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yER.I.
them
and
is is
openly
knowne
to
all them
that
dwell
at
Iertt
falem, and
wee
cannot
deny
it:But that
it
may henoyfed
no
further,let
tts
threaten,6.
charge
Ì
them,
that
they fpeake
henceforth
seaman
in
his name. So
Ads
4.16,1
7.
and
Adis
iz.
,9.
This
is
is
which the devill cannot endure with patience
to
fee
him
-
felfe
difpofft-ffed, and
diflodgcd out
of
the
hearts
which fomctime
hee
hath rafted
in,and therefore
he
doth
fpit his
venome
againft
them,ftir-
ring up evills
againft them from
the
children
of
dif
bedience
in
whofe
ó
the
tin
s
hearts
he
is
eftCii
all.
Uhatfoever
pretences are fpread ,
why
fuch
are
hinge
meafurc
is
offered
Gods
fcrvants, this
is
the
true
caufe
of
all
the
trage-
ded,b,t
this
is
dies
of
this kind.
S.
Paul was a:
cu
fed
as an enemy
to
the
State,
as a diffo!-
áát
true taufe.
ver
cftheTemple andLaw,
as a
feditious
fellow;
but
thefe were flourifhes
betide
the
truth,
for
he
taught
every foule to
be
fubjell
to
all
orderedpow-
Rom. =;.
I.
ers: Hce became under the Law to
gaine
,
em
under it
,
hee
ne-
ver
committed the lean
feditious
attempt; the matter of
all
the quar-
rell was ,
that the
devills kingdome did fall
down
i:ke
lightening
from
heaven
in
the
hearts
of
the Gcnt.les.
So
that
we
mutt
make hence this
ufe
to
our (elves,
to
learne what
it
vp
z;
is
which dothcaufe the diftur'moc°
of
Gods
fcrvants
that
ferve
him
in
the
Gofpell,
it
is
no
matter
of
tr'A
-s, (forthe
devill
doth
not
play fn,all
games)
it
is
the gaining
of
wen
r
Chrift,
the bringing
of
men from
the de,
ill
to God,
and this
is
it which
he fo
hardly digefteth: So
that
though,
the blind world will not
feo
,
yet wee
muff
open our
eyes and
judge
righteous judgement.
y
Againe
feeing
thatthe
taking
effect
of
the Gofpell bath
afflidtions
w
have a
of
this kind accompanying
ir,
we may well ferre
that
the
devill
doth
saute
to ef-
hold
all he
would
in
the
mote
of
us, he
is
fo
quiet:
for
if
men were tru-
pea
chat
the
y
fevered from
the world
and clave
to God
in
his wayes ,
then the
o[fp=r
doth
devill would
not
want
engines
wherewith
to
alfayle
the ftoppage
of
workee,
wheñ
Inch
proceedings; then
you fhould heare
fuch voyces
as
thefe,
C
an-
ehedeve
leec.
venticlers, feditious,
faWtious
perfons, &c.
But
when the ftrong
man
is.
9
quiet,
it is
a
figne he
holds
poffeffïon
at his pleafure.
For this
route
I
Paul.]t.That
Paúl
here
is
often
in
Prifon for
Chrift,
1who
í411s
9. z.
did
bind
all
that
profetfed his name; Obferve,
That
God can make
chafe who
have
beene
the:moll
zealous
per
fe-
annake
I
cutors
of
his
truth,
becomethe moil
forward
t..2
artyrs for
the
teflifying
of
the
tort,.
it.
He
that
perfecuted
usin
timespaft,now preacheth the
faith
which
be-
tors
his
fore
hedefiroyed.
Paul
once
zealous
of
traditions,
nom
rejoyceth
in
nothing
Go=fpe
e,111artbe
but the
croft of
Chrifl,gal.6.14.
Paul
deftroying faith,the fame
a
great
font.
r
¡planter of ir.Paul affli&ed and
put
in
hold, the
f
ame
Paul made colledti-
Gal.,.
:z.
ons
for the
cherifhing
of
them, molt dilìgently.God
dock fo,
that thus
Gal. 1.14.
Ito create hopes
where they
are hopeles,is
molt with
his
glory,Gal.t.z3.
This
is
a
ground
of
prayer,
that
we fhould notgive over to pray for
pf
,.;
i
meneven perfecutors
of
good things
in force
fort, that
it
would
pleafe
God to enlighten them and convert
them
if
it may
ftand
with
his
glory.
¡
Likewife it
is
a
ground
of
hopefor the
Church to
thinke
that
if
no
Pro
3.
H h
way
8pheflans,
Chap.;.
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