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<P>A LITTLE TREATISE CONCERNING Things Indifferent, In Relation unto WORSHIP: DIRECTED To the KING, and his COUNCIL, and <HI>all</HI> Others who are concerned (or do think <HI>them&s;elves</HI> &s;o to be) in matters of RELIGION; FOR THEM To <HI>Weigh</HI> well, <HI>Mind,</HI> and <HI>Con&s;ider</HI> (if <HI>they</HI> plea&s;e) ere any Determination be had in <HI>Things</HI> of that nature. By one that loves the <HI>Truth</HI> and <HI>Peace.</HI> GEORGE BISHOPE.</P>
<Q><HI>All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any,</HI> <BIBL>1 Cor. 6. 12.</BIBL></Q>
<Q><HI>All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful for me, but all things edifie not,</HI> <BIBL>1 Cor. 10. 23.</BIBL></Q>
<P>Printed in the Year 1663.</P>
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<HEAD>A LITTLE TREATISE CONCERNING Things Indiferent, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>THings Indifferent <HI>are &s;o called, either from the</HI> Nature <HI>of the</HI> Things <HI>them&s;elves; Or, of the</HI> things <HI>about which</HI> they <HI>are Conver&s;ant. And the</HI> General <HI>&s;ignifi|cation of</HI> them, <HI>or of the word</HI> [Indifferent] <HI>(the</HI> Term <HI>unto which</HI> they <HI>relate, and by which</HI> they <HI>are under&s;tood) is,</HI> Something that may be done or not done, according to the Liberty and Choice of him that doth them, or not doth them. So that if they be done, it imports not any thing of a Nece&s;&s;ity; and if they be not done, it implies not any matter of Guilt; but that they may be done, or not done, according to the plea&s;ure of him who doth them, or doth them not. <HI>And this is the</HI> Nature <HI>and</HI> Signification <HI>of</HI> Things Indif|ferent.</P>
<P><HI>And this I lay down in the</HI> fir&s;t <HI>Place, becau&s;e the</HI> Nature, <HI>and</HI> Signification <HI>of the things treated about, are nece&s;&s;ary to be opened, ere that which is intended there-from comes to be Di&s;|cour&s;ed.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Now it may be demanded as to the</HI> Thing; What are things Indifferent, and what not, in relation to the Wor&s;hip of God? <HI>For that's the</HI> Thing <HI>unto which</HI> this <HI>Little</HI> Treati&s;e <HI>is</HI> terminated <HI>by me.</HI></P>
<P><HI>I An&s;wer,</HI> Things Indifferent, <HI>in relation to the</HI> Wor&s;hip of God, <HI>are to be con&s;idered, either as</HI> things <HI>that may be</HI> done <HI>or not</HI> done;
<PB N="4" REF="3" MS="y"> <HI>as being</HI> &s;o, <HI>or</HI> things Indifferent, <HI>in</HI> their <HI>own Nature; or, as</HI> things <HI>that are not &s;o in</HI> their <HI>own Nature, yet are, or may be left</HI> &s;o <HI>by him who orders</HI> all <HI>things according to the good plea|&s;ure of</HI> his <HI>will, e&s;pecially as to that in which</HI> he <HI>will be Wor|&s;hipped. And &s;o they may be con&s;idered, either as to the</HI> Wor|&s;hip <HI>it</HI> &s;elf, <HI>or, to the</HI> Manner <HI>thereof, or as to the</HI> things <HI>that are</HI> conver&s;ant <HI>thereabouts.</HI></P>
<P><HI>As to the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>it</HI> &s;elf, <HI>there is</HI> nothing <HI>that can be called</HI> Indifferent. <HI>For,</HI> nothing <HI>is indeed the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>or can be</HI> truly <HI>called &s;o, but what</HI> he <HI>requires, or, what proceeds from the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him; <HI>and the</HI> very <HI>requiring of a</HI> thing <HI>takes away the</HI> Indifferency <HI>of</HI> it.</P>
<P><HI>So the</HI> Jews <HI>who were commanded</HI> (all <HI>the</HI> Males <HI>of</HI> them) once <HI>in a</HI> year <HI>to</HI> come <HI>and</HI> appear <HI>before the</HI> Lord, <HI>and</HI> wor&s;hip <HI>at</HI> Jeru&s;alem; <HI>and to ob&s;erve</HI> New <HI>Moons, and</HI> Sabbaths, <HI>and to of|fer</HI> Incen&s;e, <HI>and to keep appointed</HI> Fea&s;ts, <HI>to Pray there in the</HI> Place <HI>where</HI> he <HI>&s;aid</HI> he <HI>would be heard; yet</HI> they <HI>coming in the</HI> mind <HI>in which</HI> they <HI>&s;hould not come, and offering in that which</HI> he <HI>accepts not; which is not of</HI> him, <HI>of the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of him, and from it,</HI> he <HI>&s;aid unto</HI> them, When ye come to appear before me who hath required this at your hand, to tread in my Courts? Bring no more vain Oblations <HI>(and</HI> all <HI>that is</HI> &s;o, <HI>which is not from</HI> him, <HI>the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him; <HI>it proceeds from that which is</HI> vain, <HI>and its end is</HI> vain, <HI>it accompli&s;hes not the</HI> thing <HI>it intends)</HI> Incen&s;e is an abomination to me; the New Moons, and Sabbaths, the calling of A&s;&s;emblies, I cannot away with; It is Iniquity, even the &s;olemn Meeting; Your New Moons, and your appointed Fea&s;ts my &s;oul ha|teth, they are a trouble unto me, I am weary to bear them. And when you &s;pread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make [many] prayers I will not hear. <HI>And the</HI> Rea&s;on <HI>is</HI> &s;ub|joyned, Your hands are full of blood, <HI>&s;aid the</HI> Lord <HI>by the</HI> Pro|phet, I&s;a. 1. 12, 13, 14, 15.</P>
<P><HI>Now, if the</HI> Jews <HI>who were</HI> &s;o <HI>commanded, coming to offer, and to tread in</HI> his <HI>Courts, and to pray, and to keep dayes, and to frequent the</HI> &s;olemn <HI>Meetings, and to ob&s;erve the</HI> appointed <HI>Fea&s;ts which</HI> they <HI>were commanded, had</HI> this <HI>&s;aid unto</HI> them; When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread in my Courts? <HI>becau&s;e</HI> their <HI>hands were</HI> full <HI>of</HI> Blood; <HI>becau&s;e it</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="3" MS="y"> <HI>was the</HI> murtherous <HI>&s;pirit in which</HI> they <HI>came to appear; the</HI> &s;pi|rit <HI>that is out of</HI> Truth, <HI>the</HI> Devil, <HI>unto which he hath not re|gard; nor to the</HI> offering <HI>of that which is not from the</HI> Spirit <HI>of</HI> him <HI>whom</HI> he <HI>accepts, the</HI> &s;pirit <HI>of the</HI> Devil, <HI>who was a</HI> Lyar from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth; <HI>who cau&s;ed</HI> Cain <HI>to &s;lay his Brother about</HI> Religion, <HI>the</HI> Murderer, <HI>which was not accepted, nor his Offering; who &s;lew</HI> his <HI>Brother, and therefore is &s;aid to be of that</HI> wicked <HI>one, and to</HI> &s;lay <HI>his Brother, becau&s;e</HI> his <HI>own works were evil, and</HI> his <HI>Brothers righteous; how much more will</HI> he <HI>&s;ay it, as to that which he requireth not?</HI></P>
<P><HI>And the</HI> rea&s;on <HI>of this is</HI> plain; <HI>becau&s;e</HI> all <HI>&s;uch things as are done as</HI> Wor&s;hips, <HI>and the</HI> Lord <HI>commandeth them not, are</HI> Will-Wor&s;hip; <HI>or, that which proceedeth not from the</HI> Lord, <HI>or the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> man, <HI>(which</HI> he <HI>only accepts, that which is of|fered from</HI> it) <HI>but from the</HI> Creature, <HI>the</HI> &s;pirit <HI>which is in the</HI> Creature, <HI>and</HI> guides <HI>and</HI> rules <HI>it, which is not of</HI> God, <HI>which</HI> he <HI>doth not accept, but is an</HI> abomination <HI>in</HI> his <HI>&s;ight. The</HI> Sacri|fice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord; but the Prayer of the upright is his Delight, <HI>Prov.</HI> 15. 8.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore it is &s;aid,</HI> They Sacrificed unto Devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not; to new gods that came newly up, whom their Fathers feared not; <HI>when</HI> they <HI>Wor&s;hipped that, or did</HI> that <HI>Wor&s;hip which</HI> he <HI>required not.</HI> But Je&s;urun waxed fat, and kick|ed; Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatne&s;s; then he for&s;ook God that made him, and lightly e&s;teemed the rock of his &s;alvation; they provoked him to jealou&s;ie with &s;trange gods; with abomination they provoked him to anger: They &s;acrificed to Devils not to God, <HI>&amp;c. (though they &s;eemed to pretend to</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>God when they wor&s;hipped, but not as</HI> he <HI>required,</HI> this <HI>was a</HI> &s;acrificing <HI>to</HI> Devils, <HI>and not to</HI> God, <HI>though</HI> he <HI>was in</HI> their <HI>mind; or though</HI> they <HI>thought they wor&s;hipped</HI> him; <HI>when it was not from him, the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of him, the</HI> requirings <HI>of him, who will be</HI> wor&s;hipped <HI>as he requires; the</HI> thing <HI>and the</HI> mind, <HI>the</HI> &s;pirit <HI>and the</HI> thing) <HI>And</HI> &s;o <HI>(&s;aith</HI> Mo&s;es) of the Rock that be|gat thee, <HI>(this was</HI> I&s;rael <HI>who had a</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> God, his fir&s;t-born, <HI>&s;omething in which he might know how to wor&s;hip</HI> God, <HI>and from which</HI> he <HI>will be wor&s;hipped, and</HI> he <HI>accepts no other but what comes from</HI> it, <HI>and is of</HI> it) Thou art unmindful, and ha&s;t forgot|ten
<PB N="6" REF="4" MS="y"> God that formed thee, <HI>(when he went from this) &s;aid the</HI> Lord <HI>by</HI> I&s;rael, <HI>Deut.</HI> 32. 15, 16, 17, 18.</P>
<P><HI>And of King</HI> Jeroboam, <HI>who &s;et up the</HI> Calves <HI>at</HI> Dan, <HI>and at</HI> Bethel <HI>for</HI> I&s;rael <HI>to</HI> wor&s;hip, <HI>and the</HI> high Places, <HI>and ordained</HI> Prie&s;ts <HI>unto them, which the</HI> Lord <HI>required not; it is</HI> &s;aid, <HI>(who did it without the command of the</HI> Lord)&mdash;And he ordained him Prie&s;ts for the high Places, and for the Devils, and for the Calves which he had made, 2 <HI>Chron.</HI> 11. 15. <HI>And</HI> he <HI>it was that</HI> made I&s;rael to &s;in.</P>
<P><HI>And of the</HI> Men <HI>of</HI> Judah <HI>it is &s;aid, And the</HI> Princes <HI>thereof, when</HI> they <HI>&s;acrificed that which the</HI> Lord <HI>required not,&mdash;</HI>They Sacrificed their &s;ons and their daughters unto Devils, and &s;hed inno|cent blood, even the blood of their &s;ons, and of their daughters, whom they &s;acrificed unto the Idols of Canaan; and the Land was polluted with blood; <HI>(Read</HI> this <HI>within, as well as without, for the</HI> offer|ing <HI>up of the</HI> mind <HI>to a</HI> &s;trange <HI>god, to, or in a</HI> thing <HI>which the</HI> Lord <HI>requires not, is the</HI> &s;ame; <HI>for the</HI> Birth <HI>of</HI> God <HI>is there &s;trangled, and made to</HI> pa&s;s <HI>thorow the</HI> fire <HI>of</HI> that <HI>which is offer|ed to</HI> that <HI>of</HI> which <HI>the</HI> offering <HI>is; even that from which</HI> it <HI>pro|ceeds, for unto</HI> that <HI>is the</HI> Offering <HI>made, to</HI> that <HI>&s;pirit from whence</HI> it <HI>comes, and it being from the</HI> Devil, <HI>it is to the</HI> Devil; <HI>though the</HI> Mind <HI>may be to God, which is deceived, and thinks</HI> he <HI>is wor&s;hipped, when it is the contrary.)</HI> Thus were they defi|led with their own works, and went a whoring after their own Inven|tions, <HI>(&s;uch is all that Wor&s;hip which the</HI> Lord <HI>requireth not) &s;aith the</HI> Prophet, P&s;al. 106. 37, 38, 39.</P>
<P><HI>And of</HI> them <HI>who wor&s;hipped</HI> Stocks <HI>and</HI> Stones, <HI>the</HI> works <HI>of mens hands, yet pretended that they minded</HI> God <HI>therein, and did it as a</HI> wor&s;hip <HI>to</HI> God; <HI>or, that through them</HI> they <HI>intended the</HI> Lord, <HI>which he required not. It is &s;aid,</HI> Confounded be all they that &s;erve graven Images, that boa&s;t them&s;elves of Idols; Wor&s;hip him all ye Gods, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 97. 7. And their Idols are &s;ilver and gold, the work of mens hands; they have mouthes, but they &s;peak not; eyes have they, but they &s;ee not; no&s;es have they, but &s;mell not; they have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; nei|ther &s;peak they through their throats: They that make them are like unto them, &s;o is every one that tru&s;teth in them, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 115. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. <HI>And</HI> Saying to a Stock, Thou art my Father, and to a Stone,
<PB N="7" REF="4" MS="y"> thou ha&s;t brought me forth. For, they have turned their back unto me <HI>(&s;aid the</HI> Lord) and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will &s;ay, ari&s;e and &s;ave us. But where are the gods that thou ha&s;t made thee? Let them ari&s;e if they can &s;ave thee in the time of thy trouble. For, according to the number of thy Cities, are thy gods, O Judah, <HI>&s;aid the</HI> Lord <HI>to, and of the</HI> Kings, Princes, Prie&s;ts <HI>and</HI> Prophets <HI>of</HI> I&s;rael; <HI>who &s;o &s;aid to a</HI> Stock <HI>and to a</HI> Stone, <HI>that is, the</HI> thing <HI>&s;pake it, bowing to</HI> that <HI>which the</HI> Lord <HI>did not require: for</HI> that <HI>unto which any man doth</HI> bow <HI>he maketh that</HI> his <HI>God; and puts it as</HI> that <HI>which hath begot</HI> him, <HI>and which hath brought</HI> him <HI>forth. And what a</HI> thing <HI>this is, to &s;ay to a</HI> Stock, Thou art my father, &amp;c. <HI>let the</HI> man <HI>who&s;e eyes are</HI> open, <HI>judge,</HI> Jer. 2. 27, 28. As the thief is a&s;ha|med <HI>(&s;aith</HI> he) when he is found; &s;o is the hou&s;e of I&s;rael a&s;hamed, they, their Kings, their Princes, and their Prie&s;ts, and their Pro|phets, &s;aying, <HI>&amp;c. as afore&s;aid.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And hence it is that the</HI> Apo&s;tle, <HI>&s;peaking of</HI> &s;uch <HI>things as &s;tood in the will of man, and were after the</HI> Doctrines <HI>and</HI> Com|mandments <HI>of</HI> men, <HI>and from the</HI> Rudiments <HI>of the</HI> world, <HI>which he calls</HI> all <HI>that which &s;tands not in the</HI> will of God; <HI>and the</HI> Com|mandment <HI>of</HI> him <HI>(the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> every one) <HI>who is the</HI> Head, <HI>by whom the</HI> Body <HI>by</HI> joynts <HI>and</HI> bands <HI>having nouri&s;hment mini&s;tred, and knit together,</HI> encrea&s;eth <HI>with the</HI> encrea&s;e <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>&s;aith to the</HI> Colo&s;&s;ians, Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a [voluntary] humility and [wor&s;hipping] <HI>of</HI> [Angels] intruding into tho&s;e things which he hath not &s;een, [vainly] puffed up with his [fle&s;h|ly] mind, and [not hodling] <HI>the</HI> [head] from which [all] the Body by joints and bands having nouri&s;hment mini&s;tred, and knit together, in|crea&s;eth with the increa&s;e of God. Wherefore if ye be [dead] with Chri&s;t from the [Rudiments] of the world, why as though [living] in the world, are ye [&s;ubject] unto [Ordiances?] (Touch not, ta&s;te not, handle not) which [all] are to peri&s;h with the u&s;ing after the [commandments] and [doctrines] of men. Which things have in|deed a [&s;hew] of [wi&s;dom] in [will-wor&s;hip] and [humility] and [neglecting] of the Body, not in any honour to the [&s;atisfying] of the fle&s;h, <HI>Col.</HI> 2. 18, <HI>to the end.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thus as to the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>it</HI> &s;elf. <HI>Now as to the</HI> manner <HI>of it. The</HI> Jews <HI>had not</HI> Liberty <HI>in</HI> any <HI>thing as to the</HI> Manner <HI>of the</HI>
<PB N="8" REF="5" MS="y"> Wor&s;hip <HI>to order and appoint, but what the</HI> Lord <HI>Commanded,</HI> as they <HI>had not for the</HI> Wor&s;hip, <HI>as the</HI> Books <HI>of</HI> Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers <HI>and</HI> Deuteronomy <HI>te&s;tify at</HI> large. <HI>Nor had</HI> David <HI>and</HI> Solomon <HI>liberty, as to the</HI> Manner <HI>of</HI> building <HI>of the</HI> Temple, <HI>as of the</HI> building <HI>(the figure of</HI> this <HI>Other, not made with</HI> hands, <HI>in which the</HI> Sacrifice <HI>is to be offered,</HI> Chri&s;t Je&s;us, <HI>who is come; but</HI> it <HI>was built, for</HI> manner, <HI>as well as</HI> matter, <HI>according to the</HI> Pattern, <HI>which</HI> David <HI>received from the</HI> Spirit <HI>of the</HI> Lord, <HI>and which the</HI> Lord <HI>made</HI> David <HI>to under&s;tand in writing by his hand upon</HI> him, <HI>even</HI> all <HI>the</HI> work <HI>of that Pattern,</HI> 1 Chron. 28. 12, 19. <HI>and which</HI> David <HI>gave to</HI> Solomon, ver&s;. 11. <HI>&amp;c. And</HI> Ezekiel <HI>had the</HI> Pattern <HI>of the</HI> &s;econd <HI>Temple from the</HI> Spirit <HI>of the</HI> Lord. <HI>And the</HI> Apo&s;tles <HI>were led into</HI> [all] <HI>Truth,</HI> (all, matter <HI>and</HI> man|ner) <HI>by the</HI> Spirit. Howbeit <HI>(&s;aith Chri&s;t)</HI> when he, the Spirit of Truth is come, he will guide you into [all] Truth; for he &s;hall not &s;peak of him&s;elf, but what&s;oever he &s;hall hear, that &s;hall he &s;peak; and he will &s;hew you things to come. He &s;hall glorifie me, for he &s;hall receive of mine, and &s;hew it unto you, <HI>John</HI> 16. 12, 13. <HI>And</HI> John <HI>&s;peaking of the times</HI> after <HI>the</HI> Apo&s;tacy, <HI>which was to follow, yea, it entred before the</HI> decea&s;e <HI>of the Apo&s;tles, as he te&s;tifies;</HI> Little children <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> it is the [la&s;t] time; and, as ye have heard that Antichri&s;t &s;hall come, even now there are many Antichri&s;ts, whereby we [know] that it is the [la&s;t] time, 1 <HI>Joh.</HI> 2. 18. <HI>And &s;aith</HI> Paul, Now we be&s;eech you brethren, by the coming of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not &s;oon &s;haken in mind, or be troubled neither by &s;pirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Chri&s;t is at hand; Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day &s;hall not come, except there come a [falling] away [fir&s;t] 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 2. 1, 2, 3. <HI>And&mdash;</HI>I know this, that [after] my departure, &s;hall grievous Wolves enter in among you, not &s;paring the flock. Al&s;o of your own &s;elves &s;hall men a|ri&s;e, &s;peaking perver&s;e things, to draw away di&s;ciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the &s;pace of three years, I cea&s;ed not to warn every one, night and day with tears, <HI>Act.</HI> 20. 29, 30, 31. <HI>And</HI> Jude <HI>&s;aith,</HI> But beloved, remember ye the words which were &s;poken [before] of the Apo&s;tles of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t; how that they told you there &s;hould be mockers in the [la&s;t] time, who &s;hould walk after their own ungodly lu&s;ts; [the&s;e] be [they] &amp;c.
<PB N="9" REF="5" MS="y"> Jude <HI>Epi&s;t. ver.</HI> 17, 18, 19.) <HI>I &s;ay,</HI> John <HI>&s;peaking of the</HI> times <HI>which &s;hould be after the</HI> Apo&s;tacy, <HI>which was</HI> then <HI>entring, &s;aith,</HI> And I &s;aw no [Temple] therein <HI>(that is, in the</HI> Holy <HI>City which had been</HI> long <HI>trod under foot by the</HI> Gentiles, <HI>of which he &s;peaks, he &s;aw</HI> no <HI>Temple therein,</HI> Nothing <HI>made with</HI> hands, No <HI>In&s;ti|tutions,</HI> No <HI>Ordinations,</HI> No <HI>Appointments of</HI> Men; <HI>Nothing that is made with</HI> Men's <HI>hands, or ordered by</HI> Men) for the [Lord] God Almighty] <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> and the [Lamb] are the [Temple] of it, <HI>(which the</HI> outward <HI>Temple &s;ignified as afore&s;aid)</HI> and the City had no need of the Sun <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> neither of the Moon <HI>(nothing that is made)</HI> to &s;hine in it; for the [Glory] of [God] <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> did [lighten] it, and the [Lamb] is the [light] thereof. <HI>(Read this in the</HI> Light within, <HI>that which</HI> reproves, <HI>that which makes</HI> manife&s;t, <HI>and there &s;ee the</HI> My&s;tery.) And the Nations <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> of them that are &s;aved, &s;hall walk in the [Light] of it. And the Kings of the Earth do bring their Glory and Honour unto it, <HI>Rev.</HI> 21. 22, 23, 24.</P>
<P><HI>And this</HI> he <HI>&s;pake of the</HI> New <HI>Jeru&s;alem, the</HI> Holy <HI>City (as afore&s;aid) which</HI> he <HI>&s;aith</HI> he <HI>&s;aw coming down from</HI> God <HI>out of</HI> Heaven, <HI>prepared as a</HI> Bride <HI>adorned for</HI> her <HI>Husband.</HI> And I &s;aw <HI>(&s;aith he)</HI> a New Heaven, and a New Earth; for the fir&s;t Hea|ven, and the fir&s;t Earth were pa&s;&s;ed away, and there was no more Sea. And I heard a gr&eacute;at Voice out of Heaven &s;aying, The Tabernacle of God is with Men, and he will dwell with them, and they &s;hall be his People, and God him&s;elf will be with them, and be their God. And God &s;hall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there &s;hall be no more Death, neither Sorrow, nor Crying, neither &s;hall there be any more Pain; for the former things are pa&s;&s;ed away. And he that &s;ate upon the Throne, &s;aid, Behold I make all things new. <HI>Then (&s;aith he)</HI> he &s;aid unto me, Write; for the&s;e things are true, and faith|full.</P>
<P><HI>Then</HI> he <HI>de&s;cribes the</HI> City, <HI>and the</HI> Gates, <HI>and the</HI> Wall, <HI>and the</HI> Foundation, <HI>and the</HI> Light <HI>thereof (the</HI> Glory <HI>of</HI> God <HI>like unto a</HI> &s;tone <HI>mo&s;t</HI> precious) <HI>and</HI> its <HI>form, and</HI> breadth, <HI>and</HI> height, <HI>and</HI> building, <HI>and the</HI> &s;tones <HI>thereof; and who</HI> &s;hould, <HI>and who</HI> &s;hould not <HI>enter</HI> therein; <HI>and</HI> what <HI>was in</HI> it, <HI>as the</HI> Angel <HI>which carried him away in the</HI> Spirit <HI>to a</HI> great <HI>and</HI> high <HI>Mountain, &s;hewed to</HI> him.</P>
<P><HI>And this (as I &s;aid) was what &s;hould be after the</HI> Apo&s;tacy, <HI>and</HI>
<PB N="10" REF="6" MS="y"> <HI>the</HI> Overthrow <HI>of</HI> Babylon; <HI>and the</HI> Ca&s;ting <HI>of</HI> Satan, <HI>the</HI> old <HI>De|ceiver, into the</HI> Pit, <HI>and</HI> Death, <HI>and</HI> Hell, <HI>into the</HI> Lake; <HI>and the</HI> De&s;truction <HI>of</HI> Gog <HI>and</HI> Magog; <HI>and the</HI> taking <HI>of the</HI> Beast, <HI>and of the</HI> fal&s;e <HI>Prophet</HI> alive, <HI>and the</HI> ca&s;ting them alive <HI>into the</HI> Lake <HI>of</HI> fire <HI>burning with</HI> brim&s;tone, <HI>which had</HI> brought in <HI>and</HI> ruled <HI>the</HI> Apo&s;tacy, <HI>and the</HI> Great <HI>Supper of the</HI> Lord God Almighty, <HI>wherein was eaten the</HI> fle&s;h <HI>of</HI> Kings, <HI>and of</HI> Captains, <HI>and of</HI> Mighty Men, <HI>and of</HI> Hor&s;es, <HI>and of</HI> them <HI>that &s;ate of them; and the</HI> fle&s;h <HI>of</HI> all <HI>men, both</HI> free <HI>and</HI> bond, <HI>both</HI> &s;mall <HI>and</HI> great. <HI>And when the</HI> time <HI>of the</HI> Lamb's <HI>Marriage was</HI> come, <HI>and his</HI> Wife <HI>had made</HI> her <HI>&s;elf ready,</HI> Rev. 18, 19, 20, 21 <HI>chapters.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Then he &s;aith, chap.</HI> 22.&mdash;He &s;aid unto me, The&s;e Sayings are faithful and true, and the Lord God of the Holy Prophets &s;ent his Angel to &s;hew unto his Servant the things which mu&s;t &s;hortly be done. Behold, I come quickly. Ble&s;&s;ed is he that keepeth the Sayings of the Prophecy of this Book. <HI>And (he &s;aith)</HI> he &s;aith unto me, Seal not the Sayings of the Prophecy of this Book, for the time is at hand. He that is Unju&s;t, let him be Unju&s;t &s;till; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy &s;till; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous &s;till; and he that is holy, let him be holy &s;till. And behold I come quickly, and my Reward is with me, to give every man according as his work &s;hall be.</P>
<P><HI>And</HI> he <HI>clo&s;eth up</HI> all <HI>and &s;aith,&mdash;</HI>I Je&s;us have &s;ent mine Angel to te&s;tifie to you the&s;e things in the Churches. I am the Root, and Off-&s;pring of <HI>David,</HI> and the bright and Morning-Star. And the Spirit and the Bride &s;ay, Come; and let him that heareth &s;ay, Come; and who&s;oever will, let him take the Water of Life freely: For I te&s;tifie unto every one that heareth the words of the Prophecy of this Book; If any man &s;hall add unto the&s;e things, God &s;hall add un|to him the Plagues that are written in this Book. And if any man &s;hall take away from the words of the Book of this Prophecy, God &s;hall take away his Part out of the Book of Life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things that are written in this Book. He that te&s;tifies the&s;e things &s;aith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even &s;o, come Lord Je&s;us, <HI>Chap.</HI> 22. 6. <HI>to the end.</HI></P>
<P>La&s;tly; <HI>As to the</HI> things conver&s;ant thereabouts, They <HI>mu&s;t &s;tand in the</HI> &s;ame <HI>that the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>it &s;elf, and the</HI> manner <HI>of it doth. For it is [wholly]</HI> his <HI>own that the</HI> Lord <HI>accepts. For he is a</HI> Spirit,
<PB N="11" REF="6" MS="y"> <HI>and he that wor&s;hips</HI> him, <HI>mu&s;t wor&s;hip</HI> him <HI>in</HI> Spirit <HI>and</HI> Truth <HI>throughout, and</HI> &s;uch <HI>Wor&s;hippers the</HI> Father &s;eeketh. And he that cometh to God, mu&s;t believe that he is; and that he is a Rewar|der of them that diligently &s;eek him. <HI>And</HI> Faith is the gift of God, <HI>and is</HI> the evidence of things not &s;een <HI>(which cannot be &s;aid of</HI> any <HI>outward thing, for</HI> that <HI>can be &s;een)</HI> the &s;ub&s;tance of things hoped for. <HI>And,</HI> what&s;oever is not of Faith, is &s;in: <HI>for</HI> it <HI>&s;tands not in the</HI> Root <HI>which is</HI> holy, <HI>Nor proceeds from</HI> it; <HI>in</HI> which <HI>&s;tands</HI> Faith. <HI>And, therefore</HI> the Word preached did not profit <HI>(the</HI> Word nigh in the mouth, and in the heart; which witne&s;&s;eth to God, Chri&s;t Je&s;us.) Say not in thine heart, who &s;hall a&s;cend into Heaven? (that is, to bring Chri&s;t down from above) Or, who &s;hall de&s;cend into the Deep? (that is, to bring up Chri&s;t again from the Dead) but what faith it? The Word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is the Word of Faith (which we preach, <HI>&s;aid the</HI> Apo&s;tle, <HI>Rom.</HI> 10. 6, 7, 8. And the Righteou&s;ne&s;s which is of Faith, <HI>&s;aith he, &s;peak|eth on</HI> this <HI>wi&s;e, &amp;c. as afore&s;aid.) I &s;ay, the</HI> Word <HI>(this Word)</HI> preached did not profit them, not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it. <HI>And,</HI> without Faith it is impo&s;&s;ible to plea&s;e God. This is my wel-beloved Son, in whom I am well plea&s;ed, hear him, <HI>&s;aith the Lord of his Son, in whom he is well plea&s;ed, in the mea&s;ure of him, and no other. And therefore hath</HI> he <HI>given a</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him, <HI>a</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of the</HI> Spirit <HI>of</HI> him <HI>to</HI> every one to profit withal; <HI>that</HI> every <HI>one in</HI> it <HI>might know how to do</HI> his <HI>Will, &s;o that he need not ask,</HI> Who &s;hall a&s;cend into the Heaven? <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Or, who &s;hall de&s;cend into the Deep? <HI>to bring</HI> Chri&s;t <HI>down, or</HI> up <HI>again, as a thing without</HI> them; <HI>Nor depend upon</HI> another <HI>to know the</HI> Will <HI>of</HI> God; <HI>but as</HI> every <HI>man mu&s;t be</HI> &s;aved <HI>for</HI> him&s;elf, <HI>or</HI> damned; <HI>and as the</HI> Lord <HI>will require an</HI> Account <HI>of</HI> every <HI>man; and as</HI> every <HI>man mu&s;t give an Account to the</HI> Lord <HI>for</HI> him&s;elf, <HI>not for</HI> another, <HI>nor</HI> another <HI>for</HI> him, <HI>as to the</HI> deeds <HI>done in the</HI> body, <HI>whether</HI> they be <HI>good, or</HI> whether <HI>they be evil; So hath he put a</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him&s;elf <HI>into</HI> every <HI>man, that every man might have in</HI> him &s;omething <HI>of the Lord to Direct</HI> him, <HI>and Guide</HI> him, <HI>and lead</HI> him <HI>into that which</HI> he <HI>&s;hould do; by which</HI> he <HI>might know what</HI> he <HI>is to do, and how to</HI> wor&s;hip <HI>God, &s;o as it may be</HI> acceptable <HI>in</HI> his &s;ight: <HI>For that which plea&s;eth</HI> God, <HI>&s;tands not in the</HI> will <HI>of</HI> man, <HI>(though it is fit there &s;hould: be in</HI>
<PB N="12" REF="7" MS="y"> <HI>the</HI> Creature <HI>a</HI> ready <HI>mind</HI> (If there be fir&s;t a willing mind, it is ac|cepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that a man hath not, 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 8. 11. And thy People &s;hall be willing in the day of thy Power, in the beauties of Holine&s;s, from the Womb of the Morn|ing thou ha&s;t the dew of thy Youth, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 110. 3. My heart is fixed; O God, my heart is fixed, I will &s;ing and give prai&s;e, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 57. 7.) <HI>becau&s;e of</HI> its <HI>Relation unto</HI> God, <HI>and</HI> its <HI>Dependency on</HI> him; <HI>to be ready when</HI> he <HI>moves, who&s;e</HI> Spirit <HI>is as the</HI> Wind, which bloweth where it li&s;teth, and thou hearest the &s;ound thereof, but knowe&s;t not from whence it comes, nor whither it goes. So is every one <HI>(&s;aith the</HI> Son <HI>of</HI> God) that is born of the Spirit, <HI>Joh.</HI> 3. 8. <HI>I &s;ay, that which plea&s;eth</HI> God, <HI>in which</HI> he <HI>will be wor&s;hipped, &s;tandeth not in the</HI> Will <HI>of</HI> man <HI>(though it's fit the</HI> Creature <HI>&s;hould be</HI> willing <HI>and</HI> ready <HI>when the</HI> Lord <HI>moves; and in the</HI> Day <HI>of</HI> his <HI>Power it will be</HI> &s;o <HI>as afore&s;aid, as that which an&s;wers to</HI> God <HI>is</HI> hearkened <HI>to and</HI> obeyed, <HI>by which</HI> his <HI>Power comes to be made known, which makes</HI> his <HI>People willing) but in the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> every <HI>one, which (as I have &s;aid)</HI> he <HI>hath placed in</HI> every <HI>one that</HI> every <HI>one may know</HI> how, <HI>and in</HI> what <HI>to wor&s;hip</HI> him; <HI>which</HI> every <HI>one is to</HI> know, <HI>and in</HI> which every <HI>one is to</HI> believe, <HI>and to wait to</HI> know <HI>what is the</HI> Will <HI>and</HI> Coun&s;el <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>and</HI> how <HI>and</HI> when, <HI>and after</HI> what <HI>manner, and in</HI> what <HI>he will be</HI> wor&s;hip|ped, <HI>that &s;o it may be acceptable in</HI> his <HI>&s;ight.</HI> Let the Words of my mouth, and the Meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy &s;ight, O Lord, my &s;trength, and my Redeemer, <HI>(P&s;al.</HI> 19. 14.) <HI>prayed the</HI> holy <HI>man of God.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For</HI> all other <HI>Services, or</HI> things <HI>done from</HI> this <HI>mea&s;ure of</HI> him, <HI>in the</HI> will <HI>of</HI> man; <HI>Or, of the</HI> &s;pirit <HI>that is in</HI> him <HI>that</HI> lu&s;teth un|to Envy, <HI>and knows not</HI> God, <HI>is as</HI> Swines fle&s;h&mdash;He that killeth an Ox, <HI>(&s;aith the</HI> Lord <HI>by the</HI> Prophet) is as if he &s;lew a Man; He that &s;acrificeth a Lamb, as if he cut off a Dogs neck; He that offereth an Oblation, as if he offered Swines blood; He that burneth Incen&s;e, as if he ble&s;&s;ed an Idol; <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 66. 3. <HI>and &s;uch mu&s;t come to an account for their</HI> Services <HI>and</HI> Wor&s;hips, <HI>as for their</HI> Tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ions <HI>and</HI> Sins; <HI>and</HI> this <HI>will be hard when in</HI> that <HI>Day a man &s;hall find that</HI> that <HI>which</HI> he <HI>thought plea&s;ed God; and</HI> he <HI>there|fore did</HI> it, <HI>as thinking</HI> it <HI>might plea&s;e</HI> God <HI>(being deceived by the</HI> Enemy <HI>to offer</HI> that, <HI>and from</HI> that <HI>which is not</HI> God's, <HI>from</HI>
<PB N="13" REF="7" MS="y"> <HI>the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>which he requires, and</HI> only <HI>accepts) is Ini|quity. For,</HI> then, <HI>what is left a man in which he can hope? If</HI> his <HI>Righteou&s;ne&s;s; if</HI> his <HI>Wor&s;hips; if</HI> his <HI>Services (as he thinks) to</HI> God, <HI>be as</HI> men&s;trous rags, <HI>be</HI> iniquity, <HI>and the</HI> Lord <HI>is</HI> weary <HI>to</HI> bear them <HI>(as hath been &s;aid) and it is a</HI> trouble <HI>to</HI> him, <HI>and his</HI> Soul abhors them; and he cannot away with it; and it is an Abomination in his &s;ight; <HI>What</HI> then <HI>is left a</HI> Man <HI>wherein to hope? Or,</HI> wherein <HI>is it that</HI> he <HI>can &s;ay</HI> I <HI>am accepted of</HI> God? <HI>&s;eeing that in</HI> him alone, <HI>in the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him, <HI>that which comes from the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of him,</HI> Chri&s;t Je&s;us, <HI>it is that the</HI> Lord <HI>is</HI> well-plea&s;ed; <HI>and that which is done out of</HI> him, <HI>out of the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him, <HI>can have</HI> no <HI>hope in Chri&s;t,</HI> (Nothing <HI>that is</HI> truly <HI>&s;o, but all &s;uch hope will fail a</HI> man;) <HI>and that which is done out of the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him, <HI>is not in</HI> him; <HI>and that which is in</HI> him, <HI>is as</HI> he <HI>is: for,</HI> as he is, &s;o are we in this world, 1 <HI>Joh.</HI> 4. 17. <HI>and,</HI> he that doth righteou&s;ne&s;s is righteous, as he is righteous, 1 <HI>Joh.</HI> 3. 7. <HI>And,</HI> if any man be in Chri&s;t Je&s;us, he is a New-creature. Old things are pa&s;&s;ed away, behold all things are become new, 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 5. 17. <HI>And this will be found</HI> &s;o <HI>in the</HI> Day <HI>wherein the</HI> Lord <HI>will judge the Secrets of</HI> all <HI>men by the Man</HI> Chri&s;t Je&s;us.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore it concerneth</HI> every <HI>one to come to, and to heed, and to know the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> God <HI>in</HI> him, <HI>whereby to know in</HI> what, <HI>and</HI> when, <HI>and</HI> how <HI>to wor&s;hip</HI> him, <HI>and to do that which is</HI> ac|ceptable <HI>in his &s;ight. For,</HI> God is a Spirit <HI>(as I have &s;aid)</HI> and they that wor&s;hip him, mu&s;t wor&s;hip him in Spirit and in Truth; <HI>and that which is</HI> Letter, <HI>is not</HI> Spirit; <HI>and therefore the</HI> manife&s;ta|tion <HI>of the</HI> Spirit <HI>which is given to</HI> every <HI>man to profit</HI> withal, <HI>(which is that</HI> which reproves, that which makes manife&s;t) <HI>mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity be</HI> come <HI>unto,</HI> heeded <HI>and</HI> believed <HI>in, ere there can be a</HI> wor&s;hipping <HI>in</HI> &s;pirit; <HI>or, that the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>which is in</HI> &s;pirit <HI>(which the</HI> Father &s;eeketh &s;uch to wor&s;hip him; <HI>who will be wor&s;hipped in &s;pirit and in truth) can be</HI> known: <HI>For</HI> nothing <HI>is known out of</HI> its <HI>Principle; and the Mea&s;ure of</HI> God <HI>is the</HI> Principle <HI>of the</HI> things <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>in which</HI> only God <HI>is known, and the</HI> things <HI>that are of</HI> him; <HI>which</HI> Principle <HI>is as afore&s;aid; which mu&s;t be</HI> come <HI>un|to,</HI> believed <HI>in and</HI> obeyed, (viz. <HI>that</HI> which reproves, <HI>that</HI> which makes manife&s;t) <HI>ere that the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>of</HI> God <HI>(that which is</HI> truly <HI>&s;o) can be</HI> known; <HI>or the way</HI> how <HI>to wor&s;hip</HI> him, <HI>who will be wor|&s;hipped in</HI> &s;pirit <HI>and in</HI> truth.</P>
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<P><HI>So hither</HI> all <HI>mu&s;t come, to</HI> this <HI>Principle, to</HI> that <HI>which is of</HI> God <HI>in them, and from hence</HI> they <HI>mu&s;t offer, who offer unto</HI> God, <HI>and are accepted in</HI> his <HI>&s;ight.</HI> Something <HI>that is</HI> his own, <HI>from</HI> his own, <HI>of</HI> his own, <HI>the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him; <HI>which is not</HI> born <HI>of</HI> blood, <HI>nor of the</HI> will <HI>of the</HI> fle&s;h, <HI>nor of the</HI> will <HI>of</HI> man, <HI>but of</HI> God; <HI>As</HI> David <HI>did in the</HI> figure, <HI>when</HI> he <HI>and</HI> his <HI>Princes offered unto the</HI> Temple <HI>(the</HI> figure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>who was to</HI> come, Chri&s;t Je&s;us, <HI>by whom</HI> all our <HI>Sacrifices are to be offered, who is</HI> come the &s;econd time without &s;in unto &s;alvation) of thine own <HI>(&s;aith</HI> he) have we given thee. For we are &s;trangers before thee, and &s;ojourners as were all our Fa|thers; <HI>(&s;ee how</HI> low he was <HI>when</HI> he <HI>came to offer to the</HI> Figure; <HI>to</HI> that <HI>which</HI> peri&s;hed, <HI>the</HI> Temple <HI>and the</HI> things thereof, <HI>again&s;t the time it &s;hould be builded, which was to be</HI> after his <HI>dayes. For he was not to build it, though it was in</HI> his <HI>heart; becau&s;e he had made great</HI> wars, <HI>and had &s;hed</HI> much bloud; <HI>but</HI> Solomon <HI>was to build</HI> it; <HI>for in his dayes</HI> peace <HI>and</HI> quietne&s;s, <HI>the Lord &s;aid he would give</HI> I&s;rael, <HI>and that</HI> he <HI>&s;hould be a</HI> man <HI>of</HI> Re&s;t, <HI>and that he would</HI> give <HI>him</HI> re&s;t <HI>from</HI> all his <HI>enemies round about.</HI> He &s;hall build an hou&s;e for mine Name, and he &s;hall be my &s;on, and I will be his Father, and I will e&s;tabli&s;h the throne of his kingdom over I&s;ra|el, for ever, <HI>&s;aid the</HI> Lord, 1 <HI>Chron.</HI> 22. 7, 8, 9, 10. <HI>See the difference between the</HI> man <HI>of</HI> Blood <HI>and the</HI> man <HI>of</HI> Peace, <HI>and the</HI> offering <HI>that comes from</HI> each, <HI>and what it &s;ignifies, and who it is that is to build the</HI> Temple <HI>of the</HI> Lord, <HI>and which the</HI> Lord <HI>accepts, and in whom</HI> he <HI>is well plea&s;ed; it is</HI> Solomon, <HI>the</HI> man <HI>of</HI> rest.) Our dayes on the earth are as a &s;hadow, and there is none abiding. O Lord our God, all this &s;tore that we have prepared to build thee an hou&s;e for thine holy Name, cometh of thine hand, and it is [all] thine own, 1 <HI>Chron.</HI> 29. 14, 15, 16. <HI>and this the Lord accepted. And it mu&s;t be of</HI> his <HI>own, that now mu&s;t be given</HI> him; <HI>el&s;e</HI> he <HI>accepts it not; and his own is that which is of</HI> him, <HI>of the</HI> mea|&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>as afore&s;aid. And therefore a nece&s;&s;ity there is for</HI> all <HI>men</HI> hither <HI>to</HI> come, <HI>ere that</HI> they <HI>can come to</HI> &s;erve <HI>or</HI> wor&s;hip him acceptably with reverence and godly fear, <HI>who is</HI> a con&s;uming fire, and will be had in reverence by all that are about him, <HI>Heb.</HI> 12. 29. P&s;al. 89. 7. <HI>Or, that</HI> he <HI>will be wor&s;hipped of</HI> them.</P>
<P><HI>Therefore hath he moved</HI> me, <HI>(and it hath lain upon me from the</HI> Lord) <HI>to write</HI> the&s;e <HI>things unto</HI> you, <HI>that</HI> you <HI>may not</HI>
<PB N="15" REF="8" MS="y"> <HI>be mi&s;taken, as to your Wor&s;hips; or think</HI> ye <HI>be doing that which is</HI> well-plea&s;ing <HI>to</HI> him <HI>when</HI> he <HI>accepts it not. For,</HI> he is a God of purer eyes than to behold evil; and no iniquity can come near his dwelling, nor can he look on iniquity; and he beholdeth the proud afar off; and he &s;cattereth the proud in the imaginations of their hearts; how then can they come near him? <HI>For nothing can come near</HI> him, <HI>but what is like</HI> him, <HI>and as he is, as afore&s;aid.</HI> This is my well-beloved Son, in whom I am well-plea&s;ed, hear him, <HI>&s;aith the</HI> Lord.</P>
<P><HI>So to the</HI> Son every <HI>one mu&s;t come, to the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> every <HI>one (that</HI> which reproves, <HI>that</HI> which makes manife&s;t) <HI>that</HI> they <HI>may know the</HI> Lord, <HI>and his</HI> Power, <HI>and</HI> his <HI>Arm, and</HI> his <HI>work|ing, the</HI> mighty <HI>power of</HI> his <HI>working; who is</HI> able <HI>to</HI> &s;ubdue all <HI>things unto</HI> him&s;elf; <HI>and to bring down the</HI> mighty <HI>from</HI> their <HI>&s;eats, and to exalt the</HI> humble <HI>and</HI> meek. <HI>For,</HI> Thus &s;aith the high and lofty one, that inhabiteth eternity, who&s;e Name is Holy; I dwell in the high, and holy place; with him al&s;o that is of an hum|ble and contrite &s;pirit; to revive the &s;pirit of the humble; and to re|vive the heart of the contrite ones, <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 57. 15. <HI>For, all the&s;e things hath mine hand made,</HI> (Heaven is my Throne, and the Earth is my Foot-&s;tool; where is the Hou&s;e that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my Re&s;t?) and all the&s;e things have been, &s;aith the Lord: But to this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite &s;pirit, and that trembleth at my word, <HI>I&s;a),</HI> 66. 2.</P>
<P><HI>And thus it concerns</HI> every <HI>man to mind, for as much as he &s;tands in a &s;tate of</HI> dependency <HI>upon</HI> God, <HI>and hath need of</HI> him <HI>and</HI> his <HI>Mercy, to</HI> &s;ave, <HI>and</HI> pre&s;erve him <HI>to</HI> all <HI>Eternity; for as much as there is</HI> &s;omething <HI>in him, which is</HI> eternal, <HI>that can ne|ver be</HI> de&s;troyed; <HI>with which if</HI> it <HI>&s;hould be</HI> ill <HI>with, for ever it will be &s;ad; and this the</HI> Lord <HI>knowes; and in what &s;tate man is, and what need he hath of him, and therefore hath he placed</HI> &s;omething <HI>of him&s;elf in</HI> man <HI>to &s;hew him how it is with him, and his &s;tate; and the</HI> way <HI>to</HI> God <HI>who is</HI> lo&s;t <HI>in the</HI> fall, <HI>and how he may plea&s;e him, and do that which is</HI> acceptable <HI>in his &s;ight; that &s;o it may be well with him for</HI> ever. <HI>For otherwi&s;e,</HI> what is a man profited, <HI>(&s;aith Chri&s;t)</HI> if he &s;hall gain the whole world, and lo&s;e his own &s;oul? or, what &s;hall a man give <HI>(&s;ee how high it goes)</HI> in ex|change for his &s;oul? <HI>Mat.</HI> 16. 26. <HI>And now is the</HI> hour <HI>of your</HI>
<PB N="16" REF="9" MS="y"> <HI>vi&s;itation whil&s;t ye are</HI> here; <HI>and whil&s;t the</HI> Lord <HI>&s;trives with you; the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of him in</HI> every <HI>one of</HI> you <HI>which calls upon</HI> you <HI>to heed</HI> this, <HI>and tells</HI> you <HI>this is</HI> &s;o, <HI>and ye believe</HI> this <HI>is</HI> Truth, <HI>but yet are not guided by that which tells</HI> you <HI>it is</HI> &s;o, <HI>and which</HI> ye <HI>believe, though ye believe</HI> it, <HI>and know</HI> it <HI>is</HI> &s;o, <HI>and that it is</HI> good <HI>for you to heed</HI> it, <HI>thereby to be led out of the</HI> evil, <HI>and to be delivered from</HI> all <HI>evil, and &s;o redeemed unto</HI> God; <HI>for the</HI> Redemption <HI>is from</HI> evil, <HI>and the</HI> deliverance, <HI>which holds the</HI> mind <HI>in captivity, and e&s;trangeth</HI> it <HI>from</HI> God; <HI>&s;o that it knows</HI> him <HI>not who gives</HI> it life, <HI>and</HI> breath, <HI>and</HI> moving; <HI>and the</HI> di&s;plea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> God <HI>is again&s;t the</HI> Creature, <HI>becau&s;e</HI> his <HI>mind is</HI> alienated <HI>from</HI> God <HI>by</HI> wicked <HI>works. And therefore that</HI> his <HI>crea|ture may be &s;aved, and delivered from the</HI> wrath to come, <HI>from that on which his wrath is revealed, and will be</HI> revealed, <HI>(the</HI> Lord Je&s;us <HI>will)</HI> in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Go&s;pel of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t; who &s;hall be puni&s;hed with everla&s;ting de&s;truction, from the pre&s;ence of the Lord, and the glory of his power; when he &s;hall come to be glori|fied in his Saints, and to be admired in them that believe, 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 1. 7, 8, 9, 10. <HI>I &s;ay, that</HI> his <HI>creature may be</HI> &s;aved, <HI>and</HI> delivered <HI>from the</HI> wrath to come, <HI>hath he put</HI> &s;omething <HI>of</HI> him&s;elf <HI>in</HI> him; <HI>that he may know whither to go to be delivered.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And becau&s;e</HI> no <HI>man may &s;ay in</HI> his <HI>heart,</HI> who &s;hall a&s;cend for me into Heaven, <HI>(that is,</HI> to bring Chri&s;t <HI>down from</HI> above?) <HI>or, who &s;hall</HI> de&s;cend <HI>for me into the</HI> deep? <HI>(that is, to</HI> bring up <HI>Chri&s;t again from the</HI> dead) <HI>(as</HI> I <HI>have &s;aid)</HI> he <HI>hath placed a</HI> mea|&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him&s;elf <HI>in every man, that no man may be at a</HI> lo&s;s <HI>in</HI> this <HI>particular, or, at a</HI> &s;tand <HI>how to know</HI> him, <HI>or come at</HI> him, <HI>in the</HI> knowledge <HI>of</HI> whom <HI>is eternal life. For,</HI> he <HI>is</HI> in <HI>man, and</HI> that <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> every <HI>man, that &s;hews man iniquity and &s;in; the</HI> com|pa&s;s <HI>and the end of his actings, the thoughts and the intents of</HI> his <HI>heart, and that &s;earcheth the</HI> heart, <HI>and trieth the</HI> reins, <HI>and judgeth</HI> them, <HI>leads unto him.</HI></P>
<P><HI>So</HI> all <HI>men are, and will be left</HI> without excu&s;e <HI>in the</HI> day <HI>wherein</HI> he <HI>&s;hall judge the</HI> Secrets <HI>of</HI> all <HI>men, by the</HI> Man Chri&s;t Je&s;us; <HI>whom he hath ordained, and appointed</HI> thereunto, <HI>and a</HI> day <HI>wherein</HI> he <HI>will do it, becau&s;e</HI> he <HI>hath put a</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him|&s;elf <HI>in every one, whereby they may know</HI> him <HI>who is</HI> true;
<PB N="17" REF="9" MS="y"> <HI>and be in</HI> him <HI>who is</HI> true, <HI>even in</HI> his Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t; this is true God, and eternal life.</P>
<P><HI>And if it were not &s;o, indeed it would be</HI> hard; <HI>and how</HI> in|deed <HI>then could man be left</HI> without excu&s;e, <HI>if</HI> he <HI>had not</HI> &s;ome|thing <HI>in</HI> him <HI>of</HI> God <HI>and knew not that it was in</HI> him, <HI>to lead</HI> him <HI>unto</HI> God, <HI>and out of</HI> all <HI>evil; and to give</HI> him <HI>Dominion over</HI> &s;in <HI>and</HI> evil, <HI>and to redeem him unto</HI> God, <HI>from</HI> whom <HI>he is fallen; which is not of</HI> him, <HI>though in</HI> him; <HI>nor in the will of</HI> him, <HI>nor of the</HI> fle&s;h, <HI>though in the</HI> fle&s;h, <HI>but of</HI> God? <HI>For</HI> all <HI>men know</HI> &s;omething <HI>in them, that &s;hews them</HI> evil, <HI>and that</HI> they <HI>&s;hould not do</HI> evil, <HI>and judges them for it, and makes them confe&s;s, that the</HI> Judgement is ju&s;t; <HI>but</HI> all <HI>men do not</HI> obey it, all <HI>men do not</HI> heed it; <HI>therefore</HI> all <HI>men are not</HI> redeemed by it, all <HI>men are not delivered: For,</HI> He became the Author of eternal Salvation, unto all them that obey him, <HI>Heb.</HI> 5. 9. <HI>And,</HI> he came to his own, and his own received him not; but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the &s;ons of God; even to them that believe in his Name, <HI>Joh.</HI> 1. 11, 12. <HI>And,</HI> This is the condemnation, that Light is come in|to the World, and men loved darkne&s;s rather than light, becau&s;e their deeds were evil. For every one that doth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, left his deeds &s;hould be reproved; but he that doth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manife&s;t, that they are wrought in God, <HI>Job.</HI> 3. 19, 20, 21. <HI>And,</HI> If ye were blind, ye &s;hould have no &s;in; but now ye &s;ay, we &s;ee; therefore your &s;in remaineth, <HI>Joh.</HI> 9. 41.</P>
<P><HI>So</HI> Friends all, <HI>this is the</HI> thing <HI>that</HI> ye <HI>are to</HI> mind, <HI>and the</HI> thing <HI>that</HI> ye <HI>are to</HI> heed, (viz.) That which witne&s;&s;eth to God in you; and again&s;t every evil thing; and for every thing that is good; <HI>that</HI> ye <HI>may come to know the</HI> Lord, <HI>and his Power, and his Arm which delivers, and be purged from</HI> all <HI>your uncleanne&s;&s;es, and &s;o</HI> ye <HI>may offer unto</HI> him <HI>an</HI> Offering <HI>in</HI> righteou&s;ne&s;s, <HI>in which he will be well-plea&s;ed, being &s;prinkled from an</HI> evil <HI>con&s;cience by the</HI> blood <HI>of</HI> Je&s;us; <HI>that which takes away</HI> &s;in, <HI>which &s;hews it, which delivers from</HI> it; <HI>and &s;o ye will have</HI> Peace <HI>with</HI> God, <HI>and no otherwi&s;e; and know the</HI> Offering <HI>that</HI> he <HI>accepts, his well-beloved</HI> Son, <HI>in whom he is well-plea&s;ed, and in</HI> that which <HI>comes from</HI> him, <HI>and is in</HI> him, <HI>and offered by</HI> him; <HI>who</HI>
<PB N="18" REF="10" MS="y"> &s;uffered <HI>without the</HI> Gate; Wherefore Je&s;us, that he might &s;anctifie the People with his own blood, &s;uffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him, without the Camp, bearing his reproach; for here we have in continuing City, but we look for one to come. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> him therefore let us offer the &s;acrifice of God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his Name, <HI>Heb.</HI> 13. 12, 13, 14, 15. <HI>(as hath been in&s;tanced) And &s;o here</HI> all <HI>Indifferency hath an</HI> end. <HI>For,</HI> Man <HI>hath</HI> nothing <HI>to do in things of</HI> this <HI>nature to make</HI> this <HI>or</HI> that Indifferent, <HI>or</HI> not, <HI>out of the</HI> Will <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>is, or as, to</HI> his <HI>Wor&s;hip, but</HI> Man <HI>mu&s;t wait upon</HI> God <HI>in</HI> that is him&s;elf <HI>in</HI> man <HI>to &s;hew</HI> him, how, <HI>and</HI> when, <HI>and</HI> after what <HI>man|ner</HI> he <HI>will be</HI> Wor&s;hipped; <HI>As to all which, the</HI> Choice <HI>is in</HI> God, <HI>not in</HI> man, <HI>and the</HI> Indifferency <HI>is as the</HI> Lord <HI>&s;hall require, and in</HI> his <HI>Prerogative, not as</HI> man <HI>&s;hall make</HI> this <HI>and</HI> that, <HI>as the</HI> requirings of the Lord; <HI>and require the</HI> Lord, <HI>(the</HI> mea&s;ured him <HI>in</HI> man) <HI>for where</HI> man <HI>&s;hall &s;o require,</HI> he <HI>requires the</HI> Lord; <HI>for that of the</HI> Lord <HI>in</HI> every <HI>man, is to lead</HI> every <HI>man, and to &s;hew him</HI> how <HI>to wor&s;hip him; and</HI> he <HI>that requires man to Wor&s;hip</HI> God, <HI>requires the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> man, <HI>by which</HI> man <HI>is to Wor&s;hip</HI> him. <HI>For,</HI> Do I now per&s;wade men, or God? <HI>&s;aid the Apo&s;tle,</HI> Gal. 1. 10. <HI>And the&s;e things are not</HI> onely requiring <HI>of</HI> men, <HI>but of</HI> God; <HI>becau&s;e that of</HI> God <HI>in</HI> man, <HI>is that by which</HI> man is to <HI>wor&s;hip</HI> God; <HI>and</HI> he <HI>that requires the</HI> lead|ing <HI>of a</HI> man, <HI>requires</HI> that <HI>which was</HI> before <HI>to lead</HI> him; <HI>and this is manife&s;t. And what an</HI> intrenchment <HI>this is on the</HI> Sove|raignty <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>and an</HI> u&s;urpation <HI>on</HI> him, <HI>that lives for</HI> ever; <HI>let that of</HI> God <HI>judge in</HI> every <HI>man's con&s;cience? and whether the</HI> Lord <HI>will hold</HI> &s;uch <HI>guiltle&s;s, who</HI> intrench <HI>upon</HI> his <HI>Power, and</HI> encroach <HI>upon</HI> his <HI>Dominion, who</HI> lives <HI>for</HI> ever? <HI>Who will <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> them to pieces, and</HI> rule <HI>in the</HI> mid&s;t <HI>of</HI> his <HI>enemies;</HI> Who&s;e <HI>Kingdom is an</HI> everla&s;ting <HI>Kingdom, and</HI> his <HI>Dominion that which &s;hall</HI> never <HI>have end. To</HI> him <HI>be</HI> glory, <HI>and</HI> prai&s;e, <HI>and</HI> do|minion <HI>everla&s;ting;</HI> Who <HI>cometh in</HI> Clouds, <HI>and</HI> every <HI>eye &s;hall &s;ee</HI> him, <HI>tho&s;e al&s;o who</HI> have <HI>pierced</HI> him; <HI>and</HI> all <HI>Nations &s;hall</HI> wail <HI>becau&s;e of</HI> him, Amen. I am Alpha, and Omega, <HI>the</HI> Begi|ning <HI>and the</HI> Ending, <HI>&s;aith the</HI> Lord; <HI>which</HI> is, <HI>and which</HI> way <HI>and which</HI> is <HI>to</HI> come; <HI>the</HI> Almighty.</P>
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<P><HI>And &s;o</HI> here's no <HI>room for any thing of</HI> this <HI>nature, but</HI> every <HI>one mu&s;t wait on the</HI> Lord <HI>for his plea&s;ure, to</HI> know <HI>what</HI> he <HI>is to</HI> do, <HI>and to follow that, not to</HI> require <HI>others to follow</HI> that <HI>in the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>of</HI> God <HI>which he plea&s;eth; for he that doth</HI> &s;o, <HI>&s;ets</HI> him|&s;elf <HI>up</HI> above <HI>that which</HI> man <HI>is to follow, as to the</HI> Wor&s;hip of God, (viz.) <HI>the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> God <HI>in</HI> him; <HI>Or that of</HI> God <HI>in</HI> man, <HI>which</HI> witne&s;&s;es <HI>for</HI> God, <HI>as afore&s;aid. For,</HI> he <HI>that</HI> requires <HI>over a</HI> People, <HI>where</HI> another <HI>hath the</HI> Proper <HI>Juri&s;diction, requires</HI> Over him <HI>who hath the</HI> Proper <HI>Juri&s;diction of</HI> that <HI>People; He gives</HI> Law <HI>to</HI> him <HI>who gives</HI> Law <HI>to</HI> them; <HI>and he that makes things</HI> &s;o <HI>and</HI> &s;o, <HI>as to the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>of</HI> God, <HI>and com|mands</HI> it, <HI>where the</HI> Lord <HI>doth not, makes things</HI> &s;o <HI>and</HI> &s;o <HI>as to</HI> God, <HI>and commands</HI> him; <HI>that is to &s;ay, the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> every <HI>man, which every man is to follow, as to the</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>of</HI> God over <HI>whom, as to</HI> Wor&s;hip <HI>it hath, and no other, the</HI> &s;ole <HI>Juri&s;diction.</HI></P>
<P><HI>So</HI> men <HI>mu&s;t</HI> here <HI>take heed what</HI> they do; <HI>It's a</HI> tender <HI>Ca&s;e; It's the</HI> Juri&s;diction <HI>of the</HI> Lord; <HI>It's</HI> his <HI>Soveraignty;</HI> his <HI>Do|minion, which is an</HI> Everla&s;ting <HI>Dominion; and</HI> his <HI>Kingdom which &s;hall</HI> never <HI>have end; le&s;t</HI> he <HI>Da&s;h</HI> them <HI>to Pieces: For, the</HI> Day <HI>will come, wherein the</HI> King <HI>will &s;ay,</HI> As for all tho&s;e mine, Enemies which would not have me to reign Over them, bring them hither, and &s;lay them before me: <HI>which I would not have to be the</HI> Ca&s;e <HI>of</HI> any <HI>of</HI> you; <HI>for then I know it will be</HI> very <HI>hard. For,</HI> who&s;oever falleth on this Stone, &s;hall be broken; but on whom|&s;oever it &s;hall fall, it will grinde him to Powder, <HI>&s;aid</HI> Chri&s;t <HI>to the</HI> Phari&s;ees <HI>of the</HI> Stone which the Builders refu&s;ed, <HI>which</HI> he <HI>told them was</HI> made head of the Corner: <HI>Yea, &s;aith he&mdash;</HI>The King|dom of God &s;hall be taken from you, and given to a Nation bring|ing forth the fruits thereof, <HI>Matth.</HI> 21. 41, 42, 43. <HI>And there|fore have</HI> I <HI>written; for</HI> I <HI>de&s;ire</HI> your <HI>Salvation and that of</HI> God; <HI>and that none of</HI> ye <HI>may peri&s;h, but that</HI> all <HI>of</HI> ye <HI>may have</HI> Everla&s;ting <HI>Life. For</HI> your <HI>dayes are &s;hort, and but as a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word">; and</HI> they <HI>pa&s;s away as a</HI> tale <HI>that is told; and</HI> you <HI>will, come to be</HI> Cut <HI>down, and to</HI> Return <HI>unto</HI> your <HI>Du&s;t; and</HI> E|ternity <HI>attends it; and then</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed is the man who&s;e God is the
<PB N="20" REF="11" MS="y"> Lord; whom he hath cho&s;en for his own Inheritance. <HI>For,</HI> if the Tree fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place where the Tree falleth, there it &s;hall be, <HI>&s;aith the</HI> Preacher, <HI>who had Experimented</HI> Vanity <HI>to the</HI> height, <HI>Eccle&s;.</HI> 11. 3. <HI>And the</HI> Dayes <HI>of</HI> Vanity <HI>will have an</HI> End; <HI>that is, the</HI> Dayes <HI>of</HI> vain <HI>man will be</HI> cut <HI>off; and then</HI> he <HI>mu&s;t account for the</HI> Deeds <HI>done in the</HI> body, <HI>whether they be</HI> good, <HI>or whether they be</HI> evil; <HI>and to</HI> Judgment <HI>mu&s;t</HI> he <HI>come; and under</HI> it <HI>he mu&s;t pa&s;s, and</HI> it <HI>he mu&s;t abide for</HI> ever <HI>and</HI> ever, <HI>Whether as to</HI> Eternal <HI>Wo, or</HI> Life <HI>Everla&s;ting; and in the</HI> Grave there is no Repentance. <HI>Therefore it concerns</HI> ye <HI>all to mind whil&s;t it is</HI> your Day, <HI>to Day, whil&s;t it is &s;aid,</HI> To Day if ye will hear his Voice, harden not your hearts, <HI>&s;aid the</HI> Apo&s;tle, <HI>Heb.</HI> 3. 15. To Day, le&s;t any of you be hardened through the Deceitfulne&s;s of Sin, <HI>ver.</HI> 13. <HI>For what Good will</HI> all your <HI>Plea&s;ure, and</HI> your <HI>Greatne&s;s, and</HI> your <HI>Pomp, and</HI> your <HI>Power do</HI> you, <HI>when</HI> ye <HI>&s;hall come to be</HI> cut <HI>down, and</HI> his <HI>Wrath &s;hall &s;eize on</HI> you, <HI>(&s;hould it &s;o be, which (as I have &s;aid)</HI> I <HI>de&s;ire not, but the</HI> contrary; <HI>and therefore have</HI> I <HI>written) and</HI> you <HI>bear the bur|den of</HI> his <HI>Di&s;plea&s;ure for</HI> ever <HI>and</HI> ever; <HI>which, who is able to bear?</HI> Who knows the Power of thine Anger? Even according to thy Fear, &s;o is thy Wrath, <HI>&s;aid</HI> Mo&s;es <HI>the Man of God,</HI> P&s;al. 90. 11. <HI>So to the</HI> mea&s;ure <HI>of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> them, every <HI>One mu&s;t come to know</HI> that, <HI>and to do</HI> it, <HI>which is</HI> acceptable <HI>in</HI> his <HI>&s;ight.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And</HI> here <HI>is the</HI> true <HI>Ballance, and the</HI> Right <HI>Mea&s;ure in things of this nature; Not what</HI> Man <HI>wills, but the</HI> Lord. <HI>Becau&s;e</HI> Every <HI>Man mu&s;t be</HI> accountable <HI>to the</HI> Lord; <HI>and be judged by the</HI> Lord <HI>in, and for</HI> his <HI>own Particular; and there|fore is he</HI> bound <HI>to follow that of the</HI> Lord <HI>in</HI> him, <HI>and to be guided by</HI> that, <HI>as to, and unto which</HI> he <HI>is to give an</HI> account; <HI>and the Judgement of this cannot be avoided; and from</HI> this <HI>none can e&s;cape;</HI> Every <HI>Man that is</HI> born <HI>of a</HI> Woman <HI>comes under this</HI> &s;tate, <HI>not</HI> One <HI>is priviledged; from the</HI> King <HI>that</HI> &s;itteth <HI>on the</HI> Throne, <HI>to the</HI> Beggar <HI>on the</HI> Dunghil; Every One <HI>that hath</HI> &s;omething <HI>that is</HI> Eternal <HI>in</HI> him <HI>(and</HI> &s;omething <HI>that is</HI> Eternal <HI>in</HI> him <HI>hath</HI> every <HI>man) mu&s;t heed</HI> that <HI>which is of</HI>
<PB N="21" REF="11" MS="y"> him <HI>in</HI> Him <HI>that is</HI> Eternal <HI>to guide and lead</HI> him; <HI>not that</HI> he <HI>mu&s;t be a Guide to</HI> him <HI>who is</HI> Eternal, <HI>or, to that of</HI> him <HI>in</HI> Man, <HI>or think that</HI> he <HI>may &s;o be. For,</HI> who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord; or, being his Coun&s;ellor, hath taught him? With whom took he Coun&s;el? Or, who in&s;tructed him in the way of Judgment, and taught him Knowledge, and &s;hewed to him the way of Under&s;tanding? <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 40. 13, 14.</P>
<P><HI>So</HI> Every <HI>Man mu&s;t come to</HI> his <HI>Proper &s;tate, and know how 'tis with</HI> him; <HI>becau&s;e</HI> Every <HI>Man mu&s;t</HI> account <HI>to</HI> God; <HI>and before</HI> his <HI>Judgment all mu&s;t &s;tand.</HI> We &s;hall all &s;tand before the Judgment-Seat of Chri&s;t: For it is written, As I live &s;aith the Lord, Every Knee &s;hall bow to me, and Every Tongue <HI>&s;hall</HI> confe&s;s to God. <HI>So then</HI> every One of Us &s;hall give an Account of him&s;elf to God. <HI>Let us not therefore judge</HI> one another <HI>any more; but judge</HI> this <HI>rather,</HI> That no Man put a &s;tumbling-block, <HI>or</HI> an occa&s;ion to fall in his Brothers way. <HI>And (&s;o)</HI> why do&s;t thou judge thy Brother? <HI>and,</HI> why do&s;t thou &s;et at nought thy Brother, <HI>&s;aith</HI> Paul, <HI>Rom.</HI> 14. 10, 11, 12, 13.</P>
<P><HI>And this is needful for</HI> Every <HI>Man to do; becau&s;e (as I have &s;aid)</HI> he <HI>mu&s;t be</HI> accountable <HI>to</HI> God <HI>after</HI> all <HI>his Work in the</HI> World, <HI>and</HI> his <HI>doing what&s;oever</HI> he <HI>plea&s;eth therein; he mu&s;t come before</HI> his Judge, <HI>that cannot be avoided.</HI> Rejoyce O Young man in thy Youth, and let thy heart chear thee in the dayes of thy Youth, and walk in the wayes of thy heart, and in the &s;ight of thine eyes; but know thou that for all the&s;e things God will bring thee into Judgment, <HI>&s;aith the</HI> Preacher; <HI>that</HI> experimented <HI>(as I have &s;aid)</HI> all <HI>kinds of</HI> Vanity, <HI>and</HI> lavi&s;h'd him&s;elf <HI>forth into the</HI> extreams <HI>of</HI> Plea&s;ures, <HI>and had an</HI> Under&s;tanding <HI>to &s;earch it out, and</HI> Opportunity, <HI>and</HI> Riches, <HI>and</HI> Power <HI>to</HI> his <HI>Will; &s;uch as</HI> No <HI>Man had before</HI> him, <HI>nor &s;hall have after</HI> him; <HI>the</HI> Wi&s;e man, <HI>King</HI> Solomon, <HI>in his</HI> Repentance, <HI>his</HI> Eccle&s;ia&s;tes, <HI>chap.</HI> 11. 9.</P>
<P><HI>So to</HI> Judgement <HI>all mu&s;t come, and</HI> all <HI>mu&s;t receive ac|cording to what</HI> they <HI>have done in the</HI> Body, whether it be good, or whether it be evil <HI>(as hath been &s;aid:) And &s;eeing</HI> all <HI>mu&s;t come to</HI> Judgement, <HI>and receive</HI> according <HI>to what</HI> they <HI>have</HI> done <HI>in the</HI> Body, <HI>It concerns</HI> all <HI>to heed what</HI> they
<PB N="22" REF="12" MS="y"> <HI>do in the</HI> Body, <HI>and how they An&s;wer the</HI> Will <HI>of</HI> Him <HI>who hath put</HI> them <HI>in the</HI> Body, <HI>whil&s;t</HI> they <HI>are in the</HI> Body, <HI>and ere it be too late, before</HI> his <HI>Spirit hath done</HI> &s;triving <HI>with</HI> them, <HI>and the</HI> hour <HI>of</HI> their <HI>Vi&s;itation be</HI> over; <HI>For</HI> No|thing <HI>will</HI> Priviledge <HI>any Man</HI> then, <HI>from the</HI> Judgement <HI>of</HI> Him, <HI>who&s;e</HI> Judgement <HI>is</HI> Just. <HI>And this unto</HI> ye all <HI>is the</HI> Word <HI>of the</HI> LORD. <HI>And &s;o I have done.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>GEORGE BISHOPE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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