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Show ( 40) ne{s, but (hall have the Lij!,ht of Life. they_ ~nnihilate all the (enjible Obj,Bs of r·ur holy Rel~gt_on, r.mder pretence of exaltzr~l!,1tl;e Spiritual : This ts falfe; rhey annihilare nmhir g rh ar is Effendal ro holy Religion ; rl}o' fuch Objeas as are rather adaprt:d ro rhe ourward Scntes, rhan holy Religion, pleafe rhe fenfual Part more than God, rherefore they preached the fpiri[llal Wor- John4.23· fhip Lhar Chrifi fee up, of"Worfhipping rhe FaMark 7.8. rher in Spirit and Trurh and nm according to· rhe Tradi£ion of Men, who Worfhip rhey know not what: ~nd further. ro aggravare his Charge, he makes hts own Inference, vi-r.,. So that we l5illlt, muft have no Btble, no J r:ftU, no Bapti{m, no Eu] e{US$, char~(!, no 01 dinances, but what ~uzli be evaporattd (lC. into Difpenfatio??s, AllegorieJ, tmd meer myf!ical No-tions. An[w. This is aJfo falfe, and gro11y Calumnious; and I require him ro tell whoever of us hid, We mufi have: no Bible, no· Jefus, no Bap. ifm, &c. or elfe own his Falffiood, and lay his Hand on his !\'Iouth for rime ro come. Does he rhink to lick himfdf whole, or Confute f<r!aket ·ifm, whh his Lie!i? Or, are thefe rhe Arguments he would have us convinced with ? Oh ! Nay ; it will fooner confound himfdf. The Bible we own, and ever did, . and walk more according to ir than them; as will eafily appear, by comparing our Principles and PraCtices wilh it ; · and J efus we own, and defire, above all Things, to have him, and the Benefit of his Eph. 4 . 1 • Coming, and Suffering, and lnterceHion, for Rev.3.3o .. wirhom him we can do nothing; and Baptifm we own, according ro Mat. 3· 11. and the Supper of rhe Lord we own, rho' the word Eucharift 1 find noc in Scripmre ; and I query., where thou read'fl ir, in rhe Bible or rhe Pope's Mafs-Book? And Orditiances we own, and never evaporated thefe ( 41 ) thefe into D'ft r. • N . J pen tatwns, Allegories or· 111yn·., 1 ouons · no. ll . , u1ca wife rh , hl a e~onze chem funher, or orhcr- I an r e Scnprure allows rhe M .ll . f rrh 1 e,m , under rh : {jp .l n•w a I DJf. j)en(u~on o}fuCeIt y 'lol 0 as to Bapttfm and rhe S1 'r ,... :n ' rally as under the L h _I H ) t •' not fo I me-fulfilling of. bu a~,· ~ Kh Chrifi ~vas the cording co' the r~~or~ pln~ua~ a~d ~!nward, cic- 2. 2o, 21, &c. arutie of Chnll s l\...tngdom,Col. Ibid. Whm he fa.7JJ (fays h ) h . ~be tenrlenc11 an l Ch a e t ·1t qwte cont,·ar'J to /, c, arac-Hr o+ ev . ..-r l . to abafl the c t • h 'J • e1J .1 rutFJ, 1vhtch iJ · rea ure' t e mazn deli{)'n ,r n k ;r.. u, to Exalt Man ( rh ;n's fal~~ . !',~ oJ ,ua t r l_]m Man, that the Lord e ' Y was. ro debafe £!Dtugn antl find That in Man hi~~?re ~~ghr be exalced) ofmuaof a SaiViour, Scripture R I Wr. zch_ may be inftead kttifln. all !11j/itutions unto hi~ ;~.en! Rtgbteoufnefs, anrl verfiol) ; they fer u • n ~s 1s. an abufive Per-inftead of Chrt·a til Sp .orhmg m, or of .Man f'~" 'h. . LL e avwur Sc·· & , J n,f, t Is-within ' as. well as ~ I uprure, '· for WH lOUt · h r. 'd weltetb 'JPith you and jiJall b . , w o IaJ ' He 1 oh n I I , l I . , ~ e m you . a J . -ro anr. tn you ; and Chrift in ' 1J you zn me, I7,20 . who ol' God' iJ m •d y~u the Hope of Glor')' Co!. LI7· S rmCl'iJf ication and'" eR u ndt o us ! Wit J'd' om, Rtg· hteoufnefs ' C I or. I. in us, and the TrJ ·de emp:zon ; and chis mull b; Ro 308. b n . rrOJ W(l! tn the M h m.Io. e ore u. was written; and we out ancl Fleart, Eph.r .I 3, ou~ lnherztance in chis Lifc +h have th: .Earne(l of 14· mife, by which we are e~ i ~ holy Sptnt of Pto~ Rede'!_1ption~ J ea e umo the D.1y of Ibid. He could not but .A J geance of God in . . r.. ore the Juftice aurl Ven-t b . , permtttmo- fUch r:. . . . o e znlli£led on pl bh J f a J ptnttsal P lao-ue f'Jitl"'ni 'J" , aces 1JJ ere th G J. 6 -='1 u~ .. more Eminently finned llga· fl T'e. oJpet had been nunt r~ well take ro your fel~ h •liS you may ve- on fin-lhc~ and Vengeance of~d and Adore the Ju-tting a-again! l che Gofpel as on you, for finnin()' gain!t you have been pl~gueJou have done, for which tbt <1Do- ~~ny ways, and parri- fpei. 2' cularly |