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Show 589 J67l· ~ _Ira. 9· 6.7. L..u.k e.17• 20. Heb.S. 10. Rev, 21. 3• Joel2. aS. T..i.r . 2. 11. Job 32. 8. Rom. t. 19. Gal. ~· 16. ., john t. 7· Jfo~.i.2.5- Rev. 21. 23• G.•a. l. 6. 15, Of 1h, General Rule Voi:.c. 1. he is to teceive the Law of Life. And this is his Rule, even he who is rhe the Ruler of his People Ifrael, who reigneth in Righreoufnefs, and ofwhof¢ heavenly Government there !hall be no End. The King, Ruler, ]11dge, Law-giver, HigfrPriejl, Law, Rule, Te111ple, are allfp_irittut!; fa the Scrip· tures inform us; .A1y Kingdom, faid Chrift, is not of this World. Again, TheKiflgdomo[GDd is within: 1 wiU write my Law in tbti1· Hearts, 1tnd place my Fe11r in tbei1· iwward Parts. They foal/ be o·Jt-Nugbt of me; and in Rig1Jteonfnif1 jhaU they be eftnblijhed: tbe Tabe~nade fi[God is with Man; lie will dwell with them, I wrU p011r out my Spirit on all F'leffi. The Grace hath 11ppeored Nnton/1 hleR, UtJCbing, &c. A ft1cafure of tbt Spirit i.r.giVen to all .Men to prq/it withal. The lnfpiration of tbe Almighty givnh fJJtdtr~ flanding. Wbarfoever may be knorrn of God is manifeft within. Walk in the Spirit : If ye walk in ihe Light, &e. Come let m wnlk in the Light of the Lord. ihtd tbere needed nrither Sun nor illoon to jhine ; For the Glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb retUtbe Ligbt thereof. lit many a.r walk according to this Ruff, Pence be on them, and Mercy, and upon the lfrttrl of God, &.c. What Rule? Not that of the Old Legal Creation which then paffed away ; (y) but the Rule of the uml•71,1r, or Reto Creation, as it m3y be rend red, and as Dru{trts alfo doth interpret it ; Which is rhe Way of Life lfaiob fpoke of; An high Way there fb,,/1 be, and it jhaU be caOed the Way of Holindfs; the Unclean foall nor pa/.r over it, and wayfaring Men, though Foo!t, JbaO nor err tberein: There ./hall be no Lyon there, nor rm;enom Berljl go thereon, hilt the Redeemed (hall walk tbere; which Way, Teacher, Gu1de, Rule, Light, Spirit, and holy Un8:ion, that direets and keeps in fi<ady Paths of Truth, is Cbrift ]ej11J our Lord. Obj. But.do you n"t turn the Scripturu off, for an uncertain and unfer· viceable Wnring, and as good Ill rejeO ar.d JefJy tbem altogether? Jlnfro. Some ir.deed, to render us odious to all Protefianu, have faid as much in our Names as the Confequence of our Principles; but not withour great l~juft:ice to us. The Scriptures are uncertain upon their Foundation, but not upon ours. Doth our manifeft:ing their Faith concerning the Scriptures, to be grounded upon their own Imaginadons or humane Traditions, make void the Scriptures, or render them uncertain? By no means; for we would have them received upon the Spirit's Teftimony and Evidence, which gave them forth. And though we cannot allow them to be the Rule of Faith and Life, under the Difpenfation of the Gofpel, which is Power and Life it felf; yet :ue they robe reverently Read, Believetl and fulfiUed, under the Gofpcl. For notwithlbnding the Law wrinen upon Scone, was not Paul's Rule, after the Son of God was revealed in him; yet the Son of God taught Paul to fulfil the Righteoufnefs declared by that Law. If it be to deny and rejea (as fome have envioufly faid of us) yea, to vilifie the Scripture, becaufe we canno_t .allow itt~ be the Rule, &c. Pa~l then may be faid to deny, reje~. and \'thfie the wntten Law. at wh:u Ttme, the Law of the Spirzr of Life in ChriftJefus became 1Jir Rule. There is a great difference between afi'er· ting that the Spirit is the Rule, and cafl:ingaway and \'ilifying of Scripture. And indeed it is but an old Fetch of the Devil's, to preteocl Honour to the c!)G,d,u 6. r6. 'Tf u,&,rJ'Tr;in rhis Jtlllt; as it is tr.~nOated, Phil. l• 16. which was f~ken of theMeafure of Attainment: Anb Grori~faith, in the M~tnu[&ripf, Jtult is not; fo it muft: be naderfl:o~X;~, lu II! !"'lkin abef.J.me Afuinmlnf; asalfo in 2 Cor. 10. 11· ~~· in which chree Places that Word Is only fount! ; See Erol}m•, Y•r.bl•, Zegmts, C~tmeron, :f~tc. CllpeUtu ATI~i Gr~· !;Pia~~ ~~~~,:~~~~-"~h~s~~~;~fh~~~e ~~~~: t~~ :;:£~fi·~r~'~t;»R~~:e~rt: ~~: • Creature, having tur11ed away from the im>alid Ceremonies of the Ll.w i Pt-ace &c. D~r· 1 /iMCXJllains it from Chap.~· 6. The new Cn•tior~. F•itb ltlhitbU>or.ted•b1 Love, Gtotit« fa1th : ~~~. ~~k~ :a~a~r~~f:.a;r!~ :2~~~~~a~~f~~~~/i7:,~;o}~~h n~5U> ~~~:~fw~~~ep:~~r~e':k;; Col.3. to. Eph. 2, 11• Rom. 6. 4• . Letter VoL. I. Of Faith and P"taCl:ice: Letter, that ht mighr'the more unfufl a 'ed!' 599 1he Difpenfation ol the Spirit; which fhee L Y opp~fl the bringing in of ton.. They that come to be led of the S irir .etter H e (teihfies ~ and tQ. ~ Scr~pture was givenforch: The Apofi.Ie jcj;rcd·~ at the EJJd for wh1ch the Tbrng, when he told them to Whom he P J Tb good :Is fay the fame they bad recezvea'and abode m them would ~f~~e, I. at the .Anozntmg wbrc/J tbattheyneedednprtbat any .M ~fl Jd eab ~em znro all Trmll, and bee.n the Saints Teacher, isro de~ asoulai~euc. Jt m: .To de_ny rhis to have Scnpture: And that one Age of l(h Pfi' ·f Prfhpofi11on as IS 10 the whole another Age another Rule. That A n tam y . owld have one Rule, and is more than any Man can' rove yge ~~d ~P1r!t, and t~1.s but the Letter, ''ers1 invalid.ate the Scripruie or. ~aifie his J~b?: fg1 wr11tLng1 to r~e Behe-cou d talk lo idlJ H b' d 1 i"~n _.,p, e > would rhrnk non~ Chnlt, vth1ch fulfils ~he ~c:? tot 1 &ur xa)npg rile Light and Spirit of Den joy the G~od 11ungs thereir!' d~~~erea) ~!]~~~g fuch 1ofi arh~ lsed by ir, to oek dt!tltvmg up to them b h' h R g VI t e t e cnptures, b.ue them) E,~~fmrnand G;ot;,,~~hi~~thr ule, make us deny and repro" Men are Witne!res of their Truth io rheiJl~~ thenSeo beh mofi valued, when 20. I do aCknowledg h c vcs e t em on 2 Pet 1 ~ 9 des, Godly Reproofs: JD{lr~g~~~~naand 1cooum1 of fehvcral heavenly ProP he~ and fo11owcd. xamp es, t at ought to be obeyed, Object. If jo, rben bow are they nor A Rule of F•itb ond Life. ..An]'w. A Rule and th R 1 • 1 1 PraChce I und~ribnd eth u t are two Things. Bylthe Rule of Faith and Di/covt;~n~, Ordering Spinteof G:dg! A?d.~ru~IR lmJnedtare, Onnuprifent, ~;;~~11})i l)!a~~~5thrgug~ whthh th)~ Great~nd [-f;:v!,/afr~~Fed~~~~t~ we never' ~td feve;al Pacrrsa {ugrftnll}~, Secondary and Declauuory Rule,' fon of our Obedience is noi cn~ruk were not ., Yet we con(efs· the Ri;~.-' that were lt.(al) hut becaufe t~eeer fr caufe they are there Written (for Men'sConfcJences, Thtre re eat~ aped ~he~~t~nal fr~ceph!.r 'J/..tfc Spulf, m Sptlzt, which is thenueRu~ fi 1) n r ,I II[ 15 r e~e)'I(IJOftY'O/ the Bp. Ro~. rure ; therefore not !h S e, Qr e bJevmg ~nd underfianding of the Scrip- ~ Sand. Je x,.e. Ru:f};~r ~ur ~e.h~vir& a1 u~~~rtfu~din~trht:. ¥h~~ 1e1[;;~~:i!r~e the ~~~.~;!ittl. fen tht/o~~'!fo 3T~,~ I:';~~~ r:t1;mt the /-.ord call, Foolifhnifs. /Je hath ~ho- ¥~rtt11JePr4'!t uthe il1auerof r"'lor!~/v w.:l(f ' ~ t';; confo1undmg of Phtlofophy; for that fmp.He~otrn., ture an_d Difpo./ingr. J i.J"Om: ¥1Vtne ntcrpretcr of the Dtvme Nn~ P• 2b4. ' .~ t..- luftm Marryr in Expofir. Fid. The Inte · .r · · ' ·· to he accommodtlted tot be WiU of the D ll . f'~~etbtonS ~J. the Scnpturu u DeO. confut. mane. Reafoning.r. 0 rme 01 t e ptnt' and not to bu- ofSimpr.p. H1eron faith n s · · ( .a ) 89. 9o. Epph . r'· h e0 crrpt11re.r muJ.' foe) opened wjtb fpiritualExpo.fition Hieron Tom: tTrepfaina=~j c~~~r: n!y ~o the Children of tbt holy Gbofl all tbe Scriptu~es ~p.1jewel. Nor were the moll: apptQV d P. .a f a. P· 53 2• repured io Op fi · R e rott;ttT!ltt 0 aoy Sort (who have been :('o founh Article ~~h~hl~e~o aiar;J ~t:~othher Mind: Iv~s the Su~ftance of the , Polano. HiJ~ :m erroneous Do8:rin th h ld Th ut cransl m t e CoJJncJI of Trrn/1 35 tor. c~~~.nr.rr. G!ufi 0 C ~ ey e ' · at. to undr.r}Jan{i tbe Suipture neither P· 1 50· Cbrijl'.r"iiflu~;:ncnr u necejfary; bJJt only to have tbe Spirit of a 'sheep {1/ /J %af~urs ~ells us, wbnr ~an fet~ /o~·rh b' .il1an't Device, 1nn be receivetl 6hujlanr~ W1.1: BJJttbe Thmg tba.t JJ .fit forth bytbe lnfpirati:n o/rbe holy ~~~~u:;nl:· the Iifp' qu!ret.bt11 InlfrpSreur mfpired w1ib the like ~pirit : and without on 1 Cor.~-· Lutb:;at.ton o tt, ~he . ecrets of God e<mnot heoknown. b111 hy th tg1v~t~ u~ ~~b M~n~ thus, The Scriptuttt are robe underjlood, but Luthe r. Peter (~U~e?' pznr ~W'Heb theY_ were writ, ;.fOr. ~6;~· 1~1 AU r yr, r~at famous lr11ban Proteltant teacheth us, The Spiril i.r Peter Martyr tttor, by wbub v.;e mufl. n./Jt~re 011r fe!ves for underjlanding the Scrip~ Com, Ior.p.1. tHre '• 6• |