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A
Deft'ription
of
the nature ©f
alt
inallulionto
the
GcfPel,
forth
the.
Gofpel
;
you are
they
that
are
the
Miniffers. of
the
Gofpel, that
are
-to
bring
cvifdome
to
the world
;
you
are
they
that
are
to
declare
that
that
will
mike
them
wife
to
falvati
--
on;
and
without the
doEtrine
of
the Gofpel,
there
is
nothing
that
will make
them
wife in
the
world,
while
they
come
to
know Chrift.and
the
Gofpel,their
foolith hearts
are
darkened;
but
now you
are
fens
to declare unto them the
Councells
of
Gods
will about mans
eternill
efface,
fo
that
theyMay
come
to
attaine wifdome for eternicie
ye
are
the
fait
of
`relarrh,
the
whole
world goeth
on in
wayes
of
folly
till
the Gofpel
cones
amongft
them
;
the generality
of
men
that
have
not
the
preaching
of the word,
what ends doe they propound
to
themfelves
of
that
lives
?
or
if
they
doe
propound any ends,
it
is
not
the right
ends
they
ought to propound,
they
are
farre
from
propounding théfe ends for enjoying
God
in
his
Sonne
Jefus Chrift,
they
are farre from
ufng
the right
means
to
at-
taine
this
end, the
world
is
led
on in
a
paffion,
they
hurry
it
on
to
what
Tuft
their
corruptions carry them
to. Therefore
they
have no
wiídome
to
carry
it
on
for
what
they
(hall doe for
e-
ternitie;
but now,
ye are the
fait
of the earth, that
(hall
make
men bethinke thernfelves,
and
to
know
what they were borne
far,and
what
they
came
into the world
to
doe,they
thalh come
to
know what
is
their
laft
end
,
they
Thall
begin to mule
and
weigh,
and
ponder
things
:
Now
when your
doelrine
fhall
be-
gin
to
prevaile
in
their
hearts,
they
ihá11
then begin
to
hive
wifdome, where before
there
was
nothing but
folly in
them,
and
fo When
men
converfe with
the
Saints
,
they
(hall learne
wifdorne
,
then
they begin
to
have
fait,
and
to
conferre
of
things,
and
to
have
their
hearts
feifoned
with
wifdome; all
launtane
leaning
in
the
world
makes
not men
wife
to
falvati-
on
;
the
rules
of
Philofophy may
thew
them
wifdome
,
but
the
Scripture tells, that the
world
by
wifdome knew not
God;
.
That
'S
the
ftrft;
the Gofpel
it
brings wifdome
where ever
'it
cornes,
it
teacheth the
world
to
be
truly
wife for falvation.
-:-
Secondly
,
Salt
it
makes things
favory,
that
is
the
fecondi
thing
to
be confidered in
fait;
fait
it
bath
fuck
a
property.
to
ilry,up the evill moyfture that:
rook
awaythe
refill
of
the
fa-
vour