12 4 Kinds of Knowledge. i + to every good duty, and readily difpofe, fit and frame us for 2. Tin a.3.17 every religious-and holy performance. 5 Spiritual' "elevation of the heart to amore high and -Match r3 .zz. heavenly_ frame and temper : The foule mutt be disburthen- ed of worldly cares andearthly difra &ions; the feed Both not profper where the thorns remaine fail rooted in the ground. It is an Axiome among the Mathematicians, Vela eo rumque antemnx qu'o altius malo afiguntur, eo velocius navim im- pellunt; and they render the reafon, quia virtus mavens, quo eft remotior à centro, co velocior c validior : So in this cafe the more the mind, thoughts and âffe &ions of a Chrifiian are railed up, themore ftrong, fpeedy and cheerfull he is in his fpirituall motion, the more fruitfull in every religions and holy undertaking : therefore, according to that of the A -001.34,z. pock, 3f yon be rifen with Chrift, . feeb`e thole things which are above, where Chrift fitteth at the right Hand of God ; fet your Af etlions on Things above , and not on things on the Earth. Thus of what we are to gather from the fini branch of this Text, our Saviours Com.mif eration ; next' followeth his Exprobration of them : wherein we may behold, i. The rea- fon why our Saviour did .upbraid them their ignorance, they knew not : They had Cogntionem Hifforicam, but not gyliicam ; they had Cognitionem f#eculativam, . but not affeeti- vam ; they had Cognitionem apprehenfionie, but not Approbatio- nir ; they had Cognitionem difcurfivam, but not experimentslem.. Thus they knew not Chrift : In regard òf affettion, he was a ganger whom they loved not; in regard óf affiance, as a withered reed on whom they leaned riot; in regard of feare, as a Carpenters Tonne, a poore man whom they reverenced not ; in regard of joy and efimation, he was to their eye as a face in which is.{no beauty nor ,00melineffe. Thus .were they ignorant. 2. 1-iere is the matter whereof they were ignorant, the . tbings belonging to their peace, happinefíe, and everlafting wel- fare. Peace cometh of a word fignifying perfe&ion, and it mprileth, in a large fence, the whole welfare of foule and body. Peace, in regard of the Subje& whereït refideth,,is ei- ther t
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