·t-4~ As~lntlr 4Bruit~ Part· r.r; conquer, the duties which he m~fi perform : He knewerh his Redeemers Laws and Covenants. Wh<tt he commandeth pro– mifetli and threacneth, and to whom.. He knoweth wh4,t ~ill be .hereafter ; and where he fhalllive when this life is ended : and what he fhall do ten thoufand years hence, yea untoall erernity. He knoweth what will become of ~11 the Godly and ungodly (that die fuch) in the world ;·. and where they fhall be for ever– ~ore. In a~ord, he knoweth whence he.cAme, whithet.he is go– wg, and which way he mull go. He knowerh God as his Maker; Governour and End : He knoweth that God that he mefi Pleafe · and how to Ple.afe him,and how to be faved,.and to livewith God for ever. This.is the ho1-1ourablc Knowledge of the SanCtifie.d. which no.men have but they alone.. The cunning Polititians of the world have none of it, (as fuch ). The Speculators of na. ture, the great Mathematicians, the Learned Doctors, famows for their skdl in Languages, Philofophy, and the Theorie of Di-– vinity, are oft without it. They have more of the words, ant! ntJ- - tiens, and forms, and nuthfJds, then unlearned Saints have : hue they wam the Thing that thefe are made for. They have the fjgns, and the Godly have the thz'ng jignifi.ed. They have the Bod)' of Theologie; and.the ~odlJ Chriftian harh the Soul. Tl1e rmgr;d/]' DoEIGrs have better sktll to break...th_e /hell, but theGodly Chrifti - . ~tn only knows how to tat the kJrml. The Learnul.may oe better · at the office of a Cook.., to dr.efs the meat; . but only the t!odly do · feed on it, and digeft it. Knowled'-~e is to be .v~lued, (as all crea– tures are) according to its ufefulnefs. As tt ts more Ronoura6!e · toknow how to Govern aKingdom, Cemmandan ArmyrwNav1 ; or (qve menslivu, then to ~ake a fiddle or an hob~J · hor(e ; · fo is ic·· ten thoufand-foldmer( HonouraMe ·, to know how to Order our hutrtJ 11nd lives, and to wal~with God ·, and ob·tain the everla .fling (.jlory, then to know.how to gt:t the riches, and pleafures, and · . ~'ain-gJory of the prefent world. 3. The- fanaified arc made Alive to God, when other men are – :Dtadin fin. Rom. 6. I I, I ·l· Epb. 2. I, 2. And the poorcfl: man ~tlive is more Hon011rabi~ then the cark.._afe of an Emper(Jur. Eccl. 9~ +· A ./itJing dag;~ u b.etter then adrad LJon. . . 4. The fanCtitied are €ltanfedfrom the fi!thynefs of thetr fins, whi(h are the mofl: odiotls defilemems in the world : and they are p·~Jrified by the blood and fpirit of Chrifl:. I {ohn I. 7, 9· Ephef. 5:.26. 2 .C,r. z. I. The. w~rd ef Chrift. bath made &hem clum -~ ; .,., - - .. • ---- --- - .::__ . l:ob.,;.:
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