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death_n	blood_n	way_n	zion_n	19	3	9.0720	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96887	A conference of some Christians in church-fellow-ship, about the way of Christ with his people, and the result therefrom. This serveth only by way of introduction to take off the reproaches, that are cast upon pastour and people, whose earnest care and endeavour is to walke with a right foote in that holy way. Which is held forth here by the light of the sacred Scripture, as it appeares unto them, and how curious and circumspect their walke should be, who pretend to it, and to walke therein. The scandalls in and against the way are removed as they could be.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3485; Thomason E868_4; ESTC R207653	29,701	36

replanted by forraighners for seventy yeares space but the roome kept empty till the returne of the Naturalls Surely looke what the Spirit spake to the Angell of the Church in Philadelpha there He spake unto us Because thou hast kept the word of my patience I also will keepe thee from the houre of temptation which shall come upon all the world to trie them that dwell upon the Earth 3. In the last place to stop the mouth of carnall reason That enemy and adversary of all righteousnesse and let alone will have all the talke though in the issue it will prove to be but contradicting and blaspheming the word of His Grace the way and practise of His holy Ones This we say to him who accounts that time runs-out to waste which is taken up in holy conference about what hath been heard and what profit they have received thereby That this man hath never heard to purpose the Word hath not been prevaling with him to Conversion for if so The recalling of it and meditation upon it had been sweet unto him and he would observe time and place as he doth often alone by himselfe so also sometimes as his affaires may give leave among others also to tell his experiences that way what furthered or hindred in that worke of profiting by hearing that so he may promote the good of others as his owne for how desirous is he That all were as he is excepting his reproaches and scornes for the Name of Christ Holding forth the word of life He that is rich enough in grace is nothing worth and he that sayes he hath enough of the Word hath none at all to purpose or to profit by it Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdome Col 3. 6. We we about to set downe a little of that much Zanche hath upon those words but wee intend to be short wee will onely heare what Holy Sibs speaks to this matter They that are acquainted with their owne wants thinke it an happinesse to have plenty and they that know their naturall weaknesse know they need all spirituall supports and helps to keepe the vessell of their Soules in perpetuall good case They know also that the more they know as they ought to know in desire and endeavour living-up to what they know the fitter they are for doing and suffering for communion with God and for all passages both of life and death therefore they cannot have too much care this way 7. One thing more wee would adde for the clearing of our practise and removing an offence not given we hope but taken against us That wee attend the publike place of hearing with all care and attention and our private exercise at home and at our private meeting place with all Diligence ordering matters so by the help of Grace that th' one hinder not but further the other Some are all for reading and praying at home For they have good bookes there to reade and pray-by both Others againe are all at the publike and nothing at home To this onely this may suffice That the use of the private exercises with the neglect and contempt of the publique have a curse upon them And the use of the publique with the neglect and contempt of the private have the same curse too for both th' one and the other are indeed not used but abused 8. Thus we have given you an account of the way the Lord hath been pleased ●o draw us unto by His good Word and Spirit and to fix our foot-in how also wee have passed-over the offences have been given to us in our way and removed as we could those that have been taken against us more we have to say but we referre it to another place yet this we cannot forbeare to say That wee finde this way so pleasant and good so saith the Spirit the flesh is a flug an enemy rather and so saith nothing or else contradicteth and blasphemeth or would doe so were it let alone to doe what it would but so pleasant it is and so saith the Spirit That wee would not for a world be in the way in the dayes of our ignorance we were-in And wee wish from our hearts so well we wish you That you were in the same way too though it be as neglected and reproached a way as the Church her selfe is This is Zion which no man seeketh after A sure way-Mark it is that it is the right way cleane crosse to the way of the world where flesh and blood finds Rehoboth roomth enough nothing to crosse it or to put it to Cost therefore right in every mans own eyes though it be the way to hell going downe to the Chambers of death But Zions way or the way to Zion lyeth so crosse to flesh that it can as well choose to walke upon burning coales as upon choice to walke in this way till it be mortifyed The serious thoughts of this put us first to a stand caused us to looke round about us and consider in what way our foot stood To put it to Question and not take resolution from flesh and blood Is our way Right for indeed Sir wee were we will not say in the same way with you but in the way of the world we were while wee lay with the world in wickednesse Is our way right in our Lord's eyes For every way of man is as we reade right in his owne eyes Prov 21. 2. but that way is an abomination to the Lord. Indeed thus through Grace we reasonedupon the way and saw clearely the Lord being mercifull to us and anoynting our eyes with His eye-salve That the way so right in our owne eyes was our owne way a way of sin and death very pleasing to flesh putting it to no cost none at All therefore infinitely displeasing to God And so we concluded That they have a very difficult worke if not a desperate cause in their hand who would maintaine That way right in a man 's owne eyes to be the way of Gods Holy ones with whom He walkes and they with Him circumspectly sure according to their charge in desire and endeavour exactly full up to the rule But we must contract we have told what first put us to a stand and enquire for the old-way that good way paved forth as a Causey-way and traced by the footsteps of the Lord 's Anoynted 2. This moved with us very much to hasten out of that way of the world so right in its owne eyes and stirred-up our Spirits against it as much almost for we want his zeale not altogether as Paul was stirred when he beheld those abominable Idolaters And as Luther was stirred in his Spirit against Popery observing the Popes giving pardons for we know not how many yeares Indeed we have heard that gave the first offence to that Gideon of our times or but a Century of yeares by-past And how did he bestirre himselfe after that time take it in passage and