xnr.t.ra. v9Cosafeaèntarie vpon the 448 bin oblcuritiéand darkneffe,eüenas thole are in the ight, to whom the cand.e is not ¡ fgnne is not rifen ; for mannaturally perceitieth not the things of God, necetfarie in ,,12c hour, and therefore vnles this intirument of the fpirit córne,the fpirit himfelfe ebeligto ! bye whomonély weknowethethingsgidenvsofGod ,muffreedes be edarkncsof ¡ watsciná;' Tise.Which cón(ìderation fhouid moouevs to pitriethe etiate' eal heats,: !; of fuch Poore creatucehoare in a farre more miferable biindnes,theh the Egyptians in their three daies datknes, What a lamentable thing is ir, ^hat a kingdom becinggiven for going vnto it,and men bering blind ofthemfclues, and not able to fee one foote ofthe way, cannot-get any guides of meanes tohelpé tlíeni one ffeppe forward ? but as blind men defperately tonnevpon pikes and (words, intopittes and ponds,no one recalling them from prefcnt death and deadly things. Vfe. a.. Note hence with how littledangerwe can Phut our eyes a- Notw!thnut gainf fuch a light as is rifen vp vnto vs; thaíl we without blame now li- greatdangcr uing as at midnight, fee nomore nor fo much as thole who hued in the can we (burour eyes againf the light which hart appcarcd. dawning?(bail the light of the filnne be feauen fold greater vitro vs then euer before,and yet we fumble and fall,as ifwe were cal into the mid- night ?What a fearefuli lodgement hangeth ouer our negligence, if vn. der our minilferie which exceedeth in glory, we come behind the ordi- narie beleeuers oldie oleic Teffament in knowledge, faith, and fruition of Chriff with his graces? Is all the pedagogic ofthe lawe paf , where- in euen the Prophets and arch-beleeuers(fo far as we confider the ordi- nary minif ration)wereto vs but as children in their elements?Is Chrifi come, crucified, railed vp to glory , and fo the fulnelfe of time come wherein we haue the bodie and lubfiance?Oh what a difgracc is it, that we (honk) be inferiour to thole who obtained but the fhadowes ? what a great condemnation will it be,that we whoare referued to Inch means fiaould fnne againf loch a light ? In a mify night to fumble and fall were no fuch difgrace,no fuch danget;but with manyChrifians to fay, I am h the light,I fee my way well enough, and yet to come behind not only the Iewcs,whowalked in a darke light;but euen the Gentileswho not onely walked in darknes,but were darknes it felfe, in the praCuife of fobrietie,iullice,nìercy,chafity,and Inch like; is an hcauy condition, and yet the condition not ofa fewe profeffed Chrif'tans. ! It will behere laid, but God forbad that we fhould not receive this ¡ light,andwalke allo in the dime-lion of it, and to fay the contráriewere aorefriritual to broach a flaundcr.To which I fey,that whc Chr'rti himfelfe preached, ly blinde then weareawareof mol} attic levees were blind fill, fo true iris that many who heare and profefe theGofpel,yetneuerrecciuedthe light to eralke by ir. Some receiue indeede this light fuperficially vpon themfelues , as the light of the funne falling vpon trees and thanes, it enlighteneth theoutfrde,and war-
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