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Epistola ad anglos Being an introduction out of a larger treatise into the mysteries of true Christian religion, by Oliver Hill, exise for the law and the Gospel at Lisbon in Portugal.
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Hill, Oliver, Agent.
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Wing H2004B; ESTC R218917
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much_o of_o light_n as_o will_v make_v they_o all_o like_o christ_n lowly_a meek_a and_o pacisick_n and_o so_o will_v secure_v the_o peace_n of_o your_o kingdom_n for_o ever_o for_o than_o they_o will_v be_v subject_a to_o you_o for_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n eccles_n 8.2_o rom._n 13.2_o and_o because_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n which_o they_o will_v then_o seek_v and_o not_o meddle_v or_o make_v with_o you_o therefore_o be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n foelices_fw-la regiones_fw-la ubi_fw-la sapientes_fw-la regnant_a &_o ubi_fw-la populi_n ipsi_fw-la philosophantur_fw-la but_o unlucky_a politic_n to_o go_v about_o as_o those_o do_v who_o promote_v the_o ignorant_a blind_a way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o so_o oppose_v god_n kingdom_n to_o save_v and_o keep_v your_o kingdom_n by_o thwart_v his_o interest_n and_o disoblige_v of_o he_o by_o the_o graco_n of_o who_o alone_o you_o own_o to_o have_v receive_v it_o and_o hope_v to_o be_v maintain_v and_o continue_v therein_o the_o way_n to_o keep_v your_o kingdom_n be_v the_o same_o as_o to_o keep_v life_n that_o be_v by_o lose_v of_o it_o matth._n 16.25_o or_o by_o sacrifice_v it_o daily_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n seek_v the_o will_n the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o interest_n of_o god_n and_o strive_v to_o promote_v it_o above_o all_o your_o interest_n throughout_o all_o your_o dominion_n when_o david_n seek_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o not_o his_o own_o end_n 2_o sam._n 6.22_o his_o kingdom_n be_v for_o ever_o establish_v unto_o he_o chap._n 7.16_o whereas_o saul_n lose_v his_o kingdom_n by_o seek_v his_o own_o honour_n and_o strive_v to_o preserve_v it_o without_o regard_n to_o god_n will_n 1_o sam_n 13.13_o 14_o 15.28_o 30._o and_o at_o last_o his_o great_a head_n piece_n instead_o of_o the_o majesty_n and_o honour_n he_o seek_v after_o get_v he_o but_o a_o ass_n head_n chap._n 16.14_o remember_v his_o man_n no_o more_o chap._n 17.58_o tho'_o before_o he_o love_v they_o and_o be_v by_o they_o divert_v chap._n 16.21_o whereas_o when_o he_o go_v to_o work_v without_o any_o policy_n seek_v after_o ass_n only_o he_o get_v a_o kingdom_n beside_o and_o honour_n and_o majesty_n and_o he_o may_v have_v secure_v it_o to_o he_o and_z his_o for_o ever_o by_o use_v the_o same_o method_n as_o he_o do_v when_o he_o get_v it_o that_o be_v by_o seek_v still_o after_o his_o father_n ass_n or_o use_v a_o asinine_a and_o a_o dovelike_a industry_n and_o prudence_n math_n 10.16_o without_o cunning_a or_o as_o one_o that_o be_v employ_v by_o another_o in_o seek_v by_o be_v always_o ready_a to_o give_v he_o what_o he_o have_v find_v and_o so_o to_o yield_v up_o to_o god_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o king_n and_o by_o who_o they_o be_v set_v up_o in_o this_o world_n to_o do_v his_o work_n all_o their_o kingdom_n power_n glory_n and_o their_o life_n itself_o but_o the_o contrany_n way_n which_o be_v call_v in_o scripture_n the_o way_n of_o jeroboam_n be_v so_o natural_a to_o king_n that_o of_o the_o 40_o king_n who_o reign_v after_o david_n over_o the_o two_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n we_o find_v but_o one_o in_o seven_o avoid_v fall_v in_o it_o and_o in_o tempore_fw-la svo_fw-la dicetur_fw-la israeli_n in_o its_o time_n it_o shall_v be_v tell_v the_o true_a israel_n of_o god_n how_o many_o such_o king_n be_v find_v in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o england_n numb_a 23.23_o for_o we_o be_v not_o without_o hope_n that_o his_o present_a majesty_n will_v make_v one_o of_o that_o number_n which_o god_n who_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o prince_n as_o he_o please_v grant_v he_o in_o his_o great_a mercy_n or_o else_o there_o be_v but_o one_o law_n esth_n 4.11_o the_o fate_n of_o jeroboam_n follow_v jeroboam_n way_n for_o sure_o his_o history_n be_v not_o write_v in_o vain_a but_o in_o vain_a be_v salvation_n hope_v for_o from_o hill_n of_o gold_n and_o from_o numerous_a army_n see_v jer._n 3.23_o and_o my_o dedicatory_a epistle_n to_o the_o late_a king_n and_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n preface_n to_o his_o history_n where_o i_o have_v read_v these_o word_n una_fw-la dies_fw-la hora_fw-la momentum_fw-la evertendis_fw-la dominationibus_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quae_fw-la adamantinis_fw-la videbantur_fw-la radicibus_fw-la esse_fw-la firmatae_fw-la what_o he_o that_o do_v not_o see_v now_o to_o be_v true_a be_v more_o than_o blind_a or_o have_v be_v in_o a_o deep_a sleep_n ever_o since_o october_n last_o but_o to_o conclude_v this_o discourse_n as_o by_o a_o thorough_a die_a come_v the_o full_a light_n of_o wisdom_n so_o without_o die_v in_o part_n or_o some_o such_o degree_n of_o true_a mortification_n as_o be_v the_o prick_n of_o heart_n or_o contrition_n in_o the_o act_v 2.37_o which_o the_o modern_a french_a prophet_n be_v go_v through_o as_o it_o appear_v by_o their_o print_a relation_n there_o be_v not_o any_o part_n of_o wisdom_n to_o be_v look_v for_o though_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v teach_v of_o all_o the_o learned_a in_o the_o world_n but_o scrap_n of_o learning_n enough_o and_o the_o vain_a deceit_n whereof_o coloss_n 2.8_o to_o wit_n logical_a sophism_n which_o be_v all_o i_o hereby_o understand_v and_o nothing_o else_o the_o application_n of_o this_o to_o england_n be_v not_o so_o hard_a to_o do_v as_o the_o thing_n itself_o that_o which_o i_o make_v of_o it_o be_v this_o to_o wit_n this_o doctrine_n must_v be_v either_o true_a or_o false_a if_o false_a than_o god_n word_n be_v false_a for_o these_o thing_n be_v verbatim_o or_o almost_o verbatim_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n this_o be_v but_o a_o kind_n of_o paraphrasis_fw-la upon_o it_o and_o nature_n itself_o be_v false_a that_o be_v not_o such_o as_o it_o be_v for_o it_o work_v no_o other_o way_n in_o the_o regeneration_n and_o generation_n of_o thing_n than_o what_o i_o have_v describe_v only_o as_o natural_a thing_n such_o as_o herb_n and_o mineral_n never_o fall_v from_o their_o principle_n that_o be_v the_o same_o kind_n of_o life_n they_o original_o have_v to_o another_o worse_a principle_n or_o kind_n of_o life_n and_o be_v than_o their_o own_o as_o adam_n do_v tho'_o they_o sell_v with_o he_o under_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n rom._n 8.21_o for_o neither_o the_o corruption_n nor_o exaltation_n of_o thing_n change_v their_o kind_a or_o genus_fw-la but_o live_v still_o of_o the_o same_o life_n and_o keep_v in_o the_o same_o principle_n as_o they_o live_v in_o from_o the_o first_o that_o be_v in_o the_o principle_n and_o life_n of_o this_o outward_a world_n so_o they_o go_v not_o out_o of_o it_o into_o another_o new_a kind_n of_o life_n when_o they_o be_v by_o art_n purify_v and_o exalt_v it_o may_v be_v abusive_o call_v regenerate_v and_o begin_v not_o a_o new_a life_n but_o only_o have_v the_o old_a one_o make_v better_a and_o reform_v and_o therefore_o they_o need_v not_o go_v again_o through_o the_o sierce_a fire_n where_o all_o thing_n general_o begin_v their_o life_n and_o from_o whence_o they_o take_v the_o first_o rise_v of_o their_o life_n or_o their_o original_a as_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n must_v do_v by_o reason_n that_o as_o it_o fall_v from_o a_o whole_a principle_n or_o kind_n of_o be_v to_o another_o that_o be_v from_o the_o divine_a life_n in_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o light_n to_o this_o present_a beastly_a life_n in_o the_o principle_n of_o this_o world_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o it_o to_o have_v the_o old_a one_o mend_v it_o must_v begin_v a_o new_a one_o and_o pass_v from_o that_o it_o fall_v to_o to_o that_o kind_a which_o it_o fall_v from_o whence_o repentance_n imply_v more_o than_o a_o bare_a reformation_n and_o mend_v of_o the_o old_a life_n for_o to_o tell_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o it_o be_v a_o new_a creation_n psal_n 51.10_o ephes_n 4.24_o but_o they_o may_v be_v more_o fit_o