Crowning him with Thornes and doing him all the disgrace that they could who was led as a sheep to the slaughter and did stand up to maintain the Doctrine that he delivered 〈◊〉 the mouth of the Father to his death that it might appear to all the word that that he had delivered was truth and for to indicate his doctrine he was ready to lay down his life and was ready to seale the truth with his bloud and as the first Covenant was sealed and confirmed with the bloud 〈◊〉 â—uls and of goats even so he 〈◊〉 willing â—â—d ready to seal and confirme the Covenant of grace and glory with his own bloud and so the bloud of Christ is called the bloud of the Testament Covenant or Will of God â—â—d thus to know the Lord Jesus Christ iâ—â—â—â—rnall life Seventhly it is life eternall to know Christ in his resurrection from death to life so he became the more glorious in that he conqueâ—â—d all his enemies and destroyed those that thought to have destroyed him for he said unto death I will be thy death and he conquered the grave and he said unto the grave give up he overcame sin the world and the devill for he loosed the powers of darknesse and he conquered principalities powers and made a shew of it openly Colos 2. Yea he conquered proud flesh to the terrour of all â—is enemies and thus Jesus Christ rose from death to life and was more famous in his suffering then before in loosing the pains of death Acts 2. 24. for it was impossible that it should be holden of it the Father having before promised That he would not leave his soule in grave nor suffer his holy one to see curruption Psal 16. 10. being the first fruits of them that sleep and a sure evidence of the resurrection of the dead being raised up by the mighty power of God that as Christ was raised up so also shall we by the same spirit who raised up Jesus who is gloriously ascended up into heaven as a fore-runner for us for he that was made a â—little lower then the Angels is crowned with glory and honour so that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confesse him yea those that pierced him being made the Judge both of the quick and the dead to the joy and salvation of his friends and to the destruction of his enemies and thus to know him is eternall life Eightly To know him as he is God is eternall life for when he had done the will of the Father had so gloriously confirmed the Gospell by his suffering and confirmed the truth with his bloud when that heavenly naâ—ure was made subject to anger when 〈◊〉 sweat water and bloud making strong cries and supplications with tears unto him that was able to deliver him and was heard in the thing that he desired and when he said My God my God why hast thou forsaken me and when he said Father into thy hands I commit my spirit and so he suffered as a lamb without spot and blemish in fulfilling all the prophesies that the Prophets prophesied of him to fulfill the Scriptures and the mind of the Father when he said O Father not my will but thine be done that he might accomplish all that was written of him to do that thereby he might finish the glorious work of the Gospell and establish an everlasting Covenant sealing and confirming it with his own bloud being the bloud of the everlasting Covenant Heb. 10. 29. chap. 13. 20. and for all those heavenly acts of the Son the Father raises him from the dead For he was raised up by the mighty power of God as the God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree Acts 2. 24. 32. chap. 3 13. 15. chap. 5. 33. 31. And thus you see the Father raises him from the dead in a glorious manner and makes him a God and gives all power into his hands as you may see Mat. 28. 18. and so the Son is God by office being the great and chiefe officer of God in being made heir of all things Heb. 1. 1. 2. and this was prophesied as in the Psal 110. 1. where the Prophet saith The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool Now Davids Lord was Christ and Christs Lord was God as doth appear in Heb. 1. where the Father saith Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee and again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son and again When he bringeth his first begotten into the world he saith and let all the Angels worship him And of the Angels he saith who maketh his Angels spirits and his Ministers a flame of fire but of the Son he saith Thy-throne O God is for ever and ever a Scepter of righteousnesse is the Scepter of thy Kingdom for thou hast loved righteousnes and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oile of gladnesse above thy fellowes and thus the Father hath exalted him above the Gods saying Sit thou on my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool Psal 110. 1. For God the Father hath made him the God of all things and so the Father calls him the everlasting Father the Prince of peace and hath put the Government upon him and of his Government there shall be no end for God the Father will perform this Esay 9. 6. 7. The Spirit of God the Father being upon him that he might judge the righteous in mercy and the wicked in judgement Esay 11. 4. And thus the Father hath crowned him with glory and honour for it hath pleased the Father that in him should all fulnesse dwell for he is the fulnesse of the Godhead the Father having made him God of all things both in heaven and earth and now the Son is to rule till he have put all things under his feet Now the last enemy is death for he hath put all things under his feet but the Son shall subdue and conquer death and shall reign till he hath put down all rule and all authority and power and then cometh the end when he shall deliver up the Kingdome to God even the Father and be subject to him that so God the Father may be all in all things 1 Cor. 15. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. And thus you see that God the Father hath given all things to the Son and hath made him a God till the end of all things till all enemies are conquered by the Son and then shall he give up the Kingdome to the Father again and be subject to him that God the Father may be all in all and thus to know Christ is eternall life Now the use that I make of all this is this It sheweth the great exceeding love of the Father to us in revealing his mind and will to a
Grave but the smiles of God will bring me to Heaven and therefore it is better to dye in the favour of the Lord then in the favour of men for were I a lover of the World I were an enemy to God I desire to leave the honours riches and pleasures of this world for a better I am willing to leave the glory of this life for I looke for a better for I desire to undergoe all the fury of Hell to have a Heaven My time is but short I desire to bid adiew to the world for what is the world but vanitâ— all the honours are but dishonours and all the riches iâ— but poverty all the joy is but sorrow and all the pleasure is but displeasure and had I no better comfort then what is in this life I were in a sad condition for I live in hope of a better resurrection and so I hope dost thou which if thou dost thou wilt like my workes the better and so farewell Richard Stookes A Second CHAMPION to the TRVTH CHAPTER 1. Of working of Miracles ANd first I shall begin to speak of Miracles which so many dote upon in these dayes waiting for visible signes and some great Revelation and to them I shall say as Christ said unto the Scribes and Pharisees that the Kingdom of God cometh not with observation for they looked that Christ should come with abundance of earthly pompe and glory but Christ tells them they were deceived for the Kingdom of God consisted not of outward glory and excellency for saith he the Kingdom of God is within you it is more of substance then of shew more glorious within then without and the Miracles more inward then outward Miracles of a more spiritual nature to appear in the inward man to the beating down of every strong hold and therefore those outward miracles are swallowed up of inward miracles of a more glorious nature the one being a type of the other as the outward man was a type of the inward man and therefore my work shall be in this Chapter to shew you my reasons why I conceive that Miracles in a visible way aâ—e to cease in that age So that this is my meaning that the Miracles of Christ and his Apostles in a visible way were to cease in that age 1. Because Miracles were to testifie of Christs coming in the flesh and therefore when Christ came he came with signes and wonders as his casting out of Devils Mat. 12. 22. and Luke 11. 17. Of his healing the sick and curing them of their Diseases as you may see Mat. 15. 30. In giving sight to the blind and hearing to the death and speech to the dâ—â—â— making the lame to go as raising up the dâ—â—â— and all this he was to do to manifest himself to the World that he was the Christ Isâ—iâ—â— 35. 5. 6. chap. 61. 1. Mat. 11. 5. And thus 〈◊〉 came to be known of John Baptist as you 〈◊〉 see Mat. 11. 4. 5. Together with the 〈◊〉 of the Holy Ghost descending upon him in the likeness of a Dove Luke 3. 22. John 1. 33. And thus he was manifest to John as to all the World doing such works as never man did whereby he might appear to be the Christ to leave all men without excuse as John 15. 24. in doing such works as were never done from the beginning in opening the eyes of the blind John 9. 32. and in shewing such signes wonders which were not before recorded least the world should take up to much time in the searching thereof and in doteing more upon his acts then upon the end of his coming John 20 30. 21. 25. As also further the Apostles were gifted for the same end to manifest Christ to be come in the flesh working miracles both before and after his ascensioâ— that thereby they might manifest to the World that he was the Christ and for that and they were promised by Christ to receive the gifts of the Holy Ghost Luke 24. 49. which was performed in Acts 2. 1. 2. The gifts of the spirit being powred upon them insomuch that they were able to speak infallibly to work Miracles and to speak with new Tongues and to understand all Languages under Heaven 〈◊〉 2. 6. Even for this very end that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that he was the Christ both at 〈◊〉 and to the 〈◊〉 paâ—ts of the Earth Act. 1. 8. And thus the Lord granted signes and wonders to be done by the hands of the Apostles to give Testimony to the word of his grace Act 14. â— who did manifest to the world that all the wonders that they wrought were in the name and power of Jesus Acts 4. 10. shewing in their preaching that this was the end for which Miracles were on foote even to testifie of Christ Acts 2. 22. And this was one end for which Miracles were given to hold forth the coming of Christ 2. Miracles were to confirm the Covenant of grace which was to be established as firm as the first for when the first Covenant was given out it was ratified with signes and wonders for all the Mountaine was on fire and there were thunderings and lightnings and voices and so terrible was the sight that it made Moses the man of God tremble So terrible were the signes Heb. 12. 18. 19. 22. And thus you see the first Covenant was ratified with Miracles and so also was the second which is a better Covenant estableished upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And also more glorious Miracles of a more spiritual nature for the Miracles of the first Covenant were more outward and terrible But the Miracles of the 2. Covenant are more inwardly 〈◊〉 comfortable which did accompany the Appostles in their Ministry confirming the truth by signes and wonders Mark 16. the last Act. 19. 10. 11. And thus did the Lord Jesus Christ himself also confirm the Doctrine of the Gospel with more Miracles then ever any word was before from the beginning of the World so that you may see that the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles wanted not Miracles to confirm it God the Father also bearing witness with signes and wonders and divers gifts of the Holy Ghost Heb. 2. 4. That it might appear the Covenant was the more glorious and more excellent firm and sure being so wonderfully ratified and confirmed with Miracles And thus you see a second Reason wherefore Miracles were on foot even to confirm the truth of the Gospell Now a third reason wherefore Miracles were on foot was this even to confirm the calling and Ministry of the Apostles who were to lay the Foundation both for Doctrine and practise which the World was to follow in after Ages to the end of the World For we are built upon the Foundation of the Prophets Apostles Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone Eph. 2 20. In being the Authour both of their Doctrine and Practise and therefore you see it was requisite that Miracles should
and the glory that should follow 2 Pet. 10. 11. and thus Christ was promised of long before he came unto Adam and Noah as also to Abraham Isaac and Jacob and to Moses unto whoÌ„ the Father revealed the Son saying I will raise them a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and I will put my word into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I command him Deut. 18. 18. Acts 3. and as he was promised to Moses so also to the Prophets and thus to know him in the promise is life eternall 2. To know him as he was begotteÌ„ by the promise is life eternal for thus saith the Lord thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee for the Son was not born after the flesh but after the promise and mind of God and so the seed of grace was springing from the time of Adam till it came forth being begotten by the word of promise 3. To know him in his conception is life eternall being begotten by the immortall word all the promises compassing the Virgine about and the power of the most high overshadowing her Luke 1. 32. and so begat a holy seed Mal. 2. 15. So that that which was begot was a holy man Luke 1. 15. conceiv'd in the matrix or wombe of God being begot by the word of promise and born of the pure Virgin being conceived of the pure nature of God not borne after the flesh but after the Spirit or promise of God for the first man was of the earth earthly his Kingdom and power earthly and therefore his thoughts and mind earthly but the second is a heavenly man whose thoughts are heavenly being without spot or blemish or any worldly care but all for Heaven both in his thoughts words and deeds and therefore he was called the Lord from Heaven being able to conquer all the fleshly lusts and temptations of the world and therefore might rightly be called a Heavenly man and therein did exceed the first Adam And then again the first Adam was called the Image of God but the second Adam is called the expresse Image of the Fathers person whereby it doth appear that the second Adam is of a more glorious nature the first Adam being of a earthly nature the second Adam being of a spirituall nature the first Adam being set about earthly things and the second Adam being set about spirituall things And thus you see that Christ was begotten a pure man fit for all heavenly employment being of so glorious and pure a nature that he was able to aspire or ascend into Heaven for what should hinder him being every way heavenly and no way earthly in his nature and therefore he was able to walke upon the Sea and not be drowned as you may see Mat. 14. 15. and was able to passe thorow dores and stone Walls being so pure a man that there was nothing could hinder him from going into any place And thus it is life eternall to know the man Christ in his pure conception as he was a pure nature 4. To know him as he ascended into Heaven is life eternall for being a pure heavenly man he was able to ascend into Heaven for what should hinder him being a pure nature being a heavenly nature it was more naturall to be in Heaven then to be in earth for it is nothing but this sinfull nature that hinders us from Heaven but Christ having no sinne in his nature there was nothing could hinder him from ascending into Heaven Now that Christ did ascend into Heaven Now that Christ did ascend into Heaven doth appear for saith he No man hath ascended up to Heaven at any time but he that came down from Heaven which is the Sonne of man that was in Heaven and so Christ shows you that never any man did ascend to Heaven but himself but the man Christ went up into Heaven for he saith it and I dare not but believe it for his words are Spirit and Truth no man at any time but the man Christ John 3. 13. And I I came down from Heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me John 6. 38. For the Father takes him up into Heaven and revealed his mind and his will to him what he would have him to declare to the world and to manifest the Fathers love to all men if they did imbrace his doctrine and so the Father sent him into the world that he that believed in him should not perish And thâ—â— much doth the Sonne confesse when he saith Lâ—â— I came to do thy will O God And I came down from Heaven not to do my own will but the will of him that sent me And thus to know Christ is life eternall 5. To know him in his life is life eternall what he came to do and what he did First what he came to do and that was to do the will of the Father For thus it is written in the volume of thy book of me to do thy will O God Heb. 10. For the words that I speak are not mine but the words of him that sent me And thus you see the end of Christs comeing to declare the mind of the Father to the world which was a pure heavenly Doctrin all tending to grace and glory his Doctrine being all spirituall and to know him in his life as he was a pure spirituall man for all his thoughts were heavenly and his words and Doctrine heavenly and all his actions heavenly So that it might truly be said he came from Heaven being a man for Heaven and not for earth all his actions tending Heaven-ward being indeed a man for another world Heaven being ready to receive him and the world being weary of him and thus to know Christ iâ— eternall life 6. To know him in his death is eternall life all his life being a life of heavenly trouble 〈◊〉 of heavenly afflictions being in his life a patterne of all heavenly living So that the World had nothing against his person but against his doctrine for their envy against him was not in respect of his person but of his Doctrine for his person might have been free but for his Doctrine for his accuseâ—â— said he is a blasphemer and is worthy to die for he hath said he came from God and that he came from Heaven and that he was the Sonne of God and hath spoke against our Lawes and against Moses and hath said he is greater then Abraham and the Prophets and hath preached blasphemy and therefore he ought and is worthy to die and is not worthy to live and by our Law he ought to be put to death And for these Reasons they sought to destroy him and were never satisfied till they had got him into their hands and so to be revenged on him by smiting of him with their hands and scourging him with whips and rods with their mockings of him and spitting in his face and
thou wouldest have no Scripture nor Word to try thee by and then thou wouldest say thou wast pure Gold but the Scripture will finde to be stinking Brasse only flourished over with the refuse of Gold for to cover thy Hipocrisie 9. Those that have been accounted most precious in Gods account have worshipped God in a visible way what sayest thou to Moses he was faithfull to God in all his house and yet he was a visible worshipper of God and obeyed him in every Command and whatsoever God commanded him to do he did and is every where almost commended for his obedience and is exalted in all the word And what sayest thou to David a man after Gods owne heart and who was more obedient to all the Commands of God then he how zealous was he in visible worship and how doth God commend him for it how highly is he commended in all the History of God and his obedient service is every where almost spoken off And what sayest thou to Christ the chiefest of the Fathers love who came out of the bowels of the Father he was a worshipper of God and held forth a visible worship he was circumcised to fulfill the worship of the Law and was baptised to hold forth a Gospel worship and though he were a Sonne yet learned he obedience by the things he suffered and was obedient in all things and was most dear and precious in the sight of the Father and yet was a visible worshipper was a baptised person and did administer the Supper and did partake of it with a great deal of desire and commanded the same worship to be performed in future ages and what wilt thou say to Christ now thou wilt say he walked very low wilt thou the Sonne himselfe was not exempted from visible worship and yet thou art hast thou more priviledge then Christ how camest thou by it art thou higher then the Sonne the Sonne was not exempted from visible worship and yet thou art now it doth appear that thou art a proud Peacock thou canst turne up thy tayle and pride thy selfe in thy fine feathers and never lookest to thy feet thou art doting upon thy tayle and forgettest thy footsteps but thou wilt lose thy tayle shortly and then where will thy pride be wilt thou say thou art higher then Christ that thou art exempted from worship for if thou art exempted from visible worship and Christ himself was not then it seems thou art greater and hast more priviledges then he but thy blindnesse will deceive thee And what sayest thou to Paul he was but a low fellow in thine eyes but I am sure he was higher then thou for he was able to speak an infallible truth and was able to confirme it with a visible signe he was able to worke miracles and to speake with new tongues and so art not thou and yet thy words are higher then Pauls but thy deeds are lower and yet Paul was a visible worshipper of God for he was a baptised person and did administer the Supper and did partake of it himselfe and taught the gathering of Churches and those were his wayes that were in Christ Jesus if thou wilt stoop so low as to looke in 2 Cor. 4. which thou canst hardly doe thou art brideled up so high with that golden chaine about thy necke called Mystery but thou sayest that the Apostle said himselfe That he was not sent to baptise but to preach and thou thinkest that this is a great argument from the word not To the which I reply that the Apostle saith also That we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers and yet thou wilt say that he wrestled against flesh and blood so that thou seest the word not doth imply something for the Apostle saith I have writ unto you not to keep company with such and such and yet not altogether refraine for then thou must goe out of the world and so thou seest the word not doth imply something for the word not and the word nothing are all one and signifie one thing and so Paul was not sent to preach that is not onely sent to baptise but to preach Christ tells his Apostles that nothing should hurt them and yet something might hurt them Luke 10. 19. the Apostle saith The Athenians gave themselves to nothing but to heare newes Act. 14. 21. And yet they gave themselves to something else the Apostle saith Owe nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. and yet we owe something to all men and he saith Circumcision is nothing 1 Cor. 7. 19. and yet we know that Circumcision is something Again he saith that we know that an Idoll is nothing in the world 1 Cor. 8. 4. and we know that an Idoll is something though it be nothing in respect of God yet it is something in respect of an Idoll and so the Apostle saith He was nothing 2 Cor. 12. 11 and yet we know he was something Againe the Apostle saith Be carefull for nothing Phil. 4. 6. and yet we know we must be carefull for something And we brought nothing into this World and yet we know wee brought something The Laodiseans said They had need of nothing and yet we know they had need of something And thus I have shewed thâ—â— that not or nothing implies the lesser and not the greater and though Baptisme is nothing in respect of teaching yet that doth not follow but that Baptisme is something And thus the Serpent is taken in his craft 10. Those that have contemned a Visible Worship have beene most contemptible to God what sayest thou to the Scribes and Pharisees John came in the way of Righteousnesse Matth. 21. 32. And they did not repent nor were changed from their wickednesse that they might beleeve for they rejected the counsell of God against themselves and were not baptised and how were they liked thinkest thou for their paines doth not Christ say Woe be to you Scribes and Pharisees doth he not count them Hypocrites for rejecting the Doctrine of John which was the counsell of God And who were they in the times of Christ and his Apostles that did reject the Gospel and the way and Ordinances of the Gospel were they not the proud Scribes and Pharisees who rejected the visible way of the Gospel and were they not rejected of the Lord for their wickednesse for contemning the Ordinances of the Gospel they despised the way of the Gospel but the Lord despised them for it and cast them out as contemptible and dost not thou follow the steps of thy forefathers to contemne the way and Ordinances of the Gospel as they did that thou mightest fall into the same condemnation 12. Those that had received the highest attainments walked in a visible way and profession even such as had received the Holy Ghost and were able to speak infallibly to worke miracles and to speake with new tongues yet these walked in a visible worship and were baptised did
partake of the Supper and walked in a Church way for the fulnesse of the Spirit doth not take away thy obedience but rather makes thee more obedient art thou as full of the Spirit as Christ and yet he walked in a visible way and commanded his Apostles to set forth a visible way of worship to the world to be practised in every Age. Againe hast thou as much of the Spirit of God as the Apostles of Christ and yet they worshipped God in a visible way art thou too good to walk in that way that the Apostles of Christ walked in or canst thou produce a better way then they walked in canst thou finde out a more holy way then they did or canst thou finde out a more soule-saving way canst thou set forth a better Christ and a better Gospel and a more spirituall way produce it if thou canst and we will beleeve thee but if thou canst not finde out a better way then Christ and his Apostles have set forth then what dost thou contend for for a worse way if thou canst not finde a better way then why dost thou forsake this It is a signe thou art weary of serving God who wilt thou serve next but the Serpent and thy selfe thou contemnest the Scripture and the way of the Scripture that thou mightest serve the Devill and thy selfe how dost thou villifie Christ and his Apostles surely thou art not of God but of thy father the Devill for his workes thou dost Canst thou finde a better way then Christ and his Apostles walked in canst thou finde more spirituall men then they were or more precious examples to follow who were patternes of all goodnesse was their way so carnall as thou makes it what carnall honours and riches had they by walking in that way what ptaise had they of the world If their way were so carnall as thou wouldest make it then why did not all the world receive it they are apt enough to imbrace a carnall way for their fleshly advantage thou needest not much perswade them what way is more contrary to all the world then the way of Christ and his Apostles whereby it doth appeare to be a truth because it is hated of all the world Lastly The letter of the Scripture will tell thee there is a visible worship for how couldest thou know what visible or invisible meant but by the letter of the word or how couldest thou tell what worship meant but by the word doth not the letter of the word tell thee all things did God ever speake to thee without a letter then what word did he speak God never spake nonsense but if he spake without a letter then he spake nonsense And thou wouldest be a blasphemer to say so for no word can be made without letters and thou canst compact no word without a letter when God gave Adam a Law he taught him to read it and thou must read thy A B C before thou canst read plaine and must learne thy letters plaine before thou canst speak plain and I think thou hast hardly learned thy A B C for thou canst hardly read plaine and yet thou dost despise the letter of thy Learning for how wouldest thou know that God Created all things in six dayes but by the Letter and how wouldest thou know what God did every day but by the Letter and how couldest thou know that the Heaven was called Heaven and the Earth was called Earth but by the Letter and how couldest thou know the name of the Sun or the name of the Moon and Stars but by the Letter that calls them so and how didst thou know the names of Day and Night without the Letter and how commest thou to know the names of the Creatures both in the Aire as the Fowles of the Aire and the names of the Beasts of the Field with the Fishes in the Sea how commest thou to know the names of all these doth not the Letter of the the Word tell thee or else how couldst thou know their names Againe how dost thou know there was an Adam and Eve but by the Letter and how dost thou know the world was destroyed by Water at Noahs flood but by the Letter of the Word and how dost thou know that Noah and his Family were saved in the Arke but by the Letter and how dost thou know there was an Abraham Isaac and Jacob but by the Letter that there was a Moses and the Law of Moses a people of Israel that were in Aegypt and came into tht Land of Canaan doth not the Letter tell thee this or else how couldest thou know it and here I might be large to teach thee to learne thy Letters and to know the Letter of the Scripture but thy pride will stop thy learning and yet I shall leave thee without excuse How commest thou to know there is a Christ but by the letter of the Word and how camest thou to know that Christ dyed and rose againe and ascended into Heaven but by the Letter of the Word and how knowest thou what Christ dyed for that he came to save Sinners and to open a doore of Salvation to the world and that there is Salvation in him for sinners How camest thou to know all this but by the Letter of the Word and how commest thou to know there is a Gospell and Grace Mercy and Salvation held forth in this Gospell but by the Letter And then againe how commest thou to know that there is a Heaven and a Hell and that there shall be a Resurrection and a Judgement and that thou shalt rise at the last Day How commest thou to know all these things but by the Letter of the Word sure hadst thou learned the Letter better thou wouldest not have despised thy Master it is the Letter of the Word of God that hath taught thee what thou hast and thou art a good Scholler to despise thy Master How dost thou know that there is sinne but by the Letter and that there is a Devill and that the Devill and wicked men shall be punished for ever and that the godly shall be blessed for ever How commest thou to know all these things but by the Letter of the Word thou mayest thank the Letter of the Word for all thy knowledge or else thou mightest have been like unto the East Indians that know not their right hand from their left for it is the Letter of the Word that hath taught thee thy wisdome and the Devill hath taught thee thy pride and yet I wish thee better then thou dost thy selfe for the Letter of the Scripture would faine keepe thee and yet I thinke the Devill will take thee And yet I shall speake a word or two more for visible worship for ought we not to serve God as well with our bodies as with our hearts Can wee â—erve God within and the Devill without sure no man can serve two Masters for out of the abundance of the heart the