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           URIM
           AND
           THUMMIM
           :
           Or
           the
           Apostolical
           Doctrines
           OF
           LIGHT
           AND
           PERFECTION
           MAINTAINED
           ;
           Against
           the
           Opposite
           Plea
           of
           
             Samuel
             Grevill
          
           (
           a
           Pretended
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           )
           in
           his
           Ungospel-like
           Discourse
           against
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Light
             Within
             ,
          
           anciently
           writ
           by
           
             Alexander
             Parker
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             W.
             P.
          
           
        
         
           This
           then
           is
           the
           Message
           which
           we
           have
           heard
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           declare
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           LIGHT
           ,
           and
           in
           him
           is
           no
           Darkness
           at
           all
           .
           If
           we
           say
           that
           we
           have
           Fellowship
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           walk
           in
           Darkness
           ,
           we
           Lye
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           the
           Truth
           ;
           But
           if
           we
           WALK
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           AS
           HE
           IS
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           we
           have
           Fellowship
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           Blood
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           his
           Son
           cleanses
           us
           from
           ALL
           Sin
           ,
           
             1
             John
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1674.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           .
        
         
           
             Candid
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           Everlasting
           God
           to
           visit
           a
           poor
           despised
           People
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           with
           a
           more
           direct
           ,
           immediate
           and
           clear
           Sight
           ,
           Sence
           and
           Knowledge
           of
           him
           ,
           then
           heretofore
           they
           had
           ,
           by
           the
           Shinings
           of
           his
           Eternal
           Light
           and
           Spirit
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           thereby
           giving
           them
           a
           true
           Discerning
           of
           the
           Ways
           and
           Worships
           that
           have
           been
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           gender
           towards
           meer
           Outside
           and
           lifeless
           Formality
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Pure
           ,
           Straight
           and
           Narrow
           Way
           ,
           that
           stands
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           holy
           Life
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           many
           ,
           very
           many
           have
           been
           their
           Tryals
           ,
           Exercises
           and
           deep
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Slandering
           them
           and
           their
           most
           precious
           Faith
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           the
           least
           in
           their
           Eye
           ;
           for
           by
           that
           Practice
           hath
           the
           Enemy
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           cast
           such
           Mists
           and
           Vails
           over
           the
           Truth
           ,
           as
           have
           obscured
           the
           divine
           Beauty
           and
           Excellency
           of
           it
           from
           the
           Sight
           of
           People
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           some
           have
           dreaded
           nothing
           more
           then
           the
           Reception
           of
           that
           Principle
           ,
           which
           bears
           true
           and
           faithful
           Witness
           for
           God
           in
           their
           own
           Consciences
           .
           It
           is
           cryed
           down
           for
           Insufficient
           by
           such
           as
           never
           tryed
           the
           Power
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           termed
           a
           Natural
           and
           Dim
           Light
           ,
           though
           It
           discovereth
           and
           instructeth
           Man
           in
           and
           about
           Spiritual
           and
           Supernatural
           Things
           .
           O
           that
           they
           would
           obey
           this
           Day
           of
           small
           things
           ,
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           Obedience
           is
           far
           better
           then
           Sacrifice
           ;
           How
           much
           is
           there
           of
           the
           latter
           ?
           But
           how
           little
           ,
           O
           how
           very
           little
           of
           the
           former
           !
           What
           Degeneracy
           is
           there
           among
           all
           Professions
           ?
           Their
           Tenderness
           is
           withdrawing
           ,
           their
           Greenness
           withering
           apace
           ;
           &
           with
           the
           former
           do
           they
           earnestly
           contend
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           of
           old
           ,
           against
           the
           very
           Power
           and
           Life
           of
           Godliness
           ;
           and
           see
           not
           that
           the
           God
           of
           the
           World
           has
           entered
           those
           Out-sides
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           perhaps
           the
           Lord
           may
           formerly
           in
           Condescension
           have
           appeared
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           lead
           
           them
           nearer
           to
           the
           Substance
           it self
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           a
           true
           favoring
           Spirit
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           Millions
           are
           deluded
           ,
           yea
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           therein
           and
           therewith
           to
           oppose
           a
           more
           clear
           and
           heavenly
           Appearance
           of
           God
           to
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men
           ;
           thus
           do
           they
           resist
           the
           Visitations
           of
           God's
           Love
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           reject
           their
           own
           Mercies
           .
           Oh
           ,
           that
           an
           inquiring
           tender
           Spirit
           were
           more
           generally
           raised
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           consider
           our
           Relation
           to
           the
           latter
           dayes
           ,
           &
           how
           much
           it
           concerns
           them
           in
           these
           New
           Covenant
           Times
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ;
           which
           it
           is
           utterly
           impossible
           those
           should
           ever
           be
           ,
           who
           rebel
           against
           the
           Light
           by
           which
           he
           has
           visited
           them
           with
           daily
           Reproof
           and
           Instruction
           ;
           
             I
             have
             given
             him
          
           ,
           said
           the
           Lord
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           
             for
             a
             Light
             to
             lighten
             the
          
           Gentiles
           ,
           
             and
             for
             my
             Salvation
             to
             the
             Ends
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             This
             is
             that
             true
             Light
             ,
             which
             enlightens
             the
             Souls
             of
             all
             ,
          
           
           as
           John
           testified
           ;
           
             and
             the
             Nations
             of
             them
             that
             are
             saved
             must
             walk
             therein
             .
             Come
             ,
             let
             us
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           This
           Measure
           of
           Light
           leads
           to
           God
           ,
           
           who
           is
           Light
           ;
           and
           this
           Measure
           of
           Grace
           and
           Truth
           guides
           the
           Soul
           unto
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           full
           of
           Grace
           and
           Truth
           ,
           where
           Salvation
           is
           known
           ,
           and
           plentious
           Redemption
           witnessed
           ;
           Blessings
           and
           Praises
           be
           to
           his
           Name
           forever
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           This
           Controversie
           ,
           begun
           by
           
             S.
             Grevill
          
           ,
           who
           calls
           himself
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           near
           Banbury
           ,
           though
           briefly
           handled
           ,
           is
           of
           great
           Weight
           ;
           for
           it
           consists
           of
           two
           fundamental
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           very
           Bottom
           of
           our
           Testimony
           ,
           viz.
           
             Christ's
             Manifestation
             of
             himself
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             Children
          
           ;
           and
           the
           End
           of
           that
           Manifestation
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             To
             make
             and
             End
             of
             Sin
             ,
             destroy
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             finish
             Transgression
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             everlasting
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           John
           1.
           3
           ,
           5
           ,
           8.
           
           Dan.
           9.
           24.
           
           These
           two
           Principles
           ,
           or
           rather
           Christ
           Jesus
           within
           the
           Principle
           ,
           and
           his
           Work
           ,
           compleat
           Redemption
           ,
           are
           lately
           opposed
           by
           
             S
             G●
          
           as
           laid
           down
           by
           
             Alexander
             Parker
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           by
           him
           set
           forth
           about
           Seventeen
           Years
           since
           .
           This
           is
           a
           sober
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           a
           plain
           Enervation
           of
           his
           utmost
           Force
           ,
           in
           Defence
           of
           those
           Evangelical
           New
           Covenant
           Doctrines
           .
           I
           recommend
           it
           to
           God's
           Witness
           in
           thy
           Conscience
           ,
           who
           will
           judge
           Righteous
           Judgment
           ;
           whose
           Servant
           I
           am
           ,
           in
           Body
           ,
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           whom
           dare
           not
           but
           confess
           and
           vindicate
           before
           men
           .
        
         
           
             W.
             P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           General
           Defence
           of
           the
           LIGHT
           WITHIN
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           THough
           there
           be
           no
           Passage
           or
           Proposition
           to
           be
           found
           from
           one
           End
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           more
           clearly
           laid
           down
           ,
           then
           that
           in
           
             John
             1.
             9.
             
             That
             was
             the
             true
             Light
             that
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
          
           ;
           yet
           so
           strong
           hath
           been
           the
           Envy
           ,
           and
           so
           subtil
           the
           Endeavours
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           as
           scarcely
           any
           one
           place
           hath
           been
           more
           wrested
           and
           abused
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           hinder
           Mankind
           from
           minding
           the
           Manifestations
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yielding
           all
           ready
           Obedience
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           way
           appointed
           of
           God
           to
           Eternal
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Some
           will
           have
           it
           to
           be
           a
           
             Natural
             Light
          
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           the
           
             very
             Life
             of
             that
             Word
             ,
             which
             is
             God
             over
             all
             blessed
             forever
             ,
          
           and
           wrapt
           up
           within
           those
           Verses
           ,
           which
           only
           concern
           
             his
             Eternal
             Power
             and
             Godhhead
          
           .
        
         
           Others
           will
           have
           it
           read
           thus
           ,
           Not
           ,
           that
           he
           enlightens
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           
             but
             that
             all
             who
             are
             enlightened
             are
             enlightened
             by
             him
          
           ;
           thereby
           ,
           not
           only
           narrowing
           and
           wronging
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           rendring
           God
           so
           partial
           and
           injust
           to
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           to
           cause
           his
           Light
           of
           Righteousness
           to
           arise
           on
           some
           ,
           without
           ever
           visiting
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           with
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Day
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           though
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             He
             would
             not
             the
             Death
             of
             any
             ,
             but
             rather
             that
             all
             should
             Repent
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           third
           sort
           that
           will
           needs
           have
           it
           understood
           not
           of
           any
           Illumination
           by
           a
           Divine
           Light
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           
             the
             Life
             Christ
             lived
             ▪
             and
             the
             Doctrine
             he
             preached
             ,
             when
             visibly
             in
             the
             World
             ,
          
           which
           neither
           reacheth
           the
           hundredth
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           consistent
           with
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           Part
           of
           
           John's
           History
           which
           wholely
           relates
           to
           his
           Divinity
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           was
           before
           he
           took
           Flesh
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Christ
           was
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           World
           in
           that
           very
           Appearance
           ,
           
           and
           shined
           forth
           by
           his
           Heavenly
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Self
           denying
           Life
           ,
           a
           most
           holy
           Example
           ;
           yet
           not
           so
           ,
           as
           the
           exclude
           himself
           from
           being
           that
           spiritual
           Light
           ,
           which
           shineth
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Sons
           and
           Daughters
           of
           men
           .
           
             He
             was
             full
             of
             Grace
             and
             Truth
          
           ;
           yet
           of
           his
           Grace
           hath
           Mankind
           received
           ,
           
             Grace
             for
             Grace
          
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           Ages
           hath
           appeared
           for
           Salvation
           ;
           whose
           Nature
           and
           Property
           is
           so
           plainly
           described
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           it
           brings
           ,
           unfolded
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           2
           Tit.
           11
           ,
           12.
           viz.
           
             Teaching
             us
             ,
             that
             denying
             Vngodliness
             and
             Worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             we
             should
             live
             Godly
             ,
             Righteously
             and
             Soberly
             in
             this
             present
             World.
          
           And
           so
           far
           is
           that
           Universal
           Light
           and
           Grace
           we
           testifie
           of
           ,
           from
           leading
           us
           to
           undervalue
           Christ
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           but
           declare
           to
           all
           the
           World
           in
           pure
           Conscience
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           every
           moderate
           Enquirer
           ,
           that
           we
           never
           had
           any
           true
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           or
           Christ
           ,
           any
           right
           Sence
           ,
           of
           the
           Work
           of
           Conversion
           upon
           our
           Souls
           ,
           nor
           any
           right
           Sight
           or
           Relish
           of
           those
           Heavenly
           Truths
           declared
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           till
           we
           came
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           be
           obedient
           to
           the
           
             Manifestation
             of
             that
             true
             Light
             ,
             which
             enlighteneth
             every
             man
             ;
             and
             the
             Appearance
             of
             that
             Grace
             which
             brings
             Salvation
             in
             our
             own
             Souls
             .
          
        
         
           They
           are
           standing
           Truths
           ,
           
             That
             whatsoever
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             is
             manifested
             in
             man
             ;
             for
             God
             hath
             shew●d
             it
             unto
             him
             :
             That
             whatsoever
             is
             reproved
             is
             made
             manifest
             by
             the
             Light
             ;
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             doth
             make
             manifest
             is
             Light
             ,
          
           Rom.
           1.
           19.
           
           Ephes
           .
           5.
           13.
           
           This
           cannot
           be
           Natural
           ,
           unless
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Nature
          
           ,
           which
           reveals
           to
           men
           
             Divine
             Things
          
           .
           'T
           is
           rare
           that
           we
           meet
           with
           any
           Adversary
           ,
           who
           denieth
           it
           to
           reprove
           Evil
           ,
           and
           to
           cherish
           that
           which
           is
           Good.
           And
           the
           Wise
           Man
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Reproof
             of
             Instruction
             is
             the
             Way
             of
             Life
             ,
             Prov.
          
           6.
           23.
           
           If
           the
           Light
           reproves
           for
           that
           which
           is
           Evil
           ,
           and
           that
           Reproof
           seals
           up
           Instruction
           to
           Life
           Everlasting
           ,
           how
           dare
           any
           call
           it
           a
           
             Natural
             Light
          
           ,
           common
           to
           ,
           yea
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           all
           men
           in
           their
           Natural
           Estate
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           hath
           so
           long
           since
           declared
           
             That
             the
             Natural
             Man
             receiveth
             not
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             Foolishness
             unto
             him
             ;
             neither
             can
             he
             know
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             spiritually
             discerned
             ?
          
           1
           Cor.
           2.
           14
           
           Our
           very
           Case
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             Light
             Within
          
           against
           the
           wise
           
             Master
             Builders
          
           of
           this
           Age.
           
        
         
         
           Nay
           ,
           so
           far
           is
           Man
           in
           his
           natural
           Estate
           from
           being
           acted
           and
           guided
           by
           this
           very
           Light
           ,
           which
           our
           Enemies
           call
           Natural
           ,
           that
           Christ
           himself
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             hateth
             the
             Light
             ,
             neither
             cometh
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             lest
             his
             Deeds
             should
             be
             reproved
             :
             But
             ,
          
           on
           the
           other
           Hand
           ,
           
             He
             that
             doth
             Truth
             cometh
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             his
             D●eds
             may
             be
             made
             manifest
             that
             they
             are
             wrought
             in
             God
          
           ;
           where
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Manifestation
           given
           ,
           is
           Divine
           ;
           much
           more
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           Light
           that
           gives
           it
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           Man
           to
           know
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           Light
           ,
           without
           Light
           ?
           It
           was
           
           John's
           Message
           to
           preach
           ,
           
             That
             God
             is
             Light.
          
           The
           same
           Apostle
           testifies
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Blood
             of
             Cleansing
             is
             to
             be
             found
             of
             them
             that
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           7.
           
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           
             That
             this
             is
             not
             that
             Light
             wherewith
             every
             Man
             is
             enlightned
             :
          
           The
           same
           Apostle
           in
           his
           History
           saith
           ,
           That
           
             in
             the
             Word
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           that
           very
           Light
           
             was
             the
             true
             Light
             that
             lighteth
             every
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           4.
           9.
           
           Let
           such
           give
           me
           as
           plain
           a
           Text
           against
           either
           the
           Sufficiency
           or
           Universality
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           .
        
         
           Its
           Properties
           and
           Effects
           prove
           it
           Divine
           ;
           in
           that
           1st
           ,
           
             If
             manifests
             God
          
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           19.
           
           2dly
           ,
           
             It
             manifests
             Evil
          
           ,
           Ephes
           .
           5.
           13.
           
           3dly
           ,
           
             It
             is
             made
             the
             Rule
             of
             walking
             by
             the
             Apostle
             :
          
           See
           then
           that
           ye
           walk
           circumspectly
           ,
           not
           as
           Fools
           ,
           but
           as
           Wise
           ,
           ver
           .
           15.
           4thly
           ,
           
             It
             is
             made
             the
             Path
             to
             walk
             in
             ,
          
           Joh.
           8.
           12.
           1
           
           Joh.
           1.
           7.
           
           Isa
           .
           2.
           5.
           
           Come
           ,
           let
           us
           walk
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           And
           the
           Nations
           of
           them
           that
           are
           saved
           shall
           walk
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Rev.
           21.
           23.
           
           And
           so
           saith
           the
           Scripture
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           1st
           ,
           
             In
             that
             it
             reproveth
             for
             Sin
             ,
          
           Joh.
           16.
           8.
           
           2dly
           ,
           
             In
             that
             it
             giveth
             Vnderstanding
             of
             the
             Things
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Job
           .
           32.
           8.
           1
           
           Cor
           2.
           10.
           
           3dly
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             Rule
             for
             the
             Chi●dren
             of
             God
             to
             walk
             by
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           14.
           
           For
           as
           many
           as
           are
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Sons
           of
           God.
           4thly
           ,
           
             We
             are
             also
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           Gal.
           5
           16.
           
           
             This
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             walk
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             not
             fulfil
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
             :
          
           I
           hope
           none
           will
           deny
           that
           this
           Light
           and
           this
           Spirit
           must
           be
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           shall
           yet
           object
           ,
           
             That
             this
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             a
             spiritual
             Light
             ,
          
           &
           that
           ours
           is
           but
           a
           natural
           one
           :
           I
           shall
           desire
           them
           to
           do
           two
           Things
           ,
           1st
           ,
           To
           prove
           that
           a
           Natural
           Light
           
             doth
             manifest
             God
             ,
             reprove
             for
             Evil
             ,
             and
             cherish
             that
             which
             is
             Good
          
           ;
           since
           whatever
           is
           Part
           of
           Man
           in
           his
           Degeneration
           from
           God
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           form
           giving
           one
           good
           
           Thought
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           rightly
           reprove
           an
           evil
           one
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           granted
           by
           our
           Adver●aries
           ,
           that
           what
           we
           call
           Divine
           ,
           and
           they
           call
           
             Natural
             Light
          
           ,
           can
           do
           both
           .
           2dly
           ,
           That
           in
           Case
           this
           Light
           be
           Natural
           ,
           and
           can
           so
           manifest
           and
           reprove
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           assign
           us
           some
           certain
           Medium
           or
           Way
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           truly
           discern
           and
           distinguish
           between
           the
           Manifestations
           and
           Reproofs
           of
           the
           
             Natural
             Light
             from
             those
             of
             the
             Divine
             Light
             ,
          
           since
           they
           allow
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           God
           &
           Reproof
           of
           Evil
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           one
           as
           to
           the
           other
           .
           And
           I
           challenge
           them
           all
           to
           give
           us
           one
           Scripture
           that
           distinguishes
           between
           
             a
             Natural
             and
             Spiritual
             Light
             within
             ,
          
           reproving
           Evil
           ,
           &c.
           
           They
           may
           with
           as
           much
           Reason
           talk
           of
           a
           Narural
           and
           Spiritual
           Darkness
           within
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Natural
           Darkness
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Night
           of
           the
           outward
           World
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           a
           Spiritual
           Darkness
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             misty
             and
             clouded
          
           Understandings
           of
           Men
           ,
           through
           Disobedience
           to
           the
           Light
           and
           Spirit
           of
           God
           :
           Let
           them
           assign
           us
           a
           third
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           second
           Darkness
           of
           the
           Understanding
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           :
           Christ
           never
           distinguished
           between
           Darkness
           &
           Darkness
           ,
           or
           Light
           and
           Light
           in
           any
           such
           Sense
           ,
           nor
           did
           any
           of
           his
           Disciples
           I
           ever
           read
           of
           ;
           yet
           both
           have
           frequently
           spoken
           of
           Darkness
           and
           Light
           ;
           what
           Difference
           doth
           the
           Scripture
           put
           between
           spiritual
           Darkness
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           these
           Places
           ,
           Luk.
           1.
           79.
           
           
             Math.
             4.
             16.
             
             Joh.
             1.
             5.
             
             Joh.
             3.
             19.
             
             Joh.
          
           8.
           12
           ,
           35
           ,
           46.
           1
           
           
             Thes
             .
             5.
             4.
             1
             
             Joh.
             1
             6.
             
             Act.
             26.
             18.
             
             Rom.
             13.
             12.
             2
             
             Cor.
          
           6.
           14.
           
           
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             8.
             
             Col.
          
           1.
           13.
           
           I
           find
           none
           ;
           It
           is
           all
           one
           spiritual
           Darkness
           :
           neither
           is
           there
           so
           much
           as
           one
           Scripture
           that
           affords
           us
           a
           Distinction
           between
           
             Light
             within
          
           and
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           that
           really
           are
           Light
           :
           peruse
           
             Math.
             4.
             16.
             
             Luk.
             2.
             32.
             
             Chap.
             16.
             8.
             
             Joh.
          
           1.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Chap.
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Chap.
             8.
             12.
             
             Act.
             26.
             18.
             
             Rom.
          
           13.
           12.
           2
           
           
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
             Chap.
             6.
             14.
             
             Eph●s
             .
             5.
             8
             ,
             13.
             
             Col.
          
           1.
           12.
           1.
           
           
             Thes
             .
             5.
             5.
             1
             
             Tim.
             6.
             16.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             9.
             1
             
             Joh.
             1.
             5
             ,
             7.
             
             Chap.
          
           2.
           8.
           
           
             Rev.
             21.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             Chap.
          
           22.
           5.
           
           And
           le●
           the
           greatest
           Enemy
           to
           our
           Assertion
           do
           his
           utmost
           to
           sever
           real
           Light
           from
           Light
           ,
           or
           find
           out
           two
           Lights
           in
           these
           Passages
           if
           he
           can
           ;
           if
           he
           cannot
           ,
           he
           is
           irrecoverably
           gone
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           his
           own
           Concession
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           he
           yields
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Light
           in
           Controversie
           manifesteth
           Evil
           and
           reproveth
           for
           it
           ;
           so
           doth
           Christ
           himself
           teach
           thus
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           Joh.
           3.
           12.
           
           
             For
             every
             one
             that
             doth
             Evil
             hateth
             the
             Light
             ,
             neither
             cometh
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             lest
             his
             Deeds
             should
             be
             reproved
             :
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           
           Paul
           plainly
           saith
           ,
           Ephes
           .
           5.
           13.
           
           
             But
             all
             things
             that
             are
             reprove
             are
             made
             manifest
             by
             the
             Light
          
           ;
           Therefore
           not
           two
           distinct
           ▪
           Lights
           in
           kind
           ,
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           manifesting
           ,
           reproving
           Light
           :
           And
           this
           the
           Apostle
           John
           proves
           beyond
           all
           Exception
           ,
           to
           wise
           and
           considerate
           men
           ;
           First
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           calls
           God
           Light
           ,
           Chap.
           1.
           5.
           
           2dly
           .
           In
           that
           he
           puts
           no
           medium
           or
           third
           thing
           between
           that
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           vers
           ▪
           6.
           
           
             If
             we
             say
             that
             we
             have
             Fellowship
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             wa●●
             in
             Darkness
             ,
             we
             lye
          
           ;
           intimating
           ,
           that
           men
           must
           walk
           either
           in
           Light
           or
           ●arkness
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           that
           which
           manifests
           and
           reproves
           Darkness
           cannot
           be
           Darkness
           ;
           And
           so
           say
           our
           Adversaries
           of
           our
           Light.
           And
           as
           if
           the
           Apostle
           John
           would
           have
           anticipated
           their
           Objection
           ,
           viz.
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           
             your
             Light
             within
             reproves
             for
             Evil
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             not
             therefore
             the
             Divine
             Light
             ,
             which
             leads
             into
             higher
             things
             ,
             and
             which
             comes
             by
             the
             Gospel
          
           ;
           he
           thus
           expresseth
           himself
           ,
           Chap.
           2.
           
           
             Darkness
             is
             past
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Light
             now
             shineth
             .
             He
             that
             saith
             ,
             He
             is
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             hates
             his
             Brother
             ,
             is
             in
             Darkness
             even
             until
             now
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           another
           Light
           from
           God
           the
           Light
           ,
           Chap.
           1.
           
           For
           ,
           as
           Light
           there
           is
           put
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Darkness
           ,
           so
           Light
           here
           is
           put
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Darkness
           :
           The
           Darkne●s
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           so
           the
           Light
           ;
           Wherefore
           we
           may
           plainly
           see
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           another
           Light
           then
           that
           which
           reproved
           a
           man
           for
           hating
           his
           Brother
           ,
           that
           brings
           a
           man
           into
           Fellowship
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Blood
           of
           Cleansing
           ,
           as
           the
           next
           verse
           speaks
           :
           Therefore
           that
           Light
           which
           reproveth
           a
           man
           for
           hating
           his
           Brother
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           Divine
           Nature
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ;
           That
           Light
           which
           is
           opposite
           to
           ,
           and
           reproves
           spiritual
           Darkness
           ,
           is
           a
           spiritual
           Light
           :
           But
           such
           a
           Light
           is
           that
           within
           ,
           as
           our
           Adversaries
           themselves
           confess
           ,
           therefore
           spiritual
           .
           It
           is
           worth
           our
           notice
           that
           the
           Apostle
           useth
           the
           same
           manner
           of
           Expression
           here
           ,
           Chap.
           2.
           8.
           
           The
           TRUE
           Light
           shineth
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           in
           his
           History
           ,
           Chap.
           1.
           9.
           
           
             That
             was
             the
          
           TRUE
           Light
           ,
           intimating
           the
           same
           Divine
           Word
           or
           True
           Light
           now
           shineth
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           that
           same
           True
           Light
           (
           for
           there
           is
           but
           one
           )
           that
           reproved
           such
           as
           hated
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           consequently
           that
           Light
           ,
           that
           so
           reproveth
           ,
           is
           the
           True
           Divine
           Light.
           
        
         
           And
           strange
           it
           is
           that
           Christ
           and
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           but
           especially
           John
           ,
           should
           so
           often
           make
           that
           very
           Light
           ,
           which
           stoops
           to
           the
           lowest
           Step
           of
           Morality
           ,
           to
           the
           Reproof
           of
           the
           grossest
           Evils
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           other
           then
           the
           same
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           that
           brings
           such
           as
           follow
           it
           
           to
           the
           Light
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           walk
           in
           it
           to
           the
           Blood
           of
           Cleansing
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           Fellowship
           with
           God
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nay
           ,
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           make
           the
           very
           best
           of
           man's
           being
           a
           Child
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           depend
           upon
           his
           answering
           of
           the
           Light
           in
           a
           palpable
           moral
           Case
           ,
           
             viz.
             not
             hating
             of
             his
             Brother
          
           ;
           And
           yet
           that
           our
           Adversaries
           should
           shut
           their
           Eyes
           from
           beholding
           its
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           conclude
           it
           therefore
           a
           meer
           Natural
           Light
           ,
           This
           is
           both
           Unreasonable
           and
           Unscriptural
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           is
           the
           very
           Ground
           of
           their
           Ignorance
           and
           sleight
           Apprehension
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           They
           have
           never
           known
           it
           further
           then
           in
           the
           Capacity
           of
           a
           Reprover
           of
           Evil
           (
           though
           that
           's
           enough
           with
           a
           considerate
           and
           tender-spirited
           man
           to
           feel
           from
           whence
           it
           came
           )
           and
           so
           conclude
           it
           unable
           to
           give
           either
           further
           Discoveries
           of
           God's
           Will
           ,
           or
           Power
           and
           Virtue
           to
           enable
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           to
           all
           such
           as
           object
           against
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           either
           as
           to
           its
           Knowledge
           or
           Power
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           
             Try
             it
          
           ;
           you
           are
           not
           proper
           Judges
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           till
           you
           have
           walked
           in
           it
           :
           If
           then
           you
           meet
           not
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           Cleansing
           ,
           and
           pure
           Fellowship
           with
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           Light
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           time
           enough
           for
           you
           to
           object
           .
           Do
           not
           infer
           from
           the
           Discovery
           of
           small
           and
           great
           things
           ,
           two
           distinct
           Lights
           ,
           instead
           of
           two
           Manifestations
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Light
           ;
           such
           as
           do
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Light
           in
           the
           Conscience
           enjoyns
           them
           ,
           shall
           know
           more
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           it
           teacheth
           all
           the
           Children
           of
           Light.
           
        
         
           However
           ,
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           man
           we
           have
           now
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           to
           undertake
           a
           Refutation
           of
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Light
             Within
             ,
          
           written
           about
           Seventeen
           Years
           since
           by
           
             Alexander
             Parker
          
           ,
           a
           Servant
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Work
           of
           his
           Gospel
           :
           But
           I
           hope
           my
           Reader
           hath
           received
           that
           Satisfaction
           in
           what
           has
           been
           already
           ●inted
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           in
           a
           very
           good
           Posture
           to
           hear
           what
           may
           be
           objected
           against
           it
           ,
           by
           one
           that
           never
           yet
           knew
           the
           Power
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Advantage
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           over
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           They
           fight
           us
           Blindfold
           ,
           and
           entangle
           themselves
           in
           their
           own
           Net
           :
           With
           Moderation
           ,
           Plainness
           and
           Brevity
           I
           have
           considered
           his
           Opposition
           ,
           in
           Faithfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Souls
           of
           all
           People
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           URIM
           &
           THUMMIM
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Doctrines
          
           of
           Light
           and
           Perfection
           MAINTAINED
           ;
           Against
           the
           Opposite
           Plea
           of
           Samuel
           Grevill
           (
           a
           Pretended
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           )
           in
           his
           Ungospel-like
           Discourse
           against
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           A
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Light
           Within
           ,
           anciently
           writ
           by
           Alexander
           Parker
           .
        
         
           
             SAmuel
             Grevill
          
           in
           his
           Rejoynder
           to
           
             A.
             Parker
          
           ,
           
           p.
           5.
           brings
           two
           places
           against
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           :
           The
           first
           is
           
             Deut.
             31.
             13.
             
             That
             their
             Children
             which
             have
             not
             known
          
           any
           thing
           
             may
             hear
             and
             learn
             to
             fear
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             ye
             live
             in
             the
             Land
             whither
             ye
             go
             over
          
           Jordan
           
             to
             possess
             it
          
           .
           But
           this
           is
           answered
           without
           Difficulty
           ;
           for
           
             any
             thing
          
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           :
           And
           it
           appears
           both
           from
           the
           place
           it self
           ,
           and
           Chap.
           11.
           2.
           that
           those
           many
           great
           and
           wonderful
           Works
           of
           Deliverance
           the
           Lord
           had
           wrought
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           their
           Children
           through
           Non-age
           knew
           not
           ,
           were
           only
           intended
           ;
           And
           because
           the
           hearing
           of
           them
           might
           be
           a
           deep
           Engagement
           upon
           their
           Spirits
           to
           fear
           and
           worship
           the
           God
           of
           their
           Fathers
           ;
           therefore
           were
           they
           to
           hear
           of
           those
           Noble
           Acts
           at
           the
           Mouthes
           of
           their
           Parents
           ,
           as
           the
           place
           speaks
           .
           How
           this
           Instance
           proves
           the
           Insufficiency
           of
           the
           Shinings
           of
           Christ's
           Light
           in
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           with
           Respect
           to
           their
           Duty
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           in
           that
           Day
           ,
           is
           left
           with
           every
           man
           of
           Sober
           Conscience
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           is
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           15.
           
           The
           words
           ,
           
             Through
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           ,
           he
           omits
           .
           The
           Scriptures
           through
           Faith
           are
           able
           to
           make
           Wise
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           Faith
           :
           This
           doth
           not
           prove
           that
           therefore
           
           Faith
           cannot
           make
           wise
           without
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           for
           that
           was
           before
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           written
           ,
           as
           in
           Abraham
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           To
           John
           16.
           2.
           
           They
           thought
           and
           apprehended
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           commanded
           them
           to
           do
           God
           good
           Service
           ,
           when
           they
           persecuted
           the
           Saints
           .
           Doth
           this
           set
           the
           Scriptures
           above
           the
           true
           Light
           ,
           by
           which
           only
           we
           must
           rightly
           understand
           them
           ?
           Not
           that
           we
           would
           exclude
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           that
           Service
           the
           Lord
           has
           appointed
           them
           to
           ,
           but
           to
           maintain
           the
           true
           Light
           against
           vain
           Cavils
           ;
           for
           God's
           Super-adding
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           no
           more
           renders
           the
           Light
           Insufficient
           ,
           
             then
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             yea
             ,
             God
             or
             Christ
          
           ;
           Man
           being
           abroad
           from
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           not
           abiding
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           the
           Lord
           went
           forth
           into
           outward
           Means
           to
           bring
           him
           home
           :
           
             Is
             God's
             Condescension
             to
             Man's
             Weakness
             a
             Proof
             of
             his
             Insufficiency
             ?
          
           The
           Scriptures
           came
           from
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           testifie
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Nations
           of
           them
           that
           are
           saved
           must
           walk
           in
           it
           ;
           this
           was
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Ministry
           .
           And
           as
           for
           taking
           true
           Light
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           without
           true
           Light
           within
           ,
           how
           absurd
           and
           impossible
           it
           is
           ,
           is
           obvious
           to
           all
           .
           That
           Light
           ,
           that
           gives
           to
           understand
           the
           right
           Meaning
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           must
           be
           true
           Light
           ;
           else
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           understand
           right
           ?
           And
           how
           can
           it
           be
           put
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             when
             we
             must
             and
             do
             bring
             it
             with
             us
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             before
             we
             read
             them
             ?
          
           Doth
           the
           Bible
           send
           forth
           a
           Spirit
           to
           read
           it
           with
           ?
           or
           doth
           God
           send
           it
           from
           it
           ?
           or
           doth
           not
           he
           rather
           illuminate
           the
           Soul
           to
           understand
           it
           ,
           as
           held
           all
           Ancient
           Fathers
           and
           Protestant
           Writers
           ?
           See
           what
           Testimony
           this
           man
           gives
           for
           his
           pretended
           Light
           without
           ,
           against
           the
           Light
           within
           ;
           and
           after
           what
           rate
           he
           disproves
           it
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           his
           Neighbour
           :
           He
           manifestly
           sets
           the
           Scripture
           and
           the
           Light
           within
           at
           Variance
           that
           Harmonize
           .
        
         
           But
           shall
           the
           
             Evil
             ,
             Envy
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Passion
             ,
             Murder
             and
             Darkness
          
           then
           in
           the
           Jews
           ,
           Discredit
           ,
           Undervalue
           ,
           or
           render
           Insufficient
           the
           blessed
           Light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           time
           shined
           in
           them
           (
           though
           their
           Blindness
           and
           Darkness
           comprehended
           it
           not
           )
           Why
           may
           I
           not
           as
           well
           say
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           did
           all
           those
           infamous
           ,
           hardned
           Acts
           against
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           (
           since
           they
           thought
           so
           )
           as
           that
           
             S.
             Grevill
          
           should
           infer
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           against
           the
           Light
           within
           ?
           Every
           man
           hath
           Light
           from
           the
           Creating
           Word
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Divine
           ,
           because
           the
           very
           Life
           of
           that
           Word
           ;
           and
           by
           it
           ,
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           Light
           ,
           is
           only
           truly
           known
           ;
           
           and
           while
           men
           hear
           ,
           obey
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           the
           Counsel
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           walk
           in
           the
           Way
           of
           Truth
           and
           Path
           of
           Life
           ,
           they
           feel
           the
           Light
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           experience
           the
           Blood
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           cleanse
           them
           from
           all
           Sins
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           Answer
           about
           Perfection
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             he
             pleads
             not
             for
             Sin
             ,
             because
             he
             denyes
             perfect
             Freedom
             from
             it
             ,
             since
             he
             pleads
             for
             Sin
             ,
             that
             telleth
             men
             ,
             they
             may
             sin
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           any
           hear
           an
           Advocate
           plead
           that
           such
           a
           man
           must
           break
           the
           Law
           as
           long
           as
           he
           lives
           ,
           will
           it
           not
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           he
           pleads
           for
           a
           Toleration
           of
           him
           in
           the
           same
           Evils
           after
           he
           hath
           been
           pardoned
           ?
           But
           if
           any
           hear
           him
           plead
           ,
           that
           the
           Law-makers
           say
           the
           same
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Teachers
           )
           will
           they
           not
           conclude
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           them
           tolerate
           Injustice
           ,
           that
           he
           blasphemes
           and
           slanders
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Word
           signifies
           ?
           yet
           this
           is
           
             S.
             G's
          
           Case
           in
           point
           of
           
             Indulgence
             of
             Sin.
          
           
        
         
           
             To
             his
             other
             Comparison
             ,
             p.
             6.
             viz.
          
           Who
           favours
           a
           Disease
           most
           ,
           He
           that
           prescribes
           to
           his
           Patient
           to
           take
           Antidotes
           ,
           or
           He
           that
           tells
           him
           ,
           He
           has
           no
           Disease
           ,
           nor
           needs
           to
           use
           any
           Means
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           He
           weakens
           a
           man
           most
           ,
           that
           perswades
           him
           ,
           That
           his
           Disease
           is
           so
           rooted
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           overcome
           it
           ,
           yet
           prescribes
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           puts
           the
           poor
           man
           to
           Cost
           .
        
         
           
             Nor
             doth
             Christ
             say
             ,
             That
             all
             men
             must
             offend
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             long
             as
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             endures
          
           ;
           but
           that
           one
           Jot
           or
           Tittle
           from
           the
           Law
           shall
           not
           pass
           ,
           till
           all
           be
           fulfilled
           :
           And
           he
           that
           breaks
           one
           of
           the
           least
           of
           these
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           teacheth
           men
           so
           ,
           shall
           be
           called
           Least
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Mat
             5.
             19.
             
             And
             if
             the
             least
             be
             not
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             then
             all
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             .
          
        
         
           Because
           
             A.
             P.
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Where
             God
             is
             manifest
             within
             ,
             he
             must
             needs
             be
             Light
             ;
             S.
             G.
          
           would
           make
           him
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           
             God
             ,
             Christ
             and
             the
             Spirit
             are
             the
             Light
             within
             us
             .
          
           It
           feems
           he
           dares
           not
           fasten
           his
           Consequences
           upon
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           upon
           what
           
             A.
             P.
          
           alledgeth
           out
           of
           them
           :
           And
           doth
           not
           
             S.
             G.
          
           deny
           them
           by
           Consequence
           ,
           as
           he
           denyes
           the
           King
           that
           denyes
           the
           King
           's
           Writ
           ,
           since
           they
           hold
           forth
           that
           very
           Doctrine
           .
           If
           to
           reject
           Scripture
           be
           Erroneous
           ,
           S.
           G.
           cannot
           be
           sound
           ,
           that
           makes
           that
           Consequence
           matter
           of
           Error
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           acknowledges
           to
           be
           Scriptural
           :
           Hear
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           A.
           P.
           
             intended
             not
             ,
             that
             God
             and
             Christ
             are
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             
             to
             what
             Purpose
             did
             he
             alledge
             those
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             say
             ,
             God
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             in
             us
             :
             Christ
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             Christ
             is
             in
             us
             ?
          
           Which
           Reader
           ,
           If
           I
           understand
           any
           thing
           ,
           is
           to
           allow
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           Scripture
           for
           our
           Assertion
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           up
           the
           Cause
           as
           far
           as
           ever
           we
           contended
           for
           it
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           That
           
             God
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             Christ
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             as
             such
             ,
             do
             shine
             or
             appear
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           to
           give
           them
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           those
           things
           which
           concern
           their
           Eternal
           Peace
           .
        
         
           But
           
             S.
             G.
          
           sayes
           ,
           
             If
             Christ
             were
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             would
             not
             have
             said
             ,
             They
             have
             no
             Light
             in
             them
             .
          
           That
           
             Christ
             is
             the
             true
             Light
             ,
             John
          
           testifies
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           and
           is
           such
           a
           Light
           ,
           
             as
             was
             to
             enlighten
             the
          
           Gentiles
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
             tells
             us
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             the
             Nations
             of
             them
             that
             were
             saved
             ,
             were
             to
             walk
             in
             this
             Light
             ,
          
           John
           the
           Divine
           in
           his
           Revelation
           assures
           us
           .
           Now
           ,
           unless
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           be
           not
           to
           be
           lighted
           with
           this
           Light
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           but
           Body
           only
           that
           was
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           this
           Light
           must
           needs
           shine
           where
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           is
           ,
           which
           is
           within
           ;
           consequently
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           that
           Light
           which
           shines
           within
           .
        
         
           Paul
           that
           took
           Counsel
           to
           persecute
           Christ
           without
           ,
           was
           stroke
           at
           the
           Appearing
           and
           Shining
           of
           Christ
           within
           ;
           
             and
             when
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             reveal
             his
             Son
             in
             him
          
           (
           the
           true
           Light
           that
           enlightens
           all
           Mankind
           )
           
             he
             consulted
             not
             with
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             ,
          
           which
           is
           their
           State
           that
           reject
           and
           vilifie
           his
           spiritual
           Appearance
           and
           Revelation
           of
           him
           in
           the
           Soul
           :
           But
           for
           all
           their
           vain
           Expectations
           and
           loud
           Boasts
           ,
           in
           that
           State
           they
           shall
           never
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           is
           God's
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Prophet's
           Words
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           it
           those
           wicked
           Men
           had
           no
           Light
           from
           God
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           rebelling
           and
           blinding
           themselves
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           following
           their
           own
           Imaginations
           for
           Truth
           ,
           
             They
             had
             no
             Light
             in
             all
             their
             Wayes
          
           ;
           or
           as
           
             S.
             G.
          
           well
           sayes
           ,
           
             Their
             conceited
             Light
             was
             Darkness
             ;
             They
             walked
             in
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             so
             participated
             or
             partook
             not
             of
             the
             Benefit
             and
             Blessing
             of
             the
             Light
             ;
             but
             it
             shined
             in
             the
             Darkness
             uncomprehended
             :
          
           There
           was
           Light
           ,
           
             but
             it
             was
             not
             risen
             upon
             him
             ,
             or
             no
             Morning
             risen
             in
             him
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Words
           may
           be
           rendred
           :
           Is
           there
           no
           Sun
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           because
           Men
           that
           are
           blind
           ,
           or
           shut
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           see
           it
           ?
           Or
           ,
           I
           ▪
           a
           School-Master
           Unlearned
           or
           Insufficient
           ,
           because
           any
           of
           his
           Lads
           play
           truant
           ,
           
           and
           neglect
           his
           Reproof
           &
           Instruction
           ?
           Or
           ,
           Is
           it
           reasonable
           for
           any
           of
           us
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           such
           Schollars
           have
           no
           School-Master
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           idle
           and
           regard
           not
           their
           Book
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           daily
           Checks
           and
           Reprehensions
           of
           them
           ?
           Or
           ,
           Can
           they
           be
           said
           to
           have
           no
           Lesson
           ,
           because
           they
           neglect
           to
           get
           it
           ?
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           Christ
           is
           the
           great
           Priest
           ,
           Prophet
           ,
           King
           ,
           Judge
           and
           Law-Giver
           under
           the
           new
           Covenant
           :
           He
           is
           the
           Shepherd
           that
           daily
           overlooks
           and
           feeds
           his
           Flock
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           know
           not
           him
           so
           revealed
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           very
           Hope
           of
           their
           Glory
           ,
           are
           in
           a
           reprobate
           Estate
           :
           And
           how
           he
           should
           be
           within
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           Light
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           true
           Light
           it self
           ,
           from
           whom
           all
           they
           that
           have
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           received
           it
           ,
           will
           lye
           on
           S.
           G's
           Part
           to
           show
           .
           And
           so
           far
           are
           we
           from
           lessening
           the
           Scriptures
           hereby
           ,
           
             That
             they
             are
             they
             which
             testifie
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Light
             that
             enlightens
             all
             :
          
           And
           with
           their
           holy
           Record
           have
           we
           great
           Unity
           ,
           and
           our
           Souls
           bless
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Benefit
           we
           have
           received
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           ,
           in
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           through
           the
           Revelation
           of
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           are
           but
           a
           sealed
           Book
           ;
           as
           well
           said
           learned
           
             Bishop
             Jewel
          
           against
           Harding
           ,
           p.
           532
           ,
           534.
           
        
         
           In
           p.
           7.
           
           he
           would
           set
           these
           as
           Contraries
           ,
           
             Great
             Light
          
           &
           
             No
             Light
          
           ,
           as
           without
           a
           Medium
           ;
           &
           so
           argues
           ,
           
             Because
             Great
             Light
             was
             before
             deny●d
             to
             the
          
           Ephes
           .
           2.
           12.
           
             therefore
             they
             had
             no
             Light
          
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           as
           if
           God
           had
           left
           himself
           without
           a
           Witness
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
           which
           is
           a
           worse
           State
           then
           the
           Lycaonians
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           sense
           of
           his
           Wi●dom
           ,
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           from
           his
           visible
           Works
           ,
           which
           outward
           Witness
           had
           been
           Insufficient
           ,
           without
           an
           *
           inward
           Witness
           to
           joyn
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           evidence
           it
           more
           ●●esly
           unto
           them
           .
           No
           better
           Success
           had
           the
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           had
           among
           the
           Ephesians
           without
           it
           ,
           which
           because
           their
           Light
           in
           time
           of
           their
           Ignorance
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           which
           then
           in
           due
           Time
           God
           revealed
           unto
           them
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           ,
           did
           not
           teach
           (
           it
           being
           too
           high
           for
           their
           State
           )
           Therefore
           by
           his
           Consequence
           they
           had
           none
           ,
           
           nor
           any
           before
           that
           Time.
           
             For
             the
          
           *
           
             Mystery
             was
             hid
             from
             Ages
             and
             Generations
             ,
             
             that
             then
             was
             made
             manifest
             to
             his
             Saints
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             had
             ,
          
           as
           he
           seems
           to
           reason
           ,
           
             it
             would
             have
             taught
             them
          
           Baptism
           ,
           Supper
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nay
           further
           ,
           as
           he
           argues
           ,
           
             All
             the
             Opinions
             that
             the
          
           Episcopalians
           and
           Presbyterians
           
             hold
             ,
             Common
             Prayer
             or
             Directory
             ,
          
           whether
           you
           will
           :
           
           and
           not
           only
           to
           Thou
           and
           Thee
           Magistrates
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           alwayes
           ;
           
             but
             to
             stir
             up
             People
             for
             them
             or
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             serve
             their
             own
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           an
           Outward
           Literal
           Knowledge
           of
           these
           Things
           by
           the
           ●●elp
           of
           Literature
           ,
           as
           Men
           now
           have
           them
           ,
           the
           Jews
           and
           Gent●les
           had
           not
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           not
           written
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           ,
           with
           Ink
           ,
           but
           
             with
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
          
           and
           they
           resisting
           that
           ,
           could
           not
           know
           him
           *
           outwardly
           ,
           because
           (
           though
           they
           knew
           the
           Words
           and
           Sentences
           ,
           yet
           )
           they
           knew
           not
           the
           Voices
           and
           Senses
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           but
           looked
           for
           a
           Conquer●r
           like
           David
           ;
           as
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           like
           Jupiter
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           why
           may
           not
           Men
           now
           with
           their
           Light
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           mistake
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           New
           ,
           as
           they
           then
           did
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           
             may
             do
             with
             theirs
          
           ;
           unless
           he
           can
           prove
           ,
           that
           his
           Light
           is
           the
           true
           one
           ,
           because
           he
           sayes
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Natural
             Reason
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           false
           ,
           because
           they
           maintain
           it
           to
           be
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             Word
             ,
             Reason
          
           or
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           the
           Beginning
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           was
           and
           is
           God
           ,
           as
           say
           several
           Fathers
           in
           our
           Defence
           ,
           For
           Christ
           that
           lightens
           every
           one
           that
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           called
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           Word
           or
           Reason
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           as
           Irenaeus
           saith
           ,
           
             rationabiliter
             &
             se
             sibiliter
             Legem
             statuit
             ,
          
           
           established
           the
           Law
           reasonably
           and
           sensibly
           .
           And
           
             Fe●
             Ardentius
          
           interprets
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           in
           
             Iren.
             Verbum
             ,
             Sermo
             ,
             Ratio
             ,
          
           Word
           or
           Reason
           .
           And
           saith
           Irenaeus
           ,
           pag.
           326.
           
           
             Man
             being
             made
             reasonable
          
           ,
           
           
             lost
             Reason
             ,
             and
             living
             unreasonably
             ,
             gave
             himself
             ov●r
             to
             the
             Earth●y
             Spirit
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           48.
           21.
           
           And
           
             Justin
             Martyr
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             whole
             Reason
          
           ,
           as
           his
           Interpreter
           Langius
           renders
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           the
           Philosophers
           and
           Poets
           conformed
           to
           ,
           
           was
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             a
             Part
             or
             partaking
             of
             the
             Reason
             that
             was
             sown
          
           ;
           and
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Seed
             of
             the
             Word
             or
             Reason
             is
             sown
             or
             ingrafted
             in
             all
             ki●d
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           p.
           46.
           
           And
           Origen
           his
           Author
           useth
           almost
           the
           same
           Words
           ,
           
           
             The
             Law
             sown
             in
             the
             So●l
             by
             comm●●
             Notions
             ,
             a●d
             the
             Word
             written
             in
             the
             Heart
             .
          
           And
           Justin
           in
           the
           place
           quoted
           ,
           makes
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           
             common
             Notion
          
           ,
           and
           
             Word
             or
             Reason
          
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             or
             Mind
          
           ,
           synonimous
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           same
           Signification
           ,
           as
           Origen
           ,
           and
           Irenaeus
           do
           ;
           Almost
           the
           very
           Words
           of
           some
           of
           the
           ancient
           Philosophers
           ;
           For
           Plotin
           calls
           it
           
             a
             Divine
             Principle
             ,
             that
             makes
             the
             good
             Man
             ,
             which
          
           sayes
           he
           ,
           
           is
           the
           
             Root
             of
             the
             Soul.
          
           And
           
             Cleanthes
             ,
             The
             Eternal
             Nature
             ,
             sown
             and
             diffused
             through
             the
             Race
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             most
             sure
             and
             infallible
             Guide
             ;
             Hieron
          
           calls
           it
           a
           
             domestick
             God
          
           ;
           Seneca
           
             Diffused
             reason
          
           ;
           Epictetus
           ,
           
             God
             within
          
           ;
           Plutarch
           ,
           
             a
             living
             Rule
             ,
             interiour
             Guide
             ,
             and
             Everlasting
             Foundation
             of
             Virtue
          
           ;
           Philo
           ,
           
             The
             Immortal
             Law
             ,
             engraven
             on
             the
             Minds
             of
             Men
             ,
             no
             lifeless
             Precepts
             written
             on
             Paper
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           
           Nor
           do
           Modern
           Writers
           much
           ,
           if
           at
           all
           ,
           vary
           :
           
             David
             Paraeus
          
           ,
           another
           of
           his
           Authors
           ,
           saith
           ,
           in
           
           Vrsin's
           Body
           of
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           augmented
           ,
           corrected
           &
           consummated
           by
           him
           ,
           Quest
           .
           6.
           
           
             The
             Image
             of
             God
             contains
             all
             the
             Natural
             Notions
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             his
             Will
             and
             Works
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             perfect
             Wisdom
             in
             the
             Mind
             ,
             perfect
             Righteousness
             and
             Holiness
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             all
             outward
             Actions
             .
             Perfect
             Wisdom
             is
             here
             said
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             not
             that
             which
             is
             ignorant
             of
             nothing
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             is
             competent
             to
             a
             created
             Nature
             sufficient
             to
             its
             Felicitys
             :
             So
             there
             is
             an
          
           Homonymy
           
             or
             double
             Signification
             of
             the
             Word
             Perfect
             .
          
           And
           in
           Quest
           .
           92.
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             were
             created
             ,
             redeemed
             and
             sanctified
             to
             this
             End
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             we
             should
          
           KEEP
           THE
           LAW
           MORAL
           AND
           NATURAL
           ,
           BEING
           THE
           SAME
           IN
           THIS
           LIFE
           AND
           THE
           ETERNAL
           ,
           IT
           NOT
           BEING
           ABROGATED
           AS
           TO
           OBEDIENCE
           .
           Now
           these
           Men
           ,
           a
           Irenaeus
           said
           of
           the
           Poets
           and
           Philosophers
           ,
           
             Every
             one
             seeing
             that
             which
             was
             connatural
             ,
             from
             Part
             of
             the
             divine-sown-Reason
             ,
             spoke
             excellently
             ;
             and
             where
             right
             and
             consistent
             with
             themselves
             ,
             they
             are
             ours
          
           ;
           so
           far
           Irenaeus
           .
           And
           the
           Reader
           may
           take
           these
           quoted
           ,
           better
           from
           us
           ,
           then
           S.
           G's
           .
           from
           him
           upon
           meer
           Trust
           .
        
         
           
             Some
             ancient
             Fathers
             &
          
           Protestant
           
             Writers
             expound
             the
             Word
          
           Nature
           
             as
             I
             do
          
           ,
           sayes
           
             S.
             Grevil
          
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           trust
           him
           :
           I
           say
           the
           like
           of
           my
           Exposition
           ,
           and
           have
           already
           quoted
           them
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           how
           far
           I
           credit
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           page
           8.
           he
           wrongs
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           for
           they
           would
           not
           cite
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           gave
           no
           Credit
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           have
           People
           to
           believe
           ,
           as
           Paul
           would
           not
           have
           quoted
           the
           Greek
           Poet
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           believed
           that
           to
           be
           Truta
           that
           he
           said
           concerning
           God
           ,
           
             That
             we
             are
             of
             his
             Off-spring
          
           ;
           which
           he
           brought
           to
           prove
           ,
           
           that
           he
           is
           not
           far
           from
           every
           one
           ,
           On
           
           which
           Place
           Grotius
           cites
           ,
           
           
             for
             the
             Essential
             Presence
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           ,
           several
           
             Heathens
             ,
             Jews
          
           &
           Christians
           ,
           no
           fewer
           then
           Ten
           :
           I
           shall
           instance
           but
           in
           one
           .
           
             Minutus
             Felix
          
           ,
           who
           ●yes
           ,
           
             God
             is
             every
             where
             ,
             not
             only
             very
             near
             us
             ,
             but
             infused
          
           ;
           which
           because
           
             A.
             P.
          
           said
           not
           expresly
           ,
           though
           S.
           G.
           charges
           him
           to
           say
           it
           by
           Consequence
           ,
           he
           makes
           it
           A.
           P's
           
           Principle
           to
           shut
           him
           out
           of
           Men
           (
           who
           charges
           it
           for
           an
           Error
           that
           he
           dwells
           in
           Men
           )
           and
           all
           that
           is
           not
           by
           Generation
           ,
           p.
           8.
           
           And
           so
           not
           only
           many
           primitive
           and
           later
           Christian
           Doctors
           ;
           but
           also
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           deny
           the
           rational
           Soul
           to
           be
           
             ex
             traduce
          
           or
           by
           Generation
           ,
           but
           infused
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           great
           Blasphemers
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           make
           the
           Quakers
           .
           And
           if
           he
           can
           produce
           neither
           Scripture
           (
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           cannot
           )
           nor
           ancient
           nor
           modern
           Writers
           ,
           for
           his
           Gift
           of
           the
           Spirit
           that
           comes
           by
           Generation
           ,
           He
           must
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           new
           Doctrine
           :
           
           A
           Gift
           or
           Grace
           is
           not
           one's
           self
           ,
           nor
           a
           Part
           of
           one's
           self
           ,
           nor
           one's
           own
           originally
           ;
           but
           another's
           ,
           freely
           conferr'd
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Graces
             or
             things
             freely
             given
          
           .
        
         
           He
           says
           ,
           
             To
             do
             as
             we
             would
             be
             done
             to
             ,
             is
             sown
             in
             our
             Natures
          
           ;
           then
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Law
           &
           the
           Prophets
           contain'd
           what
           more
           eminently
           appeared
           ,
           
           and
           was
           extended
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Love
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           with
           the
           Reason
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           love
           them
           that
           love
           you
           ,
           &c.
           which
           the
           Gentiles
           had
           in
           them
           in
           Effect
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           Letters
           .
           And
           
             D.
             Paraeus
          
           saith
           ,
           
           
             In
             the
             State
             of
             Sin
             ,
             a
             Man
             is
             not
             apt
             to
             do
             or
             think
             any
             Good
             of
             himself
             according
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           Eph.
           2.
           9.
           and
           2
           Cor.
           3.
           5.
           
           &c.
           Then
           neither
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Law
           ▪
           
             was
             of
             themselves
          
           ,
           else
           how
           they
           could
           condemn
           them
           that
           had
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           transgressed
           it
           .
           And
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             which
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             is
             manifest
             in
             Men
          
           ;
           
           
             for
             God
             hath
             shewed
             it
             to
             them
          
           ;
           and
           
             God
             hath
             shewed
             unto
             thee
             ,
             O
             Man
             !
             what
             is
             good
             ,
          
           &c.
           Mic
           ,
           6.
           8.
           which
           S.
           G.
           denies
           ,
           calling
           it
           a
           
             special
             Presence
          
           ,
           from
           what
           ground
           ,
           he
           shews
           not
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           ;
           for
           the
           Manifestation
           is
           common
           and
           universal
           ,
           the
           Words
           themselves
           prove
           it
           ;
           consequently
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           common
           Presence
           ;
           and
           indeed
           a
           special
           Manifestation
           implies
           a
           Common
           .
        
         
           He
           eavils
           about
           the
           word
           Perfect
           ,
           distinguished
           before
           out
           of
           Paraeus
           ;
           and
           tells
           of
           Darkness
           dwelling
           with
           Light
           ,
           
           and
           Ignorance
           with
           Knowledge
           ;
           I
           know
           not
           for
           what
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           to
           confess
           to
           us
           ,
           That
           his
           Knowledge
           is
           not
           without
           Ignorance
           :
           But
           it
           seems
           ,
           he
           is
           affraid
           le●t
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           Darknes
           ,
           Ignorance
           &
           Sin
           should
           be
           destroy'd
           ;
           
           therefore
           proceeds
           to
           write
           against
           a
           
             Freedom
             from
             Sin
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
          
           and
           to
           oppose
           the
           Expositions
           of
           the
           Fathers
           
             &
             Protestant
          
           Doctors
           (
           which
           it
           seems
           ,
           are
           of
           less
           credit
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           with
           the
           Quakers
           )
           that
           hold
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             in
             Christ's
             Sermon
             tends
             to
             a
             Righteousness
             beyond
             that
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           charging
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           meant
           ,
           that
           Christ
           set
           up
           a
           Righteousness
           or
           a
           Law
           ,
           above
           his
           own
           perfect
           ,
           Everlasting
           ,
           Spiritual
           Law
           ,
           which
           some
           call
           Natural
           and
           Moral
           ;
           
             
               The
               same
               in
               Nature
            
             ,
             
             saith
             
               Origen
               ,
               entire
               ,
               agreeing
               with
               the
               Eternal
               and
               Immoveable
               Rule
               of
               Righteousness
               in
               God
               ,
               abiding
               the
               same
               from
               the
               Beginning
               to
               the
               End
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               therefore
               were
               we
               redeemed
               and
               regenerated
               by
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               that
               we
               should
            
             keep
             this
             Law
             in
             this
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
               Love
               God
               and
               our
               Neighbour
               with
               all
               our
               Heart
               ,
            
             not
             a
             new
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             the
             old
             ,
             which
             was
             from
             the
             Beginning
             :
             
             
               Which
               Law
               Natural
            
             Noah
             and
             Abraham
             kept
             (
             saith
             
               Tertullian
               )
               and
               were
               justified
               by
               it
               .
            
             And
             further
             :
             
               In
               this
               Primordial
               and
               General
               Law
               of
               God
               given
               to
            
             Adam
             ,
             
               were
               all
               the
               Precepts
               of
               the
               latter
               Law
               given
               forth
               in
               their
               Seasons
            
             ;
             for
             ,
             what
             Wonder
             if
             he
             increase
             the
             Discipline
             who
             instituted
             it
             ?
             
               And
               God
               at
               a
               certain
               .
               Season
               exhibited
               a
               subsequent
               Law
               to
               the
            
             Gentiles
             ;
             
               and
               that
               which
               was
               promised
               again
               by
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               reform●●
               to
               the
               better
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               be
               kept
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           are
           their
           words
           ;
           which
           shews
           what
           Law
           was
           meant
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           
           which
           was
           added
           because
           of
           Transgression
           ,
           
             t●ll
             the
             Seed
             should
             come
          
           ;
           before
           which
           time
           many
           things
           were
           winked
           at
           ,
           and
           su●ered
           because
           of
           the
           Hardness
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           beginning
           were
           not
           so
           ,
           which
           Christ
           brings
           to
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           recover
           all
           that
           was
           lost
           ,
           and
           so
           give
           Power
           by
           his
           Spirit
           to
           them
           that
           walk
           after
           it
           ,
           that
           his
           Law
           may
           be
           fulfilled
           in
           them
           in
           the
           Everlasting
           Righteousness
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           very
           End
           of
           his
           Coming
           ,
           
             
               The
               Law
               being
               obscured
               by
               the
               Fall
               ,
               much
               obliterated
               and
               lest
               ,
               lest
               the
               Relicks
               in
               the
               Minds
               of
               men
               ,
               might
               be
               thought
               to
               be
               an
               Opinion
               ,
            
             GOD
             REPEATED
             IT
          
           ,
           saith
           Vrsin
           ;
           which
           they
           that
           walked
           after
           the
           ●lesh
           could
           not
           keep
           ,
           and
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           only
           condemn
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Manifestation
           and
           Capacity
           in
           might
           be
           said
           to
           be
           weak
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           Rites
           &
           Sacrifices
           added
           ,
           ever
           unable
           to
           purifie
           the
           Conscience
           :
           
             But
             they
             that
             Love
             him
             ,
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             not
             grievous
          
           So
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Relicks
           of
           the
           Law
           Natural
           repeated
           in
           the
           Decalogue
           ,
           that
           Christ
           
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           came
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Righteousness
           beyond
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           to
           repeat
           and
           confirm
           the
           Relicks
           ,
           but
           restore
           the
           whole
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           
           and
           bring
           on
           the
           Perfection
           ,
           
             to
             be
             Merciful
          
           (
           as
           saith
           Calvin
           himself
           )
           
             and
             Love
             Enemies
          
           ,
           
             beyond
             which
             ,
          
           Remigius
           saith
           (
           as
           
             S.
             G.
          
           cites
           )
           
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Love
             ;
             and
             therefore
             having
             commanded
             this
             ,
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             Be
             ye
             Perfect
             ;
             this
             being
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Love.
             
          
           Perfect
           Love
           casts
           out
           Fear
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Fulfilling
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           loveth
           God
           ,
           keepeth
           his
           Commandments
           .
        
         
           But
           
             S.
             G.
          
           p.
           10.
           
           having
           taken
           away
           their
           Distinctions
           by
           his
           Distinctions
           of
           the
           Moral
           Law
           ,
           comprehending
           all
           Ceremonies
           ,
           &c.
           relating
           to
           the
           Old
           Testament
           and
           New
           ;
           Under
           the
           Name
           of
           Parker
           ,
           he
           tacitely
           chargeth
           not
           only
           Remigius
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           but
           also
           Chrysostom
           and
           many
           other
           Fathers
           and
           Doctors
           quoted
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           in
           their
           narrow
           Interpretations
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           some
           particular
           Precepts
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           this
           he
           flings
           on
           
             A.
             P.
          
           for
           saying
           but
           the
           same
           things
           ;
           while
           indeed
           it
           is
           to
           be
           s●ared
           ,
           that
           
             S.
             G.
          
           is
           one
           of
           those
           who
           rests
           satisfied
           with
           a
           partial
           and
           outward
           Observation
           of
           things
           ,
           making
           void
           or
           at
           least
           de●lining
           the
           weightier
           Matters
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           since
           he
           suggests
           ,
           that
           an
           Endeavour
           is
           enough
           without
           keeping
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           the
           Difference
           of
           the
           Times
           and
           States
           under
           the
           Law
           and
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           Manifestation
           and
           Power
           ,
           he
           sayes
           nothing
           ,
           whatever
           he
           knows
           ;
           for
           that
           would
           cross
           his
           Interest
           gro●nded
           on
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           Sin
           ,
           in
           putting
           an
           entire
           ●nd
           to
           it
           :
           But
           how
           can
           he
           without
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           say
           in
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           ,
           
             Thy
             Kingdom
             come
             ,
             Thy
             W●ll
             be
             done
             in
             Earth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Heaven
          
           ;
           whilst
           he
           is
           so
           far
           from
           believing
           it
           ,
           and
           promoting
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           sets
           himself
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           and
           dispute
           against
           it
           ?
           And
           how
           can
           the
           doing
           of
           God's
           Will
           in
           Earth
           as
           it
           〈◊〉
           Heaven
           ,
           stand
           with
           Praying
           for
           Forgiveness
           of
           Sins
           all
           their
           Life
           long
           ?
           What
           doth
           this
           but
           over-turn
           the
           whole
           Condition
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           Unless
           thou
           takest
           up
           my
           Cross
           ,
           and
           follow
           me
           ,
           thou
           canst
           not
           be
           my
           Di●iple
           ?
        
         
           He
           is
           not
           (
           I
           perceive
           )
           for
           being
           Baptized
           with
           the
           Baptis●
           Christ
           was
           baptized
           with
           ;
           nor
           for
           〈◊〉
           ,
           of
           that
           bitter
           Cup
           he
           drank
           of
           ;
           He
           is
           rather
           for
           〈◊〉
           himself
           and
           others
           asleep
           in
           this
           pernicious
           Hope
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             〈◊〉
             taken
             up
             the
             C●●ss
             ,
             been
             baptized
             ,
             
             and
             drank
             that
             bitter
             Cup
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             need
             not
             do
             it
             over
             again
          
           ;
           otherwise
           he
           would
           not
           dare
           hold
           and
           maintain
           such
           a
           Continuance
           of
           Imperfection
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           .
           He
           is
           not
           of
           the
           Apostle's
           Mind
           ,
           that
           prayed
           for
           a
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           then
           Believers
           ,
           not
           in
           part
           ,
           
             but
             throughout
             ,
             in
             Body
             ,
             Soul
             and
             Spirit
             .
          
           God
           will
           bring
           down
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           it
           shakes
           already
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           11.
           
           
           As
           to
           his
           Reconciliation
           with
           God
           in
           his
           Continuation
           in
           Sin
           ,
           they
           are
           inconsistent
           ,
           considered
           in
           the
           same
           Degree
           :
           So
           that
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           Whilst
           there
           is
           no
           Separation
           from
           Sin
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Reconciliation
           with
           God
           ,
           but
           if
           there
           be
           separation
           from
           Sin
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           there
           is
           Reconciliation
           with
           God
           in
           some
           measure
           :
           As
           separated
           ,
           so
           reconciled
           ;
           perfectly
           separated
           ,
           perfectly
           reconciled
           .
           As
           we
           ●ee
           in
           natural
           things
           ,
           so
           full
           of
           Air
           ,
           so
           empty
           of
           all
           else
           .
        
         
           
             But
             he
             makes
          
           A.
           P.
           
             to
             say
             ,
             till
             a
          
           Man
           be
           perfectly
           separate
           from
           Sin
           ,
           he
           is
           altogether
           out
           of
           Reconciliation
           with
           God
           ;
           
             but
             proves
             it
             not
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             is
             such
             Doctrine
             provable
             out
             of
             his
             Book
             .
          
        
         
           Whereas
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             God's
             Commandments
             do
             not
             show
             Man's
             Power
             :
          
           If
           he
           mean
           the
           Power
           that
           is
           given
           of
           God
           to
           Man
           ,
           it
           is
           false
           ;
           for
           that
           were
           to
           make
           God
           unjust
           ,
           and
           an
           Hard
           Master
           ;
           for
           ,
           where
           ever
           God
           commands
           ,
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           Power
           to
           do
           ;
           And
           where
           he
           is
           not
           obeyed
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Sign
           that
           that
           Power
           is
           withstood
           ,
           lost
           or
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           man
           harde●ed
           through
           Disobedience
           .
           And
           without
           that
           Principle
           of
           Faith
           and
           Love
           ,
           which
           only
           fulfills
           the
           Law
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           justified
           by
           a
           meer
           Performance
           of
           outward
           Observations
           ,
           is
           as
           impossible
           and
           absurd
           ,
           
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           think
           one
           should
           rather
           live
           by
           Virtue
           of
           outward
           Rayment
           or
           Apparel
           ,
           then
           by
           Breath
           and
           substantial
           Nourishment
           .
           God
           gave
           such
           a
           Measure
           of
           his
           Spirit
           to
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           tha●
           if
           they
           had
           loved
           and
           followed
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           been
           stiff
           necked
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           continued
           in
           the
           Obedience
           to
           all
           things
           that
           were
           written
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           do
           them
           ,
           (
           unless
           God
           commanded
           Impossibi●ties
           )
           and
           in
           that
           Way
           that
           they
           were
           commanded
           them
           ,
           
           to
           〈◊〉
           ,
           to
           separate
           them
           from
           the
           〈◊〉
           ;
           And
           they
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           been
           thankful
           ,
           and
           glorified
           God
           by
           their
           Obedience
           to
           what
           they
           kne●
           of
           him
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           given
           up
           to
           a
           Reprobate
           Sen●e
           ;
           
           and
           if
           they
           had
           followed
           the
           Goodne●s
           of
           God
           ,
           leading
           to
           ●epentance
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           had
           an
           impenitent
           Heart
           ,
           they
           had
           received
           according
           to
           their
           
           Deeds
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Peace
           :
           for
           if
           it
           be
           given
           to
           the
           good
           Gentile
           ,
           
           then
           surely
           to
           the
           good
           Jew
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Jews
           in
           Christ's
           Day
           had
           not
           brought
           forth
           Wild
           Grapes
           ,
           and
           been
           like
           their
           Fore-Fathers
           ,
           
           that
           rebell'd
           against
           God's
           good
           Spirit
           (
           under
           Pretence
           of
           magnifying
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           contending
           for
           the
           Faith
           of
           their
           Fathers
           )
           they
           had
           not
           been
           blinded
           like
           them
           ,
           nor
           the
           Vineyard
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           nor
           theirs
           laid
           waste
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12.
             
             Not
             as
             though
             I
             had
             already
             attained
             ,
             or
             were
             already
             Perfect
             :
          
           
           It
           proves
           not
           that
           Paul
           was
           not
           clear
           from
           Sinning
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           had
           not
           yet
           perfected
           or
           finished
           his
           Course
           ,
           
             so
             as
             to
             have
             kept
             the
             Faith
             to
             the
             End
             ,
          
           to
           be
           out
           of
           Danger
           to
           miss
           of
           the
           Reward
           ,
           
           as
           he
           was
           afterwards
           ,
           as
           appears
           plainly
           by
           the
           Comparison
           he
           useth
           ,
           of
           a
           Course
           .
           He
           doth
           not
           say
           (
           as
           this
           man
           would
           have
           him
           )
           That
           some
           that
           were
           Perfect
           were
           otherwise
           minded
           ;
           But
           these
           that
           were
           Perfect
           had
           a
           perfect
           Understanding
           of
           those
           things
           that
           were
           in
           Difference
           among
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           speaks
           in
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           
           about
           the
           Concifion
           ,
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           diminutively
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           and
           Preheminence
           sought
           by
           it
           ,
           without
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           perverted
           and
           sleighted
           ,
           
           ,
           
             being
             Dogs
             ,
             making
             their
             B●lly
             their
             God
             ,
             and
             minding
             Earthly
             Things
             ,
             and
             glorying
             in
             their
             Shame
             ,
             being
             Evil
             Workers
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             bid
             them
             beware
             .
          
        
         
           To
           
             his
             Sinning
          
           ,
           
           
             through
             alwayes
             needing
             more
             Grace
          
           :
           He
           that
           is
           capable
           of
           receiving
           more
           ,
           and
           refuseth
           &
           resisteth
           it
           ,
           sinneth
           ;
           but
           to
           use
           his
           own
           Similitude
           ,
           A
           Little
           One
           (
           as
           Christ
           calls
           some
           of
           his
           )
           that
           hath
           but
           a
           little
           Heart
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           give
           it
           all
           to
           God
           ,
           he
           can
           do
           no
           more
           ,
           he
           sinneth
           not
           ,
           but
           fulfills
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           The
           Hebrews
           were
           chid
           because
           they
           had
           not
           improved
           their
           time
           ;
           
           which
           if
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           sinned
           .
           Peter
           and
           the
           Rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           in
           that
           manner
           of
           Speech
           taught
           and
           instructed
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Effica●y
           of
           Faith
           in
           its
           extent
           ,
           which
           they
           should
           receive
           after
           they
           were
           indued
           with
           Power
           from
           on
           high
           ,
           
           which
           they
           were
           commanded
           to
           wait
           for
           ,
           that
           had
           they
           neglected
           ,
           they
           had
           sinned
           ;
           and
           to
           expect
           it
           before
           the
           time
           (
           as
           for
           a
           Child
           to
           aspire
           to
           the
           things
           of
           a
           man
           )
           is
           the
           part
           of
           much
           Heat
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           is
           good
           to
           be
           discountenanced
           sometimes
           ,
           
           though
           not
           alwayes
           to
           be
           disliked
           .
           Not
           to
           be
           at
           present
           ,
           what
           they
           are
           exhorted
           to
           be
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           to
           make
           that
           Transgression
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           to
           set
           Transgression
           in
           order
           of
           time
           before
           the
           Law
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           there
           is
           no
           Transgression
           ;
           for
           Sin
           is
           the
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law
           that
           is
           known
           :
           
             To
             him
             that
             knoweth
             to
             do
             Good
             ,
             and
             doth
             it
             not
             ,
             to
             him
             it
             is
             Sin
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Ignorance
             God
             winkes
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Corinthians
           were
           exhorted
           to
           be
           in
           understanding
           perfect
           as
           the
           Word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifies
           :
           
           To
           accuse
           them
           of
           Imperfection
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           Sin
           ,
           because
           then
           Children
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Minority
           ,
           (
           though
           born
           of
           God
           in
           
           John's
           sense
           )
           were
           to
           accuse
           not
           only
           the
           Saints
           departed
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Angels
           of
           Sin
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           not
           attained
           to
           that
           Measure
           of
           Wisdom
           that
           God
           is
           ,
           upon
           his
           Principle
           ;
           for
           his
           Argument
           implies
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           End
           of
           needing
           of
           Grace
           .
           I
           wonder
           he
           has
           forgotten
           his
           School
           Distinction
           of
           
             a
             quo
             &
             ad
             quem
          
           ;
           for
           men
           may
           be
           perfect
           from
           Sin
           ,
           and
           not
           perfectly
           grown
           up
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Knowledge
           of
           all
           the
           Weighty
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           For
           his
           Notion
           of
           Sanctification
           and
           Purification
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           Where
           the
           Conscience
           is
           not
           defiled
           ,
           it
           is
           purified
           ;
           and
           men
           are
           sanctified
           or
           dedicated
           to
           God
           by
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Belief
           and
           Obedience
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           sinning
           ;
           else
           ,
           how
           Temples
           and
           Tabernacles
           for
           God
           to
           dwell
           and
           be
           worshipt
           in
           ?
        
         
           For
           the
           Place
           he
           brings
           that
           men
           must
           sin
           because
           they
           are
           men
           ,
           
           he
           might
           better
           have
           given
           that
           Reason
           for
           the
           Devil
           's
           sinning
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           Devil
           ;
           for
           sinning
           is
           not
           man's
           State
           ,
           as
           man
           ,
           though
           in
           joyning
           with
           the
           Devil
           he
           may
           Sin
           ,
           as
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifies
           ,
           being
           potential
           ;
           and
           so
           Pagninus
           renders
           it
           by
           peccet
           ;
           but
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           a
           bad
           Translation
           ,
           
             his
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           as
           his
           words
           imply
           ,
           to
           countenance
           his
           bad
           Conclusion
           ,
           That
           because
           they
           may
           Sin
           ,
           
             therefore
             they
             must
             sin
          
           .
           See
           more
           in
           D.
           Gell's
           Essay
           to
           the
           Translation
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           p.
           762
           ,
           768
           ,
           772.
           
        
         
           Because
           David
           ,
           
           Psal
           .
           19.
           thought
           it
           a
           hard
           Matter
           for
           him
           ,
           or
           those
           in
           his
           Condition
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           understand
           their
           Errors
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           those
           Statutes
           and
           Precepts
           ,
           &c.
           which
           through
           Neglect
           they
           might
           be
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           was
           a
           Sacrifice
           appointed
           for
           a
           Propitiation
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           for
           Cleansing
           from
           them
           ,
           v.
           12.
           
           And
           because
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           130.
           being
           in
           the
           Deep
           by
           reason
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           prayed
           for
           Forgiveness
           ,
           vers
           .
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           And
           because
           the
           Apostle
           James
           saith
           ,
           
             In
             many
             things
             we
             sin
             all
             ,
          
           he
           concludes
           ,
           
             that
             not
             only
          
           David
           ,
           
             but
             the
             Apostles
             to
             
             in
             their
             best
             Condition
             ,
             even
             to
             their
             Death
             ,
             did
             sin
          
           ;
           and
           that
           James
           
             was
             a
             Curser
             to
             his
             Death
             ,
          
           because
           he
           said
           ,
           
             with
             the
             Tongue
             curse
             we
             men
             ,
          
           taking
           Advantage
           of
           these
           Holy
           Men
           ,
           
             to
             make
             them
             Offenders
             for
             their
             Words
             :
          
           But
           what
           good
           Man
           will
           believe
           him
           ?
           No
           wonder
           if
           he
           traduce
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           pervert
           their
           words
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           one
           of
           them
           that
           David
           speaks
           of
           ,
           
             that
             wrests
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             imagines
             Evil
             of
             him
             .
          
           And
           for
           any
           thing
           we
           know
           (
           for
           we
           cannot
           take
           his
           words
           without
           Quotation
           )
           he
           may
           as
           much
           wrong
           or
           wrest
           those
           Passages
           out
           of
           
             Origen
             ,
             Theophylact
             ,
             Chrysostom
             ,
             Ambrose
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Writers
          
           ,
           that
           he
           sayes
           he
           has
           read
           ,
           about
           〈…〉
           ,
           which
           is
           for
           Destruction
           it self
           ;
           In
           my
           Mind
           the
           De●il
           may
           more
           fitly
           be
           said
           to
           correct
           it
           :
           For
           if
           they
           that
           are
           Dead
           have
           ceas●d
           from
           Sin
           ,
           then
           the
           Damned
           shall
           not
           blaspheme
           God
           ,
           or
           else
           their
           Blasphemy
           is
           not
           Sin
           ;
           which
           
             Protestant
             Writers
          
           say
           not
           ,
           nor
           the
           Fathers
           ever
           taught
           .
        
         
           But
           Grotius
           a
           famous
           
             Portestant
             Writer
          
           interprets
           it
           thus
           ,
           
           ,
           
             That
             as
             the
             Dead
             return
             not
             〈◊〉
             their
             former
             Life
             ,
             so
             neither
             he
             that
             is
             truly
             Dead
             to
             Sin
             ,
             〈…〉
             his
             former
             Life
             again
             .
          
           And
           Zegerus
           ,
           another
           saith
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             is
             ,
             being
             〈…〉
             from
             Sinning
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             may
             not
             sin
             ,
             unless
             he
             well
             .
          
           But
           this
           man
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           Paul
           meant
           ,
           that
           
             Bodily
             Death
             took
             away
             the
             Possibility
             of
             sinning
             ,
             and
             Life
             the
             Possibility
             of
             not
             Sinning
             .
          
           However
           ,
           he
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Sin
           is
           meant
           ,
           
             the
             Separation
             of
             Sin
             from
             a
             man
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             being
             freed
             from
             Sin
             ,
             a●d
             ceasing
             from
             sinning
          
           ;
           yet
           sayes
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Rom.
             6.
             there
             is
             not
             a
             word
             to
             d●hort
             them
             not
             to
             suffer
             any
             Sin
             to
             be
             in
             them
             :
          
           But
           how
           can
           a
           man
           let
           Sin
           be
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           not
           sin
           ?
           For
           it
           is
           not
           a
           Sin
           to
           be
           tempted
           ,
           but
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Temptation
           :
           He
           that
           ceases
           from
           sinning
           ,
           ceases
           from
           Sin
           ;
           and
           whensoever
           any
           yields
           to
           obey
           Sin
           ,
           then
           he
           is
           the
           Servant
           of
           Sin
           :
           Can
           any
           man
           commit
           a
           Sin
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           captivated
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           it
           ?
           And
           therefore
           in
           that
           Condition
           Paul
           cryed
           out
           ,
           as
           a
           Distressed
           Captive
           ,
           for
           Deliveran●●
           from
           the
           Body
           of
           Death
           ,
           
             not
             from
             the
             Natural
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           for
           ,
           before
           that
           was
           dissolved
           ,
           
           he
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             finished
             my
             Course
             ,
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             Faith
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           He
           had
           endured
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           and
           arrive●
           at
           Perfection
           .
           E●asmus
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             was
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Apostle
           spoak
           in
           Rom.
           7.
           
           And
           Gretius
           on
           the
           some
           place
           ,
           will
           not
           have
           it
           
           Paul's
           Condition
           when
           he
           wrote
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Rom●ns
           .
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             sayes
             he
             ,
             that
             Paul
             speaks
             in
             the
             first
             Person
             ,
             
               not
               
               that
               he
               deals
               concerning
               himself
               ,
            
             but
             for
             Modesty's
             sake
             ,
             he
             had
             rather
             so
             express
             odious
             things
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             to
             transfer
             in
             a
             Figure
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           6.
           so
           in
           1
           Cor.
           6.
           12
           ,
           15.
           chap.
           10.
           29
           ,
           30.
           chap.
           13.
           2.
           
           Gal.
           2.
           18.
           
           Chrysostom
           ad
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           sayes
           ;
           
             He
             takes
             heavy
             things
             on
             his
             own
             Person
             .
             Hieron
          
           ad
           Daniel
           ,
           
             Because
             he
             is
             one
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             he
             reckons
             their
             Sins
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             ,
             which
             also
             we
             read
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             did
             in
             the
             Epistle
             to
             the
          
           Romans
           .
           But
           this
           man
           interpreting
           it
           ,
           
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Body
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             the
             Body
             of
             Death
          
           ,
           first
           gives
           a
           Reason
           ,
           why
           Sin
           must
           be
           destroyed
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             because
             it
             entered
             by
             the
             Conjunction
             and
             Vnion
             of
             the
             Soul
             with
             the
             Body
          
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           proves
           not
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           to
           disprove
           himself
           in
           pag.
           8.
           
           For
           there
           he
           saith
           ,
           
           
             The
             Light
             is
             Reason
             ,
             wherewith
             God
             hath
             endued
             man's
             Soul
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Natural
             Gift
             ,
             that
             comes
             by
             Generation
             :
          
           How
           then
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           is
           it
           conjoyned
           and
           united
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           generated
           with
           it
           ?
           for
           so
           't
           is
           one
           with
           it
           .
           Are
           there
           two
           Generations
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           one
           with
           Sin
           ,
           and
           another
           without
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           latter
           united
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           receive
           Sin
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             A
             Body
             hast
             thou
             prepared
             me
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             to
             do
             not
             thy
             Will
             on
             Earth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             at
             my
             first
             Entrance
             into
             it
             ,
             and
             during
             my
             Continuance
             in
             it
             ,
             I
             may
             alwayes
             do
             thy
             Enemy
             some
             Service
             ,
             who
             must
             have
             a
             place
             allowed
             him
             in
             it
             as
             long
             as
             it
             lives
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           this
           blasphemous
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           
           which
           sayes
           ,
           
             He
             that
             defiles
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             ,
             him
             will
             God
             destroy
             .
          
        
         
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           of
           S.
           G.
           how
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           got
           entrance
           to
           defile
           this
           Temple
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           not
           through
           the
           Mind
           ,
           by
           entring
           that
           with
           his
           Temptation
           ,
           
             of
             becoming
             as
             God
             ,
             knowing
             Good
             and
             Evil
             ,
          
           which
           was
           sometime
           after
           that
           God
           had
           breathed
           into
           Man
           the
           Breath
           of
           Life
           .
           If
           he
           sayes
           ,
           it
           was
           ,
           as
           inevitably
           he
           must
           ,
           then
           will
           it
           follow
           ,
           that
           sin
           came
           not
           by
           Conjunction
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           as
           he
           teaches
           ,
           but
           after
           that
           Conjunction
           ;
           and
           so
           his
           Reason
           for
           Death's
           destroying
           of
           Sin
           ,
           which
           implies
           ,
           the
           necessity
           of
           sinning
           til
           men
           dye
           ,
           is
           quite
           overturned
           .
           Besides
           ,
           how
           can
           a
           House
           of
           Clay
           ,
           a
           lifeless
           Lump
           of
           Earth
           ,
           be
           capable
           of
           Pollution
           any
           wayes
           ,
           but
           by
           him
           or
           them
           ,
           that
           inhabit
           or
           enter
           it
           ,
           as
           becoming
           his
           or
           their
           Organ
           ,
           Instrument
           or
           Habitation
           ?
        
         
           Again
           ;
           
             S.
             G.
          
           to
           prove
           that
           Death
           destroyes
           Sin
           ,
           brings
           Rom.
           7.
           24
           as
           in
           the
           common
           Translation
           ,
           This
           Body
           of
           Death
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Greek
           has
           it
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           who
           shall
           
           deliver
           me
           from
           the
           Body
           of
           this
           Death
           ,
           which
           considered
           with
           the
           Context
           ,
           shews
           it
           to
           be
           metaphorically
           and
           spiritually
           intended
           ,
           
           which
           agrees
           with
           
           Ambrose's
           Interpretation
           ,
           produced
           by
           Zegerus
           on
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           approves
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             all
             Sins
             .
             J.
             Capellus
          
           sayes
           ,
           
             It
             is
             the
             Mass
             of
             Sin
             ,
             not
             the
             Mass
             of
             the
             visible
             Body
             .
          
           And
           Drusius
           sayes
           some
           do
           understand
           it
           
             turbam
             malorum
          
           ,
           a
           Multitude
           of
           Evils
           .
           And
           as
           for
           
             Chrys●stom
             ,
             The●doret
          
           and
           all
           those
           
             Protestant
             Writers
          
           he
           has
           read
           (
           who
           knows
           who
           or
           where
           )
           you
           may
           either
           believe
           him
           upon
           trust
           ,
           or
           read
           all
           their
           Books
           ,
           till
           you
           find
           his
           Interpretation
           ;
           for
           particular
           Citation
           he
           affordeth
           us
           not
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           asks
           ,
           how
           A.
           P.
           
             will
             prove
             that
             the
             Body
             of
             Sin
             is
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin
             ?
          
           
           a
           thing
           easily
           done
           after
           his
           way
           of
           proving
           things
           ;
           for
           Grotius
           saith
           ,
           
             
               That
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Members
            
             is
             the
             strong
             Affections
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin
             the
             Vehe●nency
             of
             Affections
             arising
             from
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Body
               of
               Sin
            
             ,
          
           ch
           .
           6.
           6.
           
           A
           Conjunction
           of
           many
           Members
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Vices
             ,
             Col.
          
           3.
           5.
           
           
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           mentioned
           shews
           that
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           is
           intended
           :
           And
           it
           is
           but
           reasonable
           for
           any
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           of
           Sin
           gives
           Law
           to
           them
           that
           are
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             But
             S.
             G.
             from
          
           Gal.
           5.
           17.
           
             where
             't
             is
             translated
          
           ,
           The
           Spirit
           lusteth
           against
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           so
           that
           ye
           cannot
           do
           the
           thing
           ye
           wo●ld
           ,
           
             seems
             thus
             to
             infer
          
           ,
           that
           therefore
           men
           must
           of
           Necessity
           fulfil
           the
           Lusts
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           cannot
           do
           otherwise
           :
           
             Whereas
             it
             should
             be
             translated
          
           ,
           
           so
           that
           ye
           
             may
             not
          
           do
           the
           things
           that
           ye
           would
           ;
           
             which
             is
             thus
             interpreted
             by
          
           D.
           G●ll
           ,
           That
           the
           Spirit
           hinders
           them
           that
           they
           may
           not
           do
           the
           W●ll
           of
           the
           Flesh
           .
        
         
           But
           sayes
           S.
           G.
           Paul
           
             saith
             not
          
           ,
           Rom.
           6.
           14.
           
           
             No
             Sin
             shall
             be
             in
             you
             ,
             but
             Sin
             shall
             not
             have
             Dominion
             over
             you
             .
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           Nor
           doth
           he
           say
           ,
           that
           Sin
           should
           be
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           serve
           them
           :
           Where
           men
           sin
           ,
           Sin
           hath
           Dominion
           .
           But
           tell
           me
           ,
           
             S.
             G.
          
           Is
           not
           the
           strong
           Man
           to
           be
           cast
           forth
           ,
           
           Sin
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil's
           Works
           destroyed
           ?
        
         
           Again
           ,
           saith
           
             S.
             G.
             Flesh
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             Evil
             Affections
             and
             Lusts
             .
          
           But
           if
           that
           Doctrine
           be
           true
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           then
           God
           in
           giving
           men
           Bodies
           of
           Flesh
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Root
           of
           evil
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           ;
           consequently
           the
           Life
           of
           them
           is
           not
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           but
           a
           Curse
           .
        
         
           Further
           ,
           
             S.
             G.
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             legal
             keeping
             of
             God's
             Commandments
             ,
             is
             an
             universal
             and
             perpetual
             keeping
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             Evangelical
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             an
             Aim
             and
             Endeavour
             :
          
           Which
           if
           I
           
           understand
           any
           thing
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           God
           in
           these
           New
           Covenant
           Times
           ,
           to
           indulge
           in
           man
           a
           slacking
           of
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Righteous
           Law.
           At
           this
           rate
           Christ
           came
           not
           that
           we
           should
           fulfil
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           we
           should
           endeavour
           it
           :
           Strange
           Gospel
           ▪
           Are
           men
           under
           a
           less
           Obligation
           to
           Holiness
           ,
           now
           they
           have
           more
           plentiful
           Assistences
           to
           compass
           it
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           Way
           to
           finish
           Sin
           ,
           restore
           Man's
           Nature
           ,
           and
           cloath
           it
           with
           Everlasting
           Righteousness
           ?
           which
           is
           so
           far
           from
           deterring
           man
           from
           not
           observing
           God's
           Law
           inviolably
           ,
           that
           the
           teaches
           ,
           
             that
             an
             Endeavour
             to
             keep
             it
             without
             exactly
             keeping
             ●t
             ,
             is
             the
             Priviledge
             and
             Obedience
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           Whether
           this
           man
           writes
           like
           a
           Gospel-Minister
           ,
           or
           Servant
           of
           the
           God
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           let
           the
           Conscientious
           Reader
           judge
           .
           But
           he
           was
           not
           alwayes
           of
           this
           Mind
           ;
           for
           in
           pag.
           10.
           he
           seems
           to
           plead
           for
           the
           highest
           and
           most
           exact
           Obedience
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           understood
           by
           the
           Jews
           in
           point
           of
           moral
           Righteousness
           ,
           but
           as
           Christ
           wound
           it
           up
           to
           a
           higher
           Degree
           of
           Righteousness
           .
           But
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           
             Bp.
             Sanderson
          
           saith
           ,
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           a
           Man
           venerable
           I
           suppose
           ,
           in
           S.
           G.'s
           Account
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Precepts
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             new
             Law
             ,
             
             as
             the
             holy
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             every
             where
             witness
             ,
             are
             much
             more
             excellent
             as
             to
             some
             Things
             ,
             then
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Moses
             in
             the
             old
             Law
             ;
             not
             only
             in
             respect
             that
             they
             are
             propounded
             more
             fully
             ,
             clearly
             and
             plainly
             ;
             but
             also
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             they
             
               rise
               higher
               ,
               and
               call
               up
            
             Christians
             
               to
               a
               more
               eminent
               Degree
               of
               Perfection
               ,
            
             and
             that
             with
             more
             efficatious
             Allurements
             ;
             namely
             on
             the
             one
             Hand
             propounding
             the
             Example
             of
             Christ
             past
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             most
             ample
             Reward
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             for
             the
             future
             ▪
             As
             in
             those
             two
             great
             Duties
             of
             Christian
             Life
             mostly
             appears
             ,
             of
             loving
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             taking
             up
             the
             Cross
             ,
             commanded
             in
             the
             new
             Law.
             And
             they
             are
             Commands
             univer●ally
             obligatory
             ;
             to
             the
             Ob●ervation
             whereof
             ,
             all
             that
             profess
             the
             Faith
             and
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               are
               bound
            
             under
             Crime
             of
             most
             grievous
             Sin
             (
             namely
             ,
             of
             denying
             Christ
             )
             &
             Penalty
             of
             Eternal
             Damnation
             ,
             unless
             they
             repent
             .
          
           And
           he
           himself
           brings
           in
           
             P.
             Andrews
          
           thus
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Man
             moved
             by
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             out
             of
             Love
             to
             God
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Law.
          
           So
           that
           here
           are
           two
           Bishops
           advancing
           Evangelica
           Obedience
           above
           that
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Strictness
           and
           Purity
           ,
           against
           t●
           is
           Man's
           libertine
           Undervaluue
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           Dimin●●●n
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Adversary
           thinks
           he
           sayes
           a
           great
           deal
           against
           us
           ▪
           in
           telling
           
           People
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             an
             Error
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             any
             can
             be
             s●ved
             partly
             by
             their
             own
             Righteousness
             .
          
           And
           alas
           !
           whoever
           said
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           that
           is
           rightly
           called
           a
           Quaker
           ?
           We
           know
           better
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           by
           Grace
           we
           are
           saved
           ;
           yet
           so
           ,
           
             as
             that
             we
             must
             be
             thereby
             taught
             to
             deny
             Vngodliness
             and
             Worldly
             Lasts
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             World
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           our
           own
           Righteousness
           ,
           but
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           God's
           Grace
           ,
           
           
             that
             is
             all
             sufficient
             for
             so
             great
             Salvation
             :
          
           And
           another
           Sort
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           comes
           by
           and
           in
           the
           Way
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           is
           a
           
             Satanical
             Deluusion
          
           ,
           suited
           to
           the
           corrupt
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           saved
           from
           Wrath
           ,
           
             the
             Wages
          
           ,
           but
           be
           indulged
           in
           Sin
           ,
           
             the
             Work.
          
           However
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           by
           the
           Verses
           foregoing
           ,
           That
           the
           Law
           there
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           the
           ceremonial
           Law
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           they
           ,
           but
           other
           Churches
           in
           those
           times
           had
           and
           made
           some
           Scruple
           of
           relinquishing
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           in
           his
           Epistles
           all
           along
           ,
           wherein
           he
           dehorts
           them
           from
           any
           such
           Observation
           ,
           which
           they
           enclined
           to
           ,
           even
           upon
           an
           Opinion
           of
           Necessity
           ;
           
           And
           which
           the
           said
           
             Bp.
             S.
          
           from
           Gal.
           5.
           2.
           observes
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           be
           d●ad
           ,
           but
           d●adly
           ,
           after
           
           Augustin's
           Distinction
           .
           But
           that
           Christians
           are
           held
           to
           the
           
             Law
             moral
          
           ,
           not
           as
           given
           by
           Moses
           ;
           but
           as
           declarative
           of
           the
           
             Law
             Natural
          
           ,
           which
           before
           he
           had
           called
           Divine
           ;
           
           He
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Bp.
             Sand.
          
           doth
           with
           others
           agree
           ,
           which
           as
           
             Bp.
             Andrews
          
           well
           sayes
           ,
           
             must
             be
             fulfilled
             with
             the
             Motion
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           who
           was
           sent
           ,
           that
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Law
           might
           be
           fulfilled
           in
           us
           ,
           by
           walking
           after
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           whereas
           ,
           
           the
           Flesh
           is
           weak
           ,
           or
           a
           Man
           in
           his
           fleshly
           State
           being
           weakned
           ,
           cannot
           perform
           .
           
             Bp.
             Sanderson
          
           saith
           further
           ,
           The
           
             new
             Law
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
               binds
               all
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               preached
               to
               the
               Obedience
               ,
               both
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               :
               To
               believe
               in
               Christ
               as
               a
               Redeemer
               ,
               and
               ebey
               him
               as
               Law-Giver
               ,
               both
               which
               ,
               unless
               they
               do
               ,
               for
               their
               Duty
               neglected
               they
               shall
               suffer
               Everlasting
               Punishment
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             Grevil
          
           expounds
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             9.
             
             Whosoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             cannot
             sin
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             He
             cannot
             make
             a
             Trade
             of
             it
             ,
          
           from
           
             J.
             Leigh
          
           .
        
         
           
             Answ
             .
             H.
             Grotius
          
           ,
           a
           Man
           ,
           worthily
           of
           greater
           Authority
           ,
           calls
           that
           
             
               a
               pernicious
               Exposition
               ,
               whereby
            
             ,
             sayes
             he
             ,
             
               they
               infer
               ,
               that
               a
               Study
               &
               Endeavour
               to
               live
               well
               suffices
               for
               one
               to
               be
               accounted
               a
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               although
               the
               Things
               be
               not
               fulfilled
               ,
               the
               Custom
               of
               Sin
               prevailing
            
             ;
          
           
           and
           he
           brings
           Tertullian
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           
             De
             Pud●citia
          
           ,
           saying
           thus
           of
           Sin
           &
           Sinners
           ,
           
             
               He
               that
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               will
               not
               at
               all
               commit
               these
               ,
               &
               shall
               not
               
               be
               a
               Son
               of
               God
               if
               he
               shall
               commit
               them
               :
            
          
           
           
             So
             a
             good
             Tree
             cannot
             bring
             forth
             evil
             Fruit
             ;
             but
             it
             may
             become
             barren
             ,
             rotten
             ,
             vitious
             ,
             &
             after
             it
             is
             so
             degenerated
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             cut
             down
             ;
             also
             an
             evil
             Tree
             may
             become
             good
             ,
             &
             then
             consequently
             no
             more
             an
             evil
             Tree
             .
          
           And
           likewise
           Chrysostom
           on
           
             Rom.
             8.
          
           hath
           the
           same
           Comparison
           .
           And
           
             Jerom
             Didymus's
             Disciple
          
           ,
           l.
           1.
           adv
           .
           Pel.
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             is
             born
             of
             God
             sins
             not
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Seed
             of
             God
             abides
             in
             him
             ,
          
           viz.
           lively
           .
           And
           on
           
             Math.
             7.
          
           
           
             A
             Good
             Tree
             cannot
             bring
             forth
             Evil
             Fruit
             ,
             
               as
               long
               as
               it
               perseveres
               in
               the
               Study
            
             of
             Goodness
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             S.
             Grevil
          
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             hopes
          
           Parker
           
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             God
             gives
             his
             People
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             Heaven
             in
             this
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             Bish
             .
             Hall
          
           saith
           it
           ,
           and
           entituleth
           his
           
             Book
             ,
             Heaven
             upon
             Earth
          
           ,
           acknowledging
           the
           same
           
             in
             Nature
          
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           Degree
           :
           How
           ignorant
           is
           this
           Man
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           forgetful
           ?
           Doth
           not
           Paul
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           (
           supposing
           he
           wrot
           it
           )
           speak
           of
           some
           
             that
             may
             have
             tasted
             of
             th●
             Powers
             of
             the
             World
             to
             come
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             may
             fall
             from
             that
             Taste
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           what
           means
           he
           by
           his
           alwayes
           needing
           more
           &
           more
           Grace
           ?
           If
           a
           Man
           be
           filled
           ,
           he
           needs
           no
           more
           .
           And
           a
           Man
           needs
           no
           more
           in
           this
           State
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           is
           capable
           of
           in
           this
           State.
           And
           for
           his
           part
           ,
           it
           seems
           he
           needs
           no
           more
           ;
           
             for
             he
             hath
             more
             then
             he
             useth
             ,
          
           though
           there
           is
           great
           need
           he
           should
           make
           more
           use
           of
           what
           he
           has
           ▪
           
             S.
             Grevil
          
           scoffingly
           comparing
           the
           
             Quakers
             Speakers
          
           with
           Paul
           ,
           sayes
           ,
           
             If
             they
             could
             give
             that
             which
             they
             think
             is
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             they
             would
             make
             more
          
           Quakers
           ;
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           Paul
           could
           have
           given
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           more
           of
           his
           Hearers
           should
           have
           had
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           that
           Sense
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           
           Paul's
           Fault
           :
           But
           was
           not
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           given
           by
           
           Paul's
           Hands
           ?
           
           Acts
           19.
           
           When
           he
           had
           laid
           his
           Hands
           upon
           them
           ,
           
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             came
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           &
           they
           speak
           with
           Tongues
           &
           prophesied
           ,
           What
           Gift
           was
           that
           Timothy
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           laving
           on
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           called
           ,
           the
           Gift
           of
           God
           ?
           It
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           God
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Paul
           did
           give
           the
           Spirit
           to
           several
           ;
           
           &
           was
           he
           not
           at
           that
           time
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           Was
           not
           he
           that
           ministred
           the
           Spirit
           to
           the
           Galatians
           ,
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Spirit
           himself
           ?
           It
           must
           follow
           undeniably
           :
           many
           Thousands
           were
           by
           his
           Ministry
           turn'd
           from
           Darkness
           to
           Light
           &
           from
           the
           Power
           of
           Satan
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Spir●t
           with
           God.
           And
           for
           all
           S.
           G's
           unworthy
           Taunts
           ;
           whether
           those
           that
           are
           now
           called
           forth
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           
             not
             by
             Men
             ,
             nor
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
           the
           
             Quakers
             Speakers
          
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           them
           ;
           or
           those
           that
           are
           made
           ,
           called
           and
           upheld
           by
           Men
           ,
           to
           minister
           the
           Letter
           ,
           Writings
           or
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           after
           their
           own
           Imaginations
           ,
           as
           
             S.
             Grevil
          
           and
           his
           Fraternity
           (
           not
           unlike
           the
           false
           Prophets
           of
           old
           time
           )
           which
           he
           calls
           ,
           but
           falsely
           ,
           
             the
             Doctrine
             whereby
             the
             Spirit
             is
             conveyed
          
           )
           do
           awaken
           more
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           turn
           more
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           bring
           forth
           the
           holy
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Spirit
           :
           Let
           the
           Fruits
           that
           are
           brought
           forth
           in
           the
           World
           under
           both
           their
           Ministries
           ,
           speak
           .
        
         
           To
           prove
           that
           the
           Scripture
           or
           Writing
           is
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           He
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Scripture
             preached
             the
             Gospel
             to
          
           Abraham
           ;
           therein
           producing
           a
           Place
           against
           himself
           ;
           for
           it
           plainly
           proves
           the
           Scripture
           is
           not
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           since
           the
           Gospel
           was
           preached
           to
           Abraham
           by
           God
           ,
           
             before
             it
             was
             recorded
             or
             wratten
             by
          
           Moses
           :
           That
           we
           chuse
           to
           call
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           declares
           of
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           The
           
             Good
             Will
             of
             God
             to
             Men
             ,
             by
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             Power
             and
             Goodness
             manifested
             to
             them
          
           ;
           and
           that
           may
           be
           resisted
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           an
           inward
           Manifestation
           ,
           as
           outward
           Declaration
           ;
           for
           Stephen
           said
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             You
             have
             alwayes
             resisted
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             your
             Fathers
             did
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Jonas
           also
           disobeyed
           the
           immediate
           Call
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           preached
           the
           Gospel
           :
           That
           is
           also
           clearly
           against
           himself
           ;
           
             for
             that
             was
             before
             the
             four
             Books
             ,
          
           which
           he
           maintains
           to
           be
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           were
           written
           .
        
         
           The
           Gospel
           is
           called
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           
           hid
           from
           Ages
           and
           Generations
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           hid
           from
           all
           the
           Rebellious
           and
           Disobedient
           ,
           who
           walk
           not
           after
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           Lusts
           :
           But
           so
           are
           not
           those
           four
           Books
           ,
           so
           call'd
           ;
           neither
           are
           they
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           they
           declare
           of
           .
        
         
           None
           of
           those
           Fathers
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           if
           he
           quoted
           the
           Places
           ,
           would
           be
           found
           to
           countenance
           his
           Definition
           ;
           for
           he
           confesses
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           
             It
             forgives
             and
             justifies
          
           ,
           which
           the
           four
           Books
           do
           not
           ;
           they
           only
           declare
           such
           Things
           to
           Believers
           .
           If
           Mathew
           and
           John
           ,
           and
           Paul
           and
           Peter
           were
           not
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           Powerful
           Instruments
           to
           declare
           it
           ;
           no
           more
           are
           their
           Books
           &
           Writings
           :
           They
           were
           not
           the
           glad
           Tidings
           ,
           but
           the
           Bringers
           and
           Publishers
           of
           it
           ;
           their
           Books
           are
           no
           more
           ,
           if
           so
           much
           ,
           not
           being
           
             viva
             voce
          
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ;
           the
           like
           Power
           not
           usually
           accompanying
           the
           meer
           or
           
             dead
             Letter
          
           ,
           
           
             as
             the
             living
             Voice
          
           .
        
         
           Where
           did
           ever
           any
           hear
           or
           read
           ,
           that
           the
           Reading
           of
           
           Peter's
           Sermon
           converted
           3000.
           at
           one
           time
           ?
           Ignatius
           saith
           ,
           The
           Gospel
           
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Incorruption
          
           ;
           Paper
           and
           Ink
           are
           not
           so
           .
           
           And
           saith
           Origen
           ,
           John
           
             calleth
             the
             Gospel
             Everlasting
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             properly
             call●d
             Spiritual
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Books
           are
           not
           ,
           though
           they
           hold
           out
           Spiritual
           Things
           .
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Angel
          
           ,
           Exod.
           32.
           
             held
             forth
             the
             Evangelical
             &
             leading
             Power
             of
             the
             Word
             :
          
           That
           Evangelical
           Power
           was
           not
           then
           of
           the
           Books
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           which
           was
           and
           is
           God
           blessed
           forever
           .
           Chrysostom
           plainly
           saith
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Gospel
           .
           
             R.
             Allen
          
           on
           the
           Gospel
           saith
           ,
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             Divine
             Message
             from
             God
             himself
             ,
             that
             teacheth
             and
             assureth
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           How
           can
           it
           be
           Divine
           &
           work
           Assurance
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           Spiritual
           and
           inward
           Work
           which
           the
           Books
           are
           not
           ,
           nor
           of
           themselves
           can
           work
           .
           
             Peter
             Martyr
          
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             is
             such
             a
             Doctrine
             as
             effereth
             Christ
             unto
             us
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             ,
          
           
           
             whereby
             is
             ministred
             Strength
             unto
             us
             to
             perform
             those
             things
             that
             are
             command●d
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Books
           of
           themselves
           still
           cannot
           do
           ,
           though
           they
           declare
           of
           that
           which
           can
           :
           Not
           that
           we
           would
           lessen
           them
           ,
           as
           our
           ungodly
           Wresting
           Adversaries
           say
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           would
           take
           off
           People
           from
           reading
           them
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           of
           themselves
           could
           do
           ,
           or
           had
           that
           Power
           which
           belongs
           to
           the
           everlasting
           Gospel
           ,
           how
           comes
           it
           that
           so
           many
           Studiers
           of
           them
           receive
           no
           clearer
           Knowledge
           and
           living
           Sence
           of
           God
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           Scriptures
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           We
           do
           teach
           ,
           That
           to
           read
           them
           with
           a
           good
           Understanding
           ,
           Men
           must
           come
           to
           that
           which
           g●ves
           it
           ,
           
             which
             is
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
          
           Job
           32.
           8.
           
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           worth
           our
           while
           to
           consider
           what
           Work
           he
           makes
           of
           A.
           P's
           saying
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Gospel
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             to
             Salvation
          
           ;
           an
           absolute
           plain
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           any
           in
           the
           Bible
           .
           A.
           P.
           
             d●th
             not
             deny
             that
             the
             Gospel
             was
             before
             all
             Time
             ,
             consequently
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Essence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             a
             Disciple
             of
             the
             Heretick
          
           Swingfield
           .
           Did
           ever
           Man
           pretending
           to
           Sense
           or
           Seriousness
           ,
           make
           such
           wild
           ,
           forreign
           and
           lame
           Conclusions
           ?
           These
           are
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           to
           serve
           for
           Bugbears
           ,
           to
           scare
           the
           People
           :
           He
           might
           have
           as
           well
           said
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           believe
           the
           Life
           Everlasting
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           
             Therefore
             they
             make
             it
             the
             Essence
             of
             God
          
           ;
           which
           as
           reasonably
           proclaims
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           a
           Company
           of
           Hereticks
           ;
           nay
           ,
           all
           the
           World
           that
           believe
           that
           Article
           ,
           as
           he
           can
           brand
           A.
           P.
           for
           one
           ,
           because
           he
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Gospel
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             G●d
             ,
          
           and
           Everlasting
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           things
           he
           truly
           partakes
           with
           the
           
             F●lse
             Brethren
          
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           mentioned
           Act.
           15.
           24.
           who
           did
           not
           only
           teach
           and
           establish
           against
           the
           abolishing
           Power
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           transient
           Observations
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           vain
           Trad●tions
           for
           Doctrines
           ,
           
           glorying
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           did
           the
           Jews
           ,
           crying
           ,
           
             The
             Temple
             ,
             The
             Ord●nances
          
           ,
           while
           they
           neglect
           the
           weightier
           Things
           ,
           and
           make
           void
           the
           Commandment
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Old
           
           Commandment
           and
           the
           New
           Commandment
           ,
           
           the
           same
           that
           was
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           the
           First
           and
           the
           Last
           ,
           even
           that
           which
           ●ndures
           forever
           .
        
         
           Methinks
           these
           Hireling
           Ministers
           are
           like
           some
           Mercenary
           Souldiers
           ,
           or
           
             Souldiers
             of
             Fortune
          
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           called
           ,
           that
           cannot
           bear
           to
           think
           of
           the
           Enemy's
           being
           totally
           routed
           ,
           lest
           their
           War
           end
           ,
           and
           their
           Pay
           with
           it
           :
           Such
           Persons
           ,
           instead
           of
           pursuing
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           turn
           about
           against
           their
           valiant
           and
           faithful
           Followers
           ,
           that
           cry
           ,
           
             They
             run
             ,
             They
             run
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           utterly
           rout
           and
           subvert
           them
           :
           No!
           rather
           then
           highten
           and
           pursue
           that
           Resolution
           ,
           
             they
             will
             basely
             betray
             the
             Cause
             ,
             &
             its
             most
             sincere
             Abettors
             ,
             into
             the
             Arms
             of
             the
             publick
             Enemy
             :
          
           They
           make
           no
           Scruple
           of
           doing
           this
           Evil
           ,
           not
           that
           Good
           ,
           but
           Gain
           may
           come
           of
           it
           :
           They
           had
           rather
           the
           Devil
           were
           unsubdued
           ,
           then
           they
           disbanded
           ,
           that
           his
           being
           unconquered
           might
           be
           a
           Pretence
           for
           keeping
           such
           Mercenaries
           alwayes
           on
           foot
           ;
           who
           are
           therefore
           the
           greatest
           Enemies
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           Children
           .
        
         
           
             These
             are
             they
             that
             will
             flee
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             Hirelings
             ,
             and
             care
             not
             for
             the
             Flock
             ,
          
           John
           10.
           
           
             And
             it
             so
             falls
             out
             ,
             that
             now
             we
             have
             not
             only
             the
             old
             Adversaries
             ,
             but
             these
             also
             betwixt
             them
             and
             us
             ,
             who
             instead
             of
             going
             on
             against
             them
             ,
             first
             turn
             themselves
             manifestly
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             what
             they
             can
             to
             obstruct
             our
             March
             :
          
           But
           the
           Lord
           God
           Jehovah
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           our
           Pillar
           of
           Cloud
           by
           Day
           ,
           and
           Fire
           by
           Night
           ;
           he
           goes
           before
           us
           ;
           Power
           and
           Might
           and
           Majesty
           are
           with
           him
           ,
           whose
           Holy
           Pure
           and
           Clear
           Voice
           we
           have
           certainly
           heard
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Blessed
           Appearance
           we
           have
           firmly
           believed
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           so
           well
           with
           us
           ,
           who
           retain
           our
           first
           Love
           to
           him
           and
           his
           pretious
           Truth
           in
           the
           inward
           parts
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           sing
           for
           Joy
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           weary
           Land
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           many
           Distresses
           .
           And
           this
           we
           know
           assuredly
           ,
           That
           he
           will
           shake
           terribly
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           bring
           Amazement
           upon
           the
           People
           ;
           Their
           Consciences
           will
           he
           suddainly
           awaken
           ,
           and
           with
           terrible
           Judgment
           will
           he
           plead
           with
           all
           the
           Proud
           Professing
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Prophane
           Flesh
           in
           this
           Land
           ;
           it
           shall
           wither
           as
           the
           Grass
           ,
           and
           the
           Beauty
           of
           it
           fade
           as
           the
           Flower
           of
           the
           Field
           :
           And
           in
           that
           Day
           shall
           Obedience
           to
           ,
           and
           Communion
           with
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           be
           honourable
           and
           desirable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Thousands
           ;
           and
           the
           Truth
           shall
           have
           the
           Victory
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominion
           shall
           not
           be
           any
           longer
           the
           Devil
           's
           ,
           but
           the
           Saints
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           over
           Hell
           ,
           Death
           and
           the
           Grave
           ;
           the
           Ancient
           of
           Dayes
           will
           bring
           it
           to
           pass
           :
           Then
           shall
           Babylon
           fall
           ,
           and
           her
           Merchants
           howl
           ;
           for
           the
           great
           Judgment
           will
           surprize
           them
           ,
           as
           Travil
           a
           Woman
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           God
           will
           reckon
           with
           them
           for
           the
           Souls
           of
           his
           People
           .
           O
           fear
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           ye
           Priests
           !
           and
           turn
           you
           unto
           him
           all
           ye
           Children
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           
             W.
             P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Pag.
           3.
           l.
           27.
           f.
           former
           r.
           Form.
           Pag.
           4.
           l.
           36.
           r
           
             whom
             I
             dare
          
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54245-e110
           
             1
             Joh
             9.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             2.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54245-e390
           
             Joh.
             3.
             21.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54245-e1460
           
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             Acts
             14.
             15
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Paul
             teaches
             ,
             that
             whatever
             is
             reproved
             ,
             is
             made
             manifest
             by
             the
             Light
             ,
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             13.
             
             And
             whatever
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             manifested
             in
             Man
             ,
             Rom.
             1.
             19.
             
             And
             that
             which
             manifests
             is
             Light
             ,
             as
             saith
             the
             same
             Apostle
             ,
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             13.
             
             And
             he
             desired
             to
             be
             made
             manifest
             to
             the
             Conscience
             .
             Then
             there
             was
             Light
             ;
             for
             Men
             were
             reproved
             ,
             Rom
             2
             15.
             and
             they
             could
             not
             be
             r●prov'd
             without
             it
             ,
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             26.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             7.
             
             &
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Was
             not
             that
             Mystery
             the
             great
             Work
             of
             Redemption
             ?
             And
             were
             not
             Thousands
             redeemed
             before
             ?
             If
             it
             was
             hid
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             such
             as
             had
             lost
             it
             by
             Rebellion
             .
             It
             was
             the
             same
             Light
             ,
             not
             the
             same
             Degree
             that
             ever
             saved
             .
          
           
             So
             Tryphon
             ask'd
             
               Just
               .
               Martyr
            
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             why
             Christ
             came
             nosooner
             ?
          
           
             *
             This
             proves
             not
             they
             had
             no
             Light
             ;
             at
             most
             ,
             it
             only
             sh●ws
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             did
             not
             shine
             so
             clearly
             forth
             ,
             which
             stil●
             implies
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             same
             in
             Nature
             .
             How
             could
             those
             in
             Iob
             rebell
             again
             ▪
             the
             Light
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             it
             not
             ?
             
               Codurcus
               ,
               ●usius
               ,
               Clarius
               ,
               Vatablus
            
             and
             others
             ,
             are
             not
             of
             his
             Mind
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             an
             invincible
             Truth
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             Iob
             24.
             13.
             and
             God's
             good
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             Nehem.
             9.
             20.
             26.
             
             (
             notwithstanding
             their
             Formality
             and
             external
             Preciseness
             )
             could
             not
             receive
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
             but
             crucified
             him
             when
             he
             came
             .
          
           
             John
             1
             9.
             
             Prov.
             8.
             4.
             31.
             
          
           
             Iren.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             Justin
             Martyr
             Apo●
             .
             pro
             Christianis
             ,
             p.
             51.
             
          
           
             Orig.
             Commenon
             Rom.
             2.
             14.
             pag.
             428.
             
          
           
             Stan.
             Vit.
             Philos
             .
          
           
             Ursin
             &
             Paraus
             Quest
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
             92.
             
          
           
             Acts
             17.
             27.
             
          
           
             Grot.
             on
             that
             Place
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             1.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             3.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
             Rom.
             2.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             David
             Paraeus
             in
             his
             Epitome
             of
             Arminian
             Artic.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             ●very
             Grace
             or
             Gift
             of
             God
             is
             perfect
             ,
             Jam.
             ●
             ,
             17
             ,
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             7.
             9
             
             ▪
             Rom.
             7.
             14.
             
             Ursin
             .
             Qu.
             92.
             and
             Para●us
             .
          
           
             Orig.
             Com.
             ad
             Rom.
             p.
             428.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Tertul.
             advers
             :
             Judaeos
             ,
             §.
             2.
             &
             de
             Coron
             .
             §.
             6.
             
             See
             Chryso●●
             1
             To.
             Hom.
             17.
             
             Oecumen
             .
             on
             Jam.
             5.
             12.
             
             Basil
             on
             Psa
             .
             14.
             
             Hil.
             on
             Mat.
             can
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             10.
             
             Vers
             .
             19.
             vers
             .
             24
             ,
             &c.
             
               Origen
               .
               ut
               supra
            
             .
             Rom.
             8.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
             Mat.
             18.
             1.
             
             Acts
             3.
             21.
             1
             
             Jo.
             3.
             5
             ,
             8.
             
             Titus
             2.
             14.
             in
             loc
             .
             citat
             .
             
               Bp.
               Sanderson
            
             de
             Cons
             .
             regul
             .
             prelect
             .
             4.
             
             §.
             31.
             
             Hebr.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             5.
             3.
             
             
               Calvin
               .
               Remigius
            
             .
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             18.
             
             John
             14.
             15.
             
             Rom.
             13.
             10.
             
          
           
             pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             pag.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             12
             
          
           
             Neh.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             5.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             &
             6.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             Joh.
             12.
             31
             ,
             42.
             
             Mark.
             12.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             See
             Zegerus
             and
             Grotius
             ,
             &
             Erasmus
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             5.
             
             Mat.
             14.
             31.
             
          
           
             See
             Grotius
             on
             the
             place
             .
             John
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ignatius
             ,
             Epist
             ,
             to
             the
             Ephesians
             .
             saith
             ,
             He
             that
             possesseth
             the
             Word
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             
               can
               truly
               hear
               also
               his
            
             SILENCE
             ,
             
               that
               he
               may
               be
            
             PERFECT
             ,
             p.
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             8.
             46.
             
             Eccl.
             7.
             20.
             
          
           
             pag.
             13.
             
          
           
             Grotius
             on
             the
             place
             .
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             1.
             
             Zegerus
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             18
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             7.
             
             Erasmus
             and
             Grotius
             on
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Zegerus
             on
             Rom
             7.
             24.
             
             I.
             Capellus
             and
             Drusius
             on
             Rom.
             7.
             24.
             
          
           
             Grotius
             on
             Rom.
             7.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             on
             Rom.
             6.
             6.
             
          
           
             See
             D.
             
             Gell's
             Essay
             ,
             serm
             .
             19.
             p.
             775.
             pag.
             15.
             
             Mat.
             12.
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             Luke
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             
               B.
               R.
               Sand
            
             de
             consc
             .
             reg
             .
             Prel
             4.
             
             Sect.
             34.
             ●is
             Oxf.
             le●●
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             2
             
             Cor.
             12.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             §.
             29.
             
          
           
             §.
             31.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             3.
             
               B.
               San.
            
             ibid.
             §.
             32.
             
             Joh.
             15.
             22.
             
          
           
             Grotius
             on
             1
             Joh.
             19.
             
             A
             direct
             Knock
             to
             
               S.
               G
            
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Acts
             7.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             6.
             19.
             
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             Clem.
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             Mat.
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             1
             Joh.
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