' . <. . I • . 'fhe Saints fore . therersofinfinite foules .ofmen. Is the Word of God as. a. La~pe,and a Light, without ~hichwee cannot fee the firft fiep 1 or fee one foot aright to-. wards Heav~n? Vv:hy then, finfull and pellilent i$ thejr prattice,whabide-this b1e£fed Light from the people of God,in an unknowne Tongue; and by their bloudie Inquifition, damilleup the holy Fouiuaines of heavenly Truth , which fhould fpring up inevery rnan_s.heart .unto etema,lllife: . Whofe crqell al!d~rafcje'Religi~n (for,bloudof Princes, and curfed Policie, are the principaJl ·,, fupporters of.Poperie) teache-th them to blmd- , foldand hood-wink~ the poore Laitie iu forced. ignorance_, le.ft they Jhould know G9ds-will, or any way to Heaven, but ~heirs ; whica indeed is th~ right,di~ecr,and defperate downe-f~ll ~nto the Pit of Hell : So that millions of fouies live no leffe without Scrip.tures,tlt~t,l i£there~ere· none; and wofullywa.l~e ia this World, thro~ghdarke..; . nelfe offinne;£hadow()[deatb~and ignorance both ' of God and his Word , unto endleffe ·and ·utter darkenelfe in the World to come. · Th~Prophet .David tells us;iaP[al.r9 • . That the LA~ofthe Lord. it ptrfeB, ANd gi-.'etb wifedome t~nto theJimple : The; CQtmpandementJ (}f the ~ord if pure, tmdgiveth light to .the eyet. In this pla~e ~ee tells us; ~hat the Wordwas~Lampe unto his fe~r,and aLtgbt un- . t6:his paths• .,Chrill:himfelfe,Iohn 5·39· bids us,· search the Script'ure.r: even all, witliou~ e:l{~epti- . on-; fo many as looke _for eternalllife. Not lightly, and af leifur~ to rea~e them, but, with diligence to dive into then~ ; £or fo theword fignifies .--·
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