to drowfie SAINTS. be w c ked,God would rather have them doe all their vvick- edneffe out of his fight,than in it,/ml/c4 you out of my light, J er.7. t 5. God cannot abide to lookupon a people, that will have their owne wayes; they anger him xr:ore,when they commit all their wickedneffe under his Word; God looks towards a people when he fends them his holy Word , hee looks upon them to doe them good,hee looks towards them in pitty, and calls them to repentance, that they may finde favour with him, and therefore, if they doe evill now, this provokes him more a thoufand times. A drunkard where the word is truely preached, an adulterer there, a muck -worm there, a proud perfon there, a prophane wretch there;l fay, this angers him more a thoufand thoufand times. The times of rgnorance, Go4W1ked at, Afts 17. 30. If your fins were committed in blinde parifhes, God would winke at you in a manner, that is, your damnation (hold bee leffe. God would exude you hintfelfe in feine mealure. Alas! poo:e Creatures, they know not what they do; let them have leffe hell, they doe not deferve fo many plagues; he winks at the wicked that live without his Word t B will that litre rod er the Word, he cannot winke at you ; P yto the full. O l ßeloved,above all things the Lord cannot abide that people fhoald be wretched and vaine under his Word t. But I will paffe over this point, Taus yee fee they are fe- ven Stars, every Congregation had its Starre, every Church had its Miniaer. Now in the next plae,wee fee he; e that Chrift hath the Doff r. re (even Starres. There things faith he that hath the (even Spi- rits of God, and the feven Stars. Chrift hath the feven fiars. Chrift is laid to have the feven [tars, in five refpefts. Vita, in refpe. t that they have their Million from him,fe- condly, in ref pea they have their Commillion from him, thirdly, in refpeft they have their abilities from him;fourth- ly, in refpeft they have their fuccefle from him, fiftly, in re- fpeti they have their proteftian from him; of thefe in their order. Fita, they have their. Million from bim.- It is Chrift that' 03 iß1
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