ti 46 4wholforceCaveat., God of great weight ; but from a careleffe contempt of Gods Ordinances; or Gods people ; a man fayes, What care I for the pne ? and what are the other ? and from a refolutionne'er togrow better; they know they are not like to be accepted of them, and they are refolved they will grow no better ; they think themfelves as good as they, and from a ferret unwillingneffe to come to the light, they know things are amiffe, and will not be known ofit ; theyappear better than they are, and hence they are loath to be feen and jodged as they are : Cer- tainly, this is to calls Chrifts power; and if continued in, the falvationof your foules is alto call off: At"lr 2.ult.The Lord added to the Church daily, fuch as fhould befaved. To the Church. i. e. not the univerfal Church, butvifibie Church, %here it may be had ; fuch asfhouldbe faved. Ifa. 6o. í4,t 5. For the Nation and Kingdome that will not ferve thee, (hall perifh ; yea, thofe Nations (hall utterly pe rifh : Lamentable is thecondition of many ; not fo much for not joyning themfelves to the Church , as not feeking ofthe Lord for that mercy ; that they may be firfl joyned to the Lord, and fo to his people for the Lordsfake. There are great heaps of people amongst the Churches here that do fland guilty of this, the Lordhumble us for it; that content themfelves to (land Aliensfrom the Com- mon-wealth of Ifrael,Eph. 2. 12. Strangers from the Cove- nant of Prornife; having no hope, and without God in the world. The Lord is flow to wrath ; but there is a three- fold bondage. 1. Offin and Satan. Rev. 22. 14, 15 Let him that isfilthy, befilthy ill; Nay, though there be forne beginnings,yet apt to fall back; becaufe, not planted in the courts of theLord. And hence, Col. 2.5. toying, andbeholding your order, and theftedfafinefre ofyour faith in Chrifl,order andfledfaflnef Bare joyned together.s.Of mifery, Zach. 14. 17. And it fhall be, that whofoever will not comeup of all thefamiliesoftheEarth unto Jerufalem, to wotflip theKing, the LordofHof}s; even upon themfhall be no rain. 3. Sadneffe, hence, Ifa. 56. 7. Even them Iwill bring to my holy Mountain,andmake them joyfull inmy Houfe of Prayer. To be joyfull in the houfe of Prayer, is prow n ifed to fuch as joyn themfelves to Gods Covenant. 2. 2. Theyhavea power given them ofbinding and loo- fang; By admonition of any one, that being received in, fball fin againíl their communion, and the Lord in it; thereby to defile the wholebody, and to provoke the wrath
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