkwe havefame fingular or fpccial interetì; and in the mean time little affected with abundance of Truths, of greater elands and importance, and ofmore daily ufcfulnefs; Eget bccaufe

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