The Mountain offat things dzfcovere da it Chrift, he is that mountain fpokenof Efai.2. 2. called there themountain of the Lords bottle, which (hall be effabliíhed on Efa.2, 2. the top of the mountains, and fhalibe exalted above the Hills,and allNationsfball flow unto it. Jefus Chrift is that mountain, who is unalterable, immovable, unchangable, never to be (haken, nor never to be removed : and to be eftabli(hed on the top ofall mountaines above all the mountaines of man the mountaines ofmans wifdome, ofmans righteoufneffe, whichwere efteemed (by men) never fo high, never fo f Tong, yet this mountain (hall overtop themall, andbeefabli(hed above all. Beloved, none come to know thefe things, but thofe in whom they are wrought, in whom the Valle of the covering is removed ; men may pretend to thefe things andbe very confident they enjoy them, when indeed they are un- der theCovering to this very day. This is that ftone alto that Daniel fpeaks of,Dan. 2. which was cut out of the mountain without hands, which fmote the Image, which was fo terrible in the form thereof; his head being Dan.2. offine Gold, his bref andarmes ofSilver, his belly and thighs of Bra(?, his legs ofIron, Andhisfeet part Iron andpart clay. Now theHone cut out without hands, fmote this terrible I-. mage, and it felfbecame agreat monntain, andfilled the whole yr, 25. earth : However this may be applicable(as by fome it is) to the outwardMonarchyes in the world, one fucceeding and overcomming another : yet , all thofe things are but figures ofthe truth : for thofe things are not done without hands : but the truth is done in fpirit : whatever it is that men fet up to flicker themfelves under , any form, any religion todefend themfelves from the wrath of God, from the guilt offin, from feeing themfelves odious, with all their righteoufnes and rags, All things of that natureare Images,and are filch Images,and fo Terrible that no man is able tobreak them to peices: 'tis only The Stone cut out of the Mountain Without bands, can bring them down or break them to peices. Thefe Images are diverfe, andof feveral tempers and conditictis ; force are ofClay, that is, force are of low rudiments, poor and mean things that Men fet up awl rely upon and flicker themfelves with all, their good meanings C 2 and
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