the Cloudis tallen of Tabernacle. f i i 5 Alas thefe foules look not at God, but man ; the truth is, all .men in their Religion talkof God, but their hearts are far from him. 7hir People (faith God)draiv too neer me with their Efa. 29. lips, but their hearts are removed far from me : Yet more, 13. though all mens Religion talk-of God, yet you that have eyes to fee, may fee plainly their Hearts are on m,rn and the creature : they talk ofGod, ofChrifi, of;race, ofgai- ning knowledge, ofmindby grace ; and yet do but follow thepoint home in pra tice and application, and ye (hall find th,efe are ail laid upon man,, and in eff°a they fay, man ruufl remove the Covering off the Tabernacle , and he muff by his Rudy and pains bring down light, and life, and the like. So I fay, though theyfay it with their mouths, their hears arefar front God : Sp that when once man really fees there is aCloud upon the Tabernacle, then he looks not to the right hand, nor to the left, thinking that man thould remove it , but alone to the hills from whence his help and Pfa.121. I. falvation comes : forwhen a man thinks his own zeal, per- formances, dutie3, belief, repentance and the like be the way to retm6ve the Cloud, thinking furely I Mall remove it pre- fently, I will goe pray, andhear, andwatch over my felfe, and keepdole to thofe rules I havechofen, and then I (hall have ht and peace, and jo,y, and fo remove the Cloud pre- fend', ; and fohe is bragging and boafting thereof in him- felfe, and throwing dirt and mire upon all others that are (Mort of him as he conceives, and fo poor man is feeding upon the dead a/hes of his own heart, and knows not that Efa.44.2o. there h a lye in hid- R 1 GHT E1 A 1VD-; his very light is darknep, andhis eoodneßefin, and his riches beggery, and his life death,and that he holds in his right hand is a lye.And if the light that is in thee be darkell , how great is that Dark- ue(I ? Are they repentings, beleevings, aaings, and workings, (if there be) as thou thinkeff, the means to remove the Cloud off theTabernacle ? is not this to truft in man, in the Ter. 2: 13. power ofman , and to diflrufl the living God ? But is ßc not this rather to repent, and believe, and truft in God, Ch. 17.5. to fay , Lord, 1 am really blind, open thou my eyes : thou SonofDavid have mercy upon. me : why, now this foule Luk. Q 2 feein. 39,
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