zeal_n in_o persecute_v the_o church_n act._n 22._o 3._o and_o out_o of_o conceit_n he_o do_v god_n good_a service_n rest_v satisfy_v we_o know_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n who_o be_v the_o most_o zealous_a for_o sabbath_n and_o prayer_n and_o other_o point_n of_o worship_n yet_o they_o make_v it_o their_o rest_n but_o come_v to_o our_o day_n and_o see_v if_o we_o swarm_v not_o of_o the_o same_o only_o seem_v professor_n of_o god_n who_o be_v very_o zealous_a for_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o from_o their_o very_a zeal_n be_v make_v to_o rest_n with_o high_a thought_n of_o their_o condition_n but_o how_o far_o this_o zeal_n which_o be_v most_o common_o lead_v with_o more_o affection_n than_o judgement_n will_v bring_v man_n into_o a_o form_n of_o truth_n first_o it_o will_v lead_v man_n into_o a_o whole_a conformity_n to_o what_o it_o do_v conceive_v to_o be_v truth_n that_o it_o shall_v according_a to_o what_o it_o have_v serve_v god_n in_o all_o good_a conscience_n act_v 23._o 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which_o be_v there_o require_v to_o be_v obey_v so_o as_o he_o may_v gather_v church_n and_o may_v suffer_v much_o in_o the_o conform_v to_o and_o practise_v with_o so_o much_o vehemency_n the_o ordinance_n common_o practise_v by_o the_o church_n in_o the_o apostle_n and_o our_o day_n so_o as_o his_o zeal_n may_v lead_v he_o out_o to_o teach_v and_o help_v forward_o that_o work_n study_v night_n and_o day_n to_o find_v out_o matter_n to_o furnish_v himself_o for_o edification_n so_o as_o for_o pain_n in_o the_o church_n and_o for_o zeal_n to_o observe_v the_o severity_n of_o those_o form_n and_o any_o thing_n require_v to_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o say_a church_n so_o as_o now_o it_o will_v have_v communion_n in_o ordinance_n with_o none_o but_o those_o of_o his_o own_o stamp_n &_o judgement_n be_v mighty_o carry_v forth_o to_o judge_n and_o pity_v those_o who_o be_v opposer_n of_o that_o light_n now_o this_o soul_n through_o zeal_n may_v go_v thus_o far_o yea_o to_o act_v up_o to_o the_o high_a thing_n the_o scripture_n do_v require_v in_o matter_n of_o visible_a practice_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o at_o all_o teach_v in_o the_o spirit_n neither_o get_v into_o the_o life_n and_o power_n of_o what_o he_o do_v profess_v but_o mere_o zealous_a for_o shadow_n and_o want_v the_o power_n so_o as_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o form_n and_o not_o the_o form_n by_o the_o power_n dwell_v within_o he_o now_o grant_v far_o that_o such_o a_o soul_n do_v act_n in_o truth_n according_a to_o this_o dispensation_n yet_o notwithstanding_o in_o this_o particular_a there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o rest_n for_o nothing_o visible_o see_v flow_v from_o the_o creature_n aught_o to_o be_v its_o rest_n but_o some_o invisible_a flow_n into_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v be_v and_o substance_n from_o which_o and_o unto_o which_o a_o soul_n through_o zeal_n for_o god_n act_n also_o a_o creature_n thus_o zealous_a rest_v not_o at_o home_n but_o reform_v abroad_o also_o beginning_n with_o his_o 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of_o the_o same_o to_o other_o though_o not_o to_o himself_o yet_o notwithstanding_o his_o rest_n be_v to_o he_o a_o high_a evidence_n of_o the_o true_a and_o real_a possessing_n of_o god_n when_o alas_o it_o be_v continual_o a_o vanish_v rest_n and_o evidence_n and_o when_o the_o creature_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o it_o it_o be_v take_v its_o wing_n and_o fly_v away_o and_o prove_v a_o miserable_a comforter_n in_o the_o sad_a strait_n of_o a_o soul_n but_o first_o let_v we_o consider_v that_o true_a holiness_n of_o a_o person_n make_v manifest_a in_o action_n flow_v from_o the_o justification_n of_o a_o soul_n make_v manifest_a in_o the_o spirit_n so_o that_o the_o true_a holiness_n or_o outward_a sanctification_n
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