FI. 90 Nojoiirnying for Ifrael till 7i Mat. 15. 14. Levit £io. Y. Efa. 64.6. Deut. 22. jam:3. Nah. i: 5. & 2 Pet.3 20; r Cor. i 5. 47. :foil. 18. 40. are not thefe thenblind leaders of the blind (as our Saviour faith) and both muff needsfall iuto the ditch? This is thevery fame thing which Nadab and Abihu did, to offer f rangefire of their own before the Lord ; when thou bringeft all thy duties, all thy parts, all thy endeavours, and though thou offereíl them (as pretended) on the true Altar JefusChrift,yet ifoffered by thyfelf,thou art that Nadab and Abihu there defcribed : And the fire of the Lord will break forth to thy utter ruin anddeftru&ion : for, never any thing everpleafed the Fatber,but that one alone and Eternalfacrifice which is continually offered onely by himfelfe : he abhors that any of thy duties, any ofthy menflrmous rags fhould be joyned in with his moft perfect, yea onely righteoufneffe : This Garment of linfey-wool fey his people may not wear. All things that are done in the world,proceed but from two prlsrciples : there is not one a&ion ofany of the Ions ofmen, but proceeds either from the power or wifdom of man, or from Jefus Chrift : iffromman as man, its loathfome, fin- king, abominable, though neverfo refined; though they be- flow never fo much labour, induftry, learning, all their Wits and Parts, To put upon it the neateft cut, and the fineft dreffe, they are all but earthly, fenfual and devilifh, which muff to Hell, and the earth with all the works thereof (hall be burnt up for ever. Every,fzcrifice that is offered in the world,mufl be kindled with fire fromHeaven,by the fire of theSanctuary & offered on this Altar, which alone is Jefus Chrift, and that alone per- lift HighPrieft : elfe pis kindled by thisorange firewhich is no other but devouring fire : either tis of the earth, earthy', or elfe tis ofthe Lordfrom Heaven if it be from Heaven, it (hall be railed up to heaven : It isfown in wealefl, but tis rai- fed up inpower : ifit b:. from man, tis from the bottom/eft pit, it is from fin and weakmire, and thither it muff return : and in this Rate and condition are all the aaions of the world : even all the actions,i'nventions,forms,induflrys ofmen:and they 41.1 tend to crucifie theLord f life andpower, that fo man and his doings, his contrivances,his Idols may Rand and be adored. All the Ions ofmen cry out for a Barrabas, that fo the wif- dom
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