On LuKE XIV. 23. fury fnatches his Swords, and defrroys thofe about him. Wicked Men are of Satan's Society : he was a Murderer from the beginning, and hates the Word of Life. As foon as our Saviour was born, and pointed out by a new Star in Heaven, there ,,·as a def~grt to aeftroy' him. • "fis irue, t e fubtfe Tempter does nd ·at lirft 1 fpire Men wijll •Rag~l1gainft tht Gdfp~l . but es in the Art of l);ying, ' lame Colours :ire preparatory for others, thJClot · lirfr ;aipt 1rl Btew'bc'fore it tal<es a Black; fo by fevcral degrees· in finning he brings them to extream Wickednefs. Thus the Negleel of the Gofpel makes way for the Contempt Qf thofe who bring it; ~nd Contempt pro,~:~ds ..tQJ:latr&Ji,_and...Hatred fometimes produces mifchievous and deadly Effeels. Now the fear of Temporal Evils, ·efpecially if extream, to which Men are open and obnoxious for the Gofpel, will hinder them from embracing it, or caufe them to forfake it, if they are not fupernaturally enlightned and conlirm'd, by the Spirit of P0we~~nd Low, "f1t£of afou•d Mind. 'Tim. i l 11i .~Nt n o\ t;\~''' ~~~\1\\QJ 1\ ''S'I<:R, <:><\· c~ t\h\_ -: 1-l ~~·\ .\:\\ ~,\ '(?lh •• '~\:\ 1' \.'\ . !JU.. } U : '· '"'"' " !.. ~-l ... ll' .) ~ J'; , [1'
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