3 2. Godlinep a TIyflerie. mancome tohare the `'Nord , he cares not to ¡ hcarc thefe Myfleries;his heart is fo engaged to theworld, he fcornes and laughs at all. And men are unfetled; fometimes they will grant Truths,fometimes theywill no',astheir paffions lead them. As we fee in them towards S. Pam!, Ott. 23. A. 23. before he difcovered hituCelfe to be a Pharife ;Thuman it not worthie to live: but when he difcovered hirnielfe to beon their fide lam a Pharife, and the (erneofa Pharife ; oh, how finely doe they mince the matter; Perhapt au _.,tngell h.th revealed it to hhn, &c. He was an honefl man then. So men eythcrjudge; or not judge, as their paffions and affElio s curie them. Ther&bre it is of great confequence, torn.ne withcleane hearts and minds to the MyHer'ies of God. Myfterieof There is befìdés this My/ler.ie, a Myflerieq iáigairie. iniquitie,that S. Pvdfpeakes of, 2 Theß;i. There= is the Mÿflerieof Antichrifl:, as well as the My; fierieofChrifl. Que./lion. Andwhy is that called a MyH-erie? Anfwer. &caufe there is inifchiefe , and errour, and roperieamy., wickedneffeconveyed under feeming Truth,and fterie, why. göodnefn,and vertue ; even as in this, Graceand Goodnefße is conveyed to the world undera (hew KO. 7. ofbafeneffeand meanencffe.Therefore in Rev.7. it is faid,the Bea fl bath Myflerie inber forehead. Indeed there is th, Myflerie ofiniquitie in Poperie; it was literally performed in Iuliu the fecond : for in his Papali CroArne therewaswritten, illy; iutiguiz und. fleriu iî,&c. till at lau it was blotted out, and in Head
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