z8o ChrfsTower. feemedto be in his ruffe,hc fends agreat crew to take a fillyman:when he told them it was hewhom theyfought ;, this little word caftthem downe. What (hall he doethen ingloriee whenhe commethwith thoufands of Angels? This then is the conclufion : the dwellis (trong,bút.Chritt is ftronger,and'chainethhim athis pleaftrre:The dinel is wife,bnt Chrift is wifer,andpreuentethhim in allhis pradtifes. z ChrittismadeofGodontovs,wrfdome,righteonfnes,fanbtification,andredenrpti- Afflth our of on : Art thou affraidthou (halt go out ofthywits,becaufe thou feareft fin? Arethy cogita- misde. lions confounded?Seeftthou noknowledge,no not Iòmuch as a literati knowledgeofthy faluation,but all is doubtfulnelle,allis dulnellè,all is deadneflèwithin thee,as though thou neuerknervelt,heardcft,readeft,or learnedit any thing?Now know,nowis the time to be- ehràfi irñur leeue,thatwhatfoeuer knowledge, experience and power of was in Chrift wiredome. Iefu,the fame is made thine;he is the annotating thattoil teat h thee,he is the Fathers coun- cellor,he is Wonderfull,he hall the knowledgeofall myfteriess,he is the fpiritual interpre- ter of the law, votowham as the Fathers did approch more neerely, ló they did fee the power ofthelawmore clearely.Heis our mifdeme: both the teacher and thething taught. Haftthou foregood meafureof knowledge,&yet thy life innopart being agreeable,nor proportionable tothy knowledge ; thou art fore troubledfor notwalking in the wayesof righteoufires, thoufeelelt nogoodneflè, thou thirikeft thylelfe as a Sere tree without all seel¿esatYar fruit ? now remember that Iefus Chrift who hadnoholineftcby the flefh,by beingborne greatthingrza of his mother, who fared great fnners, and trade ofperfecutors preachers, wouldnot theflefh. lraue thee to feeke for great things in the flelh, teeing himfelfe got fo littlethereby, but would Isaac thee fceke thy righteoufneffe out of thy (elfe inhim: whobeing no (inner a indeede wasan accounted (inner, and punrfhedasafinner for thee ; that thou hanirgno Rightceafnee. righteoufneeffe, mighteft be accounted righteous, and rewarded as righteous through him. Well it may be, Godhails gioen thee towalkefovprighely, astheworldcaninro- thingchargethee: but thoufeareft thy naturali corruption, that thoufhaltnotperfeuer, thou trembleft to rememberhow many excelling thee in gifts and graces of the Spirit, haste fallen away from thetruth, and thinkeft all is but hypocrifie, and that thy hypo- crifie wil one day beguile thee: now call inminde that Chrift is madeto thee holines, not as newMofe.r to follow,but as a trueMef iah to beleetiein,the worker, author and finifher 3 ofthy holihes : Sothat albeit inrefpeaof thy felfe to perfeuerit feemes impothble,yec with saaltifrcation, him it is both noflible andealie.Whatifthouhadlt a multitude offins,thac thy corruption Mary.;uag- did ftvell tillit'burft ? MaryMagdalen had feuenSpirits,and yet ofall wonien fhe was moft dater. deuout, molt louing, molt lion ourde to hale the firft fight of Chriftsrefùrrebtion. What if thouhaft been a brawned and infamous tanner, lo that firenaine of fin hatlr been notori- Matthew. ouflywritten in thy forehead ? the Lordlelas called aisdcrowned Matthew the publican with the dignity of an Euangelifi. What if thy, fin hadtaken a purpledie and crimfonco- lour in the bloodof the Saints ? Paulof a molt grievousperlecutor of Chrift was madea molt glorious preacher of Chrift. It may be thou frareft the corruption drawne from thy cretianr. natissecountry, the Cretanswere conuerts, and the Corinthians becameChriltians. It may be yetthine hereditarie, and naturali corruptions caufe thee todefpaireof comfort : Waturell tor- confider the Lord can change the nature of a Wolfe into thenature of a Lambe, and the expires. courfe of a corrupt nature in dice to tIre power ofa I upernaturallgrace. Ohthere is one thing that troubles thee : many promil'esyfewperformed.Thou lookeft forpeace ofminde, Promi ¡es. and behold a wound oftheSpirrgthou art theLord öfthewholeearth,and theheireoflua- pen,aud yet haft not Wherewith to helpe thy necefiity : thou art a Lord bfliberty, and yet Redemption. put inprilon.All this I granc,and yet in all this Chrift is'thy redemption. 3 Thonmufleuerbewareoftwóexcremitiesftheonethattlioulabournotfoforrigh- Them.Jiholy teoufnes,that thouforgetChrift te)be dry holines; the other that thou fo trauel notfor ho- hwiewd,of lines,asthat thou fhouldeft not remember final allb tobe thy rightehufnes. And fobehaue cl fi righte- thy felfein bothtbatthou beeft molt righteous inChrïft, and yet thou mu(tendeuouralfo oufres: and béliol and though thou been heuer fohot et know thou ftaudeft inrcedeefche themof/isb- y; y, y teems ofhisbo. rightedtifnes of Chrift. Now to &inietotheft things, thou muttdiligently attend on the lines. ¿word, Whereby Clara Iefus is crucified a freflt in thüieheart, on prayer which worketh a feeling
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