I I ; 100 The Parable of the Ten -pirginr, perfons, (though there is a govd ufe of Books alfo) Books a~e but a carkafs of die living Word. . · Secondly, They-that woul~ h:ve it ~y i~nmediate revelation, by elevations of the Soul to God, a Famtll!ttcal ~rmc~ple colketed from rhe Apocrypha fpeculauons of devout ~onks, recetve~ m G' rmtutJ when the Gofpel YVas preached t.o ov~rrhrow 1t, and enterramed ·by the deceitful experiences ol ?ome (as m London,&c.) fhe that was con, ened by dreams,& c. indeed w1 are to look for ' the Spirit ; but to look for it without the Word is vile · if , h~ Apollles were living, thefe would overthrow theirdoarine. ' . objea. what C'tlll man ~0? ( fay many) you mufl loo/,_ for ,/,e r v ng vozce of Cf.rzjf; the Word zs but a dead letter, and wlll oniJ m"k$ JOU ~ Jew in letter. cAnfw. If indeed we h:id only fouls, and no bodies, ~hen we mi · hr lay ·.ailde our Bibles; b11t leeing it is not fo, look to the Wo rd rhus difp~nfed; hence the Lord faith, Hear and pur Jsu!s jh11/l /zve; thefe fay, Hear not,&c.. · .. SECT. VII. Ufc 3. OF Terror to all them that oppofe the MiniHry of the Lord Jefus, a,11d relilt it; die Holy Ghofi being in it, you reli!t the Holy Gh.oH himfdf, and that no~ only where he is dropt, but moH abundantly poured out, /las 7 5r, p. How did they reliH the Holy Gholl? they did but reilll mc;n ; No, ir was the Holy Gho!t there, for fo he fpake thofe words, and the Spi rit had fome operationupontheirhearrs by thofe words, Zach.7.12. Neh.g.3o. · · · . Sometimes the Spirit puts forth its prerogative power; then it is not overcome ; fometimes words wit hour power, and then mea relifi and overcolfl<;: it, (for that is the meaning, becaufe all men reiifi, more or lefs ) and thisi> enmityazainft the Spirit, Act.5·39· Fighters 11gainft God, which is a moll: fad and heavy evil , for to be left ro that evil ro overcome the Comforter himfelf; as he faid, Is it not mo»gh to grieve ma», bJJt you 'muft grieve mJ Goi ;~/fo ?! ilfa. 7· I 3· I 1 -· --------~~------·----------~---------- S E C. T. VIII. Q!!efi.BVtwhodoth rejiff thus? . · An[ w. I . Some do it: by lilencing and perfecuting of the Minifiry of the Spirit, which is mol'!: grievous: When Amos preached againfi Berhel, up fieps Amaz:..iah the Priefi of Berhd, Amps 7.1o. and fi,r!l makes complaint of him to the King; FirH, that he was faetious, and confpired againfi the King :· Al)d fecottdly, That the Land was not able to b~ar his word~; that be trouble~ the Cduntry and Kingdom with his Doctrine , viz:... That we ihall all dye If we receive n0t his Doetrine; and hence he commands him ro depart and flee from thence, and propbelie no more there; but you fee what he anfwers, I was a Herdfmatl, and the Lord called me~ think not that you oppofe a priv~te fpirit,. b~t the Lord's.that calle~ me .: A· '!hence fe: becaufe he did but fay fo, what his fentence Is, upon his W1fe, Chlldrt:n, b1mfelf and upon aU ljrael: Are there not many Am":r..i11h's in thefe days,> do th~y not take the fame courfe ! is nor the fame fpirit working againfl cbe· ~pirit of God now? what will their end be ? Let a man be n\:Ver fo peaceable m his place, bletf~d, In
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