,.240 . Parrrr; :haftfentme-:::.:;.;::.. thllt the]may be One, even 111 \\1e art one, 1in them ~rna thct4 in me, that they may be mad~ perfeff in om. J t\(oc that they areOne. in God· head, or perfenalit], or office with Chrifl · but moH nearly conjoyned as_fubjeB:s to their Prince, that ma-ke One JJodJ Paliticlt, and as a wtfe to ah~s~and, and nearer cben tbefe ,can c:xprefs, in that they have the .communications of his Spirir. Judge now by all thefe. wonderful Tides , whether any but an Atheiflor Infidel <;:an deny, that the Godly are the mofl: Hommr• ~tble people in the world. If it ·be not acontemptible thing to he th~ fon of aKing, mm:h lefs to b~ the fons of the ere.rnal King. Deny the Honour of chofe tlut are fo nearly related to him, and l'OU deny the Honom of God himfe:f, and confequently deny · him to be God. Atheifm is the beginning and end of all. . · 3. Moreover the fenants of the Lord have the mofl: HonoJ.Jr· .able N 11Wru or Di{pofttions in the world. And the Honour rhac · arifeth from a mans intrinfecal Di{pofition, is far grearer then that which accrue.rh re him from hi~ parentage, or we~lth, or "Worldlygreatnf[s,or any fuch extrinfick accidenrs. Many aproud and wonhlefs perfon dorh boaH of the Nohility of their An– ceftors, and reil you what blood.doth run in their veins; when theyhave debafe.:l foHis, and nothing advanced them or their Ancefiors, but their Riches, or the p\eafure of fome Prince; and they ~uow thatthe beggarsattheir doors did come from Noah as well as they. The Surgeon fincleth no purer blood in their veins , then in the beggars ; nor are their carka!fes any more fweet or lovely ; and Eherefore if their manners are worfe, they are morebafe then honefi beggllrs. le is the mind that. beartth the trnefiamp of Nobility. They are the Nob/eft rha~ have the Nl}– hlej}fouls. All the Silks and Velvets in the world, wrll not make an Ape as Honourable as aM11n, nor an Ideot as a wife man. Solomon in all his Ro;alty was not cltJathed lik_e fome of the fiowerJ ilf tht field, Mat. 6. 28. 29. and yet he was more Honourable then they. ACorpfe may be moftjum( t#O~JflJ adorned. : A{row~ mtty be fee on the head.of an im~ge. Such as the mind is, fuch 1s· the m~tn. And that thefo.Jtls of [he fandified are more Nobly qualifi– ed then of other men, is eafily demonfirated. For, I. Chrijf a'welletiJ in them by [11i.th , ~nd. ·hy his Spirit, Ephef. _I. 17.&2 . 22. Wcarethe7em.piesoftheHoly Ghofl, I Cor.6.19, The newnature of the Sf!ints llath no meaner an Auth_or then - •· -- ·- • -· · - - - -·-· -- -·-· -- -·- -- .... • -- ..-- c the
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