t 4 ;.The Builders. of Babel come to THi S Shinar.. But I here proclaim to all fuch, be they never ío fecure.iin themfelves and applauded and cryed ,up as happy andbitifed men by others, yet all this is, but This Shinar, this is but the Babel which here the Lord fpeaks of, Luk. 13 and it fhall be no other but theplace of Confufion : Nay Pub- 28. Hearts and Harlots(hallgo into the Kingdom of Heaven, when they themfelves, thefe perfect men in their own, and in others dtcem (hall be.thruff out : Alas, they cover themfelves with a Covering, but not with the Lords fpirit:the bed is too /port, E(a.28.2o and the covering too nit, row,they cannot cover themfelves ther- with : ye have indeed preached in my name, and prophefied Mat.7.22, in my name,and inmy name done many GKFAT WO RKS, andwonderful, but for all this departfromme, ye are no o- ther but workers ofiniquity, fayes Chriff to fuch : the higbef and glorioufeff ,and them f feemingly holy ofall thefe things Ibid. 5.2o cannot be the place ofref : for exceptyour righteoufneffe exceed Mich.2. wo the rtghteouJnefs of the Scribes and-Pharifees, yecan in no cafe enter inter into the Kingdorne ofHeaven. Arife therefore and depart hence, this is' notyour ref : For indeed there never is, nor never was, nornever shall be any other but one onely place of Reft for all the Sons of men : And that is onely and alone Jefus Chrift, that Eternal Rock and Refuge for all Nations and Generations, that perfea facrifice of the Eternal fon ofGod, to which nothing in the leali can be ad- ded,and nothing elfe was ever requiredor accepted, but only this Beloved I M MANU E L, in whom alone God is well Mat.3.17: pieafèd. Eut when thou thinkft thou muff dó this duty and that, leave this fin and that evil, and why ? becaufe this is the condition on thypart which thou mull perform,or elfeChrift will not perform thepromife oflifeand falvation onhispart : herein men are deludedand for all their pains and endea- vours and ftrianefl'e, yet they fallport of the kingdomeof Heaven. For it is not thy works, nor thy duties, nor thy forms, nor thy notions, nor thy Church-gatherings, nor any thing elfe of thine which is theaccomplifhment of the 2 Coe% a> promifes, but they are allyea and amen onely and alone in 20, him, in whom the promifes are made ; if thefe works be wrought
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