1· \ ' 'Ihe St~itJts fore . they told them. t~ their faces, That thereby they' .judged themfelves unworthie ofeverlafring life~ .. Then Paul and Barwaba,; (faith the· Text) JPakc 1 boldly, and [Aid; It w~:U necej](wie, that theWord of God Jhould have Jirft beene fPaken unto you: But fee- · ing you put it. from JOU, and: judge your felvuunworthy : of cmrl/tfli'ng life , loe ,wee .turne uilltO--the Gentiles•. TheBooke of God, Ecd~fiafritall Stories, ex– perienceofour'Times,doe ·plentifullyverifieand.' confirme this Point•. 5 But if fo be, this SpirituaUFooie, whorrt· wee havecarried along through fo many fieps of impietieJ cannot have his will againll:. the Prea~ ching and the Perfon of the Miniiler; but that he fees d1c Power ofthe Word, which l1ecannot · decline, i~ H~eCt"Jntioually tovexe·bim, t0 fl:rike , throughhis1oynes,with feare and·trembling frill ! to grateupon his Confcience for his fweet finrre, ! to difcerne and difcover ·the very thoughts and imaginations. of his heart:; or that hcc is m6re · ,ingenu~:ms and faire..condi tibned than o~herun– regenerate m~m (fur fometimes fweetnc!fe an& lovingne!fe-of natural! difpoiition doth bridle 'm_en from-· r:lging a~ain11 the power of holy Do· I _&tine_, and'fi~cuitic of an hone!l:-man; ) Why 1 tbcm, _mafifth pklccj hce · . · 1 Filfr, Either·refolves (a~ many doe} to give the Preacher•hearing indeed ;, and perhaps reve- · rent attention too; but·with thi\s fecret rcferva· tion, That bee fhall nor frirre anJ move himwith · all his Preaching_; That fay what bee will, hee tliail never :perfwade him, that this or that ftnn.e IS .
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