If yet the Lord will continue the Truth, and him §3under it, he begins to clip the wings of the Truth, and breaks as it were the strength of the blow, that it may not enter so deep, to the dividing of the Marrow and the […], and take away such secret and sweeter evils, stops as it were the passage of the Truth, ⟨p. 309⟩that it cannot proceed so far, and prevail so much as it would: they will keep the truth in a […] as we […] prisoners at a door, look abroad, but not at liberty; so they are not willing the Truth should be at liberty; as they dealt with our Saviour, he made as though he would have gone further, but they […] 1him, and as it were with-held him by force: So men deal with the Truth which is of a large extent, and would go through a mans life in his several occasions, these men are not willing to serve the Truth, but make it serve […], and their turns: Thus many hold General Rules, but bring such down to Particular Practices, in the several Branches, there they are not willing the jurisdiction of the Truth should extend so far: Thus corrupt hearts deal with the Truth, as sick men of weak and […] ick eyes deal with the light, some light they would have, but to have it come clearly and […] upon them, they are not able to brook that, therefore they say, draw the Curtain, there the Sun comes full in mine eyes; […] not drunk with Wine wherein is excest, Eph. […]. 18. they yield to the Evidence of the Text, and letter of the Scripture, therefore be not drunk with the world, do not affect that too much, […] stay there. To take and deta in another mans goods is open theft […] the acknowledgement of all, Thou shalt not steal; therefore to Covenant, and not to keep; to borrow, and not to return; to owe, and not to pay, is […] detain that which is not […], therefore it's […] theft; […], draw the Curtain, […] the Sun […] full in my face, Deut. 12. 31. Thou shalt not worship the Lord thy God as the Heathen Idolaters, […] the Truth have his full scope now, therefore not as […] […]; […], draw the Curtain a little […] that way: Fashion not your selves according to the world, Rom. 12. 2. […] […] in ⟨p. 310⟩loose locks and long Hair, therefore not in your Garments neither, why should you imitate their vanity in the one, or in the other, since both are worldly?
If yet the Lord will continue the Truth, and him §3under it, he begins to clip the wings of the Truth, and breaks as it were the strength of the blow, that it may not enter so deep, to the dividing of the Marrow and the 〈…〉, and take away such secret and sweeter evils, stops as it were the passage of the Truth, ⟨p. 309⟩that it cannot proceed so far, and prevail so much as it would: they will keep the truth in a 〈…〉 as we 〈…〉 prisoners at a door, look abroad, but not at liberty; so they are not willing the Truth should be at liberty; as they dealt with our Savior, he made as though he would have gone further, but they 〈…〉 1him, and as it were with-held him by force: So men deal with the Truth which is of a large extent, and would go through a mans life in his several occasions, these men are not willing to serve the Truth, but make it serve 〈…〉, and their turns: Thus many hold General Rules, but bring such down to Particular Practices, in the several Branches, there they are not willing the jurisdiction of the Truth should extend so far: Thus corrupt hearts deal with the Truth, as sick men of weak and 〈…〉 ick eyes deal with the light, some light they would have, but to have it come clearly and 〈…〉 upon them, they are not able to brook that, therefore they say, draw the Curtain, there the Sun comes full in mine eyes; 〈…〉 not drunk with Wine wherein is excest, Eph. 〈…〉. 18. they yield to the Evidence of the Text, and letter of the Scripture, therefore be not drunk with the world, do not affect that too much, 〈…〉 stay there. To take and deta in another mans goods is open theft 〈…〉 the acknowledgment of all, Thou shalt not steal; therefore to Covenant, and not to keep; to borrow, and not to return; to owe, and not to pay, is 〈…〉 detain that which is not 〈…〉, therefore it's 〈…〉 theft; 〈…〉, draw the Curtain, 〈…〉 the Sun full in my face,
- 1Luk. 24. 28, 29.
