and fallen in _ l;~~--~Jbfai~eclly witlt all Godi bldfed, way~~.-· t0r_l,y,fa'ith, and Faith alone,~. (which , how it· is -btought into the heart by the Holy ,Ghofi, you have in the Body of the Book e) we overcome the world, And that in allrefpeCts; Not only in regard of the-furiou~ entiCement", and keene baits·of carnal! delights~, riches, and riling ;-but alfo,ofcomminations o£ crueltieand torture; Nay, of the fringing pro.- vocatiom of contumelies,. and crue!lmockings. May yol:l pleafe to ·take notice of the power; . , and property of it this way; and in what man~ ner this glorious Princdfe conquers, and fets her triuniphant foote upon the necke of the · World,as upon her vanquifhed Vaffall, in two · or three paff.1ges. r. Firft, While as yet the Soule, tho nev~r fo admirably; and univer£11lv endowed ·Nith randl illuminations of humane. Wifedom~, , Naturall,, Morall.,..Metaphylicail Learning, and myfreri~s of State, is wholly· gnided·by the eyes offenfe,and camall rea[ on; it lookes upon the wor~d,. and worldly things;, · as upon the only Parad1fe of fweetefi content.,. ments, choycdl: pleaf(Jres, and chiefdl: Good; of the favour and fruition whereof, it would rather be damned,then difpoffefl:; But upon the King dome of ChriH, and its fpiritmll glory, a<; upon a thing not worthy fearching into, and feektng after; a fower,firitt,and un_comfortable condition; fit only for fome few precife fooles, & thofe,fcorn' cl, contemptible underlings; who underfl:and not the World, but want Wi~ :md . . Art ;) ' ' ' ~ ' .•. , ~' I
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