2. Secret and subtle enemies, yet seeming Friends, and these are your carnal Gospellers that cry down all their own righteousness, and cry up Christ, and see nothing in themselves, as there is good cause so to think, and look for all from Christ, and yet these when the Lord comes to search are found false; and these are the worms that grow in this wood, in this building, in these Churches. Thus it was in Christs time, the Church of the Jews had left their gross idolatries, yet this was their stumbling-stone, they sought to establish their own righteousness, and hence he came to his own, and his own received him not, and hence were cut off for this their unbelief, but others (divers sorts of them) did receive him, believed in him, John 2. 23. Many took hold on Christ, and he took no hold on them, wondered at him, and entertained him when others did reject him, as Capernaum did, yet under his woe. And these are the spots of Evangelical purity, wens in the best bodies of the best constituted Churches. Look but upon Christs own Family: John 6. 69, 70. The Disciples professed when others departed, Lord, to whom should we go? thou hast words of life; yet saith he, I have chosen you indeed to be for me, but one is a devil, viz. Judas the Deacon stood not on his own righteousness, but was for Christ, and followed him, and yet in this Evangelical Angel without, is a Devil within, because he still harboured his lusts within. This the Apostle Paul fore-saw, Acts 20. 29, 30. Some Wolves without should come, and also some cankers within should fret, that should draw many Disciples after them (in a Church bought by Christs own blood) speaking perverse things, pretending to draw Disciples after Christ, but 'tis indeed after themselves; and Paul laments this, Many walk, i. e. profess Christ and his Cross, yet enemies to it, Phil. 3. 19. This Christ foretells, Luke 13. 25, 26. Many seek, many knock, and at last cry Lord, Lord open, and in their life-time they pleaded communion with Christ, yet Depart ye workers of iniquity. Jude 4. Certain •en are crept in turning Grace into Lasciviousness; for that is the very form of an Evangelical hypocrite, in denying his own righteousness, to establish his sin, 'tis advancing Christ to advance his Lust.
2. Secret and subtil enemies, yet seeming Friends, and these are your carnal Gospellers that cry down all their own righteousnesse, and cry up Christ, and see nothing in themselves, as there is good cause so to think, and look for all from Christ, and yet these when the Lord comes to search are found false; and these are the worms that grow in this wood, in this building, in these Churches. Thus it was in Christs time, the Church of the Jews had left their grosse idolatries, yet this was their stumbling-stone, they sought to establish their own righteousnesse, and hence he came to his own, and his own received him not, and hence were cut off for this their unbelief, but others (divers sorts of them) did receive him, beleeved in him, Iohn 2. 23. Many took hold on Christ, and he took no hold on them, wondred at him, and entertained him when others did reject him, as Capernaum did, yet under his woe. And these are the spots of Evangelical purity, wenns in the best bodies of the best constituted Churches. Look but upon Christs own Family: Iohn 6. 69, 70. The Disciples professed when others departed, Lord, to whom should we go? thou hast words of life; yet saith he, I have chosen you indeed to be for me, but one is a devil, viz. Iudas the Deacon stood not on his own righteousnesse, but was for Christ, and followed him, and yet in this Evangelical Angel without, is a Devil within, because he still harboured his lusts within. This the Apostle Paul fore-saw, Acts 20. 29, 30. Some Wolves without should come, and also some cankers within should fret, that should draw many Disciples after them (in a Church bought by Christs own blood) speaking perverse things, pretending to draw Disciples after Christ, but 'tis indeed after themselves; and Paul laments this, Many walk, i. e. professe Christ and his Crosse, yet enemies to it, Phil. 3. 19. This Christ foretels, Luke 13. 25, 26. Many seek, many knock, and at last cry Lord, Lord open, and in their life-time they pleaded communion with Christ, yet Depart ye workers of iniquity. Iude 4. Certain •en are crept in turning Grace into Lasciviousnesse; for that is the very form of an Evangelical hypocrite, in denying his own righteousnesse, to establish his sin, 'tis advancing Christ to advance his Lust.
