〈◊〉_d may_v ever_o have_v the_o upper_a hand_n prefer_v jerusalem_n above_o our_o chief_a joy_n psal_n 137._o 6._o love_v all_o man_n as_o man_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v hide_v not_o thyself_o from_o thy_o own_o flesh_n isa_n 58._o 7._o but_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o love_v they_o most_o with_o who_o we_o have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o spirit_n 1_o cor._n 12._o 13._o honour_n all_o man_n but_o especial_o love_v the_o brotherhood_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 17._o let_v at_o least_o humanity_n prevail_v with_o we_o to_o esteem_v and_o love_v all_o that_o with_o we_o partake_v of_o humane_a nature_n for_o so_o far_o we_o love_v ourselves_o but_o so_o as_o to_o put_v more_o abundant_a honour_n on_o they_o who_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n for_o so_o we_o shall_v love_v god_n in_o they_o sermon_n xviii_o on_o 2_o pet._n 1._o 4._o but_o that_o we_o may_v have_v this_o honour_n and_o love_n it_o will_v be_v 3_o preach_v at_o st._n mary_n june_n 21._o 1657._o use_v 3_o require_v 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a_o true_a natural_a fountain_n that_o pour_v out_o of_o what_o spring_v up_o in_o itself_o jer._n 6._o 7._o as_o in_o the_o creation_n the_o herb_n bring_v forth_o seed_n and_o the_o tree_n fruit_n after_o its_o kind_n gen._n 1._o 12._o from_o its_o innate_a seminal_a virtue_n its_o inward_a natural_a temperament_n and_o constitution_n and_o the_o stone_n move_v down_o to_o the_o centre_n and_o the_o spark_n fly_v upward_o from_o their_o 7._o job_n 5._o 7._o natural_a propension_n nature_n be_v that_o ingenita_fw-la rei_fw-la vis_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la quâ_fw-la ipsa_fw-la à _fw-la seipsá_fw-la movetur_fw-la so_o in_o this_o new_a creation_n where_o there_o be_v a_o divine_a nature_n there_o be_v something_o within_o not_o only_o a_o blaze_n in_o the_o lamp_n but_o also_o oil_n in_o the_o vessel_n matth._n 25._o 4._o a_o inward_a principle_n which_o set_v the_o soul_n in_o motion_n to_o god_n and_o heaven_n these_o divine_a spark_n natural_o fly_v upward_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o 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god_n in_o communion_n with_o he_o and_o obedience_n to_o he_o as_o act._n 18._o 5._o it_o be_v say_v of_o paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v press_v in_o spirit_n occasion_v by_o the_o jew_n obstinacy_n but_o there_o be_v a_o spirit_n within_o he_o that_o press_v he_o to_o it_o but_o here_o take_v a_o double_a caution_n when_o i_o speak_v of_o this_o inward_a principle_n it_o be_v not_o with_o our_o enthusiast_n so_o to_o cry_v up_o a_o christ_n within_o they_o as_o to_o cry_v down_o a_o christ_n without_o they_o indeed_o without_o they_o because_o never_o true_o in_o they_o christ_n indeed_o dwell_v in_o our_o heart_n but_o it_o be_v by_o faith_n ephes_n 3._o 17._o and_o that_o be_v both_o brâ—d_n and_o feed_v by_o his_o word_n and_o ordinance_n rom._n 10._o
nor_o free_a difference_n of_o god_n own_o make_v but_o christ_n be_v all_o in_o all_o col._n 3._o 11._o then_o sure_a there_o be_v not_o this_o or_o that_o sect_n or_o order_n of_o our_o own_o devise_v in_o this_o case_n considerable_a but_o it_o be_v christ_n that_o must_v be_v all_o in_o all_o in_o this_o case_n especial_o and_o it_o must_v be_v his_o discriminate_n grace_n only_o that_o must_v make_v we_o innocent_o to_o differ_v from_o other_o and_o not_o our_o say_n i_o be_o 7._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 7._o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n and_o i_o of_o cephas_n that_o shall_v make_v we_o sinful_o divide_v ourselves_o and_o so_o make_v we_o more_o high_o displease_v to_o god_n than_o any_o way_n commend_v we_o to_o he_o such_o sinful_a division_n and_o fraction_n be_v far_o from_o justify_v we_o that_o so_o deep_o condemn_v we_o and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o strange_a mean_n of_o reconcile_a we_o to_o god_n which_o make_v we_o at_o odds_o one_o with_o another_o but_o for_o the_o better_a dispatch_n of_o this_o point_n i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o show_v 1._o what_o sect_n they_o be_v that_o so_o little_a commend_v we_o to_o god_n 2._o that_o we_o be_v very_o subject_a to_o think_v otherwise_o 3._o that_o yet_o in_o truth_n they_o do_v not_o so_o commend_v we_o nor_o shall_v we_o they_o but_o rather_o judge_v they_o loss_n and_o dung_n for_o christ_n 1._o for_o the_o first_o i_o lie_v down_o these_o particular_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o always_o a_o sect_n in_o this_o bad_a sense_n which_o the_o world_n often_o call_v so_o for_o paul_n can_v find_v a_o great_a difference_n which_o he_o intimate_v act._n 24._o 14._o when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thereby_o show_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o way_n even_o the_o way_n of_o faith_n grace_n and_o christianity_n which_o the_o jew_n then_o call_v and_o many_o now_o call_v heresy_n but_o they_o only_o call_v it_o so_o in_o their_o corrupt_a nomenclature_n which_o be_v far_o from_o be_v so_o in_o truth_n and_o reality_n and_o so_o christian_n by_o mahometans_n and_o protestant_n by_o papist_n be_v call_v sectary_n and_o some_o among_o we_o be_v bold_a to_o jumble_v lutheran_n calvinist_n arminian_n and_o socinian_o together_o and_o to_o make_v sectary_n of_o they_o all_o and_o so_o indeed_o they_o may_v be_v as_o they_o may_v handle_v the_o matter_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v by_o and_o by_o but_o yet_o if_o the_o truth_n be_v with_o any_o of_o they_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sect_n nor_o they_o sectary_n for_o maintain_v it_o the_o reform_a church_n be_v no_o schismatic_n for_o break_v off_o from_o communion_n with_o papist_n in_o their_o idolatry_n nor_o those_o that_o be_v sound_a in_o the_o faith_n and_o holy_a in_o practice_n for_o decline_v or_o decry_v other_o man_n error_n or_o impiety_n it_o be_v neither_o sedition_n in_o the_o state_n to_o disow_v faction_n nor_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n to_o keep_v the_o whole_a cloth_n from_o other_o patch_n we_o must_v adhere_v to_o christ_n and_o his_o truth_n and_o grace_n though_o we_o be_v call_v sectary_n for_o it_o and_o paul_n after_o the_o way_n that_o they_o call_v heresy_n worship_v the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n and_o he_o be_v never_o the_o worse_a man_n for_o their_o call_v he_o so_o but_o the_o better_a for_o his_o do_v so_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o schism_n which_o hold_v and_o do_v that_o in_o which_o other_o according_a to_o the_o word_n in_o conscience_n can_v join_v with_o they_o and_o they_o that_o depart_v from_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o that_o in_o truth_n make_v party_n not_o they_o that_o take_v part_n with_o christ_n and_o manage_v it_o according_a to_o christ_n i_o say_v both_o because_o 2._o on_o the_o contrary_n we_o may_v indeed_o make_v a_o faction_n of_o our_o profession_n and_o our_o way_n a_o by_o way_n not_o tend_v to_o christ_n but_o from_o he_o and_o that_o two_o way_n 1._o when_o the_o ground_n aim_n and_o very_a material_n of_o our_o sect_n and_o religion_n be_v nothing_o of_o christ_n but_o indeed_o contrary_a to_o he_o whither_o we_o may_v refer_v the_o various_a sect_n of_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n as_o well_o the_o more_o moral_a stoic_n and_o the_o more_o refine_a contemplative_a platonic_n and_o the_o more_o rational_a peripatetic_n as_o the_o more_o brutish_a epicurean_o hither_o also_o the_o opposite_a faction_n of_o hillel_n and_o shammai_n among_o the_o jew_n their_o three_z more_o famous_a sect_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n or_o the_o seven_o which_o tryph._n which_o in_o dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n justin_n martyr_n 4._o martyr_n lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o eusebius_n and_o epiphanius_n various_o reckon_v up_o as_o also_o the_o numberless_a number_n and_o rabble_n of_o popish_a secular_o and_o regulars_n votary_n that_o swarm_n of_o locust_n in_o their_o several_a order_n and_o religious_a as_o they_o call_v they_o of_o their_o monk_n and_o friar_n and_o other_o ecclesiastic_n from_o the_o first_o to_o the_o last_o of_o the_o jesuit_n and_o oratorian_n set_v up_o on_o purpose_n to_o invent_v and_o hold_v up_o their_o several_a idolatry_n superstition_n and_o will-worship_n not_o according_a to_o christ_n or_o the_o simplicity_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n but_o to_o vitiate_v and_o corrupt_v 3._o 2_o cor._n 11._o 3._o it_o with_o their_o unclean_a mixture_n these_o and_o such_o like_a be_v proper_o sect_n whilst_o of_o their_o own_o head_n they_o divide_v themselves_o and_o that_o ofttimes_o to_o great_a enmity_n and_o alienation_n from_o other_o and_o from_o god_n himself_o whilst_o they_o set_v their_o threshold_n as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v 8._o ezech_v 43._o 8._o by_o his_o threshold_n and_o their_o post_n by_o his_o post_n who_o ark_n can_v 3._o 1_o sam._n 5._o 3._o endure_v to_o have_v a_o dagon_n stand_v by_o it_o these_o division_n be_v indeed_o sect_n and_o fraction_n who_o material_n and_o essential_o be_v sinful_a and_o against_o christ_n 2._o nay_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sect_n when_o the_o groundwork_n be_v good_a and_o the_o part_n we_o take_v to_o in_o the_o main_a right_n but_o all_o spoil_v by_o our_o ill_a manage_n of_o it_o thus_o 1_o cor._n 1._o 12._o christ_n himself_o be_v perverse_o make_v the_o master_n of_o a_o sect_n nor_o be_v they_o more_o sectary_n that_o say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n and_o i_o of_o cephas_n than_o they_o that_o add_v and_o i_o be_o of_o christ_n which_o as_o too_o many_o now_o do_v pretend_v christ_n and_o yet_o reject_v the_o ministry_n part_v christ_n from_o his_o minister_n with_o who_o he_o promise_v to_o be_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o make_v a_o party_n 20._o mat._n 28._o 20._o and_o that_o place_n afford_v another_o way_n of_o sect-making_a and_o that_o be_v when_o instead_o of_o make_v minister_n or_o other_o helper_n of_o our_o joy_n we_o 24._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o set_v they_o up_o as_o master_n and_o lord_n of_o our_o faith_n when_o one_o be_v as_o much_o for_o paul_n and_o another_o 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essence_n so_o that_o have_v we_o but_o he_o in_o he_o we_o have_v all_o thing_n but_o to_o pass_v by_o these_o and_o such_o other_o as_o may_v be_v add_v to_o my_o present_a purpose_n from_o thence_o i_o observe_v what_o i_o be_o now_o treat_v of_o omne_fw-la col._n 3._o 11._o omnibus_fw-la instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la that_o in_o christ_n who_o there_o speak_v to_o moses_n there_o be_v a_o substantial_a reality_n for_o the_o supply_n and_o that_o in_o solidum_fw-la of_o all_o the_o want_n of_o the_o israel_n of_o god_n i_o be_o the_o verb_n substantive_n express_v how_o substantial_a and_o real_a he_o be_v that_o as_o god_n he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o entity_n and_o reality_n let_v the_o metaphysician_n dispute_v but_o our_o more_o divine_a metaphysic_n assure_v we_o that_o both_o meet_v in_o our_o saviour_n that_o there_o be_v a_o real_a substantial_a be_v in_o he_o and_o that_o as_o he_o give_v all_o thing_n 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this_o while_n they_o see_v not_o that_o be_v yet_o all_o naked_a and_o bare_a there_o be_v a_o conscience_n which_o it_o may_v be_v they_o now_o feel_v not_o but_o which_o one_o day_n they_o will_v feel_v and_o find_v fearful_o wound_v and_o to_o a_o man_n in_o such_o a_o case_n these_o outward_a cover_n will_v be_v but_o like_o a_o silken_a suit_n to_o a_o body_n that_o have_v all_o the_o bone_n out_o of_o joint_n there_o will_v one_o day_n come_v a_o hour_n of_o death_n when_o all_o our_o riches_n can_v purchase_v either_o delivery_n or_o reprieve_v and_o at_o last_o there_o will_v be_v a_o day_n of_o arraignment_n and_o judgement_n which_o our_o great_a state_n now_o can_v then_o exempt_v from_o at_o such_o time_n all_o these_o perfection_n oftentimes_o be_v as_o so_o many_o dagger_n at_o our_o heart_n either_o they_o or_o our_o bad_a use_n of_o they_o wound_v then_o deep_a and_o deadly_a then_o absolom_n hair_n be_v his_o halter_n and_o sampson_n strength_n his_o ruin_n then_z man_n former_a glory_n their_o shame_n and_o their_o riches_n like_o a_o horse_n to_o a_o traveller_n which_o may_v help_v in_o the_o way_n but_o they_o now_o find_v troublesome_a and_o chargeable_a at_o the_o journy_n end_n thrice_o happy_a than_o the_o may_v potentate_n if_o he_o have_v but_o authority_n then_o leave_v he_o as_o to_o command_v his_o conscience_n silence_n and_o happy_a than_o the_o covetous_a wretch_n who_o only_a perfection_n here_o be_v to_o be_v cover_v and_o bury_v in_o gold_n and_o silver_n if_o all_o the_o shilling_n and_o pound_n which_o he_o have_v get_v by_o usury_n and_o extortion_n lay_v all_o then_o together_o can_v but_o cover_v that_o one_o sin_n or_o buy_v but_o one_o drop_n of_o water_n to_o cool_v his_o tongue_n when_o he_o be_v torment_v in_o the_o flame_n and_o thus_o at_o last_o we_o have_v see_v these_o all_o perfection_n as_o for_o length_n they_o last_v not_o for_o all_o time_n so_o for_o breadth_n they_o reach_v not_o to_o our_o inward_a and_o great_a want_n and_o so_o in_o both_o sense_n a_o end_n of_o all_o perfection_n the_o application_n of_o all_o be_v that_o we_o now_o will_v labour_v for_o use_v david_n eye_n and_o use_v they_o as_o he_o do_v that_o as_o with_o one_o we_o see_v these_o perfection_n so_o with_o another_o we_o will_v look_v at_o the_o end_n of_o they_o or_o rather_o with_o the_o same_o eye_n of_o faith_n look_v through_o all_o this_o seem_a perfection_n to_o the_o end_n of_o all_o our_o heart_n and_o eye_n therefore_o shall_v not_o be_v terminate_v in_o these_o outside_n of_o thing_n we_o shall_v not_o stand_v gaze_v with_o achan_n upon_o the_o wedge_n of_o gold_n and_o goodly_a babylonish_n garment_n lest_o as_o it_o be_v with_o he_o they_o steal_v away_o our_o heart_n and_o happiness_n together_o i_o confess_v it_o be_v with_o many_o of_o our_o worldly_a man_n as_o they_o say_v it_o be_v with_o some_o of_o your_o devout_a pilgrim_n to_o mahomet_n tomb_n who_o after_o that_o goodly_a sight_n use_v to_o pore_v so_o long_o on_o hot_a iron_n till_o they_o lose_v their_o eyesight_n we_o i_o do_v not_o say_v pilgrim_n and_o stranger_n unless_o it_o be_v from_o god_n and_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n do_v use_v to_o gaze_v so_o long_o on_o the_o lustre_n of_o outward_a vanity_n that_o they_o lose_v both_o eye_n and_o heart_n by_o which_o they_o may_v desire_v and_o find_v more_o divine_a and_o last_a perfection_n thus_o do_v not_o job_n chap._n 31._o 26._o he_o behold_v not_o the_o sun_n when_o it_o shine_v nor_o the_o moon_n walk_v in_o brightness_n that_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o outward_a happiness_n as_o some_o from_o the_o context_n expound_v it_o and_o though_o david_n eye_n have_v once_o a_o miss_v cast_v before_o they_o when_o he_o think_v his_o mountain_n so_o strong_a that_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v move_v yet_o here_o he_o be_v now_o get_v as_o we_o hear_v upon_o another_o mountain_n and_o from_o thence_o see_v further_a than_o he_o do_v before_o or_o other_o that_o lie_v grovel_v below_o can_v even_o to_o a_o end_n of_o all_o this_o perfection_n he_o do_v not_o now_o admire_v and_o adore_v this_o glorious_a light_n but_o as_o they_o tell_v we_o they_o can_v with_o their_o glass_n discern_v mote_n in_o the_o sun_n so_o he_o by_o faith_n the_o best_a prospective_n see_v mote_n in_o this_o sun_n to_o even_o a_o end_n of_o all_o perfection_n and_o happy_a sure_a be_v his_o eye_n that_o see_v such_o thing_n which_o many_o other_o king_n and_o great_a one_o i_o do_v not_o say_v desire_v to_o see_v but_o in_o truth_n never_o see_v who_o inward_a thought_n sometime_o be_v that_o their_o house_n shall_v continue_v for_o ever_o and_o their_o dwelling-place_n to_o all_o generation_n psal_n 49._o 11._o and_o it_o may_v be_v as_o though_o they_o can_v either_o over-wrestle_a or_o outlast_v the_o almighty_a and_o everlasting_a god_n in_o their_o heart_n say_v with_o they_o jer._n 12._o 4._o he_o shall_v not_o see_v our_o last_o end_n or_o if_o god_n sometime_o 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of_o possess_v the_o soul_n betray_v and_o enslave_v it_o that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o itself_o than_o the_o galley_n slave_n his_o own_o man._n the_o cool_v spirit_n in_o its_o own_o cause_n be_v warm_a in_o god_n as_o we_o see_v in_o meek_a moses_n exod._n 32._o 19_o nor_o do_v christ_n speak_v contradiction_n rev._n 2._o 2._o when_o he_o say_v of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v thy_o patience_n and_o that_o thou_o can_v not_o bear_v they_o which_o be_v evil_a but_o what_o can_v patience_n bear_v any_o thing_n for_o god_n but_o nothing_o against_o he_o it_o be_v impatient_a of_o that_o for_o which_o god_n be_v angry_a 2._o there_o be_v a_o second_o kind_n of_o patience_n which_o may_v be_v call_v natural_a arise_v from_o the_o natural_a constitution_n of_o the_o body_n or_o mind_n as_o in_o a_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n as_o a_o lethargy_n or_o palsy_n that_o feel_v nothing_o or_o from_o a_o natural_a dulness_n and_o brawniness_n that_o be_v not_o so_o sensible_a of_o pain_n and_o pressure_n as_o in_o the_o brawniness_n of_o the_o hand_n or_o foot_n in_o a_o ox_n patient_a of_o labour_n and_o the_o dull_a ass_n under_o a_o heavy_a burden_n or_o from_o the_o hardiness_n of_o the_o body_n patient_a of_o cold_a and_o other_o outward_a grievance_n and_o from_o the_o courage_n and_o valour_n of_o the_o mind_n patient_a of_o wound_n and_o hardship_n but_o this_o be_v tolerance_n rather_o than_o patience_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rather_o than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o will_v not_o possess_v the_o soul_n 1._o in_o great_a extremity_n if_o long_o continue_v the_o ox_n that_o stand_v the_o butcher_n stroke_n with_o his_o axe_n twice_o fall_v flat_a at_o the_o three_o the_o brawn_n when_o cut_v through_o to_o the_o quick_a prove_v sensible_a and_o saul_n though_o a_o stout_a man_n at_o last_o fall_v all_o along_o 1_o sam._n 28._o 20._o 2._o this_o stoutness_n though_o it_o endure_v pain_n yet_o not_o disgrace_n but_o christian_a patience_n can_v act_v 5._o 41._o 3._o there_o be_v that_o which_o i_o call_v a_o moral_a patience_n such_o as_o the_o demivertue_n though_o aristotle_n count_v it_o but_o a_o demivertue_n heathen_a philosopher_n and_o the_o stoic_n especial_o glory_v of_o by_o which_o they_o will_v tell_v you_o they_o attain_v to_o such_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o a_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n that_o no_o injury_n can_v betide_v they_o see_v seneca_n lib._n quod_fw-la in_o sapientem_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la injuria_fw-la maximus_fw-la tyrius_n dissert_v 2._o nothing_o can_v trouble_v they_o but_o that_o like_o the_o upper_a region_n they_o be_v always_o serene_a homines_fw-la quadrati_fw-la which_o way_n soever_o pitch_v stand_v immovable_a but_o as_o their_o wise_a man_n be_v a_o notion_n rather_o than_o a_o reality_n so_o this_o steady_a evenness_n of_o mind_n be_v soon_o to_o be_v find_v in_o their_o book_n and_o dispute_n 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