94 2 Thcf.2. 9.10. ohn 7.6. Cant.2. 7. Mat.23.9, to. nerf7,8. Ifa.6.6. John 3.8. auwassssy. Nojcurnyingfor Ifrael till withjuch fignes and lyingwonders, that they are able to de- ceive the very Elect of God, if it were poll:ble : but the truth is, tis onely they candifcover them; tis only thefpirit ofChrift that can lay them open; onely Fie that hath the true light can difcover there hidden deeds ofdarknefs. He that hath this true light,and this true fpirit, he fees he is nothing ,nor cannot ftepone flep in this work except theLord goe with him ; not onely in words to fay this, that's nothing, but really from the light ofGod to know this. Then, hee durit not goe forth to fpeak of the things ofGod , but in trembling and fear : Nature, it thinks it felfe alwaies ready, its never stnfurnifhed; call himwhen ye wil,hecan preach,he can pray, he can fit you for mourniarg,for rejoicing, he is fur- nifhed fir all occajons, he can manage and order all his affairs, and govern the very Church of Chriß by his wifdome and learning, and he is never to feeke , but is alwaies ready , as Chrift faith : Thefe men are become Mailers of theirReli- gìcn : I tis true, for R(ligion was never yet Moller over them. But beloved, tis not thric with the Saints ofGcd, nor with the Miniflers OfChrift, but they fee Chrift the foie Mafter,and the foie Orderer of the Church , and they dare not awake their beloved until' he pleáf ; they know none other can furnif') them, nor Commigion, nor command them to goe forth , but onely Him ; they know there is no other Moller , no other Father, no other Teacher, but Chrift alone : They cannot think it enough that they haveVniverfity learning , that they have the molt ORTHODOX Authors, (as they call them) and fometimes Moft excellent DIVINE S, but molt blafphemoufly to rob Chrift of his Honour; For, there can be no Divinebut Chrift, no Teacher but Chrift, no Doltor but Chrift : They know,they mutt have the inward teaching, before they can open their mouthes ; the Coalefrom the Altar to touch their lips, or elfe they dare not ('peak : They know thefpirit of their Father is an Almighty, Eternal', Free fpirit ; like the wind which bloweth whether it lifleth ; Man neither knows whence it commeth, nor when : Sometime the Cloud is removed, when Hepleafeth; and then theymay, yea muß goe forth, then they may journey ; but when the day is cloudy and
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