1 A wholefomeCaveat either 'becaufe of fome outward evil! they bringwith them, in the fruition of them, or hope of fore out- ward good they fhall receive by calling themof or be- caufe of no good they reap by the enjoyment of them : Whenfoever ye fee this, that they are call off on this ground, then look for bondage; for it will come on whole Countreys in generali, and on particular perfons For jefus Chrift is in his Ordinances, and his Throne is not only in Heaven among the Angels ; but, Ifa. 9. 7, 8, 9. Refits on the throne of David , among his Church and People ; and pull thefe down, you pull downChrifts throne, thePrince ofpeace ; when ye pull down his Ordinances. a John 2. 19. there were many that did feem to be for Chrift, and yet againft Chrift, this is one fign by which henotes them ; They went out from us, for they were net of us : that it might be made ananifef# they were not of us. Now I fay, when men !hall pull down the Ordinances ofChrift, and withdraw themfelves from the communion of Saints ; and when it is for one of thefe ends, in regard of fome outward evil! that the Ordinances do bringwith them, or forme out- wardgood they fball get bycalling them off; then cer- tainly look for bondage. As a Prince that hath one near him, he may attempt change of things in State; but when he is let a work by a forein State, and is a pen - fioner to the Pope or Spaniard : Now he isreali to root out the Prince; and this provokes. So here many times a Chriftian, he may in confcience [peak againft force of the wayes of the Lord, and this may be the condition of the Saints and people ofGod, and they may (peak it in confcience ; and this may be tolerated, when it is for want of light ; nay, theymay through fîubbornnefe of fpirit, call off Ordinances ; but when now it is for this reafon, though he hath indeed his colours for it :, you (hall, faithSatan, have this gain, and this cafe, and thefe conveniences; and what do you do with Ordinances ? andnow a man begins to find out arguments ; and faith, Saran, If ye attend to the enjoy- ment ofOrdinances,here be thefe miferies, therefore a- way with forme of Gods Ordinances at lealt.Oh,brethren, when it is thus , that there is this fecret penfionfrom the world, that now had the Lord jefus, the honoursofthe world attending on them, then they could makemuch of them;butbecaufe they come with poverty, therefore they can
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