Epif ile o fS. Paulto Tittts. CHAR a.t I.' 1 warmeth thebarke a little, but peirceth not into the heart and midft of 449 I them:fo the Gofpel (hiuech round about many profeffors,and it may be conformeth Come outward a6lions,and (et them forward to fpeake air, and for it,at lead for awhile, but it gets not within them ,-nor peirceth their hearts :there is no change there, the foule naflie cornetsof them he vnfwept (fill, and fo they remain hypocrites 11.111. Others reeeiue this funfhinc no otherwife then the aire receiueth the light of the fun ; when the bodie of the funne is prefent, it enlighteneth the whole aire, but the bodie of the funne departing,darkenes fucceedeth againe: fomany hea- rers maybe affe&ed with the prefent found.of the word, and thinke themfeluesfufitciently enlightened,but the found beeing gone , the for-I. mer darknes commeth,they heart many things but keepe nothing , and fomake themfelues fit for many firipes. QLseft.13ut how fhal I know whether I reeeiue this light aright or no? A tr 'I w,e_ Arfro.By thefe notes. r.If thou wilt not attempt any thing without the ¡ rherncure. direétionofit,nomore then thou woulda thy earthly butines without l figh<<t sais the light ofthe funne or of a candle. A fewe naturali ae`hious a min can i I doe in the night time, as Bate, drinke, fleepe, &c. but in any matter of weight he will haue light : fo for workes ofdarknes men need no light ) nor delireany,but:for the leafi workeof grace, thou muti tir(( call for a light. The Apofflewi(hethvstotzalke#.childreooflight :buthowfhall. we doe that? the Apotlle Iohn celleth vs, namely if we wal.he ifi;the light. Io,ra.vq, andwhile wehaw the light. The Ifraelitcsmight not mooue a toote to- wards Canaan,but by direelion achepillar,attd the wifemen could not goe to Chrifl without his IIarre. Secondiy,light ie aplä!tfant thing to the eie,faith Saiomoçt,. &acomfor- t table thing i: is ro a pgpa'eprifcner tó bcktój.l f e:li,ght ofthe iuune,tkso... ecctes,rt,7. rough neuer fo frnall atiitxkiile;In iike tua;öle ;is!ESe glad meifagc of the Gofpel to the Chritlia.n foule that knowes itarialir,as ifvaexpeeled ty- dings of a pardon werebrouglc to a malefadlor readytoexeeution.Ex- amine thy fouls thë, are the statutes of ,the Lord: thy deiight,thy folate, 'thy longs in thisOrne of thy pílgtimagc?for as the child ofGodknowes his freedoine from all powers of darknes,focanhe not (if he be out of beginnings or conueruon,and ac`s of temptation)but haue fweete com- forts in his foule from the fenfe and feelingof the fame. Thirdly, thoutttu(l not onely takedite&lon and cont.forc,but goe on to one gibing yet w, tuip,gregaire}i,z. Cor.3,t S.-nainely, that Peeingwe 5 behold the glorie of . the Lorçl.:vith, open. face , we.rrrujl ire changed inta the fame imagefrorn.glorie toglorie: th;.c is,.fecing by the appearingof grace cite vaile iii rentuoued ,d4,at.lageplayÇeg,x4eface of God clearely, now ruoli we bymeanes ofthis ,knQwledgqbce transformed into his image; _ .. that
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