ÿodline/fè a ,../1y11eYie. ftrangers: fo thereDivine Truths they find little acceptance in t he world,becaufe they are my fie- ties ; not onely Myaeries in the Tenent, but-in the praetife; therefore the praaife finds fetch oppofition in the world : Fatherforgivethem, faith our bleffed Saviour , they know not what they doe. / Theworld knowes not what theydoe,w hen they hate and perfecute Religion, and religious per- fons. The Church is a rnyfticall thing, and Religion is a Myfterie, it is hid from them. Shall we be mooved with the difgracefull fpee- chesofcarnall men ? They fpeake they know not what ; the thing they fpeake againft ,is a Myfte- rie : Therefore, what fhouldwe regard the fpee- ches of theworld , or follow the exampleof the world, in embracing Religion ? Religion is a Myfterie : Let the worldbe never fo great, it is not the knowledge ofgreat men or ofrichmen, it is the knowledge of godly, men, it is a Myßerie ofGodlinefe ; Shall we follow the example ofthe world in Religion, when it isa Myfterie, anda rvly(lerie of Godlinefe , that onely godly men know, and embrace ? Looke not therefore to thegrearneffe ofplace, or parts, &c. it is a My, ! fferie. Againe , if it be a Myfterie, then it fhould teach us to carryour felves futable to it. Nature itaught even theHeathens tocarry themfelvesre- verently in their Myfteries ; procul eße prof4ni : away, be goneall prophane. Let us carry our felves therefore reverently toward the Truth of God ,towardsall Truths, though theybe never C 4 fo $ vfe2. How to carry our felves in Religion.
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