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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66997	Law-power, or, The law of relation written in the heart of ministers and people by the finger of God, is mighty through Him, to prevaile with both : to live as a people separated to their God, and from the world, specially at the Lord's Table.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3496; ESTC R25194	60,431	76

is so full a consent and no difference at all To shut up this The way of the holy wherein Christ walketh with them or in them as they in Him is as different from the way wherein the uncleane walke as their person are so they looke not to the differences They are no cause but an occasion of it a Every man should ●ay The occasion did b●t helpe the p●incip●ll was my heart Heb. 12. 14. They follow peace with all men and giving a just offence to no man holines without which no man shall see God Wee will take in here worthy M● Mantons words All true peace and sweet agreement is founded in purity and holines which meekneth spirits And the purest and sweetest agreement is in the truth First there is a pure language and then one shoulder Zeph. 3. 9. One faith is urged by the Apostle as the ground of union Eph. 4. He will bring it to that at length The world looketh at purity as the make-bate but it is the great reconciler The world would have stirres ended they would have no difference in Church matters neither would they have holines So in those matters they must be well accorded amongst themselves But the counsell is seasonable Have salt in your selves and peace one with another Mark 9. 50. Doctrine must be kept wholesome and Truth retaine its savour and acrimony and then looke after Agreement Certainly where God hath put enmity between those there will be a difference whilest the world stands what a difference what a war what a contention what a bloody field is fought within the bosome of some Godly persons at all times If not of every Godly person sometimes The flesh fighting against the Spirit Gal. 5. 17. the Spirit against the flesh for these two are contrary The carnall Rom. 8. 7. mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the Law of God neither indeed can be You may as well perswade darkness to shine as the fleshly mind to obey and be at peace with the spirit of the mind renewed When all differences are accorded betwixt righteousnes and unrighteousnes Truth and falshood so as these may kisse and embrace each other When Christ and Belial Earthly Adam and spirituall Adam when these shall meet and comply each with other Then shall the broad way and the narrow be accorded too and no difference between the walkers therein There is no more sure signe of an holy way than that the unholy differ from it come not neare it turne their backe upon it and passe away as they should doe from sinne turne from it as an abhomination That is an holy way sure whereto the wicked stand so crosse and contrary Let our soules choose and delight in the choice of that way which is an abhorring to the flesh Object 5. Yea but they That pretend to this holy way and to walke in it make it but a pretence sure They are quite out of the way for observe how supercilious they are and censorious they passe by others with a kind of scorne bidding them as they bid stand by come not neare us for we are holier than you Ans To this we will say this first That looke what a man is in being he is in working the meaning is If his being is in Christ his walke is in Christ If he be out of Christ he is without God in the world and his walke is after the flesh and according to the world most contrary to Holines But for this holy man that walks in the wayes of holines In desire and endeavour his conversation is most exact and pure And of any sin though he cannot say he is free from any yet he can say his soule abhorres the least slighting much more the scorning of any be he or she never so bad Oh no they that converse with him are his witnesses and God also that he is so farre from scorning or slighting of others that he is more enclined to mourning than to scorning he can mourne over the Contrary minded and if he might be suffered he would rep●oove them for their contrary walking even weeping letting as many teares fall from his eyes as words from his mouth or when his eyes are dry his heart mournes or he wisheth it might be so And groanes from the heart are as acceptable as teares from the eyes as was said perishing for ever is such a mournefull dreadfull thing to his thoughts He considers withall who made the difference and what hath he that he hath not received then why should he glory either in himselfe or over others No he that walks humbly with his God cannot walke proudly before others he is meeke and gentle towards all waiting when God will give repentance There is one consideration and two Scriptures amongst many which the good Spirit hath brought home unto this man and sealed upon his heart whence it is he walkes humbly loathing himselfe and admiring free grace The Consideration is That all the Sonnes of Adam by nature Mr. Brinsley are as one saith like so many carkases buried together in the same Church-yard or lying together in the same Golgotha or Calvery thesame Charnell house Now this man suppose it so hath Joh. 5. 25. heard the voice of the Son of God in the Ministry of the Gospell and now he is risen from the dead for Christ hath given himselfe Eph. 5. 14. Surely he hath no cause of glorying over his brother that may lye still rotting in that grave but infinite cause hath he of glorying in his God all the day long who hath made such a difference even because it pleased Him whereas as to outward accomplishments and naturall endowments his brother might be like a flourishing Bay-tree and he a poore sh●●●b or bramble-bush His pride were Eccles 4. 14. intollerable that out of a prison cometh to reigne or of a despicable wretch is new become Prince in all Lands This is the Psal 45 16. humbling consideration He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden The well minding an oppressing Egypt and an Read Holy Mr Sanders p 103. howling wildernes will keepe the heart very low in Canaan The Scriptures are these And such were some of you 1 Cor. 6. 11. Observe we well what some of them were Speake evill of no man be no brawlers but gentle shewing all meeknesse unto all men why for we our selves also were c. Tit. 3. 2 3. Wee thought it fit to be the longer here though indeed we hasten to an end because we find good Mr Baxster after his manner dealing not so kindly as became him with the people of God at this point and in these words I confesse I have no great zeale to shut Christ out of all other Societies and coope Him up to the Congregations of these few that say to all the rest of the Churches stand by we are more holy than you These words are in his Preface