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6

S

6

Some

things

to be

confidered about

rebellion

againff

light.

and

you finne againft

that light

,

and

you

rather

chufe

dark-

nets

then light

, you

will

fay, I can

doe

nothing of

my

felfe,

yea thou dceft.chufe darknefs

rather then light

;

you

that

doe

rebel'

againít

light ,

you

that doe

finite againff

fight;

it

is

juft

with

God

to

take

it

away

from you, it

is

juft with

God to

take theGofpel

away

from you.

There

is

a

threat

pronoun-

ced

againít

you

in

the

3

Chap.of

Micah,

the 6 verle.

T

here

-

fore

night ¡hall be

unto you,

that

ye

/hall

not

have

a

vi

lion, and

it

¡halt

be

darke

unto

you,

that yefhill

not

divine, and

the Suane

¡hall

goe

doane

over

your Prophets,

and the

day

¡hall

be

dark,

over them.

It

would be

the

dreadful

-left

Judgement

in

the

world

againít

any

Nation,for

God

to

take

away

the light after

he hath

been pleafed to try

them

with

it,

it

would be

a

curie

to

the

generation

to

come.

And

further

know,

that

if

fo

be

you

live

under the

light of

the Gofpel,

and

you chufe darknefs

rather

then light, that

is

if

there

be

any

one

way

of

fnne

that thy

foule

clofeth with-

all, and thou

rejecteft

the

light,

becaufe

it

is againít

that

finite

of thine. There

is

a

moll

terrible

Scripture

that

wee

have in

the

2

Corinth:

9:

Chap.

3

verle.

But

if

our-Gofyol

be

hid,

it

is

hid

to

them

that

are

lofl.

Oh that

you

would

lay

this Scripture

on your

hearts,

and

that it

might

be

as a

Dart

on our

fpirits

Lord,

how long have

I

lived under the

voyce

of

the Gofpel,

and

what

doe

I

know

of it

?

Is it not hid

from me

?

if

the

Got

fpel prevaile for falvation, and

doth

it not

prevaile

for illumi-

nation

?

That

is

a

fad

judgement

when

God (hall

give

a

peo-

ple

up

to

blindnefs

of

mind, under the light of

the

Gofpel.

There

are force

that

have had

the light

of the beames

of the

Gofpel

shining

anthem,

and

their

hearts have

been takenol£.

from Ionic bafe.lulls

that

formerly they

have had,

but

I

come

and

the Lord

knows

they are

hidden from

me

;

If

our

Gofpel

be

hidden,

it

is

hidden

to

them

that

are

loft.

And

further

knows

that

thy

end ¡hall

be in erern:ill darknefs

;

thou loveft dark

-

nefs,

and

that

darknefs

lhalhbe

thy

end;

therefore

look

on

this

as a moll.

dreadful' thing,the

rebelling

and finning

againít

knowledge, that

that

thru

finnefi

againít

now will

be

a

ter-

òt

rto.thee

hereafter

;

the

holy

Ghóft

makes

it

to be

a fpe-

cull