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Show 7 bofe that gainf•J (hrifl kuoame dnd of rhc cur fed works of Satan; co the ~aintenancc of hi~ Tn\th, and to the prefcrvJtion of facred JDd CIVIl! reace. both Ill Churd: e,, and Comm0 n-wealrh. • J c' H •p; t>. 7s." A·R;piy'tobir Chap. 8r. De{ewd1r. T 0 1he la-fl Chapter of the ~ifcuJ!'r, Ith!nke hnot wortb the while to fpe,ke any thmg! It '?nhflw~ cht~lly of the Dijiuffirrlelfe·applaufes and vaine·glori(~US Tuumphs; As that he knoweth,Tbattbe God, the Spirir,and P~rnce, the Angel!10[peo"• d tb~t all tbetrue arva~ed (onntl of peace 'RIIIJ. ca/1 the 'I1uth (be I»IA• :~tb thu Do£lrine ofToltration h:ldfor:•h b] bi..,ftlfi) bltjfed: ,; ., 'I h"t the 1011temrl•tiom thereof are fweet and pr'fiOIII: 'bHt Ob h0711 jweet the •[Jiont, and FrNitiouJ!. , . . . . ·" , '[bat theft liptof'fruth (to Wit, dij11llmg mh11 Pen) drop dt tb1 bmry Combe : .Honey and milk,t are ~ud<r b.. r To>tglt~: And •h thAt thefl drepi, thefiftre•mtt might flow '.""bout mt.errnpmn 1 tt· Oncly one palf.ge of his glonous b<ta!bng, lo!P•Y not l~t palfc, \\ ithout Come A~dmadvcr!ion ~ecaufe th~ N2me pfCh11ll is interd!ed in it,and'drlhonourcdby 1(, , . , r · Difcnffer. , , 'W,re I (faith he) btleivtd in tbir, 1h.rt Ch~ift irnot dciighteil."'ith 4be blnud •f m,n, (bm fo,d hiJ o.,n, bl<r~d f~r hlS.bloudyejl '"''?"'.:) ':lh .t bJ the,.,ordofChri{t, ~manfor g"•nfryz~g Chr~fi: o~ 1'J'1111g r.i1b hiuncm7 .Anticbrifl 1 p;m/d bt mo!<Jitd wtth theC.v•U(,.o~d: .. ,,, thi1 fo•~tdJtion !ait!,and thr Mai!:n.• C' area of hr$brjl Lrb,mn, and go•d ficurity given un all hat~dJ for the f' t(er~"''"' of ll, f'" fo•ne n·ould •vrry /lr~,'llund Hon[tbe ftuk_wuh Om" Branch<~. Whether •his be nor to C" nclude with confident prrlwauon (the farne,and far re!!r~altr then chat which he no:ed in me, <V•n now) I m.ttcr not. Lel him rd<rv• conclufions wtth confident pet fwafin• s; o himlt:Jfc a lone, H.td he grcund (from the•·re. "'" word , f Ttu<11) lor·fuch cvnfidence, It\vould never trcuble me, · 11or hurt him, But Prgfejj ed are not to he fu{fered. But this is nor, plcafing to Chrill:, nor to the Spirirofhis w1f. dom! an~ Truth, t~arthc Difrujf..rfbould pn~l ilh rhe cldights ofChr.fl: rna confulfed .way, without dillinguilhing things r~at dt~er, and lo.not d•v:dtng the Word aright. It i1 trn-:,rh~r ch,.ift dtlzg~rerh nozz~ 'he bloRd of men, bHt fb,d hir o"'"' for hir ~!oudieft m•m•~t, and~J••f4J~rt' to -:vir, wh~lfl they gainfaying him, an;! bloudlly p:rfecate hun,c:r h1s our of •gnorance.Tnt)ris care inde<ct · he prayerh for them, and dieth f->r the~, Father Frgivttbem, tb~ ~-nil wh31 tb'} doe, Luk. .2l· ~4· wh•ltftwee ,.,,,. ermnie1 Chrift Jied for tu,Rom ·f. 8, 1 o. Burro fay that Chri(l delighteth not in rhe bloudof wen who afrer the acknowledgement of his-Truth d.Je tread the blo~d of b!s C)venan~ u~cfcr foote, and witringly and' willing'y reje<'t btm from reJgnm)l over 1hem : To hold it forth, lh; t Chril! delighterh not in the bloud offuch men, or thlt be would not have luch molefl:ed by 1he. civill Sword, who gain fay Chrifi' klown and profelfed, ;nd )oyn with his enemy Aotichril!, ift blafpheming and perfccuting Chrifl and his Saints, This the Dif. .'*ff'ercan never make good to be the word of Chrill. It is indeed topublilh the glaci· Tidin~s of the Gofpel,oot to the hnmole and! ~eeke L•mbu of Chrill, but to thefecd of the Scrpenr, to f<>w ptllowes ~ndcrall elbowes : to m>ke the he•rts oft he righce, us fad, whom God would not make (.,d: and t() flrenorhen die b~n4sof.the_wickcd_in their Apofl, cy from the truth, a ~d mali g. lllly agatnfl:Jt. Chnfl: hath· pronounced it upon em!\, and ratify~ it in H'aven, Thoji mint e'11mier, that "'""'d r.ot that J foouid ttzgneovtr th,m, IJrirtg them bizbu a11d jl '}them before my fire<, Luk. 19, 17. ,Are rhefe the words of him, thu delighteth n· .t in the hloud olhi• blood yell enemies, and gainfayers? "hen the Lord . Nusfen~·erh.f~rth hi~ fer~~.,rs to powreout bloudy vengt~nce oponAnnchnl!ran cmllfme•,and'openerh the hearts & m,·utP.rs ;~his S•ints r? praifc him lorthu! jud·g!n!( CR:_v. 16, 4,-7) Is hhts t~ p:oclatmc a M-'gn •. CIJarta ofhrghcfl·h berryes , even 10 ' "gunfayers, andre ruch as joyn with hi-s ~n·:my Anrichrifl ?' tlo~tmewa~, when J•hu juflly demanded, Wh~t p<<tce (what b.rft ""tod3~»11bpeact)(olrmg at th' whordomtr ofzhy MatheY ] ez:bcl, 10 hll,.ztchcr•ftr are fomany l z Ki ,;gs. 9'· n. And aTe the tim~s · ll' fo fm~ changed, that the Sw~rd of J~bn llnll prodnime r~a cc _. |