2i; Fagne f j"e ofman emptieth ofChrift. the Pharifees Sepulchers were farre from Chrift ; it is a fruitleff once to mention or m z Tim, 1. r9 Lord 7efus, unleffe there be neff:. 3. There is a fullnefe of man, whichargues ancmptineffe ofChrift. Many arcfo addLied untoman, their hearts and thoughts are fo taken up with man, that there is no entertain- ment for Chrift in them ; theirfoules are fo poffeffed by man, thatChriftbath no pofreffion in them a fome are fo devoted to the ferviceof man, that they cannot f rve Chrift, contrary to thecharge ofthe Apoftle, They make themfelves the n fervents ofmen ; not thecivili, but the prophase and finfull fervants of men ; they exalt and fet up man above Chrift ; as thePhiliflines did fet Devon above the Arke, they Rudyman more then they Rudy Chrift, they doe more to in- gratiate themfelves into thefavour ofman, then into the fa- vour of Chrift, the precepts of men are ofmore authority with them then the precepts ofChrift they accommodate and apply themfelves more to mensTufts then to Chrifts fer- vice ; they adoreand magnifie man more then they afore and magnifie Chrift ; they abolifh t he worfhip ofChrift, by Ma- king Mens dictates the ruleof' their fereice, as our Saviour himf:.lfe faith, In " vaine doe yon w rfhip me, teaching for Doîlrines the commandements ofmen ; the obf rvatfon of mens inventions, fu.jec`tion to mens diaaaes in the matter ofdivine worship, is not only vaine and fruit!,fl'e, but alfo pernicious and dangerous, a very prcfination of Chriftswor- fhip andfcrvice,a fhamefull aba lenient of Chrift below man, and a fuperftitious and idolatrous exaltation of man above Chrift ; a wretched feparationof the foule from Chrift and inthralment ofman toman; therefore the Apoftle faith of' filch, That they t hold not the head Which is Chrift ; they are not fi:bjeét to Chrift, as themembers to theHead ; they are notguided by Chrift, as themembers by the head ; they doenot exalt and lift up Chrift, as themembers do thehead; they are not ;nlivened, accìed and moved by Chrift, as the members by an influence from theahead, but they are f 6iel 3 Fulraeffà of nan. full of dead mens bones, are thing altogether vaine and name, the m Name of the a departure from ungodli- n i Cor.T.z;. i 3am.s.4. oMat, 15.9. p to
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