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<P>THE SAINTS <HI>REFVGE A</HI> SERMON PREACHED by A Reverend DIVINE, and now published by a Wel-willer to the Truth for the comfort of Gods people.</P>
<Q><BIBL><HI>PSALME. 9.9.</HI></BIBL>
<P>The Lord al&s;o will be a Refuge for the oppre&s;&s;ed: a refuge in times of trouble.</P></Q>
<P>ROTTERDAM Printed by IAMES MOXON or THOMAS LAPPADG, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">re to be &s;old at his shop neree the <HI>Jron-Bridge</HI> 1641.</P>
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<P>GEntle Reader, Trouble&s;ome times wherein Gods people are cha&s;ed and per&s;ued, by feares with|out, and terrors within, &s;o as they find little or no rest: do require many places of refuge. And mee|ting with this &s;ermon (though onely taken by pen from the Preachers mouth) wherein I find the onely &s;afe Refuge for a poore di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Soule de&s;cribed, as al&s;o the way to it, and the &s;afetie and &s;ecuritie in it? J thought good to Put it to Pre&s;&s;e, (though without the Privity of the Author, for which cau&s;e I al&s;o conceale his Name) in hope that though there be many &s;ubjects of this nature abroad already, yet that this al&s;o shall be welcome to &s;ome, and not without its fruit in Gods glory, and the comfort of wearied fain|ting
<PB N="4" REF="4"> &s;oules: Wherefore as I de&s;ire acceptance with thee of my endea|vours, &s;o and much more J de&s;ire the ble&s;&s;ing of God may goe along with it, to ble&s;se it to thee, and commit thee to the &s;ame ble&s;&s;ing in Ie&s;us Christ. Amen.</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Farewell</SALUTE></CLOSER>
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<Q><BIBL><HI>HEBR. 6.18.</HI></BIBL>
<P>That by two immutable things, in which it is impo&s;&s;ible for God to lye we might haue &s;trong con&s;olation, who haue fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope &s;et before his.</P></Q>
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<P>_IT hath alwaies been the manner of the wicked to &s;et them|&s;elues again&s;t the people of God, and the people of God are ready to be in great feares, by rea&s;on of the malice of the wicked, for
<PB N="6" REF="5"> which the Lord &s;eemeth to chide his people as it were, as I&s;ai. 51.12.<NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;ai 51 12.</NOTE> <HI>I am he that comforteth you, who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man, or of the Son of man that shalbe made as gra&s;&s;e?</HI> And as a remedy for this, he hath appointed many Officers to look to his Church, and to shew her, that as a shepheard is care|full over his flock, &s;o will God be, and much more over tho&s;e that are his: The Angels of the Church, that is the mini|&s;ters, mu&s;t &s;peak to them as the Angell did to Paul, <HI>Feare not for I am with thee,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Act 27.24.</NOTE> and we liue under &s;uch a Prince ble&s;&s;ed be God for it, who is a harbou|rer of the people of God: We for our parts cannot but heare what the enemies of God threa|ten again&s;t us, now the Lord in this text hath shewed us, where
<PB N="7" REF="5"> we may be &s;afe and &s;ecure, out of the reach of them all, Here in this Citty of Refuge, is a Harbour a Sanctuary, if God be plea&s;ed to manife&s;t it to our &s;oules. This Text sheweth unto us where we may haue &s;afety again&s;t all our enemies.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al 32 7. &amp; 119.114.</NOTE> The Lord in the p&s;almes teacheth his people where they may find a hiding place again&s;t his wrath, then much more will hee defend them again&s;t his enemies. The Lord is onely our &s;afety to be found, as for men, if you flie to them, they will proue mi&s;era|ble comforters, &s;o that we shall be at a lo&s;&s;e, and cry as Reuben did, <HI>whither shall I go?</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen 37.30.</NOTE> The Lord here dealeth with his peo|ple, as he did &s;ometimes with the I&s;raelites when they were in E|gypt, and he was intended to de|&s;troy all the fir&s;t borne of the E|giptians, he taught them how
<PB N="8" REF="6"> they should be &s;ecure, what they should do: that they might not be touched. He doth to them as Solomon did to Shimei, he ap|pointed him a place, that if hee would keepe in and abide hee should be &s;afe, but if he went out his life was in danger. Jn the&s;e ver&s;es, there are three things con|&s;iderable.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t. The benefits that God doth intend to his people, and that is, &s;trong con&s;olation, &s;uch whereby they are able to ma&s;ter all mi&s;eries, and to with&s;tand all troubles, and to ward of all the blowes that the wicked doe aime at them.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly The meanes where|by this should be done, and that is in the beginning of the vers, the covenant God made with them and the promi&s;e.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly. The per&s;ons that
<PB N="9" REF="6"> shall enjoy this, and to whom this benefit is intended, and they are the heires of the promi&s;es, which are &s;et out unto us two waies, whereby every one may know whether he be &s;uch an one as to whom the&s;e benefits doe belong.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t by a double act one at the end of another, namely they shall fly and take hold.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly the place whither they shall flye, and that is de&s;cri|bed unto us three waies.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t by rhe properties of it, it is like a Refuge, an Altar, or a Sanctuary.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly by the effect of it, which it worketh in them, it wor|keth hope in them.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly the &s;cituation of it, it is before them, whereby they haue acce&s;&s;e unto it, A man &s;ee|keth not after that which he can|not
<PB N="10" REF="7"> apprehend, but the appre|hen&s;ion of the thing maketh him &s;eek after the attaining of it, now all this is &s;poken in the Allegory, The Lord alludeth to an appoint|ment that he made to the Iewes, in the time of the old Law. If one did kill another unawares, not bearing mallice again&s;t him for|merly, he should fly to the cittie of refuge, and there he should be &s;afe, now of the&s;e Citties God commanded there should be &s;ixe in the twelue tribes of I&s;rael, &s;o that in every two tribes there should be a citty as you may &s;ee Deut. 19. but if the city were a great way of, and the Temple were neerer then the City, then should they fly to the Temple, and lay hold upon the hornes of the Altar, and &s;o they should be &s;ecure and &s;afe from the avenger of bloud, in like manner it is with
<PB N="11" REF="7"> us, there is none of us but hath shed bloud every man in particu|lar, none in any family, but is guilty of bloud, even of the blood of the Lord Ie&s;us Chri&s;t: the Iewes were but our &s;laues, for that which they did we do, as tho&s;e that come to the Sacrament unworthily, when they take hold of the bread, it is like the laying hands upon Chri&s;t, as the theeues laid hold on Chri&s;t to take him, the lifting up of the bread to thy mouth is like the &s;ouldiers lifting up Chri&s;t to the Cro&s;&s;e, the pow|ring down of the wine, is like the &s;ouldiers shedding of bloud, by piercing of Chri&s;t, the flocking of unworthy receivers in the Church in the morning, is like the com|pany that came to apprehend Chri&s;t, the &s;inging of P&s;almes, in time of Celebrating the Sacra|ment is like the mocking of
<PB N="12" REF="8"> Chri&s;t, the mini&s;ters that giue it in a carele&s;&s;e manner do as Iudas did, betray Chri&s;t into the hands of &s;inners, thus every one is guil|ty of bloud, and God will come and make inqui&s;ition for bloud, and when God commeth what shall we do, now every &s;oule that &s;eeth this danger dare not &s;tay in any place, nor re&s;t any where for shelter, but make all ha&s;t and flye to the free loue of God in Chri&s;t, as unto this Sanctuary, he fleeth as one that is pur&s;ued, to the free grace of God, there he makes his aboad, he is never &s;ati&s;fied, he is never quiet, till he come to this city of Refuge, and there he li|veth as in a Sanctuary, out of the feare of all men and Divels, out of the feare of the Law, and out of the feare of Gods iu&s;tice.</P>
<P>Now there is one knot in the text to be untied, and that J told
<PB N="13" REF="8"> you before, namely that this altar is the free grace of God, but you find no &s;uch word in the text, therefore you are to under&s;tand&punc; that in Scripture, it is u&s;uall to &s;et out the cau&s;e by the effect: as in &s;ome places, Chri&s;t is called our con&s;olation, as in the 7 chapter of this book, and ver&s;e. 9. it is &s;aid he hath brought in a better Cove|nant, and pre&s;ently after it is &s;aid, he hath brought in a better hope, &s;uch phra&s;es wee haue many in Scripture, as Rom 5. It is &s;aid we haue entred into this grace wher|in we &s;tand, the doctrine is this.</P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="Doctr."> The free grace of God is like a city or altar, whereto every &s;oule that flyeth and taketh hold, may liue as in a &s;a~ctuary &amp; be &s;ecure &amp; &s;afe by the free grace of God, wher by he &s;aveth &s;ome not looking to any thing that is in them, nor any work of theirs, but onely to his own good will &amp; plea&s;ure.</P>
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<P>This doctrine con&s;i&s;teth of 3, parts or is compounded of 3. ingredients. Fir&s;t he that will haue this benefit mu&s;t flie. Secondly he mu&s;t lay hold. Thirdly the privi|ledges he shall haue when he is en+tred in, he shal liue in a Sanctuary.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="Part."> The fir&s;t part of the Doctrine is, that he which will haue this benefit mu&s;t flie. Here is the carriage of the &s;oule when hee maketh after Chri&s;t, he fly|eth after him, as Jer. 3.20, In this act of flying that you may not be mi&s;taken, con&s;ider the&s;e three things, <MILESTONE N="1"> 1. The &s;oule appre|hendeth it &s;elf pur&s;ued. 2. It dares not &s;tay any where, in any other place. 3 Jt maketh ha&s;t to enter in Fir&s;t. It apprehends it &s;elf pur&s;ued the Lord bringeth the &s;oule to an impo&s;&s;ibillity of it &s;elf to be &s;aved and therefore it makes ha&s;t to flie away, as J&s;a. 13 14.</P>
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<P>The people God are com|pared to doues,<NOTE PLACE="marg">J&s;a. 60.8.</NOTE> that <HI>flee to the holes of the windowes,</HI> they flee as one that is pur&s;ued.</P>
<P>When the guilt of &s;in doth pur&s;ue the &s;oule, it maketh the &s;oule flee, and the Lord hath &s;aid rhat &s;inne shall haunt the ungodly.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly the &s;oule dares not make any &s;tay any where,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 19.</NOTE> nor take shelter any where, untill it come to the citty of Refuge.</P>
<P>The &s;oule doth as Lot did, when he was going out of Sodome, at the fir&s;t hee was to goe to the mountaines, but he pleaded with God that he might be in Zoar: he thought he should not be able to attain the mountains, and therfore he beg'd of God that he might be there, but yet afterward he dares not abide there, he is never quiet till he come to the mountaines,
<PB N="16" REF="10"> where God had appointed him to be. So a &s;oule that is pur&s;u|ed, that is &s;eeking of this Temple, of this City of refuge, it is hold|en under with terrour, thererfore it beggeth of God, that it might honour God in publike employ|ments, or in private duties, if it plea&s;eth God. Now when it cannot get to this, then it dares not &s;tay there, but it pur&s;ueth on, the &s;oule dares not &s;tay in any parts, or in any thing which it is able to peforme of it &s;elfe. If an J&s;raelite killed a man, doe you thinke that he would goe into the field, where he had killed him, or into his owne hou&s;e or into his owne bed; Where would the avenger of bloud &s;eeke him &s;ooner then in &s;uch places? Thus it is with the &s;oule, it will not goe to its parts, and performances, for places of re&s;t; Now in the
<PB N="17" REF="10"> &s;pirituall &s;ence, Gods people are troubled with &s;elf-shifting, and many times in this regard, they put of comfort,, they do as it were refu&s;e the City of Refuge as David faith in the 142 P&s;alme <HI>All refuge faileth me,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;a 142 4 Act 27.20.</NOTE> and as Paul &s;ayeth in the Acts, <HI>All hope &s;eemed to faile:</HI> A &s;oule in &s;uch a Ca&s;e makes ha&s;t to be po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of the City of Refuge, it flies to the free grace of God.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="Part."> The &s;econd part of the Doct|rine is, He that will enioy this benefit. mu&s;t lay hold upon it, he mu&s;t venter him&s;elfe upon it, ca&s;t him&s;elfe, nay lay &s;uch hold as all the Devils of hell bee not able to pluck it from him, &s;o that hee is re&s;olved, here is my comfort,<NOTE PLACE="marg">He&s;t. 4.16.</NOTE> here I will re&s;t, <HI>Jf J perish J perish,</HI> for that City of Refuge is &s;aid to be &s;et before him, and it is an ad|mir able phra&s;e like to that in the
<PB N="18" REF="11"> Hebrewes 12.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb 12 2.</NOTE> Our Saviour Chri&s;t for the joy that was &s;et before him, endured the Cro&s;&s;e de&s;pi&s;ed the shame, for he knew that he should goe from thence to a Paradi&s;e to a place of re&s;t, &s;o the city of refuge is &s;et before a child of God, and for the Joy of it makes him venture all, the Lord in the olde law appointed it &s;o, that the city of refuge should not be far of, or if it were, If the Temple were neerer, they should flee thi|ther to the Altar, and this Altar was &s;et in the outward court where all the people might come. Jo&s;. 20 The Lord commanded the Levits that <HI>they should open the gates of the City of Refuge to him that fled thither,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Jos. 20.</NOTE> now the mini&s;t|ers of God do as it were keep the keyes of the gate of this City of refuge, the Lord commanded them that they should &s;et them
<PB N="19" REF="11"> open, that if any came they might let them in, Jt is true the Levits were fir&s;t to examine tho&s;e that came, before they let them in, &s;o mu&s;t the mini&s;ters do, they mu&s;t try the cau&s;es of &s;uch as come for refuge, every &s;tubborne &s;inner, and every impenitent &s;inner mu&s;t not be let in, but every humble &s;inner that &s;innes unwillingly, that is humbled for his &s;in, they mu&s;t be let in: for &s;uch the Lord hath given charge to his mini|&s;ters.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t They mu&s;t be invited, and that they may be emboldned to come, invite them in the name of God to come, and buy this wine and milke without money.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly. Mini&s;ters mu&s;t not onely invite them, but intreate them, and per&s;wade them, for it is a great part of the work of the mini&s;ters, to bring them into the
<PB N="20" REF="12"> City of refuge.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly. They mu&s;t bring out the Charter of the City, and open the Covenant to them, and shew them what God doth con|uey to them in his word and Sa|craments, and &s;o you haue the fourth thing which the mini&s;ters haue to do which is.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> Fourthly They mu&s;t make them know the oath that God hath laid upon him&s;elfe. for their &s;afety, that hath &s;worne by him|&s;elfe, that he is willing to be coun|ted God no more if they be not &s;afe and &s;ecure, nay God is bound to the~ in this ca&s;e, &amp; this is a won|derfull thing, that God that doth all things in the world freely, yet is plea&s;ed to let them know, that hee is not free in this, but he hath bound him&s;elfe to them.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="5"> Fiftly. The mini&s;ters are to let the people know that God
<PB N="21" REF="12"> takes it very ill at their hand, if they refu&s;e to come in, God is the builder of the City of refuge, he hath prepared it for them, he layed the foundation of it in the bloud of his Son, and he takes it very ill at their hands that will not come to it, Oh therefore why do you &s;eek to other things, why do you lay out your money for that which is not bread, in the next place, if after all this they will not come in, God hath charged his mini&s;ters and they mu&s;t.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="6"> Sixtly Lay a command upon you, this is the command of God that ye beleeve in his Son, Ioh 3.23 &amp; this God requires, and &s;traitly charges, and without comming into this City, without hiding in this place, there is no comfort this the Lord hath made known to be the duty of his Mini&s;ters.</P>
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<P><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="part"> The &s;econd part of the doct|rine is, that the &s;oule, after enter|ing into the city, or taking hold on the hornes of the Alter, liueth as in a &s;anctuary. I&s;ai. 25.3.<NOTE PLACE="marg">J&s;ai 25.3.</NOTE> There|fore shall the mighty people giue glory unto thee, The city of the &s;trong nations shall feare thee. We haue three &s;trong nations that are ioyned together, now if God be our city of refuge, wee shallbe too hard for all the world, what euer trouble come upon us, yet we shallbe quiet here in this city. Againe when the &s;oule gets into this city, oh what a pitch of undauntedne&s;&s;e is it come to: it is a phra&s;e that Iob u&s;eth. <HI>They shall laugh in time of famine,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob 5.22.</NOTE> <HI>when the &s;word commeth, they shall reioyce.</HI> Now we mu&s;t not thinke that they are &s;encle&s;&s;e blocks, not to be troubled for nationall iudg|ments and afflictions, Godforbid
<PB N="23" REF="13"> they should be &s;o, but they are &s;o comforted, in God, that they are quiet from the feare of all euill that can come, for what ever evill come, it shall not overthrow their Faith, nor breake their peace with God, they are quiet from the feare of euill I&s;ai. 26.3.<NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a. 26.3.</NOTE> <HI>the righte|ous nation that get to his city, shall be kept there in perfest peace,</HI> they that liue in this city shall liue in perfect peace, &s;uch a peace that the world hath no skill of, &s;uch a peace as pa&s;&s;eth all under&s;tanding when they look upon trouble they are not afraid, and why? becau&s;e they are &s;tayed upon God for they know God cannot break his promi&s;e. I would ask any ge|nerous &s;pirit, what it is would trouble him, he would an&s;wer breaking of his promi&s;e, and de|ceiving one that tru&s;ts in him, now in this re&s;pect, shall not wee
<PB N="24" REF="14"> thinke the Lord will much more be carefull to keepe his promi&s;e, Now in &s;tead of rea&s;ons, J will lay downe &s;omething to shew the incongruity and the congruity that is betweene the city of re|fuge, and the free grace of God.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t. For the incongruity, there was many cities of refuge, but here is but one, at the death of the high prie&s;t, that might go out, but the death of the high prie&s;t, is the is the entring into this city.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly. The congruity of it. Fir&s;t he that got into the city of refuge, or laid hold on the hornes of the Altar, he was &s;ure to &s;aue his life. So he that ca&s;t him&s;elfe upon the promi&s;e of God he is &s;ure of life and liberty, for what&s;oever promi&s;e God hath made, If the &s;oule will but ca&s;t it &s;elfe vpon it. God is bound to fullfill it as namely the promi&s;e of
<PB N="25" REF="14"> long life. A &s;oule that will chal|enge God of his promi&s;e he shall haue long life, unle&s;&s;e he will bee willing to giue God in his pro|mi&s;e againe, as &s;ome in re&s;pect of the evill times, and their owne &s;ins, being weary of their liues, are willing to dye, and giue God his promi&s;e againe, like a tenant, that giue his Land-lord in his lea&s;e againe, this is the onely way to liue &s;afely, The Iu&s;t shall liue by his faith Hab 2.<HI>4:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hab. 2.4.</NOTE> Some shall liue by their shifts, and &s;ome by their wits, but the <HI>Iust shall liue by his faith,</HI> they shall liue &s;afe, when thou&s;ands shall fall on the right hand and ten thou&s;ands on the left yet they shall be &s;ecure, but this may be under&s;tood in the literall &s;ence, Nahum: 17:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Nah 1.7.</NOTE> <HI>The louing kind|nes of the Lord shall be a strong hold in the day of trouble.</HI></P>
<P>It was not only defen&s;iue to
<PB N="26" REF="15"> him that fled thither but it was of|fen&s;iue to them that came again&s;t him Ioshua 20.5. If any came to offer violence to any that were fled to the city of refuge, the prie&s;ts and Inhabitants of the city were to repell them force by force, the people of God are counted a company of poore &s;nakes, and the wicked they per|&s;ecute them, but this city of re|fuge is defen&s;iue to them, they haue ordinances, will defend them from all, the promi&s;es of God are Artillery, and therefore take them up and u&s;e them: Jeho|&s;aphat when a great company of Enemies came again&s;t him,<NOTE PLACE="marg">2 Chron <HI>20.</HI></NOTE> hee pleaded promi&s;es, And when any bring the promi&s;es again&s;t the ene+mies of God they are like to the di&s;+charg &amp; murdring of shot, there is never a &s;ervant of God that comes to God with a promi&s;e but hee
<PB N="27" REF="15"> makes the kingdome of darkenes shake.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly he that did lay hold on the hornes of the Altar did live at harts ea&s;e, for what did he doe, he lived and di&s;cour&s;ed with the Le|vits, and heard the &s;weet &s;ermons he might not be pre&s;t into the Kings warres for a Souldier, nor arre&s;ted for any debt.</P>
<P>Thus it is with a Chri&s;tian that gets into the City of refuge, he comes then to liue at his heartes ea&s;e, upon the free grace of God, not upon feeling, Heb 4.10. He &s;peaketh there of re&s;t, by living upon the promi&s;e, he lives at re&s;t, they were bu&s;ied about duties, as there be many duty mongers that liue upon feeling, they haue no &s;uch e&s;tablished peace, as they haue afterward, when they come to liue upon the free grace of God, Saith Chri&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ma</HI> 11 2.</NOTE> <HI>All you that are wea|rie
<PB N="28" REF="16"> and heavie loaden, come unto me and J will ea&s;e you:</HI> run not to duties, run not to performances, run not to priviledges, but runne unto Chri&s;t, now I come to the u&s;e of it.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="V&s;e."> And the fir&s;t is to shew the rea&s;on why that we mini&s;ters that offer Chri&s;t freely, and shew that the riches of the mercy of God is free, yet notwith&s;tanding preach terrour, and preach the law, the rea&s;on is, becau&s;e we mu&s;t fly be|fore we come to the city of re|fuge, and therefore why doe any cry out of tho&s;e that preach the Law? as many do cry, deale no more with us in this &s;ort, but in a gentle manner, but this is the way that men ought to bee dealt withall, becau&s;e they mu&s;t fir&s;t flee before they get into the city of refuge, it is an u&s;uall &s;ay|ing, I had been undone if I had
<PB N="29" REF="16"> not bene undone, &s;o it may be &s;aid in this ca&s;e, J had been condem|ned, if J had not beene condem|ned, in mine owne apprehen&s;ion May many a &s;oule &s;ay, had it not been for &s;uch a preacher, and had I not been haunted out of my &s;elfe, I should never haue come to vallue Chri&s;t, and &s;eene &s;uch a need of Chri&s;t, nay Chri&s;t him|&s;elfe hath taught us this he that re|penteth &amp; beleveth shall be &s;aved, the Lord he offereth freely &amp; take him if you can, but you will not unles you &s;ee your own emptines, and throw out any thing you hold of your owne in your hand, there|fore &s;ee what the Lord &s;aith in the 3 Ier. 14. ver. God never &s;peaks &s;o much of his loue to his Church in any place of the old Te&s;tament as in that,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ier 3.14.</NOTE> and yet &s;aith the Lord ver. 13. <HI>Onely acknowledg thine iniquity that thou ha&s;t tran&s;gre&s;&s;ed.</HI> Marke
<PB N="30" REF="17"> the context as the Lord &s;aith in a|nother place, To him that thir&s;t, Chri&s;t &s;aith come, and who&s;oever will, let him take the water of life freely,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rev. 22 17.</NOTE> It is freely given, and yet there mu&s;t be a thir&s;t, and there|fore let us not think hardly of the Mini&s;ters that do engage the con|&s;cience, and pre&s;&s;e upon the &s;oule that which is not nece&s;&s;ary.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="V&s;e."> Secondly It shewes the folly of tho&s;e that wonder why men do &s;o flock after Sermons as they do, &s;ay they, what need all this adoe, even as they &s;aid of the box of ointment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Math 26.8.</NOTE> to what purpo&s;e is this wa&s;t? &s;o &s;ay they, what needs all this adoe? To whom J an&s;wer Aske the &s;oule that flyeth, that thinketh long till he come to the city of Refuge, and he will tell you what need there is, many are ready to think, This will do alone as hay makes in Iune alone, if they
<PB N="31" REF="17"> heare two Sermons on the Sab|both day, then no que&s;tion but they shall he &s;aved, but the &s;oule that flieth to the City of refuge conceiveth otherwi&s;e of it</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="V&s;e."> Thirdly It is an u&s;e of tryall, com|mune with your own con&s;cience you &s;ee what they were to do that fled into the City of refuge, ther|fore try you &s;elf, Here be many that I haue &s;een your faces twenty yeares agon, I would know what you are, every one that came to the city of refuge was to pa&s;&s;e un|der a double tryall. Fir&s;t he mu&s;t be tryed by the Elders of the City before he entred into the gates thereof. Secondly hee mu&s;t bee tryed by the Iudges of the citie, Now the rules of tryall are the&s;e, Haue you fled into the citie of re|fuge? Hath the Lord brought you to &s;ee your lo&s;t condition, and hath this made you flie, though
<PB N="32" REF="18"> before you haue gone as a &s;naile, yet this hath made you runne, and think long till you come to enjoy the free grace of God, and wher|as you were wont at a &s;tirring &s;er|mon to be a little &s;tirred, and haue a few thoughts of returning, now you haue a hundred to one, now you loue &s;uch preaching and thinke long for it, this is a &s;igne you are fleeing to the city of refuge.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly, con&s;ider whether you did euer talke with the elders of the city or no concerning your e&s;tate and condition J mean the mini&s;ters of God, it is true the humiliation of &s;ome is a great deal more &s;encible then the humiliation of &s;ome others and it may be you wil &s;ay, you neuer had &s;uch &s;enciable humiliation as you haue heard &s;uch and &s;uch haue had, to this I &s;ay, neuer trouble your
<PB N="33" REF="18"> &s;elfe about it, if you belong to God you may haue enough of that before you die, but to be &s;ure a man in this condition cannot be free, but at &s;ome time or other the Church will take notice of it, and will &s;ee that you are one of them that fly, God many times doth with &s;ome as hee did with Paul, <HI>&s;motte him downe from of his hor&s;e but yet notwith&s;tanding he &s;ent him to the minister to be cured:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 9.</NOTE> though he were &s;mitten in an extraordina|ry manner, yet he was cured in an ordinary maner.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly. Examine your &s;elues whether you haue gotten the be|nefit of the Clergy or no, the ci|tie of refuge did not want the meanes of in&s;truction, for there the Levits lived to in&s;truct and teach them, con&s;ider then whe|ther you haue that benefit or no, if you haue, J am &s;ure you haue
<PB N="34" REF="19"> learned that you never knew be|fore,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 9.</NOTE> as the Lord &s;aid to Paul, <HI>Goe into the Citie and there it shall be told thee what thou shalt doe,</HI> and &s;o &s;ay J, wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">n you come into the city of refuge, you shall be in|&s;tructed and taught, and you shall know that which you never knew before. A mini&s;ter then shall be taught how to preach, &s;o as hee may wound the hart of &s;inners, though he never knew how to do it before, a man shall bee taught how to worship God, and how to wound his &s;ins, which he knew not before, let a mini&s;ter try if he be gotten into the city of refuge, if he be he shall preach more &s;oule &s;avingly then ever he did in his life for the more a man doth improue Chri&s;t to be his Prie&s;t, the more he shall enjoy him as his Prophet, to reveale to him the mi&s;teries of &s;alvation and the will of Cod.</P>
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<P><MILESTONE N="4"> A poore &s;oule is afraid to com|mit &s;in, the &s;anctuary of God is not like to the &s;anctuary of the pope, where a man may liue and commit all manner of &s;in, for how great a &s;inner &s;oeuer he be, if hee be in the popes &s;anctuary, that is if he be within thirty paces of a Bi|shop, or within forty paces of a Church if it were a Metropolitan, he may liue &s;ecure, Now the Lord hath appointed a city of refuge &amp; a &s;anctuary, but not for that &s;oule that goeth on &s;till in &s;in, but one|ly for him that goeth on with a purpo&s;e neuer to &s;in any more. Jf a man were in the city of re|fuge, do you not thinke he would walke more carefully then he did before? Would he go with his axe loo&s;e on the helue, Or, would he be throwing &s;tones ouer the hou&s;e againe, If he should kill a man there, whither should he go
<PB N="36" REF="20"> For if he killed one in the city of refuge, then were no helpe for him, &s;o he that is made partaker of this benefit, cannot go with a re|&s;olution to &s;in, it is as if a man should goe to the city of refuge to kill: you know he that liued in the city of refuge, was to liue like a &s;tranger, he was to liue from his wife and children, he might not goe home in time of harue&s;t, euen &s;o the people of God whiles they liue here upon earth, they liue like <HI>&s;trangers and pilgrims,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>1.</HI> Pet. 2, 11.</NOTE> they liue like men that are not at home they looke for their comfort in heaven, where they shall liue by faith and not by &s;ence, now I pray you con&s;ider with your &s;elues how it is with you.</P>
<P N="1"><MILESTONE N="1"> 1. If you liue as Jf you gaue the world hope that you would returne to it againe, it is a &s;igne you are not in the city of refuge,
<PB N="37" REF="20"> Now do you not giue the world hope you will retutne to it againe by your fashions and complying with the time? Gal. 6. Paul &s;aith <HI>God forbid that J should rejoyce in any thing &s;aue in the cro&s;se of Chri&s;t</HI> And why? the rea&s;on followeth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Gal. 6.14.</NOTE> <HI>becau&s;e the world is crucified to me, And I am crucified to the world:</HI> The world looketh upon mee as one crucified to it, and I looke upon the world as crucified to me, I can de&s;pi&s;e their honour and ornaments.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Thus doth a man liue that liveth in that City, He is con|tent to liue there in any con|dition, though he were de|&s;pi&s;ed and mocked of others, &s;o will a man be content to liue in this city, &s;aith he, Let them &s;ay what they will I haue enough as long as I enjoy this, Againe I will adde one quaere
<PB N="36" REF="21"> more and that is, What company doe you keepe, I doe not meane when you are at Church, but what company doe you keepe daily, A man that was in the city of refuge, who were his compa|nions, the prie&s;ts and Levites and tho&s;e di&s;tre&s;&s;ed per&s;ons that were fled thither for refuge as well as hee, &s;o hee that is come into this city, what company doth hee keep, He keepeth company with &s;uch as him&s;elfe is, as one &s;aith a man may know what ano|ther is by his company, and if I were to enquire out a hu&s;band for my daughter, or a &s;ervant for my hou&s;e, I would enquire what company he kept. Now con&s;ider whether you delight in tho&s;e mi|ni&s;ters that bring you neerer and neerer to heaven, that will direct you to a more exact cour&s;e of liu|ing, that will acquaint you with
<PB N="39" REF="21"> the will of God. Are tho&s;e the companions you delight in, and doe you accompany poore di|&s;tre&s;&s;ed &s;oules that are in the &s;ame condition that you are in, Now try your &s;elues, aske your &s;elues, Jf you haue done this or if it bee thus with you If it be &s;oe, you are in this e&s;tate &amp; condition then to you the next u&s;e doth be long, and &s;o J &s;lide into it and it is an</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="V&s;e."> U&s;e of comfort to tho&s;e that are gotten into the citie of refuge, Chri&s;t is theirs as &s;ure as the bloud is in their veines, if it were not &s;o, I would not &s;ay it for a thou&s;and worlds, Here is a well of con&s;o|lation for you, oh that you would draw out of it, &amp; that you would make u&s;e of this comfort that here is to be enioyd, I would haue you a little finer to day, I would haue every one of you hang on your iewels, you that are in the
<PB N="40" REF="22"> free grace of Chri&s;t? what is it that you neede to feare? or what is it that should trouble you? Are you troubled becau&s;e bad men grow great, and great men grow bad?</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly it may be it is the divell doth accu&s;e you for many things that you haue done, it may be you would not haue the men of the world know it for a world, it may be you haue written them down, and are afraid the divel should get them, and bring them in for an accu&s;ation again&s;t you, or what ever it is that doth di&s;quiet thee if thou get into this City of refuge, if all the Divels in Hell should come again&s;t thee, and bring all their malice to terrifie thee, yet this will enable thee to go &s;inging to Heaven, if all the malice of all the Divels in Hell were &s;pit into one Divell, and he should re&s;olue that he would
<PB N="41" REF="22"> never let thee alone, but will con|tinually di&s;quiet thee, he will mole&s;t thee in prayer, or hearing, ca&s;t but a corner of an eye to this City of Refuge, and this will comfort thee. What is it thou art afraid of? you at the lower end of the Church, for God will haue this dish go round the table, it may be you haue many children, &amp; you know not how to provide for them, your bodies are weake and you never had the wit to get the world, Now know that if you be gotten into the City of refuge you need not care, for he that was gotten into the city of refuge lived upon the portion of the Levits, <HI>the feare of the Lord is a &s;trong tower,</HI> thou mai&s;t bring all thy children &amp; throw them down before the Lord &amp; he will provide for them, be thou con&s;cionable in thy call|ing, &amp; ca&s;t thy burden upon the Lord.
<PB N="42" REF="23"> Again what is it you are afraid of? you &s;ee &s;ome haue many freinds and &s;uch and &s;uch to shelter them, and thou ha&s;t none, and it may be thou mai&s;t be driven from hou&s;e and home and ha&s;t nothing to shelter thee withall, Now con|&s;ider what the wals of the city of refuge were, had it any fortifica|tion? no, the faithfulne&s;&s;e of the Levits was the fortification of it, therefore look not to this thing, nor to that, but to God, he will undertake for your deliverance, and the con&s;ideration of this, will make you able to &s;tand again&s;t all, It was an u&s;e among&s;t the Spar|tans that they would haue no wals about their city, for &s;aid they our wals con&s;i&s;ts in the &s;trength of our Souldiers &s;o the mini&s;ters offer the promi&s;es of God and shew the fulnes of his loue, the&s;e are the wals and the fortifications
<PB N="43" REF="23"> that are able to shelter a man from the feare of all, if I were to &s;peak in &s;ome place I might here make al&s;o an u&s;e of reproofe.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="V&s;e."> <MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t tho&s;e that &s;peake again&s;t the free grace of God, for &s;uch there are in many places that are enemies to a faithfull mini&s;ter, &s;uch there are in &s;ome places as teach Iu&s;tification by workes, and &s;o confound the doctrine of free grace, whereby many men come to be mi&s;led &amp; to be in a di&s;tem|pered condition, hence it is that &s;o many make away them&s;elues, were it not for tho&s;e the Coroner would not be &s;o much employed as now he is.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly it reproveth a company that tru&s;t in their prayers, &amp; think becau&s;e they pray morning and evening they shalbe &s;aved, though they &s;ay no other prayers then then they did when they were 8.
<PB N="44" REF="24"> yeares old, the&s;e know not the right way to the City of Refuge.</P>
<P>Thirdly It reprooveth tho&s;e that are duty-mongers, that haue been vile and ba&s;e heretofore, and now they will take up an other cour&s;e, now they pray, now they reforme, now they for&s;ake their &s;in and tru&s;t to this, though I would haue a Chri&s;tian when hee goeth to performe duty, to per|forme it as though he should me|rit by it, yet when it is done, to ab|horre it as if he should be damned for it, as if every Sermon were bla&s;phemy, every prayer abhomi|nation, now there are many that cry <HI>the temple of the Lord, the tem|ple of the Lord,</HI> and think they haue hold on the altar, but they haue nothing to do with the free grace of God, how many recufants do you think are in the Church this day, many that are come to the quarters of the City, and yet are
<PB N="45" REF="24"> dead to all the cals and cries and offers of Chri&s;t, that haue beene made among them, they dare not lay hold upon Chri&s;t in a promi&s;e they are as much afraid of it as the &s;ouldiers should haue been to lay hold on Chri&s;t when they appre|hended him: they &s;it &amp; cut out co~+fort for &s;uch &amp; &s;uch an one &amp; &s;ay there is comfort for him but they neglect it the~&s;elves, they are afraid to go to the city of refuge, were it not a pitifull thing to &s;ee a man in &s;uch a conditio~ as none could com+fort him, &s;uch is the condition of the&s;e me~, now I &s;ay are not you pro+fe&s;&s;ors of the go&s;pel? how is it that you renounce the go&s;pel, you &s;ay, oh J dare not, it is too good for me, now con&s;ider what it is to re|nounce the Go&s;pell, it is an unci|vill part if a man should &s;end for the mini&s;ter to come and com|fort him when he is in trouble
<PB N="46" REF="25"> and when he come he should goe and shut the dore again&s;t him and refu&s;e to let him in, but you deale thus with God, you refu&s;e comfort when God offereth it to you and commandes you to come in and to embrace it, but you &s;end them back againe and throw durt as it were in his face, and bid him take it him&s;elfe, you dare not meddle with it, we know that it is the di&s;|po&s;ition of the wor&s;t, though they be &s;inners them&s;elues, yet they will giue to &s;inners, yea e|uen to tho&s;e that are the wor&s;t a|mong men, now would you haue God to be wor&s;e then tho&s;e men, Doe not you all this while &s;it and bla&s;pheme God in your harts, for what is bla&s;phemy but to &s;ay it is not true, &amp; though you haue done &s;o all this while, yet do not &s;o &s;till, for he that doth not do, as he hath been exhorted unto, he goeth
<PB N="47" REF="25"> home and &s;aith God is a lyar,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>1.</HI> Ioh. 5.10.</NOTE> for <HI>He that doth not beleeue hath made him a lyar.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="V&s;e."> The next u&s;e is an u&s;e of exhor|tation. Fir&s;t. To mini&s;ters to to &s;tir them up to be more careful to make the way to the city of re|fuge more plaine, you are more able to &s;peake to me then I am to you concerning this thing, but &s;eeing God hath brought me hi|ther this day, giue me leaue to pre&s;&s;e it a little upon you: that you would prepare the way to the city of Refuge, it is the charge of God in the 19 Deut. that they should prepare the way that &s;o the flyer thither might not be hindred, now the way is prepa|red after this manner, Fir&s;t by beating downe the hills and rai&s;e|ing the vallies, and repareing the breaches It is repo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ted that the way to the city of refuge was to
<PB N="48" REF="26"> be 32 cubits broad, and when all this was done, when there was any turning they u&s;ed to write upo~ the turning, refuge, refuge, that &s;o he that did fly might know which way to goe, thus labour to make the way to the city of refuge plain to the people.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t let them know that there is A God.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly let them under&s;tand their duty to God.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly the cur&s;e they procure in failing in their duty.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> Fourthly labour to make them &s;en&s;ible of the dangers, that they are in of this cur&s;e.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="5"> Fiftly, Call upon them to re|pent and reforme their wayes, to turne from their &s;in, and to part with any thing, to haue part in Chri&s;t, and when you haue thus done then &s;et the city of refuge before them, and bid the poore
<PB REF="26"> &s;oule fly thither for refuge. 2. it exorteth all trembling &s;inners which finde &s;o much difficulty in laying hold of the city of refuge, Con&s;ider how open God hath &s;et this city before you, it is open to all, the Lord doth inuite you to come and commandeth all to come, The Lord de&s;ireth not that you should come with your co&s;t, Doe not come with your cakes and bottles of wine as they v&s;e to doe to fea&s;ts, this is a pri|viliedged place, and you mu&s;t come free. Now for two meanes and &s;ome motiues, and &s;o an end, for meanes.</P>
<P N="1"><MILESTONE N="1"> 1. Labour to know the richnes of the builder of this city, it co&s;t no creature in the world any thing to build it, nor any &s;oule a penny to to repaire it, it co&s;t Chri&s;t all, and he hath done it, we are readie to be low conceited of Chri&s;t, and
<PB N="50" REF="27"> think he would haue vs bring &s;omething, we make God a poor God, when wee thinke that hee mu&s;t be faine to &s;ell Chri&s;t for our prayers, or our duties, What had Paul. Or what had Mana&s;&s;eth, Or what had Iacob, Did they giue any thing for Chri&s;t, This ci|ty is offered freely, and as God hath built it, &s;o he doth vphold it what can all the men in the world doe, Can they giue one good word or good thought for Ie&s;us Chri&s;t, No, they are all euill, If all the Saints and Angels in hea|ven and earth should &s;triue and &s;tudy, they could not countervaile the loue of God to vs in 1 houre. <MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly. renounce thine owne ability to beleeue, when thou ha&s;t a promi&s;e, &s;ay I am as unable to beleeue as to keep the whole law, therefore lay it before the Lord and &s;ay J cannot beleeue,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ho&s;: 6.2.</NOTE> It mu&s;t
<PB N="51" REF="27"> be God that mu&s;t rai&s;e vs up to beleeve for we cannot beleeue of our &s;elues, therefore looke vpon God for helpe, do as the mariners do when the tide is low, they pre|pare their tackling ready, and then waite for a tide that &s;o they may be ready, &s;o doe thou, goe home and acknowledge that thou ha&s;t heard many excelent things, but you can doe nothing of your &s;elfe and therefore re&s;olue to waite up|on God and de&s;ire him that hee would in his due time enable thee Now for motiues to &s;tir us up to get into this city of refuge.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t. Con&s;ider that this is the onely way of &s;ecurite, the onely place wherein you shallbe &s;afe at all times, and the more you can a&s;&s;ure your &s;elues of the free grace of God, the more &s;afe and &s;ecure you shallbe.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly. There is a nece&s;&s;ity to
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<PB N="52" REF="29"> get into this city of refuge, we are guilty of our owne bloud, if wee will not labour to get in, who&s;o|euer killed a man, if he did not fly to the city of refuge, before the avenger of bloud, found him, hee was guilty of his owne bloud, &s;o is he that doeth not get into this city of refuge.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly this is the onely way to be rid of that which troubleth you, if you be troubled with dead ne&s;&s;e of heart, with drow&s;ine&s;&s;e of &s;pirit, this is the onely way to be rid of it, when David had lo&s;t the light of Gods countenance, he was as it were in the &s;uburbes of the City, and therefore he cryeth re|&s;tore to me the joy of thy &s;alvati|on, this is the way to attaine it, to come to this Altar, you know that where J&s;aac e&s;caped, the ram was &s;lain, and therefore lay hold on this Altar, and even there shall
<PB N="53" REF="29"> your corruptions be &s;lain, Paul ex|horteth us to us to <HI>Giue up our &s;elues a living &s;acrifice unto God,</HI> and what is the ground of this exhortation,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom 12</NOTE> <HI>by the mercy of God.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> Again, this exhorteth all that are interre&s;ted into the city of re|fuge, goe home and be cheerfull, and tell what the Lord hath done for you, and what is your worke now to doe, but to magnifie the Name of God: there was a poore man that came out of an Almes|hou&s;e, an ignorant place, and it plea&s;ed God to work upon him, that he would ever be &s;peaking of the free grace of God, he was in the company of 3 or 4 mini&s;ters, and he would be &s;peaking of the free grace of God, and &s;aid one of them, it doth me good to heare this man &s;peak thus, beloved you that haue God, you haue pa&s;&s;ed the great &s;ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">llers in the World,
<PB N="56" REF="30"> you haue found that which many haue &s;ought for, even the Philo|&s;ophers &s;tone that will make you happy in all your conditions, you may make God any thing to you, your righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e &amp; holine&s;&s;e, you haue entred into Gods re&s;t, and therefore let your heart re|joyce, and now labour to do what you can for God, for all that you can do it is but a little, as Iacob &s;aid to his &s;ons, take but a little balme and honny for a pre&s;ent for the man, meaning that al that they could do was but a little, &s;o &s;ay you all you can doe is but a little, &amp; now to conclude: play not the part of a nightman that cannot &s;ee when he is well, but when you are well keep your &s;elfe &s;o, let no trouble put you out of comfort, he that hath delivered you from hell will keepe you from falling, but for cautions.</P>
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<P><MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t take heed that we goe not out of the city, &amp; then if we haue trouble, we shall haue comfort, and wee shall glory in our trou|bles, as the martirs haue done, as Ierome of Prague &s;aid when he was at the &s;take, and they came to kindle the fire behind him, &s;aid he, doe you thinke I am afraide, wherefore then did J come hither &s;o ler not any trouble di&s;quiet us.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly, As we may not be driven out with &s;totmes, &s;o we mu&s;t not go out vainly nor lightly not &s;o much as to take aire, take heed that you do not grow proud &amp; wanton, keep your &s;elues in the loue of God, wind up your &s;elues in the loue of God as in your sheets and lay before you the free pro|mi&s;e, and let us follow God blindfold whither&s;oe|ver he calleth us.</P>
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<ITEM>NO &s;afety but in God alone. Pag. <HI>7</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>All are guilty of Christs bloud p <HI>11</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The &s;oule must venture to lay hold p. <HI>17</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ministers mu&s;t open the Couenant, p. <HI>20.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The priviledges of the &s;anctuary of re|fuge. pag. 22 23</ITEM>
<ITEM>The promi&s;e of God is artillery. p <HI>26</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>To liue upon the promi&s;e is to liue at hearts ea&s;e. pag. <HI>27.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An empty hand be&s;t to lay hold on free grace. pag. <HI>29</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Divers rules of tryall. pag <HI>31</HI> &amp;c.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Comfort against all evils. pag 39 40</ITEM>
<ITEM>H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">w to doe duties. Pag. 45.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Many dead to the offer of free grace through their own feares. Pag 44. 45.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mini&s;ters are to helpe them. Pag 48</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gods free &amp; willing entertainement of poore &s;oules. Pag. 49.</ITEM>
<ITEM>How to obtain helpe of God, freed from all troubles, and our corruptions &s;lain. Pag, 50, 52</ITEM>
<ITEM>The duty of them within this city and dan+ger of going out, Pag, 54 5<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></ITEM>
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