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Myftcryywhat.
s
That,tbat
was
fccret,
t
That
the
rea-
fon
of it
is
Godlinef
e
a
Myfierie.
difpofition,
and
carriage,
that
makes
godlineße.
Now
this
godline/e is
A
Myflerie.
What
isaMÿfterie?
The word
liignifies
a
hidden
thing
;
it
comes
of.44úin,which
is
to lhutor
flop the mouth
from
divulging;
As
they had their
Myfteriesamong
the
Heathen,
in
their
Temples,
which they
muft
not
difcover
therefore there
was
an
Image
be-
fore
the
Temple
with
his
finger before his
mouth,'
(hewing.,
that
they
muff
be
filent
in the
difcoverie
of
hidden'Myfteries. Indeed,the My-
aeries
of the
Heathens
were
fo
fhaçnefull,
that
they
did
well
to
forbid the difcoverie
of
them
;
but
I
fpeake onely
to
unfold the nature
of
the
word,which
is
to
fhut,or
keepe
fecret.
A
Myflerie
is
a'
fecret
not
onely for
the
pre
-
fent;
but
that
it
was
a
fecret, though it
be
now
revealed:
for
the Göfpel
is
now
difcovered
:
It
is
called
a
Myfleríe,
not
fo
much
that it
is
fecret,
but that
it
was
fo
before
it
was
revealed.'
In
the
fecond
place,
that
is
called
a
Myflerie
in
the
Scripture,which
how
foever
it
be cleare
far
the
manifeflation
ofit,
yet the
reafons
ofit
are
hid
As
the
converfion
of
the
Gentiles;
that
there
fhouldbe
fuch
a
thing;
why
God
fhould be fo
merciful)
to
them; it
is
called
a
Myflerie.
So
the
calling
of
the
hires,
it
is
called
a
Myflerie,
though the thing
be
revealed;
yet,
that
God'
fhould be fo wondrous
merciful)
to
them;
that
is
a
Myflerie.
When
there is any great reafon,that
we