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Miniflers light

in

Dottrine and

life.

657

ciall

argument of finceritie

to

looke on

the light,

thofe who

are

able

to behold the light

,

thofe whole

wayes are fuch

as

they

can appeal::

to

God

, that there

is no

truth

of

God,

that

God

doth fet

to

them, but

they

walke in

it

;

here

is

one

that

is

able

co

behold

the

light,

and

curled

is

that con-

tent,

that

'cannot

hand with the light.

Learne wee,from

what

Chrif}

faith,

that

the Miniflers

are

the

light of

the

orld

;

learne wee

then to lighten

our

Can-

dle

at this

light.e

Scripture

calls

the

confcience of

a

man

his

Candle, Provers

zo Chap.

27 verle.

The

fpirit

ofman

is the candle

of

the

Lord,

Parching all

the inward

parts

of his

belly.

The fpirit of

man

is

the Candle

of

the Lord

;

the

fpirit

of

man

is

able

to

fuflaine

his burden ;

but a

wounded

fpirit

who

can

beare

?

The fpirit

of

man

is

the Candle

of the

Lord,

God

.bath

put

in

every

man

and

woman a

Confcience, and

that

Confcience

is

a

Candle, it

hath

Tome

light

in

it

;

if

you

will

have

fo

much

light,

as

to

fearch

out

what

the Condition

of

thy foule

is,

thou mull light thy Candle at the

Word,

and

fo

carry thofe

truths

,

that light

you have

met

withall

there,

carry

it

home in your

Confcience,

and

be

fearching

into

the

corners

of

your

heart , into

all

your wayes,

be

not

afraid

to

take

the light

to

fearch

into

all your

wayes.

When

the

Minifler

darts íome

lights into the Confciences

of men,

yet

he cannot

dart

into every

fecret

finne

;

the

foules

of

men

have

the light

of

the truth fhining

on

them,

but

there

are

fome corners

of

the heart

,

that

the

light

doth

not

Thine

into

;

but

if

a

man

takes

a

Candle

he

can

goe

to

every cor-

ner of the

houfe, and looke

into every chinke. You

have

been

hearing

the

Word,

and

the

Word

bath

convinced you,

yet

there

are

many

fecret

finnes

that

the

Word

bath

not

niet

withall

,

therefore

you

fhould

light

your

Candle,

and

fearch

every corner of

your

heart

,

and

oft

out

all

your

finnes

there.

re

are

the light

of

the

world

;

They

are

light

Mis.tters

are

in

their

doarine

and converfations too

,

the doctrine

of

a

light

in

doc

Minitier

is

one wituefs,

and

Confcience another,

and

if

they

trine

and

life

both agree,

they

muff

both be

light.

And

fo

Chriflians

in

P

P P

P

their