THE
FIRST
BOOKE
of
true
Christianity
.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
Image
of
GOD.
EPHES.
4.
Be
renewed
in
the
spirit
of
your
minds
,
and
put
on
the
new
Man
,
which
is
created
after
God
in
justice
and
in
the
sanctity
of
truth
.
THE
Image
of
God
in
Man
,
is
a
conformity
or
similitude
of
the
Man
,
concerning
th●e
Soule
,
Understanding
,
Spir●t
,
Mind
,
Will
,
and
all
the
faculties
both
of
Body
and
Mind
,
with
God
or
the
holy
Trinity
,
and
with
all
his
divine
Attributes
,
vertues
,
will
and
proprieties
,
said
,
Faciamus
,
Let
us
make
(
which
are
words
,
as
I
may
s●y
,
of
the
man
,
after
our
image
and
similitude
,
and
let
him
rule
over
the
fishes
of
the
sea
,
and
fowles
of
heaven
,
and
beasts
of
all
the
earth
,
and
every
creeping
thing
that
moveth
on
the
earth
.
Whereby
evidently
appeareth
,
that
the
holy
Trinity
planted
his
Image
in
man
;
so
as
meere
divine
holinesse
,
justice
and
goodnesse
might
shine
and
send
forth
light
in
his
soule
,
understanding
,
will
,
and
hearts
des●●e
,
yea
even
in
his
life
,
and
all
his
actions
nothing
but
divine
love
,
vertue
and
purity
be
found
in
him
no
otherwise
then
in
the
blessed
Angels
.
This
Image
God
had
made
in
man
to
take
delight
in
,
and
rejoyce
as
it
wee
in
his
soule
.
Truly
,
even
as
one
becomming
a
father
,
and
beholding
himselfe
,
or
an
other
selfe
in
his
off-spring
,
cannot
but
rejoyce
with
an
inward
joy
hardly
to
be
expressed
:
So
Gods
delight
and
chiefe
pleasure
was
,
to
be
with
the
sonnes
of
men
,
or
our
first
Parents
,
Prov.
8.
For
although
God
rested
in
all
his
works
,
yet
he
did
take
singular
and
chiefe
delight
in
man
,
because
in
him
his
divine
Image
did
most
perfectly
and
exactly
appeare
or
shine
forth
by
his
innocency
and
excellency
,
Good
master
,
what
good
shall
I
doe
that
I
may
have
eternall
life
?
answer
is
made
,
What
doest
thou
call
me
good
?
None
is
good
but
onely
God
alone
,
that
is
to
say
,
essentially
;
and
but
for
,
and
without
God
,
no
good
can
be
.
Yet
further
is
to
be
noted
,
that
man
out
of
this
Image
,
should
learn
to
know
himselfe
,
to
wit
,
that
there
This
is
my
welbeloved
Sonne
,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased
;
this
Jesus
Christ
,
I
say
,
is
the
true
Image
of
God
,
out
of
whom
nothing
did
appeare
and
shine
forth
,
but
God
himselfe
,
that
is
to
say
,
meer
love
and
mercy
,
long-suffering
,
patiences
,
meeknesse
,
mildnesse
,
love
towards
man
,
holinesse
,
cons●lation
,
life
and
blessednesse
eternall
,
by
him
the
invisible
God
would
be
seen
,
manifested
,
But
there
was
another
part
of
knowing
himselfe
through
the
Image
,
to
be
desired
,
that
he
was
made
capable
of
the
benefits
of
this
divine
Image
,
and
most
sincere
pleasure
,
of
flowing
love
,
joy
,
peace
,
life
,
rest
,
fortitude
,
vertue
,
and
light
,
that
God
alone
in
him
should
be
all
things
,
and
alone
live
and
work
,
selfe-will
being
excluded
,
and
the
love
,
and
honour
,
and
praise
of
himself
denied
,
only
God
should
be
his
glory
,
and
praise
and
honour
:
for
e-every
like
is
capable
of
his
like
,
not
of
his
contrary
,
and
in
that
rejoyceth
and
is
glad
:
In
this
wise
God
had
decreed
to
infuse
himselfe
with
all
the
treasures
of
his
goodnesse
into
the
man
,
and
so
goodnesse
is
most
of
all
communicative
of
it selfe
.
Last
CHAP.
II.
Of
the
fall
and
apostasie
of
Adam
.
Rom.
5.
As
by
the
disobedience
of
one
man
many
were
made
sinners
;
so
by
the
obedience
of
one
also
,
many
are
made
righteous
.
THe
sin
of
Adam
is
disobedience
against
God
,
by
which
the
man
turned
from
God
to
himselfe
,
became
a
theefe
of
the
divine
honour
,
whilst
he
went
about
to
make
himselfe
God
,
deprived
himselfe
of
the
divine
image
,
and
perfect
hereditary
justices
and
holinesse
,
blinded
in
his
understanding
,
in
will
undutifull
and
contumelious
against
God
.
Lastly
,
as
concerning
the
affection
of
the
whole
heart
,
from
God
alienated
,
and
in
hostiall
manner
opposite
.
Which
abomination
in
all
men
,
is
propagated
by
carnall
generation
,
and
passeth
by
hereditary
necessity
,
and
bringeth
to
passe
that
man
is
spiritually
dead
,
and
the
sonne
of
wrath
and
condemnation
,
unlesse
Christ
redeem
him
;
and
therefore
let
poore
simple
Christians
take
heed
lest
they
extenuate
the
fall
of
Adam
in
their
own
interpretation
,
Generation
of
vipers
,
Matth.
3.
and
those
that
be
of
a
Devillish
nature
,
The
seed
of
the
Serpent
:
I
will
put
enmity
between
the
seed
of
the
Serpent
,
and
the
seed
of
the
woman
,
Gen.
3.
And
from
this
seed
of
the
Serpent
,
or
seed
of
Vipers
,
nothing
,
or
no
off-spring
can
come
,
but
terrible
fruit
,
as
the
Image
of
Satan
,
the
off-spring
of
Belial
,
the
children
of
the
Devil
:
for
as
even
as
in
any
other
seed
,
be
it
never
so
small
,
yet
after
a
wonderfull
and
hidden
manner
,
all
the
qualities
and
properties
,
stature
,
thicknesse
,
length
,
bredth
,
with
boughes
,
leaves
,
flowers
and
fruits
,
and
so
the
whole
tree
with
innumerable
fruits
of
the
whole
stock
and
plants
is
contained
,
so
in
this
pestilent
and
The
heart
of
man
is
wicked
and
inscrutable
,
who
shall
find
it
out
?
But
if
you
adde
thereunto
the
seducing
and
hereticall
spirit
,
then
you
shall
heare
renouncing
of
God
,
forsaking
of
him
,
idolatry
,
hatred
of
the
truth
,
and
persecution
,
the
sinnes
against
the
holy
Ghost
,
faith-breakings
,
corruptions
of
the
faith
,
depraving
of
Scriptures
,
and
terrible
seducings
.
All
which
are
no
other
then
the
fruits
of
the
Serpent
,
and
the
image
of
Satan
in
the
man
.
And
who
could
even
suspect
in
the
beginning
,
in
so
weake
and
feeble
an
&
Apoc.
18.
but
we
often
increase
so
much
in
malice
that
in
wrath
we
exceed
all
kind
of
beasts
;
the
Dogges
in
envie
,
the
Wolves
in
covetous
ravening
,
the
Foxes
in
craftinesse
,
the
Basilisk
in
poyson
of
the
eye
:
and
last
of
all
,
the
very
Hogges
in
filthinesse
:
And
from
this
beastly
nature
Christ
(
Mat.
3.
)
calleth
Herod
a
Fox
,
and
the
impure
,
Dogges
and
Hogges
,
Matth.
7.
Furthermore
whosoever
amendeth
not
the
corruptions
of
our
generation
,
and
is
not
renewed
in
Christ
,
but
dieth
such
a
beastly
man
as
we
have
described
,
this
man
shall
everlastingly
retain
his
Satanicall
nature
,
arrogant
,
disdainfull
,
proud
,
and
shall
remain
a
cruell
Lion
,
an
envious
Dogge
,
a
ravenous
Wolfe
,
a
venemous
worm
,
and
a
Basilisk
never
to
be
reformed
;
he
carrieth
about
with
him
alwayes
the
image
of
Satan
in
everlasting
darknesse
,
to
beare
witnesse
he
lived
not
in
Christ
,
nor
was
renewed
according
to
the
Image
of
God
,
according
to
John
,
Apoc.
21.
Without
be
Dogges
,
Idolaters
,
and
all
Inchanters
,
that
love
and
tell
lies
.
CHAP.
III.
How
the
man
is
renewed
in
Christ
to
life
eternall
.
Galat
6.
In
Christ
Jesus
neither
Circumcision
availeth
any
thing
,
nor
uncircumcision
,
but
a
new
Creature
.
REgeneration
is
the
work
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
by
which
the
man
,
the
sonne
of
wrath
and
eternall
condemnation
,
is
made
the
sonne
of
grace
and
salvation
,
and
of
a
sinner
a
just
man
,
through
Faith
,
the
Word
,
and
the
Sacraments
,
by
which
our
hearts
,
both
sense
,
mind
,
understanding
,
will
and
affections
,
are
renewed
,
illuluminated
and
sanctified
in
Christ
,
and
according
to
Christ
,
unto
a
new
creature
.
Therefore
regeneration
is
conceived
chiefly
in
two
benefits
and
graces
.
I
say
,
in
Justification
and
Sanctification
,
or
Renovation
,
Cap.
3.
ad
Tit.
Wherefore
the
originall
of
every
Christian
is
two-fold
,
his
line
,
or
Peter
,
Epist
.
1.
cap.
1.
)
not
of
a
corruptible
seed
,
but
of
incorruptible
,
by
the
word
of
God
,
living
and
remaining
for
evermore
.
And
blesed
John
,
Cap.
1.
For
he
begot
us
voluntarily
by
the
word
of
his
faith
,
that
we
might
be
a
certain
beginning
of
his
creatures
.
Therefore
this
Word
produceth
Faith
,
which
apprehendeth
in
like
manner
the
Word
,
and
in
that
Jesus
Christ
,
together
with
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
by
that
vertue
,
force
,
and
efficacie
,
the
man
is
regenerated
.
Briefly
,
regeneration
is
made
first
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
John
3.
and
this
doth
Christ
call
,
or
term
,
to
be
born
of
the
Spirit
.
Secondly
,
by
faith
,
John
5.
He
that
beleeveth
Jesus
to
be
Christ
,
is
born
of
God
.
Thirdly
,
by
Baptisme
,
John
3.
Vnlesse
one
be
born
again
of
water
and
the
Spirit
,
he
cannot
enter
into
the
Kingdome
of
heaven
.
Of
which
things
let
us
see
further
:
By
Adam
the
man
came
by
the
greatest
and
chiefest
of
evils
,
sinne
,
abomination
,
wrath
,
death
,
devill
,
hell
and
damnation
:
for
these
are
the
fruits
of
the
old
descent
,
and
originall
:
but
in
Christ
the
man
recovereth
,
and
receiveth
the
chiefest
good
,
as
justice
,
grace
,
blessing
,
You
know
not
of
what
spirit
you
are
of
,
saith
Christ
,
Luke
9.
From
Adam
the
man
hath
an
arrogant
spirit
,
swelling
and
proud
,
who
if
he
have
a
desire
to
be
regenerate
,
and
born
again
,
and
to
be
renewed
,
then
it
will
be
necessary
for
him
to
receive
an
humble
spirit
,
plain
and
simple
from
Christ
by
Isaias
,
Chap.
11.
that
the
humane
nature
in
him
Father
is
eternall
.
After
this
manner
then
are
we
renewed
in
Christ
to
life
eternall
,
regenerated
by
Christ
,
and
in
Christ
become
a
new
creature
:
by
this
regeneration
by
Christ
,
and
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
Faith
,
it
is
necessary
works
must
flow
and
proceed
,
which
we
desire
we
should
please
God
in
,
so
we
live
in
the
new
birth
,
and
the
new
birth
doth
live
in
us
,
so
we
in
Christ
,
and
Christ
in
us
:
so
last
of
all
,
we
live
in
the
Paul
Ephes
.
4.
calleth
and
termeth
thus
,
To
be
renewed
in
the
spirit
of
our
minde
,
to
put
off
the
old
man
,
to
be
transformed
into
the
Image
of
God
,
2
Cor.
3.
To
be
renewed
and
known
according
to
his
Image
that
made
you
,
to
the
Coloss.
3.
Regeneration
and
renovation
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
to
Titus
3.
Last
of
all
,
to
take
away
the
stony
heart
,
and
to
give
us
a
fleshy
heart
,
Ezek.
11.
And
by
this
appeareth
,
how
by
the
incarnation
and
humanity
of
Christ
,
regeneration
is
raised
,
or
proceedeth
;
that
is
to
wit
,
because
man
out
of
his
ambition
,
pride
,
and
disobedience
,
offended
and
turned
himself
from
God
:
this
Apostasie
could
not
be
amended
,
or
put
away
,
but
by
extream
humility
,
lowlinesse
of
will
,
and
obedience
of
the
Sonne
of
God
.
And
as
Christ
in
his
conversation
upon
earth
among
men
,
was
most
humble
,
it
is
necessary
that
he
should
be
the
same
in
thee
,
to
live
in
thee
,
and
to
renue
the
Image
of
God
in
thee
.
See
now
and
behold
the
most
amiable
,
the
most
lowly
,
curteous
,
the
most
God
hath
regenerated
us
to
a
lively
hope
,
through
Jesus
Christ
:
and
thereupon
it
commeth
to
passe
,
that
the
Apostles
every
where
do
lay
the
foundation
of
penitence
and
the
new
life
,
to
be
the
passion
of
Christ
,
as
Rom.
6.
1
Pet.
1.
Spend
your
time
in
reverent
fear
,
knowing
that
you
are
not
redeemed
with
corruptible
gold
or
silver
,
but
with
the
pretious
bloud
,
even
the
Lamb
the
Lord
Jesus
.
Where
thou
seest
the
most
pretious
ransom
of
our
redemption
,
to
be
the
cause
of
our
holy
conversation
.
The
same
Peter
(
Epist
.
1.
Cap.
3.
)
writeth
,
Christ
bought
our
sinnes
in
his
body
upon
the
Crosse
,
that
being
dead
unto
sinne
,
we
might
live
unto
righteousnesse
,
by
whose
stripes
we
are
healed
.
And
Christ
himselfe
(
Luke
24.
)
saith
:
So
it
behooved
Christ
to
suffer
and
rise
again
from
the
dead
the
third
day
,
and
preach
repentance
and
remission
of
sinnes
in
his
name
.
By
which
words
it
is
manifest
,
that
from
the
fountain
of
the
passion
,
death
,
and
resurrection
of
Christ
,
doth
flow
both
preaching
and
repentance
.
Therefore
the
passion
of
Christ
is
both
satisfaction
for
our
sinnes
,
and
the
renewing
of
man
by
faith
,
both
which
together
,
and
at
once
,
are
required
to
the
redemption
and
reparation
of
mankind
,
because
this
is
the
fruit
,
and
this
is
the
efficacie
of
the
passion
of
Christ
,
working
in
us
renovation
and
sanctification
,
1
Cor.
1.
This
lastly
,
is
the
means
whereby
we
are
born
again
,
and
renewed
in
Christ
;
neither
is
the
laver
of
regneration
any
other
thing
wherein
we
are
dipt
to
the
death
of
Christ
,
to
wit
,
to
die
with
Christ
from
our
sinnes
,
by
the
help
and
efficacy
of
his
death
,
and
arise
from
sin
by
the
grace
of
his
glorious
resurrection
.
CHAP.
IV.
What
is
true
Repentance
,
what
also
is
the
Crosse
,
and
Yoak
of
Christ
.
Galat.
5.
Those
which
are
of
Christ
,
have
crucified
their
own
flesh
,
with
the
vices
and
concupiscence
thereof
.
REpentance
and
true
conversion
is
the
work
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
through
which
the
man
acknowledging
his
faults
by
the
Law
,
and
together
therewith
the
most
just
wrath
of
God
against
sin
,
doth
earnestly
grieve
for
the
same
,
and
would
not
have
committed
those
things
he
hath
done
:
and
through
the
Gospel
understanding
the
grace
of
God
by
faith
in
Christ
,
obtaineth
the
remission
of
his
sins
;
and
by
this
penitency
,
the
mortification
and
crucifying
Mortifie
your
earthly
members
.
Coloss.
3.
and
so
think
your selves
dead
in
sinne
,
but
alive
in
God
through
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord
,
Rom.
6.
But
let
us
consider
why
the
flesh
is
to
be
mortified
by
true
repentance
:
We
said
even
now
,
by
the
fall
of
Adam
,
that
the
man
became
even
devillish
,
earthy
,
carnall
,
without
God
,
and
without
love
,
that
is
,
without
God
and
charity
,
changed
from
divine
love
to
worldly
love
,
so
that
every
where
in
all
things
,
he
studies
himselfe
,
favours
,
counsels
,
applauds
himselfe
,
and
setteth
forth
and
provideth
for
his
own
honour
and
glory
.
And
this
as
I
say
,
is
the
effect
of
the
fall
of
Adam
:
whiles
hee
studieth
to
make
himselfe
God
,
he
involved
all
mankind
,
in
one
and
the
selfe-same
calamity
.
And
this
corruption
and
depravation
of
human
nature
,
must
be
changed
and
amended
by
serious
repentance
,
that
is
to
say
,
by
true
and
divine
contrition
,
by
faith
apprehending
the
remission
of
sins
,
and
by
the
mortification
Take
up
my
yoak
upon
you
,
and
learn
of
me
,
for
I
am
meeke
and
lowly
in
heart
.
As
if
he
should
say
,
by
earnest
and
inward
humility
is
thy
selfe-love
and
ambition
to
be
tamed
;
and
by
curtesie
wrath
&
desire
of
revenge
,
is
to
be
kept
under
:
that
which
indeed
to
the
new
man
is
an
easie
yoak
,
and
light
burthen
,
howsoever
to
the
flesh
it
seem
a
most
heavie
and
bitter
crosse
.
And
this
is
indeed
to
crucifie
ones
flesh
,
Ezek.
Chap.
18.
and
33.
who
likewise
with
the
Apostles
most
certainly
doe
command
and
give
charge
to
levell
at
the
inwards
and
heart
it self
,
even
another
repentance
inward
,
more
noble
then
the
outward
,
even
that
whereby
the
man
dieth
to
pride
,
covetousnesse
,
and
lust
,
denieth
and
hateth
himselfe
,
renounceth
the
world
,
despoyleth
himselfe
of
all
his
own
,
committeth
himselfe
to
God
,
crucifieth
the
flesh
,
offereth
a
daily
contrite
heart
,
humbling
and
trembling
,
as
the
best
and
well-pleasing
sacrifice
unto
God
.
And
last
of
all
,
doth
live
with
a
heart
full
of
tears
and
groanes
;
which
Character
of
inward
repentance
,
the
Psalmes
of
David
doe
every
where
set
forth
:
So
it
remaineth
that
this
is
the
true
repentance
,
when
inwardly
in
the
heart
with
earnest
sorrow
,
and
most
assured
feeling
of
heavinesse
,
we
be
made
contrite
and
afflicted
;
and
again
be
made
holy
and
joyfull
,
purged
and
changed
,
and
amended
by
remission
of
sinnes
by
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
,
whereby
it
cannot
but
come
to
passe
,
that
the
outward
life
and
manners
be
renewed
and
changed
.
What
if
now
one
should
onely
doe
outward
penance
or
repentance
,
abstain
from
great
and
erroneous
offences
for
the
feare
of
punishment
,
and
the
inward
man
doe
keep
his
old
spots
still
,
and
take
no
care
to
enter
into
the
inward
and
new
life
in
Christ
,
shall
not
such
a
one
neverthelesse
be
damned
?
neither
shall
it
profit
him
a
straw
to
cry
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
but
he
shall
be
constrained
to
hear
that
terrible
voice
,
I
know
you
not
:
For
certain
and
sure
it
is
,
not
all
that
say
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
shall
enter
into
the
Kingdome
of
heaven
,
but
onely
those
that
doe
the
will
of
the
heavenly
Father
.
Under
which
terrible
sentence
of
the
Divine
Majesty
,
it
is
manifest
,
men
of
all
orders
are
comprised
:
for
as
many
as
doe
not
inwardly
and
from
the
heart
truly
repent
,
and
become
new
creatures
in
Christ
,
those
surely
Christ
will
not
acknowledge
for
his
.
CHAP.
V.
What
is
true
Faith
.
1
John
1.
5.
Every
one
that
beleeveth
that
Jesus
is
Christ
,
is
born
of
God
.
FAith
is
a
solid
trust
,
and
a
firm
and
cernain
perswasion
of
the
grace
of
God
promised
in
Christ
for
the
remission
of
sinnes
and
life
eternal
,
kindled
through
the
word
of
God
,
and
the
holy
Ghost
in
our
hearts
:
by
this
faith
is
conferred
unto
us
the
remission
of
our
sinnes
,
and
that
gratis
,
or
freely
,
for
no
merits
of
ours
,
but
Christs
alone
;
and
that
of
meere
grace
,
that
our
faith
may
remain
fixed
,
or
unmoveable
,
upon
a
firme
and
solid
foundation
.
And
this
absolution
or
forgivenesse
of
our
sinnes
,
is
our
justice
or
justification
,
and
that
true
,
solid
,
and
eternall
,
before
God
:
For
neither
is
it
of
Angels
,
but
by
the
obedience
of
the
Sonne
of
God
,
his
merits
and
ransome
,
which
by
faith
we
appropriate
unto
us
,
fixing
and
applying
the
same
to
our selves
;
therefore
neither
is
the
imperfections
Parrhesia
,
Eph.
3.
Phil.
1.
1
Joh.
2.
&
3.
this
joy
in
God
,
1
Thess.
2.
Lastly
,
this
Plerophoria
,
and
immoveable
That
he
that
is
born
of
God
,
hath
overcome
the
world
.
But
to
be
born
of
God
cannot
be
any
vain
,
or
shadowed
thing
,
it
ought
to
be
a
lively
thing
,
and
very
powerfull
:
For
it
were
wickednesse
to
beleeve
that
the
living
God
did
beget
a
dead
off-spring
,
frivolous
an●
dead
members
,
or
instrumentss
:
but
that
hee
●hat
knew
no
sinne
,
for
us
became
sinne
,
that
we
might
be
justified
before
God
in
him
.
By
this
it
appeareth
manifestly
,
that
works
do
not
justifie
,
because
we
must
be
graffed
in
CHAP.
VI.
How
the
word
of
God
by
faith
in
man
,
ought
to
spread
forth
&
live
.
Luke
17.
For
behold
the
kingdom
of
God
is
within
you
.
BEcause
in
Regeneration
and
Renovation
of
the
man
,
all
things
are
in
us
,
therefore
our
great
Gods
will
was
,
that
those
things
which
by
faith
in
man
,
ought
If
any
come
unto
me
,
and
hateth
not
his
father
and
mother
,
his
wife
and
children
,
his
brothers
and
sisters
,
yea
and
further
,
his
own
life
,
he
cannot
be
my
Disciple
;
that
is
to
wit
,
he
must
bid
all
these
adieu
look
back
,
as
Christ
commandeth
,
Luke
12.
Briefly
,
our
great
God
hath
composed
all
the
holy
Scriptures
for
faith
and
the
Spirits
sake
:
And
it
all
ought
to
be
fulfilled
in
thee
spiritually
.
And
to
this
belongeth
all
the
warres
and
battels
of
Israel
against
the
Substance
,
Heb.
11.
And
out
of
this
which
we
have
said
,
it
doth
appeare
manifestly
,
all
the
Sermons
and
Epistles
of
Christ
,
the
Prophets
and
the
Apostles
,
and
the
Scriptures
so
generall
,
doe
belong
to
one
man
,
Cor
▪
5.
So
Adam
his
apostasie
and
redemption
,
the
new
Jerusalem
,
regeneration
;
finally
,
another
creature
;
he
describeth
outwardly
all
within
thee
by
faith
;
yea
thou
thy selfe
ought
to
be
so
,
or
the
Scripture
profiteth
thee
nothing
.
And
thus
much
of
faith
,
&
the
work
of
it
in
us
,
yea
of
God
himselfe
,
and
the
reigne
of
Christ
in
our
heart
.
CHAP.
VII
.
How
the
Law
of
God
is
written
in
the
hearts
of
all
men
,
that
they
be
inexcusable
at
the
day
of
Judgement
.
Rom.
2.
When
the
Gentiles
that
have
not
the
Law
,
doe
naturally
the
things
of
the
Law
,
shening
the
work
of
the
Law
written
in
their
hearts
.
WHen
God
made
man
after
his
Image
in
perfect
justice
and
holinesse
,
he
adorned
him
with
divine
vertues
of
all
kinds
,
as
some
pattern
of
Art
,
and
an
unimitable
work
,
and
most
accurately
set
it
forth
:
three
things
he
infixed
in
his
conscience
so
firmly
,
and
imprinted
them
,
that
Paul
,
Acts
17.
We
are
the
off-spring
of
God
.
And
Munilius
,
who
thus
saith
:
Is
there
any
doubt
that
God
dwels
in
our
hearts
,
and
that
our
souls
return
to
heaven
,
as
they
came
from
heaven
?
Moreover
,
because
the
Gentiles
had
this
naturall
testimony
of
God
,
and
a
conscience
besides
,
which
is
a
convincing
argument
,
that
he
is
our
maker
;
and
hereupon
through
their
own
fault
and
merit
,
man
shall
be
condemned
,
and
shall
be
altogether
without
excuse
.
And
St.
Paul
He
who
knoweth
that
God
is
,
and
doth
not
study
to
know
him
aright
,
and
him
to
worship
,
he
shall
be
inexcusable
at
the
day
of
judgement
.
Seeing
then
that
the
Gentiles
did
know
the
justice
of
God
,
that
is
to
say
,
taught
by
their
natural
conscience
;
because
they
that
do
evill
,
are
worthy
of
death
,
not
only
because
they
doe
evill
,
but
because
they
are
delighted
therein
,
and
thereby
have
condemned
themselves
.
And
in
Chap.
2.
hee
speaketh
of
their
consciences
in
themselves
in
like
manner
accusing
or
excusing
themselves
,
will
be
a
testimony
at
the
future
day
of
judgement
,
when
God
shall
judge
the
hidden
thoughts
of
men
,
which
if
the
Gentiles
for
that
cause
shal
be
inexcusable
,
because
being
indued
with
the
naturall
knowledge
of
God
,
against
their
consciences
they
have
not
sought
God
,
what
shall
they
say
for
themselves
to
whom
God
hath
manifested
his
Word
,
and
by
Jesus
Christ
his
onely
begotten
Sonne
,
hath
invited
them
to
repentance
,
that
is
,
that
they
should
abstain
from
sinne
,
and
decline
from
the
works
of
malice
,
to
participate
by
faith
In
that
day
it
shall
be
easier
(
or
better
)
for
Sodome
and
Gomorrah
,
then
for
them
;
and
that
the
Queen
of
the
South
shall
arise
to
the
condemnation
of
the
wicked
generation
.
The
reason
is
,
because
our
great
God
made
the
Walk
in
the
light
while
you
have
the
light
,
that
the
darknesse
doe
not
overtake
you
.
Lastly
,
if
God
did
punish
the
Ethnicks
with
such
terrible
blindnesse
and
reprobate
sense
,
because
they
contemned
the
Law
of
Nature
,
being
like
unto
the
snuffe
of
a
Lamp
smoking
;
and
the
remainder
of
the
darknesse
of
the
light
of
Nature
and
Conscience
,
or
as
the
words
of
Paul
to
the
Romans
,
Chap.
1.
they
did
not
approve
it
to
have
God
in
their
knowledge
:
so
that
by
their
own
fault
they
went
without
their
own
salvation
:
how
much
more
true
is
it
,
This
shall
be
my
compact
,
I
will
put
my
Lawes
into
their
inwards
,
and
I
will
write
it
in
their
hearts
,
and
a
man
shall
not
any
more
teach
his
neighbour
,
and
a
man
his
brother
,
saying
,
Know
the
Lord
:
for
all
men
shall
know
me
,
saith
the
Lord
,
even
from
the
least
to
the
greatest
,
because
I
will
forgive
their
iniquity
,
and
I
will
not
remember
their
sins
any
more
.
Heare
what
is
said
,
Heb.
10.
To
those
that
voluntarily
offend
or
sinne
against
God
after
the
knowledge
he
hath
received
,
for
such
there
is
no
sacrifice
left
for
him
,
but
a
certain
terrible
expectation
of
judgement
,
and
offering
by
fire
,
which
consumeth
the
adversary
.
He
that
breaketh
the
Law
of
Moses
,
without
any
mercy
,
by
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
,
shall
die
the
death
;
how
much
more
and
worse
doe
you
thinke
,
doe
they
deserve
death
,
which
have
contemned
against
the
Sonne
of
God
,
and
polluted
the
bloud
of
the
Testament
in
whom
he
is
sanctified
,
and
contumaciously
despised
the
spirit
of
grace
;
for
we
know
who
hath
said
,
Vengeance
is
mine
,
and
I
will
return
it
upon
them
.
And
again
,
because
the
Lord
will
judge
his
people
,
It
is
a
fearfull
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God
.
With
which
heavie
sentence
without
doubt
those
are
not
strucken
,
which
fall
through
humane
frailty
,
but
those
that
wittingly
and
willingly
sin
against
the
tru●
knowledge
,
and
persevere
in
impenitencie
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
Without
true
repentance
no
man
can
challenge
Christ
and
his
merits
to
belong
unto
him
.
Numb
.
9.
The
unclean
may
not
celebrate
the
Passeover
.
THe
words
of
our
Saviour
Christ
,
Mat.
9.
are
,
The
healthy
hath
no
need
of
the
Physitian
,
but
the
sick
:
I
did
not
come
to
call
the
just
,
but
the
sinners
to
repentance
;
whereby
we
are
clearly
taught
that
Christ
indeed
did
call
sinners
,
but
to
repentance
,
neither
can
any
come
unto
him
without
repentance
,
without
conversion
from
sinne
,
and
Epist.
ad
Hebr.
Repentance
is
said
to
be
,
or
is
called
the
worke
of
dead
men
,
because
by
it
we
abstain
from
those
works
whose
reward
is
death
;
which
if
it
be
not
done
,
then
the
merit
of
Christ
profiteth
not
us
one
haire
:
For
seeing
Christ
proffereth
himselfe
to
be
the
Physitian
of
our
souls
,
&
his
holy
bloud
to
be
the
only
and
most
true
medicine
of
our
sins
,
and
no
medicine
,
although
it
be
most
pretious
,
can
cure
the
sick
man
,
which
will
not
refraine
from
hurtfull
thin●s
,
and
things
resisting
the
power
of
the
medicine
:
so
it
remaineth
that
the
bloud
of
Christ
and
death
can
profit
nothing
those
that
purpose
not
to
abstain
from
sinne
:
Whereupon
blessed
Paul
,
cap.
5.
ad
Galat.
saith
,
Whosoever
doth
such
things
(
the
works
of
the
flesh
)
doe
not
obtaine
the
Kingdome
of
heaven
,
nor
shall
have
any
part
in
Christ
.
Moreover
,
if
Christ
by
his
bloud
is
become
our
medicine
,
who
can
doubt
that
first
we
must
be
sick
?
for
the
whole
have
no
need
of
a
Physitian
,
but
the
weake
.
And
none
is
spiritually
sicke
,
who
is
not
penitent
,
and
who
is
not
sorrowfull
from
his
heart
for
his
sinnes
,
who
hath
not
a
contrite
heart
and
humble
,
who
is
secure
as
concerning
the
wrath
of
God
,
who
hath
not
resolved
,
and
firmly
in
his
mind
decreed
to
flye
all
worldly
concupiscence
;
who
lastly
,
seeking
after
honour
,
wealth
,
and
pleasure
,
takes
no
knowledge
of
his
sinnes
,
such
as
are
so
,
those
are
not
sick
,
and
consequently
need
no
Physitian
,
and
Christ
profiteth
them
nothing
,
it
is
manifest
.
Therefore
again
and
again
,
let
this
be
remembred
,
that
Christ
called
sinners
,
but
it
was
to
repentance
,
because
a
penitent
heart
,
contrite
,
pensive
,
and
faithfull
,
onely
and
alone
is
capable
of
the
most
pretious
bloud
,
death
,
and
merit
of
Christ
.
I
account
him
happy
whosoever
he
be
,
that
heareth
this
holy
calling
inwardly
,
and
in
his
heart
;
I
call
that
a
divine
sorrow
and
anguish
for
sinnes
,
which
worketh
repentance
Hebrews
,
Chap.
6.
Therefore
it
is
unpossible
that
those
should
participate
of
the
merits
of
Christ
,
which
indeed
they
doe
tread
under
foot
,
as
it
is
in
the
same
Epistle
Chap.
10.
And
because
they
doe
pollute
the
blood
of
the
Testament
,
neither
beleeve
truly
that
their
sinnes
are
expiated
by
him
,
or
much
esteem
his
death
,
or
think
he
died
for
his
cause
,
because
they
contemne
the
sptrit
of
grace
,
that
is
,
they
despise
it
and
repell
it
,
even
for
that
they
by
their
wicked
life
they
deride
and
contemne
it
is
a
fearfull
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God
,
as
it
is
written
in
the
same
Chapter
:
for
God
even
our
God
,
is
a
living
God
,
not
a
livelesse
Idoll
,
that
will
not
,
or
is
not
able
to
revenge
this
refusall
and
contempt
of
his
grace
:
which
revenge
and
divine
wrath
,
even
their
own
conscience
doth
threaten
them
,
and
follow
them
at
the
heeles
,
who
hearing
that
the
Sonne
of
God
did
die
a
most
terrible
death
for
sinne
,
yet
doe
not
take
any
care
to
abstain
from
sinne
.
And
this
is
the
cause
wherefore
presently
after
the
death
of
Christ
,
repentance
crucifie
the
flesh
with
all
the
desires
thereof
,
and
concupiscences
?
as
the
Apostle
saith
,
Galat.
5.
Goe
then
,
and
daily
heare
ten
Sermons
a
day
,
and
every
Good
God
have
mercy
upon
me
a
most
grievous
sinner
;
then
pardon
is
at
hand
,
what
and
how
great
soever
thy
sinnes
be
thou
hast
committed
,
so
great
truly
is
the
perfection
in
the
redemption
gotten
by
the
bloud
of
Christ
,
and
so
is
the
perfection
of
applying
the
grace
and
imputation
of
the
whole
merit
of
Christ
by
faith
:
and
it
is
most
true
,
that
is
in
12.
Sap.
God
giveth
place
to
repentance
for
sins
,
that
is
to
say
,
pardoning
●reely
&
perfectly
,
and
wholly
,
the
penitent
for
Christ
;
yea
,
it
is
the
great
good
pleasure
of
God
to
exercise
mercy
,
and
to
pardon
sinnes
freely
.
My
bowels
are
troubled
within
me
as
towards
them
,
I
am
merc●f●ll
,
and
I
will
have
mercy
of
them
,
saith
the
Lord
,
Jer.
31.
For
then
the
death
of
Christ
is
effectuall
,
and
cometh
to
perfection
,
or
bringeth
forth
his
fruits
;
and
therefore
the
Angels
of
God
in
heaven
rejoyce
,
because
the
bloud
of
Christ
is
become
profitable
to
sinners
for
whom
it
was
shed
.
CHAP.
IX
.
The
Antichristian
life
of
men
of
this
time
,
doth
deny
Christ
and
the
true
faith
.
2
Timoth.
3.
They
have
a
certain
form
of
godlinesse
,
but
doe
deny
the
vertue
thereof
.
BEcause
no
man
doth
boast
himself
that
he
is
no
Christian
,
although
he
doe
no
part
of
a
Christian
;
it
followeth
that
by
crucified
the
Sonne
of
God
again
,
and
doe
boast
thereof
:
and
also
according
to
Daniel
,
who
in
the
twelfth
chapter
foretelleth
that
Christ
shall
be
pulled
up
by
the
roots
;
which
Prophesie
is
vulgarly
expounded
of
Christ
crucified
at
Jerusalem
by
the
Jewes
crying
,
Away
with
him
,
Away
with
him
,
crucifie
him
:
which
exposition
I
would
to
God
it
were
true
,
and
that
Christ
were
not
yet
daily
by
the
Antichristian
life
taken
from
amongst
us
,
so
that
his
life
truly
holy
and
excellent
at
this
day
,
is
no
where
false
Apostles
,
Summer
trees
without
fruit
,
twice
dead
:
of
which
sort
the
world
is
full
.
That
which
Christ
foretold
would
come
to
passe
,
Luke
18.
When
the
Sonne
of
Man
commeth
,
doe
you
think
he
shall
find
faith
upon
the
earth
?
He
speaketh
of
faith
,
not
this
faith
of
which
the
world
is
full
,
and
which
we
professe
in
our
mouthes
,
and
deny
the
same
in
our
workes
,
as
if
it
consisted
in
this
,
to
love
Christ
in
words
,
and
not
in
deeds
and
truth
;
but
the
new
man
is
another
man
,
regeneration
,
a
good
tree
,
with
his
fruits
,
a
man
renewed
by
faith
,
in
whom
Christ
liveth
and
dwelleth
by
faith
.
This
is
the
faith
that
our
Saviour
meant
,
which
according
to
his
prophesie
,
is
almost
no where
to
be
found
at
this
day
.
For
where
true
faith
is
,
there
Christ
and
his
life
must
needs
be
:
even
so
contrariwise
,
whosoever
doth
not
imitate
the
life
of
Christ
by
faith
,
in
him
is
neither
faith
nor
Christ
.
The
words
of
our
Saviour
are
,
Luk.
12.
He
that
shall
deny
me
before
men
,
I
will
deny
him
before
the
Angels
of
God
.
This
deniall
deniall
in
workes
and
deeds
.
For
it
is
most
certain
,
that
Christ
is
no
lesse
denied
by
a
wicked
and
Diabolicall
life
,
then
if
he
were
denied
openly
by
open
words
:
even
so
it
is
with
hypocrisie
,
with
a
specious
and
verball
holinesse
,
as
if
it
were
by
doctrine
:
to
which
purpose
the
Parable
is
extant
,
Matth.
21.
of
two
sons
,
to
one
of
which
his
father
said
,
My
sonne
,
goe
worke
to
day
in
my
vineyard
:
but
be
answered
and
said
,
I
will
not
;
yet
afterwards
he
repented
him
,
and
did
goe
.
And
coming
to
the
other
sonne
,
he
said
in
like
manner
to
him
,
who
answered
,
I
goe
Lord
,
and
went
not
;
which
of
these
two
did
the
will
of
his
father
?
They
said
,
The
first
,
who
denied
to
goe
,
yet
afterwards
did
goe
and
labour
.
But
the
other
,
that
said
he
would
,
and
lied
,
or
deceived
,
did
not
he
Paul
,
They
have
indeed
a
shew
of
godlinesse
,
but
denie
the
power
thereof
.
And
what
else
is
it
to
deny
the
power
of
godlinesse
,
then
to
betray
Infidels
,
the
children
of
infidelity
,
having
no
faith
.
Lastly
,
those
that
usurp
a
Christians
name
,
and
doe
nothing
;
and
therefore
Christ
saith
,
Depart
from
me
yee
accursed
,
because
I
know
you
not
:
And
worthy
it
is
that
I
should
deny
you
,
who
first
durst
and
did
deny
me
.
CHAP.
X.
The
moderne
life
of
worldly
men
is
against
Christ
,
and
is
false
Christianity
.
Matth.
12.
He
that
is
not
with
me
,
is
against
me
.
IF
any
will
examine
the
life
and
manners
He
that
is
not
with
me
is
(
Paul
1
Cor.
2.
commanding
another
thing
,
But
we
have
the
will
of
Christ
;
and
to
the
Phil.
2.
Have
yee
the
same
manners
with
Christ
)
it
is
agreeable
that
all
worldly
men
should
be
adverse
to
Christ
:
what
every
one
doth
,
this
is
Antichrist
,
not
in
doctrine
,
but
in
manner
of
life
;
which
being
so
,
in
what
place
shall
we
find
true
Christians
?
Seeing
then
this
flock
should
be
lowly
in
their
own
eyes
,
Luke
12.
to
whom
the
Prophet
Isaias
agreeth
,
who
compareth
the
faithfull
assembly
and
true
Church
to
a
little
Cottage
in
a
Vineyard
Woe
is
me
because
I
am
become
as
one
that
gathereth
grapes
to
make
wine
in
Autumne
.
And
blessed
David
likeneth
it
to
a
solitary
Turtle
,
to
a
little
Sparrow
,
hiding
it selfe
under
the
eves
of
the
house
;
and
to
a
night-crow
in
the
desert
,
and
to
one
remaining
amongst
the
rubbish
of
a
destroyed
Citie
:
but
where
,
where
they
are
,
the
most
high
knoweth
.
Certainly
Christ
is
and
will
be
with
them
even
unto
the
end
of
the
world
;
neither
will
he
leave
them
without
succour
,
or
desolate
:
For
the
Lord
knoweth
his
,
and
those
that
be
his
Christs
.
Amongst
whom
whosoever
is
to
be
reckoned
,
the
Apostle
declares
,
Let
all
depart
from
their
iniquity
which
usurp
the
name
of
Christ
;
and
they
that
are
not
so
minded
,
let
them
get
unto
themselves
another
name
.
CHAP.
XI
.
He
that
doth
not
imitate
the
life
of
Christ
,
and
doth
not
repent
,
is
neither
Christian
nor
the
Son
of
God
:
then
what
the
second
,
or
new
birth
is
;
and
what
the
yoak
of
Christ
is
.
1
Pet.
1.
Christ
left
us
an
example
,
that
we
may
follow
his
footsteps
.
OUr
great
God
gave
unto
us
his
Son
,
to
be
our
Prophet
,
Doctor
,
and
our
Master
,
whom
in
like
manner
he
commanded
us
to
heare
him
by
a
voyce
from
heaven
;
which
office
the
Sonne
of
God
did
execute
,
not
in
words
onely
,
but
in
examples
also
of
a
most
innocent
life
,
valiantly
and
boldly
,
and
as
it
was
worthy
such
a
true
teacher
:
Whereupon
Saint
Luke
,
Acts
1.
The
former
Treatise
have
I
made
,
O
Theophilus
,
of
all
things
which
Jesus
began
to
doe
and
to
teach
,
even
unto
the
day
he
was
taken
up
;
where
it
is
to
be
observed
,
that
the
blessed
Evangelist
joyneth
the
deeds
and
doctrine
together
,
by
a
most
certain
counsell
that
cannot
be
separated
:
for
it
behoveth
a
true
Teacher
,
which
would
teach
others
,
first
to
doe
the
things
himself
,
and
such
a
teacher
Christ
shewed
himselfe
to
be
by
his
example
,
whose
life
is
the
true
doctrine
and
booke
of
life
.
And
for
that
the
Light
of
the
world
,
which
if
we
follow
,
we
doe
not
walk
in
darknesse
,
as
witnesseth
John
,
Chap.
8.
Whereby
it
evidently
appeareth
,
that
all
those
doe
remain
in
the
darke
,
and
will
never
attaine
to
the
light
of
life
who
doe
not
follow
Christ
in
faith
and
life
.
And
what
this
darknesse
is
,
St.
Paul
teacheth
us
,
Rom.
12.
commanding
to
lay
down
the
works
of
darknesse
,
and
to
put
on
the
Armour
of
light
,
as
if
the
Pharisees
,
sons
of
the
Devill
,
Joh.
8.
and
many
other
their
disciples
,
by
the
name
of
Satan
;
no
otherwise
then
,
as
if
covetousnesse
,
lying
,
pride
,
and
all
wicked
concupiscence
were
the
Devill
,
wherewith
the
naturall
and
carnall
man
is
infected
;
whereupon
it
followeth
further
,
that
as
many
as
lead
their
life
without
repentance
,
full
of
pride
,
covetousnesse
,
lust
and
envie
,
all
those
do
live
in
the
Devill
and
do
participate
of
the
inclination
and
nature
of
the
Devill
.
In
which
number
all
those
which
take
upon
them
any
work
,
having
an
outward
shew
of
integrity
,
or
honesty
of
their
own
inducements
,
or
bringing
up
,
and
yet
are
in
their
heart
and
inwardly
,
full
of
the
Devill
,
or
that
the
Devill
remaineth
within
,
according
to
the
saying
of
Christ
to
the
Jews
,
which
,
although
it
be
a
terrible
thing
to
speak
,
yet
it
is
really
so
,
no
conjecture
;
[
*
](A25854-e16420-b)
*
1
Cor.
2.
We
have
the
mind
of
Christ
.
)
Lastly
,
whose
words
are
Christs
.
And
so
it
needs
to
be
indeed
,
because
the
life
of
Christ
is
that
new
and
another
life
in
man
;
neither
is
the
new
man
any
other
thing
,
then
he
who
liveth
in
Christ
,
according
to
the
Spirit
;
whose
life
,
I
say
,
courtesie
,
patience
,
and
humility
,
is
no
other
then
that
of
Christ
:
And
this
the
new
creature
,
and
the
life
of
Christ
in
us
,
according
to
that
of
Paul
to
the
Galatians
,
G●l
.
2.
I
live
,
but
not
I
,
but
Christ
in
me
liveth
,
this
also
is
to
follow
Christ
truly
,
and
truly
to
repent
,
for
by
this
method
the
old
man
is
destroyed
,
and
the
carnall
life
declineth
,
the
new
spirituall
and
heavenly
life
ariseth
and
breaketh
out
of
the
clouds
.
This
who
ever
doth
,
he
truly
is
a
Christian
,
not
in
title
only
,
but
in
work
and
truth
,
a
true
son
of
God
,
begotten
of
God
and
Christ
,
renewed
in
Christ
,
and
quickened
by
faith
;
and
so
long
as
the
inward
man
dwelleth
in
flesh
and
blood
,
we
may
wish
so
much
perfection
,
rather
then
attain
unto
it
;
but
it
is
as
meet
and
necessary
to
indeavour
and
to
aspire
thereunto
,
and
study
the
same
,
and
to
wish
it
from
our
inward
minde
,
and
to
strive
that
the
life
and
kingdom
You
shall
find
rest
for
your
souls
.
Truly
he
that
loveth
Christ
will
not
think
it
bitter
to
suffer
death
it self
for
him
.
This
therefore
is
that
sweet
yoak
of
Christ
,
which
we
are
commanded
to
take
upon
us
,
that
our
soules
might
be
refreshed
,
and
come
into
his
rest
;
which
command
,
if
we
determine
to
obey
,
and
mean
to
put
on
Christ
his
life
and
yoak
,
then
we
must
shake
off
the
yoak
of
the
Devill
,
our
way
of
carnall
life
,
wicked
and
dissolute
,
nor
must
we
suffer
the
flesh
as
a
Lady
to
insult
and
disquiet
the
spirit
,
but
all
things
are
to
be
brought
under
the
Law
,
obedience
and
yoak
of
Christ
,
will
,
I
say
,
reason
,
understanding
,
and
all
carnall
John
Ep.
1.
chap.
4.
saith
,
Every
one
that
loveth
,
is
born
of
God
,
and
knoweth
God
;
he
that
loveth
not
,
knoweth
not
God
,
because
God
is
love
.
Whereby
the
fruits
of
the
new
birth
which
is
of
God
,
appeareth
,
and
also
life
and
a
new
creature
;
not
to
be
words
and
an
externall
forme
,
but
a
substance
,
but
the
Queen
of
vertues
,
and
which
is
God
himselfe
,
that
is
to
say
,
Charity
:
for
of
whomsoever
any
is
born
,
it
is
meet
he
should
have
the
same
properties
;
and
he
that
saith
he
is
born
of
God
,
let
him
shew
that
by
charity
,
because
God
is
charity
.
In
like
manner
,
the
knowledge
of
God
resteth
not
in
words
,
and
shadowed
or
vain
knowledge
,
but
in
lively
,
amiable
,
pleasant
,
and
most
sincere
pleasure
,
which
ought
to
flow
into
the
bottome
of
our
heart
and
mind
,
and
there
to
dwell
,
when
we
taste
by
faith
inwardly
in
our
hearts
,
the
sweetnesse
of
God
.
This
,
I
say
,
this
is
the
true
,
lively
,
and
efficacious
knowledge
of
God
,
of
which
David
,
in
Psalm
84.
speaketh
,
saying
,
My
heart
and
my
flesh
rejoyceth
in
the
living
God
:
and
Psalm
63.
How
pleasant
is
thy
mercies
over
our
lives
!
where
it
is
presently
manifested
,
the
joy
and
sweetnesse
of
the
knowledge
divine
,
which
is
infused
into
the
faithfull
heart
:
and
so
at
length
the
man
liveth
in
God
,
and
God
in
him
;
so
is
truth
known
,
and
so
the
same
truth
knoweth
man
.
CHAP.
XII
.
The
being
of
a
Christian
man
is
to
die
to
himselfe
and
the
world
,
and
to
live
unto
Christ
.
2
Corinth
.
5.
Christ
died
for
all
men
,
that
those
which
live
,
might
not
now
live
unto
themselves
,
but
unto
him
who
died
for
them
,
and
rose
again
.
OVer
and
above
this
,
that
this
sentence
is
full
of
consolation
,
whilst
it
is
manifested
that
Christ
died
for
all
men
,
as
also
it
containeth
a
most
wholsome
doctrine
concerning
the
way
of
a
Christian
life
,
how
we
ought
to
live
,
that
is
to
say
,
not
to
our
Philippians
,
ch●p
.
1.
To
live
to
my selfe
it
is
Christ
,
and
to
die
it
is
gain
;
as
if
he
should
say
,
To
a
Christian
desiring
to
die
,
Christ
is
his
life
,
and
death
gaine
:
for
when
he
changeth
this
short
and
miserable
life
for
a
better
life
,
and
this
earthly
and
fraile
goods
for
stable
and
eternal
goods
,
this
is
a
most
gainful
exchange
:
and
he
who
shall
be
well
pleased
with
this
saying
,
and
fit
himselfe
to
the
first
sort
of
death
,
in
my
judgement
he
shall
not
erre
:
For
that
soule
is
thrice
and
foure
To
me
to
live
is
Christ
,
not
in
the
other
life
only
,
but
also
in
this
present
life
;
&
so
truly
it
is
needfull
also
in
this
present
life
now
,
that
for
thee
to
live
is
Christ
,
&
gain
to
die
:
For
is
there
any
thing
more
profitable
then
to
die
in
this
condition
,
to
covetousnesse
,
pride
,
concupiscence
,
wrath
and
hatred
,
that
Christ
by
that
means
may
live
in
thee
.
For
how
much
every
one
dieth
to
the
world
,
so
much
Christ
liveth
in
him
.
Goe
to
them
,
let
Christ
live
in
thee
in
time
,
that
thou
in
like
manner
maist
live
with
him
in
Judea
,
Matth.
2.
The
document
is
plain
,
so
long
as
the
mind
doth
play
the
Fox
with
the
World
,
Christ
cannot
enter
into
it
,
and
therefore
thou
must
die
to
the
Fox
I
live
,
yet
not
I
,
but
Christ
liveth
in
me
.
And
to
the
Coloss.
2.
You
are
dead
,
yet
he
writes
to
the
living
,
and
your
life
is
hid
in
Christ
:
for
then
every
one
is
truly
dead
,
when
he
ceaseth
to
be
that
he
was
before
.
Those
which
are
of
the
spirit
,
doe
understand
the
things
of
the
spirit
,
saith
St.
Paul
,
Rom.
8.
and
to
the
Galat.
5.
If
we
live
in
the
spirit
,
we
walk
also
in
the
spirit
.
Neither
is
it
sufficient
to
boast
of
the
faith
and
the
spirit
in
words
,
but
words
are
to
be
approved
by
the
fruits
and
works
:
for
it
is
spoken
to
all
men
by
the
Apostle
,
If
you
live
after
the
flesh
,
you
shall
die
;
but
if
you
mortifie
the
works
of
the
flesh
by
the
spirit
,
you
shall
live
:
wherein
very
many
are
like
unto
Saul
,
who
did
not
slay
Agag
,
the
King
of
the
Amalekites
,
a
Prince
of
God
;
because
in
wrastling
with
the
Angell
of
God
,
he
beheld
his
face
.
But
before
this
,
Jacob
,
which
signifieth
a
Supplanter
,
or
Vnderminer
:
for
so
he
was
,
not
onely
in
name
,
but
in
deed
;
after
whose
example
,
unlesse
thou
first
through
the
holy
Ghost
,
doe
tread
down
thy
concupiscences
,
to
become
Israel
,
or
the
Prince
or
Captain
of
God
,
thou
shalt
never
attain
CHAP.
XIII
.
For
Christ
and
eternall
salvation
,
to
which
we
were
created
and
redeemed
,
every
Christian
ought
willingly
to
die
to
themselves
and
the
world
.
2
Corinth
.
8.
You
know
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
because
for
you
he
was
made
poore
,
being
rich
,
that
by
his
poverty
yee
might
be
made
rich
.
FOr
thy
Christ
thou
must
die
to
thy selfe
,
thy
sinnes
,
and
the
world
,
thou
must
doe
good
,
and
live
a
holy
and
innocent
life
;
not
that
thou
canst
merit
any
;
for
Christ
did
that
for
all
;
but
out
of
thy
sincere
love
towards
him
,
and
because
he
If
any
man
love
me
,
he
will
keep
my
words
,
and
my
Father
loveth
him
,
and
we
shall
goe
unto
him
,
and
have
a
mansion
with
him
:
For
this
is
the
love
of
God
,
That
we
keep
his
commandements
,
and
his
commandements
are
not
heavie
.
St.
John
1
Epist.
Cap.
5.
and
our
Saviour
himselfe
,
Matth.
11.
doth
affirm
,
My
yoak
is
pleasant
,
and
my
burden
is
light
:
And
to
those
that
love
Christ
fervently
,
it
cannot
but
be
easy
and
pleasant
to
want
the
sweetnesse
of
worldly
trifles
,
and
to
live
in
Christ
;
mitigating
all
sense
of
difficulty
through
the
vehemency
of
love
:
but
to
those
that
doe
not
embrace
Christs
love
with
sincere
affection
,
doing
all
things
ingratefully
,
and
with
an
evill
will
,
all
things
must
needs
be
found
sharp
and
difficult
in
the
study
of
an
holy
life
:
when
contrariwise
,
to
a
true
friend
of
Christ
,
not
death
it selfe
,
if
it
be
required
for
him
,
is
in
any
wise
terrible
:
For
unto
us
it
is
given
(
saith
St.
Paul
to
Phil.
1.
)
for
Christ
,
not
onely
that
we
might
beleeve
in
him
,
but
also
that
we
might
suffer
and
die
for
him
.
Behold
Moses
with
me
,
of
whom
honorable
mention
is
made
in
most
ample
words
in
the
Epistle
to
the
Hebrewes
,
Chap.
11.
By
faith
Moses
denied
to
be
made
great
,
and
denied
himselfe
to
be
the
sonne
of
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh
,
rather
chusing
to
be
afflicted
with
the
sonnes
of
God
,
then
to
have
the
pleasantnesse
of
a
temporall
office
,
esteeming
the
opprobry
of
Christ
to
be
greater
riches
then
the
treasures
of
Egypt
.
Daniel
,
Chap.
1.
set
apart
by
the
King
of
Babylon
,
with
a
certain
number
of
his
fellowes
in
captivity
,
and
reserved
by
the
King
,
and
nourished
with
meat
and
drink
from
the
Kings
Table
,
untill
he
should
be
fit
to
execute
the
offices
appointed
by
the
King
,
and
forth
with
he
was
brought
up
;
yet
he
and
his
fellowes
despised
those
dainties
,
and
desired
the
Prince
of
the
Eunuches
,
that
they
might
rather
be
fed
with
Lentiles
,
and
drink
water
:
for
so
much
could
the
love
of
divine
wisdome
work
in
their
young
and
tender
minds
;
with
which
to
be
divinely
indued
,
they
onely
desired
:
Therefore
take
thou
heed
,
and
doe
not
think
thou
mayst
doe
otherwise
:
but
if
thou
wish
that
Christ
,
who
is
the
eternall
wisdome
of
the
Father
,
should
come
into
thy
mind
,
perswade
thy selfe
again
and
again
,
that
thou
must
abstain
from
carnall
pleasures
,
as
from
the
delicate
dishes
of
the
Babylonians
Court.
And
as
those
children
by
themselves
were
made
more
beautifull
when
they
lived
soberly
and
temperatly
,
satisfying
nature
with
Lentiles
and
water
;
so
be
thou
assuredly
perswaded
in
thy
mind
,
that
it
will
be
before
God
the
best
of
all
,
and
most
excellent
,
and
so
become
partaker
of
his
divine
nature
,
as
saith
Saint
Peter
,
2
Epist.
chap.
1.
if
thou
detest
worldly
pleasures
and
sinne
.
The
words
of
S.
Paul
are
to
Gal.
6.
The
world
is
crucified
to
me
,
and
I
to
the
world
;
that
is
,
I
am
dead
to
the
world
,
and
the
world
to
me
.
In
example
of
this
,
all
true
Christians
are
in
the
world
truly
,
but
not
of
the
world
;
and
although
they
live
in
it
,
no
part
of
the
love
of
it
cleaveth
unto
them
,
accounting
it
for
shadowes
,
and
as
nothing
;
worldly
pomps
,
dignities
,
concupiscence
of
the
eyes
and
the
flesh
,
with
the
pride
of
life
,
how
the
world
is
dead
to
them
and
is
crucified
,
and
they
Two
things
I
desire
of
thee
,
deny
them
not
unto
me
:
That
thou
neither
give
me
Riches
nor
Poverty
,
but
give
me
so
much
as
is
necessary
for
my
life
.
Let
a
true
Christian
in
like
manner
so
pray
,
I
know
you
not
.
Although
to
flesh
and
bloud
it
be
a
grievous
crosse
to
die
to
himselfe
and
the
world
,
that
is
,
to
set
by
no
worldly
thing
in
respect
of
heaven
;
yet
the
spirit
overcommeth
,
and
breaketh
through
all
these
difficulties
,
so
James
,
chap.
4.
and
Christ
himselfe
,
John
15.
plainly
professeth
,
If
you
were
of
this
world
,
the
world
would
love
that
which
were
its
own
:
but
because
you
are
not
of
the
world
;
for
I
have
chosen
you
out
of
the
world
,
therefore
the
world
doth
hate
you
.
For
as
the
Sea
receiveth
,
and
will
beare
quick
men
,
and
casteth
out
dead
men
:
so
the
world
is
adversary
to
those
that
are
dead
to
the
world
,
and
so
esteemeth
them
,
and
is
otherwise
to
those
that
live
in
pomp
and
splendor
,
it
commendeth
them
.
Finally
,
to
speak
briefly
,
he
who
so
liveth
that
in
his
heart
pride
,
covetousnesse
,
pleasure
,
wrath
,
revenge
,
&
the
desire
thereof
mortified
,
are
to
him
indeed
the
world
I
know
you
not
,
who
in
like
manner
knew
him
not
,
and
were
ashamed
of
his
life
:
I
say
,
his
meeknesse
,
humility
,
and
patience
.
In
brief
,
he
who
refuseth
to
live
with
Christ
here
in
time
,
how
should
he
live
with
Christ
in
eternity
?
For
how
should
he
live
in
thee
after
this
life
,
who
canst
not
live
with
him
in
this
life
?
It
remaineth
therefore
,
whose
life
in
this
world
is
not
in
Christ
,
he
shall
not
have
life
in
the
other
world
.
Here
I
pray
thee
now
examine
thy
life
,
and
see
whether
it
be
more
like
to
Christs
or
the
John
,
Epist
.
1.
chap.
2.
He
who
loveth
the
world
is
not
of
God
?
For
what
should
he
doe
in
the
world
,
who
inwardly
and
in
his
heart
is
dead
to
it
?
Whom
also
whosover
loveth
,
he
is
no
otherwise
then
Samson
of
Dalila
,
overcome
of
it
,
and
condemned
to
all
the
torments
and
vexations
which
the
What
profiteth
it
a
man
to
get
the
whole
world
,
and
lose
his
owne
soule
?
For
seeing
the
world
is
mortall
,
and
the
soul
of
man
immortall
,
the
world
with
all
his
pomp
cannot
recover
one
soul
.
CHAP.
XIV
.
A
true
Christian
ought
after
the
example
of
Christ
,
to
contemne
the
world
,
and
hate
his
life
in
this
world
.
John
12.
He
that
loveth
his
soule
loseth
it
;
and
he
that
hateth
his
soule
in
this
world
,
doth
preserve
it
to
eternall
life
.
HE
that
will
hate
himselfe
,
he
must
first
,
not
love
himselfe
,
so
that
he
may
daily
die
to
sinne
,
and
therefore
he
must
continually
I
am
,
saith
John
14.
the
Way
,
the
Truth
,
and
the
Life
:
without
the
way
no
man
goeth
on
,
without
Life
eternall
,
put
your
trust
in
my
death
.
And
what
is
that
Kings
Way
,
that
infallible
Truth
,
and
that
Life
the
best
and
most
noble
of
all
others
?
Truly
,
other
life
cannot
be
then
the
most
holy
and
pretious
merit
of
Christ
,
nor
other
truth
then
the
word
of
God
;
lastly
,
no
other
life
then
sempiternall
happinesse
.
Now
then
if
you
desire
to
be
exalted
into
heaven
,
it
behooveth
thee
to
beleeve
in
Christ
,
and
after
his
example
to
follow
humility
in
this
world
,
which
is
the
onely
Kings
way
.
If
thou
wilt
not
be
deceived
of
the
world
,
take
hold
of
his
word
by
faith
,
and
follow
the
footsteps
of
his
life
,
because
this
is
the
chiefest
and
the
infallible
truth
.
If
thou
desirest
to
live
with
Christ
,
with
him
in
time
,
and
through
him
,
thou
must
die
to
sinne
,
and
become
a
new
creature
,
because
this
is
life
.
In
brief
,
Christ
is
the
Way
,
the
Truth
,
and
the
Life
,
no
lesse
by
example
then
merit
.
Be
you
followers
of
God
,
as
most
deare
children
,
saith
S.
Paul
to
the
Ephes:
5.
Let
us
therefore
with
all
our
Abraham
,
Gen.
12.
Goe
thou
likewise
out
of
the
house
of
thy
selfe love
,
and
proper
will
:
for
selfe-love
corrupteth
true
judgement
,
blindeth
the
understanding
,
If
any
come
unto
me
,
and
hateth
not
his
own
s●ule
,
he
cannot
be
my
Disciple
.
What
it
is
so
to
doe
,
to
hate
himselfe
,
CHAP.
XV.
In
a
true
Christian
it
behoveth
the
old
man
should
daily
die
,
and
the
new
man
be
renewed
.
Also
what
it
is
to
deny
himself
,
and
what
is
the
true
Crosse
of
Christ
.
Luke
9.
If
any
will
follow
me
,
let
him
deny
himself
,
and
take
up
his
crosse
and
follow
me
.
THese
are
the
words
of
St.
Paul
,
Ephes
.
4.
of
the
old
man
,
Lay
aside
according
to
your
former
conversation
,
the
old
man
which
is
corrupted
according
to
the
desires
of
error
:
but
be
renewed
in
the
spirit
of
your
mind
,
and
put
you
on
the
new
man
,
wich
is
created
according
to
God
in
justice
and
holinesse
of
truth
.
And
he
expresseth
the
cause
,
1
Cor.
6.
For
yee
are
bought
with
a
great
price
,
therefore
glorifie
and
beare
about
with
you
God
in
your
hearts
.
What
the
old
man
is
,
we
said
even
now
,
as
The
Sonue
of
man
came
not
to
be
ministred
unto
,
but
to
minister
unto
others
.
And
Luke
22.
I
am
in
the
midst
of
you
as
one
that
ministreth
.
And
Cap.
9.
The
Son
of
man
hath
not
where
to
rest
his
head
.
And
Psalm
22.
I
am
a
worm
and
no
man
.
In
like
manner
blessed
David
,
when
Shimei
reviled
him
,
denied
himselfe
,
saying
,
The
Lord
hath
commanded
him
,
for
I
am
a
worm
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
,
I
am
worthy
farre
worse
He
that
will
be
my
Disciple
,
let
him
deny
himselfe
,
and
take
up
my
Crosse
and
follow
me
.
For
this
life
of
Christ
is
a
crosse
to
the
old
man
,
and
to
the
flesh
and
bloud
a
punishment
,
CHAP.
XVI
.
In
a
true
Christian
the
strife
of
the
Flesh
and
Spirit
never
ceaseth
.
Rom.
7.
I
see
another
Law
in
my
members
resisting
the
Law
of
my
mind
.
IN
a
true
Christian
the
man
is
two-fold
,
If
our
outward
man
be
corrupted
,
yet
the
inward
is
daily
renewed
.
The
same
Paul
calleth
Rom.
7.
The
law
of
the
mind
and
of
the
flesh
;
to
the
Gal.
5.
the
Flesh
and
the
Spirit
.
The
flesh
,
he
saith
,
coveteth
against
the
spirit
,
and
the
spirit
against
the
flesh
.
Therefore
when
the
spirit
overcommeth
,
the
man
liveth
in
a
new
nativity
,
and
a
new
creature
,
and
in
God
and
in
Christ
:
But
the
flesh
reigning
,
the
same
man
liveth
in
the
Devill
,
and
in
the
old
nativity
,
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith
for
which
we
speak
.
Moreover
,
when
one
hath
himselfe
and
his
proper
lusts
tamed
,
and
keepeth
them
in
their
duties
,
he
is
stronger
then
he
that
overcometh
a
most
strong
Tower
,
according
to
the
holy
Proverb
.
Chap.
14.
The
patient
man
is
better
then
a
strong
man
,
and
he
that
ruleth
over
his
mind
,
then
he
that
gaineth
a
Citie
.
If
therefore
thou
hast
a
desire
,
and
settest
thy
heart
upon
the
greatest
victory
,
and
to
obtain
it
,
then
conquer
thy selfe
,
thy
privat
wrath
,
pride
,
covetousnesse
,
and
evill
concupiscence
,
He
that
loveth
his
own
life
loseth
it
,
and
he
that
hateth
his
own
life
in
this
world
,
keepeth
it
to
eternall
life
.
But
howsoever
this
strife
may
have
in
it
sharp
things
to
bee
born
,
yet
it
bringeth
forth
in
the
end
a
famous
victory
,
and
most
beautifull
Crown
.
Be
thou
faithfull
unto
death
,
(
saith
the
Sonne
of
God
,
Apoc.
2.
)
and
I
will
give
thee
a
crown
of
life
.
And
1
John
5.
This
is
the
victory
which
overcommeth
the
world
,
even
our
He
that
sinneth
,
is
of
the
Devill
?
God
defend
.
For
if
thou
finde
a
conflict
of
the
spirit
,
and
a
strife
with
the
flesh
,
that
thou
dost
those
things
that
thou
wouldst
not
,
which
are
the
words
of
S.
Paul
,
it
is
a
manifestation
of
a
faithfull
heart
;
and
that
the
faith
or
the
spirit
is
averse
to
the
flesh
:
for
St.
Paul
by
his
own
example
teacheth
,
that
this
strife
is
to
be
found
in
good
and
faithfull
Vnhappy
man
that
I
am
,
who
shall
deliver
me
from
the
body
of
this
death
!
Like
unto
which
is
that
which
Christ
pronounceth
,
Matth.
14.
The
spirit
truly
is
ready
,
but
the
flesh
is
Paul
,
I
know
because
it
dwelleth
not
in
me
,
(
that
is
,
in
my
flesh
)
good
dwelleth
not
.
Also
that
of
blessed
John
,
Epist
.
1.
Chap.
1.
If
we
say
wee
have
no
sinne
,
wee
deceive
our selves
:
which
vulgarly
we
call
,
Sinne
dwelling
in
us
,
to
distinguish
it
from
sinne
reigning
,
whose
property
it
is
onely
to
condemne
:
for
that
sinne
we
contend
with
,
and
doe
not
consent
unto
,
that
is
not
imputed
unto
us
.
Paul
speaking
to
the
Rom.
8.
Now
then
there
is
no
condemnation
to
those
which
are
in
Christ
Jesus
,
who
live
not
after
the
flesh
:
that
is
,
they
doe
not
suffer
it
to
beare
rule
:
But
as
many
as
are
not
exercised
in
this
daily
strife
,
these
are
not
born
again
,
having
sinne
reigning
;
and
therefore
overcome
,
and
servants
of
Sinne
and
Satan
,
and
damned
so
long
as
they
suffer
sinne
to
rule
over
them
.
This
strife
is
shadowed
unto
us
in
the
type
of
the
Canaanites
,
Josh.
13.
15.
whose
remainder
in
the
promised
rest
was
suffered
to
dwell
amongst
the
children
of
Israel
,
but
CHAP.
XVII
.
The
Inheritance
and
goods
of
Christians
are
not
of
this
world
,
therefore
they
must
use
them
as
strangers
.
1
Timoth.
6.
We
brought
nothing
into
this
world
,
neither
shall
we
carry
any
thing
out
of
it
,
having
therefore
meat
and
raiment
let
us
be
content
therewith
.
SEeing
that
God
Almighty
created
temporall
goods
to
that
end
,
&
did
bestow
Moses
,
Deut.
30.
Consider
what
I
have
propounded
this
day
before
thee
,
Life
and
Goodnesse
;
and
on
the
contrary
,
Death
and
Evill
;
that
thou
mightest
chuse
life
,
and
thou
mightest
blesse
thy selfe
.
All
things
therefore
in
this
world
are
exposed
to
our
eyes
,
not
for
the
cause
of
deliciousnesse
and
pleasure
,
but
as
proofs
and
trials
,
in
which
the
fall
is
easie
when
we
fall
from
God
;
and
this
is
that
forbidden
tree
with
the
fruits
thereof
,
the
eating
whereof
is
so
forbidden
,
lest
our
mind
resting
in
them
,
doe
take
delight
,
and
play
the
adulterer
,
after
the
manner
of
men
now
,
who
know
no
other
pleasure
but
what
is
taken
and
received
from
earthly
things
,
abusing
thereby
the
creatures
of
God
,
meat
,
drink
,
and
apparell
,
to
the
pleasures
of
the
flesh
,
and
vain
delights
,
wherewith
most
men
at
this
day
are
drawn
from
God
.
But
it
is
the
part
of
a
true
Christian
to
think
that
they
be
strangers
or
Pilgrims
,
But
such
is
the
indocibility
of
man
,
no
man
layeth
to
heart
to
know
the
forbidden
tree
,
but
every
man
most
intemperatly
Job
)
came
I
out
of
my
mothers
womb
,
and
naked
shall
I
return
againe
▪
that
is
to
say
,
naked
,
infirme
and
brickle
body
we
bring
into
the
world
,
as
an
unprofitable
burden
we
bring
it
into
the
world
,
which
as
the
spoyle
of
death
,
when
we
goe
out
of
the
world
,
we
carry
it
out
again
,
and
in
truth
poorer
then
when
we
entred
:
for
being
born
,
we
have
body
and
life
,
and
things
not
yet
ripe
are
at
hand
,
cloath
,
cloathing
,
the
Sonne
of
man
hath
not
whereon
to
rest
his
head
.
David
before
he
was
called
to
the
Kingdome
,
was
poore
,
vile
and
contemned
,
and
being
made
King
,
esteemed
all
Kingly
splendor
as
nothing
,
in
comparison
of
life
eternall
,
whereupon
the
Psalmist
singeth
,
Psal.
84.
How
delightfull
are
thy
Tabernacles
,
O
God
of
power
?
my
soul
fainted
and
failed
me
in
the
Courts
of
the
Lord
,
my
heart
and
my
flesh
were
exalted
in
the
living
God
:
Better
is
one
day
in
thy
house
,
then
a
thousand
elswhere
.
I
have
indeed
a
Kingdome
,
I
have
subjects
and
people
subdued
unto
me
,
I
have
Kingly
Palaces
,
and
the
Tower
of
Sion
:
but
these
are
nothing
in
respect
of
thy
Tabernacle
,
O
Lord
.
Neither
was
blessed
Job
of
another
mind
,
when
he
rejoyced
in
his
Redeemer
;
nor
Peter
,
nor
Paul
,
nor
the
other
Father
forgive
them
.
And
what
is
it
to
die
to
wrath
,
revenge
,
bitternesse
of
mind
,
ambition
,
pride
,
the
love
of
the
world
,
and
himselfe
?
also
,
what
is
it
to
live
in
Christ
,
and
in
his
charity
,
lowlinesse
,
humility
and
patience
?
Lastly
,
what
is
it
to
be
made
alive
in
Christ
by
faith
,
if
this
be
not
it
?
Which
most
noble
way
of
living
,
to
the
lover
of
this
world
is
altogether
unknown
.
Therefore
because
they
live
not
in
Christ
,
being
ignorant
that
the
true
life
is
in
him
,
Eph.
4.
it
commeth
to
passe
,
that
they
are
dead
in
their
sinnes
,
wrath
,
hatred
,
envie
,
covetousnesse
,
usury
,
pride
,
and
covetousnesse
of
revenge
;
in
which
so
many
as
are
drowned
therein
,
those
for
that
cause
are
without
true
repentance
,
neither
live
in
Christ
by
faith
,
whatsoever
they
perswade
and
boast
of
themselves
.
Contrariwise
,
true
Christians
doe
understand
that
it
is
their
duty
to
follow
the
steps
of
Christ
,
to
conform
their
lives
to
the
life
of
Christ
,
and
to
take
from
him
as
from
a
book
and
an
authentick
author
,
the
Rule
of
life
and
doctrine
.
And
these
are
found
to
be
such
,
that
none
but
this
is
the
onely
true
life
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
,
according
to
that
saying
,
The
life
of
Christ
can
teach
us
all
things
;
these
say
with
the
Apostles
,
2
Corinth
.
4.
We
doe
not
contemplate
those
things
which
are
seen
,
but
those
things
which
are
not
seen
:
For
those
things
which
are
seen
are
temporall
;
but
those
things
that
are
not
seen
are
eternall
.
And
Hebrews
6.
13.
We
have
no
abiding
Citie
here
,
but
seek
after
one
to
come
.
Which
if
it
bee
true
,
that
we
be
strangers
,
and
have
not
any
abiding
place
in
this
world
,
it
followeth
that
we
were
not
created
for
the
cause
of
this
world
;
and
it
followeth
then
,
that
there
remaineth
for
us
another
world
,
another
countrey
,
other
dwellings
,
for
which
we
shall
think
it
gain
to
lay
down
hundred
worlds
,
yea
,
our
life
it selfe
;
which
a
true
Christian
well
knowing
,
he
rejoyceth
in
his
inwards
,
that
he
was
ordained
to
eternall
life
:
and
attending
this
one
thing
,
that
he
may
grow
rich
in
God
,
he
laugheth
at
the
madnesse
of
those
that
are
made
blind
with
the
love
of
the
world
,
who
feareth
not
miserably
to
afflict
their
souls
for
these
brickle
and
frail
things
,
and
so
unhappily
to
lose
them
.
CHAP.
XVIII
.
That
God
is
grievously
angry
with
those
that
prefer
frail
things
before
eternall
:
also
why
and
how
farre
we
ought
not
to
set
our
heart
on
creatures
.
Behold
burning
among
them
in
wrath
,
the
fire
of
the
Lord
hath
devoured
the
extream
part
of
the
Tents
.
Numb
.
11.
THe
people
of
Israel
that
murmured
against
Moses
,
saying
,
Who
shall
give
us
flesh
to
eat
?
We
doe
remember
the
Fishes
and
Cucumbers
which
wee
did
eat
in
Egypt
,
is
a
type
of
men
of
this
time
,
who
under
the
pretext
of
the
Gospel
,
and
title
thereof
,
seek
after
nothing
but
earthly
and
carnall
things
,
as
honours
,
wealth
,
and
pleasures
;
they
use
more
diligence
to
be
sumptuous
,
then
to
become
blessed
and
happy
;
they
study
to
please
men
more
then
God
:
And
lastly
,
attribute
more
to
the
concupiscence
of
the
flesh
,
then
to
the
poverty
of
the
spirit
.
Contrariwise
,
the
Character
of
a
true
Christian
is
to
have
more
care
of
eternal
honour
and
glory
,
then
this
momentary
,
to
thirst
after
heavenly
,
and
let
earthly
goe
,
to
seek
after
invisible
and
neglect
present
things
:
and
lastly
,
to
crucifie
the
flesh
,
that
the
spirit
may
live
in
him
.
Truly
in
this
is
both
the
foredeck
and
the
poop
of
Christianity
,
to
imitate
our
Saviour
:
or
as
Augustine
saith
,
The
chiefest
Whatsoever
you
doe
in
word
or
deed
,
doe
all
things
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
giving
thankes
to
God
the
Father
through
him
.
And
the
name
of
God
is
nothing
but
the
honour
,
praise
and
glory
of
God
,
According
to
thy
Name
let
it
be
O
God
,
and
thy
praise
to
the
ends
of
the
world
,
saith
David
,
Psal
.
48.
Which
Tim.
chap.
6
But
thou
,
O
man
of
God
,
flie
these
things
,
to
wit
,
covetousnes
.
He
calleth
a
Christian
a
man
of
God
,
because
borne
of
God
,
and
living
in
God
,
hee
is
the
sonne
and
heir
of
God
.
Even
as
contrariwise
a
man
of
the
world
is
he
who
liveth
after
a
worldly
life
,
whose
inheritance
is
the
world
,
and
whose
belly
is
filled
with
the
goods
of
the
earth
,
as
it
is
in
Psalm
17.
Which
way
the
Christian
is
farre
from
,
seeking
after
faith
and
love
,
and
unsatiably
covetous
of
eternall
life
,
to
which
he
was
created
alone
;
which
if
it
come
not
to
passe
,
then
the
man
linketh
himselfe
to
enormous
sins
,
which
our
just
God
doth
punish
with
eternall
fire
,
prefigured
by
the
burning
of
the
Tents
,
sent
from
heaven
,
and
from
an
angry
God
to
punish
and
revenge
the
excesses
of
the
Israelites
.
Epist.
chap.
2.
beseecheth
the
faithfull
,
saying
,
Little
sonnes
,
doe
not
love
the
world
,
nor
those
things
that
be
in
the
world
;
which
being
so
manifestly
shewed
thee
,
that
God
would
not
have
us
love
any
creature
,
first
,
CHAP.
XIX
.
That
he
who
in
his
own
judgement
is
most
miserable
,
to
God
is
most
deare
,
and
so
by
Christian
knowledge
of
his
own
proper
misery
,
obtaineth
grace
with
God
.
Isaia
66.
To
whom
should
I
shew
respect
but
to
the
little
and
poore
,
and
a
contrite
heart
,
or
spirit
,
trembling
at
my
words
?
THis
sentence
our
most
gentle
God
doth
If
any
man
esteem
himselfe
something
when
he
is
nothing
,
he
deceiveth
himself
.
For
God
alone
is
all
things
,
which
he
that
onely
knoweth
,
and
doth
not
inwardly
in
his
heart
approve
it
,
and
shew
it
in
his
example
,
argueth
the
knowledge
of
God
in
him
to
be
superficiall
and
slight
.
Therefore
if
thou
wilt
give
God
the
glory
,
and
teach
it
in
thy
deed
,
that
God
is
all
things
,
it
must
needs
be
so
,
that
thou
use
a
most
sharp
judgement
against
thy self
,
and
beleeve
most
assuredly
,
that
thou
art
nothing
,
after
the
example
of
David
,
who
dancing
before
the
Ark
of
the
Lord
,
when
Michol
contemned
him
as
an
abject
person
,
he
answered
,
I
will
yet
bee
more
vile
then
I
have
been
.
He
that
wil
be
somthing
,
he
is
the
I
am
lesse
then
all
thy
mercies
.
And
Christ
dejected
below
the
common
sort
of
men
,
who
also
for
He
beholdeth
the
lowliness
of
his
Handmaid
,
behold
from
henceforth
all
generations
shall
call
me
blessed
.
But
he
is
indeed
inwardly
and
in
heart
wretched
,
which
thinketh
himselfe
worthy
of
no
divine
benefit
,
neither
corporall
nor
spirituall
:
for
he
that
arrogateth
any
thing
to
himselfe
,
this
man
indeed
esteemeth
himself
something
when
in
truth
he
is
nothing
,
and
therefore
is
furthest
from
divine
graces
,
and
most
impatient
of
all
arrogances
,
who
if
he
judge
himselfe
Paul
,
Acts
17.
In
him
we
live
,
move
,
and
have
our
being
.
And
although
apples
appeare
in
the
shadow
of
the
tree
,
they
doe
not
therefore
belong
to
the
shadow
,
but
to
the
tree
.
Now
think
thou
the
like
with
me
,
the
good
fruits
that
appeareth
in
thee
,
and
are
apparent
,
but
are
not
thine
own
.
But
as
the
apple
groweth
not
out
of
the
tree
,
as
the
unskilfull
vulgar
think
,
although
it
hang
thereon
,
no
otherwise
The
Lord
is
the
horn
of
my
salvation
.
And
that
of
Luke
23.
If
they
doe
these
things
to
a
green
tree
,
what
will
they
doe
to
a
dry
tree
?
I
,
saith
the
Lord
,
Hos.
14.
will
hear
and
direct
him
that
he
shal
flourish
,
of
me
shall
thy
fruit
proceed
.
And
our
Saviour
,
John
15.
If
you
remain
in
me
,
you
shall
beare
much
fruit
.
But
when
a
man
is
truly
&
in
his
understanding
wretched
,
and
moved
at
all
times
,
and
trusteth
onely
in
the
heavenly
grace
of
Christ
,
then
doth
God
respect
him
:
which
respect
is
not
done
,
or
commeth
to
passe
after
a
humane
manner
,
and
without
force
and
efficacie
;
but
is
full
of
vertue
,
life
,
and
consolation
.
And
as
some
contrite
hearts
are
capable
of
this
divine
aspect
onely
;
so
how
much
more
cleare
,
amiable
,
and
frequent
it
is
,
so
much
the
lesse
doe
they
think
themselves
worthy
thereof
.
How
much
humility
have
we
shadowed
in
Jacob
,
Gen.
32.
who
pronounceth
himself
unworthy
of
all
divine
favour
,
and
temporall
blessings
?
Therefore
to
his
example
and
pattern
a
heart
truly
humbled
&
contrite
,
acknowledging
himselfe
unworthy
of
the
least
heavenly
visitation
and
consolation
,
be
it
never
so
little
,
crieth
,
O
Lord
,
my
soule
,
thine
handmaid
,
is
unworthy
of
thy
great
love
and
mercy
which
thou
hast
shewed
it
in
Christ
Jesus
;
behold
since
thou
gavest
me
thy
Sonne
,
I
come
with
two
troops
,
with
the
blessings
(
I
say
)
of
grace
and
glory
.
And
indeed
if
a
man
would
weep
a
sea
of
teares
,
it
were
not
sufficient
price
for
the
least
heavenly
favour
or
consolation
.
Therefore
the
grace
of
God
is
meerly
pure
and
free
gift
;
and
the
merit
of
man
is
nothing
else
but
punishments
and
eternall
damnation
,
which
every
one
knoweth
I
would
boast
of
the
infirmities
in
me
,
that
the
power
of
Christ
might
awell
in
me
.
For
such
is
the
mercifulnes
of
God
,
he
will
not
see
his
workes
suffer
corruption
,
but
so
much
the
weaker
it
is
in
it selfe
,
so
much
more
fortitude
is
divinely
infused
into
it
,
according
to
that
the
Lord
said
unto
Paul
.
My
grace
is
sufficient
for
thee
;
for
my
power
is
made
perfect
in
infirmity
.
Wherefore
by
how
much
a
true
Christian
in
his
own
judgment
is
more
wretched
,
by
so
much
doth
God
pardon
more
freely
,
to
the
manifestation
of
the
riches
of
his
glory
in
a
vessell
of
mercy
,
Rom.
9.
not
looking
to
any
merit
of
his
by
heavenly
consolations
,
more
sincere
then
all
human
joyes
.
Furthermore
we
call
not
him
a
miserable
man
,
not
he
that
is
poore
Lord
,
I
have
sinned
;
Have
mercy
upon
me
a
sinner
:
certainly
God
himselfe
requireth
nothing
else
of
a
man
,
but
that
he
should
deplore
his
sins
,
and
crave
pardon
:
which
two
whoso
Vnhappy
man
that
I
am
,
(
cryeth
blessed
Paul
,
Rom.
7.
)
who
shall
deliver
me
from
this
body
of
sinne
?
And
this
Christian
acknowledgement
and
conscience
of
his
proper
and
inward
misery
,
this
grace-thirsting
repentance
,
repent
and
amend
,
saith
John
,
chap.
3.
Behold
I
stand
at
the
doore
,
and
I
beat
or
knock
,
if
any
shall
heare
my
voyce
,
and
shall
open
it
to
me
,
I
will
enter
therein
,
and
I
will
sup
with
him
,
and
he
with
me
.
Which
supper
is
nothing
verily
but
the
remission
of
sinnes
,
consolation
,
life
and
happinesse
:
at
this
doore
of
faith
,
our
most
loving
God
at
his
own
time
doth
meet
the
wretched
soule
;
here
the
truth
ariseth
from
the
earth
,
and
justice
looketh
from
heaven
:
here
Mercy
and
Truth
meet
one
another
,
Justice
and
Peace
doe
kisse
each
other
,
Psalm
85.
Here
the
offender
Magdalene
,
I
say
,
the
soule
of
CHAP.
XX.
By
Christian
contrition
our
life
is
daily
amended
,
and
made
more
and
more
fit
for
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
,
and
life
eternall
.
2
Corinth
.
7.
Godly
sorrow
worketh
repentance
to
eternall
salvation
,
but
worldly
sorrow
worketh
death
.
TRue
Christianity
consisteth
in
pure
Faith
,
true
Charity
,
and
holy
life
,
which
have
their
beginning
out
of
serious
All
things
are
lawfull
for
me
,
(
saith
Paul
,
1
Cor.
6.
)
but
are
not
all
expedient
in
me
,
making
me
better
.
For
even
as
a
sonne
in
his
fathers
house
doth
not
all
things
,
which
many
times
the
lust
of
the
flesh
prompteth
him
unto
,
but
warily
observeth
his
father
,
and
as
it
were
by
the
eye
doth
counsel
with
him
before
hee
cometh
to
say
or
doe
any
thing
:
So
a
true
Christian
,
and
the
Child
of
God
will
chastice
his
senses
with
Christian
modesty
,
neither
will
doe
or
speak
any
thing
without
the
fear
of
God
.
But
for
Although
our
outward
man
be
daily
broken
,
yet
our
inward
man
is
daily
renewed
in
bearing
heavenly
fruits
and
celestiall
,
of
unexplicable
sweetnesse
;
So
contrariwise
the
pleasure
of
the
world
bringeth
heavinesse
,
vexation
,
and
wound
of
conscience
;
yea
so
great
Paul
,
Rom.
12.
Be
not
overcome
of
evill
,
but
overcome
the
evill
with
goodnesse
:
For
there
is
no
cause
why
thou
shouldst
think
thy selfe
sick
of
incurable
evils
;
if
thou
reflect
thy
thoughts
upon
thine
own
mind
&
cogitations
;
&
first
view
thine
own
proper
defects
,
and
do
not
curiously
first
cast
a
rash
censure
of
judging
thy
neighbour
in
admonishing
him
before
thou
hast
controlled
thy selfe
first
.
Wherefore
if
this
daily
sorrow
,
and
spirituall
contrition
beget
reproach
and
reports
,
and
for
that
cause
the
good
will
of
men
grow
cold
towards
thee
,
take
heed
therefore
that
you
grieve
not
at
it
,
but
rather
complain
of
thy selfe
,
as
becometh
a
Christian
,
and
live
Christian-like
,
as
thy
mind
desireth
;
and
that
thou
mightest
in
good
works
equall
the
dignity
of
the
name
of
a
Christian
.
For
it
is
meet
for
thee
to
be
afflicted
by
the
world
,
&
grieved
at
it
,
that
therefore
in
like
maner
God
might
delight
in
thee
,
according
to
that
of
Isai
.
57.
I
doe
dwell
on
high
in
the
holy
place
,
and
with
a
contrite
and
humble
spirit
,
that
I
might
quicken
the
humble
spirit
&
contrite
heart
.
It
is
impossible
that
divine
&
worldly
joy
at
one
time
reside
in
the
heart
of
man
,
so
contrary
they
are
,
and
so
different
in
their
off-spring
;
when
the
pleasure
of
the
world
begetteth
one
in
prosperity
,
the
other
of
heaven
is
begotten
in
adversity
:
I
acknowledge
it
indeed
to
be
beside
,
yea
against
nature
,
to
rejoyce
in
adversity
,
according
to
that
of
Paul
,
2.
Cor.
6.
As
heavy
,
yet
rejoycing
;
as
poor
,
yet
being
rich
;
as
having
nothing
,
yet
possessing
all
things
.
But
the
grace
of
God
doth
mend
,
and
purifie
,
&
change
nature
:
whereupon
the
Apostles
rejoyced
because
they
were
accounted
worthy
to
suffer
some
things
for
Jesus
Christ
,
Act.
4.
Neither
do
all
true
Christians
otherwise
,
who
are
made
the
new
creature
,
and
become
other
men
,
for
they
rejoyce
and
are
glad
in
adversity
;
and
indeed
those
things
that
disturb
the
old
man
,
cannot
disturb
the
new
man
,
who
with
S.
Paul
,
Rom.
8.
glorieth
in
tribulation
.
The
joy
that
is
from
above
,
is
more
noble
then
earthly
pleasures
,
which
he
perceiveth
very
well
by
the
contumely
and
contempt
of
Christ
who
belongeth
to
him
,
of
whom
if
we
be
ignorant
,
let
us
perswade
our selves
again
and
again
,
that
this
happeneth
by
reason
of
the
love
of
the
David
,
Psalm
80.
Thou
shalt
feed
us
with
the
bread
of
tears
,
and
thou
shalt
give
us
drink
of
teares
by
measure
.
And
Psalm
41.
My
teares
were
unto
me
my
bread
both
day
and
night
.
And
this
bread
of
teares
faith
by
a
wonderfull
sweetnes
doth
mix
and
temper
;
and
the
drink
of
teares
is
pressed
from
the
tender
grapes
of
devout
hearts
,
by
true
repentance
and
sorrow
,
which
worketh
to
stedfast
salvation
.
As
When
a
man
departeth
(
saith
the
Psalm
49.
)
he
taketh
not
all
,
neither
doth
his
glory
descend
with
him
;
which
law
is
equally
spoken
to
all
,
no
lesse
to
the
King
then
to
the
meanest
Begger
;
the
dead
body
putrifieth
,
and
so
a
living
Dogge
is
better
then
a
dead
Lion
,
as
saith
Solomon
,
Eccles
.
9.
yet
the
Lord
will
set
the
death
at
all
times
,
and
the
face
of
them
that
are
in
bonds
among
all
people
,
and
he
wipeth
the
the
teares
from
every
face
,
as
it
is
written
,
Isa.
25.
Therefore
remember
to
carry
moderatly
the
losse
of
earthly
things
,
and
that
the
whole
world
is
not
worth
one
soul
for
The
way
is
strait
which
leadeth
to
heaven
,
and
few
there
be
that
find
it
,
Matth.
7.
As
the
Husband-man
on
the
Barn-floore
separateth
the
Wheat
from
the
Chaffe
,
so
death
setteth
free
the
seed
of
the
faithfull
souls
from
the
chaffe
of
the
world
,
neither
are
they
any
other
thing
else
indeed
but
chaffe
carried
hither
and
thither
with
the
wind
,
Psalm
1.
Therefore
do
that
with
all
thy
might
,
and
let
not
that
depart
out
of
thy
mind
which
we
brought
before
out
of
St.
Paul
,
The
sorrow
which
is
according
to
God
,
worketh
repentance
to
a
firm
salvation
,
but
the
sorrow
of
the
world
bringeth
death
.
CHAP.
XXI
.
What
is
true
divine
Worship
.
Levit.
10.
The
sonnes
of
Aaron
did
offer
to
the
Lord
strange
fire
,
and
there
went
fire
from
the
Lord
and
devoured
them
.
THis
fire
is
said
to
be
strange
fire
,
because
it
was
other
then
that
which
burned
perpetually
on
the
Altar
,
and
which
by
the
commaandement
of
God
did
burn
the
Offering
,
and
it
is
a
type
of
the
false
divine
Spirit
and
Truth
,
consisting
of
faith
in
Christ
,
be●ause
by
him
the
Temple
,
the
Altar
,
Sacrifices
,
the
Ark
and
Priesthood
,
with
all
the
Morall
and
Ceremoniall
Law
,
are
fulfilled
,
whereby
consequently
we
are
graffed
into
Christian
liberty
,
free
from
the
maledicti-of
the
Law
,
Gal.
3.
and
Jewish
ceremonies
,
Gal.
5.
So
that
with
a
free
heart
and
holy
spirit
dwelling
in
us
,
we
might
serve
God
,
Jer.
31.
Rom.
8.
And
our
faith
and
consciences
are
bound
to
no
traditions
of
men
.
Christ
is
become
our
wisdome
from
God
,
and
righteousnesse
,
and
sanctification
,
and
redemption
.
All
which
,
and
every
one
of
them
also
are
spoken
in
like
manner
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
And
this
is
the
true
knowledge
of
God
,
which
consisteth
in
faith
,
and
it
is
not
a
meer
knowledge
,
but
a
joyfull
,
living
,
and
powerfull
trust
,
by
which
I
sweetly
feele
in
me
,
the
beams
and
infusion
of
the
divine
omnipotencie
of
God
,
so
as
I
am
held
and
carried
by
it
,
to
live
in
it
,
and
perceive
my selfe
to
be
moved
and
to
be
so
.
In
a
word
,
that
I
may
feele
and
apprehend
the
riches
of
his
goodnesse
and
mercy
in
me
:
for
can
can
there
be
greater
charity
thought
upon
,
then
that
which
God
the
Father
,
Sonne
and
holy
Ghost
have
shewed
unto
us
all
most
abundantly
?
What
righteousnesse
more
perfect
and
ample
,
then
that
whereby
he
draweth
us
from
sinne
,
death
,
hell
,
and
the
Devill
?
Or
what
can
bee
added
to
that
That
we
may
know
the
love
of
Christ
exceeding
all
knowledge
;
as
who
should
say
,
all
the
study
of
our
whole
life
if
it
were
imployed
to
know
the
love
of
Christ
,
it
would
not
be
sufficient
to
learn
the
exceeding
largenesse
thereof
.
Neither
doth
onely
knowing
define
this
knowledge
,
be
not
deceived
,
but
thus
much
more
he
wil
,
that
we
Hebrewes
,
chap.
6.
Who
have
tasted
the
heavenly
gifts
,
and
the
good
word
of
God
,
and
the
power
of
the
world
to
come
;
which
in
faith
is
obtained
through
the
word
:
Neither
is
any
other
,
the
effusion
of
the
love
of
God
into
our
hearts
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
Rom.
4.
wherein
consisteth
the
fruit
and
efficacie
of
the
divine
word
.
And
to
shut
up
all
,
this
is
the
true
knowledge
of
God
arising
from
tast
and
experience
,
and
consisting
in
living
and
solid
faith
,
which
therefore
the
Epistle
to
the
Hebrewes
calleth
Hypostasin
,
and
most
certain
eviction
.
Furthermore
;
this
knowledge
of
God
,
which
consisteth
in
living
faith
,
is
a
part
of
the
eternall
and
spirituall
divine
worship
,
Tast
and
see
how
sweet
the
Lord
is
,
it
cannot
be
but
serious
repentance
will
follow
,
that
is
,
the
renewing
of
the
mind
,
and
amendment
of
life
.
For
from
the
perceiving
&
solid
knowledge
of
the
omnipotency
of
God
,
there
followeth
withall
humility
,
seeing
that
it
is
not
possible
under
the
powerfull
hand
of
God
not
to
be
made
crooked
,
nor
to
make
himselfe
straight
.
From
the
tast
of
the
divine
mercy
,
proceedeth
love
towards
his
neighbour
:
for
no
man
is
or
can
be
childish
,
or
can
deny
his
neighbour
any
thing
,
who
is
experienced
of
the
divine
love
,
and
shall
remember
that
God
out
of
his
meer
mercy
hath
given
him
Himselfe
.
From
divine
patience
and
long-suffering
,
ariseth
a
wonderfull
patience
towards
his
neighbour
,
and
that
so
great
,
that
if
it
were
possible
for
a
Christian
to
die
seven
times
,
yet
he
would
forgive
his
enemy
that
cruelty
,
being
mindfull
of
the
great
mercies
of
God
,
first
shewed
unto
him
.
From
divine
righteousnesse
floweth
the
acknowledgement
of
his
sinnes
,
whereupon
he
prayeth
with
the
Prophet
,
To
thee
,
O
Lord
belongeth
justice
,
but
to
us
confusion
of
our
faces
,
Dan.
9.
Enter
not
into
judgement
with
thy
servant
,
because
no
flesh
is
justified
in
thy
sight
,
Psal.
130.
Lord
,
if
thou
regardest
our
iniquities
,
who
can
stand
before
thee
?
Psal.
143.
Out
of
the
knowledgement
of
the
divine
truth
doth
flow
faith
and
integrity
towards
our
neighbour
,
whereby
frauds
do
cease
,
falshood
and
lying
,
and
a
true
Christian
with
such
thoughts
fortifieth
his
heart
,
doth
not
circumvent
his
neighbour
;
for
by
this
means
thou
shalt
offend
the
verity
of
God
,
which
is
God
himselfe
,
who
when
he
dealeth
so
faithfully
&
truly
with
me
,
it
were
very
unworthy
for
me
to
carry
my self
otherwise
towards
my
neighbour
.
Out
of
the
knowledge
of
the
eternall
wisdome
of
God
,
floweth
forth
the
feare
of
God
,
whom
it
is
manifest
to
be
the
searcher
of
the
hearts
,
to
see
into
the
inward
of
man
,
whereby
deservedly
we
reverence
the
eyes
of
the
divine
Majesty
.
He
that
planted
the
eare
,
shall
he
not
hear
?
or
he
which
made
the
eye
,
shall
he
not
see
?
Psalm
94.
Woe
unto
you
that
are
of
a
deep
heart
,
that
you
might
hide
your
counsell
from
the
Lord
,
whose
works
are
in
the
dark
,
and
say
,
Who
seeth
us
,
and
who
doth
know
us
?
Perverse
is
this
your
thought
,
as
if
the
clay
should
rise
against
the
Potter
,
and
the
work
should
say
to
the
maker
,
Thou
didst
not
make
me
;
and
the
workmanship
should
say
to
his
maker
,
Thou
understandest
not
?
And
thus
farre
of
the
true
knowledge
of
God
,
wherein
consisteth
repentance
,
and
repentance
in
the
renovation
of
the
mind
,
and
these
things
concerning
the
amendment
of
life
;
that
which
concerneth
the
other
part
of
divine
worship
,
and
is
that
holy
fire
appointed
by
God
for
offering
the
sacrifice
,
lest
he
wax
hot
in
his
wrath
,
and
send
revenge
.
A
type
of
this
repentance
was
the
forbidding-drinking
And
dost
not
thou
feare
God
?
For
us
,
we
receive
punishment
due
for
our
deeds
,
but
this
man
hath
done
none
evill
.
And
moreover
,
he
praied
unto
Christ
,
Lord
have
me
in
remembrance
when
thou
comest
into
thy
Kingdome
;
which
certainly
were
most
sure
arguments
of
a
faithfull
and
contrite
heart
.
And
that
free
pardon
of
his
sinnes
,
which
a
repentant
heart
in
true
faith
apprehendeth
and
requesteth
,
is
I
shall
be
made
clean
from
my
offences
,
and
I
shall
be
whiter
then
the
snow
.
Now
seeing
the
condition
of
our
pardon
is
such
,
and
our
payment
so
good
,
as
the
Creditor
can
make
no
more
demands
,
nor
the
debter
hath
not
any
thing
to
pay
;
Hereupon
it
is
said
,
that
God
forgetteth
them
,
and
never
Wash
you
,
be
you
clean
,
●ease
to
doe
perversly
,
and
after
that
come
and
argue
with
me
:
If
your
sinnes
were
as
red
as
Sk●rlet
,
they
shall
be
made
as
white
as
snow
.
As
if
he
should
say
,
You
which
require
your
sinnes
to
be
pardoned
by
compact
and
promise
,
go
to
,
if
you
will
,
and
call
me
to
account
;
Truly
I
deny
not
that
I
promised
you
to
pardon
your
sinnes
,
but
it
was
no
otherwise
but
you
must
first
repent
:
which
if
you
prove
together
with
a
true
and
lively
faith
,
you
overcome
,
and
then
there
shall
be
no
delay
in
mee
,
but
your
sinnes
how
many
and
how
great
soever
,
they
shall
be
put
out
of
my
memory
with
one
blot
.
Repentance
therefore
,
repentance
I
say
,
is
true
confession
,
that
contrition
I
say
,
of
the
spirit
in
faith
,
which
whosoever
findeth
in
his
heart
,
this
man
our
Bishop
Christ
Jesus
,
by
his
death
and
bloud
,
doth
absolve
from
all
his
sinnes
;
I
say
,
with
that
bloud
Bezer
,
Ramoth
,
and
Golon
,
to
which
one
might
flie
if
hee
had
killed
his
neighbour
Tower
of
Defence
,
according
to
the
Proverb
.
18.
The
Name
of
the
Lord
is
a
most
strong
Tower
,
(
Jesus
Christ
)
to
that
runneth
the
just
,
and
shall
be
exalted
:
the
same
is
true
Ramoth
,
which
Exalted
,
to
whose
Name
every
knee
shall
bow
,
in
heaven
,
in
earth
,
or
in
hell
,
Phil.
2.
Neither
is
there
for
us
another
Golan
besides
him
,
which
according
to
the
etymology
of
the
name
,
is
nothing
but
a
heap
of
thankesgiving
,
or
graces
and
gifts
celestiall
,
as
a
certain
overflowing
vessell
:
Whereupon
(
Psal
.
29.
)
we
read
,
With
the
Lord
there
is
mercy
,
and
with
him
is
abundance
of
redemption
.
And
Rom.
10.
The
Lord
is
rich
to
all
those
that
call
upon
him
.
And
thus
much
of
the
third
part
of
the
internall
,
spirituall
,
and
true
divine
worship
,
flowing
from
the
knowledge
of
God
,
which
is
likewise
the
fountain
of
repentance
,
as
this
is
of
remission
of
sinnes
;
which
three
indeed
are
one
,
and
set
forth
and
declare
the
solid
knowledge
of
God
:
And
God
did
shadow
unto
us
this
third
part
by
the
Priest
,
which
was
to
eat
of
the
oblation
of
God
(
which
what
other
thing
did
it
imply
,
then
the
application
of
the
merits
of
Christ
by
faith
?
)
in
the
holy
place
,
wherein
is
signified
repentance
:
For
the
faith
by
the
vertue
and
merit
of
Christ
and
his
bloud
,
doth
make
the
man
before
the
just
God
,
as
if
he
had
never
been
defiled
with
any
sinne
,
according
to
that
of
Ezekiel
18.
If
the
wicked
shall
repent
him
of
all
his
iniquities
that
he
hath
committed
,
I
will
not
remember
them
.
And
after
this
manner
the
Law
of
Moses
is
changed
into
the
spirit
Mich.
chap.
6.
speaketh
,
I
will
shew
thee
,
O
man
,
what
the
Lord
requireth
of
thee
,
that
thou
execute
judgement
,
and
love
mercy
,
and
walk
carefully
before
the
Lord
thy
God
.
Because
therefore
,
O
mortals
,
doe
we
repent
to
get
remission
of
sinnes
,
seeing
but
by
this
alone
we
cannot
come
to
remission
of
sinnes
;
for
neither
can
those
sins
bee
remitted
,
whose
sense
and
griefe
the
mind
never
yet
found
by
grace
divine
,
and
consequently
never
to
grieve
for
them
;
nor
hee
which
never
had
it
in
his
mind
to
change
CHAP.
XXII
.
As
we
know
a
tree
by
the
fruit
,
so
a
true
Christian
by
no
other
token
is
known
then
by
love
and
amendment
of
life
daily
.
Psalm
92.
The
just
man
flourisheth
as
a
Palm
Tree
,
as
a
Cedar
of
Lebanon
he
shall
multiply
being
planted
in
the
House
of
the
Lord
:
They
shall
flourish
in
the
entrance
of
the
House
of
God
,
they
shall
flourish
.
Moreover
,
they
shall
be
multiplied
in
a
fruitfull
old
age
;
and
they
shall
be
very
patient
that
they
may
shew
it
forth
,
because
just
is
our
Lord
God
,
and
there
is
no
iniquity
in
him
.
IT
is
not
the
name
,
but
the
life
of
a
Christian
that
maketh
a
true
Christian
;
whose
daily
and
onely
study
ought
to
be
,
that
in
him
Christ
might
be
manifested
,
and
be
made
conspicuous
by
love
,
humility
,
and
humanity
.
In
whom
therefore
Christ
liveth
not
,
it
followeth
that
this
man
cannot
be
a
Christian
.
Furthermore
,
it
behoveth
this
life
to
be
from
the
bottome
of
the
heart
and
spirit
,
even
as
the
Apple
is
derived
and
commeth
from
the
naturall
branch
of
the
Tree
,
faculties
and
vegetable
power
;
yea
,
it
is
necessary
that
our
life
be
informed
by
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
and
fashioned
after
his
life
,
according
to
that
of
Paul
,
Rom.
8.
Those
which
are
carried
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
those
are
the
sonnes
of
God
.
But
if
any
have
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
he
is
none
of
his
,
or
belongeth
not
to
him
;
to
wit
,
every
life
cometh
of
the
Spirit
,
which
even
as
the
CHAP.
XXIII
.
He
that
will
grow
in
Christ
,
and
profit
in
him
,
must
flie
worldly
friendship
.
Psalm
84.
How
delightfull
are
thy
Tabernacles
,
O
Lord
of
Hosts
,
my
soule
fainteth
and
faileth
in
the
Court
of
the
Lord
,
my
heart
and
my
flesh
were
exalted
in
the
living
Lord
.
FRequent
familiarity
with
worldly
men
is
to
be
eschewed
by
thee
;
because
as
we
are
no
where
so
well
fitted
,
or
well
pleased
as
when
we
are
at
home
:
so
it
is
never
better
with
the
soul
then
when
it
is
in
its
own
house
,
that
is
,
resting
in
God
,
whose
off-spring
sith
it
is
,
it
must
needs
return
to
him
again
,
if
it
desireth
to
be
quiet
.
For
this
is
the
condition
of
all
creatures
,
that
the
same
place
is
to
them
both
of
beginning
and
rest
;
for
Fishes
,
the
sea
;
to
Birds
,
the
aire
;
to
plants
,
the
earth
;
and
to
the
soul
,
God
,
according
to
the
Psalm
84.
The
Sparrow
hath
found
a
house
,
and
the
Turtle
a
nest
,
wherein
to
put
her
young
.
For
even
as
he
begetteth
evill
to
himselfe
,
that
suffereth
his
sonnes
and
daughters
to
wander
abroad
:
so
he
begetteth
evill
to
himselfe
that
suffereth
his
tongue
and
thoughts
to
be
conversant
amongst
many
men
:
he
shall
decline
many
scandals
,
if
he
keep
them
within
the
circle
and
circumference
of
his
heart
.
In
the
tents
of
the
Lord
our
God
,
the
plants
of
the
Lord
doe
flourish
,
as
the
Cedar
in
Labanon
.
These
tents
are
the
meeting-place
,
or
inward
and
spirituall
Sabbath
of
our
heart
;
and
the
flourishing
Lebanon
is
in
the
desart
and
solitarinesse
of
the
spirit
;
which
solitarinesse
thou
oughtest
to
follow
diligently
,
that
thou
mightest
search
thy selfe
,
and
contemplate
the
benefits
and
wonders
of
God
.
Neither
are
those
to
be
followed
or
imitated
,
who
are
delighted
in
the
reading
of
When
Diogenes
the
Philosopher
was
met
by
a
certain
man
,
who
being
impertinently
acute
,
accosted
him
after
this
manner
;
What
I
am
,
thou
art
not
:
But
I
am
a
man
,
therefore
thou
art
none
:
He
merrily
taxing
his
foolish
acutenesse
,
answered
;
It
will
be
truer
,
if
thou
begin
with
me
.
He
who
will
speake
laudably
,
let
him
first
learn
to
hold
his
peace
:
for
to
speak
many
things
is
no
eloquence
,
it
is
garrulity
or
pratling
.
He
that
will
rule
his
heart
I
will
bear
what
the
Lord
will
speak
in
me
,
Psal.
34.
I
sought
the
Lord
and
he
heard
me
,
and
took
me
out
of
my
trouble
;
he
being
poore
,
he
cried
,
and
the
Lord
heard
him
,
and
he
delivered
him
out
of
all
his
troubles
,
Psalm
5.
But
I
will
pray
unto
thee
,
and
thou
wilt
heare
my
voyce
right
early
:
I
will
meet
thee
early
,
and
I
shall
see
thee
.
By
how
much
more
our
soul
departeth
from
the
world
,
so
much
more
familiar
it
becometh
with
God
;
so
did
the
Patriarch
Jacob
when
he
estranged
himself
from
his
countrey
and
kindred
,
he
had
conference
with
Angels
,
and
with
God
.
Neither
can
it
be
sufficiently
expressed
by
any
words
,
with
how
much
love
God
and
the
blessed
Spirits
embrace
an
holy
soule
.
CHAP.
XXIV
.
Of
the
Charity
or
Love
towards
God
and
our
Neighbour
.
1
Timoth.
1.
The
end
of
the
Commandement
is
love
from
a
pure
heart
and
a
good
conscience
,
and
faith
unfained
.
THis
being
delivered
,
blessed
Paul
describing
the
most
noble
vertue
,
that
is
to
say
,
Charity
,
doth
insist
chiefly
on
foure
things
concerning
it
:
First
of
all
,
that
it
is
the
end
of
the
Law
,
or
a
brief
and
short
collection
of
all
the
commandements
,
because
by
this
,
or
in
this
,
the
law
is
fulfilled
.
The
reason
is
,
because
in
it
all
the
commandements
are
fulfilled
:
and
lastly
,
because
without
it
all
the
gifts
of
vertues
are
unprofitable
,
idle
,
and
fruitlesse
.
And
whereas
he
saith
in
the
second
place
,
that
Charity
ought
to
proceed
out
of
a
pure
heart
,
that
Little
children
,
do
not
love
the
world
,
nor
the
things
that
be
in
the
world
,
because
every
thing
that
is
in
the
world
,
is
the
concupiscence
of
the
flesh
,
and
the
concupiscence
of
the
eyes
,
and
the
pride
of
life
.
The
world
passeth
away
,
and
the
concupiscence
thereof
,
but
he
that
doth
the
will
of
God
abideth
for
ever
.
Therefore
whosoever
hath
his
heart
free
and
at
liberty
from
all
love
of
the
creatures
,
so
as
he
rest
not
in
any
fraile
creature
,
neither
put
his
trust
in
them
,
but
onely
from
the
bottome
of
his
heart
longeth
and
seeketh
after
God
alone
,
after
the
example
of
David
,
who
in
the
Psalmes
saith
,
My
flesh
faileth
me
,
and
my
heart
it
fainteth
,
O
God
of
my
heart
and
my
portion
for
ever
,
O
God
.
For
what
is
there
in
heaven
that
I
regard
,
or
in
earth
that
I
preferre
before
thee
?
This
mans
charity
proceeded
out
of
a
pure
heart
.
Also
,
if
any
take
singular
delight
,
pleasure
and
joy
in
the
love
of
God
,
such
a
purity
of
heart
as
the
holy
Ghost
sheweth
in
the
Psalm
18.
I
will
love
thee
,
O
God
my
strength
,
the
God
of
my
health
and
my
refuge
,
my
rock
,
my
protection
,
the
horn
of
my
salvation
,
and
my
Redeemer
.
The
Charity
is
the
end
of
the
Law
.
For
Charity
,
or
Love
,
which
proceedeth
out
of
true
faith
,
is
the
most
noble
of
all
fruits
and
works
of
God
,
then
which
a
man
can
doe
nothing
better
,
or
more
acceptable
to
God
:
for
God
requireth
Paul
,
Rom.
5.
The
love
of
God
is
infused
into
your
hearts
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
which
is
given
unto
us
.
By
which
words
he
insinuateth
unto
us
the
originall
of
Charity
.
Moreover
,
Charity
is
not
a
heavie
work
,
but
a
pleasant
and
easie
work
to
a
good
and
faithfull
man
,
according
to
that
of
St.
John
,
1
Epist.
chap.
5.
His
commandments
are
not
heavy
,
that
is
to
say
,
to
illuminate
Christians
,
to
whom
the
holy
Ghost
hath
given
a
cheerfull
heart
,
and
a
free
will
,
moved
and
stirred
up
.
Furthermore
,
God
Father
forgive
them
.
In
a
word
,
he
that
loveth
not
God
,
that
man
prayeth
not
;
in
whom
the
love
of
God
is
,
that
man
preferreth
nothing
before
God
,
nor
esteemeth
any
thing
so
sweet
.
He
that
loveth
God
,
serveth
him
from
his
heart
;
he
that
loveth
not
God
,
he
serveth
not
him
,
although
he
heap
mountains
upon
mountains
.
So
then
nothing
can
befall
a
man
better
,
or
more
profitable
,
then
that
the
love
of
God
should
wax
warm
in
his
heart
.
Whatsoever
faith
worketh
in
man
,
(
and
all
things
ought
to
be
done
in
faith
)
The
Lord
is
the
portion
of
mine
inheritance
,
and
of
my
cup
:
thou
art
he
that
dost
restore
my
inheritance
to
me
.
Psal.
37.
The
Lord
knoweth
the
dayes
of
the
unspotted
,
and
their
inheritance
shall
be
for
ever
.
And
therefore
the
mind
of
man
ought
to
take
his
chiefest
delight
and
pleasure
in
God
alone
,
because
he
is
the
chiefest
good
,
and
consequently
good
it selfe
,
and
vertue
it selfe
;
verily
meer
favour
,
grace
,
love
,
lowlinesse
,
patience
,
faith
,
truth
,
consolation
,
peace
,
joy
,
life
,
and
happinesse
:
all
which
he
bestowed
upon
Christ
also
;
so
that
he
If
any
man
say
that
he
loveth
God
,
and
hateth
his
neighbour
,
he
is
a
lier
:
For
hee
that
loveth
not
his
brother
whom
he
seeth
,
how
can
he
love
God
whom
he
seeth
not
?
And
this
is
the
commandement
we
have
received
from
God
,
That
he
that
loveth
God
,
should
love
his
brother
also
,
1
John
4.
For
the
love
of
God
cannot
dwell
in
the
heart
of
a
man-hater
,
or
hostile
revengefull
man
.
Whereupon
if
thou
hast
no
pitie
on
thy
brother
,
and
knowest
that
he
hath
need
of
thy
help
,
how
canst
thou
love
God
,
that
hath
no
need
of
thy
help
?
As
by
faith
we
are
united
to
God
,
so
by
charity
wee
are
to
our
neighbour
joyned
.
1
John
4.
He
that
abideth
in
charity
,
abideth
in
God
,
and
God
in
him
.
As
a
man
consisteth
of
body
and
soule
,
so
faith
and
charity
of
God
and
our
neighbour
,
doth
make
a
true
Christian
.
And
seeing
that
God
is
well
affected
towards
all
men
,
who
is
so
indeed
,
it
followeth
,
that
he
is
of
one
mind
with
God
,
and
so
consents
He
rejoyceth
in
them
,
he
will
doe
good
unto
them
.
Without
charity
in
man
all
things
are
altogether
evil
and
Devillish
;
neither
is
there
I
have
a
baptisme
to
be
baptized
with
,
and
how
grieved
am
I
untill
it
be
finished
!
which
all
the
Martyrs
of
the
Church
did
imitate
,
bearing
his
Crosse
with
joy
.
And
for
a
truth
,
whosoever
loveth
God
heartily
,
he
cannot
but
beare
his
Crosse
easily
;
which
,
he
knoweth
to
be
the
yoak
of
Christ
.
And
if
a
Load-stone
can
lift
up
a
weight
of
Iron
,
and
draw
it
unto
it selfe
,
what
cannot
that
celestiall
Load-stone
of
love
divine
do
?
Shal
not
it
take
up
the
worst
weight
of
our
Crosse
,
and
mitigate
the
feeling
of
it
?
Also
,
why
doth
Sugar
rather
correct
the
bitternesse
of
the
hearb
and
medicine
,
then
the
sweetnesse
of
,
love
take
away
the
ungratefull
and
inhumane
savour
of
our
crosse
?
whose
force
is
such
,
as
the
holy
Martyrs
had
no
other
where
that
strength
of
their
incredible
and
cheerfull
constancy
,
but
they
did
draw
it
out
of
this
fountain
of
Love
,
wherewith
being
most
sweetly
intoxicated
,
they
did
not
feele
the
paines
of
their
torments
.
CHAP.
XXV
.
Of
love
to
our
Neighbour
in
speciall
.
2
Peter
2.
Of
whom
any
man
is
overcome
,
he
is
that
mans
servant
.
AMongst
all
kinds
of
servitude
,
none
is
For
where
the
spirit
is
,
there
is
liberty
.
whosoever
therefore
walketh
in
the
charity
of
Christ
,
he
ceaseth
to
be
the
slave
of
sinne
;
and
servant
to
affections
and
carnall
lusts
:
For
by
the
spirit
of
divine
charity
,
we
are
purged
and
set
free
.
And
So
will
my
heavenly
Father
doe
unto
you
.
Like
unto
that
is
the
saying
of
Matth.
7.
What
measure
you
mete
unto
others
,
the
same
shall
hee
meted
unto
you
.
So
will
my
Heavenly
Father
doe
unto
you
.
CHAP.
XXVI
.
Wherefore
a
mans
Neighbour
is
to
be
loved
.
Rom.
13.
Owe
nothing
to
any
man
,
but
that
you
love
one
another
:
for
he
that
loveth
his
Neighbour
fulfilleth
the
Law
.
THese
are
the
words
of
Micah
,
chap.
6.
What
good
things
shall
I
offer
unto
the
Lord
?
Shall
I
offer
unto
him
Meat-offerings
,
and
Calves
of
a
yeare
old
?
Can
the
Lord
bee
pleased
in
thousands
of
Ra●●nes
,
or
in
many
thousands
of
fat
be-goats
?
Shall
I
give
my
first-born
for
my
wickednesse
,
and
the
fruits
of
my
womb
for
the
sinnes
of
my
soule
?
I
will
shew
thee
,
O
man
,
what
is
good
,
and
what
the
Lord
requireth
of
thee
:
Even
to
doe
judgement
,
and
to
love
mercy
,
and
to
walk
carefully
before
thy
God
.
By
which
judgement
he
teacheth
us
To
doe
judgement
,
I
say
in
the
exercise
of
faith
,
in
charity
,
in
mercy
,
better
pleasing
then
all
sacrifices
,
&
in
humility
,
according
to
the
Psalm
51.
The
sacrifice
to
God
is
a
troubled
spirit
,
a
contrite
heart
and
humble
,
O
God
,
thou
wilt
not
despise
.
To
which
divine
worship
,
consisting
in
the
inwards
of
the
heart
,
and
in
faith
,
charity
,
and
humility
,
Saint
Paul
exhorteth
us
,
Rom.
13.
whose
admonition
we
have
prefixed
to
this
chapter
,
which
containeth
the
praise
of
Charity
,
and
the
perpetuall
debt
to
our
neighbour
.
For
certainly
there
is
no
other
way
of
serving
God
but
this
,
to
whom
we
can
approve
of
nothing
but
what
wee
our selves
allow
,
and
he
himselfe
worketh
in
our
hearts
;
so
that
to
worship
God
,
is
nothing
but
to
observe
our
neighbour
,
and
to
doe
him
good
.
To
this
love
of
our
neighbour
the
Apostle
inciting
us
,
useth
an
argument
somthing
plausible
to
those
which
God
is
Love
,
and
he
that
remaineth
in
Love
remaineth
in
God
,
and
God
in
him
:
for
who
would
not
wish
to
be
in
God
,
and
remain
in
him
,
and
that
God
in
like
manner
shall
be
and
remain
in
him
?
And
who
on
the
contrary
would
not
abhorre
to
bee
in
Satan
,
and
Satan
in
him
,
which
is
so
often
as
charity
is
repulsed
,
barbarisme
and
inhumane
hostility
doth
dwell
in
our
hearts
.
For
as
it
is
the
delight
of
God
to
be
with
the
sonnes
of
men
:
so
contrariwise
the
Devill
is
a
devourer
of
men
.
To
which
belongeth
that
place
of
John
,
who
saith
,
He
that
loveth
is
born
of
God
,
and
knoweth
God
.
In
this
is
made
manifest
whether
they
be
the
sons
of
God
or
the
Devil
:
and
can
there
be
any
thing
more
desirable
then
to
be
the
sonnes
of
God
,
to
be
begotten
of
God
,
&
to
know
God
truly
?
and
whosoever
hath
his
heart
void
of
charity
,
nor
by
experience
hath
known
the
force
of
it
,
life
,
gifts
,
goodnesse
,
gentlenesse
,
long-suffering
and
patience
,
this
man
it
is
manifest
doth
not
know
God
,
who
is
nothing
but
Charity
or
Love
.
For
the
knowledge
of
God
and
Christ
is
known
by
experience
,
and
feeling
and
seeing
that
Christ
is
meer
love
and
meeknesse
,
it
followeth
that
he
that
is
without
charity
,
is
without
Christ
,
according
to
that
of
Peter
,
Epist
.
2.
chap.
1.
If
you
had
charity
,
this
would
not
leave
you
empty
,
nor
without
fruit
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
And
Christ
himselfe
,
John
13.
In
this
all
men
may
know
if
you
be
my
Disciples
,
if
you
love
one
another
.
But
to
be
the
Disciple
of
Christ
,
is
not
sufficient
to
be
a
Christian
in
name
and
outward
profession
,
but
it
behoveth
us
to
be
more
,
to
beleeve
in
Christ
,
to
love
him
,
and
follow
him
,
to
live
in
him
,
to
counsell
with
him
,
to
listen
to
him
,
to
be
inwardly
loved
of
him
;
and
lastly
,
to
participate
with
him
in
all
his
goodnesse
.
Which
love
of
Christ
who
so
hath
not
,
this
man
is
not
of
Christ
:
for
how
should
Christ
know
him
which
is
destitute
of
Christ
?
For
even
as
an
Apple
by
his
savour
,
and
a
Flower
by
his
smell
,
is
knowne
:
so
a
Christian
is
known
by
his
love
.
Bouldly
,
and
without
doubt
,
blessed
Paul
affirmeth
it
,
1
Corinth
.
13.
All
gifts
without
Charity
is
nothing
.
And
in
truth
,
the
knowledge
of
divers
Tongues
,
nor
Miracles
,
nor
knowledge
of
Mysteries
,
or
any
such
like
good
things
,
doe
shew
a
good
Christian
,
but
faith
which
I
have
been
hungry
(
saith
our
Saviour
,
Matth.
25.
)
and
thou
gavest
mee
to
eate
.
And
blessed
Paul
to
the
Galatians
,
chap.
5.
witnesseth
,
In
Christ
Jesus
neither
circumcision
availeth
any
thing
,
nor
uncircumcision
,
but
Faith
which
worketh
by
Charity
.
Furthermore
,
the
words
of
Saint
John
,
Epist
.
1.
Chap.
4.
If
any
man
say
he
loveth
God
,
and
hateth
his
brother
,
he
is
a
lier
:
For
he
that
doth
not
love
his
brother
whom
hee
seeth
,
how
can
hee
love
God
whom
hee
hath
not
seen
?
And
this
commandement
have
we
of
God
,
He
that
loveth
God
,
should
also
love
his
brother
.
And
this
one
thing
they
teach
,
That
the
charity
and
love
towards
God
,
cannot
consist
without
the
Charity
is
the
Law
of
Nature
,
from
which
doe
flow
all
good
things
to
mankind
,
and
without
it
mankind
would
perish
Bond
of
perfection
to
the
Colossians
,
chap.
3.
and
Rom.
12.
doth
declare
in
excellent
words
and
magnificent
oration
,
the
fruits
thereof
.
And
our
Saviour
himselfe
,
All
things
that
you
would
that
men
should
doe
unto
you
,
doe
you
the
same
unto
them
:
for
this
is
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
I
passe
by
that
of
the
Ethnickes
,
whose
famous
Adage
or
Sentence
is
out
of
the
Law
of
Nature
,
and
taken
from
their
Schoole
,
That
which
you
would
not
should
be
done
to
you
,
doe
not
the
same
unto
another
.
Which
most
excellent
admonition
the
Emperour
Severus
,
a
Prince
most
praise-worthy
,
daily
had
in
his
mouth
,
and
inserted
it
in
his
written
lawes
.
Charity
is
a
Who
so
therefore
doth
desire
as
it
were
a
certain
fore
supper
of
the
eternall
beatitude
,
let
him
study
Love
,
wherewith
he
may
Love
your
enemies
,
do
good
unto
those
that
hate
you
,
and
pray
for
them
that
persecute
you
,
&
revile
you
,
that
you
may
be
the
children
of
your
Father
which
is
in
heaven
:
for
if
you
love
them
which
love
you
,
what
reward
have
you
,
or
shall
you
have
?
Doe
not
the
publicans
the
same
?
In
this
therefore
con●isteth
the
excellency
,
prerogative
,
nobility
,
and
dignity
of
Christians
,
to
subject
nature
unto
it selfe
,
to
tame
his
flesh
and
bloud
,
and
to
overcome
the
world
with
the
evill
that
is
therein
,
with
goodnesse
;
to
the
Roman●
,
chap.
12.
It
is
the
commandement
of
God
in
Exod.
23.
If
thou
meetest
with
thine
enemies
Oxe
or
Asse
going
astray
,
bring
him
home
.
If
thou
seest
the
Asse
of
him
that
hateth
thee
falling
under
his
burden
,
thou
shalt
not
passe
by
him
,
but
thou
shalt
succour
him
.
What
care
hath
God
about
dumb
creatures
,
blessed
Paul
,
1
Cor.
9.
admiring
,
writeth
,
Hath
God
care
of
Oxen
?
And
doth
hee
not
speak
this
concerning
us
much
more
?
And
Rom.
12.
he
elegantly
giveth
in
charge
,
If
thine
enemy
hunger
,
give
him
meat
.
Wherefore
lest
wee
think
it
not
sufficient
,
not
to
hurt
our
neighbour
,
but
moreover
we
might
doe
good
unto
him
;
which
to
perform
,
if
any
contemn
and
refuse
,
this
man
cannot
bee
the
sonne
of
God
,
because
he
loveth
not
his
neighbour
.
He
that
exerciseth
not
Christian
Ephesians
,
chap.
4.
One
Lord
,
one
Faith
,
one
Baptisme
.
For
even
as
the
members
pulled
from
the
body
,
doe
not
participate
of
the
life
and
bountifull
influence
of
the
head
,
but
dieth
every
member
:
even
so
as
many
as
live
not
in
charity
,
these
because
they
separate
themselves
from
their
head
Christ
,
doe
not
participate
nor
receive
his
life
,
lively
motions
,
and
fulnesse
,
John
,
Epist
.
1.
chap.
3.
He
that
loveth
not
his
brother
,
abideth
in
death
.
Last
of
all
,
because
by
prayer
all
good
gifts
are
to
be
obtained
of
God
,
and
without
it
,
all
helps
,
consolation
,
and
freedóme
,
wee
may
look
for
but
in
vain
,
being
without
blessing
and
safety
;
And
God
Almighty
giveth
hearing
to
no
prayers
but
to
those
that
are
grounded
on
Faith
and
Charity
,
according
to
that
saying
of
Matthew
,
chap.
18.
If
two
of
you
upon
the
earth
consent
together
,
whatsoever
they
shall
desire
,
it
shall
be
granted
unto
them
by
my
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
.
Goe
to
therefore
,
O
mortall
men
,
let
us
live
in
charity
,
wherein
is
peace
CHAP.
XXVII
.
Wherefore
our
enemies
are
to
be
loved
.
Matth.
5.
Love
your
enemies
,
doe
good
to
those
that
hate
you
,
and
pray
for
them
that
persecute
you
and
revile
you
,
that
you
may
be
the
children
of
your
Father
which
is
in
heaven
.
THe
first
cause
for
which
our
enemies
ought
to
be
beloved
of
us
,
is
the
commandement
of
God
,
to
which
he
giveth
no
other
reason
,
but
that
you
may
be
the
sonnes
of
your
father
,
of
him
(
that
is
to
wit
)
that
loved
us
when
we
were
his
enemies
,
Rom.
5.
As
if
he
should
say
,
Unlesse
you
love
your
enemies
,
you
cannot
be
the
children
of
the
heavenly
Father
.
And
he
that
is
not
his
sonne
,
what
father
shall
he
have
?
To
which
commandement
when
exceeding
few
of
us
doe
obey
,
it
is
manifest
how
farre
wee
are
from
the
fruits
of
the
children
of
God
,
wherein
we
ought
to
use
charity
towards
our
enemies
.
He
that
loveth
not
his
brother
(
saith
blessed
John
,
Epist
.
1.
chap.
3.
)
abideth
in
death
;
for
hee
hath
not
in
him
the
true
life
,
which
is
of
Christ
,
which
is
spirituall
and
heavenly
,
which
consisteth
in
faith
towards
God
,
and
charity
towards
our
neighbour
,
according
to
that
of
blessed
John
,
We
know
that
we
are
translated
from
death
to
life
,
because
we
love
the
brethren
.
Whereupon
it
is
manifest
,
that
the
fruit
&
testimony
of
our
quickning
in
Christ
,
is
brotherly
charity
:
and
contrariwise
the
hatred
of
him
is
death
;
so
that
whosoever
dieth
in
hatred
,
hee
shall
die
an
everlasting
death
.
And
all
his
good
works
that
hateth
his
neighbour
,
his
divine
worship
,
and
observation
of
the
commandements
of
God
,
are
in
vain
,
according
to
that
of
Paul
to
the
Corinthians
,
Epist
1.
chap.
13.
If
I
give
and
distribute
all
that
I
have
to
feed
the
poore
,
and
give
my
body
to
be
burned
,
&
have
not
charity
,
it
profiteth
me
nothing
.
Moreover
,
it
is
the
property
of
a
noble
,
great
,
and
divine
mind
to
pardon
injuries
.
For
let
us
behold
God
both
how
long
suffering
he
is
,
and
consider
how
suddenly
hee
is
reconciled
.
Behold
Christ
,
how
amongst
his
most
heavie
torments
,
and
most
inhumane
pains
on
the
Crosse
,
like
unto
a
Lamb
,
did
not
so
much
as
open
his
mouth
,
Isa.
53.
Let
us
contemplate
the
holy
Ghost
,
who
for
no
other
cause
rather
appeared
in
the
form
of
a
Dove
,
then
to
teach
unto
us
the
meeknesse
and
lenity
,
and
simplicity
of
manners
.
Behold
Moses
,
with
what
patience
hee
did
bear
the
reproaches
of
the
people
,
whereby
Numb
.
12.
he
deserved
this
praise
,
Moses
was
a
most
meek
man
,
above
all
men
which
remained
on
the
earth
.
David
also
,
with
what
Ienity
of
mind
he
did
heare
Shimei
cursing
of
him
,
2
Sam.
16.
And
one
saith
,
True
charity
knoweth
none
to
be
angry
with
,
but
himselfe
;
and
true
peace
consisteth
not
in
a
great
fortune
,
but
in
humble
bearing
of
adversity
and
his
adversaries
.
Publius
said
excellent
well
,
The
free
estate
of
an
honest
man
receiveth
no
reproach
.
And
Seneca
,
If
thou
be
magnanimous
,
thou
wilt
never
judge
thy selfe
any
reproach
to
be
done
to
thee
.
Even
as
the
Sun
,
if
any
mad
man
should
reproach
it
,
and
call
it
meere
darknesse
,
for
that
cause
it
would
not
,
nor
doth
it
change
the
nature
of
it
:
so
neither
a
valiant
mind
,
or
generous
,
whose
great
generosity
is
also
to
pardon
It
is
an
easier
thing
to
speak
evill
of
vertue
,
then
to
possesse
it
.
Phocion
the
Prince
of
the
Athenians
,
when
he
had
deserved
exceeding
well
of
his
Countrey
,
through
the
envie
of
some
was
adjudged
to
death
;
which
being
about
to
undergoe
,
when
he
was
asked
by
one
,
if
hee
would
command
him
any
thing
to
his
sonne
,
Nothing
else
,
said
he
,
but
that
he
never
take
in
hand
or
goe
about
to
revenge
this
injury
which
I
suffer
of
my
countrey
.
Titus
the
Emperour
,
when
it
was
told
him
,
that
two
brethren
did
affect
the
Empire
of
Rome
,
and
that
they
had
conspired
his
death
,
made
no
scruple
to
bid
them
to
supper
,
and
about
three
dayes
after
set
himselfe
betwixt
them
,
to
behold
a
Stage-play
;
with
which
admirable
clemency
he
overcame
their
improbity
.
When
it
was
told
to
Julius
Cesar
that
Cato
had
laid
violent
hands
on
himselfe
;
He
hath
bereaved
me
,
saith
he
,
of
the
greatest
victory
that
ever
I
had
:
for
I
had
decreed
with
my selfe
freely
to
pardon
him
all
the
injuries
he
had
done
unto
me
.
But
most
of
all
,
whom
would
not
the
extream
patience
and
meeknesse
of
the
Sonne
of
God
himselfe
move
to
love
his
enemies
?
Father
,
pardon
them
?
Truly
to
this
end
our
Redeemer
set
his
example
before
our
eyes
,
that
it
might
Proverbs
,
Chap.
16.
A
patient
man
is
better
then
a
strong
man
,
and
hee
that
ruleth
over
his
own
minde
,
then
one
that
overcommeth
Cities
.
And
this
as
I
said
,
is
the
top
and
stem
,
beyond
which
no
man
can
goe
,
because
then
he
is
in
God
,
resteth
,
is
sanctified
,
and
made
perfect
.
CHAP.
XXVIII
.
How
and
wherefore
the
love
of
the
creator
of
all
creatures
,
should
bee
preferred
in
love
.
Also
wherefore
our
Neighbour
is
to
be
loved
in
God
.
1
John
2.
If
any
man
love
the
world
,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him
:
IN
the
heart
of
man
such
is
his
nature
,
and
that
property
indued
of
God
,
that
it
cannot
cease
to
love
:
and
therefore
one
man
loveth
God
,
and
another
the
world
,
another
himselfe
.
Whereby
appeareth
the
necessity
of
love
,
this
most
noble
of
all
affections
,
He
that
loveth
me
is
loved
of
my
Father
.
Now
in
whomsoever
the
love
of
God
is
,
hee
ought
to
love
and
wish
well
unto
all
men
,
which
is
the
property
of
the
love
in
God
,
and
consequently
circumvent
no
man
,
nor
to
Who
planteth
a
vineyard
,
and
eateth
not
of
the
fruit
thereof
?
Let
us
make
something
like
to
this
,
and
say
,
Who
is
more
worthy
of
our
love
,
then
he
that
put
it
in
our
hearts
,
and
to
whose
love
we
owe
our
life
?
And
we
all
live
by
the
love
of
God
in
Christ
,
whose
way
of
love
is
shewed
unto
us
throughout
all
our
life
,
what
condition
soever
we
be
of
.
Even
as
Mariners
,
when
a
storm
commeth
,
do
cast
anchor
:
so
wee
,
so
often
as
this
great
sea
of
the
world
doth
tosse
and
shake
the
little
ship
of
our
heart
hither
and
thither
with
the
Floods
and
waves
of
sinne
,
as
wrath
,
pride
,
impatience
,
covetousnesse
and
lust
of
the
flesh
;
we
should
remember
to
strengthen
our selves
by
the
Anchor
of
Divine
love
,
and
love
of
Christ
,
being
ready
rather
to
suffer
the
losse
of
all
things
then
our selves
CHAP.
XXIX
.
Of
the
Reconciliation
of
our
Neighbour
,
without
which
God
taketh
away
his
grace
from
us
.
Numb
.
5.
If
any
man
shall
offend
against
a
man
,
he
shall
be
judged
by
the
Lord
.
MEmorable
is
this
Sentence
,
because
If
any
man
say
that
he
loveth
God
and
hateth
his
brother
,
he
is
a
lyar
:
For
he
that
loveth
not
his
brother
whom
he
seeth
,
how
can
he
love
God
whom
he
seeth
not
?
And
this
commandement
wee
have
of
God
,
that
hee
that
loveth
God
,
should
love
his
neighbour
also
.
Which
Sentence
teacheth
the
same
that
we
exhorted
even
now
,
That
the
love
of
God
cannot
consist
without
the
love
of
our
neighbour
.
Whence
also
floweth
or
followeth
this
saying
,
He
that
sincerely
without
hypocrisie
,
loveth
God
,
loveth
his
neighbour
with
the
same
love
:
But
contrariwise
,
hee
that
loveth
,
or
can
love
either
of
both
with
false
and
fained
affection
,
loveth
neither
of
them
truly
.
Whereby
it
commeth
to
passe
,
that
the
love
of
our
neighbour
is
a
sort
of
divine
love
,
and
that
which
is
no
other
then
a
Loadstone
pointing
out
the
sincerity
or
hypocrisie
of
it
.
Wherefore
we
shall
not
erre
if
we
shall
speake
of
a
double
The
Lord
gave
it
,
the
Lord
hath
taken
away
;
Let
the
Lords
name
be
blessed
;
bearing
such
and
so
great
a
losse
moderately
.
But
when
it
was
told
him
that
he
had
lost
all
his
children
,
even
then
he
was
much
more
moved
,
and
began
to
rent
his
garments
.
Let
a
true
Christian
doe
so
or
the
like
,
when
he
heareth
of
the
calamity
of
his
neighbour
,
whom
the
children
of
Job
do
represent
,
let
him
know
that
must
be
more
grievous
unto
him
,
then
if
that
affliction
had
touched
his
fields
.
For
the
property
of
true
love
is
to
be
more
moved
with
other
mens
miseries
,
then
his
owne
.
Therefore
O
happy
things
you
would
that
men
should
doe
unto
you
,
doe
you
the
same
unto
them
.
Also
,
Luke
6.
The
same
measure
that
you
measure
to
others
,
shall
be
measured
to
you
againe
.
Matth.
5.
Goe
first
,
and
reconcile
thy selfe
unto
thy
brother
,
and
then
come
and
offer
thy
gift
.
Isa.
chap.
1.
Wash
yee
,
and
bee
cleane
,
take
away
the
evill
of
your
thoughts
from
mine
eye
,
cease
to
doe
perversly
,
learn
to
doe
good
,
seek
after
judgement
,
aid
the
oppressed
,
judge
the
Orphan
,
defend
the
widow
.
And
come
argue
with
mee
,
saith
the
Lord
.
If
your
sinnes
were
as
scarlet
,
they
shall
be
made
white
as
snow
;
and
if
they
shall
be
as
red
as
bloud
,
they
shall
be
as
white
as
wooll
.
And
chap.
58.
And
is
not
this
that
which
I
have
chosen
rather
then
fasting
?
Vnbind
the
bonds
of
impiety
,
loose
the
bonds
of
oppression
,
let
them
goe
free
that
are
bound
,
and
unlade
every
burden
that
is
burdensome
or
heavy
,
breake
thy
bread
to
the
hungry
,
and
bring
the
wayfaring
man
and
the
needy
into
thy
house
;
when
thou
seest
one
naked
,
cover
him
,
or
cloath
him
,
and
doe
not
despise
thine
owne
flesh
.
Then
shall
thy
light
break
forth
as
the
morning
,
and
thy
salvation
shall
arise
betimes
,
and
thy
justice
shall
goe
before
thy
face
,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
gather
thee
together
.
All
which
with
one
voyce
do
cry
,
That
God
will
not
accept
the
repentance
of
any
man
,
or
his
prayer
,
unlesse
he
first
be
reconciled
to
his
neighbour
.
CHAP.
XXX
.
Of
the
fruits
of
Love
.
1
Cor.
13.
Charity
is
patient
,
courteous
,
charity
striveth
not
,
it
doth
no
wrong
,
it
is
not
puffed
up
,
it
is
not
disdainfull
,
it
seeketh
not
his
own
,
it
is
not
easily
provoked
,
it
thinketh
no
evill
,
it
rejoyceth
not
in
iniquity
,
but
rejoyceth
in
the
truth
:
it
suffereth
all
things
,
it
beleeveth
all
things
,
it
hopeth
all
things
,
it
sustaineth
all
things
.
EVen
as
in
the
middest
of
Paradise
the
Tree
of
Life
was
planted
,
the
fruits
whereof
whosoever
should
eat
,
hee
should
lead
an
immortall
life
,
according
to
that
of
Gen.
3.
Now
therefore
lest
he
hap
to
put
his
hand
thereto
,
and
take
of
the
Tree
of
life
,
and
eat
,
and
live
for
ever
,
the
Lord
God
sent
him
out
of
the
Paradise
of
pleasure
,
that
he
might
labour
the
earth
from
whence
he
was
taken
.
So
Almighty
God
,
in
the
midst
of
the
Paradise
of
the
Christian
Church
,
set
Christ
Jesus
,
that
all
the
faithfulll
from
him
might
draw
life
and
spirit
,
and
be
comforted
.
For
all
Christian
discipline
consisteth
in
Faith
and
Charity
;
and
the
summe
of
Christian
life
in
generall
,
by
reason
of
faith
in
Christ
,
is
pleasant
&
acceptable
to
God
:
So
in
like
manner
we
cannot
approve
or
allow
of
the
reasons
of
our
neighbour
,
but
through
charity
.
And
so
true
it
is
,
that
all
vertues
without
charity
,
are
nothing
,
and
dead
,
that
faith
it self
is
not
excepted
;
which
although
it
onely
justifieth
when
it
onely
apprehendeth
the
merit
of
Christ
,
neither
in
the
businesse
of
justification
any
reason
of
workes
going
before
,
present
;
or
to
come
,
or
to
follow
,
but
Christ
onely
is
accounted
of
,
yet
it
is
most
sure
,
where
charity
doth
not
follow
,
there
is
not
true
faith
,
but
hypocriticall
,
although
it
work
by
miracles
.
For
even
as
a
body
destitute
of
a
soule
,
is
dead
;
so
the
spirituall
or
inward
man
,
whose
members
are
vertues
,
if
charity
be
wanting
,
with
all
his
members
ought
to
be
accounted
for
dead
.
Whereupon
B.
Paul
hath
set
it
as
a
Loadstone
of
faith
,
and
such
faith
doth
require
as
worketh
by
charity
.
Truly
I
know
well
,
in
the
work
of
justification
,
that
faith
without
works
doth
consist
,
Rom.
4.
but
that
it
should
want
works
,
I
professe
it
cannot
be
,
when
it
shall
have
to
doe
amongst
men
in
the
market
of
charity
.
Wherefore
to
the
Galatians
,
chap.
5.
it
is
called
Faith
which
worketh
by
charity
.
And
1.
Cor.
13.
the
fruits
of
this
most
beautifull
Tree
are
remarked
to
bee
fourteen
.
And
the
first
of
these
is
Patience
and
Long-suffering
,
whose
nature
and
constitution
no
man
better
expresseth
,
then
Christ
himselfe
the
true
tree
of
life
,
whose
goodly
fruits
we
ought
to
eat
,
and
turn
them
into
the
juice
and
bloud
of
Christ
.
Therefore
even
as
he
by
his
wonderfull
long-suffering
,
did
beare
the
malice
and
sinne
of
the
world
,
that
he
might
allure
and
draw
sinners
to
repentance
,
Rom.
2.
So
then
also
order
thy
life
and
manners
that
the
most
gentle
Christ
may
live
in
thee
,
and
thou
in
him
,
as
a
member
united
to
his
head
,
and
breathe
together
.
The
second
fruit
is
Benignity
,
or
well-doing
,
which
was
chiefe
and
principall
in
Christ
,
according
to
Psalm
45.
All
grace
did
drop
from
thy
lips
.
And
Luke
4.
They
wondred
at
the
words
of
grace
which
proceeded
out
of
his
lips
.
Which
doe
thou
heare
,
that
thou
mayst
follow
,
and
to
cause
thee
love
thy
neighbour
,
Christ
will
speak
by
thy
mouth
,
and
thou
shalt
remain
united
to
him
in
perpetuall
charity
.
The
third
fruit
is
,
not
to
be
emulous
,
or
revengefull
,
but
to
remit
and
pardon
,
then
which
nothing
is
more
proper
to
God
,
Psal.
103.
David
saith
,
He
will
not
be
angry
for
ever
,
threaten
thee
eternally
.
He
hath
not
done
to
us
according
to
our
offences
,
nor
rewarded
us
according
to
our
iniquities
.
To
which
like
is
that
of
Ezekiel
,
chap.
18.
If
the
wicked
shall
repent
him
of
all
his
sinnes
and
iniquities
that
he
hath
wrought
,
he
shall
live
by
his
life
,
and
shall
not
die
;
I
will
not
remember
all
his
iniquities
which
he
hath
wrought
.
And
in
Jeremy
31.
In
perpetuall
love
have
I
loved
thee
,
therefore
have
I
drawn
thee
to
me
in
mercy
:
I
will
have
pitie
on
them
,
I
will
be
reconciled
as
concerning
their
iniquities
,
and
I
will
remember
their
sins
no
more
.
And
in
Esay
,
chap.
43.
I
am
,
I
am
he
that
blotteth
out
thy
iniquities
for
my
own
sake
,
and
I
will
not
remember
thy
sins
.
Therefore
doe
thou
the
same
,
remit
,
I
say
,
pardon
,
and
forget
thy
neighbour
,
and
in
like
manner
Christ
will
pardon
thine
offences
,
and
thou
shalt
have
his
Spirit
,
and
shalt
remain
in
him
.
The
fourth
fruit
is
,
not
to
mis-judge
thy
neighbour
,
nor
causelesly
,
or
crookedly
,
or
perversly
to
deride
thy
neighbour
before
others
,
or
by
sycophantizing
or
collusion
,
to
damnifie
him
:
but
contrariwise
,
let
thy
heart
bee
seen
in
thy
brow
,
and
doe
all
things
ingenuously
and
clearly
,
without
hypocrisie
.
Example
whereof
Christ
gives
unto
us
,
who
carried
himselfe
equally
to
his
friends
and
foes
;
and
from
the
bottome
of
his
heart
would
that
all
should
be
most
rightly
guided
,
both
in
deeds
and
counsell
:
in
which
foot-steps
whosoever
doth
insist
,
in
him
doth
remain
the
candor
and
ingenuity
of
Christ
.
Therefore
let
all
of
us
from
the
heart
study
the
good
of
others
,
by
which
means
we
shall
remain
united
as
true
members
to
Christ
our
head
.
The
fifth
fruit
is
,
Not
to
be
puffed
up
,
to
insult
or
wax
proud
,
but
behold
Christ
Jesus
the
tree
of
life
,
to
whom
the
woman
,
Luke
11.
with
a
loud
voice
in
a
great
assembly
and
concourse
,
was
bound
to
say
,
Blessed
is
the
womb
that
bare
thee
,
and
the
paps
that
gave
thee
suck
:
He
turned
this
praise
most
worthily
due
,
from
himselfe
to
them
that
feared
and
loved
God
;
yea
rather
subjecting
himselfe
,
saying
,
Happy
are
they
that
heare
the
word
of
God
,
and
keep
it
.
And
this
is
the
character
of
true
love
,
to
transferre
all
his
praises
due
to
himself
,
upon
his
neighbour
:
which
if
thou
,
after
the
example
of
Christ
,
dost
resolve
to
doe
,
then
truly
humble
Christ
liveth
in
thee
,
and
thou
in
him
.
In
the
sixth
place
,
true
charity
is
not
cruell
,
not
disdainfull
,
not
rough
,
not
discourteous
in
manners
,
but
tempered
,
and
composed
to
all
humanity
:
which
Charity
Christ
used
,
according
to
the
prophesie
of
Esay
,
chap.
42.
who
was
not
rigid
nor
turbulent
,
but
with
admirable
gentlenesse
and
sweetnesse
of
tongue
,
hee
accommodated
Not
to
seek
that
which
is
his
own
,
nor
to
have
nothing
more
acceptable
or
pleasing
,
then
gratis
,
or
without
expectation
to
serve
others
,
and
as
much
as
he
can
to
be
helpfull
to
others
:
that
which
onely
God
most
abundantly
performeth
,
giving
all
things
to
us
freely
,
and
commanding
his
worship
and
feare
unto
us
,
not
for
his
own
sake
,
but
that
we
might
receive
the
fruit
of
his
divine
love
,
and
carry
away
the
blessing
thereby
.
So
Christ
had
no
recompence
but
onely
the
cause
of
our
salvation
:
neither
did
he
come
to
be
ministred
unto
,
but
to
minister
unto
us
;
and
like
unto
the
tree
which
without
envie
or
respect
of
persons
doth
give
his
fruits
such
as
he
hath
received
of
God
,
first
to
all
men
indifferently
,
doth
wholly
spend
himselfe
unpon
us
:
yea
,
God
himselfe
in
Christ
hath
reacht
himself
with
all
his
gifts
to
humane
kind
,
and
delivered
it
by
a
right
of
property
to
have
and
possesse
them
in
this
thing
,
openly
making
himself
to
be
the
chief
good
,
which
needs
must
be
most
specially
in
communicating
himselfe
;
he
who
studieth
to
make
himselfe
like
unto
him
,
he
shall
be
a
plantation
of
the
Lord
to
his
glory
,
Esay
61.
and
Christ
shall
bud
and
flourish
in
him
a
living
vine
,
and
a
Palm
alwayes
flourishing
,
or
waxing
green
.
The
eighth
fruit
of
love
is
,
not
to
be
provoked
to
anger
,
not
to
be
inflamed
with
anger
,
nor
that
which
maketh
man
no
man
,
to
utter
wrath
conceived
by
cursing
&
railing
speeches
,
but
to
imitate
Christ
Jesus
,
which
did
not
cry
out
or
open
his
mouth
,
witnesse
Esay
,
cha.
.
42.
nor
any
kind
of
bitternesse
,
but
spake
meer
benediction
and
life
.
And
although
hee
did
denounce
threats
against
Chorazin
,
Capernaum
,
and
Bethsaida
,
and
against
the
Pharirisees
themselves
,
uttering
many
woes
against
them
,
yet
it
came
not
from
a
cruell
or
vengeative
mind
,
it
was
a
serious
and
severe
exhortation
to
repentance
.
Therefore
let
us
be
wary
lest
any
root
of
bitternesse
springing
again
,
doe
hinder
our
charitie
,
and
many
bee
offended
thereby
,
Heb.
12.
The
ninth
fruit
of
charity
is
,
Not
to
think
any
evill
,
which
is
the
property
of
Almighty
God
,
as
hee
testifieth
,
Jeremy
39.
I
know
the
thoughts
which
I
think
of
you
,
or
concerning
you
,
the
thoughts
of
peace
and
not
of
affliction
,
that
I
may
give
an
end
,
and
have
patience
.
Seek
me
and
you
shall
find
me
,
when
you
shall
seeke
me
with
your
whole
hearts
.
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
He
that
hath
the
thoughts
of
peace
towards
his
neighbour
,
hath
the
heart
of
God
,
and
the
understanding
of
Christ
,
and
as
a
living
member
knit
unto
his
head
,
is
inspired
of
him
.
Tenthly
,
It
rejoyceth
not
in
iniquity
,
nor
in
the
injury
or
oppression
of
injustice
,
as
wicked
Shimei
did
when
David
fled
from
Absolom
,
but
it
imitates
Christ
Jesus
,
who
with
most
tender
compassion
beholding
Peters
perjury
,
did
with
his
most
benigne
aspect
rectifie
him
according
to
the
Psalm
.
146.
God
doth
raise
them
that
●●e
fallen
:
who
deplored
the
evill
that
was
to
befall
the
men
of
Judea
,
and
the
destruction
of
the
Jewes
:
lastly
,
who
with
all
his
heart
desired
to
bring
his
wandring
and
lost
sheep
into
their
way
,
and
that
which
was
in
him
,
with
a
sweet
and
most
gentle
voyce
did
allure
them
home
.
Let
us
imitate
this
so
great
a
Master
of
love
,
and
if
any
bee
fallen
from
his
love
,
let
us
deplore
him
after
this
manner
,
Let
us
instruct
him
in
the
spirit
of
love
and
lenity
,
and
help
to
beare
his
burden
,
that
we
may
fulfill
the
Law
of
Christ
,
Gal.
6.
His
law
,
I
say
,
that
first
did
beare
the
burden
of
our
sinnes
,
and
let
him
be
in
us
as
in
true
members
of
our
head
,
life
,
sense
and
spirit
.
The
eleventh
fruit
,
Doth
rejoyee
together
with
the
truth
,
and
where
all
things
are
done
rightly
and
decently
;
after
the
example
of
Christ
,
who
at
the
return
of
his
seventie
disciples
at
their
well
doing
rejoyced
very
heartily
,
and
confessed
himselfe
to
his
heavenly
Father
;
and
also
the
Angels
in
heaven
doe
rejoyce
,
as
Christ
teacheth
,
at
the
return
of
a
sinner
:
which
if
we
do
the
like
,
then
truly
we
have
the
understanding
of
God
and
Angels
.
The
twelfth
fruit
of
charity
is
to
suffer
all
thi●gs
,
as
may
appeare
by
this
bond
of
peace
,
after
the
example
of
blessed
Paul
,
I
am
made
weak
with
the
weak
,
that
I
might
profit
the
weak
:
I
am
made
all
things
with
all
men
,
that
I
may
save
all
men
.
The
same
beleeveth
all
things
,
suspecting
no
evill
of
his
neighbour
;
hopeth
all
things
,
praying
that
nothing
may
fall
amisse
to
his
neighbour
:
lastly
,
It
sustaineth
all
things
,
that
it
may
goe
so
much
the
better
with
his
neighbour
,
and
more
profitable
.
All
which
our
Saviour
by
a
lively
example
of
his
life
did
teach
us
,
by
bearing
most
heavie
injuries
and
reproaches
for
our
sins
,
as
also
most
inhumane
scourgings
,
and
extream
poverty
and
hunger
,
that
we
in
him
and
by
him
,
might
obtain
joy
and
honour
.
The
thirteenth
fruit
of
love
is
,
Not
to
be
weary
,
nor
to
cease
.
Like
unto
God
,
whose
mercy
from
eternity
to
eternity
is
upon
those
that
feare
him
,
Psalm
103.
who
respecteth
not
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
us
,
and
rose
up
to
spare
us
,
Esay
30.
whose
love
is
strong
as
death
,
Cant.
4.
which
many
waters
cannot
extinguish
,
Cant.
8.
Lastly
,
from
which
nothing
can
separate
us
,
Rom.
8.
who
hath
mercy
on
us
with
everlasting
mercies
.
Isa.
54.
And
although
,
Jer.
15.
he
denieth
that
henceforth
he
can
have
mercy
,
to
those
onely
it
pertaineth
who
repell
obstinately
the
divine
mercies
,
contemne
his
grace
,
and
abuse
them
with
high
contempt
,
but
not
to
those
that
feare
him
,
according
to
that
of
Esa.
54.
The
mountaines
shall
be
moved
,
and
the
little
hills
shall
tremble
,
but
my
mercy
shall
not
depart
from
thee
,
and
the
covenant
of
my
peace
shall
not
be
moved
:
Thy
mercifull
Lord
hath
spoken
it
.
To
which
example
also
we
must
comply
our
love
,
that
it
bee
never
weary
,
no
not
towards
our
enemy
,
but
even
as
Father
forgive
them
.
Last
of
all
,
love
is
the
Head
and
Queen
of
all
vertues
,
because
God
himselfe
is
love
,
and
because
it
is
the
end
of
the
commandments
,
and
summe
or
collection
of
the
Law
;
and
because
it
is
eternall
;
neither
will
it
vanish
with
faith
,
hope
,
tongues
,
and
so
forth
,
our
happinesse
appearing
,
which
is
the
end
of
faith
;
because
it
worketh
all
things
,
and
all
vertues
without
it
are
as
nothing
;
and
last
of
all
,
because
it
will
give
us
testimony
through
faith
in
Christ
,
that
we
shall
have
eternall
happinesse
:
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
that
Christian
charity
must
needs
excell
all
Gifts
and
Arts
whatsoever
,
according
to
that
of
the
Ephesians
,
chap.
3.
To
know
the
supereminent
love
of
the
knowledge
of
Christ
,
that
you
may
bee
filled
in
all
fulnesse
of
Christ
.
CHAP.
XXXI
.
Self-love
and
Arrogancie
,
is
as
Ink
upon
white
Ivory
,
spotting
and
defiling
the
greatest
and
most
excellent
gifts
.
1
Corinth
.
13.
If
I
should
speak
with
the
tongues
of
men
and
Angels
,
and
have
not
love
,
I
shall
be
as
a
tinckling
Cymball
,
or
sounding
brasse
.
LEst
any
man
should
marvell
that
Saint
Jude
,
The
Angels
which
kept
not
their
principality
.
And
that
of
Saint
Paul
to
the
Colossians
,
chap.
2.
Spoyling
Principalities
and
Powers
,
traduced
them
confidently
,
and
openly
triumphing
over
them
in
himselfe
.
Now
by
what
sinne
Lucifer
procured
his
own
ruine
,
he
was
the
cause
and
perswader
by
the
same
sinne
,
of
the
losse
of
mankind
,
turning
him
from
the
love
of
the
honor
of
God
,
to
himselfe
;
whereby
followed
self-love
and
arrogancy
,
such
and
so
great
,
even
to
affect
the
similitude
of
God
,
whereby
consequently
hee
was
no
otherwise
cast
out
of
Paradise
,
then
Lucifer
out
of
Heaven
,
leaving
to
us
all
the
heritage
of
arrogancy
and
self-love
.
And
this
is
the
fall
and
Apostasie
of
Adam
,
which
all
men
in
like
manner
doe
iterate
,
and
with
flesh
and
bloud
give
and
deliver
every
one
to
other
the
same
:
the
means
of
amendment
,
and
cure
whereof
,
can
and
ought
no
other
wayes
be
sought
and
obtained
,
but
by
the
merit
of
Christ
apprehended
by
faith
,
whereby
thenceforth
wee
are
renewed
in
Christ
,
and
our
flesh
is
crucified
,
neither
now
doe
we
love
our selves
any
more
,
but
Father
eternall
,
or
of
the
future
Age
,
Isa.
chap.
9.
CHAP.
XXXII
.
Not
great
gifts
,
but
faith
that
worketh
by
charity
,
doth
shew
a
man
a
Christian
,
and
acceptable
to
God
.
1
Cor.
4.
The
Kingdome
of
God
is
not
in
talke
,
but
in
vertue
.
BLessed
Paul
going
about
to
describe
a
Christian
man
,
in
briefe
finishing
the
thing
,
saith
,
1
Tim.
1.
The
end
of
the
law
is
charity
from
a
pure
heart
and
a
good
conscience
,
and
faith
unfained
:
as
if
he
should
say
,
That
any
man
may
bee
made
a
Christian
,
and
●cceptable
to
GOD
,
are
not
required
hard
and
lofty
matters
,
no
worldly
wisdome
,
no
humane
learning
,
no
gifts
,
no
eloquence
,
no
knowledge
of
tongues
;
lastly
,
no
miracles
;
but
that
hee
have
faith
in
charity
to
doe
all
things
,
resigned
to
God
,
devout
and
well
addicted
,
and
not
carelesse
of
the
motions
and
rule
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
Wherefore
let
us
not
much
regard
,
that
For
they
that
be
Christs
,
doe
mortifie
the
flesh
with
the
concupiscence
thereof
,
that
is
to
say
,
arrogancy
,
selfe-love
,
covetousnesse
of
glory
,
proper
gain
,
hunting
after
praise
,
whereupon
blessed
Paul
denieth
the
Kingdome
of
God
to
consist
in
words
,
or
gifts
and
Arts
,
but
in
vertue
,
or
living
exercise
of
vertue
in
faith
,
as
charity
,
lowlinesse
,
and
humility
.
Therefore
(
Luke
10.
)
the
seventy
Disciples
returned
with
joy
,
saying
,
Lord
,
even
the
Devils
are
subject
unto
us
in
thy
name
;
Christ
answereth
,
Doe
not
rejoyce
in
this
,
for
neither
miracles
nor
gifts
shall
save
us
;
but
rejoyce
that
your
names
are
written
in
the
book
of
life
;
that
is
,
because
you
beleeve
and
acknowledge
me
.
By
faith
Moses
was
saved
,
not
by
hi●
miracles
:
and
Miriam
the
sister
of
Moses
,
being
indued
with
●he
gift
of
prophesie
,
and
by
whom
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
did
speak
,
was
punished
with
Leprosie
.
Finally
,
the
Apostles
,
not
because
of
their
miracles
,
or
tongues
sake
,
but
for
their
faith
,
were
made
Citizens
of
Heaven
.
Let
us
remain
,
I
say
,
let
the
least
and
the
greatest
remain
in
faith
,
humility
,
●epentance
,
in
crucifying
and
mortifying
of
the
flesh
,
and
in
the
new
creature
(
which
as
in
Christ
in
faith
and
charity
it
liveth
,
so
in
like
manner
Christ
liveth
in
it
)
So
let
us
be
found
,
that
Christ
may
acknowledge
us
for
his
.
Let
Christian
Charity
remain
to
be
that
new
life
of
the
new
man
;
yea
the
life
of
Christ
in
the
faithfull
,
and
that
efficacious
and
working
power
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
by
which
Saint
Paul
,
Ephes
.
3.
wisheth
us
to
bee
filled
in
all
fulnesse
of
God
.
Like
unto
that
of
Saint
John
,
God
is
Love
,
and
he
that
remaineth
in
love
,
remaineth
in
God
.
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
that
hee
that
feeleth
love
in
his
heart
,
feeleth
God
himselfe
:
Where
,
as
a
certaine
fore-runner
,
or
leading-starre
,
it
is
present
;
therefore
Saint
Paul
,
as
a
tree
from
the
root
whereof
,
with
all
the
fruits
thereof
,
describeth
it
in
1
Corinth
.
chap.
13.
Charity
(
saith
hee
)
is
patient
,
&c.
All
which
are
the
properties
of
Christians
,
and
consequently
the
life
of
the
new
man
.
And
to
speak
in
a
word
,
God
the
Father
is
Love
,
God
the
Sonne
is
Love
,
God
the
holy
Ghost
is
Love
;
the
whole
mysticall
body
,
who
is
Christ
,
or
the
Christian
Church
,
is
bound
together
in
the
bond
of
Love
:
So
there
is
but
one
God
,
one
Christ
,
one
Spirit
,
one
Baptisme
,
one
Faith
;
and
lastly
,
the
happy
and
sempiternall
life
shall
bee
nothing
but
meere
love
.
Wherefore
he
that
liveth
not
in
Charity
,
this
man
is
a
dead
member
of
Christ
manifestly
,
if
hee
bee
in
the
body
of
Christ
.
For
even
as
a
dead
member
is
not
warmed
with
naturall
heat
,
nor
nourished
;
and
for
that
cause
is
altogether
without
life
:
So
hee
that
liveth
not
in
charity
,
hath
not
the
spiritual
life
of
Christ
,
but
is
dead
to
God
and
Christ
,
because
he
is
without
faith
,
and
is
a
dry
tree
without
juice
from
the
Vine
,
which
is
Christ
,
and
to
be
cut
off
:
lastly
,
CHAP.
XXXIII
.
God
giveth
no
respect
to
the
works
of
the
persons
,
he
judgeth
and
esteemeth
the
worke
according
to
the
heart
.
Prov.
21.
Every
way
of
a
man
seemeth
right
to
himselfe
,
but
God
trieth
the
heart
.
WHen
the
Prophet
Samuel
,
by
the
commandement
of
God
,
went
to
anoint
David
King
,
he
entred
his
Fathers
house
,
and
would
have
anointed
his
first-born
,
the
Lord
said
,
Doe
not
thou
respect
his
countenance
,
nor
the
height
of
his
stature
,
being
I
have
rejected
him
,
neither
doe
I
judge
according
to
the
countenance
of
a
man
:
for
a
man
seeth
those
things
that
are
open
and
evident
,
but
the
Lord
beholdeth
the
heart
.
By
which
example
God
teacheth
us
,
that
he
hath
no
regard
to
any
person
,
although
never
so
great
and
illustrious
,
when
his
heart
is
void
of
goodnesse
,
love
,
faith
,
and
humility
,
but
to
esteem
of
the
workes
by
the
inward
spirit
and
intention
of
the
mind
,
and
to
allow
them
according
as
it
is
in
the
21.
of
the
Prov.
Moreover
,
all
gifts
,
how
great
soever
,
illustrious
,
praise-worthy
,
and
excellent
they
are
in
the
judgment
of
the
world
,
unlesse
they
proceed
from
a
pure
heart
,
unlesse
they
respect
the
sole
honour
of
God
,
and
the
profit
of
our
neighbour
;
lastly
,
unlesse
they
be
free
,
and
altogether
separated
from
pride
,
arrogancy
,
self-love
,
desire
of
private
praise
and
glory
,
they
cannot
please
God
.
Therefore
whosoever
thou
art
,
O
man
,
be
assured
and
certainly
If
I
speak
with
the
tongues
of
Men
and
Angels
,
and
have
not
charity
,
I
am
as
a
sounding
brasse
and
a
tinckling
Cymball
;
that
is
,
I
am
in
vain
,
and
altogether
unprofitable
.
In
truth
God
regardeth
no
faculty
but
in
humble
hearts
,
not
arts
,
not
much
learning
,
but
whether
our
spirit
doth
seek
the
honour
of
God
,
&
pure
and
contrite
in
spirit
,
trembling
at
his
word
,
as
it
is
read
in
Isa.
66.
not
lastly
,
if
any
covetous
of
fame
and
renown
,
doe
distribute
all
he
hath
to
feed
the
poore
,
and
give
his
body
to
be
burned
alive
;
but
the
heart
and
the
cause
of
them
all
.
That
which
is
manifest
by
many
examples
to
be
brought
.
Cain
and
Abel
both
of
them
brought
Sacrifices
David
,
Manasses
,
Nebuch
adnezzar
,
and
Peter
,
by
repentance
obtained
grace
;
contrariwise
,
Saul
,
Pharaoh
,
Lord
,
I
have
sinned
,
they
received
unlike
rewards
.
Judith
and
Hester
,
and
the
daughters
of
Israel
,
Esay
3.
they
adorned
themselves
,
and
combed
themselves
,
with
praise
and
renown
the
one
,
the
other
dispraise
and
reprehension
.
In
like
manner
the
prayer
of
Hezekia
,
Josua
,
and
Gideon
,
by
which
they
required
a
signe
from
heaven
,
as
approved
is
praised
:
Contrariwise
,
the
Pharisees
,
Mat.
12.
doing
the
same
are
reproved
of
the
Lord
.
The
Publican
and
the
Pharisee
,
both
of
them
pray
in
the
Temple
,
not
approved
.
The
Ninivites
and
the
Jewes
,
and
Pharisees
,
doe
fast
alike
,
but
the
one
God
heard
,
the
other
he
heard
not
:
wherefore
(
Isai
.
58.
)
they
cry
;
Wherefore
have
wee
fasted
,
and
thou
regardest
us
not
?
The
Widow
which
brought
into
the
Treasury
,
two
small
Mites
,
is
praised
of
Christ
;
he
that
gave
more
,
was
not
.
Herod
and
Zacheus
in
the
sight
of
Christ
doe
rejoyce
,
but
had
most
differing
rewards
.
The
holy
Martyrs
for
Christ
suffered
death
;
Achab
and
Manasses
offer
unto
the
Lord
their
own
children
,
and
God
accepted
the
sacrifice
of
the
one
,
and
the
other
was
rejected
.
Which
variety
proceedeth
from
no
other
cause
,
then
from
the
heart
,
which
God
onely
respecteth
:
whereupon
hee
onely
accepteth
those
works
which
come
from
a
heart
unfained
and
sincere
charity
,
and
free
humility
:
Contrariwise
,
whatsoever
gifts
they
be
,
if
arrogancy
,
self-love
,
and
the
contagion
of
lucre
doe
infect
them
;
he
rejecteth
them
.
CHAP.
XXXIV
.
That
a
man
doth
nothing
at
all
to
his
salvation
,
but
God
doth
all
things
to
us
,
onely
we
admit
of
his
grace
,
as
a
sick
man
doth
his
Medicines
;
to
those
without
repentance
the
merit
of
Christ
is
not
imputed
.
1
Corinth
.
1.
Christ
is
made
unto
us
the
Wisdome
of
God
,
and
justice
,
and
sanctification
,
and
Redemption
.
BY
this
Sentence
Saint
Paul
teacheth
us
what
things
are
necessray
for
our
salvation
,
by
Christ
all
things
are
done
for
us
.
For
when
we
were
ignorant
of
the
way
of
life
,
he
was
made
wisedom
unto
us
;
when
we
were
sinners
,
our
justice
;
when
we
were
abominable
,
our
sanctification
;
lastly
,
when
our
redemption
.
Whereupon
it
remaineth
,
that
the
man
doth
not
confer
one
jot
to
the
beginning
,
middle
and
end
of
his
salvation
with
all
his
merits
of
works
,
strength
and
free
will
:
But
sinne
he
could
of
himselfe
,
but
he
could
not
justifie
himselfe
again
;
lose
,
but
not
recover
;
kill
,
but
not
raise
again
to
life
;
be
subdued
to
the
Devill
,
but
not
set
free
from
him
again
.
For
even
as
a
dead
carkasse
cannot
quicken
it selfe
again
;
so
neither
can
a
man
,
as
the
Apostle
saith
to
the
Ephesians
,
chap.
2.
which
was
dead
in
sin
,
help
himself
.
Also
,
even
as
we
did
not
bring
so
much
as
a
haire
to
our
creation
,
so
neither
to
our
redemption
,
or
regeneration
and
sanctification
,
which
are
much
greater
,
and
more
noble
then
our
creation
it selfe
:
Wherefore
working
in
him
to
will
and
finish
according
to
his
good
will
,
Phil.
2.
For
seeing
that
the
abundance
of
sinnes
are
greater
then
humane
nature
can
beare
,
as
witnesseth
the
Scripture
,
which
John
8.
pronounceth
the
naturall
man
the
servant
of
sin
,
and
Rom.
7.
sold
under
sinne
,
and
can
doe
nothing
but
sinne
,
according
to
that
of
Jeremy
13.
If
the
Aethiopian
can
change
his
hue
,
or
the
Leopard
his
spots
,
and
you
can
doe
well
,
and
forget
to
doe
evill
:
therefore
the
singular
grace
of
God
appeared
to
all
men
by
his
Gospel
,
teaching
us
(
by
the
words
of
Paul
to
Tit.
2.
)
that
denying
all
impiety
and
worldly
desires
,
wee
may
live
a
just
and
sober
life
in
this
present
world
.
As
if
hee
should
say
,
by
the
O
Lord
thou
givest
light
unto
my
Lanthorn
and
my
darknesse
.
But
the
divine
Grace
,
or
Christ
himselfe
,
is
the
cleare
light
which
is
risen
to
all
men
sitting
in
darknesse
,
and
in
the
shadow
of
death
,
which
inlightneth
all
men
(
or
every
man
)
that
cometh
into
this
world
;
that
is
,
by
manifesting
himselfe
,
and
offering
his
grace
;
He
,
I
say
,
is
the
light
of
the
world
,
shewing
to
all
men
the
way
of
life
;
and
like
a
good
Shepheard
,
guiding
his
Flock
into
the
right
way
,
he
sought
us
as
his
lost
sheep
,
&
daily
even
now
seeketh
us
and
allureth
us
;
nay
more
followeth
us
&
embraceth
us
after
the
manner
of
a
bride
,
or
spouse
that
he
loveth
,
whose
grace
I
would
to
god
most
men
did
If
the
wicked
shall
repent
him
of
his
sinnes
,
hee
shall
live
the
life
and
not
die
:
all
the
offences
which
hee
hath
done
,
shall
not
bee
imputed
unto
him
:
Wherein
truly
the
repentance
of
sinnes
is
joyned
to
remission
;
neither
doth
Christ
the
sonne
of
God
in
any
other
sense
promise
life
eternall
to
those
that
beleeve
in
him
:
For
faith
doth
alwayes
oppose
it selfe
to
the
Old
Man
,
tameth
the
flesh
,
and
subjecteth
it
to
the
spirit
,
that
is
,
converteth
the
man
,
rooteth
up
and
amendeth
sinnes
,
and
cleareth
and
purgeth
the
heart
,
it
being
the
fountain
of
all
evill
.
Truly
,
this
is
true
faith
,
that
I
say
,
that
turneth
it selfe
from
the
world
,
from
sinnes
,
and
from
the
Devill
to
Christ
,
and
seeketh
solace
and
rest
for
his
soule
against
the
grieving
debt
of
his
sinnes
,
in
the
onely
blood
,
death
,
and
merit
of
Christ
,
without
the
works
of
any
man
whatsoever
.
What
man
is
so
foolish
to
beleeve
that
his
sinnes
are
pardoned
of
God
,
although
hee
doe
not
desist
from
his
sinnes
,
this
man
hath
a
false
faith
,
neither
ever
shall
he
obtain
everlasting
life
,
unlesse
he
first
repent
.
The
example
of
this
doctrine
is
set
forth
by
Zacheus
the
Publican
,
Luke
9.
who
understood
the
doctrine
of
faith
and
conversion
in
a
sound
sense
,
acknowledging
that
onely
to
bee
true
faith
,
by
which
a
man
should
be
turned
from
his
sinnes
to
God
,
and
which
expected
and
hoped
for
the
remission
of
sius
from
Christ
,
and
desired
to
participate
of
his
merit
,
it
behoveth
him
to
give
over
sinning
,
and
in
firm
trust
of
the
divine
grace
,
to
cleave
to
the
bounty
of
Christ
:
and
so
he
construed
or
understood
the
Sermon
of
Christ
,
Mark
1.
Repent
and
beleeve
the
Gospel
,
that
is
,
desist
from
sinning
,
be
yee
filled
with
the
good
hope
of
my
merit
,
and
expect
the
remission
of
sins
from
me
onely
.
Wherefore
Zacheus
saith
to
Christ
,
Behold
,
Lord
,
I
give
halfe
of
my
goods
unto
the
poore
:
and
if
I
have
defrauded
any
man
of
any
thing
,
I
doe
restore
it
fourefold
.
By
which
words
he
doth
not
commend
his
works
,
no
,
but
extolleth
grace
,
by
which
he
was
given
to
understand
the
way
of
true
repentance
;
therefore
this
sense
hath
his
prayer
,
O
Lord
,
I
am
so
grieved
that
I
have
circumvented
my
neighbour
,
that
I
This
day
is
salvation
come
unto
tby
house
.
For
the
Sonne
of
Man
came
to
seek
and
to
save
that
which
was
lost
.
And
this
is
the
true
repentance
and
conversion
by
faith
which
God
worketh
,
therefore
is
the
beginning
,
middle
,
and
ending
;
so
that
no
other
thing
is
required
of
us
,
then
a
will
not
to
resist
the
will
of
God
,
or
voluntarily
not
resist
the
holy
Ghost
,
after
the
manner
of
the
contumacious
Jewes
,
of
which
mention
is
made
,
Acts
17.
and
13.
wee
read
of
those
whom
Saint
Paul
reproacheth
in
this
manner
,
It
behoveth
us
first
to
speak
unto
you
the
Word
of
God
:
but
because
you
reject
it
,
and
judge
your selves
unworthy
of
eternall
life
;
behold
,
we
turn
us
unto
the
Gentiles
.
It
is
our
part
therefore
after
the
manner
of
sick
folks
,
to
take
the
counsel
of
the
Physitians
,
and
to
obey
their
Precepts
;
and
as
he
in
the
beginning
Paul
,
Rom.
12.
I
speak
by
the
grace
that
is
given
me
.
And
1
Corinth
.
15.
By
the
grace
of
God
I
am
that
I
am
)
and
to
us
grace
is
freely
imputed
,
with
the
whole
merit
and
the
obedience
of
Without
me
,
saith
Christ
,
you
can
doe
nothing
that
is
good
;
and
we
are
apt
by
nature
without
him
to
doe
the
things
that
are
evill
;
and
this
onely
is
proper
to
us
:
But
that
which
is
good
is
meer
grace
,
neither
hath
flesh
any
thing
whereon
to
boast
.
Therefore
happy
are
you
,
O
mortals
,
if
you
give
your
minds
to
forbear
sinning
,
and
to
consent
unto
God
,
no
otherwise
then
a
young
Virgin
that
giveth
her
promise
and
faith
to
her
Spouse
that
embraceth
her
.
And
Christ
truly
the
Spouse
of
our
soules
,
goeth
about
or
endeavoureth
to
manifest
in
us
that
he
is
willing
,
CHAP.
XXXV
.
Without
a
holy
and
Christian
life
all
Wisdome
,
all
Arts
and
Sciences
,
yea
the
knowledge
of
the
whole
Scripture
and
Theology
is
in
vain
.
Matthew
7.
Not
every
one
that
saith
unto
me
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
shall
enter
into
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
,
but
hee
that
doth
the
will
of
my
Father
which
is
in
heaven
.
BEcause
in
charity
consist
,
or
are
contained
all
the
duties
of
a
Christian
man
,
and
so
all
the
life
of
Christ
was
nothing
but
a
sincere
and
most
pure
love
;
hereupon
blessed
Paul
,
1
Cor.
13.
under
the
name
of
Charity
comprehends
the
whole
life
of
a
Christian
man
.
And
it
is
the
property
of
true
charity
to
respect
God
alone
in
all
things
,
not
to
have
the
least
respect
to
shall
bee
as
a
sounding
brasse
,
or
as
a
tinckling
Cymball
.
For
as
no
food
can
nourish
the
body
,
unlesse
it
be
turned
into
juice
and
bloud
:
so
the
word
of
God
and
the
Sacraments
are
to
no
purpose
,
if
they
be
not
expressed
in
our
life
and
If
I
could
prophesie
and
know
all
mysteries
,
and
all
knowledge
,
and
all
faith
,
so
that
I
might
remove
mountaines
,
and
have
no
charity
,
I
am
nothing
.
That
is
,
if
I
should
shadow
mine
own
honour
under
them
,
and
expect
any
thing
besides
the
honour
of
God
,
and
the
good
of
my
neighbour
:
therefore
all
are
abomination
&
accursed
before
Almighty
God
,
according
to
that
of
Matth.
7.
Many
shall
say
unto
me
in
that
day
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
have
we
not
prophesied
in
thy
Name
,
and
cast
out
Devils
in
thy
Name
,
and
have
done
many
miracles
in
thy
Name
?
And
then
I
shall
say
unto
them
,
Because
I
know
you
not
,
depart
from
me
you
workers
of
iniquity
,
and
you
have
not
respected
me
sincerely
,
but
your selves
.
Of
the
like
mind
is
Saint
Paul
,
If
I
should
give
all
that
I
have
unto
the
poore
,
and
have
not
charity
,
it
profiteth
mee
nothing
.
Even
that
love
,
which
exerciseth
or
sheweth
liberality
for
Gods
cause
alone
,
and
not
for
his
own
praise
or
profits
sake
.
Such
as
was
the
righteousnesse
of
the
Pharisees
,
who
offered
many
sacrifices
,
and
drew
on
others
that
they
might
adorn
their
Temples
with
their
gifts
,
and
offer
costly
offerings
,
the
slaverie
of
which
ambition
drew
them
to
forget
the
offerings
of
the
poore
,
whose
gifts
ought
rather
to
bee
preferred
out
of
pitie
alone
.
Which
preposterous
charity
in
them
Christ
upbraideth
,
Matth.
23.
Woe
unto
you
Scribes
and
Pharisees
hypocrites
,
because
under
long
prayers
you
devoure
widowes
houses
.
In
which
perverse
religion
there
be
now
followers
,
which
bequeath
large
legacies
to
Temples
and
Monasteries
,
that
their
Clerks
and
Monkes
may
make
long
prayers
for
them
:
which
truly
is
false
love
,
seeking
themselves
;
and
,
if
you
scan
it
well
,
not
respecting
divine
honour
,
but
themselves
.
But
we
who
know
to
live
justly
by
faith
,
let
us
rather
be
penitent
,
a●d
offer
our selves
to
God
by
mortifying
and
crucifying
our
flesh
,
then
all
our
works
of
charity
,
not
out
of
selfe-love
,
nor
for
the
cause
of
praise
or
profit
whatsoever
;
but
let
us
doe
it
for
the
love
and
sincere
love
of
God
,
being
sure
,
if
we
doe
it
otherwise
,
they
will
not
profit
us
a
haire
.
Therefore
,
although
thou
give
thy
body
to
be
burned
,
and
want
love
,
which
is
due
to
God
alone
,
and
his
praises
and
honour
,
thou
doest
nothing
,
saith
Saint
Paul
.
Neither
doe
they
profit
any
more
,
which
whip
and
burn
their
bodies
by
humbling
and
afflicting
their
souls
,
as
speaketh
Isai
.
58.
because
indeed
they
are
conceited
in
their
singular
sanctity
,
and
affect
their
own
proper
praises
,
and
their
presumptuous
religion
,
in
their
private
judgement
,
doe
not
respect
God
,
but
applause
,
popular
praise
,
and
estimation
,
whereby
many
of
them
are
so
blinded
,
God
suffering
them
the
work
of
error
,
2
Thess.
2.
that
they
make
no
doubt
to
suffer
themselves
to
be
burned
for
the
defence
of
their
If
I
had
not
come
and
spoken
unto
them
,
they
had
had
no
sin
,
but
now
they
have
no
excuse
for
their
sin
.
CHAP.
XXXVI
.
Of
those
that
live
not
in
Christ
,
but
have
their
heart
fixed
to
the
world
,
although
they
possesse
the
outward
letter
of
the
Word
,
and
do
not
tast
the
inward
force
of
it
,
and
the
hidden
Manna
.
Apocalypse
1.
To
him
that
overcometh
I
will
give
the
hidden
Manna
,
I
will
give
him
a
white
stone
,
and
in
the
stone
a
new
name
written
;
which
no
man
knoweth
but
he
that
receiveth
it
.
BY
this
Sentence
it
appeareth
,
wee
are
taught
,
that
no
man
doth
taste
the
inward
sweetnesse
of
the
heavenly
joy
and
solace
hidden
in
the
word
of
God
,
which
doth
not
overcome
his
own
flesh
,
and
the
Hee
will
fill
the
hungry
with
good
things
,
and
send
the
rich
empty
away
.
The
words
that
I
have
spoken
,
are
spirit
and
life
,
saith
Christ
,
John
6.
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
a
voluptuous
heart
and
carnall
,
that
is
,
a
man
that
hath
no
spirituall
understanding
,
cannot
possibly
understand
those
things
.
For
in
spirit
,
in
rest
,
in
silence
,
with
great
humility
,
&
holy
and
vehement
desire
,
is
the
word
of
God
to
bee
received
;
which
if
it
be
not
converted
into
life
,
then
truly
it
is
no
better
then
the
external
letter
,
and
a
sound
of
words
.
Even
as
he
that
heareth
the
noyse
of
a
Harp
onely
,
or
a
Song
,
and
understandeth
it
not
,
receiveth
no
pleasure
by
it
:
so
no
man
is
partaker
of
the
virtue
that
is
in
the
Word
,
unlesse
he
endeavour
to
expresse
it
in
his
life
.
And
this
is
that
which
was
said
before
out
of
John
:
I
will
give
thee
a
white
stone
,
and
in
the
stone
a
new
name
written
,
which
no
man
knoweth
,
but
hee
that
hath
a
testimony
of
the
hidden
spirit
which
hee
giveth
to
the
word
of
God
,
Rom.
8.
And
in
like
manner
,
the
Spirit
of
the
Word
giveth
testimony
to
our
spirit
,
whereby
both
doe
conspire
and
consent
together
,
and
so
become
one
spirit
,
which
is
that
New
Name
unknown
but
to
If
any
shall
eat
of
me
,
saith
Christ
the
true
tree
of
life
,
and
true
bread
of
life
,
he
shall
live
for
ever
,
John
6.
And
what
is
it
to
eat
of
it
,
but
to
beleeve
in
him
,
in
him
to
joy
and
take
delight
;
lastly
,
to
rest
and
take
pleasure
in
him
alone
?
Great
therefore
,
O
mortals
,
is
the
carnall
blindnesse
,
to
serve
the
world
for
trifles
,
vain
and
fraile
things
with
such
affection
and
desires
,
and
not
to
doe
the
same
to
God
,
who
rewardeth
his
worship
and
service
with
eternall
things
,
and
farre
more
noble
goods
.
For
who
performeth
to
God
so
much
and
so
great
faith
,
obedience
,
and
diligence
,
as
the
vulgar
we
see
doe
perform
to
Mammon
and
the
World
?
We
see
them
many
times
for
small
matters
,
or
a
little
mony
,
make
journies
:
and
for
heavens
cause
it
grieveth
us
to
move
a
foot
.
Hereupon
the
holy
Prophets
reproach
Tyre
and
Sidon
with
emphaticall
upbraids
for
taking
in
hand
most
vast
and
sea
journies
for
the
advance
of
their
earthly
causes
,
when
in
the
mean
time
they
would
not
deigne
for
the
soveraigne
good
to
change
their
place
.
And
in
our
time
men
of
all
sorts
and
conditions
doe
prefer
the
world
before
God
,
it
is
a
thing
most
manifest
.
Hidden
Manna
of
the
divine
Word
,
and
therefore
doe
not
overcome
the
world
,
but
are
overcome
of
the
world
.
Which
whosoever
dare
contemne
in
respect
of
God
,
he
truly
finds
the
most
sweet
visits
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
is
filled
with
the
heavenly
pleasure
which
no
man
Jeremy
,
chap.
29.
When
you
shall
seek
me
with
your
whole
heart
,
I
will
be
found
of
you
.
Many
men
at
this
day
they
term
admirable
;
O!
a
learned
man
,
a
rich
,
magnifical
,
wiseman
;
but
no
man
regardeth
how
courteous
,
humble
,
patient
,
and
how
devout
any
man
is
.
Of
which
perverse
Hidden
Manna
thereof
,
and
that
it
containeth
in
it
the
incorruptible
bread
of
heaven
;
and
that
lastly
,
hee
doth
live
delicately
in
whose
presence
the
Lord
Apocalypse
,
chap.
3.
Behold
,
I
stand
at
the
dore
,
and
I
knock
,
if
any
man
heare
my
voyce
,
and
open
to
me
,
I
will
enter
unto
him
,
and
I
will
sup
with
him
,
and
he
with
me
.
What
preposterousnesse
is
it
,
O
mortals
,
to
neglect
this
and
so
great
a
banqueter
,
which
hath
prepared
us
a
supper
,
who
after
the
manner
of
a
Prince
coming
to
his
poor
friends
house
,
bringeth
all
his
dainty
dishes
,
and
the
whole
supper
with
him
;
I
say
,
the
heavenly
Bread
,
and
hidden
Manna
;
is
not
this
a
great
oversight
to
let
him
stand
waiting
at
the
dore
,
and
not
to
open
readily
unto
him
?
I
say
,
what
incivility
is
this
,
not
to
receive
a
friend
,
but
not
to
entertain
God
himself
with
all
diligence
&
alacrity
?
Shal
I
tell
you
the
reason
why
we
doe
not
open
the
dore
?
because
as
in
a
house
full
of
noyse
and
clamour
,
musick
although
never
Celestiall
Manna
cannot
bee
tasted
by
him
.
I
think
so
indeed
.
If
therefore
the
worldly
tumults
and
noyse
in
man
doe
not
tease
and
rest
,
who
wil
not
doubt
that
the
Lord
beating
and
crying
shal
goe
away
away
unheard
,
that
they
with
Samuel
may
Speak
Lord
,
thy
servant
heareth
.
Moreover
,
this
internall
voyce
speaketh
in
a
spirituall
and
heavenly
Supper
,
Heb.
chap.
6.
Those
which
have
been
once
lightned
,
and
tasted
the
heavenly
gifts
,
and
have
been
made
partakers
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
also
have
tasted
the
good
word
of
God
,
&
the
virtues
of
the
world
to
come
.
By
which
wee
are
taught
in
what
man
the
holy
Ghost
is
,
neither
is
his
mind
hindered
from
daily
feeding
of
that
Manna
,
hidden
in
the
sweet
and
mellifluent
divine
Word
which
proceedeth
out
of
the
mouth
of
God
,
and
by
which
we
live
.
That
which
the
Kingly
Prophet
David
by
the
holy
Ghost
found
in
his
heart
and
mind
,
saying
,
Psalm
16.
Thou
wilt
fill
me
with
joy
of
thy
countenance
,
and
delight
of
thy
right
hand
even
unto
the
end
.
And
Psalm
34.
Tast
and
see
,
because
the
Lord
is
sweet
,
blessed
is
the
man
that
putteth
his
trust
in
him
.
Psalm
23.
Thou
hast
prepared
a
table
for
me
in
my
view
,
against
those
that
trouble
me
;
thou
hast
anointed
my
head
with
oyle
,
and
my
cup
being
brim-full
,
how
beautiful
is
it
?
Psa.
63.
Thy
mercy
is
excellent
,
farre
exceeding
above
our
lives
,
my
lips
shall
praise
thee
,
Psa.
36.
Even
as
thou
hast
multiplied
thy
mercies
,
O
God
,
the
sons
of
men
shall
trust
in
the
shadow
of
thy
wings
,
they
shall
be
made
drunk
with
the
plenty
of
thy
house
,
and
thou
shalt
make
them
intoxicated
with
the
torrent
of
thy
pleasures
,
because
with
thee
is
the
fountain
of
life
,
and
in
thy
light
wee
shall
see
light
.
Psa.
70.
They
shall
rejoyce
and
be
glad
all
which
seek
thee
,
and
they
shall
say
alwayes
,
Let
the
Lord
be
magnified
,
which
love
thy
salvation
.
But
I
am
needy
and
poore
,
help
me
,
O
God
,
thou
art
my
helper
and
redeemer
,
Lord
,
make
no
delay
.
By
which
,
beside
other
places
,
may
bee
known
who
those
are
who
are
inwardly
fed
with
Gods
word
,
to
wit
,
those
that
are
poor
in
spirit
,
and
in
God
alone
who
place
their
trust
and
delight
.
Those
I
say
,
are
worthy
to
tast
heavenly
gifts
,
of
whom
David
How
delightfull
,
O
Lord
,
are
the
Tabernacles
of
thy
dwellings
!
my
soule
sainted
and
was
moved
in
my
inwardnesse
in
the
entries
of
the
Lord
.
My
heart
and
my
flesh
were
exalted
in
the
living
God
.
Whereby
one
may
understand
that
the
least
pleasures
of
eternal
life
doe
farre
exceed
all
the
joyes
of
this
present
world
,
and
that
one
day
there
is
more
excellent
then
here
to
live
in
worldly
pleasure
one
whole
year
:
which
whosoever
hath
once
made
triall
of
,
and
found
to
be
so
,
the
world
bringeth
unto
him
a
loathing
and
tediousnesse
,
and
as
one
accustomed
to
better
things
can
relish
it
no
more
.
Hereto
appertaineth
that
which
the
eternal
Wisdome
speaketh
in
Ecclus.
24.
saying
,
My
spirit
is
sweet
above
the
hony
,
and
my
inheritance
is
above
the
hony
and
the
hony
comb
.
Who
eat
mee
doe
yet
hunger
;
and
who
drinke
me
doe
yet
thirst
.
And
his
hunger
&
thirst
no
creature
but
God
alone
can
fill
with
his
love
wherewith
the
Saints
are
made
drunk
,
according
to
the
Canticle
of
Canticles
,
Eate
,
O
friends
,
drink
&
he
drunk
▪
O
my
dearest
friend●
.
Therefore
Almighty
God
for
that
purpose
doth
make
such
delicacies
for
his
dear
hidden
Manna
,
and
a
few
drops
of
Nectar
,
and
of
the
heavenly
Vine
,
how
much
more
plentiful
&
abundant
shall
that
bee
which
wee
shall
attain
to
in
the
other
life
?
That
our
Saviour
might
stirre
up
this
thirst
in
us
,
it
was
expedient
he
should
thirst
upon
the
Crosse
.
For
even
as
he
alone
can
stanch
our
hunger
and
thirst
;
so
we
in
like
manner
can
restrain
his
most
flagrant
desire
of
loving
.
He
thirsteth
after
us
more
vehemently
then
we
thirst
after
him
,
according
to
that
of
John
,
cap.
4.
My
meat
is
to
doe
the
will
of
him
that
sent
mee
,
that
I
may
finish
his
work
.
And
what
is
the
wil
of
God
,
but
that
we
may
attain
eternal
life
?
And
if
we
equally
thirst
after
him
as
he
thirsteth
after
us
,
then
of
a
truth
should
we
drink
and
be
intoxicated
with
his
Spirit
most
liberally
and
sweetly
,
so
that
out
of
our
bodies
should
flow
rivers
of
living
water
;
that
is
,
there
should
be
nothing
in
us
that
would
not
be
spiritual
,
amiable
,
comely
;
nay
,
no
CHAP.
XXXVII
.
Those
that
doe
not
follow
Christ
in
their
life
,
cannot
be
freed
from
the
blindnes
of
their
heart
,
but
do
remain
in
perpetual
darknes
.
Moreover
,
he
cannot
truly
know
Christ
,
or
participate
of
him
,
or
earnestly
repent
.
2
John
1.
God
is
light
,
and
there
is
no
darknesse
in
him
,
if
we
shall
say
we
have
fellowship
with
him
,
and
walk
in
darknesse
,
we
doe
lie
,
and
are
not
in
the
truth
:
But
if
wee
walk
in
the
truth
,
even
as
he
is
in
the
truth
,
we
have
joynt
fellowship
with
him
.
THat
we
may
understand
the
nature
of
Light
and
Darknesse
,
it
is
necessary
to
seek
into
the
definition
of
Light
;
which
no
man
can
give
a
better
then
that
which
blessed
John
himselfe
delivereth
.
God
(
saith
he
)
is
light
.
And
what
is
God
?
A
spiritual
being
,
eternal
,
infinite
,
almighty
,
merciful
,
gentle
,
just
,
holy
,
true
,
all-knowing
;
lastly
,
of
love
and
faith
ineffable
;
God
the
Fathet
,
the
Sonne
,
and
holy
Ghost
,
one
in
essence
,
three
in
persons
,
the
chiefe
and
all
good
essentially
.
And
this
is
the
true
and
eternall
light
,
whence
every
one
from
by
which
our
hearts
are
purified
,
Acts
15.
For
whosoever
beleeveth
in
Christ
,
he
repenteth
daily
,
and
converteth
himself
from
sinne
,
that
is
,
from
the
Devil
to
Christ
.
For
as
Adam
by
sinne
converted
himselfe
from
God
to
the
Devil
;
so
it
behoveth
every
one
of
us
to
flye
by
true
repentance
and
remission
of
sinnes
,
from
the
Devil
to
God
.
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
that
man
without
returning
and
conversion
to
God
,
cannot
be
inlightned
.
For
what
fellowship
hath
justice
with
unrighteousnesse
,
or
what
place
of
society
is
there
for
light
and
darknesse
?
2
Cor.
6.
This
darknesse
is
unrighteousnesse
,
but
the
light
is
the
true
knowledge
of
Christ
,
which
can
no
wayes
enter
into
fellowship
:
so
that
it
is
impossible
that
those
should
be
inlightned
by
the
Spirit
and
light
of
eternall
●ruth
who
live
in
the
darknesse
of
unrighteousnes
.
To
which
appertaineth
the
saying
of
Paul
concerning
the
Jews
,
When
t●ey
shall
be
converted
to
the
Lord
,
the
vail
shall
be
taken
away
;
that
is
,
darknesse
,
blindnesse
,
and
ignorance
shal
cease
,
Christ
shall
inlighten
them
.
For
what
greater
blindnesse
,
or
thicker
mist
can
cover
the
minds
of
men
,
then
infidelity
,
with
the
fruit
thereof
,
as
pride
,
covetousnesse
,
wrath
,
lust
;
therefore
where
they
be
,
it
cannot
come
to
passe
that
a
man
should
acknowledge
Christ
the
most
true
light
,
until
hee
beleeve
in
him
,
confide
in
him
,
and
bee
saved
by
him
.
For
how
shal
he
understand
the
humility
of
Christ
,
whose
mind
knoweth
not
himself
through
pride
?
How
should
he
know
his
meeknes
,
that
is
altogether
full
of
wrath
and
envie
?
How
his
exceeding
wonderfull
patience
,
which
rejoyceth
in
revenge
,
and
imitateth
John
,
If
we
say
we
have
society
with
him
,
and
walk
in
darknesse
,
we
are
liers
,
and
want
the
truth
.
But
if
we
walk
in
the
light
as
hee
is
in
the
light
,
we
have
joynt
fellowship
with
him
.
Which
in
the
second
chapter
hee
addeth
,
The
darknessc
is
passed
over
,
and
the
true
light
now
shineth
:
h●e
which
saith
hee
is
in
the
light
and
hateth
his
brother
,
is
in
darknesse
untill
now
.
He
that
loveth
his
brother
abideth
in
the
light
,
and
there
is
no
offence
in
him
.
But
he
that
hateth
his
brother
is
in
darknesse
,
and
walketh
in
darknesse
,
and
knoweth
not
whither
he
goeth
,
because
darknesse
hath
blinded
his
eyes
.
And
how
long
a
man
remaineth
in
that
terrible
cloud
of
sinnes
,
he
cannot
bee
lightned
of
Christ
,
which
is
the
true
Light
,
and
come
to
the
knowledge
of
God
.
For
the
true
knowledge
of
God
and
Christ
consisteth
in
that
hee
understands
God
to
be
meere
After
the
same
manner
,
the
word
of
God
is
nothing
but
Spirit
:
whereupon
they
which
live
not
in
the
Spirit
,
these
consequently
doe
not
know
what
the
word
of
God
is
,
although
they
fable
and
dispute
of
it
every
where
.
Therefore
it
belongeth
not
to
him
to
judge
of
love
,
who
never
exerciseth
it
.
For
all
knowledge
,
as
we
said
even
now
,
beginneth
with
feeling
&
experience
.
Let
your
light
so
shine
before
men
,
that
they
may
see
your
good
works
,
and
glorifie
your
Father
which
is
in
heaven
.
Now
seeing
that
the
most
holy
life
of
Christ
is
nothing
but
meer
love
,
if
we
endeavour
to
drink
and
draw
from
him
true
faith
,
humility
,
lowlinesse
,
and
patience
,
as
it
is
given
in
commandement
to
us
by
the
severe
Law
of
Learning
,
then
truly
we
are
transformed
into
his
image
,
and
we
are
beautified
and
adorned
with
his
love
no
otherwise
then
if
we
were
covered
with
Christ
himselfe
,
which
is
the
eternal
and
true
Light
,
according
to
that
of
the
Ephesians
,
chap.
5.
Arise
thou
that
sleepest
,
and
arise
from
the
dead
,
and
Christ
will
inlighten
thee
.
Whereupon
it
followeth
again
,
that
as
many
as
doe
not
awake
from
the
sleep
of
the
world
,
that
is
,
concupiseence
of
the
eyes
,
of
the
flesh
,
and
pride
of
life
,
their
soule
cannot
truly
be
illuminated
by
Christ
.
Contrariwise
,
they
which
assume
the
life
of
Christ
,
and
follow
him
in
faith
,
these
truly
are
illuminated
,
according
to
that
of
Saint
John
,
chap.
8.
I
am
the
light
of
the
world
,
he
which
followeth
me
,
in
faith
,
charity
,
hope
,
patience
,
lowlinesse
,
humility
,
feare
of
walketh
not
in
darknesse
,
but
shall
have
the
light
of
life
.
As
if
he
should
say
:
Onely
those
that
imitate
me
,
have
the
light
of
life
,
and
the
true
illumination
and
knowledge
of
mee
.
By
reason
of
the
same
Faith
and
Life
of
Christ
,
or
Christian
life
;
blessed
Paul
,
Ephes
.
5.
calleth
the
faithful
the
Light
,
You
were
(
saith
he
)
sometimes
darknesse
,
but
now
light
in
the
Lord
.
And
1
Thess.
5.
You
are
all
the
sonnes
of
light
,
and
the
sonnes
of
God
;
we
are
not
of
the
night
;
nor
darknesse
,
having
put
on
the
breast-plate
of
faith
,
and
love
,
and
the
helmet
of
salvation
.
To
this
belongeth
that
of
the
Book
of
Wisdome
,
which
faith
,
That
the
holy
Ghost
doth
flye
wicked
persons
,
but
comes
into
holy
souls
,
and
of
them
makes
Prophets
,
and
friends
of
God
.
Which
if
it
flye
the
wicked
,
it
is
plain
that
they
cannot
be
inlightened
of
it
.
To
which
that
is
like
,
that
Christ
denieth
the
world
,
that
is
,
carnal
minds
not
repenting
them
at
all
,
can
they
receive
the
holy
Ghost
.
But
that
there
might
be
a
perfect
and
absolute
example
amongst
men
,
and
an
Idea
of
vertue
,
therefore
the
Son
of
God
became
Man
,
and
by
his
most
holy
life
,
became
the
publick
Light
of
the
world
;
that
all
men
might
follow
him
,
beleeve
in
him
,
and
be
illuminated
from
him
.
Now
seeing
the
false
Christians
themselves
know
not
Christ
to
be
the
most
perfect
and
absolute
righteousnesse
,
or
vertue
,
therefore
they
did
not
care
for
following
him
,
it
is
manifest
that
the
Ethnicks
,
the
most
rigid
observers
&
lovers
of
vertue
,
did
goe
far
beyond
them
.
Of
whom
the
wisest
,
as
Plato
,
Aristotle
,
Cicero
,
and
Seneca
determined
:
If
the
virtue
of
the
body
may
be
seen
,
or
could
bee
seen
,
it
would
appeare
more
cleare
then
Lucifer
,
or
the
day
starre
.
But
those
that
shal
behold
Christ
with
the
eye
of
faith
,
he
being
the
true
Lucifer
,
or
Day-star
,
doth
far
excel
them
,
and
see
and
contract
the
word
of
life
,
1
John
1.
But
if
the
Ethnicks
did
so
esteeme
virtue
,
and
desired
to
see
it
,
how
much
more
ought
Christians
to
esteem
it
above
all
things
,
seeing
Christ
is
meere
virtue
,
meere
transformed
into
the
image
of
Christ
,
from
glory
to
glory
,
2
Cor.
3.
For
God
giveth
grace
to
the
humble
,
saith
Saint
Peter
,
1
Epist.
chap.
5.
And
Saint
Bernard
,
The
floods
of
grace
doe
flow
downwards
,
not
upwards
.
By
all
which
it
cometh
to
passe
,
that
the
grace
of
the
light
and
of
knowledge
divine
,
is
not
communicated
to
a
man
that
liveth
not
in
Christ
,
but
walketh
in
the
way
of
the
Devil
,
when
true
faith
,
and
the
works
thereof
doe
not
leave
us
empty
,
or
void
of
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
2
Pet.
1.
Now
seeing
that
a
man
having
the
Light
and
Life
of
Christ
,
dwelleth
in
him
(
for
all
these
things
hee
is
himselfe
)
therefore
according
to
the
saying
of
the
Prophet
Esay
,
chap.
11.
upon
such
and
no
otherwise
then
upon
Christ
himselfe
,
do
rest
the
gifts
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
Spirit
of
wisdome
and
understanding
,
the
Spirit
of
counsell
and
fortitude
,
the
Spirit
of
knowledge
,
piety
,
and
the
feare
of
the
Lord
.
Wherefore
Saint
Peter
in
the
second
of
the
Acts
,
speaketh
thus
to
the
Jewes
,
Repent
,
and
you
shall
receive
the
gifts
of
the
holy
Ghost
:
as
if
he
should
say
,
The
Spirit
of
God
,
of
which
you
have
had
experience
,
and
which
is
the
Illuminator
of
the
heart
,
sendeth
not
it self
into
other
minds
then
those
that
are
faithful
and
repent
.
Goe
to
then
,
O
mortals
,
which
desire
to
bee
freed
from
the
blindnesse
of
heart
,
and
everlasting
darknesse
;
and
lastly
from
the
Devil
himselfe
,
imitate
Christ
in
faith
and
true
conversation
,
and
amendment
,
being
sure
that
the
neerer
you
are
to
Christ
,
the
neerer
you
are
to
Eternall
Light
:
and
by
how
much
mor●
unfaithful
you
are
,
so
much
neerer
you
a●●
to
Darknesse
and
the
Devill
.
For
as
Faith
,
Christ
,
and
all
vertues
are
knit
together
:
so
in
like
manner
,
incredulity
,
the
Devil
,
and
all
vices
doe
cleave
together
.
Behold
with
me
the
Apostles
imitating
Christ
in
faith
,
contemning
the
world
,
denying
themselves
,
renouncing
their
possessions
,
and
living
in
eternity
:
by
which
things
they
attained
to
this
,
that
they
might
be
heavenly
illuminated
,
and
might
bee
indued
with
the
holy
Ghost
.
To
whom
was
most
unlike
the
young
man
that
was
so
rich
,
whilst
hee
studied
himselfe
,
and
thought
himselfe
something
,
Luke
18.
Therefore
hee
remained
in
the
darknesse
of
the
world
,
neither
was
he
inlightned
to
eternall
life
.
For
hee
that
loveth
the
world
,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him
.
And
blessed
John
professeth
plainly
,
That
he
which
loveth
not
,
remaineth
in
darknesse
,
and
knoweth
not
whither
hee
goeth
,
because
darknesse
hath
blinded
his
eyes
.
To
whom
agreeth
Taulerus
,
who
in
all
his
Sermons
every
where
sheweth
and
admonisheth
,
without
serious
exercise
of
faith
,
without
mortification
and
selfe-denial
,
without
inward
turning
himselfe
to
his
heart
,
and
lastly
,
without
the
inward
Sabbath
of
the
soule
,
no
man
can
receive
the
divine
Light
,
or
perceive
it
in
himselfe
.
In
brief
,
as
much
as
in
the
condition
after
conversion
the
works
of
darknes
by
the
spirit
of
God
in
man
are
destroied
,
so
much
is
he
illuminated
:
and
by
how
much
more
&
more
powerfully
on
the
other
side
our
corrupt
nature
,
as
the
flesh
&
the
world
,
in
man
do
beare
rule
;
so
much
lesse
Grace
,
Light
,
Spirit
of
God
and
Christ
is
in
him
.
Therefore
it
remaineth
,
without
daily
&
continual
repentance
,
no
man
can
be
illuminated
,
when
as
he
hath
not
resisted
one
●ice
,
nor
And
you
ought
to
have
care
,
and
to
use
diligence
,
ministring
in
your
faith
virtue
,
and
in
your
virtue
knowledge
,
in
knowledge
abstinence
,
in
abstinence
patience
,
in
patience
piety
,
in
piety
brotherly
love
,
in
brotherly
love
charity
.
And
if
yee
doe
these
things
and
abound
therein
,
you
shall
not
be
found
empty
,
nor
without
fruit
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
As
if
he
should
say
,
he
that
shall
not
addict
himselfe
wholly
to
the
study
and
exercise
of
these
virtues
,
he
knoweth
not
Christ
:
but
he
that
by
faith
profiteth
in
them
,
he
groweth
in
Christ
:
all
other
,
as
proud
ones
,
wrathfull
ones
,
covetous
ones
,
impatient
ones
,
profit
not
in
Christ
,
but
in
the
Devil
.
And
it
is
left
us
Christians
in
precept
,
that
as
a
child
by
little
and
little
,
and
in
time
is
made
a
man
:
so
we
may
grow
in
faith
,
and
in
the
study
of
virtue
,
to
perfect
men
to
the
measure
of
full
age
in
Christ
,
Ephes.
4.
Coloss.
1.
But
to
whom
these
things
are
not
ready
,
or
at
hand
,
(
saith
Saint
Peter
,
2.
Epist.
1.
)
he
is
blind
and
hand-bound
,
forgetfull
of
the
purging
of
his
old
sinnes
.
As
if
he
should
say
,
It
is
for
certain
,
that
Christ
by
his
death
and
bloud
,
took
and
did
beare
all
our
sinnes
;
but
in
the
mean
time
we
must
beware
that
we
addict
not
our selves
to
sin
hereafter
,
but
rather
the
death
of
Christ
fructifying
in
us
,
we
die
to
the
world
,
and
live
in
Christ
;
which
whosoever
doth
not
care
to
doe
,
to
this
man
it
is
plain
,
that
the
purging
of
his
old
sins
profiteth
nothing
.
Whereupon
it
followeth
,
if
wee
desire
to
have
the
sinnes
of
our
former
life
remitted
and
pardoned
,
we
must
forbeare
●●
sin
,
we
must
repent
and
beleeve
in
Christ
:
which
if
we
doe
not
,
then
we
retain
all
those
sinnes
of
our
former
life
,
and
they
are
to
be
lamented
by
us
to
all
eternity
,
without
all
hope
of
expiation
,
or
forgivenesse
;
so
that
it
is
possible
that
even
for
wrath
alone
,
a
man
may
be
damned
,
which
if
he
had
by
Christian
lowliness
corrected
,
then
in
truth
he
had
obtained
pardon
for
all
his
other
sins
,
which
because
he
neglected
to
do
,
therfore
according
to
the
words
of
Saint
Peter
,
He
is
blind
,
being
forgetfull
of
the
purging
of
his
old
sinnes
.
Whereby
it
is
given
to
understand
,
The
poore
receive
the
Gospel
,
that
is
,
obtain
the
remission
of
sinnes
.
Now
let
us
suppose
some
Usurer
for
many
yeares
hath
been
a
servant
to
covetousnesse
,
Mary
Magdalen
;
or
lastly
,
to
wrath
and
revenge
,
as
Esau
:
and
this
man
so
soon
as
he
heard
these
offences
were
to
be
left
,
or
else
the
death
and
bloud
of
Christ
would
profit
him
nothing
,
hee
becommeth
a
suppliant
to
God
,
and
to
him
,
as
old
men
did
speak
,
to
give
satisfaction
in
words
,
and
then
to
desist
from
his
sinnes
to
crave
pardon
and
grace
of
God
,
and
to
beleeve
in
Christ
,
then
it
is
most
certain
,
that
all
his
first
offences
are
remitted
him
out
of
meere
grace
,
and
no
merit
,
but
for
the
death
and
bloud
of
Christ
shed
for
them
.
But
these
that
have
not
determined
as
yet
to
detest
covetousnesse
,
wrath
,
usury
,
pride
and
lust
;
they
,
because
they
want
faith
purging
their
hearts
,
may
hope
in
vain
for
the
remission
of
their
sins
,
but
lament
for
them
in
eternall
torments
never
to
bee
satisfied
.
Whereupon
blessed
Paul
doth
earnestly
admonish
,
Galat.
5.
Because
they
doe
such
things
,
they
shall
not
inherit
or
possesse
the
Kingdome
of
heaven
.
Therefore
either
eternal
damnation
followeth
,
or
amendment
of
their
lives
to
a
better
;
which
where
it
is
done
by
faith
and
true
conversion
unto
God
,
there
is
pardon
and
divine
grace
ready
at
hand
,
yea
Christ
himselfe
,
without
whom
there
is
no
grace
:
For
Christ
doth
accompany
his
most
pretious
Righteousnesse
and
peace
doe
kisse
each
other
;
with
a
cheerfull
conscience
the
holy
Ghost
;
which
because
it
is
the
spirit
of
joy
,
thereupon
also
joy
followeth
,
and
thereupon
life
eternal
,
which
is
nothing
but
joy
sempiternal
.
And
this
is
that
light
of
eternal
life
with
which
they
are
crowned
so
many
as
live
in
Christ
and
daily
repentance
,
whose
beginning
and
foundation
is
the
death
of
Christ
.
On
the
contrary
,
where
there
is
no
repentance
,
there
is
grace
wanting
,
and
grace
wanting
,
neither
is
Christ
there
present
,
who
being
absent
,
his
merit
is
not
participated
,
and
that
which
dependeth
upon
CHAP.
XXXVIII
.
That
the
Antichristian
life
is
the
cause
of
false
doctrine
,
hardnesse
of
heart
and
blindnesse
;
where
certain
things
are
ingraffed
in
predestination
.
John
12.
Yet
there
is
a
little
light
in
you
:
walk
while
you
have
the
light
,
lest
darknesse
comprehend
you
.
SEing
it
is
certain
that
Christ
,
together
with
faith
and
a
Christian
life
,
is
denied
,
renounced
,
and
wholly
extirpated
,
to
what
end
serveth
his
doctrine
to
us
?
which
together
with
the
Sacraments
to
that
end
is
Little
children
,
whilst
yee
have
light
,
walk
in
it
,
lest
darknesse
doe
comprehend
you
;
I
say
,
the
darknesse
of
errors
,
deceivers
,
deluding
,
of
blindnesse
and
hardnesse
of
heart
:
such
darknesse
as
deceived
Pharaoh
,
the
Jewes
,
and
Julian
,
who
in
the
end
convicted
by
his
own
conscience
in
his
own
evill
,
exclaimed
openly
and
confessed
,
that
Christ
did
yet
live
,
and
the
true
God
,
saying
,
Thou
hast
overcome
,
O
Galilean
,
thou
hast
overcome
;
when
it
had
been
better
for
him
to
have
said
,
Have
mercy
upon
me
;
but
he
could
not
so
say
because
of
his
blindnes
,
Who
is
the
Lord
that
I
should
heare
his
voyce
,
and
let
Israel
goe
?
I
know
not
the
the
Lord
.
Therefore
it
was
convenient
that
God
should
manifest
himselfe
to
him
by
his
power
,
making
him
an
example
before
the
whole
world
,
that
it
might
bee
manifest
that
man
can
do
nothing
against
God
.
In
like
manner
when
the
Jews
would
not
hearken
unto
God
,
they
were
strucken
with
blindnesse
and
hardnesse
of
heart
:
that
which
Moses
had
fore-told
them
would
come
to
passe
,
Deut.
28.
&
32.
The
Lord
shall
strike
thee
with
madnesse
and
blindnesse
,
and
the
fury
of
the
mind
;
and
it
came
to
passe
,
witnesse
Esay
,
chap.
6.
Whereby
it
is
manifest
,
that
such
●lindnesse
is
the
most
just
punishment
of
incredulity
and
contempt
of
God
and
heavenly
truth
,
according
to
that
of
Paul
,
2
Thess.
2.
Because
they
received
not
the
love
of
the
truth
that
they
might
bee
saved
,
therefore
God
shall
send
unto
them
,
or
give
them
over
to
be
deceived
by
the
spirit
of
errour
,
to
beleeve
lies
,
that
all
may
be
judged
that
beleeved
not
the
truth
,
but
consented
to
iniquity
.
By
which
it
is
given
us
to
understand
,
why
God
is
wont
to
permit
such
blindnesse
and
hardnesse
of
heart
.
Moreover
to
whom
he
denieth
,
and
lastly
taketh
away
his
offered
Paul
,
Rom.
9.
recounteth
that
oracle
of
God
out
of
Moses
;
I
will
have
have
mercy
on
whom
I
will
have
mercy
;
and
I
will
shew
pitie
on
whom
I
will
have
pitie
.
Therefore
on
whom
he
will
,
he
hath
pitie
;
and
whom
he
will
,
he
hardeneth
.
But
he
hath
pitie
of
all
who
acknowledge
his
mercies
;
and
contrariwise
hardeneth
those
that
doe
repudiate
and
blaspheme
his
offered
grace
:
that
which
blessed
Paul
plainly
reproacheth
the
Jewes
,
Acts
13.
It
was
meet
that
first
the
word
of
God
should
be
preached
to
you
:
but
because
you
expell
it
,
and
judge
your selves
unworthy
of
eternall
life
,
behold
,
wee
turn
unto
the
Gentiles
.
And
the
Gentiles
hearing
,
rejoyced
,
and
glorified
the
word
of
the
Lord
,
and
beleeved
as
many
as
were
ordained
to
eternall
life
:
that
is
,
as
many
as
did
not
repudiate
the
word
of
grace
,
or
meanes
of
faith
.
Of
which
contempt
because
the
Jewes
were
guilty
,
therefore
they
could
not
beleeve
:
for
Almighty
God
hath
preordained
none
to
eternal
life
which
repel
his
Word
disdainfully
.
Therefore
predestination
,
or
preordination
to
life
eternall
,
is
finished
or
brought
to
passe
am
the
light
of
the
world
,
he
that
followeth
me
,
walketh
not
in
darknesse
,
but
shall
have
the
light
of
life
.
As
if
he
should
say
,
whosoever
shall
contemne
to
imitate
my
life
,
the
darknesse
of
errors
,
of
seducements
,
blindnesse
,
and
hardnesse
of
heart
.
Behold
with
me
the
most
proud
,
the
most
excellent
,
the
chiefe
,
the
most
learned
,
and
the
most
powerfull
of
this
world
,
whose
errors
in
truth
,
seducements
and
blindnesse
,
come
the
workes
of
errors
,
and
Satanicall
lies
,
which
rush
upon
us
more
powerfully
,
because
the
universall
world
refuseth
to
imitate
the
life
of
Christ
.
For
what
society
is
there
between
light
and
darknesse
,
and
what
agreement
is
there
between
Christ
and
Belial
?
2
Corinth
.
chap.
6.
As
if
hee
should
say
,
the
purity
of
doctrine
and
divine
knowledge
cannot
remain
with
those
,
or
amongst
those
that
live
in
the
Devil
,
in
darknesse
,
in
pride
,
in
covetousnesse
and
pleasure
.
For
how
should
pure
doctrine
and
divine
mix
themselves
together
,
or
suffer
themselves
to
live
together
with
an
unpure
and
an
unchristian
life
?
Or
what
is
more
disagreeing
and
unreconcileable
then
an
impure
life
,
and
pure
doctrine
?
Wherefore
if
we
will
retain
doctrine
,
the
way
we
hold
,
is
wholly
to
bee
changed
,
is
utterly
to
bee
changed
by
publicke
suffrage
of
custome
and
applause
,
and
it
must
be
altered
for
a
better
then
Antichristian
,
we
must
imitate
Christ
,
and
shake
off
the
sleep
of
sinne
,
and
God
blinded
the
minds
of
the
unfaithful
of
this
age
,
that
the
light
of
the
Gospel
should
not
shine
upon
them
:
and
also
which
God
by
Esay
,
ch
.
29.
threatens
to
all
hypocrits
boasting
of
Christ
and
his
doctrine
,
and
denying
him
in
life
,
that
they
shal
be
seduced
by
the
illusion
of
false
prophets
,
as
Achab
was
:
For
because
this
people
draweth
neere
me
with
their
mouths
,
&
honour
me
with
their
lips
,
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me
;
therfore
the
wisdom
of
the
wise
shal
fail
,
and
the
understanding
of
the
wise
shall
be
hid
:
the
Lord
shall
shut
their
eyes
,
he
shal
darken
the
eyes
of
the
Prophets
,
&
the
principal
of
them
that
see
visions
,
and
the
word
of
God
shall
be
as
a
sealed
booke
,
and
as
letters
to
an
ignorant
man
.
To
which
those
are
like
which
blessed
Paul
,
2
Cor.
3.
mentioneth
of
the
CHAP.
XXXIX
.
The
purity
of
doctrine
,
and
the
divine
Word
not
only
by
disputing
and
writing
many
books
,
but
by
true
repentance
also
,
&
a
holy
life
is
to
bee
obtained
and
kept
.
2
Timoth.
1.
Take
the
form
of
wholsome
words
,
which
thou
hast
heard
of
me
in
faith
,
and
in
love
in
Christ
Jesus
.
The
good
which
is
deposed
hold
fast
by
the
holy
Ghost
which
dwelleth
in
us
.
THe
purity
of
Doctrine
,
and
the
verity
of
Christian
faith
come
to
be
defended
against
Sects
and
Heresies
:
after
the
example
of
the
Prophets
which
preached
against
Martin
Luther
,
by
whose
excellent
and
grave
writings
the
Papality
and
other
Hereticks
were
much
weakened
,
it
is
as
cleare
as
the
noon-day
.
Therefore
it
remaineth
as
a
thing
most
fit
and
requisite
,
to
preach
,
write
and
dispute
,
that
the
purity
of
the
doctrine
,
and
the
verity
of
religion
might
bee
manifest
,
according
to
the
Apostle
,
who
in
the
first
chapter
to
Titus
will
have
a
Bishop
to
be
powerfull
to
exhort
in
doctrine
that
is
sound
,
and
to
argue
with
those
that
contradict
it
.
The
because
the
vineyard
of
the
Lord
did
not
bring
forth
clusters
of
grapes
,
but
wild
grapes
,
therefore
Almighty
God
had
decreed
to
lay
it
wast
.
Whereby
it
plainly
appeareth
,
that
impiety
is
the
cause
why
God
useth
to
take
his
word
from
us
.
To
the
same
sense
is
that
which
Christ
said
,
John
12.
Walk
in
the
light
whilst
you
have
it
,
lest
darknesse
overtake
you
.
For
what
other
thing
is
it
to
walk
in
the
light
,
then
to
imitate
Christ
?
Or
what
other
thing
is
it
to
be
overtaken
with
darknesse
,
then
to
lose
the
purity
of
the
Gospel
?
Whereby
it
appeareth
whose
beginning
sith
the
fear
of
God
is
,
as
it
is
in
Psa.
111.
who
likewise
doubteth
impiety
to
be
the
beginning
of
folly
,
ignorance
and
blindnesse
?
Moreover
,
the
true
knowledge
of
Christ
,
and
pure
doctrine
,
and
the
profession
thereof
,
doth
not
consist
in
words
onely
,
but
in
deed
and
holy
life
,
according
Titus
,
chap.
1.
They
confesse
they
know
God
,
but
deny
him
in
their
deeds
,
when
they
are
abominable
and
unbeleevers
and
reprobates
to
every
good
work
.
And
Titus
3.
They
have
the
shew
of
godlinesse
,
but
deny
the
virtue
thereof
.
Whereby
it
is
given
to
understand
,
that
Christ
and
his
Word
is
denied
by
a
wicked
life
as
wel
as
words
;
neither
hath
he
the
true
knowledge
of
Christ
which
never
putteth
it
into
action
.
Wherefore
he
that
never
feeleth
or
tasteth
the
humility
,
lowlinesse
,
is
charity
from
a
pure
heart
and
a
good
conscience
,
and
an
unfained
faith
.
But
we
live
in
that
age
wherein
there
is
a
great
number
of
those
whom
if
wee
heare
them
disputing
so
acutely
and
well
of
the
doctrine
of
Christian
religion
,
you
would
think
them
to
be
men
of
great
worth
;
but
if
you
behold
them
narrowly
,
and
touch
them
neerly
,
you
shall
then
know
them
to
bee
inwardly
and
in
their
hearts
full
of
pride
,
envie
,
and
covetousnesse
,
that
no
Basilisk
can
be
more
venemous
.
Against
whom
therefore
wee
must
beware
,
observe
what
Paul
saith
,
1
Tim.
1.
he
doth
not
rashly
or
suddenly
joyn
Love
and
Faith
,
that
hee
may
shew
that
these
two
do
or
would
conspire
and
consent
together
.
And
although
wee
cannot
arrogate
so
much
to
our
strength
and
piety
,
that
wee
make
it
the
price
of
our
happinesse
,
knowing
also
with
Saint
Peter
,
Epist
.
1.
chap.
1.
that
wee
are
kept
in
the
virtue
of
God
by
faith
to
salvation
:
yet
we
professe
this
,
that
by
an
Antichristian
life
the
Spirit
of
God
will
avoyd
us
with
all
So
soon
as
a
man
dedicateth
himselfe
to
God
,
and
suffereth
him
,
and
denieth
his
own
will
and
flesh
,
then
truly
the
Spirit
of
God
doth
begin
to
make
beginning
of
illumination
,
and
endowing
with
true
and
solid
knowledge
,
because
indeed
this
man
doth
celebrate
the
true
Sabbath
of
the
heart
,
and
keepeth
holy
day
,
and
resteth
from
his
wicked
concupiscences
,
will
and
works
.
Which
is
to
be
taken
of
the
state
after
conversion
,
and
of
daily
illumination
,
and
of
the
increase
of
gifts
and
spirituall
grace
.
Now
neither
is
it
unfitly
said
which
Christ
,
John
14.
speaketh
,
I
am
the
Way
,
the
Truth
,
and
the
Life
;
calling
himselfe
the
Way
,
who
sheweth
the
same
unto
us
,
not
strait
way
and
narrow
gate
,
Matth.
7.
which
few
doe
find
;
this
is
the
book
of
life
which
almost
none
doe
reade
,
although
in
it
all
things
are
contained
which
a
Christian
ought
to
know
:
so
that
wee
shall
need
no
other
book
to
our
eternall
salvation
.
Which
is
the
reason
why
also
the
holy
Scripture
is
contained
in
very
few
bookes
,
to
wit
,
that
it
might
appeare
that
Christianity
did
not
consist
in
the
multitude
of
Eccles.
c.
12.
There
is
no
end
of
making
many
books
,
and
much
meditation
of
the
flesh
is
affliction
.
In
like
maner
let
us
all
hear
the
end
of
speaking
,
Fear
God
and
keep
his
commandements
.
Moreover
,
Matth.
7.
it
is
said
,
That
the
Devill
when
men
are
asleep
soweth
Tares
in
the
Wheat
:
that
teacheth
us
,
when
men
neglect
repentance
,
and
sleep
soundly
in
their
sinnes
,
and
are
overtaken
with
the
love
of
this
world
,
we
having
more
care
of
frail
things
then
immortall
goods
,
then
by
little
and
little
doth
the
Devil
sprinkle
his
Arise
thou
that
sleepest
,
and
Christ
shall
inlighten
thee
,
being
willing
to
shew
that
no
man
can
bee
divinely
enlightned
,
who
hath
not
before
shaken
off
from
his
eyes
the
sleep
of
sinne
,
and
driven
from
him
security
and
impiety
,
according
to
that
of
the
Acts
,
chap.
2.
Repent
and
receive
the
gift
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
And
that
of
John
,
chap.
17.
The
world
cannot
receive
the
holy
Ghost
:
understanding
by
the
world
,
a
wicked
and
worldly
life
.
Likewise
when
Christ
saith
,
You
know
them
by
their
fruits
,
O
Lord
,
Lord
,
but
the
fruits
of
life
is
the
signe
and
mark
of
true
and
false
Christians
?
For
what
belongeth
the
pure
doctrine
to
those
false
Christians
use
,
who
under
pretext
of
sheeps
cloathing
doe
make
shew
,
when
inwardly
they
are
nothing
less
then
true
Christians
.
And
although
the
life
be
corrupt
,
yet
it
should
not
,
or
may
not
bee
drawn
into
the
argument
of
false
and
wicked
doctrine
,
as
the
Papists
do
at
this
day
,
esteeming
and
condemning
our
doctrine
by
the
wickednes
of
our
lives
(
which
way
of
arguing
if
it
were
worth
any
thing
,
now
the
doctrine
of
Christ
&
his
Apostles
had
not
been
sound
,
because
even
then
many
false
Christians
were
found
)
but
it
is
yet
and
will
be
a
shew
and
mark
of
the
men
themselves
whereby
He
that
cleaveth
to
the
Lord
is
spirit
.
And
what
is
it
to
have
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
and
to
breath
with
it
,
then
to
have
the
same
understanding
and
mind
,
and
the
same
heart
?
which
joynt
breathing
and
consent
,
is
nothing
else
but
a
new
,
holy
,
noble
,
heavenly
,
spirituall
,
and
heroicall
life
of
Christ
in
us
.
Also
2
Cor.
6.
In
Christ
is
a
new
creature
,
terming
to
bee
in
Christ
,
not
onely
to
beleeve
in
him
,
but
to
live
in
him
.
Also
Hosea
2.
I
will
espouse
thee
to
me
for
ever
,
in
faith
I
will
spouse
thee
to
me
.
Which
indeed
signifie
nothing
else
then
that
a
man
wholly
and
spiritually
is
to
bee
united
to
Christ
;
so
that
where
faith
is
,
there
is
Christ
;
where
Christ
is
,
there
his
life
is
in
man
;
where
the
life
of
Christ
is
,
there
is
love
;
where
love
is
;
there
is
God
himselfe
(
for
God
is
love
)
and
the
holy
Ghost
remaineth
.
For
all
things
are
connexed
and
chained
together
;
they
cleave
together
no
otherwise
then
the
head
with
the
members
,
and
the
cause
with
the
effect
.
Which
connexion
of
faith
and
life
,
blessed
Peter
,
Epist
.
2.
chap.
1.
representing
to
us
,
writeth
thus
:
But
of
all
have
especiall
care
,
adde
virtue
to
your
faith
,
and
in
virtue
knowledge
,
and
in
knowledge
abstinence
,
and
in
abstinence
patience
,
and
in
patience
piety
,
and
in
piety
brotherly
love
,
and
in
brotherly
love
charity
.
For
if
you
have
these
things
and
abound
therein
,
you
shall
not
bee
empty
,
nor
bee
without
fruit
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
But
for
those
that
have
not
these
things
,
those
are
blind
and
hand-bound
,
being
forgetfull
of
the
purging
of
their
old
sinnes
.
In
which
place
the
Apostle
eloquently
declareth
in
whom
this
conjoyning
of
faith
and
life
is
not
,
when
to
bee
ignorant
of
Christ
,
to
fall
from
faith
,
and
to
walk
in
darknesse
.
For
it
is
the
property
of
true
CHAP.
XL.
Certain
Rules
very
profitable
to
lead
our
lives
Christian-like
,
and
devoutly
.
1
Timothy
4.
Exercise
thy selfe
in
piety
:
for
piety
is
profitable
for
all
things
,
having
promise
both
of
this
life
,
and
the
life
to
come
.
IN
this
admonition
is
contained
a
briefe
description
of
a
Christian
life
,
by
which
wee
are
taught
,
that
a
Christian
ought
to
spend
all
his
time
in
the
study
of
piety
,
(
which
is
the
compendium
of
all
Christian
virtues
;
)
first
,
because
it
is
profitable
for
all
things
,
in
all
our
words
and
deeds
,
blessing
them
if
so
be
we
use
it
in
them
:
Secondly
,
because
God
doth
reward
it
both
in
this
life
and
the
life
to
come
,
where
wee
shall
receive
the
everlasting
harvest
of
our
labours
.
Rule
I.
First
,
although
thou
canst
not
live
so
perfectly
as
the
word
of
God
commandeth
,
and
as
thy
spirit
would
,
yet
thou
II.
In
all
things
that
thou
thinkest
or
III.
Strive
for
it
,
lest
it
happen
that
thou
lose
the
liberty
of
thy
mind
through
evil
concupiscences
of
earthly
things
,
making
thy selfe
a
servant
and
slave
of
the
creatures
.
For
seeing
thy
soule
is
more
noble
then
all
the
world
,
it
were
a
very
unworthy
thing
to
put
it
under
,
and
sell
it
to
the
world
,
and
addict
thy
heart
to
frail
and
frivolous
things
of
the
world
.
IV.
Avoid
studiously
the
sorrow
of
this
world
,
that
bringeth
and
worketh
death
,
and
by
covetousnesse
,
envie
,
and
too
V.
If
thou
canst
not
bear
thy
crosse
with
such
joy
as
is
meet
,
yet
at
least
take
it
with
All
the
workes
of
God
are
good
,
saith
Sirac
.
chap.
39.
And
Psalm
144.
The
Lord
is
just
in
all
his
wayes
,
and
holy
in
all
his
works
.
Wherefore
it
is
more
excellent
VI.
Consolations
and
heavenly
visits
are
to
bee
received
with
humble
thankes
.
Contrariwise
,
if
they
doe
not
move
thee
,
then
know
that
the
mortification
of
the
flesh
is
more
profit
for
thee
then
the
joyes
of
the
Spirit
.
For
unto
us
that
bee
subject
to
sinne
,
and
dwelling
in
flesh
and
blood
,
griefe
is
farre
better
then
joy
and
delight
.
For
many
by
reason
of
plenty
of
spiritual
Better
is
sorrow
then
laughter
,
saith
Solomon
,
Eccles
.
7.
Because
by
sorrow
the
mind
of
the
offender
is
corrected
.
The
heart
of
a
wise
man
is
where
sorrow
is
,
and
the
heart
of
a
foole
where
joyfulnesse
and
mirth
is
.
VII
.
If
thou
canst
not
bring
great
offerings
of
devotion
,
prayer
,
and
thanksgiving
to
God
,
offer
to
him
that
thou
hast
,
and
canst
,
commending
and
adorning
thy
smal
sacrifices
with
good
wil
and
holy
desires
,
that
thy
religion
and
devotion
may
become
acceptable
before
God
:
because
to
have
even
that
pious
desire
,
or
be
willing
to
have
,
is
no
smal
grace
,
and
most
acceptable
sacrifice
to
God
;
because
so
much
as
we
wish
to
perform
before
him
of
devotion
,
prayer
,
praises
,
and
desire
of
heavenly
things
,
even
so
much
it
is
before
God
.
For
he
requireth
nothing
of
thee
but
that
his
grace
and
favour
may
worke
in
thee
,
neither
canst
thou
return
him
any
more
then
he
hath
first
bestowed
on
thee
.
In
the
mean
time
desire
this
of
Jesus
Christ
with
humble
prayer
,
Ephesians
,
chap.
1.
He
hath
gratified
us
in
his
beloved
Son
.
VIII
.
When
sins
and
manifold
imperfections
doe
make
thee
sad
,
let
them
not
There
is
mercy
with
the
Lord
,
and
plenteous
redemption
with
him
,
Psa.
130.
If
thy
imperfections
be
great
again
and
again
,
remember
Christs
merits
are
far
greater
,
and
say
with
David
,
Psalm
11.
Have
mercy
upon
mee
according
to
thy
great
mercies
.
And
when
by
the
grace
of
God
thou
art
penitent
for
thy
sinnes
,
and
dost
behold
Christ
in
faith
,
then
in
like
manner
God
is
grieved
at
thy
punishment
,
and
pardon
and
remission
followeth
this
thy
divine
and
wholsome
contrition
by
and
by
:
and
so
oft
as
thou
becomest
an
offender
,
and
returnest
again
to
him
by
sorrowfull
sighes
.
For
even
as
the
Leper
was
healed
in
a
moment
when
he
said
to
Christ
;
Lord
,
if
thou
wilt
,
thou
canst
make
me
whole
:
and
he
answered
,
I
will
,
be
thou
clean
:
So
Almighty
God
inwardly
and
in
the
Spirit
,
maketh
thee
clean
,
saying
,
Be
confident
my
sonne
,
thy
sins
are
forgiven
thee
.
Which
great
mercy
of
God
in
cleansing
and
pardoning
our
sins
,
prefigured
in
that
Lepers
example
,
ought
not
to
give
us
occasion
to
sin
again
,
but
more
and
more
to
glorifie
God
:
whereupon
thou
mayst
say
;
My
soule
praise
the
Lord
.
IX
.
Outward
injuries
,
reproaches
,
and
For
whatsoever
lieth
hid
in
a
man
,
or
concealed
,
provocated
contumelies
do
make
triall
of
him
.
Therefore
if
thy
heart
bee
indued
with
humility
and
lowlinesse
,
thou
wilt
easily
beare
all
contempts
;
nay
,
whatsoever
shal
happen
to
thee
of
that
kind
,
thou
wilt
accept
it
as
a
punishment
of
God
for
thy
just
desert
and
sinne
,
after
the
example
of
David
,
who
being
reproached
to
his
face
by
Shimei
,
said
(
2
Sam.
16.
)
God
commanded
him
to
revile
David
.
Moreover
,
thou
shouldst
think
the
contempt
of
us
to
be
a
great
part
of
the
contumely
of
Christ
,
which
a
living
and
a
true
member
of
him
ought
to
participate
,
according
to
that
saying
,
Heb.
13.
Let
us
goe
to
him
,
bearing
our
infirmities
.
Not
being
unmindfull
with
what
heart
,
with
what
lowlinesse
hee
did
beare
his
reproach
;
then
conclude
,
for
him
in
like
manner
thou
art
to
bear
thy
reproaches
and
private
injuries
with
an
equal
mind
.
Do
not
thou
say
,
Shall
I
suffer
these
things
at
his
hands
?
For
by
reason
of
the
lowlinesse
,
and
most
patient
heart
of
Christ
,
all
things
should
bee
moderately
born
by
thee
.
I
conceale
the
benignity
of
Christ
to
be
so
great
,
that
for
one
contumely
that
an
innocent
doth
suffer
,
he
is
ready
to
reward
it
with
many
honours
and
gifts
.
That
David
knew
when
hee
received
the
reproach
of
Shimei
,
as
a
pledge
and
token
of
honour
to
come
,
saying
,
Suffer
him
to
revile
as
the
Lord
hath
commanded
him
.
If
the
Lord
shall
respect
my
affliction
,
and
the
Lord
shall
return
me
good
for
his
cursing
this
very
day
.
Wherefore
let
not
the
fables
of
men
perturb
thee
,
but
rather
rejoyce
,
because
the
glory
of
Gods
Spirit
resteth
in
vile
things
,
1
Pet.
4.
X.
Study
to
overcome
and
pacifie
thy
enemies
and
detractors
with
benefits
and
goodnesse
;
not
in
wrath
,
nor
in
revenge
,
nor
in
returning
answer
:
for
no
man
will
be
reconciled
to
thee
by
this
means
,
seeing
that
victory
consisteth
in
virtue
,
not
in
vice
.
For
as
Devils
doe
not
drive
one
another
out
,
or
away
:
so
revenges
and
maledictions
doe
not
pacifie
but
provoke
thy
calumniators
.
For
as
no
man
goeth
about
to
heale
a
frantick
man
,
or
a
wretched
person
,
or
a
wounded
man
afflicted
with
soares
,
with
beating
,
or
club-law
:
so
a
man
evil
affected
to
you
,
is
to
be
handled
with
lenity
,
and
not
with
cruelty
;
and
by
sweet
and
gentle
means
pacified
.
That
which
God
himself
,
to
overcome
us
,
doth
think
he
must
observe
,
pacifying
our
malice
with
his
goodnes
,
and
our
wrath
with
his
love
,
and
inviting
us
with
this
such
and
so
great
benignity
to
repentance
.
And
Paul
hath
commended
the
same
Art
unto
us
,
Rom.
12.
Bee
not
overcome
of
evill
,
but
overcome
evill
with
goodnesse
.
For
this
is
our
victory
.
XI
.
If
in
thy
neighbour
thou
observest
Galatians
,
chap.
6.
Bear
one
anothers
burdens
,
and
so
you
shall
fulfill
the
law
of
Christ
.
XII
.
The
vices
and
sins
of
our
neighbour
are
to
be
hated
even
as
the
works
of
Father
forgive
them
.
And
contrariwise
,
whosoever
hateth
man
,
cannot
please
God
,
seeing
it
is
his
property
to
desire
to
rectify
all
men
,
according
to
that
of
Luke
9.
The
Son
of
Man
came
not
to
destroy
,
but
to
save
mens
souls
.
XIII
.
Think
all
men
frail
,
but
thy self
Let
him
that
standeth
take
heed
that
hee
fall
not
.
Yea
he
that
maketh
himself
the
lowest
of
all
men
,
this
man
keepeth
the
grace
and
favour
of
God
.
It
is
sure
that
thou
no
lesse
standest
need
of
the
grace
and
mercy
of
God
,
then
the
greatest
sinner
;
which
is
the
greater
to
thee
,
the
more
humble
thou
art
.
Wherefore
blessed
Paul
accounted
himselfe
the
greatest
sinner
,
1
Tim.
1.
And
therefore
saith
,
That
he
obtained
mercy
Christ
shewing
his
patience
in
him
.
To
which
alike
is
that
which
he
saith
,
2
Cor.
12.
As
concerning
my selfe
,
I
will
boast
of
nothing
but
my
infirmities
.
XIV
.
That
true
illumination
doth
follow
XV.
The
true
name
of
Christians
written
CHAP.
XLI
.
In
which
is
repeated
the
summe
of
the
whole
Book
.
That
the
whole
Christian
Religion
doth
consist
in
the
restauration
of
the
divine
Image
in
Man
,
and
extirpation
of
the
Image
of
Satan
.
2
Corinth
.
3.
We
all
beholding
with
a
revealed
face
the
glory
of
the
Lord
,
are
transformed
into
the
same
Image
from
glory
to
glory
,
as
it
were
by
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
.
IN
the
true
knowledge
of
Christ
,
and
of
his
person
,
offices
,
benefits
,
and
heavenly
gifts
,
doth
consist
the
blessed
life
;
which
the
H.
Ghost
doth
enlighten
in
us
as
a
certain
new
light
,
which
in
it selfe
becometh
more
and
more
cleare
,
as
a
certain
metalline
body
,
That
the
glory
of
God
in
the
image
of
God
renewed
doth
shine
as
in
a
glasse
.
Moreover
,
as
God
is
good
and
holy
himself
,
so
the
substance
and
essence
of
the
soule
in
the
beginning
,
disposed
all
things
in
number
,
weight
and
measure
,
and
knew
the
strength
of
all
creatures
,
as
wel
celestial
as
terrestrial
;
so
the
mind
of
man
was
enlightned
by
the
same
light
.
Neither
was
the
will
inferiour
to
the
understanding
,
as
equally
holy
and
conformable
to
the
divine
wil
in
all
things
.
Therefore
as
God
was
,
so
the
soule
of
man
was
,
just
,
benigne
,
merciful
,
long
suffering
,
patient
,
meek
,
courteous
,
true
,
and
chast
.
Which
conformity
of
the
humane
wil
with
the
divine
,
all
the
affections
,
appetites
,
desires
&
motions
of
the
heart
,
did
participate
,
emulating
or
following
most
perfectly
the
motions
and
affections
of
the
divine
wil
;
even
as
God
is
charity
,
so
the
affections
of
the
man
did
breathe
nothing
but
meer
charity
:
and
as
God
Father
,
Sonne
,
and
holy
Ghost
,
are
joyned
together
and
conspire
in
ineffable
and
eternal
love
;
so
all
the
affections
,
motions
,
and
desires
of
the
humane
soule
,
by
a
meer
,
most
pure
,
most
perfect
,
and
most
ardent
love
from
the
bottome
of
the
heart
,
did
grow
warm
and
There
is
no
God
,
Psalm
14.
And
for
this
blindnesse
all
humane
kind
is
abomination
and
accursed
before
Almighty
God
.
And
although
there
bee
and
remain
in
man
a
certain
spark
of
naturall
light
,
by
the
force
thereof
he
understandeth
some
God
to
be
,
and
that
he
is
just
,
as
the
Ethnick
Philosophers
doe
teach
;
yet
the
spirituall
life
,
according
to
God
and
his
righteousnesse
,
is
James
,
chap.
7.
For
God
(
as
wee
said
even
now
)
doth
not
accuse
the
mouth
onely
,
the
tongue
,
hands
and
feet
,
but
the
whole
Man
in
his
own
law
,
yea
,
his
heart
and
mind
,
as
the
cause
and
fountain
of
all
evill
,
as
appeareth
by
the
two
last
precepts
of
the
Decalogue
concerning
concupiscence
to
be
avoyded
.
Which
is
well
to
be
observed
The
naturall
man
understandeth
not
the
things
that
are
of
the
spirit
of
God
,
for
it
is
foolishnesse
to
him
,
and
be
cannot
understand
it
:
that
is
,
he
hath
not
the
least
spark
of
the
spirituall
light
,
tasting
nothing
of
those
things
which
belong
to
an
heavenly
,
divine
,
and
spirituall
life
,
to
which
man
onely
was
created
,
that
being
enlightned
with
spirituall
light
by
the
inward
eyes
of
the
soul
;
he
might
contemplate
the
presence
of
God
,
and
his
most
sincere
love
towards
him
,
might
live
with
CHAP.
XLII
.
Wherein
the
reason
of
the
order
of
the
first
Book
is
set
down
,
and
therewith
is
taught
that
spiritual
pride
is
to
be
eschewed
;
and
herewithal
that
no
true
and
celestiall
gifts
can
be
obtained
without
prayer
.
1
Corinth
.
4.
What
hast
thou
that
thou
hast
not
received
?
And
if
thou
hast
received
it
,
why
dost
thou
boast
,
as
if
thou
hadst
not
received
it
?
BEfore
I
put
an
end
to
this
Book
,
I
thought
good
to
understand
and
foresee
that
the
Reader
be
admonished
of
two
●hings
,
rather
two
Chapters
.
The
first
is
,
that
through
all
this
book
,
is
by
penitence
,
with
all
his
fruits
,
as
by
renovation
in
Christ
,
by
mortification
of
the
flesh
,
deniall
of
our selves
,
contempt
of
the
world
,
and
exercise
of
charity
,
so
copiously
and
dive●sly
described
,
that
was
not
without
cause
,
nor
rashly
done
by
me
.
For
,
first
of
all
,
repentance
is
the
beginning
and
foundation
Finis
.
Glory
to
God
alone
.