·part 11. · A SAtflt or ABr11tt.; . 24·1 the Lord himfdf. It is the Divine Power thatgiveth us aiJ things that pertain to life and godlinefs, 2 Pet. r. 3. As it is the Honour- . able work of God the Father to be our Creator, and of God the Son to be our Redeemer,fo is it the Honourable work of God the Holy-Gholl: to be our s~mctifier. And therefore as it is a Blafphcming of the Creator to vilifie the Creation; and a Blaf .. pheming of the Redeemer to vilifie the R(demption ; fo is ic a. Blafpheming of the Sanctifier to vilifie Sanctification. Themgh I I fay not that it is the unpardonable Blafphemy , yet a fearful · Blafphem-y it is. 0 that thofe wretches knew their crime, that . mock ac the fpccial work of the Holy.Gbofi. . z. The new createre is illuminated with a Heavenly light, and ~ured of its former mortal blindnefs, and is brBught oNt of dPirk: int(j . m~rvellouslight, Eph. I. 18. AEls 26. 18. Col. I. r3. z' 'Pet. 2. 9. and is t.·tught of God, {ohn 6. 45. I Thef. 4. 9· I J~h. 2. 27. And it is more Honourable to fee, then to he.blind, and to live in the open Light, then in a dungeon. And it is the highe!l matters in the world that the gfacious foul is favingly ~~quainced . with. It is more Honourable·to have the Knowledge ofprofound· .e~ S~iences, then of fome low and poor employment. And it is · more Honourable to have the faving Knowledg~of God, and of the life to come, which the·poorefi fanc.'tified perfon bath, then to .have the moJl admired fletbly wifdom, or all the common learning in the world. What high, and excellent, and neceffary things doth Graaeacquaint the Chrill:ian with ? He f{.noweth him tbar-is the caHfe of all things elfe, having himfelf no caufe : He knoweth him that is _k..now/eage it felf ; and that knGweth all things : He knowcth him that is Eternal; that never began, and !hall never end. Tha·t is Greater then the whole world : that is • moreg[GriouJ then the: Sun: that c11n Jo a!J things becaufe he is .Al– mighty .; and yet can do no evil, becaufe he is m oft GeoaandHoly_. He knoweth him that made the world Z\nd all things, arid holdeth them in the hand of his Omnipotency , .and Ruleth them by his wifdom, and doth all things accordi-ng to the good pleafure of his will. He knoweth him that is mans felicity, to know whom is eternal life. He knoweththe Redeemer, and the Riches of his Grace and Promifes. He knoweth the difeafes of his own foul, a·nd their danger and cure. He knoweth what end he hath to aim at, and the work that he was made and Redeemed for to do: the ~emptations which he muft refiJl; the enemies which he mu£1: · - I i · 'on~
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