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Ephefians,Chap.
3.,
V.E
R.
g,
Vctfcr4.
that
doe
his commandements,
even
thofe that
are
holy
in his
fight. -Yet
this
mull not
be fo
underftood
as
if
God might
not reveals
his
will
to
'one
that
is
unholy, both Predictions,
as likewiÇc
ordinary revelations;
for
we read
of
Salaam,
of
Caiphaa,
ofiudas
and
others that
were wor-
The
difference
kersof
unrighteoufneffe,yetfhallplead that
they
have
prophefaed
in
his
ofrhe
reveled=
Name. But
yet
there
is a
priviledge
to
the holy one above
thefe.
on
the
godly
and
I.
God doth not
fo
ordinarily open
his
fecrers to thefè unholy
the wicked,
ones,
as
to thofe that
are
holy.
2.
They
have
not that
fpirituall
wifdome
given them to
make
ufe
of
that they know, which the
Saints have.
3.
They
have thefe things put into
them, not that God
is
pleated
with them,
butthat
he
regardeth
his
Church which
bee
ma-
keth the
devil! himfelfe ferve
for the good alfo.
Yfe
r.
So that
this
letteth
us
fee
what
all
of
us
mutt
be
if
wee
would
know
the
fecrers
of
God,
we
muff
become holy,
and
then we
(hall be
made
lohn
7.
17.
to underftand the fecrets
of
God:
if
you
will
obey,
yee
flail
know
my
do-
Mat.q.
8.
dries.
BleAftd
are the
pure
in heart, for
they
fhall
fee
God:
HolinefÏe doth
difpofe
us
not
onely
to
revealed
Divinity, but to the
Theology
of
the
Saints
in
Heaven;
as contra
corruption
in
converfation
is
commonly
accompanied with corruption
in
judgement ; and the more unholy
any
one
is,
themore
is
God
and his wayes
ftrange to him.
Yfe 2;
We
fee
the
caufe
why
fo many remaine ignorant,
never comming'
Mens wicked
to the
knowledge
of
the
truth,
becaufe
they
ftudy not for
fanclificati-
ofjthence..
on,
this filleth
our
Athens
with
unlucky owles
flying
the
Sun
- Thine:
of
ignorance.
they
are
fo
full
of
fwaggering, pride,
volupttroufnefïe,
filch ca-
ges
ofuncleanneffe,
that
it
is
no wonder if the
fpirit
of
revelation bee
farre
from
them. So
Profeffours,
a
great number
like Pauls
widdow,
a
Tim.;.
r.
alwayes
learning and never
comming to
the
truth,
becaufe
they
have
di-
vers
lulls hangingon them,
and
grow
not
up
to
holincffe;
It
is
juft with
God
when we will
not obey
the
truth
we fee,
to
turne our eye it
felfe
into
darkneffe.
rib
3.
Thirdly,
we
fee
how
wide the world fhooteth, they thinke
that
ho-
lineffe
foftneth the
fenfe and
taketh
away
the
edge and ripeneffe
of
wit,
that
men
cannot be
of
any great reach
if
they looke this way, but
blind men
cannot
judge
of
colours, young
Daniels
(hall
alwayes
bee
found
not the
leaft acquainted
with Gods
fecrets.
Dee.
The
laft thing to be marked
is
this, who it
is
that
doth
reveale
the
Gods fpirit
things
of
God to
us,
viz,
his
Spirit.
The
Spirit
of
the Almighty
giveth
dothreveale
under
/yaadin
therefore called
a
spirit of
ender
andin Efay
6.
For
the
things
of
`
g
God
unto
us.
look
as
if
I would know
what
fuch
a
man thinketh,his fpirit mutt open
job.
ye. 8.
the matter, for
the
fpirit
which
is
in
a
man
doth only
(of
all
creatures)
Cons. rr.
knowwhat
is
inman:fo the Spirit
of
God which
fearcheth
the
deeps
of
God,this
muff
be
gotten,
if
we would know the things
of
God:
if
this
Speétacle
come upon the
eye
of
our mind,we
(hall
fee
things that eye
cannot
fee
,
care
cannot heare.
Wherefore
if
any
would underftand
Davids Pfalms,Pauls Epiftles,feek
for
the
fpirit
of
David
and
of
Pool.
If you
ask;
how we
fhould
feckt
I.
By