Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

NS }~ th~ l_)~Qfe. ~~n o. Jh.o!ine~e, even as ~arre as .the . fCc;oJ?fforthtf,d~.r.QlliJa-, . euen as farreas.rhofe iJI~fr.[~,:~_hat \vere rimeh enlightned,& had taftf~' . jJft/:J.t'jWrJ?Cr ojthewor/dto Come,yettbis wifdor:ne fl!'~wefpeakeofhere ( ~e fpeake rh~ wifedome . ~~<?rt{)confi~s ?f. fu~~ .things aS; they Qever ! ~pe~v; 9e:ra~e thmgs t~ar_.rhe rrtofl: knowing Man ~hat l~uesm the Chur<:n ofGod; that is not regenerate~can neverkilo.w them,as he i:1ith,ver. g.fiJch ar eyene;;e~fow,&c.fignifyihg thusmtlch th<;, )Xe and theeare an~ th~ . fenf~s by which :: · /. 'knowlcageisgathered; yet Mans eye neveri:1w, .••q.... . , and.his earc never ·heard, &c. and his heart, that --· ~- is more·actiuerhan eyther <;>frhei?, n~v.e~ underfioodthem. . _ . J; You:w,illfay; Wha~are thefe things i They .aree_xpreif~d by diver~ names in this ·ehaprer; Theyarec:1lkd the wtfedoru_e of God, they are ca,Jled the wifedome of G~d hid ina Myfierie, th~deepe tl:iings efGod, the things ofthe fpirit ofGod,tbe-rhings that are given usofGodfor our / glory: Beloved,the[eare things thalt no unfound-: hea,rted Man did ever found; And therefore I will be bold to fay toyou,ifeveryoukqew tbefe ttiings; ifeve~; you rec,koned thefe things wife– dom~,certainlyyour. hearrs are perfect, you are not meere na.tutallmen, bqt you haue received thr?pir.it ofGo~(tbat is., the fanctifyingand en– lightning Spirit.of~od. ~eft. But youwillfay, How canitbe,that anatnrallman fhould neverknowthefethings~ Anfw. Beloved,.! f'\y, it ~ay be ver.y well:~or .they are

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