I20 TheSecret sorahfayer, or themfelves, their own wildom and righteoufnefiè, pow- er, and parts, but they ufeall theirfludy and endeavours to goe on with all confidence after the gods of their own hands which they have made and chofen ; andman never returns to that love, peace and amity with the Lord, but by the Almighty hand of the Lord, by the very fame power,and no other, but only that which can raite the dead out of their Rom.4.24 graves, and the fame fpirit that raifed Jefus Chrift from the & ch.8.ii grave. And ever fince this departing from the fountain of Jer.z.i3. life to the broken and empty Cifterns of the creature, there are but only two Leaders,twoGurdes,two Mailers, two Tea- chers, which all the fans of men follow: thereare but only Gen.3.14 two fèeds, the feed of the woman , and the feed of the Ser- 8 ent:There arebut only two Bretbren C ndAbel; the Inn- &ch.4.2. :p Y > I John 3. mortal and perfeel feed efGod , which TMly, pure, and un- 9. defiled, which cannot fin ; and that wicked, curJèd, bellihi feed of Satan which never did, nor never doth, nor never (hall doe any thing elfe but fin, rebel, andfigbt againfi the wifdom, light and power of God : There is no middle feed between thefe two : All allions, all thoughts, all induflry, all inventions, all Religions , are either from thewifdom which Jam.3.15, is from above, or elfe from that earthly and humane wifdom 17 which isfrom man, and from below. As the one is fromHea- t Cor. i5. ven Heavenly, fo the other is from the earth earthly : the 47,48 49 fyrfi man is of the earth earthly, the fecond is the Lord from Heaven,beavenly : And as are the'earthy, fuch are they that are earthy ; and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly : and as we have borwthe image of the earthy,fo fhall we all& bear the Image of.the heavenly. The one of thefe Guides, is light and truth, andglory, and Ieads to refs, peace, fulnefe, fatisfaEtion ; the other leads to darkneffe, mifery, and deßrution, and yet pretend§ to,,.lï'ght and truth, and wifdom, but the wales thereof goe down to the chambers of death : This earthlyguide alwaies draws downward, to leek reft in the creature, in fomething either without nwan, or within him, and fo drawes and deludes, away the poore foule of man from that Eternall Alfùfcient J EH OVAH,to fit down fatisfied with the empty and broken comforts and help- left
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