152 The Secret Soíthfayer,or PfaI.14.3 & Roni, 3 to. Ephef2.i Rom. 8.tr Mata9.2i. fo the truth maynot be owned nor known ; That fomen may flop their Bares againft the Heavenlyvoyce of Chrift, which brings down 'all things adored or loved in or from, man, and lets upnothingelfe but the power, wifdom, good- neffe, holinefse,andAlfuflìcie ncy of theLord alone : He cries, Mansheart, and all the imaginations thereof are onelyevil! con- tinually, and that there it none that dothgood, no not one : They are allgone out ofthe way, andevery one is become abominable, there is none that underflandds or feels GOD. And that there is nothing in man of good, but all is evil! , fin , death, .dark neß, abomination, a lye,andutter defolation : But Satan cries, in the mouthes of his Miniflers, Let man doe fomething : he canpray, hecan heare, and let him follow thole rules that we preÌcribe, and they (hall bring peace and ref! to his foul le. But if man were but content to heare the voice of Chrift, and to(land in the light ofGod , he íhould becon- vinced that hehad no power, no goodneire; and that nothing but onely the power ofGod could carry him out , and that he is dead in tre#afes andfin's ; and that the voice of Chrift alonecan raife them from their graves; and that no idle power canquicken or raife, but the eternall Almighty power, which railed lefus Chrift himfelfe from the dead: It is not, as men fay, Ifyou will come to us, and joyn and walk with ass, andbe dipt with us, or break bread with us, will give any life, am) peace to the foule, but the handing in the light of God, that foman may take fo himfelfe death and darinefe, mifery and wrath, 'and here to flandand dwell; and that in him is nogood thing: then this light, would alfo fhew him that in Chrift is all life, liberty,fulneße, fatisfaaion, peace, and.refl, and nowhere elfe: If men did but abide in this light, it would debafeand keep low the lofty thoughts and thofe great expe&ations of and fromman ; it would allo givejefus Chrift bis due ; it would not fuffer him in the leafi to a& againft theglory ofChrift, but man would be dead and buried,and Chrift would onely afcend and fit upon hisThrone. There would nothingbe efleemed inHeaven or Earth, but Chrift , and he would be content to fell and lofe allfor him : This light would curb every wickedget, every defire
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