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Some

things

to

be confidercd

abort

rebellion

aga;PIA

light.

655^

eyes

againft

it. lob, 24

Chap.

t3

verfe.

They

areof

thofe

that

reivll againfi

the light,

they

now

net the

wayes

thereof,

nor

a-

bide in

the pathes thereof.

Thefe

are

of them that rebell

againft

the light, that this Scripture

may

not

be verified of

many

of

you, take heed

that

thy confcience

be

not

forced

to

take

this

Scripture and make

it

thine

owne

;

this

is

the

man,

this

is

the

woman,

that rebelleth

againft

the

light

;

the Lord

bath caufed

them

to

come

and

live

in

the

places where

the

light

of the

Gofpel

is

made

known

in

a

glorious manner, and they

doe

not

only

turne

from

ir, but the light

follows

them,

and

they

run

away

from

it

;

when

you

rebels

againft

light,

you

rebell

a-

gainft

God,

for

God

is

light,

and

in thy

hearts

rifng

againft

any

light, it

rifeth

fo

much

againft

God.

And further know

in

thy

rebelling

againft

the light, thou

aggravateft

all rhy

former

fins.

In the time

of ignorance

God

winked

at

it

, but

now

if

thou doeft not

repent, the

Axe

is

laid

to the

roote of

the

tree,

is makes thy

finne

to

be greater

then

the

finne

of

the Heathen,

there

is

none

of

all

the Heathen that

have

fuch

an

aggr_avattot3

M

their

finne as

thou

haft

,

becaufe thou livefi

under

the light

of the Gofpel.

f

ohn

3

Chap.

71/is

is

the

condemnation,

that

light

is

come

into

the world, and men

love din-leers

rather

then

light.

This

is

the condemnation

above all

other condemnation,

there

is

no

greater

condemnation

amongfi any

other people

of

the

earth then

this,

then to rebell

againfi

the light, teeing

you.

doe

make

your felves

wilfully

blind:

Shall

a

bale tuft

be chó-

fen before

all

that

glorious

bletfed

God

that

(alines

in

the `so..

fpel the

Lord

is

pleated

to let

out himfeife

in

the Gofpel,

and

there

the beauty

and excellency

of

God

appears

in

the

Go-

fpel, and when it

comes

to

(dine

on

thee;

fo

to

dazie

thine

eyes

, yet

thou

preferreft

A

bate tufi

before

all

that fhining,

thou (halt be condemned

with

a

witnfs,

thy

finnes

(bail ag-

gravate thy condemnation As

if

he

fhould

fay,

you

that

live

as

without

a

God

in

the world,

though

you

were never

fo

pro-

phane and

ungodly, yet

had

but

you

embraced

the

light when

God

fent

it

amongft

you,

then

your foules

might

have

been

fa-

ved

for

ever but

this

is

that

that

wily

make your tormen,

s

out of meafure

terrible,

in

that light

is

come into the

wo;

.