Anaperpetual/ quiele. r be&re,without"Pre.uher1 So, that without kriow– ledge in Gods Word, tbere can be no faith; and without faith, there is no falvation. You may _further f~a notorious Linke of many wretch:ed mifchiefes, which arife from ignorance, Eph. 4· Eph.4,I7;t8:.'9· '. I 7,18, I 9. VAnitie tJfmind,anddArkenejfe of underflanding are natt1rally in all men ; for wee are all frarke blinde, and utterly dead, in refpe:Cl: ofmatters of Heaven, and fpirituall affaires. F-rom thence comes, groife Ignorante of God, and all !he fruits of godlinetfe; .and this Ignorance,ifit benot rcmo.. J&nGranc~, ved and difpelled by the Light of Gods Word~ is the root and caufeof ftrangeneffe from. the Life of God : Hardneffe of Heart ; . Searedneffe of Confcience, and .want ofFeeling ; an itching, wamonne.ffe, and eagerneffe to finne; a committing ofany ftnne, without remorfe, ~ccafion being off~red ~ an unfatisfiedneffe and greedineffc in thepurfu.it of finfull pleafurcs, and in ful.filling 1 Ioh,a.J.I. the luff eftheJlefh, the luft ofthe eyu,andprideoflife; "!hefe are the.bitter'and poyfoned fruits of Ignorance, and want of knowledge in the Word of God, and way to Heaven. Andwh~t istobeex.. , ped:ed hcreafter,appeares 2 Thejf.r. 7, 8,9. 'The z.Th'J1. 1 .1~~·9· Lord lefm wi!J fhew h.imfelfe from HeAven, with his mightie Angels, in.flaming fire, rendring ~engeance unt'O them that tiue not know God, and which sbey not' the GofPelofourLord lefm chriH; who fhall be puI nifbed with everlafling perdition from the 'prefence of the Lord, andf~om the f!,lory of hit pon~er. Seeing then the comming of the Lordwill be fo terrible I I an4 fearefull to the ignoranr, fo that they lhall · ' . (d 2) defire
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