'The Saints . ,mifery. 3· The .m~anes. of remedyand recovery.. . :4· The nature, ufe and end ofthe .Sacrament. A . . · right kn~;nvkdge of.th~ li1bfrance,of w:hkb, ~·is at 1 leait neceifatily reqL:tiredofwhomfoevercomes,to · . the Lords ,Table. . .-, , . . · ~arks of !a- · i .I wiltend_gJlabouuhis firfigraceofknowledge' . Y 1 _ngand l:tnWJ~h .fomem~fks.and .no.tcsof a faving and fanttichfyma know1:'. • k 1 \. ,. b · ledge b , .. rymg. now ~dge,mata manmay eabletotry.the · ~ ftate of his foule in this point•.·For rhough,know– ledge bee .the ground;.worke .ofall fpiriruall buil-– d_ing, ·and-necellary to faivation ;;'yet' if1 itbe R@t. fimctified ro'tl man) itfcrves but toincreafe hisco~- demnation. And youmay know it_tobe faving and fanctifying, by thefe marks : Aglorious Latnpeef Joli.? r. Col H. I joh.,;.t4o. . ,ravingHghr) and qoickningpoweroffpiri~ualllife, . ~s planted. in e.very:mans heart that·prontsnythe ·rniniil:ery oftheWord, and-in the myfrery of the .· Gofpell, Act.'1.6•l8.cF.pheJ.;.8•. '·1 Pet.2.9. . ·- . . 1 . Firft, if it beget hulriility ·and lowlineffe of ., · Job.471f,1. · rnincle ;'!cfouhe more the true Chriffian"'knowes in,· the Werdof truth, ·and-the deeper-heewades.ia_ · thofe heavenly and:'facred myfteries, ·the more 'cleerly bee fees ht$ owneblindeneffe, vanity, in-; ward filthineffe, and nattirall corruption : .As the .mo~e lighi ishletintoa{Jurtifh and filthyhoufe, tne . more the foulneffeand lothk>mneffeof-itis-difco-J vered, and·appeares to the eyes ; fa thefurther he: _ growes into divine knowledge, he knowesbetter, hi~ ownemifery, GodsdreadfullMajeiHe, -divine indignadon, and;u(l:.vengeance againfr fin, more: largdy& fully howmany waies he otfehds againfr . · .fomercifull:a F,atber,;)how tarre lliorthecomes in: . · holy
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