. C H A P.2. Epiftle to the Theffalonians. °V B R.7. 13S Tome extraordinary .tutus to the conceiuing of it;as myJtte- riit Chri/li,Ephef. a.4. and the myilerie ofGodlines,r Tim. 3. s6. and the myfleries of the Kingdome of heauen,Mat, 13.11. things in their owne nature abilrufe, and which without diuine revelation we conceiue not. Sometimes things apert in theinfelues, and running in- to fenfe haue that fide, when the reafon onely of the thing is fecret: fo Reic lion of Lewes a myflerie, Rom.i 1.25. fometintes, things haue that appellation, for the couer- rure of carriage in the allegorical! expreffion : as Ephef. 5.32. To whither acception of the word, is the allufon here? Refp. To firíl and third, if to any ; though perhaps the reafon o; the appellation bee , onely the couer- ture and fecrefie of carriage, and conueiance into the Church. Yet ye read force where of depths of profoundefl lear- ning, as they call them, which yet are but the depths ofSa- than: homo- voµna7s,myfleries,but of iniquitie; fuch will Poperie flore you withall; orders of Angels and their fe_ uerall ranks and f itbordinations, which poore Proteflants apprehend not,becaufeGods fpirit hath not reuealed them in Scripture,thefe know exa6lly : their Ianguage and man- ner ofexprefïing the conceptions of their vnderflandings, each to other, yee cannot learne but from their myflicall, Angelical!, Seraphicall Do&ors. How a body Naturali may be withoutdimenfions, Accidents fubfiflwithout a fubiea, and fuch like deepe my fleries of abfurditie, you can learne from none but their Teachers; nor in truth ihail euer rationally conceiue ; nit credi.deritis nen intellige- tis : you mull captivate your thoughts to the obedience of Antichrifl; for I tell you thefe are great myfleries in their Iniquitie. But Carriage of their grofièefl errours, yòu f'hall finde fo couert, and no lefíè then myflicall, that except we haue wits exercifed to difcerne betwixt good and evil!, we fhall hardly defcrie them. That Chrifl is onely Author of righ_ teoufneffe and faluation ; the onely name given under hea- K 4 uen flAoe.z,24.
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