Chap.3. according to St M A T T H E vv. 47 toxnfeignedlove.of the brethren, i Pet, i. 2 2. 6. And that's the 6, lea(I property of the holy Ghofl andoffre ( that I now infift upon) Congregat homugenea , Jegregat heterogenea ; it unites them to seints,and feparates them from (inners : for What communion aCor 6, bath light withdarknefe ? It makcth divilìon from thufe ofa mans houle, ifnot of his heart ; and yet caufeth union with gentile, 73arbarian,Scythian, iftruly Chriftian, Coloff..1 r. Oh get this fire fromheaven : So (hall you glorifie God, Matth. 5. 16, and be able to dwell Withdevouring fire (whichhypocrites cannot doe, Ifa33.14. ) get warmth oflífe andcomfort to your (elves, give Zech,Z.- . light and heat to others, walk hardy as Ifrael did by the coiaduft ofthe pillarof fire, and fafely, as walled with a defence of fire. Revels a.$ And ifany man [hall hurt filch, fire(hall proceedout of their months to devour them. So that a man were better anger all the witches in the world, then one of th3fe that are baptized With the holy ghofi and With fire, &c. e(pecially if they be much mortified Chri(lians, fuch as in whom this fiery fpirit bath done with the bodyof fin, as thee King ofMoab did with the KingofEdorn,Am. 2.1. burnt its bones into lime. Verfe 12. Whofefanne ie in his hand ] Though the devil and wickedmen mightily (}rive to wring it out of his hand ; for what, fay they, need this (bedding and this fhoaling ? This di- flinguí.fhing and difftrencing of men into Saints and fanners? Are net all theLordspeople holy ? Is there any man lives and fin- Numb. 16. "r neth not ? but yet there is as wide a dif.erence betweenTuner and firmer, as is betwixt thebofomeof Abraham, and, and the belly Luk. r6,Z6 cfhell. 1, The godlywan projedìs not tin as the wicked Both; but ispreoccupated by it, againft his general! purpofe. 2. He ga9t,nP9ñ, arts not the fin that he alts : he fins notfsnninzly ; he is not tranf- 9'1.6 i formed into finnes image, as the wicked are, Mica, 1.5, Hia i r 3 inoa fcxmrefis not in him, he works that out by repentance, that he ExeLZ4. ti. committed with relu&ance. 3. He is the better for it after- wards. His very fin ( when bewailed and difclaimed) maketh himmore heedful! of his waies, more thankful! for a Saviour, more merciful! to others, more de refull after the flaw of perk- mt <110vdT3,'- aion, &c. Whencegrew that paradoxof M.Iobn Fox, That his mtJov. graces didhimmof't hurt, and linnet moil good. Whereas wie- Capea of tern. ked mengrow worfe and worfe, `Deceiving and being deceived, PCattons, till at length by long trading in tin, being hardened by the deceit- Ti..;,r;, fulneffe thereof, they are utterly deprived of all (even paffive) tieb' ;.t power
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