The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…

§. 1. IT is not only Miracles that are Christs witness in the world. The spirit of Prophecy also is called his witness, Rev. 19. 10. And if many Prophets should all say that they speak from Christ, and speak contrary things, and charge each other with falsehood and deceit, would this be to his honour or to the credit of their testimony? It is the great Concord of the prophecies, promises and types of the Old Testament with the history and doctrine of the New, and the great concord of all the writers of the New Testament among themselves, which greatly facilitateth our belief both of the Old and ⟨p. 72⟩New. And all Infidels who accuse the Scriptures of untruth, do accuse it also of contradictions: And if they could prove the later, they would prove the former.

§. 1. IT is not only Miracles that are Christs witness in the world. The spirit of Prophecie also is called his witness, Rev. 19. 10. And if many Prophets should all say that they speak from Christ, and speak contrary things, and charge each other with falshood and deceit, would this be to his honour or to the credit of their testimony? It is the great Concord of the prophecies, promises and types of the Old Testament with the history and doctrine of the New, and the great concord of all the writers of the New Testament among themselves, which greatly facilitateth our belief both of the Old and ⟨p. 72⟩New. And all Infidels who accuse the Scriptures of untruth, do accuse it also of contradictions: And if they could prove the later, they would prove the former.

§. 2. And the spirit of Holiness as it regenerateth and sanctifieth sinners from generation to generation, is no less a witness of the Truth and Love and Glory of Christ, than prophecies and miracles: The same spirit that is the author of prophecy and sacred doctrine, is also the author of believers renovation to the image of God. And Illumination is not the least or last part of this sanctifying work: Christ is the light of the world, and his word and spirit are given to enlighten blinded minds, and to bring them out of darkness into his marvellous light, and from the power of the Prince of darkness and from doing the works of darkness, to the Father of Lights who giveth wisdom liberally to them that ask it, that they may walk as Children of the light. Light is usually called Glory: Heaven is the place of the greatest Light and greatest Glory: And heavenly wisdom in believers, is much of their Glory here begun, in which their Father, their Saviour and their sanctifier is glorified. Whatever therefore obscureth or diminisheth this sacred Light in Saints, opposeth that Glory of God and our Redeemer which must appear and shine forth in them. The holy Learning of his disciples is the honour of the heavenly Teacher of the Church: All true believers are taught of God: were they no wiser, nor no better than other men, where were the testimony and the honour of their Teacher? and who would believe that he were a happier Teacher than Philosophers? or that he were the true Saviour of the world that doth not save his own disciples from sin and folly No wonder that God hath no pleasure in fools, and