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great , what is he which made 


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and more tobe admired + ſo it 
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have aty wiger, or be vigilant 
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ty of the Earth is, that inthe 
bowels of it arc Mines of gold, 
filter , andpretionſtones, iron, 
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Prophet: Aggee , the Silver i 
mine, andthe gold tis mine [aith. 
the LORD of Hofts. Othon| Wim 
lover 'of mankinde , hath i: | Wau 
thus pleaſed thy goodneſic , MWg 
| not-onely to farwiſh Mail with 
ffenes;tymber, brafſe, iron, lead, 
and other -the like neceſſarics 
for the building of houſcs and | 
ſhips; anda/lother things ex- 
pedient for his uſe , bur to 5-- 
few'upon him gold, filver , and 
{root yrerige And 
if rhou-givelt 'fach things to 
Pilgring on Earth \,, oft times 


thingencraies and blaſphemers 
b of 


cc 


—_—— 


—_ 


| 


Jeni in the Revela- 
| r0ng!That, the. VESTS the 168 
Fog war ki Khan Fi 


pearles. Yet 

concetve , that 

itic. Jeraſalem the 

, was baile indeed 

fo ,"Or pearles, as 18 

| by Saint ob»; onely 

2/7 app that the &oly | 
meth bel? ſpeeches for | 
that appre- ! 

_ not- greatcr , nor 4 9h 
angs- But heat all doubt, 


ich more excellent ſhall tba | 
Cirie 


he : 

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rs LY F ind the twelve 
E 


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{ata TY 4, 


—_, OO BAD AB Ae i. eERRadQ fad a9 LE oa 


OO A PC IO ee”, TIA. TAR We oO > 
, —_—_ 
n—_—_ 


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Fr 99 er I < OOEOTEETIAe = 
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# 


The third Step = 
| 


Citie be, which'is the Citiz of 
the Ele of Go Þ, and iurpaſl: 
in glory all the Citics in this 
world; much more, then a gl 
den Citie adorned and beauti- 
fied with Jewels doth excccd| 
any: Coxntrey. Towne , mad: of| 
mudand firaw. 
-»Eift up then the eyes of thy 
windtoHeaven,and conſider,of 
what io" the 
ngs: avenare ; when 25 
Blverand jewells, which 
arc here: ſo much accounted of, 
are but as duff. and ſtraw com- 
pared withthem:and'that theſc 
chings arebur rible , and 
they incotraptible and cternall. 
Burifithob wonldft have then: 
layd: up'for thee as treaſures; 
ana::become- incorruptible in 
Heaven;,;fend them by 6111s « 
exchange (as it were ) by the 


_ handgrof the poore;' and thou 


hate finde-and >receive them 
there” againe. For the truth 
cannot: tye , which ſairh, G2! 


þ 3J23t, to 


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0k War of ae ec Cart efron af. wr ifiinY 
5 he « . ba L IJ Ga > . © F 


{ aine, 
03:wahe ow 49Fe7 | Luke 12. 
war me-old, 4 freaſure 3 kg I 
pas find . mqhganre ml | 
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ſ f/f Byal - +4 


DICH CA" bly /:promiſerh | 

| 77 -hundred-for one, 
gd: | life to: boot 3, and | 
oP Corcronss wretch diftru- 
rue? @'vioaſeth rather -to 
> ſwre ;' where worth. 
,1hd cheeves breaks iy 

th and foale then to'lay 

vs blenvcn , where it 1s 
wyec no. fach: caſualties. 
Batt {1 17 2E.. 0 1 Mar, if 
WER goods: which thor haſt 
es withmuch Laboxr , and. 
Repr wich no lefſe feare ; 
|eceactier+ follen by theeves , | 


hs , 
i AA 


—_— 


| Fox come commonly to progi- 
gall heires which conſume thin 
with farre more ſpecd, then 
the: covetous Fathers ſcraped 
| themrogether; yet in the mean 
time, the fin of covetouſncs re- 
maineth,and ſhall for ever,and 
the wormeof their conſcience /ball 
net dic,andibe fire(preparcd tor 
their reward) never gocth ont. 
. . Therefore , let the folly 0: 
others be thy inffiruttion , and 
vecareta thy Lord and Ma- 
erp ing to thee , Beware 
EY for though 1 
Man have abundance , yet his Wh 
life: ſtandeth notin his riches Mly 
A covetous Man gathers togc- Minh 
ther, and. keepes it» thinking 
"ons to pollee it : but it hap! [Te 
| neth otherwiſe, as it did to the Wie 
rich man , that filled his c»lar- Why 
| gedbarnes ia the Goſpell;and hls | 


— wealch | 
— — _—_ 


— 


| py. ajſer , wert thou' ſo 
licltous t together thatzwhich 
10049 P hu a:pre. in Hell, 


mult continually 
| arken to St. {ames, 


7 your miſerves that ſhall 

we pou 108. Yagwr riches are 
- ow $4rments are 

wy foldend fitver 

La the ” efthems 

ea 404in ft you; and 
Ca a5 it". were 
is Eb odd fay, Becauſe 
a © e rich 5 you accounted 
[Jour Ives hawy but indeed 
f Ate-wiſereb/c ; yea more 
rtchec then all *poore men, 


oa 


19 4 
[ great cauſe to weepe 


W 


howle for the great cala- 
Ich furely ſhall be- 
an": fot the Bur of } 


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2, 


3» 


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be third Step ” 


ro corrupt,rather then to beſtow 
them oft the poore, and your| 
ſuperſinona arments , which| 
you ſaffere the mothes to cate, 
rather then to: clothe the nz. 
ked , ſhall rife up , and bears! 
witnelſe i inthe day. of judze.| 
ment againſt you, ' And there. 
_ we will We 9 with | 
eKinety Propher, Ha y are | 
the x ( (ay the Ok 
= oh Mate fuch aca(c ; tharisj 
we, g with all manner of| 
ther 


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y»o ople'; "OA and they onely | 


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Fe, their 9, OD. 


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diverſc things into one. Fitthly 
and laſy , 1t aſcends or riſct 


theſe are apparent retemblan- 
\ ces or Emblems of Go » the 


| Creator Of aitthings, 


Pater waſheth and tak«th 
away corporal (Reines and (pots: 
ſo doth"Go Þ* ſprritnal, wii 
we and I halbe woiter then [non MW 
fic King David ; for though 

eomrition ,'the Sacraments, thei 
.Prieft, almes,and other works 
| of 'pievy, waſh out the fpors oli 
ſetnts of the heart (ſine ) yh 
, all theſe" are” Þut inſtrument! Pe 
or diſpoftions, and the onely 
author of this clenfing is Go» 
| Feven [(faitn Gop by F() 
jevendens blotterh ont thy tram 
Sr dſronsfor-myne'ownc [akc. Ana 
 rhereforc thi i Ph #6 
riſceschoughtlicy belecved notiiiiu 
in CK 4.7 but blaſphcmca 
hin, yee Were in che cig 
herhey fhid;avhs can forgi 


femmes but GOD onch ? 
9: avichs Beſides 


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= 
2 Water created doth el. 
— 4 as to leaveng 
| 5 ot matkes of a {por ; »- 
cert, Sh T6 math a that 
ene \t . — 
Ns and” fairer thenjs 
before. "Waſh me and / /rallbe 
whiter thew the mow, fairch D«-WW'#8 
Dis; and God himlelfe by Eo 
"Hf yo Fonet beas effi ch 
= L ade White as ſromi| 
hthey weyered like ſcarlet] 
| S be ab white as wooll. | 
Created witer clean-) 
s, "that reſiſt 


- Faire co the Waſher, 


| iy vohimcary ſpcrs , which] 
| Vedemeaivichout the 
Pies: conſer tr bur withall(fuct} 


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| I& force and vet 
re of it)itNivectly entrethint0 
hy hearts, and therefore |! 
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ws heart, leat-it 

nh 204 lard wa it Wa- 
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kilads:i5 char inj5 nor able |. 
Pafalfe 110 thinks 4 good | 


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[ted inater » 18 10 extinguiſh , of 
[pm ont fire -and"this heavenh 
« -' [witer > that #8"; the grace of 


| {cence , "after a + wonderfull 
| manner. And -to this quen- 


| ching-, aMiAting of the body 
|by Being! 


| ſirvapetits of grace onely, and 


"Y Wo. * -35 . a 


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- ftep by 
-""The ſecond property of cres 


A ed 


the "Holy Spirit 3 quencheth 
the "fire of *earnall*-concupi- 


fing*and*the like , doc 
much'#vayle', as they are in- | 


not otherwiſe ; for-of them- 
ſelves they are norhme avayl- 
able; *'For love, is the prince 
or- prineipall-of all aitecti- 
ons” and-* perturbations of 
the mind',-it rules over them 
all, and they all obey it one-| 
ly." "Love Will-nor be forced, 
ant if the-way or paſlage de, 
flopped tor one way , If 
| will breake throngh another. 
| it | feares nothing 3 18 over- 
| comev all rhiags:, ir accounts 
noching 2/hund or. - impoſh- 


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the a” rien ro diRtill 
momehearr of a man,- it pre- 
ty'waxeth cold > and giv 


> ſure ro'me to let 
gee. Thew Lord, the onely true 
| 197 19 didht caft theſe from me 3 and 
ntred# into-'me in their ſteads 
eipgſweeter thex all other plea- 
a0, although not to fleſh and 


xc. 
-— 'DY 


Err nes —e—— —_ — 
TEE EEE tees es —- - _ —_ 


® 


{almoſt infinire defres of 


[fnak frog 


g aff created things are Clt- 
ribed within certaine 


2 The frſ ep 

tine, this created Water 
quatifle ech: andeſſwageth thirfh 
and-the wncreate ' heavenly Wa- 


rer, Catt onely give an end to 
the manifold , grievons, and 


mans heart. This: Chriſt the 
Truth plainly teacheth ns, by 
that ſpeech of his to the $4 
| muaritane woman, Whoſoeven,| 
(faith he) drinketh of thi wa- 
| ter's ſhall thirſt againe : bu 
| whoſoever ſhall drinke of the| 
water which I ſhall groe him, 
ſhall never thirſt, Thus ſtands] 
[the caſe.” "The eye i not [atiſ-| 


3 or the eare| 


offered ro'man, cannot fatis- 
fie his defire , why : > bec auſe 
__ 


capable of infinite g00d, 


mics. Bar he whch begin- 
neth tro drinke this heaven. 


. hearing » ( 45S aich| * þ 
| on Preacher) 5 ny 1s 
| 


ly water > 1n Which all things, 
| are 


—_—— 


—c— 


9 09 Zo 42wvs. ww, 


ef, of te 


z.2$ its pro- 


lc n 
6 oF Az ma 
exofwheare by the mi» 
Weramake one loafe of 
of many parts. of 
the fame. mix- 


1 r of the Holy Spirir 
ring co. p2(le, .chat many men | 
one heart and one ſowle, 


4 #t was with the Primitive | 
py (in the Aﬀs of the | 
es ) upon whom the holy 

\Reſcended. This wnity | 
oof bimſelfe (S01ng to his 


<—__ 


ed and fore- 


—_——_— 
cola, 


——————_ 


—_— —— 


—_— x { i j 


an acct SL LEN 


. 
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cold | when he faid, 7 po oth = 


for theſe atone » bat for them all 
which ſhall beleeve in me 6 | 
; 10,17. 20+ "thei word , that they may be all " 
| ones ai thow O Father art in we, WW": 
| | and [ in thee » that they may by 
Fj 037C 111 16s © = 4 little after, 
thas th e one 45 we are 
L118 fd 6 is, and thon in 
mes that they may be made pey- 
felt inone. Fo which znity the; 
| eApoſtle allo exhorts, endeavs- 
ring to wee the wnit y of the Spi- 
Fit im the bond ofpeace. There 
| IS One Body and one Spirit ,even 
| 4s ye arecalled in one S of your 
| vocation. O happy Oni", 
which makes many men ro be 
one Body of Chriſt , which is] 
governed by one Head » and to: 

z, | cate of one meate, and drinke of 

one drinke » andto live wit one | 

| SParit » and being joyned to G00). 

to be made one fþirit with hin. | 

| What more can be defired by Lar 
2 ſervant, then not onely tO | 

de partaker of all rhe g00ds| on 


0108 Has 


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Rn 


ti Lads allo by an: in- li 
dfolebl > bone --+: hho be 
Mnade ane-with him? And all 

erence of the Holy 5pr-| 

ffs , as a living 

ning water » when 1t 

ly xeceived imo the 

d there kept with di- 
Kceandcare, 

\ Water aſc. nd; and ri- 

= (rf ons And 

Hol ) pirit deſcends 

n0eoth from the tlygheſt hea- 

> therefure in that man in- 

owkoſe hearr jt- is received, 


t ;medtawell Lof water Springing | 
0 eternall tifty as Our-SAvIOHY 


lad to the Samaritane' WOo-: 
man; +: - 
Wherefore, being- thus 10- 


iim&ed in the properties of 
this mecreate, water- '» let- us 


oft after it » and fay with - 


and fighs wautterable:! 
Lindgive e wnof this w.ter Which | 
mayryaſh! off all our /faines» 
cooly the beat of our corcnu- 
7 OL GE, 


'» as 3» _ 
Fo , . 
--_ > OB 4 a oe - 
WOES > — 


al 
D ” 
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EE es IR ae Fi * 


Fo + - —— — — OE OY 
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= 


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p—_ EE = 


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"The firſt ep 


prſcences » appeaſe and qualifie 
| the thirſt Ot Our aeſrres » ma) 


_ | 9ake us one fpirit with thee 
and raiſe us tothe height of thy 
eternall manſion. | 
It was not without cauſe, 
that the Sonne of Godlaid, If re} 


' then being evill know to me 
Luc 11,T3+) | | O 
cis 3*\ good gifts to your children , hm 
' mich more ſhall Jour heawverh 
| Father give the = Spirit fol 


ther that agke it ? He (aith not, 


OY. 
| 
| 


he will give you bread, or ap- 
parell, or wildome , or ove, 


| or the Kingdome of heaven , or 
.erern2ll life ; but be ſaith, He 
| wrll give the Holy Spirit » be. 
\canfe 1n it are contein! d all! 
enings. Ceaſe not then to put! 
| God daily in mind ofhis So: 
promiſe, and fay to him with 
earneſt affeRion, and aſlured 
hope of obteining » Holy Fi- 
they, | powre out my prayers 
ant thee , not craſting in mine! 
one righreouſnes, bur inthe 
pronute of thine onely begot- 

Ln 


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| A; {gh 9 God » And re- 

= arighe fir within me : 

| Caft me rot away from thy 

fom.s "atk thy HH Hop 

[ Xl om m? : Reſtore to me 
101 of thy ſalvation» and ſta- 


me with thy free S prrit. | 


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ecome now to rhe reſem- 
; Which. rivers or fomn- 
| {{4ines of water bave with God, 
jg by it, the mind may be! 
| .to dere” the! 
BP, full and excellent work 
| of the Creator, For itis nar 


Pom caule thac the Scripe 


F I foyer 


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—c'  U & — 
*Pſc35.9. [fre faith that God is 4 2 Well 
d Ecel. 165. | life , a Þ Forntaine of Wiſedomi) 
<1er.2.13-| © rhe Fountaine of living waters, 
And char he 1s the very Fan-| 
:4ine of being, may be gathered 
ont of his owne words to .- | 
ſes. I amthat 1 am , and, 1 an 
hath ſent me unto you. All which! 
the Apoffle (eemes ro compre.) 
hend n this ſpeech. In himwe. 
Vive and move » and have our bt- 
ing. Intnmwe live, as ina 
| Fountaine of /ife : 1n him wee 
move 48 ina Feanteine of wiſe- | 
"domes, and in himwee hve oxy 
being » as in the Fomunteine 5f 
being, ot 

A Founteine of water hete| 
with. ns > hath chis properrtie, 
thar from ir the flowds ariſe, anl | We 
When'pever they leave to for | 
1mmediately they dry #p - but 
the Fowneme it felfe depends | 
net upon the figuds , becauſe it 
| receives No water from them» 
byt.nor onely hath water 1Nn It 
ſelfe, bur communicates with | 
4 others, 


Ld ths td 


— The fowrth ſtep ” | 


” 


wm we 


t from 
het bl boar an 
f Godist0 bes and his axiffence 
cecopalndicm _ 
omeropaſſe,and ir wer 
hemistothink , char God was 
ls 0rmillnorbe for ever. O. 
nerrinne Mm; be & not be for 
ie be c: uſe a being | 15 not 
roperiy totheir eſſence, For ex- 
nDIe, | «= 1k ag 
Ne wa reaſonable creature; | 
d therefore he cannot be 4 
nan& not be arcaſonable crea» 
:Kifir were of the \ 
man 16 be 1tconld not be o- 
aerwideibur that he muſt be @/- | 
gez*bncbecauſe iris not of 
" elle Keto be » therefore he 
uybe& not be. God therefore 
= Fonnteine of _—_ , 
it his-eſence rhe at 
TRE ICS 


i 


—— 


The firſf ſtep 
ro be salwayes included, ' 
cheſe words fignifie {o much}; 
I am that I ans » that 1s» 1; [? 
the thing zo be » and receinſl 
nor _ from any , bur haſh 
it in my telfe : ro me _ 1 | 
,that eſſence to me ſhoulif 
to be; and hence all if 
comes that eternity & immorf 
caliry is proper to him one! i 
as the Apoſtle ſpeakes ; To tt 
; Kmg everlaſting, immortall:C 
1 7im.1.17.| and 5 Who onely hath immorti to 
wo t7. All other things recenÞ} 
their being from Gods1o that un Fa 
leſſe alwayes depen fin; 
him, and be preſerved by 2 cj, 
raine infloence from him » "i py, 
preſently leave to be, and tierWrhy, 
fore the Apoſtle faith of hin 
that he beareth wp allthings 6110 
mighty, Word > and unlcile face. 
 thonld alwayes preſerve tha 
_ the Tru / YN recs 
no longer /-5/1//,o7 be, 
F Ten, a - 
admire the goodnes of © rh 
wht 


ths 4 5 Ab7 
ok ooh 


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of them ;' 
ener i, 


adn is 


Fanteing of. beivg conſiſts nor 
inthis property alone » that it | 
ceives its being of. anorher | 
Fomntaine » and communicates: 
that with other things; 

; waters of Foctut ines 

waters of r:vers WILN US) 

ue-6fthe ſame kind and al- 
the \waters Of founrames 
7 not waters from other 


fr 
wars have yh. her cauſes 
oe 


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T he forth fey 
SR 


[till we cometo the firſt cauſe,| 
| which is Jod. But Gedis nor| 
of the fame kind with things 
created, but differs in an inh-| 
nite diſtance of dignity and ex-/iiih 
cellency fromithem : & 1s truly] 
and properly the Forntare of ih 
being » becauſe nor onely he t2-fM 
keth not his 6#i»g from another|iu 
Fontaine of being » but is fo} 


| farre-from that , as that hee; 


knowerh ne other caſe at all, 
The fonnteine of created water 
| (asis ſaid) is derived, nor from! 
| another water > yet from ano- 
| ther cavſ#*the uncreate Fovr- Wifi 
; taine of being , hath nothing Wii 
' precedent , Mehad-ch of no-\Wiwl 
| thing - wanterh nothing » No-! 
thing ean hurriic, bur all chings! 
depend 'tpaqn ir, and hee can 
with one -nod-dtſtyoy all thi a 
| Treated>as the Afachabre pea Walls 
keth. | 3 

Wee may worthily admire! 
this —___ this Hormone 
withonr bly inning » this cate 


With | 


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vp er He 

| eT OK, - hs ww 
mt} -_ 

| Dorner © __ J 
apr 1 Df 


youre niadct ty 
18 rru 

js the Fonnraine of life » 

elivetb- and harh /ife 

| os and is /ife erer- 

licfelfe ; andall things rhat 

| m—avels from this Foun- 

"and thar when hee cea- 

{eo give them / » when he 

th away their breath » = 


lo,5.»6: 


The joſh fp 


dies! and are. _—_y againe to 
their dnſh» es the Propher Da- 


|vidipeakerh, Tabegerathing! 
- nile, is; the property of 
:-now God begora| 


pda, aged himſelfe , oo 
begate Gad and the living, the 


and receives 


is ,that the Saxxe is +64 Foun- 
taine of life alſo , yet fo, as the! 
| Fountaine of Life from the Foun- | 
\t4ine of life » as hee is Godi| | 
God » tt bt of light. Who can} 

expreliainey who can CONCe1Ve) 

what manner of life this life of 
| God is ? and what manner of 
| Fountaine of life that is from 


[15ving.: For ac; the Father hath, 
of nbonks ſo likewiſe hath 


gtrven ts the Sonne to have| 
us nſl lfe's as St. John te- '|l 

p ee hath fe| | 
|in-himicife, becane he is che] | 
\ Fox tains: of life » 
| n6-fe, from any other place, 
and gave his Sexe to baye /if: | | 
in himſelfe,the ſame /rfe which | 
he hach himſelfe : and by this ic || 


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>. 03 33 4 t# Kh te © +. <a ri —— mm e—_ a | — 
4 P*LAS .- > " | ”n< 


of Aferdage te 

whince allrbings/ which {2c 
| eithier\in heaven qrearth ſucke 
{mall drops. The Afe known to | - 
| as inchis'0ur baruſhment,1sno- 
thing els;bur an internall begin» 
of motionzfor thoſe things 
| dbyus tolive ,. which af- 
ter any fort move themſelves ; 
; | from whence it comes to paſle, 
ff | thacthe waters in rivers >. by a 
vingwarer->becauſe they ſceme | 
reunites 
thoſe in ponds and pooles, are 
:| i} | called dead, becauſe they can-| 
$ | nor: wove of themſelves , nor 
. |2reffrrredsbut by winds, or 

ſome externall force.  - | 
-Iristhy Ged then, which is 
onely he, that moſt truely /- | 
ver6>and rhar is the author and | 
Fontaine of life » which God | 
'umſelfe dorhoften beate and 
neulcate ro us » throughour 
theholy SET oPtures. As 1 live, TP 

ſatththe Lord : and the Pre-| :8. 


phets often repeate this » The | 
| Lora | 


__—— 


Ce 


— on I Is... 


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 -Theforth ſep 
Lord lwverhs &nd-God himfelfe 


leomplaineth of his people in 


Ter. » - T hey have forſaken 
nk tes rg of Irving wa- 
ters. And yet he is not moved, 
[either by himſelfe , or any 


| forher. JamtheLord( ſaith he) 


avid ani notchanged's and God; 
not as wins that he ſhould lye, 
er as the ſon of man» that hee 
Ea And if God 

egarea Soxne 5 he begare him 
withour- c ; . Or 1f hee 
fee. >: heare » loves pity» 


pon_ anyof theſe things 
hedorh without changing : and 
if hecreate >, preſerve » - on 


che contrary) dRroy, diflolve, 
and againe retiew » and alter, 


c 
you a:ke how he {rveth , if hee 
mave NOI » or how /verh hee 
not » if hee berhe anchor and 


j 


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tiangeth withone- morion. If 


Fornt aing of ifef it is eaſily 
anſwered. Ic is abſolutely (nt- 
 ficiene to fe, if a living rhing | 

at 


yer: hee -workerh-\quierly and 


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CEPT mH@AROY SP ESOQOS8ERUEBSACGESSSTR 


[ 


'degets the Soxre within 


| himſelfe, 2nd prodncerh rhe 
Heh Ghoſt within himſelfes | 


Hely-Ghift ro be changed 


from a nor being , OA being 3 
I they receive that | 
nl eſe 


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| things, i fraergall and | 


| things \creared-. wane many | 


|  Theſyf fep | 
efſeor bring that ever was ond 
cha not -m \ time but Gow ; 
 ecerninis:; ; Apgaine > things 
 crearel' want” the / motion of 
T »: becauſe 4 
' are borne myperfett - but Gog 
| the' Sowne, 1s berne moſt perfect, a 
archGod the Hel Ghoſt is brea. Wi 
; teat arid produted moſt perfett, 
| Things created \need dara 
' as divers qualities > which they 
| mifimeceſlaraly ger ; bur Gol 
wants y' becauſe hee 
| | harhthe efence'of infinite per- 


felon, ed need 
_— created nec 


is whole everywhere. Againe, 


chitgs .co cauſe-them to cc, 
COOndwerig becauſe 


have /fe, yet it 1s 
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"The fourth fep 
my men, and. other creatures, 
ro performe one alt:on of /; 
Bur: Got; who eruely hath 


fe in himſelſe, wants nothing ;; 
| his infinite efexce is unto him, 


and: all 'other; things, Of 
and- z angin bimnſclfe, God 
ſees all which are, have if} 
_ ; and ſhall. be , and} 

y-knowes ; what might 
ei2/and before the 
| world was made > God ſaw all 
things , neither is there any 


fabe. , by the creation | 


("rs Fly ur eames s when chou (halt | 
| 


[ 


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cs 


duchy chen. ; What 


beparrakerof thav life > what 
great." thing: doth! Ged com- 


 mandthee, hen he bids thee 
delpiſe, | Caile 


ſe. chis and rempo+ 
#-tri&:{( deficient 
0 ) :for-his fake, 
that thereby , thou mai(t en- 
Joy har crexnall life ? And if 


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Te . n Fa +. x % . 
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4 x , _ a > 


[bes bis therein x no 
2 -task: 4x8 ah tictle-and 
vi meane injunRton is that, when 
{| hce bids hee. woe ey _ 
[ ſuperfluitirs liberally ro the 
poor Cn from. Heſhly 
0 $fCeRCES , COTOT- 
| (2 ora the Devill 
] and his tentarioxs,, and wholly 
todelire fervently ,and with all 
the af=Qjons ot thy heart, to 
[atains to that which Is the 
anbly and erhe'Vife 7 
-But it4s time now to aſcend 
| to the fountaine of wiſcdome , 
what meanes we cau. The 
Wardef- GOD moſt high, (or in | Ecclus., 
the highclt as ſome tranſlate-1t) | ?* 
the fonintaine of wiſedome » As 
Itigin Ecclefiaſticus; and it may 
very truly be {aid i the higheſt, 
| le the fountaine of wiſe- 
dome moſt abundantiy and plen- 
| \tifylly flowerh in the holy Ar. 
; 'gele. and ſonles of. the bleſſed , 
whoinhabic in the higheſt ha- 
 ditarions x but tous, wholive 
G in * 


_—_ — 


hc em 
— — 


—_— — 


| in this deſert and pilgrimage 
not wiſedowe , but a kinde of 
vapour Or ſmell of wiſedome is 
Fa | allotted. | 
Therefore looke not after 
higherthings then befits rhee , 
ſearch 'not too narrowly into 
che Majeſty of Go Dd, leaſt thou 
( be overwhelmed with his g/o- | 
ry ; but admire his wiſgaome, or 
Rom.16.| which the. \ Apoſtle lp-aketh, | 
bs $137, Tothe onely wiſe Go D : congra- 
: tulate the bleſled ſpirns, who 
drinke out of the forntgine of 
wiſedome;and though they com- 
prehend not God, a thing | 
BD onely proper to the fourtaine 
| of wiſedome , yet they behold 
the face of G © Dd. withoat any 
| ] vexie ; and (bcing enlightned 
with the brightneſſe of his 
rayes ) judge molt rightly of 
all things, neither in that noon- 
day ” ab wiſcdome , feare | 
they the darkeneſſe of errors,nor 
the 6&ſcurity of ignorance , nor 
w7ft of opinions. Aſpire to that 
—. Dappines, 


nm 
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- ' k - > > oy 
of Cage WEST RSS 
th Va. 


| Hetrhar*hownrh me , ſbalbe loved 


{although ficſhly ———_— 


[dens the ſoule ) 


| ſhall waxe ferverr. 


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kappines jad rhat chou-maiſt 
| Henjely.comestb ie, /love che 
Loxv Ju $us withaltchine 
heart, in whom are all the trea- 
ſaves of the wiſedome of GOD, 
forthe harh {aid inthe Goſpel, 


of Wy Fatlrer, avdTwilllove him, 
| and ſhew Wnt owne ſelfe' unto 
| bim * and what will he ſoew, 
byſhewing himfelfe, bur all the 
Feaſwres of krowledye and wiſe- 
doe of 'G'o D which are in 

hin Certginely , men are na- | 
twrally deſirous to krow , and 


ees doe in this life in a ſort lull 
this defire aſleepe, yet whenthis | 
body(which corrupts and bur- 
ſhalbe layd a- 
ide, then the fire of this defire 


How great will thy happt- 
nefle then be, when thy belo- 
Yd CurisrT lesus ſhall 
impart to thee all the rreaſures 


and wiſedome | 


of the knowledge 
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2 of 


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P"——_ 


— 
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Col, 2.3, 


of Go D > But that thou may ſt 
not hereafter be fruſtrate of 


thy expeation z/ ſtudy and cn- 


mandements. For he hath ſaid, | 


dements , is he that loveth me) 
and Hee that leveth mee nt , 
keepeth not .my words. In thc 
meane time , let that be thy 


ſcribeth.'The feare EG Lord 
i wiſedome,, hy to depart from 
evill i underſtanding , and what 
good ſoever thou ſeeſt in the 
creature , know that 1t flowes 


from G 0 D the fowntaine of all 
ith aw 


DE GREE 


wiſedome , which vid ap de- 


deavour to keepe his Com- | 


Hee that oy 0-6 my Commen- 


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| tay. ſerve as an cx- 
,cellenr +and notable 
. -: Schoolemaltcr, if the 
nature-.of it be well conſfidered; 
not. onely to mſtruct us in; natc- 


rell Philoſophy , but to open to 
us the wſteries of Divinity , 


[and to r4j/e our mindsto Gop : 


for the -benefics are diverſe, 
which by Divine ordination, 
and appointment , ariſe by the 
are to mankind, 

Firſt of all, eHyre while it 
{erves for breathing , preſerves 
the life of every creature. 

2. Againe it is ſo neceſſary 


'| for the ule of the eyes, cares and 


(C3 Z tongue, 


He Element of Ayre | 


— D-3 
abs IE" 


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i —_ et. 


The fofth Step _ 


tongue , that if it be wanting, 
pretently wee become 6linde, 
deafe and dumbe. 

2. Laſtly, it is (Meceſſary 
| for the morion of men, and all 
| other [iving creatures, that if 
it ſhould be taken away , all 
| motzons, and conſequently all 
| Artsand workes would be atan 
end. \ 
| Firſt, if men would conſider 
| that their ſexes have aſmuch 
| need of breathing as their bs- 
; dies; many would be ſaved that 
| how periſh, The body needs a 
| continuall breathing, becauſe if 
| the naturall heate which in- 
flames 'and 'makes the heart 
| as it were to bolle, were not 

tempered and qualified by the | 
; miniſterie' and office of the 


_—— 
. 


/ 
lungs , drawing in coole aj re WP 
| toejetthetbor , the /fe could | IM © 
not be-preſerved; which cor- | { ® 
firmes che ofuall received opi- 
non, that ro live and breat! 
| are one, and the ſame : for; 

A | _ every. iQ 


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| ertoGod, and by receiving 
from him-new grace, even that 
of the hoſy Sprrit. And what 


oar Sevioxr by this, that wee 


fee, but thar' we muſt ever 
fgbupto G OD, and receive 
lisgood ſpirir downe, that our 
ſpinenall /ife be nor diflolved ; 
which hee ſeemes to repear , 
when he ſaith , Fatch therefore 
_—_ continually : and the A- 
Poftle, Pray without ceaſing ; to 
al whichthe Apotile $*. Peter 
apreeth;, ſaying , Be therefore 
ober and watching in prayer 
And verily, this is true ſo- 
brietie and wiſedome, that we 


elſe indeed is the meaning of 
ought alwaies topray, and not to 


G 4 which | 


Luke TA ; 


LR 
—————— 


— | 


| ſalvation : yet His will is, to bc-' 


—T 


"The filth Step 


| which: contirually need the 
| belpe of G'OD, ſhould alwaics 
make- petition for the ſame, 
Ourheavenly Father (it is true) 

hzowes what we ſtand inneed of, 
andis ever ready to ſupply our 
wants in_plentifull manner , cl- | 
peciaily thoſe, which conduce 
to our erernall happineſſe and 


ſtow them by the inſtrument} 
of prajer 3 wee muſt pray for! 
them, becauſe it is more ho- 
vonrablefor him, and profitable 
for #s, to give them to us as. 
labourers and petitioners for 
them, "then as to ſleepy and dt | 
>erſons.' Therefore, our moſt 
full GOD exhorts and 
arges us to this datic , ſaying, 
Aſs land it ſhalbe given to jou, 
ſeeke and y0u ſhall Fode, bnocke | 
ardit ſhalbe opened unto you : for 
EVEery one that afketh receiveth | 
and bethar. ſeeketh findeth , ard 


to'bims that knocketh it ſhalbe 


| peved. And whar thatis, thit 


l1S 


—_— TD _— - 


| . —” A ew Irooabcatowwbr rt P: gd 
_ aft”, co —— « —— 
ischiefly to be asked, andchat 
: giycn without, doubt; 
elareth a.little after; {fre | 
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mach more , gilyeer hea- [ 


enly Father give the baly Spirit 
fore « that which, 1s.inthe firſt 
\placerabercquiced, .isthe hoh 
26 + dy. which. we breath in 
9D; and. by, this breatbjng 
eſerve our. ſpi ual life 3 
peares. by that in the Plalmes, 
[ opened. my mokth and draw in 
mY br ah, that-is,. 1 opencd my | 
mouth þy. prayers , ſighs and 
foxes. unuerable, ana 1, are: 
the molt comfortable. brear 
if Gods ſpirits. which goofedihe 
| hear of concupilcence, and £01. 
firmed me 10 FATE BROGWOrke: 
This being ſo, w ocan ſay thar 
they vero GOD, who ſpend 


ESme weneths and yeates,and | 
eu er breath fo, NOT receive | 
. "*2P 4 G - | 


reath 


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FISTS AL be. "*o — 
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The fifth Step 


breath from him ? It is an cyj- | 
dent figne 'of dearth , not to 

| . |breath- andif to breath be to | 
+ prep» then it j$a ſigne of death 
| nor to prays Now the ſpirituall 
| life by whichthe Children of | 
Gov arc reputed to /ive chict. 
| ly,confilts in love , Behold faith 
&. ſobn, what love the Father 
bath piven unto #us,that we ſhoul! 
| be called, and be the ſonnesof God, 
| Now'who is there that /oves, 


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no 
is 
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is 
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ne 
te 


and *defires' not to ſee that 
which'he foverh ? and who de- 
_ | frerany thing , and aſkerh not! 
' | foritof him, who he knoweth| 
will give it him, if he make 
ſuit for it? Thereforcghe which ' 
| tb not"continually to ſee 
the face of FO'D , deſires not 
| | toſee him; he which deſresnot 
=: to ſee him, Teves him not ; hee 
een ron him not, {ves __ 

w ereup on it - ; Aarily vl. 
| lowes', that "they are dead to 
GOD, thouph they [;ve to the | 
| world , who ſeriouſly devote 


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FE A DLC a C COEIIEED 


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Wy 


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= Sr 
:i- || nor themſelves to prexer. Nor 
20 | MF] isit'ehough ogely to prey wich 
ro |} the Hyper, tormake us reputed 
th! rs ne ; for prayer 
ll | isrightly defined to be a /ifring 


not at elevating of the voyce in- 


co the ayre. 


felf:;thinke'not thatthoa [ive 
tGop,it thou earneſtly breath 
not to him with all thine hearr, 


nightand day ; and fay not to 


fares will not give thee leave 
to ſpend thy time in prajerand 
divine meditations: forthe ho- 
ly Apoſtles were much imploy- 
ed, alwell in their own affaires, 
a inthe worke of the Lok D, 
and falvation of ſoules, in fo 
much as one of them faid of 
himſelf, Befdesthe things which 
are oxtward, I an; combred daily, 
and Dave the care of all Chur- 


recirall of his often prayers ) 


writes 


__ 


_ 


— 


*Therefore deceive not thy 


thy ſelfe', that thine other af. ' 


ebes, &c. yethe ( beſides other | 


| 


| 


» of the mindro GOD, and | 


| 


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| 1 am.crucified with Chriſt , but 


I! 


TD —— 


writcs to the Philippians , that 
hs conuer {4 ation was i: H eaven,) 
and that , becaulc in the heate 
of his other imployments , he 
was converſant in Heavey, in 
his defire,, nor ever was un- 
mindtull of his beloved; other-: 


# 


wiſe,he would never have (aid, 
[live : yet. cot 1 any more, but 
Chriſt veth in me. 

The ſecond property of the 
ajre is, that it.1s the weginum or 
meanes by which the ſpecies or 
formes of coloureare conveigh- 


eq to ourezes, and of ſorrar to. 
| Qur ea725; and without which, 
we could neither ſee, heare nor 
ſpeake. For which, firlt we are 
| tO give thankes to. Almighty 
| Go for giving ſuch an or-| 
nament and benefit to our n2-| 
ture ; and ſecondly ,:we arcto 
| aarwire his wiſedeme,in a worke | 
of ſuch fineneſſe, ſubtiltic and 


=» OP ( reſpe& that the are} 
| 0 


c| 


| thinneſle, 
'y 


__— —— 
—_ —_—— i... 
A —— 


—_ —  —— 


of it ſelfeisa tr and ſo 
great, that (oprat'y es the 
univerſe; yet it can neither be 
ſeenenor felt for the incredible 
ſxhtiry of it, Antiquity admi- 
x:dthe Kill and ſab:z{ty. of one 
lie; which Apeles drew with 
gee and yet it was ſcene, 
ndcouched;and inthat regard,' 
was by no meanes to be com-! 
pared with the tenwity and [ub- 
tilty of this vexſe, which com- 
paſſeth and comcherb. all men, 
- jandyet is ſcene of none, 
3» But it increaſeth our ad- 
miration ,, that being a moſt 
ſubtile and. thinne body , yet 
whenit is divided, it cleſeth a- 
game with ſo great facility , as- 
[1f it. had neyer been divided - 
when as but a Spiders web, be- 
{ing once Frokgw, can never be 
ſo canopy amended. , that 
{the firſt Freech may not bee 


[3+ aſtly.that which 1s. moſt 
j worthy, our. admiration , and 
8” done 


if 
— 


= a 


| 


| verall ſorts of flowers, together 


pare Sept 4 and f S408 ? 


The frch Step "Y 


done or cauſed onely by th the 
' wiſedome of Go D;that through 
one and the fame part of the 
ajre , ſhould be mingled toge- 
cher innumerable ſeverall ſre- 
cies of colowrs, as thole inthe 


raixebow. He that ſhall place | 
himſelfe in a clcare = my 
ſhine night, in ſome open field, ' 
where hee may behold at one 
time, ſfarresin the heaven, fields | 
inthe earth bedeckt with (c- 


with houſes, trees, and many o- | 


| ther beautifull Fghes; ſhallnot | 


be able to deny, but that the 
ſeverall ſpecies of them are con- | 
tained in that part of the ayre, 
| which js necre unto him. Bu: | 
who well can underſtand this ? 
who cath conceive it? for bn 
can it be, that fd thinxe and ſu6- ' 
tile athing as the ayre ſhould | 
compreKend to opitier ſo great | 


n 3 a! 
de me tie a in the ſame 


place, 


ti 


Pao oy ty OY w 2» =” 


- he 
fn wfgque of birds on one 
fide, from another diverſe mw. 
ſeal inframeonts, in another the 
ſilent marmuring of falling we- 
ters; will ir nor follow, and that 
of neceſſitte,that all theſe ſownds 
of ſpecies of ſounds tnuſt be re- 
ceived 'togerber with thoſe of 
the colors before-named? and 
who 'brings ' theſe things to 
paſſe? are they not wrowght by 
the wiſedowe of thy Creator, who 


Arg wonderfull things 4- 
3- Apaine, there 1s yet ano» 
ther benefit which ariſcth by 
this admirable renwiry and thin- 

ſe in the'@yre, thar it hinders | 

but helpes the morion of all 
things, which paſſe from one 
place to atiother. We all know, 
with whar labour Shippes or 
Boats axe drawne through w4- 
ter, though' ft'be of a liquid 
Suliey of ſubRatice, and is ea- 

y divided and parted ; For | 


many 


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2 


The foſth Step 

many times, neitherthe winds, | 
nor Qares, ſerve to make them | 
paſſe ,. but they are many times 
Rene by the {trength of Hor. | 
les, Andif at any-time, upon 
{ome occaſion, a way be tobe 
made through a hill or moun- 
taine, what labour, ſwcat and 
time ir coſts, before a ſhort cut 
be made? But through the ajre, 
horſes runic. ſwifily , birds bal 
arrowes flic ſpeedily , and men 
exercifing divers oihces , al- 
| cend., deſcend, walke ,.runnc,! 
move feet, armes , and hands 
upwards and dotynwards, cvc- 
ry way; neither doth the are 
(which is diffaſed in all places) 
| 4ny thing at. all. hinder. them, 
mſomuch,,. aSif-it were not of 
, bur: of - a ſpirita- | 
:and nature, nay | 


deed yo ic were nothing | 


| 
| 


1 


_— _— 
— 


—_ 


2'it were broken aſunder ,.'to 
comply -ro'the ſervice and uſe 
of Hfax, fo that it ſcemeth to 
be given to him, as a Maſter | 
and ioſtruftor to him, .in hwwi- 
lity, patience and charity. But 

that which ſhould chiefly ſKirre 
upand kindle in thee the love 
ofthy Creator, 18, that the ayre 
dothrepreſent the great ſweet- 
vefle.and gentlenefie of thy wa- 
ber tomen:: For doe but recol- 
leetthy felfe; and ſeriouſly con- 
lider- $ goodneſſe 0 thou ſhalr 
finde ,. that. thy G o Þ is ever 
md — = 
wosking with them ; and - © 

ſuchinfmnite gentleneſſe, that he 
accommodates his om. to 
the ſeverall condition and na- 


| 


tureof them all, as if he ſhould | 


fay with the Apoſtle, I ans maae | 
all things toll men,that I mt ht 
by -aH. meanes ſave ſome © NEC 


workech together with meceſ- 


ſary 


I Cor. I, 
224 


2 —_— CFR 


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| trees and 


| 


l 


ſary workes , that they may | 
pe worke nereſſarily; with volan.! 


free 1ntheir workzng, that they 


SP of 


— I 
The fifth Step | 


— 


Clo. 


tary , thiat they may worke v9- 
lentarily; with thoſe which ar: 


may worke freely. The fire he 


| moveth, ſtirrech and helpeth 


fo, that it may «ſcexd; the earth 
that it may tend downeward, the 
ayre that it may glide by dc- 
clve and bending places; the 
ajre that it may paſſe which 
way ſoeverit be drives; ſtarr: 
that they may keepe alwayes 
In acircular motion: herbs fruit-. 
plants that they may! 
bring forth frais, according to 
their natures'3 &reatwres upo! 
earth, in the water a:1d the «re, 
to. doe thoſe things which arc 
agreeable to their nature. And 
if. thegoodneſſeof Go» bc (0 
eminent 1n cooperating with 
us creatures , in the worke of 


narwre, What may we thinke it | 


to bein the workes of grace? 


e hath given man free pow” 


a 


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[51 

he ſeved, but ſo, as that he will 
©n| MM alſo: have:them co be willing ; 
1h Wand therefore he ſweetly pre- 


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will governe him by his come 

ext gran him with de--| 
irafton, and allure him by his | 
bounty.” He will bave all men 


vents, excites, [cads, and guides 
them in ſuch manner, as is moſt 
admirable. Theſe are the weaves 
which the wiſedowe of Gop | 
hath-found oat for the good | 
of Mas :of which, the Prophet | 
Efayſpeaketh in theſe words, 
Prabſe tbe LORD, call won 
bis Name ; decive his Workes, 
( adinventimies ejue , (ay ſome) 
among the people. » And certaine- 
ly;"the wicked ſometimes hee 
terrifies exccedingly,ſometimes 
perſwades them lovingly; ſome- 
titne eth them mildly, 
and ſometime correfFerh them 


"— » - 


mercifully , as he in his wiſe- 


| " 
F his wil, bur ſo, as that he | 


| demie-thinkes expedient and 


| agreeable to their ame" | 
an 


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rm) 'The fifth Step 


and inclinations. Odferve how 
tenderly he dealt with the firſ 
tranſgreſior. : eAdan ( faith 
G 0 Þd.) where art thou? hisan- 
{wer was, 4 heard thy woyce i 
the Garden, and was afraid, br. 
canſe I'was naked 1 hid my ſelf: 
the Lox.p replycd with the 
like meckenefle ,. Yho told the: 
| chat thow weſt naked, Haſt thou | 
eatenaf thetree , whereof | com-| 
munded thee that thow ſhoxldſi| 
not eate? and by this gentle cor- 
reftion or infinuation , Adam 
without doubt repented, as the 
Scripture ſaith: Shee (thats 


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| 


| ſerved the firſ®. Eather of the 


World, that was formed, and kept 
bins when be was created alone 
and . brought him ont of hu f- 
fences _ Obſerve againe , -how! 
gently and ſweetly he ( by his 
Angell in the Booke of the 
ſuages) rebuked and provoked 


the people. of 1{rael to pry 


the 


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| whoi in al their fon 
us. 233-we may call them 
chrhig;and beate upon thjs, 
"ow oÞ-defires not the death 
vr; but rather that he | 
[retarne and live. They 
7 $a Gop by Jeremie ) 
4 an put Away bu Wife and | 
pefim him, and become 4- 

7 Bans, [ball be rerwrne wn- 
apgine; ſhall not the land 
polluced ' But thou haſt 

e herlet. with many ls- 
Teturne apaine to me 


| ayHy vg .And by E- 
acl, Thas ye peaks and [ey 
If our tranſgreſſions and ſinnes be 
meu us > 4nd we are conſumed be- 
of them, how ſhould we then 
| EPY wuo them, as 1 live 
the LORD, 1 decfire not 
rac the wicked, oe that 
ve tarue from bus way 
| love, U APRT FEE e Eng Fo 
{ JROW® 1 a7. evill wa es, for why 
| Kfief ye bowſe of Iſrael l? 


C 4 
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| | _ | | 
_ - The fiſth Step | i 


and conſider ho v great Gong 
more then Fatheriy meekneſſe 
and gentlenes 1s to thole that 
feare and hepe in him. Holy 
David 1s defirous to expreſſe 
it, Looke how high the Heaven 
in compariſon of the Earth, fo 
great 1s his mercy alſo t1wwid! 
them that feare him, And Like 
as a Father pittyeth his own} 
( hildren,ſows the LO R D mer 
cifnll to them that feare hin. 
And, The mercifull goodreſſe of 
the LORD endurcth for evn 


i 


and ever won them that fear 


. 
, 
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him. And in another Pl2!me,| 
Tafte and ſee how praciow tht) 
LORD#, bleſſed is the mai} 
that traffeth in him, 2nd againe,| 
Tracly 'G O'D '# loving unvF* 
Iſrael, even to ſuch as arc of «ll 
cleane bea#t. And againe, Gon WS 
faith by Efay 3" Can a womn Wi 
forget bby childe\, and not hav: i 
compaſſion'on the ſonne of ho 
worbe though they ſhoxld for-| 
get , Jer will wot I forget thee :| 


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Th 4 LO D us good. to them 25. 
t 208 , exdre theſoule 
a cx 
ts would bale what 
teltifie of his Fa- 
tendernefſe to the Godly, 
| never:make an cnd. | 
14 | Take oe place tor all the reſt, 
Phe | of F, Paxl, Bleſſed be GOD, 2 Cor, 1 4 
er | even: the Father of our L 0 k _- PW 
Are 6 UCuRIsST, the Fa- | 
Ty” of wercies, and GOD of all 
ver | 3 which. comforterh mn in 
jo 
ideation &c. he ſaith 
wr ns Gop is our comfort 
hel (barcly)but of all comfort ; and 
41 "ot that hee comforrerh us in 
1c, ome, but in.oll owr tribmlation. 
1 (Andtoend his point, take che 
hy words of S'. Proſper » Grace 
Fm he ) exceeds all juſſifies 


ing in exhorta- 
we| a © ry by examples, 
| eiſfing by dangers, provoking 
r-| Winecles \ giving wnderſtan- 


{| risſpiring coxnſaile, evlight- 
1d | ning 


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1 He. th Step 


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ving the heart , and ensowing i | 
with affetionsof Fauh, &c. IM 
It chen-thy Creator bee ſo 
| loving and kind to his fre 
and with ſuch incredtole pa.| 
tience and meekneſſe beares| 
with fxners for their conver| 
ſions , comforting the juft,) 
| that they 'may procecde and} 
grow 1n righteouſneſlc , and 
holineffe ; oughteſt not thou} 
to beare the infirmitics of thy 
#eighboxr , togaine all mento 
thy -G'oD ? Conſider witt 
thy ſelfe to what ſaublimitic 
and. excellencie the eApo/il: 
exhorts. thee, when he taith, 
Be yee followers of GOD « 
 deare | hildrew. 'eAud walks i 
love, even as Cur 1ST batt 
| loved my8ec.  Imitate the Fi 
ther, who caxſeth the Sunn il 
«riſe upon the good and evill, 
eo nepmerh wpos the juſt an 
| ##j#/fs» Imitare the Sor, who 
aving.eaking car humane 14 
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to:his , he appeared in 
the ſhape of fire , as Moſes re. 


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| onſo 8s beranſe the LORD 
Came it in fire. To 
reſemble which myltery,when 
the new law was to be publi- 
ſhed , the bely Ghoft appcarcd 
cothe Apoſtles in the \ oy Xa e of 


becauſe 
they receive fervor and heate 
from that moſt ardent and di- 
vine fire , more then the other 

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; ' Stubble,are by the Apoſtle CO 
pated-withevill workes, which 
cannart endure the triall of Gs; 
fare ; for it is almoſt incredible 
bow 'hatefull and diſplcaſing 
all Sumner arcto GoD, por. 
a. molt pure fire ; with what 
zcale hee. couſumcs and dc- 
ſtroy c3 them 3; ficlt, dy Tepen- 
EL if the ſonver be in that 
| Rateghat he can.reperr; for by 
| repextance all fiencs arc purged: 
| cage; the aver be wicapa- 
wo repextazce, ( as Devils, 

apya' ap. \this life are ) 


*. led agaiult 
8be wrgedly and his 


eff ory 9h. hated alike 
o:60 g pode the wiſcman; 
[and -Propher David 
faying.; » Thes 
A gh yrke V4- 
| *tz-:How cauch an great this 
| Sade the Devill. can wit- 


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T; $of alt honour | 
| nd mto a moſt 
| deform monſter , yen 
|[roerernall perdirion,C if 1m- 
| lt is 2 witnefle ; who came 
from Heaven, ito 'difſolvethe 
| workes of the Devill { fine) 
TIED Wed cbr 2a 
+ arty which taketh away 
of 'rbe. World, Yet 
;WhoiSable todeclarey nay to 
phive, what and hoiv great 
br (e-ſuffeted, to deſtroy 
: my. the Devilt; and 
pat c:-Gods juſtice d 
ho the formeof GOD; 
Wn ins the forme of i« {er- 
Vas? £3 wed bo rich NE 
(une bis bend, Was re- 


]vike fo ered; bare owr finues is 
|6is wy | we} bambled nim- 

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al 


The fath Step | 


thedeath, eventhe death of the 
{| Croſſe; was derided, fpit upon, 
{courged,crowned with thorns, 

crucified with all ignominie 
 ] and grievous torments, ſhed- 

ding his-Vife and blood , and all 
theſe things to deſtroy the 
Devills worke, f-ne : Wiitneſſc 
the Law of GoD, which for- 
bids and-puniſheth all ſe, 
leavingnotunpuniſhed ſo much 
| asan jd/ewerd. And how doe 
we thinke | be- deteſteth hey. 

| HOUS ſewer; That. cannot endure 
an «ale word i For the Law of 


the LORD: i an wndefiled 
| Law, without allſpots,avd what 
| communion hatblighr with dark- 


We=== .vri''wher fellowſhip hath 


Mme with wnroghteouſ- 


'P which: refilled to be 
wathed with-the- blovd of the 
endo filed aneb > For-it is but 


Jena! whom. .finne al- 


waſhed) 


l} 1 


Ther fob Step 


— L ta. af — 


| thee-fdomthy finre , and recon 
 eled thee..to his Father : and 
| hall rt: ſzeme grievous to thee 
|  hercaſeerto ſuffer any thing for 
| eicheran his grace and fa- 
vours andwith his grace to re- 
| liſt Aanes\even to the loſk of 
\ thy b/cod and bife ? Laſtly, if 
| thou. canſtnot! cndure the fre 
everlaſting ig Sell 'patiently, 
neither oughteſt thou patiently 
 toendufe Fane, but flee from it 
| _ufrokw aStrpem; and [ct it be 
thy, reſolution to joyne thy 
| greateſt bace'to: fame with thy 
greateſ? love ta G oD.: 
_ | +-Bur-Sne-deſtroyesnot , but 
' raakes Gold, Silver and lewels, 
more. perfet and ſhining ; bc- 
caulrns5.Pexk{iache lace bc- 
\fore cited) declares, that hat 
| mettalls fignitic good works and | 
\perfecs, which are allow'd and 
aprov Sno thefireof Godsjudg- 
= ment,and ſhall receive their rc- 


—_ Gop ratifics 
Faroadshectule Py are his 


wifi! 


p pleaſe” Go: D”, : Who is 
A Silo Ggnifies the 


& of iſedomie," namely of 


iwitrud Many nen 


= "righrvonſneſe,| 


e. very y "accep FOR, 


| ory: Yeat' in the Rings 
an, Fewels and! 

| [Previemws:/ov+4: are' the workes' 

| Hb afe foute, of: wtiich 1 s) 
Bc 1 on faid 


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The ſixth: Step 


> mt o_ — 
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wo: weighs..to be compared to 
eta n—s (or chaſte) minde. And 
how this pure Virginity plez- | 
{erh Go-v,we may underſtand, 
by that which Eſay ſpeaketh 
| of . Enunchs,upon which place 
| F« Aug#ſtive peaking, doth lo 
| commend. Virginity in wer and 
women, that he made along O- 
ration upon it. And theſe be 
{the three workes to which arc 
| Hom great rew4rds., and to 
] theirpeſeſor-or workers, name- 
Hy Martyrs, Dofbors and Y 7 gn. 
(\To-H4erygrs for rhe exc-llccic 
.of their love, Greater love then 
' this bath ne man, when ar 
beſtoweth hislife for his Freaks 


l To-Datters;tor the peach 


is their wiſedawe , of whom 
| Dag.12g þReniel daith,, They ther turne 


' —— rbenafrrſe ſhall foi 
47 e flarres for ever axd cv 

4 To Virgizs, _—_ inctimabl 
and incomparable woreh of 
| their parizie, for. whole ſikc 
the 


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| | : Thy" fxch Step 
"= the ated, and comfort to the 
N captive.” Nay our Savi 
]'ox# hath'promiſed a rewardto 
thoſe , who ſhall give bur acy 
of cold waver to afy in the name 
| oF a wiſe;plvin love, 
| Thou muyeſt by this caſily 
1irdertane -, what difference 
| there js"dotweent one worke 
and anothet; and what is more 
'fodliſh , mremiſerablc z then 
; m'\the faine” place and time 
| wherein” iFchou'beeſt wiſe ) 
{thou mM itget gold, filver and 
| Pretious * jewels z thou hadſ! 
| \rather'," (and thar with no 
T9 ſirall Hbour) gather dry word, | 
frm. ndB#ddte.: Orhatchou 
Twaolldibe wiſe, and-undcr- 
3 1 itand;, and'provide for the /aff 
"hey 5 wherellehef things ſhall 
de" exainined and ieryed - the 
| feof 'Godr: - wr, when 
| ame + ION 
owned,andithe er Darn 
. | OPtcuriedmes: finoke'and a- 
| Hee «Why defÞ\ thou now 


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wo aching = 

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and: cleare trut 

be aheaneftaſſe&ion, 


affcAtion, 

Fe did en wr Re Wo 

i Lord grantthar I may | 1c 19, 

6 hes uy Poceive mo, fehr; | 4" | 
[era ade Prophet David, 

" "Dart —a e| Pſal.138. | 

| thy Law. For 15, 


| yr and precioms 
r= they which arc 
| nordoncin Zove ſhould be'con-| 


rec 
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w-come wce to conſider] 

the other property of fire. Hi. 
| therto wee have onely lcarned| 
| frem the nature of that Ele. 
| nei «: what God wotketh in 

thoſe which deperc this world 
with. good workes. or end their 
| dayes withevil. Now by ano. 
cherSoiltadedenec from the 
ſame fire; wee may underſtand: 
what Ged: warketh with thoſe: 
whom he calieth from ſinne to 
—_ etc 

A fuer 13 compared to [ron, 

| whichwhenicis farre from the 
fire; is blacke,: »cold, hard, and] 
** ] heavy >-but: being put inco the 
firez. it is made clcarc, hor, (of 
- jand lights. | 
Every Slawer wanteth his 
inward fighe, and walketh in 
 darknefie;. and in this reſpect 
may: be welb reſembled to the 
[4 e of {ron: for though 

mn'the knowledge and com- 
merce 


GE OO 


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th- gooc Tecvill, and 

crobelinlc, | nd vl 

| be preatÞ long robe Hort 
hore co.be.long 3 and - 


ho , Þ x7 deceived in his 
d this is it- which 


[ one (peakerh of in 
[= $ Gentiles ; Hia- 


ofthe here This is that 
wh ah wn Savioxr in thc 

O ut n upbraideth the — 

Phariſees withall, " 16, 


| © chains leaders of | 1. ry 
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Thi Firth Step 


| Blay 4:2, che bind? The Prophet Eſay il:} 
18, lo ſpeaRing to the ewes of his! 
cime, (aich's Heare you deafe | 
| an looke'ye Blind,that je nay [+1 
| Aha litefebefore inthe tame 'M 
Chapter, (prophecying ro chm 
of the cofnming of Chri/#, who MW! 
Ro pe NT eyes of the 6lind,\ Ml 
an yof the new Teſta 
eg ”y perſon of God )| 
faich, Prwil bring the blind bya 
| "that they Bnew not, and lead 
them by pathe; that they have not 
{knowne * | will make darkucſſe' 
light before tbew,&st. Laſtly,dce | 
{ hot the” wicked themſelves 
confefſe'as mach after this life, 
| When paitie ſhall begin to per | f 
. | thr &ye7, which finne had cle-| M 
; (ot Therefore have wee erred i 
ons the wn "of truth , and the 
light of righteolfnict hath wot ſhi- | 
ned} Hnto'ns, aud the San o ff guder- 
[/fandirg Foſs wor Wpon ws. Nor is 
ir a wondet that they ſhou'd be 
blind, whozteaverie from God 
[i WY Fd For (God i 


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Prat b4 


abies eee ky conſe 


fer not. ro 
| perceive the 
mich _ like colored glaſſe, 
ye white to (hew | 
the: contrary ; Or 
%:. which make 


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ah great 


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The fxth Step | * 


great: things ſceme {mall , and\iMt 
{mall great, or thoſe things acl 
afarre off tobe necre, and they| 
which ate necre, atarre off, || 
\-W hazfoever: thing a mall 
laves fervently, he ever judgeth| 
itto bemoſt faire and amiable,] 


| moſt 'beneficrall and profite| 


ble;zmoi excellent and. ecelinl 
for: kinaſcilc ; and. defbifeh a all 
other things in compariſon of| 
it, Againes whatſoever he ha ff! 
| vehemently, bee repares ic thc|l 
tho{t molt deformed, —_—_ 
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rivingiand will call upon thence 
SftboLord : | leeds 
«*:Sccondly; ; fire as it makes MW* 
droncieare, which formerly wall 
blacks; to of celd it makcth if 
- | bet; yen fo ſcorehing and bur: 
ning; as thar it ſecmeth to beefſ9# 
fre fclfe.- Great is the Lordi 
and-great 'is his power , that 
man by nature cold, fearctull andEE 
timorons;notdaring of hinſlkWW 
£0 ſpeaks, much lefle to attempt 
|-atly: bard'or difficult deſigne; 
Fetberng once heated withthe 


*his \roaring , and 
 evercomies by his power , and 
that nothing ſhall ſeeme 4fi- 
| ev#{t of: him ; infomuch 

33dciog-hindird wich this fire 
| hee ſhall ſay with the Apofle; 


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give ao7.ck 2s great asa 
peece' 
of Ordinance ; bur fruitlefle, be. 


cauſe they preferre not the glo- 

ry of Ged, and the ſalvation of 
Goules before the applauſe of| 
men. Saint Peter was no Rhe. 


feere « Ship, and menda ver, and 
to e4ff it abroad; but as ſoone I% 
as the Holy Ghoſt came upon (WTR 
him inthe ſhape of frery tongues, gs 
and filled him with molt ardent MP 
_— he began reſently , even 
midit of Feruſalem, to 
pe with ſuch power and 
| efficacie, thar at one Sermes of 


£5 his many rhoulands were Coſl- 
| vented.” 


And yet wee read nor that he| 
kfd much elder or laying + 
bout with his body, or bang-| 
ing the Palpic: from whence 
"then ed ſuch moving | 
of the Audirers, from whence! 


fuch Janes certain-| 
AY Pres| 
porn ward 


bumt 


torician, but knew only how to 


m3: others of the Tudbs 
ic: tothe Seehians,and. 


= Brittaines; and by 
amor only to deſtroy the 


Wabemwle, buttocret 
tid advance the T: Tophee of the 


Ss Ter the rites of the 


Fades . and-to ſubvert the | 
<7 - Kingdome of the 


n ſhould have forc- 
le thing to:the Aps- | 
fiſhing in 


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ors Paſſion) they lurked in con 
ners, they would have beenbe 
| leeved no more then dreamy 
oro/dwives fables : yet aticr 
while s all theſc . things can 
| to-paſſe,. and that by no othe 
meanes., then” the power « 
molt ardent love, which the # 
by Ghoſt hindled in their hearts 
. | for. as St. John:ſpcaketh, ? 
 fe& Love cafteth ont ſeare ; an 
againe, Leve ſ#ffereth al thing 
bopeth all things, endureth « 
thugs; thinks nothing impol 
fible, but cryes-with the 4 
fle, 1 am able to der all thin 
| in. him which \frengtbeneth m 
So: that. wee ſee, that by t! 
endeavour of theſe men, 4 
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the more he was 6 apa , the 
more he was harared; and the 
more Gods mercy «ppeared to 
him by removing the plagues, 
Ft ore he was 4vimared to 
E NENe 

But whenſoever it pleaſcth 
God tokindlea ſparkle of the 
erwe fire of His {ove in a heart, 
though never ſobard, preſent- 
ly it growes ſoft and melteth 


refſtche power of it : but isof 


and the breath of God: {pirit 
thawes the congealed ſwow ther- 
of into water. "We havean cx- | 
| ample in the Goſpell of chat 

wowen, who being a notorious 
ſinner in the City could not be 
perſwaded, either by the ado 
nition of her- brethey, or the 


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thatil, maketh {ren Hi 8 hi,wvhict 
togmerly was heavy. And it is: 
the cbiet cauſe,thac men which. 
are. not. beated. and inflain.d 
with divine Jove, are heavy in 
heart:z/ and,tofuch the Kingly | 


' Prophet thus 41{peaketh , attcr? 


ſome -tran{latiovs : Yſqueque' 
ravi cordes, How long will ye be 


| eav) in heart, {vving vanity,and | 


ſeeking after lzes? and the Wiſe- 
m4u-1aith 5 the corraptible or | 
earthly body weigheth dowre the 


heavy yoake us upon the (51; of 


eAdam.. Which heavy oaks 


he afterwards .explaines to be | 


wrath, exvy, feare, trouble, and | 
anguietnes.anc the like, wich! 


| arc alually.ſtiled the paſſions of! 
| the, mind. Iheſe doc to loaat 
| and burdes a man, i hat he looks 
| upon nothing buc the earth, to: 
which, hce cleaveth, and can! 


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[Wer we wilrwn after thee. 


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ſumes the ill humour onely (if it 
conlame ) but kills not. Who 
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|wempwhenthou haſt ſet my heart 


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the beavy yoke of earthly cares, 
and Io coed heart 
with the wings of contemplation, 
which, zeari/bech and increa- 
ſeth love ;- that I may ſay with 


the Pſalmift, Comfort tbe ſoul | 


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cin we ſhould aſcend to 
D by the wirgs of contem- 
| Matiew; namely , the dey and 

vebt ; of the former of them, 
the ſame Propher ſaith in the 
fame Plalme, {» the Swn hath 
be placed bis Tabernacle (accor- 
| ding to ſome tranſlations) or as 


I 4 others, | 


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The ſeventh Ste , 


others, 1n,them hath he (cr a | 
Tabernacle for the Suu N which | 
cometh forth as a Bridegroome 
| ont of his chamber, andrejo yeeth | 
4s 4 Giant torunhu courſe His 
| goixg forth fs from the end of | 
Heaven, and ranch about to 
the ends of it, and there is nothing 
hid from the heate thereof. Ot| 
| the latter he writes 1n another { 
Plalme, 1 will confeder the Hea-. | 
ven; the woke of thy hands, the 
Moone and the Starres which 
thou haſtordained, We will bc- | 
ginwith the firſt. 

©» Of the Sww'( which is ſecne | 
by day) the Pſalmiſt inthe for- | 
| mer inentioned place ſers down | 


MC ———_— 


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| : | 
. ! foure ſevcrall prayſes or com- | 


| mcengations.' 1. That #t is the. 
Tabernacle of GOD. 2. That | 
ts woſt beautifull. 3. That it 


without wearineſſe. 4. That by 
enlighraing and heating, it chic/- 


| ly manife 's its power, [n regar d 
of all which qualicicsthe Sonne | 


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4H#farion of- op Je. 
nr ared his Taberna- 
I the Sw#% 25 ts moſt no- 
blerliing.ro 7efidein ;' that is, 
he tathrchoſeo the Saramon? 
De things, as 2 royall 


warieto 
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wand EdfiÞ. ind the Hea- 


ven vf Heavens 'cannot containe 


| LOGS he is faid ro dwell more. 


\ Dis he hath manmifc- TJ 
ts. Le Ate orevreſt frores of his 
yworking wonders. 
gh becaafe'in the originall 
Sid" 2thems bath he ſet a 
Tabernacle for the Sun, that 1s | 
eaven; we may ther our} 
13 place cheP.alme, 1-| 
"exerlende of rhe' Sin, 


or etitFfBtirig or oppoling 


Or. 


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Ier,2 3.34 
2 Chr. 2. | 
6, | 


Ne | — 


The fevamb Step 


"oo 


a large, fairc and no- 
palace : - for as he would | 


| have heavento bethe palace of 


the Sun,wherein he might free. 


[ ly. walke and worke ; {o hee 


| would: have the Sw# to be his 
owne palace. S$o., that as we 
chend the greatneſſe 


wy rrgng 
| exccllencie of the Sz» by 
.| this, chat the. beeven.is its ta- 


barnacles to F, WE.concelve 
the -greq and exccllencie 
of Go Þ, inthatthe Sux(an ad- 
| mirable veſſell,and then which 
nothin 


wonderfull) is his tabernacle. 


I + az Secondly, the Plaimilt {to 


I 


denote unto us the great beauty 
of the Saw. ) compares it to a 


er. for never doe men 


N Srfy to ſet themſelves forth 


Manner ,. nor to ſeeme 


: more vp and heapcifull.cher 


s3 as 


L [ocroro ph pleaſeche brides eyc 


more | 


OO Jobings for-whom. Go Þ hath | 


g., corporeall 1s more. 


| Bride roowe . fving. out. of hi;| 


pre ure oth 
need the ſunilitude of a bride 
mes conctive the incredi- 

ble-beawtyof it} Certainely, all 
[rbegraceofthe exosd $0n 
thehghe; and withour it all the 
we colors vaniſheth and 
the Iftre. Againe, no- | 
ring is mote faire then the. 
bgbe, and Go d himſelfe(who 
hn.igh itfeife ) would be cal- 

"GOD. #«lght (faith 
F and in hins 3s no dark: 
all. And atnong corpo- 
real) things nothing. is more 
| dleare then the Sus, and in thar 


ON 
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| 


 adde this, thar the beauty of 11- 
feriour: things 
wes foone faderh; but the Sean- 


| 
{ 

beaurifull. ' Belides, if we will 
| 


» -efpecially of 


ryard, nothing more faire and 


| | tr-of the Swv never decayeth, 


| 


b4 | nevcr 


» AM | 


— 


110,15. 


262 


| _—_—_ 


| Xi darkeneſſe ,. where they | 


Ther ſeventh'$ Step 


—_—_ — — 


' 

never decreaſeth , but alwaies 
[ maketh all things joytull with | 
cqliall ſplender « for if we ob- 
| ſerve ic,uponthe Sw» riſing, all | 
| things feeme in a manner to re. | 


' 1 Joyce, menare merry,lweoet winds | 


| blowe,, flowers open , herbs in- | 
 creaſe,and birds refreth the nahi 
with their -melodious notcs 
and therefore it was the an{ wer | 
of old Tobjasto the Angel who | 
gave him yoy :. What 7 Joy can [, 

ave\aid be) that (it nm darke- 
nefſe , and ki not the light of 
Heaven? | 

Confider-then with thy elf, 

and ſay. tharif the rec g Sun 
doth ſo comfort every thing in 
\ bis -1-fSng 4 what joy. fhall there 
be to pwreſonles when they ſhall | 
behoid'the #ncreate Son, with- | 
out compariſon fairer and clea- 
| re7; and that, got for a time, but 
for ever? and what horror ſhall 
.be tothe wicked , when they 
| thall be condemned to everla- 


_ ſhall | 


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| I |ofabeidborcare: or! erate; Saw ; | 
and what yoy-ſhall-it bring; to} * 
that fonletoi whom the Farther 
ahallfay,. Enter ines thy 

orhy ti bi : «.: 
p -34-ln -the,nexe place; King 
Dawdiers forth ra deſcribes 
the- admirable: courſe of the 
San: He rejojeerh as a Giant af | 
renne-bizeonr/es VV ichout doybt,| 
2 Grant 18 {tiwog.,. and if accor- 
tothe greatnefſe of his 
he will ftrecch out his 
x andrunne as \wittly as| 
[The ſtrength. he may , he 
ly-will pafic over a-great 


[ence ground. : Andas before 
Prophet tacxprofile the Swns 
y, compared it to a Bride- 
grooms; ſota (et forth the twift- 
velleof his courſe ,, he ikens ir 
t0aGent;Butthough he had 
{ Not compared; himto a./frong 
| May, ora Giant ybut to flying 
$,arrowes., winds or light- 
16h yet he had- fallen tarre| 


ſhort} 


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ſhore in'thac compariſon , be. 
tween it;2ndthem, in this pro. | 
[perty of ſwiftneſſe - for if it be 
| true which we fce, that the Say 
paſſeth the circuit of his O1b. 
_ | 1n 24-houres ; andif the circuit 
of -its Orbe doth infinitely ex- 
ceed the circuit of the Orbe 
of the earth; "and if the com- 
paſſe of the earth comprehends 
20000. miles, or thereabours, | 
all whichare very truc; then of 
neceſſity it mult follow, that 
every houre he runneth many 
| thouſands of miles ': Nay what 
 ſpeake weof houres? I may ſay 
|. every quarter, and almoſt eycry 
1 minate;forifa man doc but ob- 
ſervetheriſeg or ſerring of the 
Swain an open horizon, as it is 
at Ses,orinthe plain of a chanm- 
| pion Countrey, he may perceive 
| oonad above 
the berizow',” fpace then 
theeightpertof an houre, and 
yer the diamergr-or thickneilc 
of the bodyof the Swnis much 


| HR greater | 


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Storres , all the ay re, all Sear, 


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heate makes all things, 
T . Corne 2 and rrecs wy 
ey, protec, and bringeth 
f Irait*to Opt and ripe. 
nefle; it{preads aid d:Fatcth 
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bop rnece moved, he | 


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fi are alt rhe 

hich gr ow [pon earth, 
fe gaifts! are neither the | 


F hor perfect”, bur ra: her | 
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even Gan himicife, are thc 
| ightof 


| which bringthem (which per: 


| are the guifts of the Father of 


— Tho ſevemb. Step 
G o.D the Father of lights ſpi- 
jw 1 ane all Nr aranry and 
rect guifts, which make the 

| poſleiſor good and perfeR, and 
| Which none can abuſe ; and 


ſevere in them.) to the ſtatc of 
true happinef inefſe 


Seekthenthofe good and per- 
felt - Which come from 
 «bove rem the Farber of lights, 
and; -when thou haſt found 
| them , be. follicitous ro keepe 
| them ; 'andthere- is. no need to 


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; wiſedowe, and the ordi- 
| nance of love. x. The light of 
a man 


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way of his. commandemeits, 


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| tothe: of heaven, 
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withour labour,hands,or inſtru- 
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can foapt and-fit to them(clves 
a body out of 'the elements, that 
by wiſemen it ſhalbe conceived 
to bea hamane $ody, that ſhall 
walke, fpeakey cate, drinke, be 
touched; felr,'and waſhed, So 


the Angels, and waſhed their | 
feet, and his nephow Lo: re- 
ceived Angels 'as pilgrimer in- 
to his houſe” s-and the Angd | 

hael accompanied young 
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ſanle' of man a place in carth, 
but-co the Angels a place in 
heaven, im his owne Palace, Al 
thewhole heavens are the Lord;, 
the earth bath be- given to the 

wen, Henceit is that our 
Soviccy calleth them the An- 


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okt a & D of Angels, there 

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di envic the Angels , -or 

ghplece or (wift motion, 

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4 be equal with them , but 

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kl 11 iſe that body:thou ſhalc pvu!- 


yew,as _ proper man- | 
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lion ; andthat beay being mide Mop 
a ſpirityallbodj , 1t ſhalbcthcre iſ 

| continually without labour and |Wahp 
wearineſle , where thy ſoul pe 
will and commands it. Thy Mag 
Lerd God will not faile thce in| 


hispromiſe,/»my Fathers houſe Migas 
478 Many manſions, and / goeto| 


prepareaplace for yor, and / will @ a 


that they be with me where 1s 
am, &c. but where Chriſt is , Wa 
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know. , for we confeſle every Wu 
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- | when he left them , 1t was not [a 
by walking away , but vanith- | 
10g; that is, he conveighed his 
body with ſo- ſp edy motion 
from place ro place if he had 
bin aſperir, ot a body. 
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maybe truly alſo ſaid, that Go 
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created every Angell , that to- 
ether with'their werwre he in- 
led grace, as'St. Auguſtin 
teſtifies , Sooncafrer they which 
| cleaved 14 "GOD by love wer 
crowned with ;ylory and bleſſed 
_ | neſſe, endiheywhich rebelled an 
were reprobate,' fell, Theretore 
their pilgrimage muſt needs be 
ſhorr- "and their manſion ever: 
laſting,ifwemay call that (hon 
diſtance'betweene their cres- 
ation and blefſedneſſe a pi/gri 
mage, We menxinour creatial 
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Mem, and bc deprived thereby 
r-poſſeflion. Hence are , 


Beſe compli Hex wer 
EMS prolong ate: | 


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and as others » Hex mihi, quia 
no is Meſech ; they are both 
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erviees.we, muſt conſider, thar 
the, chiefeſt of the Angels are 
wpourcd toi this office; and 
hele-are the Seraphims, wich 
whom, as-chiefe charters or / 
ReGores'chori ( as we may call 
them/) che other Angels doe. 
dewe their pacts, of who'n you 
may-heare the 'Prophet Eſay,, ; 
| the-L.O K D fitting pou Eſa, 6. 1 
Phigh throne and lifted up , and | 
the lawer pare thereof filled the 
Temple.. The. Seraphims ſtood 
wei, every one had /ixe wings, 
ith twaine he covered his face, 
ld with twaine he covered bis 
feet, and with rwaine he did flie. 
tAnd oe creed to another and 
ſaid Holy , Holy, Holy « the 
LOR D. of hoſts,the whole world 
& fall- of bis glory. In which 
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fion ; and that body being made 
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continually without labour and 
wearinefle , where thy ſoule 
will and commands it. Thy 
Lerd God will not faile thce in 
hispromiſe, /» my Fathers hou(t 
re many manſions, and 1 goeto 


| prepereaplace for yos, and ! wil 


that they be with me where I 
am, Ic. but where Chriſt is, 
and what 69dy he hath we 
know. , for we confeſle cyery 


day , anJ ſay ,'the third day be 
aroſe from the dead, and aſcended 


intoheaves; and we know allo, 


that his body after his reſurre- 
| iow, uſed. to enter to his Diſ- 


ciples, chedeores being ſpur, and 


by walking away , but vanithe 
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pameand(whichis che fumme 
mixhoimnſt love thy neigh- | 
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ing' contented with Gods re. 
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allpropettion'and mcaſure. 
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the d;pwity of Angels,accurding| 
to grace - And 10 this reſpetn 
maybe truly alſo faid, that God 
| made moan Heels: leſſe and more 
thenlirtle leſſe, rhen rhe Angels, 
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crowned with-ylory' and bleſſed: 
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were reprobare,' fell, Theretore ap 
their pilprimage-muft needs beep 
ſhorr-/and their manſion cver-W 
laſting,if wemay call chat (honY® 
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Mahment ; and while we arc in 
; Men & wander from Gog, 
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reth. good men, and thoſe 
Yhadelire their Countrey, i is, 
pins the meane time , hey 
Weamong moſt crucl cnemics, 
wal he danger is,that they may 
mychicd, and taken by 

7 oe -and bc deprived thereby 


NEL eir poſſcflion. Hence arc 


complaints, Hex mil, 

ICs menus prolongatus 

ih (axe. Jeromes tranſlation) 

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| | wicked imens Bur though m 
| chisregarditien are {eſſe then the 
wn t#h,yetGoD of his good. 
| 'thath' wonderfully com- 
| ore) tis; It that out of our 
kind', he hath'ipreferred one to 
[ be aboveall Angels and Princi- 
| palities even" Curr rls 
| $%# $+ dlelfed 'For- ever. And 
| hen need Hot! ſo'' much com 
| plaineof cheirfong living here, 
| | teeing that while they arc here 
| they "may th4hy times amend 
ad-repaire-'their 'lapſes and 
fend by +epetitance, ob- 
ah Ruler ofthe. 
þ Tt retains how that we 
ſpeake of the offire? of che An 
[4 WH are hve 112 nuM- 


Va 
- 


| 
{ W aſa 1, The | 


[. — TIT mmm =. En -—, 


und how great 
atcount' G @ 1. :maketh of this 
ſevies.we.mult conſider, that 
the, chiefeſt of the Angels are 
wpouned : toi this office; and 
beleaxe the Seraphims, with 
whomy as-chiefe | chanters or 
Reforetchori ( as we may call | 
them) the other Angels doe 
Emaar. ct whonvos 
heare the (Prophet Efay, : 
theLORD fttting wpon' Eſa, 6. 14 
| one and lifted up , and 
neil the, part thereof filled the 
cl Temple." he. Seraphins ftood 
LPs every ove had ixe wings, 
10 wh rwaine he covered bis face, 
10 6 with twaine he covered bs 
bf feet, and with rwaine he did flie. 
tAud one tried 10 another and 
ſaid Hol » Holy, Holy &« the 
MfLORD of hoſts,the whole world 
fell of bu glory. In which 
| Place, you heare the name Se- 
M._:-* M 4 raphin, 


"——_ 


Pi\, 2, 11. 


. | reverence, and reverence with 


| and rejojce in him with trem- 


'|, 


—— 


i 


that high order; and you {ce 
that they cover their face and 
| feet, in token of reverence, as 
though they durlt not behold 
his facc,. and you ſce, that they 
continually fliye , while they 
ings to ſignifie their affettion 
and defare, more and more to| 
approach neere to Gop, which 
two qualities are nec<l[ary for 
thoſe which deſire to pleaſe 
God, while they ſing and chant 
his praiſes, tojoync love with 


| 


 lowe.; which alſo the Prophet 
David cxpreſſeth in ſaying, 
Serve the LO RD with feare, 


bling. 
| | Hence we may lezrne, what | 
havoxr G-O D'isworthy to re- 
ccive fromus,when the Princes 
of heaven," who arealwaics in 
his preſence, and ſee his tace 
contirwally , dare not _negledt 


their ſeare and reverence whils 
| they | 


— — y__——— 


COOLED —r— 


Ps, 


[xg ov pfai(e bs 3'teirhera foe 
lebinrh #;'fior for their 

Fn 
ty thandy of us ( duff 
FE v17 tina when at the 


[een \ we ſhalbe 
Kprooved. 


for, ourdrowſin es z 
waudr thoughts , \tareleliſe. 
| a frrenrrteet ih his -fer- 
|2e6/2) Learne. thetefore at the. 
| fn; by ſo'great a 
-patterne , ht art thy due 
rs 440610 fi ng hyawcrunco | 
Ii; IP with feare and rrem-, 
' ag $2 :bvich teria and 'vi-t 
Þ Cy and with love and de- 


| | 
1 oY Autorker office of the An- 
| $fome are of opinion) is | 
| 
r-the praiers of mortals 
[xc G4.o,:for fo ſpeaketh' che 
[Ag Rephertco old Tobias, | Tob. 12; 
hen rbes didft pray T did bring | *** 
Ir p 
j 


ayer before the 
NE fnraland a faiths 


atibe wa ohe- of the Angel! 
([wbib abs the Chal frhe 


Saints; 


. v4 nam = Oy 


149 3s a 9 AAR + 1 2 I GER WR te ERIE IESPILTEIPS CG nn A EI” 1 
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— —————————— ———— —_ : 
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P % Fo 


The mil Srep 
— | 


Saints; and'Sr, Job (as he teſti | 
fies in his['Revelaridn ) ſaw ah 


. L Randing before the 41. ' 
of Pith 4' OO Conſer . and; 


Ven unto 
erarhreant ent off 


offer it with 
ne 


aeri of Coney pon the | 
throne bf 6G OD 


twhioh 5 before the 
3; _—_— mn thisthealmoſtincre- 


| diblo pobgdrieſls and mcrcy of 
£0 Þ'1s 's ro for being not 
contened;fi his Prophets, 
{and afterwards by-his Son and 
'!-his Apoſttesro #afartus to proy 
-ahdazke 2-buraddeth a proſe 


| of giving whatſoever we {hall 


[| require} Gly (faith he) 4-dit 


[ball ache rhe Fa- 
z be will give it 
ed with 


the \4ddcth, that he 


| + i bo amine peritio- 


| tiers 2 When rhow! prayeſt (faith 


"REO .- 


 Jhalbr: 6993 I aþaine, 


"| EPNE Hetovihy chatber , avd 
bf Wh: "adn m_ 


| 


? - 
——— 


[arg nite che Father in ſecret » 


| ver heard to promiſe reward £0. 


|-other-men-are, and ſubje& to 


't 


| ne; they ner aH (the Angels) | 
| |--{£ 


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ſeeret ſhall reward thee openty; 
aroverd befides. thoſe things 
which thou halt prayed for, But 
neither contented with this ar- 
_ | Fatherly goodn«fle, 

Hath appointed Angels as it 
were of | his privy chamber , 


that dhould take care of the: 


prayers of poore men, and offer 
themin tis fight. | 
- What earthly Prince was c- | 


thoſe which petitioned him for 
favour or juſtice ? and yetthey 
are made of the ſame mould as 


the. lame Prince of Princes, 
2» A third office of the An- 
gels is robe-Geds Ambaſlzdors 
or Meſſengers, to ſignihe bis 
pleaſure; but-eſpecially concere 

nethe worke of our redemp- 
tiow;. for lo: St, Panl (peakes , 


211 714- 


Hecb.i14es : 


—_— —_— ww. 


——— _— 


| Gea. 13, ring to the Patriarchs and ?ro- 
Dan, 9, |; phers z declaring tothem what 


———_— 


| Joſeph + and (after the reſurre- 


| (after bis's 


| and that all-thi 


—_—— oa 


The ninth Step 


—_ 


miniſiring Spirits, ſent forth wu 
miniſter, for their ſakes which 
[halbe beyres of ſatvation? And 
| we {ce indiverle places of the 


old Teſtament, Angels appca- 


God gavethem in charge to 
reveale : aSalſoin the rew we 
' reade, that the Angell Gabriel 
was (ent, as 2 mweffenper to Za. 
charie, ang tothe bleſſed Virgin 
CMary, tothe Shepheards, to 


ion of our Saviour) to the 
women at the Sepulchre : and 
ow ) to all the 
Diſciples, And the reaſon why 
| Gop:(who 18 every where, and 
canccaſily ſpeake by himſclfe to 
| the bearts.of wen, ) yer would 
ſend Angels, is, that ave» might 
underſtand, i thathe hath a 1pi- 
rituall care of. humane: things, 


thingsare diretcd 


\ and governed by him : for wer | 


|| | 


| areprone enough to- perſwade 


them- 


hen. mad 
- 


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CO O—_ 


41, hep We ty Soc Me rey a ns LAB = OP OL CET EA, 
'F4 TY & 
1 of Aſcending, &c. 
 — — : 
Fas 
themfelves,thar revelations are 


; that Angels are ſent by him, 


[things which pertaine to the 


tors patron 
[clears epheards to ſheep, phy> 


their reatons/ and counfſailes 2 
but-when- they ſee or hcare 


and that:thoſe things come to 
paſle which: are foretold by 
thent 5 they cannot doubr bur 
Gop: hath a providence over 
humane affaires, and that thoſe 


acrnal'-ſaivation of the eleft, | 


+ 7s y girectcd and dif- 
poſed by him. 
Their fourth office is , the | 


protefiion of wen, cicher of a 
particular or of the mwultitudeof 


wi. For it pleaſed the divine 


ot: 'GoD to-com- |. 
| the /iofirmitics of avor- 


zalletohis moſt powerfull- ſoF+ | 
Taxts, and to ſer them aver 


£ t@ 


tors t0-children,. as 


foichero the ficke, defenders of 
ophaecs, and proteftors of thoſe, 


men as Schookmaſters or Tu- | 


< / 
Em etem—onn_———__—_— 
——____—— ww 


who'are not able to deferd | 


them- | 


' Dan,10, 


_— 


| 


| 


| 


for I ſay ano you, that in hea- 


| tous; and hath not ? hc hath| 


deſpiſe noroxe oftheſe linle ones, 


neſle, taithy. Take heed rhar ye 


ven their Augels alwaies behold. 
the face of 'my Father which « 
in heaven. Concerning protetiors 
of Provinces and Kingdomes, | 
Daniel teſtifieth of - I ichae! 
the Anget, whoisthere called | 
a Princes «Laſtly , for protection 
cfthe Church, take S. /obn 
for axpnefſe, whomentioneth 
the-aAngdl ofi:the: Church of 
Bpheſur, of Smyrac', and 1o of 


thereſt-:, ©. 

Conſiderchen; how carctull 
Go D {who reederh none of our | 
goods } is overiues' his poorc 
lervancs,” Wharcould he have 
done to manifeſt his great love 


loagcn \ 


mnt 


TT ET. 


WY —_— rw _ Xx. 


o her the "I ' yeeld- 
 tockisdet ,and -dcing overcame 
| the &us: of {0 orcat a 
n{cife whelly ro 

ec Wb; tet no- 

" d=ncprn thee-which thou 
inke' upon inviſi- | 
bk thier, and dcGrethem car- 
.neltly; For the chings which ae | 2 Cor, 4, 


» are temporall ; but the | 18e 


qv are not ſeene are e« 


| THe A laſt office of Angels 
| is, to be Souldiers or Captaines 
weExecute Godgvengeanceupon | 


Nhrions, land threats to people. 


'Were Angels that barn. 


the infamous Citics of TO 


| | 


—_—_—— = : 


1] Exo. 12, 
29, 


'{] 2 Reg-19 
{| 35+ 


| Mat, I3, 
| 49- 59, 


- wo b S , 
| = 4 
- » 
a —_— 
"2 & 
. 2 


| 


|z 


.* 


a o—_— 


_ 7 


[brimſtone,'F 


/the An gods; 


| veliver"hony,”” 


The ninch | Step ', 
aud; :Gamorrah\ with fire and 


hey were Angels; 
that flew all the firſt borne of 
cAExyp 


e, Tt was att Angell that 


ſtem 185000: Afyrians : : and 


they ſhaibe Angels that inthe 


| laſt day /ball'ſever the bad fron! 
| among the juſh,and/hall caſt them 


into 4 furnace of fire. 
WR Res every good 
Man Zove his fellow Citizens, 
the "holy. Angels+. let ! wickes 
men'remble” at the power of 
being Miniſters 
ofthe wha AlmightyGop, 
out of whoſe _ tone cal, 


——— 


no E have 4{cended as 
| high as we can by 
| * & Created ſubſtances , 


'ons of corp 


Gov, 


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o : > - Y S , bs, A - n 1 & + 
p * . F | 
Ex A P 
4+ 
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| 


Dzcnns X. 


Bythe.C onfiderationof 

' the Efſence of Go Þ, by 

__ theſemilitnde of bus ( orpo- 
 rallgreatneſſe. 


'and yet cannot atraine to that 
knowledge of Go pd, to which 
by ſpeculation we miy come , 
even in rthis valley of teares : 
Te remaines therefore , that we 
ſee, whether by ſuch dimenſi- 


orall quantities , as 
weknow, we may aſcendto the | 
lititade , longitude, height and | 
depth of the inviſible eſence of | 
| For thoſe things, are 
accounted (great ' among the 


| Teathver, which have theſe 


foure 


| —— — 


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=. 
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0 > OPT. OY OO mag > ” — o _ 
- 
ar > 
_ ImoG— _ 


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? 
on 
A 
OE EI >— > WA. 
DO  <n———_— <2 


'8 Eph.3.18 


ea 444.20 


_ " 

o . q bk. 

- 
{ A - 
: < 

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- 
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— 
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manner of aſcending , trom the 
Apoſtle, who fearched into the 
third heaven and .to Paradiſe. 
Forthus he faith, That ye may 


rar Jer the breadth and 
length., and depth 
for if. man ſhall ducly conſ1- 
'der.. with himſelfe , he ſhall 


and ſolid without. G o Þ, but 


by 


4 


A 
th Step | 


——_—_— 


am” + v6 +4140 
_ ——— - 


7 he t, 


% . + 4s 


foure great dimenſions. And 
Go Dd 1n the'Plalmes , and o- 
ther places of Scripture is cal- 
led great, and that of bs great- 
neſſe there is no end. 
. Certainely , St. Bernard (1 
ar - contemplative man ) of 
hel »r made rnd Fo 
degrees t6 Go Dd in the 
Book which he wrote to Pope 
Exgenius about conſideration. 
Neither was he che firlt finder 
ont ,. or inventor of the degrees 
of this:kind\, but tearned this 


be able to comprebend with all 
aud height : 


finde, thatthere is nothing full 


allthings are narrow , ſtreight, 
ſhort, poore, empty or ſuperti- 
cia/l: 


bend 
Fon y, oo. 


tiall: but that in Bo D is*ruc 
: his inmenſfity; ' trac 
rey ver foam height | 

f "bi rnatere; true | 

enfibility, 

Againe, true 

ence;truedeprh 


| [= 75 ofdtrvyeems 
& perfett [og ict. 


noir not be ſufficient 


[ te: a deck rheſe conſiderations 
97 if a man would aſcend 


e what he foodkes for : 
bat to] comprehend thefe di- 
| Wenfnr) as" the Apoſtle hath 
| tc them —_— ao yired verſe 
/ re-quor And he it is, 
1 toe orchends them, which | 
thinking on them, IS 
erfwaded , that they are | 


re indeed, and diide lo 
q vided; eh all that he bry | 
|to buy this browledge. Andthe | | 
: mip fitly addcs [ with all 
for onely the+Sanrs 


fompe hd" It ; or there is 


pc none 


0) Wal <ECoees ASS woe - * 
0, 


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ee EE NY ee eee eb CNS 
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—— 


—_— —— _ 


—_—_—— 


ntharpices picce » Which was falt- 
ned into the; ground 2 he doth 
ger, Zones our intention 
| 3 It. For the | 
CoA To the truce my 
© Mfaine, and comprehend 
theles- ; for — OE? 
| the Gin of "Chriſt to mcns 
i Eyes | 


| the longitude , in the upright 


| a'Saint, | 


| the Apoſtle deſcribes thele 4. 


| br ay above , 


"The temtb Step 


none char comprehends it as 
| he ought; but ir will make him 


| 


| 


| It. Auguſtine | is not rcpug- 

hanr. eo that. which hath been 
ſaid, when in an Epiſtle to Ho- 

| meratiu he writes , that when 


| dimen - he deſcribes or dc- 
$ the Croſſzof Chrift. The 
atitude in the tranſvciſe or 
| crolle picce , to which our Ca- 
viours hands were faſtned : 


Mo ro which his body ad- 
.+ the ſablimity in "tha 
or on the upper 
part of the coſſe, whereon the 
title was ; written ; ; and the depth 


"= 
| 


> own —— Pt .£__*© 


A 


— 


a A cw am CA ..u 


_— — — ett 


es fires he ſhort, thal- 
\ pcnarys : yetin truth, 
ended and ſtretched 
one his armes , from Eaſt to 
Welt', ' and from North to 
South that is, he ſpread his 
glory , farre and neere 5 by-the 
pehing of Apoſtles; and 
oh CN Rn of his vs | 
to Ven » which | 
Het 2 key) opened it to the | | 
oy Pierced downe 
of hell, which he 
hay * pot dofed from thc 
ever. 
"We will begin from his EC- | 
ge, and then proceed to his 
noutes. The Efſence of God 
may betruly called moſt broad, 
and is of the: greateſt /atitnde 
Mmnyreſpe . 
02." Firſt ic is moſt broad in 
{rfelfe,and altogether immenſe, 
becaud LE - To Oo pers and 
air e perfcdions 
| of cri waſh as alſo of 
|thol & Y Which may be we: | 
' ant 


©. 


- As an Boogie oe 


%. 4 tt we PLS oo SHO, IA. Fs GB HI a, '- IIS 8 WF 
cs 


S _» mY _ I LEES 4 --£ 4 . 
Lk Mo ee a SY > 2 OSDIR OY LOS AE ES 2A». 
, 4a —" CI -- #> - = _ __ a. 


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= 
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. 


' were-hor- thi 


—w—— 


Te tench Step | 


ado; ele Without nug- 
ber., For, whatſoever is, or 
(hatbe, orcan be made, with- 
our doubt are contained i in God 
after a afore excellent manner, 


| Thereforgother things are good | 


' wikthad 
4 good 


,A8 2 g00d man, 
her "a good bouſe, 
Frakes 

D.4$ en es 
 defircd. Gop to ſhew him 
Ws Gary ;Go»D anſwered, / 
Al. nvoke all..zood' goe befor 


there, Sappakes .njan had ſome 


| one thine, which comprehen- 


3 


-Coujd. with : 


ET buy if i$alſo gontdy- 
. it afnah, week 25 | 


hea petows. man; 


Were 


s as --— 4 


_—_— 


ded all the objects of the ſen- 

| wb pos ns, {2.thet | 
1E.N ont of, dores, 
eakerol bear, Clipe; I, taſty 
c aving as 
ear kan 3928 "a0. ple alnre at 
ome ncharone thing » a$Any 


very pretious | 


| 


| 


ie, 


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| 


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| 


F 


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Co 


[owfie' FT more'pretious ? or 
if this '6ne thing delides plea- 
fare and wealth. brotight with 
it aſmuch horowr and dignity, 
28 would content the molt avs- 
bitious, would it not ſeeme to 
exceedall valuation? andlaſtly, 
if this were able to fill the 2. 
fre, nor onely of wen, but of 
Angels, of what value would(t 
oo to be ? Yet the 
one"thing woul 
woo Thort of the good- 
fGov, which is ſo great, 
thee isable co ſaciſfic and fati- 
ae the infinite deſire, or rather 
the infinite copacity of G OD 
bimiblfs. 
2, the admirable laviels of 


PerfeRtion of the e/once of 


| Go d,-which containes ſuch | 
| inmenſiry of good things as 1s 
| fufficient 


for the infinite c4p- 


Which is in himſelfe ! for 
nal gel at any time goe | 
or from himſelfe , be- 


ie hath all good chings 


a 


"| 
_- WE ar 4 as. Aly | [ 
g þ : vs # : - » 
4 ax "+ "> Fep 
. 
b Fs - 


in FTI IT —"l WaSasStich an oe 

bleficd before the creation, 1nd 

\Wilbe- efrer, becauſc there i; 

| nathing. which Go» hath 

| made , but would not alwaics| 

| be 4 '/@-more tranſcendent 
manger inhiaſcife. 

2 ER conſider what 

| goed thou ſhall enjoy in 

mo 708m if thouloye God 


| thou art.in the way : and 
' from; what goed thou thalt be 
excluded, if thou love him not. 
For-G 00 -offers himſclfe to 
thoſe which _ him ( and he 
is the onely,goad ) and will ſay 
to-the | amy and ogg « 
vant er auto 8 e joy of t 
"[EORD, +84 
; $--&gaine, Go D is immenſ; 
| in another manner., becauſe ic 
Fllrall created things, alcoge-| 
Pn fm not { fill heaven and! 


| iftber 


SG . en 7. vs 
+ 33-3 M1 


——  R — 


OI __ « ” - 


}L oo 6h = 99. 99: (eo \ Ip >: oy wy | 


© > uu eye wo. ow RS _ — 


3... Le he” _ PIGGY — 


D ers s 
he had his pool chan 


Steartrfand how couldthe Pro- 
t (ay, 4 will hearken what 
[he LORD GOD will ſy 
| i we,if he weved not his wonrh 
| tothe, eaTes of our hearts? 
MW. It is-2 happy ſovle which 
| loverh 'G o Þ, becauſe he hath 
his beloved with him, | 
I hk him in his bo- 
: For he which dwclleth in 
| dwellethin God, awd Gods in 


| 


| bige. N 2. Nei-j 


; | | 


"The tenth Step 


2. Neither doth G o Þ onc. 
ly fi8 all things with his pre. 
exce, but with his glory alſo, 
For the Seraphims cry Th: 
| earth « full of ha glory, andthe 
Pſalmiſt edderh,O LORD on 
Governour, hew excellent is thy 
name is all the world : thox haft 
ſet thy glory above the heavens, 
As if be ſhould ſay, not onely 
thy n«me, fame and glory hath 
frlled the whole earth with ad-| 
miration ; but it hath «ſcended\ i 
to beaver, and above the hea-(i 
Pens alſo.. And the Son of S)- 
racb, of the creation of the Sun 
faith, The worke thereof is full| 
of the glory of the LORD, for 
there 1s no creature cither in 
heaven or earth which conti- 
nually praiſeth not G © Þ. And 
this 1s the cauſe why Davigin 
the Plalmes, and the three cul- 
dren in Daniel doc cxhor: al 
creatures tybleſſe and celebrate 
thepraiſetof the Creator : not 
that chey were ignorant, that| 


WA = "Hi 4 mo 
———_— CU 


_— 


a* —” CT OE rx C 
> 4 = 
Cx. # ho 


| 


ſpecies:0r beauties | 
;mo- him ; and 
- congratulated ; and: 
-thenmr: to continue, 

Ing that which rhey did. 
And eortainely', if we had 
d& Minwardeper; wemight ſee that 
| athe works of the Lord were 


4! ewes, we ſhould heave a harms- 
r | eald compent ( as irwere ) 
al kind of »w/ica/l inſtruments 
10 out his praiſes, and 
ſwing y It 53 he that hath made 
u7 and not we our ſelves. And 
oh the wicked many 
eevill of G 0D and 


me his name , El they 


are compelled againſt their 
wills (in that manncr , that the 
js E: N 2 worke 


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2. 


_ | worke commends the worke. 


_ 


| by-which he 


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| The tenth Step 


man)to praiſe him: for in them 
alſo the; power of Goo (hi- 
neth 'mervetlouſly , by which 
he wade them, and his wiſcdome 


ernes them, 


mbrea a chem,though #ath 
's ough wth ant. 
fullavd evill; and his mercy and 
juſtice, by which he ordeins: 
ither jaſtly to pariſon, 
or mercifully expetts ther to 
repemtance. And though many 
areſo deafe here on earth , to 
heare the voyces of the creature! 
inceflantly crying to G 0D: 
yet there _=_ multitude g 
Angels and holy- ave» , who 
hearken anthiaal ev: delighted 
with thoſe praiſes, they them 


CE re 


ſame with hymnes and ſongs: 
Now x 27 


which, as it had no beginn 
of continuance, eel 


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ſelves daily chawnting out thel8|* 


b of God: dif | 


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the ſame without change or | 

alteration. 7 how art the ſame 
(@ath Davidto Go Dd) and thy 
years ſhall not faile; and the 

| dpailie calls:/him The King &- 
venloſting., becauſe he is not 
lubjet ro time, but is above it, 

{ and governes all ages, and was 
before all-ages.. Other things 
have-their beginning andend, | 
andnever continue in one ſtate; 
nor bhave- beginning without 
end , TRRoEs altcration : but 

Bay-at the will of the Creator 

eto. be. And therefore e- 
tnwy18 oncly properto G o D 
{0.528 it. can agree with no 0- 
i9er creature in that meaſure; 
xQ _ was Prince ſo _ 
ganty toule erernity amongit his 

[Ahertitles , unleſſe perhaps in | 

[aogther ſenſe, as (onſtantins 

| did, who was tiled Imperator 

<ernus, becauſe he was not 
Emperour for a time ; But du- 


ring life. | 
[--:4 mers ſoule may be recko- | 
N42. N 3 ned 


At 


_—— —— 


The temh Step 


n2d among the creatures of buth 
kinds; fort hath a body which 
began ro be, when it was con- 
ceived and borne, and by de. 
 grees increaſed to that ſtature, 
which was prefixed by Gop: 
and- then againe , it began to 
decreaſe , and ſoone after leave, 
ro'be., by death : but it never 
ſtands in the fame ſlate and] 
condition in all reſpects, every| 
| houre deing ſubject to alters 
tlon; OF this boay the Prophet | 
ſpeaks,by a ſimilitude of graſe,MWl? 
Inthe moyning 4: is greene am 
| groweth wp, but inthe eveningit 
"7 cut downe, dried up and wi- 
thered. That is, in its ch:ldFou 
it waxcth reene as grafſe, lone: 
after jr pafſeth to yourh - 10 wt 
neoneday' whereof it flour! 
theth; and by and by paſicth to 
o/d xge;inthe evening whereof! 
it hangs' the head» and is ct 
downe , indearh it continucth 
| inthe grave it drycth up , 41d 
| returnesto.duſt, By which 

| may 


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may perceive how farre the 


ters from eternity. Now 


af was”created 1n time, 
this 


nothing before , and in 

| this regard ,.is much unlike the 
| Creator': but being created, it 
| (hall have no end of continu- 
| ance, | Which is commonro it, 
with the Creator. Bur for aſ- 

| muchas it 1$ ſubjet to change 
ery (Mj While ielives inthe body , from 
-r2. Ml finnero goodnefſe, from vertue 
bet MW} £0: vice ; and in what ſtate 1t 
el balbe found at the departure 
Wi fom the body, in the ſame it 
(halbe judged, either to raigne 
eternally with Go D, orever- 
laftingly to. be rormented with 
'the Devill: ro:hing ought to 
| demore carecfull to thee, then 
| to-flye finne, and follow thar 
Which is good. Take heed 
therefore, that to thelofle of 
body and ſowle thou beeſt not 
ſeduced by the enticements and 
 allorements of the fleſs; but 


erucifie it, with the deſires and 


. N 4+ CON® | 
CID —_—  — 


| may riſe in glory : and remaine 


F 


4 not oncly ſhall have no end, but 


| diverſe waies : and therefore 


j change of minde, will or place, 


"| | 


nee 


is | The tenth Step | 
concupiſcenees of it; that here- 


after not onely thy ſon/e may 
I&ve in bleſſedneſſe , but thy boy 


together in erernity with God, 
Burt although the ſoxles of 
the blefſed, and of the holy An- 
gels ſhall be partakers of that 
moſt ſublime and happy «ie 
with GOD, by his beatificall 
vifien and love ; which won, 


{hall ever ſtand firme and »»- 
woveable : yet the thoughts and 
afteAions may change and alter 


they ſhalt admire and behold 


above them the eternity of God, 


in whom there ſhall bee no 


and yet nothing ſhalbe wanting 


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a> A *©$©S 83A a Q a -w 


to.-him, but ſhall poſſeſſc all 
things ever; which he might 
have'gorten to himſelfe by di- 
verſe alterations from etervity, 
Wherefore to conclude this 


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pointythe lewgth of Gods eternity | 
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then; the bredth of hisi 
he height. of Gods Efſence 
comes. next.to our confiderati- 
on,to 7, whereof, it is ſaid 
of GOD, Thos onely art the 
wef. bigheff. And GOD is 
onely thebigheſt, by the dignity 
of his queens, nh 

To or thing $TNC MOTe pure 
and moreabſtraRt trom matter 
we ever the more noble and 
higher. This we ſee, firſt in 
corporall things; weter is more 
bigher then earth, becauſe more 
pure © and by the ſame reaſon, 
gre. 1s-higher then water , bc- 
Cauſe. more pare? and the fre 
then the are, and heaven then 
fire. Againe, weſce itinfpirt- 
tuall things : the wnder/tanding | 
is-higher then ſence, becanic 
the hath a corporail Or- 
gan , which the underſtanding 


needs not; and che Angelicalb, 
Ns under- 


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{was ſuddenly thruſt downe to 


[ underſtanding_ is . bighcr the 
mani , becaule a mar hath need. 
of the office of imagination, 


_—_—_— Fe ee eee ene ener ee OR 
a 


The reach Step. 


and phantaſies, which an Ar. 


anderſtand: moſt things by 
feweſt ſpecies. 

| GOD therefore, who one 
lyis pure at, and: wants no- 


| thing-without himſelfe;neither 


| Ocgan; nor imagination, nor 
ſpecies; nor ſo Sack as the 
-preſcnceof any obje without 
 Aiov(eltes. but his owne Efſence 
48 all things to him, and can 
.have noching 
na; and for him. to havein 
at, is ro. be alwaics pure ad, 
anduncampound :-therefore(l 


{day)is his nature the moſt tranſ- 


cendent, higheſt and ſublime, 
[neither cars it: by any mcanes 
be cquall'd ; Hee then which 


{aid, Foil belike che woſt high 


and as our Saviour ſaith, / 


gcll need. not :; and among the 
| Angels:they are higheſt , who 


, that hc had not 


ſev | 


| © 2--IEC Ys God is moſt 
highin another reſpect, becauſe 
heische x firi a. 28a 
zexemplary;. and 3 finall cauſe 
ofalithings, 2: He is the firſt 
higheſt aicient cauſe, becauſe 
- i$10 on thing _ 

any power of making , but 
our 4, it hath wedoary 
from(/Gonp; bur GOD hath 

| that power: from none. 2. A=| 
gane, there is no cauſe, which 
cat exerciſe its power , unleſle 


itbe:moved by GOD -: but. 
GOD is moved of none. 
3-aſtly,thoſe are called higher | 
caufes' amongſt created things, 
upon. which particular cauſes 
tepend, and which are univer- 

as the heavens and _ 


which move the heavers; but 
GOD: made: both Heaven and 
Angels. "And'rherefore, he 1s 
theonely firſtand moſt higheſt 
efficient cauſe, 2 He is alſo _ | 
Pp: * r 


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krſt exem la 
+ he made th 


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[ a 


'\ He ir a Indge 


F Phe nomth Step 


caufe, becauſe 
mgs according 
| to the formes and idea «which 
| he hath 1n- hiumſelfe. 3 Laſtly, 
he is the fart finall cauſc, be- 


| cauſe he created all things for 


| him(ſelfe; that is , to manifch 
his glory , asthe wiſeman ſpea- 
keth. 

But it ts very properly aid, 
thar'GO D s the moſt highef, 
: becauſe heſitteth in the high- 
eſt throne; 7 ſaw (faith Eſa) 
| the LORD ſitting upon a high 
| throwe. and lifred up. Now, bc- 
cauſe fi-ting or ſcates have two 
nſes, ane tor judicature , and 
the other for peaceable gover 
| ning + we will confider them 


paſts 
-- T7. GOD: hath the higheſt 


| ſeat, becauſe hee is ſupreme 


| Judge; for  Abrehem (aid to 


the world doe right ? and David, 
among the Goar ; 


"that 1s, GOD judgeth cvcn 
- ud | Indges 


— 


G OD, Shell wot the Indge of al 


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ER Re ittY +» ww. + 4... tt _ qo. hes COS CE LM ./ k & oP ., 


png SH e, that 
is.GOD is properly the one= 
red fun and Iudge ; and 
GOD .« Indge himſclfe (aith 


Datd; againe;, GOD « the 
luage: and Eſay, The LORD 


| aw Indge, the LORD «our 


anc che onely gives Laws 
and receives of none; 
<a men, and 1s | 


3:36; < FG Go D is not = 
ly a- ey but is alſo a King : 
und in this xcgard , jxdgerh not 
4 a-{udge appointed by the 
King, bug as King and chicfe 
Prince: of —_ he 1s _ 
Kings, and 4 great 
A Gods and _— "Af 


| othe King the earth,becauſes 
eat wi 5p} War 
tarcth Kingdomesand Empires 
air one Nation to another ; 
d when he pleaſeth he taketh | 


away 


Th rench Step th 


away the ſprrie of Princes, 3 Lz 
ſtly, GOD is not oncly the 
ſupreme ludge and King, bu! 
is abſolute Lord, which isthe, 
greatelt zitle of all. GOD is 
properly and truly (tiled Loo, 
for allchings ſerve him, and hc 


| 


none: and can if he will reduce | 
all things to noihiag , becauſe | 
he made allthings of nothing. | 
Conſider then, waat feare, 
| What . reverence 15 due by us 
wormes of the earch to him, 
' who fics'upon fo high a ſeate, 
as that he hath nothing above: 
* him, If / be LORD (laith 
Go Dd by. Malachie ) where is 
myifcare? And if thote ſupreme: 
| Princes of haeves doe ftand by | 
himwithſuch feare and trem- | 
bling ,-what onght we to doc 
whoaremortall, and frailc, and 
dwelt upon: the carch with 
beaſts?ÞButthis ſeemerh range 
| that. the higheſt God loves 
not creatures like to him{clfe, 
that is >» high aad ſublime, but 


humblc 


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the 


by-the Prophet Eſoy, 


but] him will 1 Jooke , even to bim 
the Wl the: poere » and of 4 contrite 

is | /arit, and eremblerh at my words, 
RD, il aud King David, Thowgh the 
lh LORD be high, yet hath he 


uce |! reſpet® wnre the lowly. And yet 
uſe [Wl Lwillge fay, but G 0D loverh 
3: WM 4g things, andin this reſpeR 


ce, Wi like to him(clfe, ſo they be cru- 
us Wt:bigh, not which ſecme ſo and 


M, | 

ec, WM) Go D:loverh not the prod, 
'c WW] who are lifted anc pufted up, 
h WW] andarenot to be called ſublime : 


i: | butheloveth the bumble, and 
c || thoſe-which tremble ar his 
werdr.; becauſe that they , the 
more they. abaſe and dejet 
themſelves, arc the more exal- 
ted by him ; and they which 
are exalted by him, are truly 
digh. If -a Man had ſcene, not 
enely with the eye2of his boay, 
bur of his here, cnlightned by 
Go p,therich Glutton clothed 


aenot; and thercfore it is that | 


poore: forſoGop | 


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1infikeand purple, fitting at 
Table furniſhed with all kind 
of delicates , many wayters at. 
tending him ; and withall had 
ſeene poore- Lazarus halte nz 
kedy fullof ſorcs lying at the! 
rich mans gate, deſiring to be 
ficted with the crummes that 


World accoumed mo!t happy) 
to ſeeme moſt abominable in 
| the fightof GoD and his An» 
/ gels, and as vile as the mud and 
| dung of the carth : and poore 
Lazarws to ſeeme noble and 


honourable : For the firſt ( a5 
| hated by Go ÞD) was hurried 
by the Devills into he/; and the 
iaft (as beloved of G o D):was 
carried by the Angels into 4+ 
| brahams boſome. But what doc 
we fpeake of Lazeras? None 
was ever- in hi account 
with G OD, then our Lord 

Jeſus Chrift, even according to 
| bumazity : and yet none c- 


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[verſo bewd/e, as he truely re- 
[ported of himſelfe , Learre of 
[we that aw mecke and lowly in 
{heare. © For by how much the 
clearer his moſt holy ſoule 
knew (above all others ) the 
infinite height of the divinity, 
be, ſo muchthe morche knew 
Ml the beſeneſſe of the creature, 
made of nothing :and therefore 
WB While he was a crearsre above 
al others he became ſubjeR 
[Go D; and exalted him : and 
| neretore alſo is he exalted a- 
ove-alt creatures by Go Þ. 
#4 es _— ay = the 
| £,4nd NOILY Saints; 
for there are none —_ humble 
then they which are high in 
the heavens : becauſe rhe nce- 
ferthey areto Go, the more 
dearcly they ſee and perceive, | 
how mnch"the greatneſſe of 
ie Creator is in diſtance from | 
| the exignity of the creature. | 
Wherefore love humility, if | 


| thou defire to be exaltel. 1 mf- 


The temth Step © 
rare the Lambe without ſet, 
and imitate the holy Saints and 
| Angels; who as they excclli 

height, excell in humility 


Wee e the higheſt ſeat, becuule 
judgeth all-mcn , but becauſe 
he excels aRin quiet, and makes! 
thoſe to be quiet in whom he: 
reſts and fits. Gods higheſt ſea! 
is his ſupreme reſ#:for although 


and beaſts: yer he governeti 


there any thing that can diſturd 
his gwiee, or his contemplation 


dis. everlaſting delight. God 
proper ſact is the bleſſed ſpirits 
 Upan: which it is ſaid by the 
Plalmiſt; He fptterh betweene thi 

ims; and in Samxel, the 
LORD of hoſts who dwell 
brtweene the Cherubims : aid 


GoD is ſaid rather to dcl 
of 


—. 


And not onely doth G OD 


he governcth | the univerle , 
wherein are continuall warres 
and conflicts ofclements , men 


-- 


2 05 0407 Re SD 


— - 


Cee EE eee es 


——— 


Papa prop roger r7, 


| peaceably and gzietly : nor 1M! 


of himſelfe , wherein conſilts k 


—_— 


orfit berweene the Cherubims 
[then the Seraphims ; becauſe 
[che Cherubims ſignific mn/ri- 


thebeate of charity + now reſt 
followes wiſedome, and cave and 

WW! anxiety accompany love and 

Wi ebarity , unlefſe jt- be joyned 

| he | with wiſedome. Laftly , where 
ſeg [Yor ſaith Heaven i my ſeat, 
12! and David, The Lords throne is 


lc, in heaven; and all rhe heaven of 


te: il beavers are the Lords: by the 

| of heavens are undcr- 

[Rood, the fpirituall heavens, the 
[Siefled ſpirits which dwell in 
[the'corporall heavens, 2S S. Au- 
#e expounds that place; 
Theſe heavens (faith he) GOD 
eanſeth to be quiet ſo admirably, 
that this is the peace which paſ- 
ſerh all wederft anding. St. Ber- 
nayd compares it to a King,who 
being tyred as ic were with 
hearing of cauſes, retyres him- 
ſelfe, and takes his caſe and 
quiet with his familiar pe 
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l#de of bnowledee, and Seraphim | 


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Eſay 66,1 


Pl.11. 4. 


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And therefore by this, weauy zo 


 perccive,that G O D ſhewcrhMies 
imſclfe not a ludge or a Lord les 
 totheſprrirsof the 5/eſed, bulifi 
a familiar friend. And certainly 
itis no ſmall familiarity which 
Gop. ſhewes to pure minds in 
this. life ; fo that this ſayingis 
verified Af delight 5s to bewith 
the childrenof men. 
Hence it. is. that the Saints, 
| though they (\ufferd preſſure: n| 
| the World, yet in their hear: 
(where Gow is) they had 
peace; and. therefore ever le- 
med joyfull and ſerene, and fo 
were« , For the Truth had told} 
them » Tor hearts ſhall rejojce, Mok 
| £34 your joy [ball no man take Wyn 
from aw... | 
", The fourth and laſt part of! 
the greatzes. of Gods Efſcnce, is 
the depth;and this is manifolds 
1 Firſt;the divinicy it (clfe is 
| molt deep in him, becauſe itis 
not ſaperficiall or {lcight , but 
moſt feb, moſt /ol;d. The Dcity 
| is 


of METS 3” ret 


The remth Step 


a 
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X = 


Id, Frene dds 
as$2 mine of 


Mothers in £0. 
Gn roncrovng 
a creat 
Mwerbe > wel knowne 
arehs ir may be evermoreand 

rſtood,and it is onely 


: hi aſelt ne Can Com- 
me infinite depth, be- 
ITY inch the inte 
ME Cetict 
Againe, Godis inre- 
place : + Siras biel molt 
mrs 


all things,and is above all 
TE 
them, 


DTT dry —_— 


Oe 


The tenth Sicp 


| therefore he is as it. were the 


foundation and roofe of a buil- 
_ In whom we live and move 
& bave owrbeing. In that regard 
molt -rruly ſaid Solomon, The 


"| heavens and the heavens of hea- 


vers arg mot able to containethee; 
becauſe! God doth rather con- 
tainthe beavens,and the things 
under heeven,asbeing above the 


" | beavers and beneath the earth. 


"'5t'6 


3-Laſtly, the profendity of God 
is'his mu; uh For God 1s 
light but inaeceſſible; he is irath, 
but moſt inward, He made dark- 
neshis ſecret place (laith David, 


and verily thow' © God hideft thy 


. | ſelfe Gaith "Efay.' Ste Angrſtive 
 [{ometimeinquiring 
1 10,6, 10, 
#/ 6.6, 


after Gopy 
ſent'hig: x gers ( tus eye-) 
fromearth to heavens and all 
things anſwered them thatthey 
werenotthat he ſought for,bt 


#x:and not 


hiby award; 


foon underftbod truly, that 


onward things; 


itizberbarharþ made 
" he ook oft 


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2 Y S 4 A , - My 
Wh. 
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ry 


] proact'to Goad;for he knew the 
| /oule ro'beberrer then the body, 


andthe inward ſenſe to be farre 


anderflanding ( which is more 
mward Jto bens then the #m- 
brace rh - an@ chence gathered 
that\God Who was more inwar 
then the ander/fanding,was bet- 
| tr then it ; andthar by all this, 
that we underftand or thinke,ic 
_ | was. not" ty » bet ſomething 
then God , becauſe God is 
better then'we can underſtand 
| Well then,if the ſonte be bet- 
| ter then the #0dy, to which the 
ſale gives life, becauſe rhat is a 
#0gy,and.the ſoule 2 ſpirit « and 

'the'eye of the heady cannot ſee 

ic ſewlr , becauſethat is with- 
out;and this within : think alſo 


becauſe he gives it under- 
ing, and'is 4s it were thy 


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more iwardthen thou art, and 
that thou (aftcr a ſort) ſtayeſt 


without, and he wirliin, in his 
molt. ſecret and deep retyring 
Places: But (halt thou never be 
amittted into that ſecret place? 

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or they allſee GOD 


in ſpirit 
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mitted torhat ſecret place 
all ſee and poſſefſe that 
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Bet o thee, where i is thy GOD? 
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y-rewert , With Which -thou 
wſt:fee'G O D, nor be weary 
in ereFing theſe adoprens in thine 
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Tov the /omlitude of 
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and of his grearneſ: 
F343 neither end nor 
meaſure. Neither is 
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pence , his depth K11- 
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4 hk A Ar St. lobn) were 

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fir) Th he world was made by 


7% Againe, it reacheth toall 
ings which ſhalbe made for 
F3 for , as without him no- 
> could: have been made, | 
b wicker ſhall any thing be 
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b him , and is him are all 

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ſelfe to all 'things that cas be 
wade, although they never (hall 
be - for ſo ſaith the Ang1|, 
1With GOD nothing ſhalbe im. 
-| poſſible. And Chrift himſclt: 
(ard, FP:ith G OD all things ar 
poſſible, 
4+ Ttalſoextends it fclfe, to; 
the difſolution and deſtruction 
of all things made. For as Ga 
could deſtroy by the deluge al 
men' and- creatures upon the; 
fice of the earth, except a few 
{ reſerved by himſelfe in Noah 
 1lArke; fo will he beablcatth; 
| laſt day to deſtroy by fire, nf 
onely allmen and living cre 
{ tures, but Trees, Citics andc 
ther things in the earth alloſy, 
The deyof the LO RD ( fail, 
| St. Peter ) ſhall come a5 a thief. 
iin which the heavens ſha! P4/Wpon 
away with a great noyſe, angth 
 Elemeints ſhall melt with heat 
the earth alſo and the worke rh 
are therein ſhall be burnt v 
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latitude of Gods power , which 
no man can ſufficiently admire, | 
unlefle. he could number: rhe 
mulritude of things, which Ged 
partly. hath, partly will, and 
partly can wake but who'can 
number ſiich a mulcirude , bur 
heonely, whoſe knowledge 1s 
infinite? 
- -5% Againe , the grearneſſe of 
this power encreaſeth much , it 
we conſider, how great a work 
FYitis,.in a moment to difſolve 
with-great facility the things | 
which. are made , or as Judas 
Maccabers ſpeakes , Vno nut« 
reat a'becke to deſtroy the 
whole world, Let us then iay 
with Loſes, Who i like unto 
bees LORD (in fortibus ) 
4 won the God's ? 4) 
Now the /o»gitude of Gods 


on 


wer is ſeenc in-this, that he 
perateth daily with thoſc 

ings he hath made, neither 1s 

or (halbe at any time-weary in | 


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| meanes , being zoyned with 
true ezervity, the divinity being 
eternity. 

._ I. Many men mervaile, hoy 
' the Sun, Moone and Starres, for 
ſo long time have continued 
| their avetions with ſuch /wift- 
| #efſe , and without intermyſſion: 
\andit were a thing worth ou 

. admiration, but that we know, 
that they are carried by Al 
Hebar.z. | mighty Go D, Who beareth al 


things by bi mighty word. _ 

2. Ochers wonder, how 1 
comes to paſſe, that in hel, ci 
 rner the fire is not conſumed 


with burning (o long ; or thi 


the bodies ot the damned (h ould 
| not be diſſolved with ſo lon! 
buruing. And this were not on) 
| to- be-thought wonderfull , Out 
| impoſſible alfo » WETE It not chat 
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ny WY} bodies -of the'damned tn that 
fre, as that they ſhalbe ever 7or- 
| weed and never conſumed, 

| 3; Eaitly , others there are 
| thar wonder,thatG o Þ ſhould 
ſuſtain and beere all things, and 
without wearineſſe ſupport ſo 
aye rele infinite : 
tis true; that a ſtrong Man,'a 
Horſe,”an Oxe, or an Elephant 
can rry a great weight 3 but it 
isforia /malrime oncely ; bur to | 

carry to great a maſſe for ever 
wearmeſſe , paſſeth the | 
ſtrength” of all rhings created. 
And yet they might well mer- 
vatle,if Go d had ſtrength by 
weight and meaſure as things 
created have: but inaſmuch as 
the frexeth of Go D exceeds 
all wes/ure,and thathe is whol- 
ly infizjze, itis no mervaile at 
all, if an infinite ſtrength deare 
a great weight or mafſe with- 
out defatigation, alchouyh it be 
for an infinite time. Let us heare 
O4 agane 


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phet,ho rs like unto thee 0 Lord 
Amory the Gads ? 

Tye next thing to be conſi- 
dered-1s., the height of Gods 
power, which is chiefly mani- 
telted intwo things. . 

1. His omnipetencie:may be 


onely made; molt {7gþ. things. 
| Thoſe things which are under 
the Moone',. onely G o » made | 
in the firſt creation, and they 
may by: the at of creatures be 


| be otrten, changed and:corrup- | 
tedzfor the elements are changed 


| by-comrſe according. to their 


 parts' 3 and of the. earth arc | 
Herbs and Trees begotten : of | 


| 
| <viemals are animals increaſed | 
| and propagated; fiber are borne | 
| 50 water, clouds and raine in the 
ajre,and comers in the fire, But 
the heaven and ftarres which) 
are the higheſt: bodies, GoD!| 
onely created, onely preferves; | 
| nenher call the; creature have | 
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| d:iflolving or preſerving them” 
[willconfider the heavens ((aith 
| the Plalthiſt ) even the worke of 
| hy fingers; the Moone andthe 
| Starres which thou haſt orday- 
| ned. For thoſe tranſcendent 
worker hath the mo't higheſt 


referved to himſelfe, he began 


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to-lay. the foundation, and he 
hath brought the fabrique to | 
perfection. As allo ſprituall 
things, Angels an4 the ſoxles of | 
men, whichare the mott noble 
and ſublime workes of all other, | 
|the moft high Go Þ by his 
power cncly hath created, pre-, 
fterveth, and fo will for ever ; 
neither hath any crearmre 2 hand 
Or Pare 111 making of them : nor 
though all the creatures {HoulJ 
Joyne together, could they ct- 
ther wake or deſtroy one Angell 
or one ſeorule: | 
2, Secondly, the altitude of 
| the divine power is mo't per- 
{pi fly {cence in Gods mira- 
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ordinary courſe and order of | 


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by moſt ſwift motion)/food 1, 


thatthis hapned by any chance, 
or tbat fo unnſuall a thing 
| ſhould be done by any mortal, 
the holy Ghoſt ſaith, That the 


man. Neither indeed did 7oſue 


Moone, who he knew could 
not heare his command , but he | 


ake tothe LORD; as it he 
ld ſay, by the commande- 


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' dov Thoſe” things, for whoſe 
fake theyare done; as in Geneſis 
TOO faid to Abrabam, Now | 
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YJtte, that it may beknowne, 
*rhatthon truly feareſt the Lord. 
Such another ' worke ( decla- 
| ritg the height of the divine' 
power) was atthe paſſion of our 
'Saviour,when the Moone being 
1n#preat diſtance from the Sun 
with a moſt ſwift courſe came 
tobe in conjunition with it, and 
for three houres ſpace , made 
darknefſe 01 the earth; and after. 


thote ' three houres re:urncd | 
as fwiftly to the place from 
ne it came; all which 4 

ony ime the Arcopagirte teltt- 
fed. oa he -faved (in an 
Epiſtleto St. Pohcarpm.) This, 
though it were a miracle c0:1- | 
trary to the former, yerno lee} 
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| to ſtand. ſtill, as to excced its 
bounds beyorid cuſtomc. 
 \-. [To omit the reſtoring /pht 
' | tothe blindand life to the dead, 
| and many other \ats and mira | 
| cles of rhe. like nature , which 
| Go D doth and hath done, by 
his Prophets , Apoltles, and 
'faithfull ſeryants,all which cry, 
Who ts like una thees LORD 
| among the Goa ? 
' Kut. 1 cannot let paſſe the 
| moſt ſupreme and highe(t w-- 
racle, which G o d will ſhew 
in the laſt; day, when all the 
dead (hall riſe againe together, 
of which many of their bodies 
| have been redxcedto aſhes, and 
ſcattered, ar conſumed, and dc- | 
. youre by beaſts and changed | 
Mmro other bodies, Ci buried in; 
| fields and gardens, and rranstor- 
med intodiverſe herbs. W hich 
of the Angels will not be ama- | 
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aneye, at the command of " | 
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enthall, relume; their bodies, 
although they haye bin buried, | 
ſcattered ar devoured many a-, 
ges. before?-, This is therefore 
the. altitude ar height of Gads 
omnpeence, in regard of which 
'wemay likewiſe ſay, Ont /- 
wilt $5bi in fortibius Domine ? 
Who uc like unto thee 6 Lord a- 
mongthe Gods? , 

It remaincs that ,we ſpcake 
of the depth of: Gods power, | 
which (as I conceive). conlilts 
Inthe wearers or manzer be uleth | 
nmeking things + for who can 
of wade into. the meaney 

 wakenp lomething of no- 
thing ? = could \ PACICE:; 

[1nto-the depth of. it, who re- |; 

{lolved ic for a certaine and true | 
Principle , zHat of nothing comes 
nothing. And wc our ſclve> be- 
leeve, what we ſce not 1n this 
point ;.but'we ſecurely belcove 
GOD, who cannot lye: We bes | 


leeve Ifay , that the heaven and 
| earth 


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carth: and-all things in them 
| were created by G oo d him-' 
{eife , 'whenthere was nothing | 
beforeito'miake them of; nei. 
ther could it'be truely ſaid, that 
'G ob madealithings, if there 
had bin any'thing before, of 
which they had bin made : but 
how they. could' be ſo made, 
| there being nothing before to! 
makethemof, 18 a moſt deepe | 
adyfſe, which we can neithcr 
ſearch nroz nor finde our, | 
© 3: Againe, as GOD mad: 
all things of wrBwg, ſo he made 
them alfo is worhowg ; that is, 
without a;ſpace preceding, or a | 
place wherero beſtow what he 
wade which eſpecially incor- 
_ | perallthings can hardly be un- 
1 derſtood." Take away diſtances, 
ſpacer of places ( fairh Sr. As- 
| gnffine ) frow' bodies , and they 
withe no where ; and if they will 
beno where ,” they wilt rot be at 
al.” Well 'then , if there were 
mtbivg, no place before G o D | 


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they were-created, and were 
| themſelyes a-place: to them- 
{elves z: becauſe he ſo would 
s Which can doe all 
although -we cannot un- 
Fa: oby how "they could bee. 
done. /Ahd to this GOD had 
an eyewhen-holy Job (deſirous 
to declare his 0mm!potence ) ſaid 
inthe perſon of Go D, Where 
waſt "a , when I laid the forn- 
dations of the earth, declare if 
they haſt underſtanding, Who 
hath layd out the _”__ there- 
4; » if thow knoweſft , or who hath 
hed the line over it ? Where- 

are the foundations thereof 

fry or who. layd the corner ſtone 
cof ? 4s o that we might 
ml 4 chat theſe workes 
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of all praiſe, he addeth inthe 


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who were created at the {aine. 
time with heaven” and carth, 
and”are* as 1t were fpiritall 
Starres, and- moſt bright, and 
may be calle1 the children of 
G'OD, as ſoone as they per-: 
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4d procced from worhivg , and 
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magnified the ezzwiporence of the. 
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anderftood that G oD by the 
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chat by his onely internall>1//, 
which went not! oitt of: the] 
willers"ſo- many , immenſe and 
feverall workes were perfor- 
med? G od ſaid (rhatiswith 
bimfclfe, for the word of Gop 

[sinGo'p, and is G o'D him- | 
ale) by:commanding and ex- 
prefling-the-command of his: 
will; Lerthe heaven bemade,and 
it mas made;\ Let 'the earth be 
mude, and it was made; Let the 
ligbt\, the Sun and Starres be 
alles: þ et trees, creatures, Men 
? ahd Angels be made, ard all were 
(made: and addeto this which 
lath been ſaid, that the ſame 
GOD, may it hew-/l, deſtroy 
with one becke, all theſe things, 
aidthe whole world, as we ſaid 
before; out of the Booke of che 
Maccabccs. IAGES? | 

/4:To' theſe wee may adde 
one. depth more , that all theſe 
things, ſo many, ſo great, and | 

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come to-any grow!h : to fpeake 
nothing of are ; ſecing it is ſo 
obvioas to us., that- arrificers 
muſt have = time to or 
avxahing they takes in hand, 
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were-ull - made by the onely 
mer of the word (peaking , Let 
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was fo-done;upon which place, 
St, Chryſoftome thus , He onel 
peaks, 4nd the worke followed; 
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the words, Ler'rhe earth bud 


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Irs IL added Jors the Moone 
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| the fame word, and in the ſame 
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| $0 the, workemas ? For 4s 
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_ | txrs. bring torch ]{o wavy creep- 
wgtbings and fontes were crea- 


gea, | 


— i. 4 dad 


tedjas no ſpeech cas 
therefore is 
| | among tbe Gods ? 


A. 


bohay extends himſelfe to all 
[things ; by his /ongitade conti- 
|nuesalwaies,and without wea- 
| rineſſe ſupports and governcs 
all chings : by his altitude at- 
tainethtothe making of thoſe 
things which ſeeme to be, and 
ire 1mpofible to all but him- 
ſelfe : and by his depth and pro- 
|fwndity doth ſo make all things, 
1 a8 that the manner and meanes 
| of making them paſſcthall cre. 
ated-anderſtanding,confidering 
that he makes them of nothing, 
{into worbing,, without inſtru- 
ments , without 3c, onely by 
[his word and command , Hee 
[fake the word ( ith the Plal- 
| miſt ) and they were made; hee 
| commanded, and they were crea- 


yu 205 


like anto thee 0 Lord, 


| By allthis, thou mayſt un- 
|derſiand plainly,the great power 
[of thy. Creator , who by his /a- 


| 


Pſ.148. 


| [red, By this thou maylt _ | 
7 I 


[ | 
7 Th eleventh Step 
| iftfionrds SE, how much it 
' | concernesthee,whether it were 
. beſt Dt w himthy gry ene 
; my, ».O0r well mo friend : 
For he can © ſaddenly bcreave 
thecofalt good, 7 load thee | 
with” all 'mifery ; nor is there 
any that can Mover thee out 
of his hands: for who dares 
contend withrhim that is em;- 
[petem# If thog ſhould(t ( being 
naked) meet with _ implacab!; 
enemy , bending'a e wea- 
pon agat Fete, what would( 
doe, but in trembling and 
Rarefity manner proſtrate thy 
ſelfe arhis feetand implore his 
and” yer (he-being « 
| thou mightſt perkaps c- 
My pan foray by flight, or rcfi- 
| ſtance, orwrefting rhe weapon | 
pe. rears an burw non 
v; *from 
{IS Pen Kr then cone fires he 
* ngevery | where \ nor reſilt 
bexs;fior make | 
'doth-afl. in a 


MOMSEN! ( 


- 0 000 Ate AB OO OI Ae Lo eines» Oo i Rae 4 - AR EE OG Aa 4 M7. b , 


—_  ———— _ — 


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M____'_______TTTTTT”TEE 


- "yes way { 3+ d 


=p His = Cam 
FF. © Yai not with. 
s : . fe did: the Apoſtle ſay, 


the 1 ands of | the 55A GOD, 

Oqtheother fide;iftnou. make 
ko , Whomore ha 

te hoanare ps 

(ll, and be will (ifhe be thy 

[incnd ): fatisfic chee with all | 

rom all. willy and it is inthy | 

yer cit pe pe thy 

| ' enemy e thou lt- 

here. Go d himfclfe, and 


» and his Apolilesin 
cs ever call, and i — 

+ hore repentance > 
,Jaltco keepe his Comman- 
dements , that ſo hc may have 
both ſores of men his friends, 
of rather deare- children and 
s of cternall ſalvation. 
are Ezechiel, As 1 ve ſaith 
| the Lord God 1 defirenct chedearh 
[ A—_—— S 


_T8TRE 


we 


ti. 


| | 


eventh $ tep 


4 . = 


— ww at. dit. 


4 ” Taurve TT way ind [oe com tar 


| om rnru yen from your mY 


Fo why mth ye db ge be 
|-Tſrael ? and as Exechiel, lo Eſay,| 
Teremie and the reſt of the Pro.) 
phers, being moved withthe 
-lame;ſpirit, cry for the conver. 
ſion ot finners; Hcare the Son of 
| Gor when he began to preach, 
| Amend your lives, for the King- 
| raſa head. Heare the 
Apollle $t;,, Pawl tpcaking of 
hamfelfe;.and histellow Apo. 
_ |-ſfles; Hire Amboſadour: fo 
| Cearift; ; axthewgh God did beſcech 
YOu: through, Ms. wee pray you mn 
|:Chrifts fltad,that ye be reconciled 
| 40 God. i hap ayes 
4 iThe Apoſtle in 
(46 pon usto 

—__ to:God ; to have 
| = our: friend , go our enem}. 
4 [Who can doubtof Geds.meicy, 
1.if he feriouſlpreturne: to bim? 
| vn? 71%; a 
the" Joving Father \reccived the 
prodigaliSon: _ We ar 


 returs 


OY Miraling, Oc. 
returned, and have found indul- 
gence and favour, what doth he 
require of us?even to perſeyere 
235 frends and children, and to 
keep his Commandements , /f 
thox wilt enter into life keepe the 
Commandements (aith our Savi- 
our, 1f-thou wile ſay, without 
| the helpe of God his Comman- 
"W dements cannot be kept, heare 
| what Sr. Azgufine (aith,ſpeak- 
ing of the hardeſt precept of all 
other; that is of laying our life 
{ downe for our Brethren, GOD 
world not have commanded us to 
dee this, if he had thought it ins- 
poſſible to be done; ard if conſide- | 
ring thy infirmity thou fainteſt un- 
der @ command , ſtrengthen thy 
ſelfe by example. for example By 
udiles mach withthee; and hes 
preſent and ready (who gave thee | 
anexample Jeo give thee ad. And 
that in the mouth of two wit- 
weſſes every word may ſtard ; 
heare St, "IF GOD s juftly de Paſſ. 


earneſt and inftaxt by precept, 6:- | Dom: 
wy 


canſe 


ARG 


— 


PIT 


Ef, 4944, 


Mat,1T. 
20. 


1 Io. 3. 


A. 


Gs "The abrveeh Step 


_—— 


caſe hee forerunnes with hi; 
ad. | 

What then ſhouldſt thoy 
feare ſafely ro enter the way of 
of Gods (, ommandements , when 


as he'forerunnes, that by the 


powerfull ayd of his grace 
wakes the crooked ftreight , and 


the rough places plaine. By this 


ayd, the yoke of our Saviouris 


| made eeffe and his burden light: 


and St. Tohn ſaith that his Com- 


| Wardewents are wot grievens : 


But if they doe ſceme grievos: 
to thee, how much more gric- 
vers are the rorments of hell 


and except thou be mad,T with 


| thee not ſo bold as to try. But 


upon this thinke , and thinke 
againe, and never forget, that 
now is the time of mercy , hert-| 


Geet #ow , looke for gricyous 
torments hereafter: Now a m4 


may eafily fall to an agreement 
with G op, and with he ſmall 
labour of FEepentance , one 

; muck 


ter of juſtice * if thou finne 


| | 4 "Du'crne XII. 
By the Conſider at ion of the great- 
ueſſe of the S peculative or - ton 


' $eWylative Wiſedome 0 
Go D, bythe pnnars of 


of 4 Corporal 
greatnes. 


E that will ſeriouſly 

confider- the foure 
| mentioned dimenfo- 
_- 5, in the wiſedome 
-jofGo D, ma cally underſtand 
how truly the Apoitle ſpake, 
Ithet GOD # onely wiſe. 
|. To begin with the /atiraae. 
[t The wi/edowme of GoD 15 
| manifeſt and apparentto be the | 


P 2 moſt 


| 


YT DDR 1ipbucdr Yi 
The ewelfth Srep 


| not onely their entire {nſ}a;- 


| kethon the waies of men, andcon- 


molt hroade and large by this, 
in.that he, diffinftfy and per-| 
 fely kaewerh all things in the 
univerſe , from the higheſt An. 
gell to the loweſt worme + and 


ces;buralſotheir parts, proper- 


ties; vertncs/actidents and atti- 


| ons. Andihence. it is, that /#b 


and David fay , Thou numbr:/t 
wy fteps,and The L OR D lov 


fidereth «ll my waies, Now it 
he numbreth and conſidereth 
every ſtep, how much more the 
ations of the minde, good and 
bad ? and if he wwmbreth the 
haires of our head-as our Savi- 
our ſpeakes, how much more 
doth he know all the: members 
of our body, and the-vertues or 


| Ecclus.r. 
2, 


| know the awmber of the /and: 
, of the Sea, and the drops of raine, 


| Booke of Ecclefiafficus ; how 
| much. more. may we beleeve, 


qualities of the zxiod ? and if he 


as may be' pathered out of the 


that 


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et 


CTY non =e = . 


wat a 4 AG» wi — WOEE 4+: .&*+- mo— OED 
Te $1 1 3+ Ht x 
- 4 , S 3 = s 
: - 


the »wwber of Starres and An- 
gels ® and if he will brin 
judgement” all the id/e ow 
wewn(250ur Saviour tells us ) no 
doubt, bur he heareth all the 
voyces of men, not onely of 
their #odies, but of their minds, 
that is our thewghts and de- 
fires, 
_, How great therefore and 
immenſe 1s this latitude of wiſe- 
dome, which at one time know - 
ethaFthings which are , have 
| deene , ſhall and may be ? nei-, 
ther: Yoth' the minde Divine 
wior become of lefſe value 
the varicry of ſo many ſc- 
venall and -inferiour things , as 
{Ometfoolifh Philoſophers held; 
and-we might ſaſpe&tohe fame 
alſo}, if G's piprocured of got 
anyknowledge from things as 
we doe : but in regard that he 
ſeeth all things in his owne eſ- 
| ſence \, there is no danger of 


| that his knowledge extends to 


nk 
s of 


6 


| 


becoming of lciſc value : al- 
113 P 3 though 


_— 


—_—— 


K4 iD to WF OCLATTECT. + bf P + . 'B C. 
« " p * FIT. 4 tep 


—— 


though it be farre more noble 
to procure Knowledge like mer, 
then to be altogether without 
ithke bruit beaſts; even as it is 
better tobe bhnd as any living 
| creatwre may be, then without 
blindzes, notto be apt for fight, 
likeſtones : neither are the other 
members of the body more »0- 
ble then the eges, becauſe they 
| cannot. be blind , but the eyes 
are of the greater eſtimation, as 
having a faculty to ſe , though 
they may bc blind, as St. Augn- 
ive 


| Therefore thou oughteſt to 


be very carefull whar thou dof, 


whatthou fpeakeft , what thou 
| think; at all times, and in cve- 
| ry place;ina(much,as thou canſt 
neither: dee fpecke , nor chinke 
any: thing which Go Þ ſes, 
bearernor marks not:for if thou 
dareſt 'not- dee- or ſpeake any 
thing , if thou perceiveſt that 
thou ſhowdſi be ſeene or heard 
| of wen,thoughthou haſt a great 


| 


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| 


deſire 


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WB 


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DI 


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L. &* 


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. gt , 
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and 
/ 


ceive thy ſelfe to be in this 
'Theatre, even. in the deepe (i- 
lenceand darknes of the night? 
how, godly and . pious, a life 
wouldſt thou lead , how dili- 
ently wouldſt thou avoyd all 
evity and extravagances ? And 
this is it , whereupon GoD 
P 4 ſpake 


Dan.2.11 


+ 41, 


mn — 


Ly = «a . 
"= tr «m# 
| 


Luke 19. | 


ſpake to Abraham ſaying, Walk 
before me and be perfelt, tharis, 
thinke that thou art alwaics 
ſeene by me, and thou ſhalt be 
perfeR withour doubt. 
Agane ,-the /ongitnde of the 
divine wiſedome appearcth. in 
the knowl. dge of things to 
come © for Go Þ ſecth fo pcr- 
only, as that he ſaw all 
things from eternity to the day. 
of judgement, and fo forward 
to eternity,then which /ongitude | 


wherenpon it is, that. King 
David' ſaid , "Thou knoweſt m 
theughts long before: and in E- 
ſay, the Lord forctold the 
raigne of Cyrus (by name) 200. 
yeares before it came to paſle, 
| To this may be'added, the pre- 
diRior in Daxiet of the fourc 
Monarchies, and of the waires 
of Alexander the great, and (to 
omit others) Chr oxr Savieur 


Toſs alem-many yeares before it 
= hapocd.] 


4 


COIN «LA 


nothing can be conceived more; | 


deplored the deſtruction of /--| 


predictions: of .the Prop 


at for thoſe whichare called 
or Divines, who 


ri 
they can truly forerel of fature 
 things,butby chance. For (cein 

the: will of G od is above all 
neceflary, contingent and free 
caufes, and governes them, and 
canat;his pleaſure hinder infe- 
riour cauſes, it is impoſſible that 
any. ſhould forerel/ any thing 
certdinely , bnt they to whom 
Go'p revcales his w-//,. as he 


| did-ofrimes; to his. Prophets. 


| And if we duely conſider and 


Hh the opinion which for- 
von peed had of the Devils, 
' whom for:their Oracles they 


| accounted Gods, we ſhall finde, 


tharthough they pretended to 


f : Ly - - 
 hapned- '1omic irviumerable: | 
n me. by = . 
0» 4 


ir Bookes are full; | 


would eeme to/ be like Gods | 
\pes,: they areto be had in de- | 
4':for it cannot be, that 


| foretell the events of _ 


MR: a9. 29 0... om. Co 


a 


| things, they did, nor ſaid any 
| 


 £" 2h thing. 


P———_ 


104 er De iis. ern CINE oe Gt as 
+4 «> : - 


: = - 


ce 
- 


— 


| i 
thing really , and that their a- 
[| itiex,were ag tale as their divi- 
nations :-forchey told nothing 
 plainely., :but either what they 
_ | were todoethemſelves, or clic 

they related by the ſwiftneſc 
| of rheir 'nature'what was done 
| afafre off, and that with ſuch 
ſpeed, thatir ſeemed as yet, or 
thennot done, tothoſe which 
were afarrc off from the place, 
mn which it.came co paſlc : or 
' elſe, whar they conjectured by 
their long experience would 
happen or be; as many times 


| bandmen of rayne; and phyſttian: 

of Abafaconcerning thoſe 
tmogs wherinthe Devils were 
oned,and'were ignorant; 
would anſwer with ſuch 

circuits and equivocations, that 
| when they were falſe , they 

retorted' the error Ln the 
Itis GoD' therefore onely, 
{of Whoſe wiſadewe- there is 1 


” 


- 
Tu 


marriners doe of the winds; haſ-| 


| 


| 


| ſomes, which is ſo ſublme, that 


_ | rares is called 5nvi/ible , 


| Ou ITE |» > ox RE 
x of Ee 
% 4 ® 


exd,"and it is he that deliyers 
truc'Oracles, and forere!ls rruly 
of all furcure things, contingent 
and free. - 


dered,is the «/tirede of the di- 
vine wiſedome, which is ſobigh, 
that it-exceeds all ſxb/imity of 
bumane or Angelicall wiſedome. 
The height of this wiſedowe is 
known by the excellencic. 1 Of 
the object. 2 OF the power. 
3 Of the ſpecies or forme. 
4Of the Ac. 

--I« The objeit of Gods wiſe- 
dome is not onely naturall, but 
tionate with the divine eſ- 


— — 


it is not proportionate to the 
underſtanding either of men or 
Angels : and therfore the high- 
eff Angels themſelves cannot 
comertothe fghr of G 0D, un- 
lefſe- they be. lifred up by the 
light: of 'glory; and this is the 


cauſe why G 0 Þ in holy Scrip- 
Tothe 


"The next point to be conſi- | 


1 Tunl, f 


King | 


Sw 


| [ 
AT RG: YA” EO 6 a. F 


gs ST 


36 = Thr twelfth Step 
King everlaſting((aith St. Paul 
rus. ge , viſible GO D 
| andthe ſame Apoſtle, thathe 
 dweclleth in light which none can 
attaine to, 
- 23+ The-power which is ar 
| Accident 'in KS, 1s a divine ſub- 
fanmein Gop; andin this rc- 
{pet far more ſublime and 4:gh 
er then-inus. 
© +3- The ſpecies is ſo much the | 
higher, by how many the more 
things it repreſents : and in this 
regard , the Angels arc reputed 
| rothave bigher knowledge , by 
| havingthe more univerſall and 
fewer ſpecies. How great then 
is the peight of Gods wiſcdome, 
| that hath-no other ſpecies or 
forme thcn his eſſence, which 
/.is:but. one, and'onely enough 
| and-ſufficientto'G oÞD, to rc- 
\_preſent and makeknowne him- 
ſelfe, and allthings created, or 
to becreated, which may be 
+; 7 4, Laſtly, that wiſcdome or 


kyowe 


—— 


knowledge is 'accounted the 
morenobleand higher; which.| 
knowes-moſtthings by fewelt 
acts,: But God at one oncly 
fyght, ( which is ever moſt 
tirong:in him, and remain«th | 
unchangeable in him) perfectly 
knoweth himſelfe, and all other 
things ; and therefore the wiſc- 
dome of G 0D istobeaccoun- 
tedthe moſt noble and ſablime. 
»\Liftup thine eyes then, and 
conſider , how much thyknow- 
lrage. differs from that of thy 
Creators ; for thou, (although 
oy many. as, and by running 
this-and that way } caoſt not 
ataineto the krowledge of any 
one thing perfectly ; but thy 
Creator beholds and fees all 

himſelfe moſt clear- 
ly; and diſtintly , by one 47 a- 
lone». And yer, thon _ 
(now 1 n Jlarkenc c y 
the x J _ Faith and Loyc, 
mayſt if thou wilt 4/cen« ſo 
high; that aftcr the laying _ | 
"i of | 


PF 


_—_— 


and cryed out, HPP 
men, y 4-Jyi theſe thy ſervant! 
wy; 


The twelfth Step 
.of this mortall body , being 
 rranflated from glory to gloy, 
| chow mayſt ſee G O D the light 
| ## Gods light, and being made 
liketo Go Þ mayſt atone view 
ſceGod' in erernity, in bim- 
(clfe, and thy ſelfe, and all crea- 
red things, together in G o Þ, 
for ſaith St: Gregory, What ſhal 
not he ſee which Rat ſee him that 
ſeeth all things ? and what plea- 
ſare, glory andplenty willthere be 
then, when being agmiticd to that 
inacceſſible light , thow ſhalt be 
partaker of «lthy AMaft ers joyer. 
The Queene of Saba, when ſhe 
had heard Salomors wiſcdome, 
and had ſcene the wiſe and or- 
derly diſpoſing of the ſervants 
of his houſe, was aſtoniſhed, 


are thy 


| 


#O87 i | ever beforethce, and 
heare thy" wiſtideme rand wha 

npartſor was there betwee 
Solomons wiledotne ' and the 


ho 18 


wiſedome of GoD,; w 


An A coco c-c—= HOOD o+#.,,y m_-wm cc mn . 


ELITE OY ae tin nt” a 


onely 


YQ i” td 


SE 
- # bh 
4 ; 
: 
NY ay SA CT) 
tix _ 
* 


| ' þ wiſe, and is wiſedome it 
(fe? and what was the order 
ofthe ſervants of So/omon,com- 


theuſanils. miniſter to him? cer- 


raide} 
apprehend and taſt theſe things 
but @ little, chou wouldſt re- 
liſh nothing , thou would(t 
weigh nothing , and there. is 
nothing that thou wouldit nor 
willingly ſuffer, codeſerve well 
of him. 
Inthe meane time therefore, 
bumble thy ſelfe nnder the migh- 
tyhandof GOD , that he may 
exalt\thee in the day of viſtta- 
tion c humble thy underſtanding 
tofairb, that thou maylt be ex- 
| «ted to the viſion of Gop: 
| Eumblethy wiltothe obedience 
of his Commandements , that 
thow mayſ# be exalted to the glo- 
rioxs liberty of the Sonsof GOD; 
and humble thy fleſp with pats- 
ence, labour: and faſting _ | 


vg loKlckol De nb emer. a 


4 "if thou. wouldſt but | 


_ 
309 | 


ES SSEEIEIEY 


pared- withthe orders of Gods | 
Angels, of which , chouſands of 


— 


I Pet, 5.6 


Luke 6.8 


% 
, 


| looketh uponthe outward appea- 


| and pieft our all mywayes:and the 
| nations of the thonghts of his 


yp -pcva Why 


l | 


$6 +I wy {44 LO» = F* "4 T: : * 
he = . y of q OMEN 
+, KC. . - 
- _— V, * v ep 


G 05" may'exalt'it (glorificd) 
[to everlaſting reſ#; | 
le remainerth , that we conſi- | 
der the depth of Gods wiſcdome, 
which leemes chiefly ro confilt! 
in ſearching the reynes and hearts, 
char 1's; 10 knowing the thoughts 
andCconcupiſcences of men, cf: 
pecially inchings to come. Has 


razce (faith G o Þ himleltc) out 
theL OR D beholdeth the heart, 
and David faith , Thou (Lord) 
wnderſtandeſs my thoughts lou 
bifore, thou arc about my pathes, 


| 


LORD ſaw that allthe imaoi- 


heart were onely evilcontinually : 
and 7 thee LORD: [earch the 
hearts and reynes;and When 7 E- 
SFV'S ſaw their thoughts; and 
| But be knewtheirrhonghts; and 

"wy ox” thes 3» your 


therefore all-the rhoughts and 
defires of men, 'alchough pre- 


ſent, 


—O 


he 


1 


) 


. x L E "* 3 nes 2h ” 
: " WP 4 ” 2 : hoe | 
mn of Aſcendmy, &c 
{cs - | Gs 
hy ® w/ : +} - - 


| ſent}, are ſo deepe, that neither 


igels, Devils or Men, can cn- 
terinto.them : but farre deeper 
are” rheir fwrwre defires and 
thoughts: and into theſe, Men 
nor Angels , as thcey' cannot 


ſearch into, ſo neither can they | 


finde out the way , whereby 
Gop we? knowesthem. And 
this David ſeemesto intimate, 


when he faith , Such erowleage 
too wonderfull for me; that 1s, 
thy knowledge is ſo wonderfull, 
that I know not how thou at- 
taineſtiro jt : and this he mea- 


Sncerning Godskyawledge 
of rhowghts and defires to come, 
as may 'eafily be gathered by 
that which he ſaid in the firl! 
verſCof this Plalme. 


"*Rmaybe objected, that God 


foreſees theſe thoughts in his 
eternity, co whom all things are 
preſent; or in the predetermina- 


tion of his will: and if it be ſo, | 
then this knowledge 1s not ſo 


able : for wee allo may 
Y " ealily 


» Ln 
a "_ > = 4 
: , - og, F - LN {4 us. « 
. off 1 , .' 
% a* P | 8 
, 3 | 4 
* 


| 


I i acrtrn— 


—  —— 


| | 
T _—_—Y 
eaſily know , what we intend t 
ave, or what is preſent to us, 
But the Scripture plainly ſaith, 
that G O'D ſearchethrhe hear! 
ed renes , and ſees there,whut 
a man either deſires or think, 
| or what he ſhall hercafter 
fre or thinks. And this is ad. 
| mirable to underſtand , how! 
GoDp , by ſearching the GU 
and hearts, ſhould ſee , whatys 
yet 1s not there, and which de-| 
pends upon the 4berty of mans] 
wil, whether it ſhalbe thereor 
no, - Therefore, as it is proper 


on a S999. ov - 


to the height of Gods power to 
| make ſomething of nothing, 
and to call thoſe things which 
are not, aſwell as the things 
| which aregſois it proper to the 


of his wiſe ; by ſcar 


the reynes and 


earts, 00 


fee ts: which. as yet is 10t 
there, as if it were alrcad y, and 


. 


Bur becaas id afon) 
But decaule(as I ſaid before 
this. Treatiſe is nor for aiſpmr, 
SOWS-F-LL . = 


—_— 


' ro hat to ſtirre and /ifrup the ſoxle 
us. Wo Godz ler this whi hath bin 
th, {Maid,incitethee to awaken thee, 
d to lift-up thy ſ{eife, above 
i ſelfe, and to conſider that 


zof the wiſedowme of 
+ who ſearcheth the hearts, 


Wo the inward parts of them, | 


Weeing many things there, which 

hebearrit ſelfe ſees not- O bleſ- 
We eeieh Tſheald 
Wur Saviout I - 
Writh thee , lee ——— 
or bee, } ſurely thou ſpakeſt not 
cha deable, bur a lincere and 
«be bears: neither didſt thou 
meſes inthy beare;when he faid 
fore. the cocke crowe thou 


we thrice - for that skilfull | 


Phyſician did ſee that infirmity 1N 
hu beare; which thou didſt not 


Jetccive, and that proved true, | 


which the Phyfician forezola,not 
what the pateens brag d of. But 
withal,give thanks ro chy Phy« 


ficiat , who as he foreſaw and 
fore- 


| 


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tw. —_ 


foretold thy diſeaſe, ſo he infuſed 
the moſtpowerfull wedicine of 


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 repemtanee intothy ſoule, which 
| fodeply cured che diſeaſe. Oh 
thou good , gracious and moſt 
wiſe and ommporent Phyſician, 


Cleanſe me from my ſecret ſinnes. 


| How many are there that I doe 
| not bewaile,nor waſh away with 


1 rearer, becanſe I ſee then not ? 
| Lerthy graceaffiſt me,by which 


| thou-ſearcheft® the reynes and 
hearts, and thoſe evill concup;/- 
eevcer and evill workes which | 


' | enory Tbeſeech thee, which 
Jef hom refiew anto-me,and 
| bokingup 


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1,produce and bring 
awof rears that 
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, the Prafiicall or Oper a- 
| ing Wiſcaome of 


His Wiſedome hath 
alſo foure dimenſions. 
+ $readth in creating all 


= things. Zong in pre- 
ſervation. Height in the worke 


of Redemption, and Depth in 
providence and predeftination. 

- We will begin with the Cre- 
ation, In wiſcdome G O D made 
«llehings ith the Plalmiſt; and 
He hath powred her out upon all 
bas -workes faith the Son of Sy- 
rach. —om_ by the Creation 
of all things of #o:hing, we may 
know the power of the worke- 
mes ; ſo by the admirable 5k4/7 


| | By#he- Confideration of 


ic 


Pf, 104, 
24. | 
Ecclus.r, 

Io, 


welecinevery thing we | 
oy” may 


an: admire the w/ 


T0 OLE hg] / 
h Step 


meme ofth the 
ri for He bath diſpoſed 
all things in meaſtre, number and 


weight: faith the wiſemar : and 
this is the ſavowr wherewith 
Go Þ hath ſeaſovea all things, 
that by the ſame we might 
learne howſevery and well ſea- 
ſoned the wiſedeme it ſelfe is; 
'bow to be loved and defired. 
All chings created then, have a 
certaine meaſure, a certain »am- 
berand a certaine weight; alwell 
that they mi, t be diſtingui-j 
ſhed from 'Gov', who hath 
neither meaſire , as being 1m- 


| ſence ; nor eight becauſe his 


—r" 


Gy _- Caine | 


o__ ; nor number, as being on} 
fmple in refpet of his e/-M| 


eſtimate Apo ce is above all 
jou ; as alſo , that they 
t be good and beantifull, as 
es ſaid moſt truly, And 
al he OD ſos allthat be bad I made, 


an for e jy good, 1 All 


ave that mea- 


hich oectly to 0b- 


" — co. cc nm non a win ce ol roo 


—_ 


i... 


. » Birds he made little , that 


', fo. 


raine he ends for which they 
whe ere greated; nor canthere be 
any thing added to, of taken 
|< pr but that they wil 
ca deformed or unprofi- 
table, and in that reſpec lefſe 
Grit GOD made every this 
h the Preacher ) beamihh | 
tn h us time; and a little after, to 


it 80: Man can adde, and from it 
none Cax diminiſh, Therefore 


Go D gave a large and moſt 


weaſure to the heaven, 

Decaule it mi he comprehend 
ll inferiour chings within its 
fy To the are he gave lefſe 
heaven, yet more then 

to the carvh and waters, Which 


—_ globe, and are contai- 
compaſſcd round with 


3 mel "He ath given a great 


fare of bodytoan Elep ant, 


that he. might carry great bur- 


ens, even Towers filled with 


en. To a Horſc lefle, being 
onely to carry one. 75 


they 


i 
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Wy" 

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y might. "make cheir neftr in in 
hes. | Bees and 


Ants Shay ec eaſt of all, that 


the one might hide chemſclyes 
in. the holes of hives, and the 
other in the earth, 

..2, The lame may be ſaid of 
” ber.G OD created but wn 
In: 'becanſe one was enou 
to” eni hten the earth and 
a ith his or « and bur 
's) one , ecauſe one was 
cient © pive Zight in the 
F'*" The Starres he would 


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| make a1 things perfedt. 1 A 
| a«wher of parts , which is ne- 


12:6 oefure or aptproportion 
| of parts. 3 Laſtly i#tcr»4ll or 


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creature ;/invert.buc the order, 
and give to-any man, bur ence 
two noſes, onecareand 
two mouthes,one foot and two 


hearrs.and heads ; and-no crea- 


More deformed. 3 Laſtly con- 
cerning weight, G o Þ gave to 
every thing ſuch an eſtimation 
airsnmature required. Beſides, 
the name of weight and 
» we underſtand gua{;- 


pretious. And theſe three 


| ceffary , that none be wanting. 


| external qualities , as pleaſant- 
| nefſe' of colour in the outward 
{luperficies of the body,and ver- 


b ichin, profitable: or necel> 


Grey's im , Ep Go D 
hach imparted co fome 1mall 
crearares, that it may ſeeme, he 

KY = don to > ran; his 
== great, and his wiſedowe 


| in. /waZchings. Who can con- 


cceive the ftrength and force of 


| * graine of maffard/ced ? which 


being the lcaſt of all ſeeds, and 
fo lictle that a man-can hardly 
diſcerac it , and yet from it 
ſogreat a Tree that the 

pres fwd ther nefts init, as 
viour ſpeakes inthe Gol. 

pl. Nor.is this onely proper 


, but common to 


al otherſeeds; within the'vertue | 
wherot roots, bodies, boughes, 
leaves, flowers and fruits of 

car trees e hidden. Cercain-| 


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others the: like , were. fect fo 

imble,and that they had head, 
heart , externall and internall 
ſenſes;;\and { after their man- 
ner) wiſcdome and judgement, 
though very unperfeR 7 Laſlly, 
whocould thinke or imagine, 


that in them, and other little : 


creatures , there ſhould be ſo 
great power to picrce into li- 


ving fleth , that not onely they | 


become troubleſome to men, but 


that Elephants and Lyens ſhould 
bee terrified by Gnats and 
Ales ? | 

| Great therefore is the Lord, 
and great is his wiſcdowe, as in 
the. greareff, ſo n-the kef of 
things. 'It chat great Prince of 
Phyſicians Galen,hough a hea- 
then (admiring the workeman- 
kip pf Go Þ ) brake out into 
the praiſe of the Creator, what 
Du Meer thou ro doe © Chri- 
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{ſtene-in the preſervation and] 
continuance of things created, 
fovnee” of thoſe, which arc 


Ng Andrrucly, firtt, ifam } 
| would conſider, in what man/ 
tenentedring nouriſheth and i 

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wonderfull Wiſedowe ? | 

"Now the length of this pra-! 
Ricallwiſedome appeareth in the} 
peſrocties of things, as the] 


creation © and in-! 


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Kore nouriſheth 


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ares of the body , with { 
y-and ſweerneſſe, that it © 
| "ap, Sai incredible. Gor | 
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2g Phyfician, that ſo pre» 


may be taken not | 
bart willingly too. 


= | fician Go », ficſt of all 


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e. oftcn rekev, we cannot fu 
; fe oe loving and wile | 


aſt and reliſh to 


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thinne a juyce ; that with- 


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without ſexſeof it, © __— 
Plulo s admired the 
il and art of #crwre when 
faw. and beheld theſe 
things : but what. canning or 
ae can there be in things in- 
anioateand yoyd of ſenſe and 
reaſon ? Itiisnoc then the :4;/ 
of xatare, but the” wiſedoms of 
of the Creator, who made #4-| 
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heſe things , that we 
ought to admifte : You may 
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wi reliſh and -ſecke after 
ms page we above. 


to proceed. 
pen 'This alfo 1 is alacalous 
tharGoDd inthe preſerving and 


| centinuing of mans...dife hath 
given @ \continuall and long 


canicth the nstritive power, to | 


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dome of - GOD. doth; iwhich | 


worke in platits and creatures, 
1 hey ve a9 voce. whiilc 
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| yea- 900, before th the fic flood; he 
that admires not this, and ſers 
not. the wiſedome. of G O.D 
35 < me worthips him not 
| fo# it, certainly wants the light 
of reaſon and wiſedome. 


dome of - ON Ry 
 broug © forth an eſerved 
| and Trees for Tu; uſten- 


rbvogr of. men, and other 
wes; and withoutthe help! 

the office. of the Sun and o- 
'ther ſccondary | cauſes 2 yet 
'Sould hc aſe the office of thoſe 
canſes, and. the daboaur of men 
creatures. , becauſe 


they ould not conſumciheir 


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they muſt move | 
cill death ; and. therefore ghey | 
YEIN hg hl to. ©oagne Js 


|*.3. Againe, though the wiſe='| 


| etion of all things , withour'| 


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Qs things 


[ | 


4s ben 24 <2 x4 Acta A i 


s rhiereeinh Step 


+ hould exerciſe their (c- 
faculties and powers. Be- 
ion Gov alfo would have 
1 fome men to be rich , others | 
1 povre , that ev man might | 
1 kaveoceafiontolive godly ,and 
| mie together in the bend of 
thar the ricb might cxcr- 

| cife werey and hberaliry , the 


pore gariour exer and humility : the 

| oald need the poore man; 
Tachenrin tiling the ground, fee- 

4 ding his cartel, and excrcifing 
& 65a Arts neceflary for all ; 

| he peore ſhould want the r:ich- 


[emmy , to buy them food, 
Iand rd neceſflaries 


(t or the fultentation of his life : 
mogLhne ag hath no cauſe 


C tor £ 
ome of 4 for he who 
[honck wl vetoty all things 


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. | And certnnely, thereare many 
fobre" men , which'in the ſtare” 


[rib would have perithed cter- 
. rally ; and though 


| that 
| which they received trom God, 


bar 


| Gavce, Our heavenly Maſter 
 Tfoth nortdeceivens, when he 


Ueith Peril / ſayunto gon, that 4 
anhartly exterixro the | 13 


[Heb men 


Bleſſed be e poore , for your? fr 
"An and 
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| they toletate”; yea" command 
Fre eſh and wine to make them 
merry, and revivetheirſpirits. 


oF pg5e#ty inrend thoſe things 
Which are wag 4 for therr 
ſalvation, who if they had bin 


rich men 
wy be' faved,, if they 


willj impart with 

| to communicate , and not rg 
d -* yer it cannot be dc 
Har that the ſafeſt arid 
eft way to" erermall life Is 
wry rather then by abun» 


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|- a4 06 open vent" ro others 


ſtudicd | 
to e rich tn good workes, and | 


of GOD, 


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188: and that 


| which re a Apoſtles 
raughy in word, they confirmed 


, —Qar Saviour ſaid 
te,The foxe: have holes, 


bots, a birds of beaven have 


| nefe;burthe 5 <> pax tr nou 


 Trhereon zo daybichead ; and the 
{ [orgrns wy r= and his fel- 
HB) faith , Vimo this 

Gor ms 


oe nine ow there x AIC, 
ar williogly chooſe this way, 


jan a reef HER itaſmuch 


a they may. 
1-4 The laſt thing conſidera- 
blean. the /ength of the divine 
wiſedome is, that as GOD is c- 
tecnall himſelfe,, ſo hath been» 
duced every thing with a moſt 
lively inſtin of defending and 
preſerving their owne hives, 
as dong as they can. We ſee, 
that when wew are in danger of 
death, how they beſtirce theme | 
ſelves, and ſparc neither coft | 
nor labour to preſerve their 
lives.. We ſec beafts, to fave 
lines, how they fight, be- 
is Heongerjnce beafts | 
farr yaa penn 
= ranges ere WwAEN IT 
4 and al- 


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1 tw hang trom a' penthouſe or 2 
fone, and thetnſclves 
into anerbe, and aglong as they 
can;.to keepe themſelves from 
looſening andperiſhingby drop. 
ping downe.” Wee fee heavy 
| thugs aſcend, and light agiintt 
nature to" detecnd , icaſt there 
ſhould be a warmam, and that 
| chingsthey cannot fubfiſt. Bur 
more 'wonderfull it is, that 
Go Þ hath enducd s with 
ſuch vehement affection in the 


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| rf Arending, oe, 
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awho:-to cherith this propaga- 
| ciot1/as 2 ſhadow of orervicy , 
| hach imprinted this moſt yehe- 
ment and ardent /ove in all crea» 
' | tuses, bruit and wilde, towards 
theic i{xe - for whercas there 
| are many- Creatures , to whoſe 
| deſtruction all wer give their 
_ | minds, cither for private ples-._ 
| ſure and profit, as Harcs, Bores, 
| Harts,Quailes, Partridges, Phe- 
ants, and all kinds of Fiſh; or 
_ | forthe common good, as wolves, | 
| Foxes;Serpents,and many other 
'hoyſome creatures : ithad not 
| beene, but that long agoc many 
| 4% :-of creatutes had beene 
=! vin 4 ere rr | 
©» gm d not provided 


a” 


| afFecton. 
; Nm bred Goo in at 


firch-an inbred devs in all 1i- 
ving creatures towerdy rhis 


G | ors and careful ife c what love 
onght we to have to the hife | 
Ins eternal ? 


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0f 27 07 the ſalvation 
of wanking. - And truly it was a 
moſt high Connſaile, by the ig- 
nominy of the Croflc torepayre 
allthe lofſes, which the craft of 
the Devill by the offence of the 
for Han, brought to mankind, 
and fo to repatre them, that the 
worke repezred was farre more 


of che | 
To The #ry 
Pride aud diſobedience of. | 
As! The puwiſhmene of hims and 
Alomankind: ; Hamiely the priva- 
tiene} God: grace aud cverlaſting | 
| "5 f the Angels, | 
-4123»\T ht [errow of the Angets, | 
vg were much diſpleaſed 3-4 the 
iviary dovere G 0 D, andthe mi- 
fer) which befeto Buch + 


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| gend:.- © happy fence 


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| awendrnent and. 


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| and being diſobedient -ro his 
| — Fell from his firſt b<ppi- 


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«Shar naw was eVErCOmE and 


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«znto- preater 
which 


deferred fuck and: ſo great a 


foi amend 2 garment which by 
 fome 'miſchance - came to be 
reve and: tome; that it become 


;{it-was a happy rem 
| which gave occafion to —_ an 


"The fir Afax , by e craft | 
and envy of the Devil being. 


nefſe, for robbing Govp(atrer 
a' tort) ofthe | — Andean 


_ - Bur thr ſecond o/Fdem | | 


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difobedience els abdy'r for 
Ada 'was'a pure Man, de 
| he had obeyed Gov, he had 
| obeytd bim in a moſt  e4ffe mat- 
4 ter. And what had it beene to 
have abſtained from the free of 
one forbidden tree 4 when there | 
1 was avandance of excellent. 
_ beſides? and therefore the 
habe the more beywow , by 
h the eafhryche com- 
one might have beene obeyed, 
+ matter of no labexr or 


BacCnr1sTwas 


G Tg Man , and humbled 

to obey his Father, in 
thing of all things the greeteff 
and moſt labortous and paine- 
fall,” in the death of the Croſſe, 


fil of paine and ignominie. 


o © Againes if we conſider the | 


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tFhardof G OD, andis 
head and Lord of 'An«- 


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writes of CuRIsT, Hee & 
gove inzo heaven, to whom the 


| | els and Powers. and wriphe q; 
eds abjett : and St. Paxl, Where. | 


9 OD bath highly ex- | 


fore al, 
alted, im, aud given him 4 #ame 


| above every name : That at the 
| name of JESV S$ ſpould every 


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knee bow: ; both of things in hea- 
vel, and things in carth, and 


| things ander the earth « Sothat 
]the Son glorified the Father by | 


of his paſſion, after 
waemer , and the 


ther glorified the Son after 
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auch grieved at the fel of the 
firſs man', as for a heavie affli- 
&ion befallen | their younger 
brother 2 ſo alſo are they m_ 
andaf-Red with much 7 Joy and 
delight \for 'the plentiful re- 

of 'him by Izxsus 
Cuk1st:foryftherete joy i 
beaver with the Avgels for one 


ſexner repenting, how great may 


| wee doleeve their Jay to bce, 


wheathey, i thar the joffice 
of G © » was ſatisfied tor 

| d, by Ci K18sT the 
BLAM , that b y the.hgy of his 


| chein' for A —_ 
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| whagſoever is g t0.Gop, 


| verithefirff Afon, was much 


of Cn R2'S Tthe.muv "I 
| be was joyfull before. For by 


ieve atthe good of others, 
but {yshpathizeth” and | regoye 
ceth tagecther , congrati:lateth | 
no-leffe for it, then if it were 


». that this wasa moſt 


A ; ba era have their will 
unſeparably ;proportionable 
and agreeable to the will of 
Gop, andtyed with ſuch an 
indiffoluble knoe 'of leve, that 
is moſt acceptable to them. 

: /But the-Devill who. for a 
ame-rejoxced for his viftery 0- 


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for hica to have beene over: | 


ri rightcouſueſſ, which 


the inferiour 4 goo: 
to ap that. hee coul 

Haye rebelled, if his minde had 
not beene rebellious ro Go d 
before : but z#ew to be ſubducd 


| by amortall ex, a pilgrime, 


and ſgbject to igno- 


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nGon' take, that theſe 
e5.and the like mi 4 
grow 'vitter-ta men, and c 
[ ULY, POycrty, hamulity , vii 
'ence'and contempt of the world 
ſhe ſceme_pleaſant and de-' 
full ? Why ſurely this, he 
camedown bimſclfe from hea- 
#4, aid w_ taken the ſhape 
4 by his example | 
{made this [184 ho ( whole- 
tome) #edicine (© pleaſant and 
#1ithat many mcn bad rather, 


Fab afegf,be poerethenrves, 
d elightan virginity rather then 


age., and. in martyr dome 
w#rz ; tO obey rather | 
to command; to be deſpiſed 
| ky to de magnified be bun- 
go 1 to be exaled: for who 
isth rc . that. truly conſiders 


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who can- acich ROSIE vob 
G., tO DC paore, Drum. 

ws, chafte, and Which 
\is more:wonderfull ) tor the 
ar 2a one yer be 
tothe Crolſe,and to dye 

+ having ſhed his 

| blood plecntifully, 
evenous of a moſt ardent /ove, 
Lori : ran eo imi- 


wrong ab invent 
on- wiſedome 
ASS, 


Ts e's enemies to 
; Ons if HRIST, it 
ſeeme te be fool; But let 


ten] 
' which futethberwetne 
herubims , yea «t the H 
(ad GOD: and we 
alfo finde , that he hung not on 
the'Crofſe' for his own fanks, | 
nor his ewne infirmity , nor by 
the p r of others, but volun- | 
, out of his earneſt defire 
God: juſtice for the 
Gitics of the whole world; for | 
the howenr and glory of his Fa- 
ther, and for the erernal[alua- 
ever alt rhe elefF : and (as the 
ve ſpeaketh) ther foes. 
» amv bawſotfe 4 moſt g 
ohs "burch » wot hevmg or 
wiznhle, Laſtly, for the love of 
*t; for be loved xs, and hath gi- 
vew himſelfe for, to be anofſe- 
and 4 ſacrifiee of 4 ſweet 
o ſaverrts GOD. And 
arogy we ſhall have found all 


eto be true (as they are 
wp owr ſelves 


COS 


Is 


F Sap: 6.7, 


— 


Was he thirteemb Step 


faltor, and inimitacion of Top 


begin«atdently to thirſt after 
Goar glory +thelalvation of the 


ches beamty and bonowr , and our 


owne-eternall ſalvation; let us 


> to have a hateto iniquity, 
1d!to love parity of heart , to 


partake ofthe Crofle of Chriſt, 
to-g/orgineribalations and trou- 


| vles, thatafter thislife, we may 


be made partakers of the re- 
ſorreition of the jwf#to glory,and 
not to everlaſting puniſhment 
The'depth or :profanditic of 
the praiticall wiſedomeof GO D 
conliſterh3n his providence, pre- 
defi inationand judgements. Thy 
Juagements are like the great dcey 
taithrhe P@laitt. 

I- Firſt, thatthe providence 


.'pof Gopis admizablcy is ga- 


thered outofthis,that he r-/cth 


ngs immedietely,aud /rad; 
them. theit-evds,, He careth 


” aletheſaib the .wiſeman, 


Gentiles, burchiefly the Chur- 


that | 


«ALERT © 
T n 


[thing excepred ;,/orhat 4 /par- 
| pai irs tothe ground Lol 
out big providence ,- as our Savi- 
our ſpeakes, ' He that could 
aumber the multitude of things 
| in the whole univerſe ,-mighr 
| w' ſome mexſure ſee the pro- 
| fandizyof his wiſedome , gover- 
ning and directing ali and eve- 
ry thing. A King may governe 
| many Provinces by a general, 
butnotaparticular providence, 
| a8 *having- M227 436 Rrciau 
| ſabjefs, and therefore hath (as 
'i# fie-) many ſfubordinare Mini- 
— 237m _ But G o Þ ſo 
taxeth care for ſingular as all, 
and «for al as ſingular; The 
haires of our heads are numbred 
2 Lim, and his porvidence wat- 
ethover-us, ſothat none of 
them periſh; The young ravens 
e/Iſoforſaken by the dammer,arc 
| notforfaken by Go Þ. 
'« How-ſecurely then' may we | 
neff-in che 59ſome of ſuch a Fa- 
N.. | R 3 _ ther, 


bs 


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= © 2 a FB 7 v < 


thererevin rm of darky- 
| "oſs £ among the-wearber of 
and Dragons, among in- 
numerablele of ſpirits : if 
we adheretobim infincerc love, 
| holy. Tomce wavering, 


providence 
ery 0G and 


Fae por of all = 
eetly; and be.jis there forcfti- 
ed C48, a Le et$ becauſe he 


bath appoioted:the order of al 
ERS with the luccel- 

[ omes for ever, 
CR TN ahng can 
happen-to-him either ew , or 
bs him : and 1in- 
of mortal men 

| are fearefull, and" onr forecaſts 
| ee ancerraine, as the wiſemas 
| ke Satonſe we'can give 


me conjectures 
fakes e bur Go» 


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[ 


nd Neon of ings : and 
truly fi As = wir 
ay, G 8Vs- 

dence is never deceived, Fr 
Bat. becauſe the reaſon! of | 
ſary; rovidence is moſt ſecrer, 
s jndgements deepe , it 
{roreage , thatmany ſce- 
= x miſchife committed 
men, and anpuniſhed,. 
| they: runnc. headlong into his 
opidion » thac humane things 
| are either not governed by Gods 
| providence , or at leaſt that all | 
| emilloarc committed by the will 
| cf Gov; bork which opinions 
are impious: bur the later the 
worle,as St. Angufine wriecth, 
Papa) rue heading meth 

errors, who (ce art of Go 
A —_— the other 


part : and whereas ny be to 
—_— 5fſne aud of mgs, 
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ht: Jay. of jndgement , they are 
a rodrro jad ge, bar by 
means fall into moſt pric- 
wow errors. ' And myptore _ 

[te es out, e not be- 
_ ou rhe Hs 7 ORD 
come, thatwill enhghten things 
| that: are-hid in darknefſe, and 


| will make the connſailes of the 


heart manifeſt. S. Angaſt ine i|- 
luſrates.this.point by a limi- 


Lon 
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litude s/f: (faith he) a man ins 
| checkred pavement ſhall ſee onet 
 t4pigcraf it wrought , and (vo! 
 knowong what the Dive of it ſhall 
x ng diſpreiſe the workeman, 


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breake out mo bleſyhtmoint fpec- 
_ches "either with thoſe in Feb, He 
| walketh'#: the cirele"of heaven, 
| and: confidereth nor our matrers ; 
6r with thei in HMalach;je, E- 
| very one tharderbevill, © poed 
"marbe febtofrheLORD, and 
| he delizbteth inthew. Another 


| fimilnade in this caſe, Sr. Au. 


© 1pm aſcth,If a man either 


| 
| 


wmbebegiming or the middleof a 
' verſe ſhall ſay that it is not pogd, 
| be wilbe a:connted 4 foole: for 
| beufbonld tarry till all the filla- | 
| bler ati feet of it be pronounced, 
before he diſpraiſe it * ſo" rhey are 
tary "fon/cr who dart to fink fault 
with” the orderly providexce of 
| @O'D; before the whole order of 


- 


—— 


| 


| 
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be thirteenth Step 
| gener any be ſeerer ; it can- 


we although the reaſon 
| 3: Ip abou of God. in 
Pull © wine things bea 


leeps abyſfſey' yer the reaſon of 
= a # oe 
barionis deeper by farre. For 
why Go Dp. ſhould loade many 
wicked men. with temporall 
and ſuffer their mer to 

in this life: and 

entbeorher idrqwby be ſhould 
$47 ores ro be in 


nd be unjuſt!y vexed, 


ps lome cauſe.” For Go » 
T1mCs, 17 the _ 


eo Teatooroenc ther 
vevegi The more on 

hereafier Bur why 54 
'© | ind hired Eſas before 
| er baddoneeizher go od ov evill, 
will ſearch atrer the rea- 
j*y ? And thisit was at which 


| Ng awimmes, the ſons of one Fa- 
| ther and pray roctatr ſhould 


| chew. wie Ea Wd 

objec, that Go Þ foreſaw the 
| nas s of the pne , and the 
| aber, the Apoſtic by 


prevention ſaith , that 
"ED that the purpoſe | 
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», and allcdgeth or 
qu oteth 


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v HF 4 +: 1D. Step ; 


df 


n —_—— — 


the —_— ok G a; od| 
Dy: M0 is hx have n mercy an 
wrom Exrill have mercy, &c. 

| . Who allo:would not be 
nilhed ro. Gl der, that y- 
raytor ſhould perſevere 
SON: ood workes, and in 

& of. his fe to fall and 

: ; and. that, the thiefe, 

al rhe, Lune of his life 

NM An evill workes, 

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'vet& of themnta bave di- 
3. "as he did one, | 


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me: : witheaneſ)e [bowl 
alter their nugerſt anding , AS 1s 
laid of, Henoch ; and nor others, 
bur ſuffers thear to become e- || 
vill of goed men , and to finif 
their 4a7es in wickednes. W hat 
(hall we ſay of whole Coun» 
tries » whercof ſome are ſoover, 
ſome later called to that faith, 
without which, none can be 
faved ?' He that hath net belee- 
Ted is atready judged , faith the 
Apoſtle; and againe, #hoſoever | 
calleth won the name of the Lord 
ſhalbe ſaved: But how ſhallthey, | 
call on him in whom they have 
nat beleeeved, &c ? Theſe are | 
Gods higheff ſecrets and mol 
deepe,, which he hath placed in | 

| Apoſtle admixes, 'but | 

t.when he cryes out, O che 


_— ' the wiſedowe and 
| ie IDEs, waſcarch- 
| Bj ble are boo judgements and br 


WAJEs | 


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| W4 af finding out ! Who bnew 
tht winds of be LORD. or 
who was bis. connſailer ? This 
onely we may &»ew, that there 
is _ with Go D, and 
that inthe laſt day there will 
be none but maſt confeſle and 


— 
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find juſt are thy judgements; and 
| this aſe we may make of this 
nes that no wicked man de-| 
\ſpaire, nor any good man preſume 
of his ſalvation : and i 6s good 


men diltruſt not of any mans| 


converſſen , ler them pray for 
al and. be ſollicitous of their 
atugtion: 2nd 00 the other (ide, 
ler_none though good and holy, 


grow inſoleve, conſidering no 


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Sr, Jobs tells us , Little ebildren, 
ler 'nes, mot w_ an Meow _— | 
is $0%g ue One: » butt in deed and 
enth. It is love, without which 
[no man is ſaved,and with which, 
/noOman is condewmed; and love 
is ſhewed'by workgs: when any 
man, neither out of hope of 


remporall cerribution, or out of 
extraordinary and 1inordinate 
afeftion to the creature, but in 
' hearty and pure love to Gon 
and hiswe?ghboxr, cithergives 
"alwer liberally ro the poore, or 
forgives injuries to his evemics: 
.and that not onely fora time, | 


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prayto'GOD tor the guifts of 
true repentance , true humil:t,! 
 perfett-/ove and charity , a | 
perſeverance tothe end © and not 
onelyfatisfied with prayer, but 
ae s | irivesro ſroke the Kingdome of 

'* | heaven andthe rightcouſneſſe 
7 08 thereof, and to finde it with all 
| bis force and Rrength 


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for. fo ſaith the Pſalmiſt, The 
LORD' & loving unto every 
mas, and hic Mircy i over all. 
bir works, We ſhall cafily ſee the 
mapnitude of this divine attri- 
ome, if we diligently conſider 
it, according tothe 4: former 

© The latitude of Gods mercy 

confiſts in this, that G © Þ, and 

Go Dd «lee can deliver us out 

of allour wiſeries, and this he 

doth,notforany bexefit tohim- | 

felſe, bar out of the lovy which 

her hath and  bearcth to all 
things created. Tris true, that 

ereated things can take away 

fomr miſeries, as bread, hunger; 

| erazhe;chirlt; clothes, nakednes, 
andiymw/cdgs, ignorance , and 
ſoofthereit'; bur no creature 

cantake away all wiſcries - be- 

Hides there are ſome miſeries, 

| which/are ſo; much the more| 


 gniewonr',” by. how much the | 


' more hiddew and inward 7 and | 
medy 


to 


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are:the ſavres of the Devils, 
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