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Show I 56 ./In A p P E N 'J) I X to . VoL l. .c of h R. huorn Judgment tl!is Heavenly Lrgkt brrngs, (for, No. Ill. .And btctliiJt . . t e ~~ t the World) ttpon the Profeifor, that is at &Je in ~ for ]lldg'jntoszr co~ rr;feQion (rbnr were given to the Ge~tiles to treq4 tdbe olltW::J w1n.·,"{t~e~e tefr out in lht meafuriflg tbe EV~'tgel?y'"' Temple hof onm, " l d d &miV faymg ou d,eoy t e Go1J therefore is !Jt Jo nett e ,_ v~xr, an. ': our ~wn W~r~s, ll)d your S~npt~r~; vo~ renou.~ce <;~bl~ke yo~,fe:ur P,be fVife Man loves Rtfroof, L1ght IS mfuffietenr,, ~1 h .fi 1 his{~ ri l)J Soul: B!ft this thou mujl expea and the IV"J tbtrcof 11 Li]f ~ .fl 'I' lch ·f!· .t the Outward Courts rrom the Carnal/ Fle{hly, and Hl onca n l:tn o.f . S d b r. ' J' d SJiburbs of Religion, who it an EnemJ to t1Je SptntuaJ. u , I .nr Jus~~ :be End ef aU Me~ts Drinks, Wafhings, Figures, nndhBodlly ExdeUrc1fcdes:fl: /)11/ d · k 'jl 1 ed upon the Light tbGu uJJlt ave a goo If er O/la"' ~1 11'1. .MI~a ':he.?tand."a right Difccrnin£, wbereby to comprehend am/ cqn· fo~!:t:ff that which m11y let or flop, whether i~ ~e. mithin, Ol} wbn.fm: it be mirbollt: Yor this know, tb11~ the very [~me Pnnc1ple that f.JVU Ltght, atminiflen Strengtq KnotOltdge, Life, Ra(mtnt, .ntd' aU that fhall .or can t needed ;11 rbe Spin;ual Journey to rbc Erern,al Ref! : So, De~r Frtend, ~nro that 1 recommend tbtt, bifuchin!. tbu to dwe11 in i~, f or by zt are alf Tbmgs, that are either Rcproveable vr JJJjlifinble, mad~ ma'!ifeft, and/).w~atfoev~£ ft~~ be known QfGpd (whom to know ~eOually u Lift Erern4. JS m'4n~e,be · within. .And, 0 rhe Peace! 0 the oy! 0 the Heavenly Ref!efllment; t at they fVitnefr, tbat knor» a Paj]ing, not from one For~ to anorb.e~) but fro"! Death and. Dqr,k!Zf/t, unr~ I:--ife nnd ~ighr,, mul, nre 1~ thf Spm.t-t~al Tr~at.l from Esrpr.'s La1id, through th< State iW ~ondeqma>10ft for. Sm (whr< '' Mofes 111 ~irir) unto Jufiification, through Life Eternal, u:btcb u the Gift ~God by Jefus Chri!l. The Lord God Etrrn•l.preferve the~, mui Mtp thee ayed in~· b Mi~d ~ut of q~ Wqrulrrngr, J;>o,u~tlll$.' or .31~ni'urrn~s, . zn ~9/Y · zjtb Re 'tl.'{latiop and fs~zence, t-Il/ thou, Wl(ne1Je)1 Hu .l}{~d'{f!J. to br t::014f', a~d if;s fl{tio ' b~ dpn( O.lf Ei1rlh,a# it it in ]/ta"R_en ;_that o_.th(J~ miiJfl /(fa s iritu~l Ca~dle ;~thy. flace, tiving },.1gb( m, tbe Life 'ft gbt.'~"rl!• tf t all the di~ilppearnnres of tbt Iiorfi1nl Ri/Jlttouf"','• r~ar. ?f al an4 Hiffonc~~ Cbriflian1,th<r<-af.l' !':11 (.~ t~{~ Q\ri,lb11 of V:,an.ity, but l~dVI rbe Crofs heJ1rnd) Wllth tb,{J are tO bt convipcc.d of, ani condemned for. b1rh~ Hply l'.ar~cle;t, ttl.•fl/tl( "(for t~ groj[fjl ~/, their. Ipiqui()l, ~otb hqng an Ji~omrnatron (o th( l:.or4. Jin~·if•,h•¥ dpjl free/y,/ive up, COIIJ!!ing 11fthlnt. d'tt'"' ~o.. anfwer ~~~ Lar4's Hrave'I.Lx trl]itatio;t o Low and Lzgbt unto tp,e~, by_ hvrng rn thll.. C~o[f to ~~~ ~~11, Righmujnifs a~4 JH~gmenJ .t/rat nre. of this Wort~, apd uflijyn~& to tbe Spr,: jr~tal invifip!e WPy of ~!llvotron, 4J zn tht} Ltgbt tbo;t h4J..l ~tce1qed1 at~d }!t 111ayjl receive Expenmental Knowledge, Glory, {11111tortf1.(iry. ·~a. Er<rn# Life 't~~i~ be thy Inhtri(ppce, wp,en Tmrf JM1 bt na 111QrC :. on;,. tb;s I :woultl /etrVe i11 Ctu~riof! witP tbq, zhmJ:.. not tbpt t~o~~ haft.nttP~II#P-a!ltbat tfl tl¥ lf1ty Vijio1t of Li~b! m~l be pufep(eq to ih<t, but r.ntb~·· it~ the L,igbt mif. to feellbe He(lvenly .PPtO¢'r tp ar.ift, that it able. to lmng !n(o tb1 affual En;mmml of tbqfe Stat.es; and wben tpo~ totn'jl tbrn l>¥pe!trne~ta11Y to kpomtbt !fork oJ.God wr.ought ill thy frif, thou can}! wab Bold. ne[s fP.eak, iU .,,, knowing tfbf:reof rho• af!ir1f1eJ!, bavmg tafle4 and hand/til, of the Word of Life, whttber a1 on Ha~mer, Fir~ Swor~ a Wafbe~ aAd R.ecoiJti\,er. S~ tbe l,o(d Qod of Hn .Rrmpnnt ~nd Cbridren of Lrg.ht, ytt, more avd mort enli,ghrent confirm ami preferu~ tl;>ee m, and by His Eternal P,ower to tbe Ettl; fort bey, anti tb. cy only, come to be favtd. I all!. in tb• Fe!lawfoip of tPe Ligbt, a!fd Wuy of tb< f;rofs of Cbrijl, Mki~; ~ td,~~[ ::e~e~~~~~:C:; wbeu 1 \US at E'Mhdm. T)ly Endeared Friend, TV. P. P 0 S T S C R I P ~ Such as can be baptized with thatllaptifm, and drink of that CuP' which JF.5U S was baptized whh~and drank deeply of, fuch, and fuch alfha~i VoL. I. The AuTHOR's LIFE. fhall Sit at His Right Hand i~ the High and Heavenly Place, which is an hard Saying to all the Noticn;t/ and C.'arnal Profe.JJorr of the World; but the Children 4 Lighr receive ir wirh Thankfgivit:g, and flnft:ifie God in their HeaJts. Ame-n. 1~7 To J•ftice Fleming, a Juflice of Quorum, and 'J)eputy- No. IV. Lieutenant in Weftmorland, ~ rnt:~e~~~ 'THE. Oblig::nion, thy Civility laid upon the Perfon that is now my m~rland4 : W.tfe, when in the 1\'onh, .Anno 1664, is, with her being fo, be- Life, P•46• come mme. Not to aclu:otJJkdl.e, though I could never retaliate ir, were : J Rudenefs I have n?t ufually been guilty of s for h<?wever differing I am from other Men1 Orca Saera, and that World, whtch, refped:ing Men : mJy he fai~ t? .Betin robt.n rbis Endt? I ~now no Rel~ion that dell:roy~ C"!art.rfie, GIVt!lfy, 3P.d Kmdnrfs, wh1ch nghtly undcrifood, arc great In' dJCatiOOS of True Men1 if nor of Good Chriflians: Certainly there is fuch ' a Thing as Civil Uniformrty, where a Religious One may be j·nobtainable ' and· n:tethinks there can be nothing more irrational, 'th:J:n ro Sacrifice th: ' SereRity of rhe ODe-, to an ad ''ennous (if not impoffible) Procurement of 4 th~ other. Let Men be .it! en before Chrifti,m.r, :J:nd not repme that the ' bdt· ~ay. of making t·hem the taft, which inevitably deftroys die very ' <Lonibruuon of the firft. J.,!t~tNrn/ .Affttlion, S!...Nier Livinl, Honefl Com: merc6, and an ~x_emp~ary Life, fo f\'rongly plea~ fur Toleration of Opinion, , t~lt where Opzm~n a 1m~ no.t at t&e Dtflrti[/zO!J of Gcvtl'11111mt,- 'ris high , ~1ry, and nota lmlei~Jufbce'. to ~oleft thofe ~hat are fo·qualified : It 1s not my Purpofe to d1f'pute for l...tbettty of Confctence, but recommend it. ' SeverallDifcourfes are extant', which with me' feem irrefutable. r hope ' the Unfuccefsfulnefs of fuch Severity as hath been ;JC\:ed will tie ;tn un' an"fWerahle Argument with rhem to leave ir, with who~ other Reafoqs ' would not prevail ; tliough I cannor think, but a Perfon of thofe Patts ' fheral have reprefenred tHee to hll\'e, would have been fllrisfied wirb' lef~ ' Coft. o~ Controverfy: For indeed there CJn be notfii-ng more fn'arion:~I : than to. fancy, that Eterna! Ptna~tles- fbould work right COnv'iaion, ot In~ ~ormatton upon the ConfCten<re m the (.iJndedbnding of any: Sure I am; ' Jt is beneath tire Tr11e> Rtligion to do fo, as well as unbecoming one that ' has bren obferved to ufe that i11 Argumenrag:Jinft otHers. eoo ' ~ut the Scene ~s chang'd, and from the Severity of Magiflratu, we are fallen undbr the tmplacable Hil:te and Perfecution of fome Co·Dij[enurs. ' ,.Itis for our <tredit they quarrel us, efpecia11y- t'hatJ they begin : Trkt&rhen. ' /u.ft ndv~ntes htr lnnortmce rnllo Mens Confcie1Ttxr, whfm it is 11Jojl_ quefli' on1J : Sb1 lofet nothilfg by IJ.e.ing tritd, liut' the Wo/f-r-Skin, the Wolf ilz ' Sbe6ps C~tJotbing, if wont to coflupon hrr: And I rro Ways doubt- of that ' Succefs .m our Undertakings for Jier·Defence. A'n Intlependent, and a11 ' Antthaprifl, both Preachers, have latelY bedirted us in Three- Difcour:{u ' the)" have publifh'd againft US', 'tis faid with no fm31l Ap-plaufe. Lu• : then it is to bet undE:r~ood. witH our Enemies, or. fuch a~ know u; not; fbr rhem we have Chanty! therefore have we wnt; for rrulv neither is ' the TRuTH hurt in her felf, nor are we brought into the Ieaft Doubt of : our Holy-Faith by them. Our Unboppinif'i is, we are not underftood, and , EnvY:'.takc•grea~ Care we fhoulfl not: I have fent with this our Anfwers,: Be pleafed to accept and perufe-them; I hope I need nor f:1y impartially : to a ~an of fo much Wifdom and Prudence. I leave dleCon~equence with , Alml~hty·.God, to whom we mufi 311 render O•r JJ.ecount for the DeedJ' don~ zn thu MfJrtal Body_, mhubtr tbty be Good ol' Evil. Excofe my Free-' dam," and accept my Acknowledgment of former Favour, abd be 3·fl'ured it ' fhafl ever meet with a grateful Return &om R:ickmenworth, 16]1. W.P. |