SER; ~ t' · Triumph of Faith.' 28g Sounds and Syllables, can fo work upon a n~tu- . ,ral Spirit : If you Jhow not to a Buyer' preciOuS and rare Commodities, and bring them ~ot be.fore , the Sun, he fhall ,never be taken fo w1th thmgs hidden in your Coffers, as io be in love with them, and to felt all he bath and buy t}Jem ; Preacher's cannot, nay, 'tis not in their Power, to make the natural Spirit iee the Beauty of Chrift; Paul preacheth it, but the Gofpel is hidden from t~e blinded Man, z Cor. iv. 3· If I cannot Commumcate Light, far lefs can 1 infufe Love in the Soul of a loft Man, 3· Literal Knowledge of Chrift;is not in the power of natural Men; butlaying down this Ground, that a P/Jarijee lend Eyes and Ear~ to Chrift and his Miracles; the Ijght of the Gofpel worketh as a natural Agent; for make open Windows in a Houfe, whether the Indweller will,or be will not,theSun fhall dart in day Light upon the Houie, .7of.m vii. z8. T hen cryed .7efus in the Temple, as he taught, foy ing, Te koth know me, ailfl J'e know 'Whence I qm. And there is a covering upon the fpiritual Senfes and Faculties of the Soul of natural Men, that though Eyes, and Ears, and Mind, and Soul be opened; yet 'tis as impoffible for the natural Spirit, or the Preacher to rcmov;: that ·Covering, as to rernove a M:ountain, jr being as heavy as a Mounta in : And therefore there be three bad Signs in a natural Spirit : 1 His Light whi ch i ~ hut literal, is burden to him, it but vexeth him to know c~,rift, and if a Beam_of Li ght fall in on the 1Apple of the Eye of ana:- "' t ural Confcience-, 'tis ~ 1'horn bttween the Bone a.nd rh~ Fldh, the :Man Ola ll not Heep, and yet he is not fick. I doubt if either A bitbophet, or T . :f~;das -
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