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             The
             Perfection
             of
             the
             Evangelical
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           St.
           
             Martins
             in
             the
             Fields
          
           ,
           Jan.
           6.
           1695
           
           /
           6.
           
        
         
           BEING
           THE
           First
           of
           the
           LECTURE
           For
           this
           Present
           YEAR
           ,
           Founded
           by
           the
           Honourable
           
             ROBERT
             BOYLE
          
           ,
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             WILLIAMS
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           and
           
             Tho.
             Cockerill
          
           ,
           Sen
           r
           &
           Jun
           r
           :
           At
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Legs
          
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           .
           MDCXCVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               GAL.
               I.
               8
               ,
               9.
               
            
             
               Though
               we
               ,
               or
               an
               Angel
               from
               heaven
               ,
               preach
               any
               other
               Gospel
               unto
               you
               ,
               than
               that
               which
               we
               have
               preached
               unto
               you
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               accursed
               .
            
             
               As
               we
               said
               before
               ,
               so
               say
               I
               now
               again
               ,
               If
               any
               man
               preach
               any
               other
               Gospel
               unto
               you
               than
               that
               ye
               have
               received
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               accursed
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           People
           of
           the
           Jews
           having
           been
           all
           along
           trained
           up
           under
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           and
           by
           virtue
           of
           it
           possess'd
           of
           peculiar
           Advantages
           beyond
           any
           other
           Nation
           ,
           were
           apt
           to
           think
           it
           as
           lasting
           in
           its
           Obligation
           ,
           as
           Divine
           in
           its
           Original
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           no
           more
           in
           the
           intention
           of
           Almighty
           God
           to
           have
           it
           abolished
           ,
           than
           it
           could
           be
           disproved
           to
           have
           come
           immediately
           from
           him
           .
           This
           made
           them
           slow
           and
           backward
           to
           receive
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           which
           
           their
           ancient
           Constitution
           would
           be
           disannulled
           ;
           and
           after
           they
           had
           believed
           ,
           it
           made
           them
           inclinable
           to
           hearken
           to
           such
           Sophisters
           ,
           as
           pretended
           to
           compound
           the
           Controversy
           ,
           and
           to
           join
           Moses
           and
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospel
           together
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           both
           alike
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           :
           Which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           set
           up
           another
           Gospel
           than
           what
           the
           Apostle
           had
           taught
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           received
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           expresses
           his
           resentment
           and
           indignation
           against
           it
           with
           the
           highest
           aggravations
           ,
           Verses
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             I
             marvel
             that
             ye
             are
             so
             soon
             removed
             from
             him
             that
             called
             you
             into
             the
             grace
             of
             Christ
             ,
             unto
             another
             Gospel
             ;
             Which
             is
             not
             another
             ;
             but
             there
             be
             some
             that
             trouble
             you
             ,
             and
             would
             pervert
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             :
             But
             though
             we
             ,
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             heaven
             ,
             preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             unto
             you
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             we
             have
             preached
             unto
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           discoursing
           upon
           which
           words
           :
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           understood
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           had
           preached
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           received
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           by
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           ,
           against
           which
           and
           the
           Preachers
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           so
           sharply
           inveighs
           ,
           and
           pronounces
           an
           Anathema
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           that
           the
           Gospel
           is
           the
           only
           Revelation
           from
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           is
           not
           another
           ,
           nor
           is
           any
           other
           to
           be
           expected
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Gospel
           is
           here
           opposed
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           which
           there
           were
           some
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           Galatia
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           that
           would
           
           maintain
           to
           be
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           if
           not
           alone
           ,
           yet
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Gospel
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           .
           These
           two
           indeed
           were
           so
           far
           consistent
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           was
           a
           prefiguration
           ,
           a
           Shadow
           and
           Type
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           But
           being
           thus
           a
           Shadow
           and
           a
           Type
           of
           it
           ,
           That
           in
           reason
           and
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           was
           to
           give
           way
           ,
           when
           the
           Substance
           came
           on
           ,
           and
           the
           Types
           were
           fulfilled
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           the
           Law
           was
           established
           at
           the
           first
           by
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           in
           course
           was
           it
           to
           cease
           in
           its
           obligation
           ,
           when
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ceased
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           to
           plead
           for
           its
           Authority
           and
           Obligation
           ,
           whether
           in
           conjunction
           with
           ,
           or
           opposition
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           was
           to
           say
           that
           the
           substance
           of
           those
           Shadows
           ,
           the
           completion
           of
           those
           Types
           ,
           was
           not
           accomplished
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           was
           not
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           nor
           the
           Gospel
           true
           .
           In
           this
           sense
           these
           two
           that
           in
           a
           state
           of
           subordination
           were
           consistent
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           were
           made
           to
           be
           opposites
           to
           each
           other
           .
        
         
         
           So
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Chap.
           5.
           2.
           
           
             If
             ye
             be
             circumcised
             ,
             Christ
             shall
             profit
             you
             nothing
             .
          
           V.
           4.
           
             —
             Ye
             are
             fallen
             from
             grace
          
           ;
           ye
           at
           the
           same
           time
           deny
           what
           you
           seem
           to
           confess
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           perverting
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           establishing
           another
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           only
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           negative
           account
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           therefore
           we
           are
           to
           proceed
           further
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           is
           called
           Christian
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           the
           Professors
           of
           it
           are
           called
           Christians
           ,
           as
           distinguished
           from
           
           all
           Religons
           besides
           .
           All
           mankind
           are
           not
           more
           of
           the
           same
           common
           Nature
           ,
           than
           they
           generally
           agree
           in
           the
           common
           Principles
           of
           Nature
           :
           And
           that
           which
           is
           natural
           to
           all
           ,
           cannot
           be
           a
           Character
           by
           which
           one
           man
           is
           distinguished
           from
           another
           .
           But
           when
           a
           Man
           or
           Institution
           is
           called
           Christian
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           somewhat
           peculiar
           ,
           and
           distinct
           from
           that
           which
           is
           common
           to
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           be
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           of
           the
           Mosaical
           ,
           and
           is
           also
           in
           it self
           of
           a
           never
           failing
           obligation
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           supervenient
           Institution
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           besides
           that
           which
           denominates
           us
           to
           be
           Christians
           ,
           without
           the
           belief
           and
           practice
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           can
           no
           more
           be
           entitled
           to
           
           to
           that
           Character
           ,
           than
           that
           can
           be
           called
           a
           Natural
           Religion
           which
           excludes
           ,
           or
           is
           contradictory
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Reason
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           the
           number
           of
           such
           Principles
           ,
           which
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           Articles
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           are
           the
           Incarnation
           and
           Nativity
           ,
           the
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           and
           Glorification
           of
           our
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           Nativity
           and
           Incarnation
           .
           So
           1
           John
           4.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             He
             that
             denieth
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           Death
           ,
           as
           he
           died
           for
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           Sin.
           So
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             I
             declare
             unto
             you
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             also
             ye
             have
             heard
             ,
             and
             wherein
             ye
             stand
             ,
             by
             which
             also
             ye
             are
             saved
             .
             For
             I
             delivered
             unto
             you
             first
             of
             all
             that
             which
             I
             also
             received
             ,
             how
             that
             Christ
             died
             for
             our
             sins
             according
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           So
           that
           to
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           as
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Suffering
           Messiah
           ,
           was
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           belief
           of
           which
           we
           are
           to
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           His
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           consequent
           upon
           it
           ,
           his
           Glorification
           ,
           the
           reward
           of
           his
           Humiliation
           .
           In
           which
           state
           he
           is
           constituted
           
           
           our
           Mediator
           .
           From
           the
           connexion
           betwixt
           
           which
           two
           ,
           his
           Death
           and
           Intercession
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           seldom
           read
           in
           Scripture
           of
           the
           one
           without
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           constituent
           and
           essential
           Articles
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           if
           these
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           these
           are
           omitted
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           Christianity
           which
           is
           left
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           another
           Gospel
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           what
           the
           Apostle's
           Anathema
           will
           be
           applicable
           to
           .
        
         
           From
           whence
           we
           may
           be
           able
           to
           answer
           the
           next
           Question
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           ?
        
         
           When
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           here
           of
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           ,
           he
           thereby
           means
           somewhat
           that
           is
           added
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           made
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           when
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           was
           maintained
           to
           be
           as
           obligatory
           to
           the
           Christians
           ,
           as
           ever
           it
           had
           been
           to
           the
           Jews
           .
        
         
           From
           which
           Case
           ,
           by
           a
           parity
           of
           Reason
           we
           may
           argue
           ,
           That
           whatever
           alters
           the
           Terms
           and
           Conditions
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           makes
           that
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           which
           the
           Gospel
           has
           not
           made
           necessary
           ;
           or
           that
           unnecessary
           which
           the
           Gospel
           has
           made
           necessary
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           perverting
           it
           as
           makes
           it
           another
           Gospel
           :
           For
           that
           is
           to
           set
           
           up
           that
           as
           a
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           the
           Divine
           Authority
           to
           confirm
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           is
           God
           alone
           that
           can
           appoint
           the
           Terms
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           what
           no
           man
           ,
           or
           Society
           of
           men
           ,
           has
           any
           Authority
           in
           ,
           to
           frame
           ,
           alter
           or
           revoke
           .
           The
           necessary
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Instances
           of
           our
           Duty
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           Divine
           Establishment
           ;
           and
           so
           what
           we
           must
           learn
           either
           from
           the
           invariable
           Principles
           and
           Dictates
           of
           Human
           Nature
           ,
           or
           pure
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           is
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           which
           pretends
           to
           a
           Revelation
           from
           God
           for
           its
           Authority
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           of
           Human
           invention
           or
           imagination
           :
           And
           that
           whether
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           or
           false
           .
           It
           may
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           but
           proceed
           only
           from
           men
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           place
           that
           to
           the
           account
           of
           Revelation
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           true
           ,
           is
           a
           notorious
           falshood
           and
           Imposture
           .
           But
           if
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           be
           false
           ,
           it
           's
           a
           double
           Falshood
           ;
           as
           it
           pretends
           to
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           also
           calls
           in
           the
           Veracity
           of
           God
           to
           give
           testimony
           to
           a
           falsehood
           .
        
         
           Supposing
           then
           that
           the
           Immaculate
           Conception
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           Transubstantiation
           and
           Purgatory
           are
           true
           ,
           yet
           to
           plead
           a
           Revelation
           
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           pleaded
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           *
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           Revelation
           ,
           doth
           fix
           such
           an
           indelible
           blot
           upon
           the
           pretended
           Infallible
           Church
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Water
           of
           Tiber
           cannot
           cleanse
           .
           But
           if
           it
           should
           prove
           false
           (
           as
           those
           things
           certainly
           are
           )
           then
           it
           is
           to
           add
           a
           sort
           of
           Blasphemy
           to
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           as
           it
           makes
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           to
           justify
           a
           Falshood
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           is
           another
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           doth
           establish
           another
           Rule
           ,
           or
           adds
           to
           ,
           or
           detracts
           from
           that
           which
           is
           established
           ,
           Rev.
           22.
           18.
           
        
         
           Now
           the
           Scripture
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           alter
           the
           Rule
           ,
           by
           adding
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           taking
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           alter
           the
           Gospel
           (
           which
           that
           contains
           the
           Revelation
           of
           )
           as
           they
           do
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           add
           the
           Apocrypha
           to
           the
           Canon
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ▪
          
           of
           old
           ,
           give
           the
           same
           Authority
           to
           Unwritten
           Tradition
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           require
           it
           to
           be
           received
           
             with
             the
             like
             pious
             regard
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           To
           alter
           ,
           to
           add
           to
           ,
           or
           diminish
           from
           the
           Fundamental
           Articles
           or
           Principles
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           it
           another
           Gospel
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           to
           deny
           Christ
           to
           be
           a
           Mediator
           ,
           or
           to
           appoint
           other
           Mediators
           than
           him
           ,
           such
           as
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           .
        
         
         
           By
           so
           doing
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           is
           rendred
           as
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           the
           Scripture
           as
           an
           imperfect
           Revelation
           of
           it
           .
           But
           this
           there
           is
           no
           occasion
           for
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           now
           shew
           by
           proving
           ,
           That
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Gospel
           ,
           or
           Revelation
           ,
           made
           known
           to
           the
           World
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           always
           to
           continue
           th
           e
           same
           ;
           and
           no
           new
           ,
           or
           other
           Revelation
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           Sum
           of
           the
           last
           Lecture
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           the
           remaining
           Subject
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           There
           have
           been
           such
           ,
           in
           several
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           both
           anciently
           ,
           and
           of
           late
           ,
           that
           have
           pretended
           to
           new
           Revelations
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           was
           a
           more
           perfect
           Dispensation
           to
           ensue
           ,
           than
           what
           was
           contained
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Of
           this
           Opinion
           were
           the
           Montanists
           of
           old
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           mind
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           
             Abbas
             Joachim
          
           ,
           who
           flourished
           about
           the
           Year
           1200.
           
           And
           what
           was
           also
           expresly
           maintained
           in
           the
           
             Evangelium
             Aeternum
          
           ,
           or
           
             Everlasting
             Gospel
          
           ,
           chiefly
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Joachim
           ,
           and
           published
           by
           the
           Mendicant
           Fryars
           about
           1254.
           
           Wherein
           it
           was
           affirmed
           ,
           *
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           that
           Abbot
           excelled
           that
           of
           Christ
           :
           *
           That
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           was
           to
           give
           way
           to
           another
           Gospel
           ,
           called
           the
           Everlasting
           Gospel
           ;
           or
           Gospel
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           was
           a
           Doctrine
           spread
           far
           and
           near
           ,
           
           among
           the
           Beguardi
           in
           Germany
           ,
           the
           Alumbrados
           in
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           Fratricelli
           in
           Italy
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Spawn
           of
           which
           continued
           for
           a
           long
           season
           in
           several
           parts
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           till
           
             Ann.
             Dom.
          
           1560
           ▪
           who
           all
           agreed
           ,
           that
           their
           Doctrine
           came
           from
           God
           by
           as
           immediate
           Inspiration
           as
           ever
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           did
           .
        
         
           I
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           may
           be
           some
           particular
           Revelation
           or
           Inspiration
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           some
           especial
           Case
           :
           But
           as
           it
           may
           arise
           ,
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           from
           imagination
           ,
           so
           if
           it
           be
           not
           attended
           with
           great
           caution
           and
           circumspection
           ,
           may
           end
           in
           the
           Whims
           and
           Frenzies
           of
           a
           Brigit
           ,
           a
           Catharina
           ,
           or
           a
           Mother
           Juliana
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           it
           may
           proceed
           to
           the
           disannulling
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           preferring
           their
           own
           Inspirations
           (
           as
           they
           will
           have
           it
           )
           above
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           supposing
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           now
           some
           particular
           Inspirations
           from
           God
           in
           such
           special
           cases
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           they
           are
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Gospel
           Revelation
           ;
           but
           if
           once
           they
           contradict
           it
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           no
           more
           a
           true
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           the
           Gospel
           can
           be
           false
           ;
           and
           yet
           such
           must
           be
           a
           Revelation
           that
           will
           make
           the
           Gospel
           to
           cease
           in
           its
           obligation
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           of
           no
           more
           Authority
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           .
        
         
         
           When
           the
           obligation
           arises
           not
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           but
           from
           positive
           Institution
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Lawgiver
           to
           bind
           or
           loose
           ,
           to
           establish
           or
           evacuate
           a
           Law
           as
           he
           thinks
           fit
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           which
           consisted
           of
           things
           typical
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           special
           reference
           to
           that
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           of
           their
           Habitation
           ,
           &c.
           
           Such
           were
           the
           distribution
           of
           the
           Tribes
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Genealogies
           ,
           their
           three
           great
           Festivals
           ,
           their
           Sabbatical
           Year
           ,
           and
           Year
           of
           Jubile
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           this
           temporary
           nature
           also
           were
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           either
           had
           a
           relation
           to
           the
           Customs
           of
           the
           Nations
           conterminous
           to
           them
           ;
           or
           to
           a
           more
           perfect
           State
           that
           was
           in
           process
           of
           time
           to
           succeed
           it
           .
           The
           Laws
           relating
           to
           which
           could
           not
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           of
           any
           force
           ,
           when
           They
           were
           excluded
           that
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           Tribes
           were
           lost
           and
           confounded
           ;
           no
           more
           than
           the
           Laws
           relating
           to
           the
           Wilderness
           and
           the
           Tabernable
           ,
           could
           oblige
           them
           when
           they
           were
           setled
           in
           Canaan
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Temple
           erected
           there
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           the
           phrase
           
             for
             ▪
             ever
          
           ,
           when
           annexed
           
           to
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           laxer
           interpretation
           accordingly
           allowed
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           it
           should
           continue
           to
           oblige
           (
           as
           it
           follows
           
           often
           where
           that
           Phrase
           is
           used
           )
           
             throughout
             their
             generations
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           whilst
           they
           were
           that
           People
           ,
           
           so
           embodied
           ,
           and
           so
           situated
           .
        
         
           And
           had
           the
           Gospel
           consisted
           of
           such
           things
           that
           were
           thus
           mutable
           in
           themselves
           ,
           or
           thus
           peculiar
           to
           any
           People
           ,
           Time
           ,
           or
           Place
           ;
           there
           might
           be
           reason
           to
           admit
           it
           to
           be
           temporary
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           evacuated
           when
           time
           should
           serve
           ,
           as
           the
           Law
           was
           ;
           But
           there
           is
           nothing
           either
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           notification
           of
           the
           Divine
           Will
           concerning
           any
           time
           set
           for
           its
           expiration
           ;
           but
           rather
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           so
           there
           is
           not
           the
           same
           reason
           for
           a
           new
           Dispensation
           after
           the
           Evangelical
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           for
           the
           Evangelical
           after
           the
           Mosaical
           .
        
         
           I
           grant
           that
           it
           is
           as
           possible
           in
           it self
           for
           God
           to
           reveal
           himself
           at
           some
           time
           hereafter
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           for
           him
           to
           have
           revealed
           himself
           heretofore
           :
           And
           he
           that
           revealed
           himself
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           first
           Institution
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           may
           ,
           if
           he
           so
           please
           ,
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           reveal
           himself
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           or
           times
           .
           But
           he
           that
           will
           assert
           the
           futurity
           of
           this
           ,
           must
           have
           more
           to
           prove
           it
           than
           a
           possibility
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           God
           has
           revealed
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Gospel
           was
           by
           Revelation
           from
           him
           :
           But
           there
           is
           not
           the
           like
           certainty
           for
           a
           Revelation
           after
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           or
           in
           
           after-times
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           was
           of
           Divine
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           Gospel
           has
           been
           the
           only
           Revelation
           for
           above
           1600
           years
           past
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           had
           no
           other
           Revelation
           than
           that
           contained
           in
           the
           Scripture
           :
           And
           therefore
           whatever
           Pretences
           any
           Persons
           or
           Age
           made
           to
           it
           ,
           were
           
           apparently
           Mistakes
           and
           Impostures
           ;
           for
           that
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           each
           Sect
           fancied
           to
           be
           in
           their
           Age
           ,
           or
           near
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           yet
           to
           come
           ,
           if
           ever
           it
           is
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           give
           some
           further
           light
           and
           force
           to
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           there
           is
           no
           proof
           of
           any
           other
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           the
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           now
           recorded
           and
           preserved
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           any
           further
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Scripture
           shuts
           up
           all
           Revelation
           with
           it self
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           other
           Revelation
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           beyond
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           There
           is
           no
           proof
           of
           any
           other
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
         
           If
           any
           one
           will
           contend
           ,
           that
           there
           either
           is
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           such
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           some
           Revelation
           to
           prove
           it
           :
           And
           that
           must
           either
           be
           an
           antecedent
           Revelation
           ,
           such
           as
           Scripture
           is
           taken
           to
           be
           ;
           or
           it
           must
           be
           some
           personal
           Revelation
           ,
           made
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           some
           other
           credible
           Person
           or
           Persons
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           is
           the
           Revelation
           of
           this
           Revelation
           ?
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Prediction
           of
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           That
           the
           Gospel
           shall
           be
           superannuated
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           greater
           perfection
           shall
           grow
           out
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           Under
           the
           Law
           there
           was
           a
           plain
           signification
           of
           another
           Revelation
           to
           be
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           and
           of
           a
           more
           perfect
           state
           of
           things
           to
           ensue
           .
           But
           where
           are
           the
           Proofs
           as
           plain
           under
           the
           Gospel
           for
           a
           New
           Revelation
           ,
           as
           there
           were
           for
           that
           of
           the
           Gospel
           under
           the
           Law
           ?
           Or
           where
           is
           it
           said
           of
           that
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           it
           decayeth
           ,
           or
           is
           antiquated
           ,
           
             and
             waxeth
             old
          
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           
           
             ready
             to
          
           ,
           or
           shall
           at
           last
           ,
           
             vanish
             away
          
           ?
           Our
           Apostle
           here
           saith
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
             If
             we
             ,
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             heaven
             ,
             preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             unto
             you
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             we
             have
             preached
             unto
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             .
          
        
         
         
           If
           it
           be
           a
           personal
           Revelation
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           reasonably
           demand
           ,
           Where
           is
           the
           Evidence
           for
           such
           a
           Revelation
           ?
        
         
           All
           Revelation
           must
           have
           a
           sufficient
           Evidence
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           a
           true
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           what
           obliges
           us
           to
           receive
           it
           as
           such
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           able
           to
           produce
           its
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           New
           Revelation
           must
           suppose
           a
           better
           sort
           of
           Evidence
           than
           the
           former
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           equal
           to
           it
           .
           There
           must
           be
           the
           like
           wonderful
           Works
           ;
           the
           Blind
           must
           as
           miraculously
           be
           made
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           the
           Lame
           to
           walk
           ,
           and
           the
           Diseased
           to
           be
           whole
           ,
           and
           the
           Dead
           to
           rise
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Christ
           himself
           must
           again
           descend
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           dye
           ,
           and
           rise
           ,
           and
           ascend
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           Miracles
           will
           fall
           short
           of
           what
           it
           is
           in
           competition
           with
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           it
           must
           proceed
           farther
           ,
           and
           its
           Evidence
           must
           not
           only
           be
           equal
           ,
           but
           superior
           also
           to
           that
           which
           it
           is
           to
           supplant
           .
           It
           was
           not
           only
           fit
           that
           
           Moses's
           Rod
           should
           be
           turn'd
           into
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           Magicians
           pretended
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           shew
           his
           Power
           to
           be
           greater
           than
           theirs
           ,
           his
           Serpentine
           Rod
           swallowed
           up
           theirs
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           enough
           that
           he
           brought
           forth
           
           Frogs
           ,
           when
           Jannes
           and
           Jambres
           produced
           the
           
           like
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           should
           do
           what
           they
           could
           not
           ,
           and
           so
           what
           would
           oblige
           them
           to
           acknowledge
           it
           to
           be
           
             the
             Finger
             of
             God.
          
           
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           our
           Saviour
           being
           to
           advance
           a
           new
           Scheme
           of
           things
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           shew
           he
           was
           the
           Person
           described
           ,
           and
           prophesied
           of
           ;
           but
           also
           by
           his
           numerous
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           such
           as
           never
           any
           ,
           neither
           Moses
           ,
           nor
           any
           Prophetical
           Person
           ,
           ever
           did
           work
           .
           
        
         
           If
           then
           there
           be
           no
           such
           Evidence
           for
           such
           a
           new
           Revelation
           ,
           (
           where
           there
           is
           a
           pretence
           to
           it
           )
           we
           may
           conclude
           it
           to
           be
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           ,
           a
           supposititious
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           to
           have
           no
           credence
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           no
           regard
           paid
           to
           it
           .
           It
           's
           Anathema
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           no
           need
           of
           any
           further
           Revelation
           .
           Revelation
           has
           somewhat
           in
           it
           of
           a
           Miracle
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           way
           extraordinary
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           God
           will
           work
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           break
           through
           the
           standing
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           no
           occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           nor
           necessity
           to
           require
           it
           ;
           so
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           he
           will
           communicate
           himself
           by
           a
           way
           of
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           immediate
           Inspiration
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           break
           down
           an
           Established
           Order
           of
           his
           own
           appointment
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           as
           much
           reason
           for
           the
           Continuance
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Institution
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           answers
           all
           the
           Ends
           for
           
           which
           a
           new
           Constitution
           can
           be
           framed
           ,
           or
           a
           new
           Revelation
           made
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           argues
           ,
           
             If
             the
             first
             Covenant
             had
          
           
           
             been
             faultless
             ,
             there
             should
             no
             place
             have
             been
             sought
             for
             the
             second
             :
          
           And
           if
           
             there
             be
             a
             place
          
           for
           a
           Third
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           some
           fault
           or
           imperfection
           chargeable
           upon
           the
           Second
           .
           But
           that
           I
           shall
           shew
           it
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Second
           Covenant
           or
           Gospel-Revelation
           is
           so
           perfect
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           another
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           There
           can
           be
           no
           more
           noble
           and
           useful
           Subject
           for
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           is
           concerning
           God's
           Reconciliation
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           their
           Redemption
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Son.
           
        
         
           And
           where
           this
           is
           plainly
           revealed
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           place
           for
           a
           Second
           ,
           nor
           any
           need
           of
           a
           new
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           Gospel-Revelation
           as
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Promises
           and
           Conditions
           ;
           there
           cannot
           be
           more
           excellent
           and
           beneficial
           than
           those
           ,
           nor
           more
           necessary
           than
           these
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           can
           be
           proposed
           of
           greater
           advantage
           unto
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           what
           the
           Gospel
           offers
           to
           those
           that
           believe
           and
           obey
           it
           ?
           It
           is
           no
           less
           
           than
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           blessing
           and
           protection
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           close
           of
           all
           ,
           Everlasting
           Life
           ,
           a
           translation
           out
           of
           this
           mortal
           ,
           uncomfortable
           ,
           and
           uncertain
           State
           ,
           to
           a
           State
           of
           unchangeable
           Happiness
           ;
           where
           Body
           and
           Soul
           shall
           again
           be
           united
           ,
           
             When
             this
             corruptible
             shall
             put
             on
             incorruption
             ,
             and
             this
             mortal
             shall
             put
             on
             immortality
             .
          
           An
           Encouragement
           that
           is
           the
           highest
           Cordial
           that
           can
           work
           upon
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           will
           (
           if
           any
           Consideration
           can
           )
           qualify
           the
           Troubles
           of
           this
           present
           Life
           ,
           and
           set
           a
           man
           above
           the
           fears
           of
           an
           exclusion
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           this
           is
           promised
           ,
           there
           can
           nothing
           be
           offer'd
           beyond
           it
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           need
           to
           find
           out
           others
           after
           this
           is
           proposed
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           as
           the
           Promises
           are
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           Conditions
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           unchangeable
           as
           the
           Reward
           :
           those
           indeed
           are
           unchangeable
           from
           the
           Divine
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           God's
           faithfulness
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           unchangeable
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           things
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Divine
           Command
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           another
           Revelation
           ,
           unless
           we
           can
           change
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           make
           
             evil
             good
             ,
             and
             good
             evil
             ;
             and
             put
             darkness
             for
             light
             ,
             and
             light
             for
             darkness
          
           ;
           unless
           we
           will
           dissolve
           all
           Order
           ,
           and
           
           confound
           all
           Relations
           ,
           and
           set
           the
           Creature
           loose
           from
           all
           obligations
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           Service
           to
           the
           Creator
           .
           Terms
           surely
           uncapable
           of
           abatement
           or
           alteration
           .
           For
           who
           can
           suppose
           Mankind
           should
           be
           left
           at
           liberty
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           love
           God
           ,
           or
           neglect
           him
           ;
           whether
           obey
           ,
           or
           violate
           his
           Laws
           ;
           whether
           they
           would
           be
           vertuous
           or
           vicious
           ;
           and
           whether
           they
           would
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           own
           him
           to
           be
           their
           Saviour
           ;
           or
           ,
           with
           the
           Jews
           ,
           reject
           him
           ,
           and
           
             not
             have
             him
             to
             reign
             over
             them
             ?
          
           Alter
           the
           Promises
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           ,
           and
           another
           Revelation
           ;
           but
           till
           they
           are
           altered
           ,
           or
           alterable
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           New
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           abatements
           or
           relaxations
           that
           can
           be
           allowed
           ,
           are
           inserted
           into
           the
           body
           of
           this
           Revelation
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           a
           two
           fold
           allowance
           ;
           an
           allowance
           of
           remission
           for
           whatever
           sins
           are
           past
           ,
           and
           truly
           repented
           of
           ;
           and
           an
           allowance
           for
           Humane
           Infirmities
           under
           the
           strictest
           obligations
           to
           our
           duty
           .
           And
           lower
           than
           these
           the
           Gospel
           doth
           not
           ,
           nor
           for
           the
           reason
           before
           given
           ,
           can
           descend
           ;
           since
           then
           it
           would
           countenance
           Impenitence
           ,
           and
           establish
           Iniquity
           by
           a
           Law
           ;
           and
           then
           indeed
           it
           had
           been
           an
           imperfect
           ,
           a
           defective
           ,
           a
           faulty
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           there
           would
           have
           been
           a
           place
           for
           a
           New.
           
        
         
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           extent
           of
           this
           Law
           ,
           or
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           such
           as
           none
           can
           exceed
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           as
           much
           fitted
           for
           the
           whole
           Race
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           any
           could
           be
           for
           any
           particular
           Nation
           .
           The
           Law
           of
           Moses
           was
           a
           Law
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           suited
           to
           their
           Temper
           and
           Circumstances
           in
           its
           original
           Frame
           and
           Constitution
           ▪
           and
           so
           what
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           Nations
           ,
           could
           not
           come
           within
           the
           benefit
           of
           ;
           nor
           could
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           as
           they
           became
           Proselytes
           ,
           and
           made
           themselves
           subject
           to
           it
           by
           the
           same
           way
           of
           initiation
           in
           Circumcision
           .
           And
           it
           is
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           all
           Humane
           Laws
           (
           though
           the
           general
           Lines
           running
           through
           them
           are
           one
           and
           the
           same
           )
           that
           they
           are
           fitted
           for
           the
           immediate
           use
           and
           service
           of
           that
           People
           ,
           whose
           Laws
           they
           are
           ;
           and
           which
           therefore
           vary
           infinitely
           ,
           and
           alter
           as
           Circumstances
           alter
           ,
           and
           as
           Reasons
           of
           State
           require
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           Gospel-Dispensation
           comprehends
           in
           it
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           to
           that
           as
           if
           they
           were
           but
           one
           People
           .
           It
           was
           our
           Saviour's
           Commission
           to
           his
           Apostles
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             Go
             ye
             into
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             preach
             the
          
           
           
             Gospel
             to
             every
             creature
          
           .
           And
           such
           as
           the
           Commission
           was
           ,
           such
           were
           the
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           they
           were
           to
           give
           and
           publish
           ,
           which
           were
           of
           
           universal
           concernment
           and
           obligation
           ;
           and
           neither
           confined
           by
           Persons
           nor
           Places
           ,
           by
           Times
           nor
           Circumstances
           ,
           but
           what
           all
           Persons
           ,
           in
           all
           Places
           ,
           Times
           and
           Circumstances
           ,
           are
           equally
           obliged
           to
           observe
           ;
           and
           which
           are
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           and
           have
           such
           a
           tendency
           to
           the
           good
           welfare
           and
           happiness
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           whether
           alone
           ,
           or
           in
           Society
           ,
           whether
           as
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           or
           Families
           ,
           or
           Nations
           ;
           that
           if
           exactly
           observed
           ,
           purity
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           love
           would
           every
           where
           abound
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           Paradise
           again
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Narrowness
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           feuds
           among
           Mankind
           ,
           if
           Vice
           and
           Wickedness
           overflow
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Law
           every
           way
           perfect
           to
           bind
           and
           restrain
           them
           ;
           or
           that
           there
           need
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           to
           mend
           them
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           reason
           given
           by
           St.
           
             James
             ,
             —
             from
             their
             lusts
             that
             war
             in
             their
             members
             .
          
           
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           Evidence
           given
           to
           the
           Gospel-Revelation
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           there
           needs
           no
           other
           evidence
           to
           be
           given
           to
           that
           Revelation
           ;
           nor
           that
           there
           needs
           any
           other
           Revelation
           for
           want
           for
           want
           of
           Evidence
           in
           this
           .
           Our
           Saviour's
           Life
           was
           a
           Life
           of
           Miracles
           as
           well
           as
           Innocence
           ;
           and
           where
           ever
           he
           went
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Power
           went
           along
           with
           him
           ;
           for
           
             in
             him
             dwelt
             the
             fulness
          
           
           
             of
             the
             Godhead
             bodily
          
           .
           And
           which
           he
           exerted
           where
           ▪
           ever
           he
           came
           ,
           and
           as
           occasion
           served
           ,
           to
           the
           confusion
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           convicton
           or
           conversion
           of
           his
           Adversaries
           ;
           and
           all
           which
           at
           last
           concluded
           in
           his
           own
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           his
           Ascension
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           effusion
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           began
           on
           Pentecost
           ,
           but
           like
           a
           torrent
           ran
           on
           through
           the
           Apostolical
           Age
           ,
           and
           bore
           down
           all
           manner
           of
           competition
           .
           And
           what
           then
           can
           any
           Revelation
           pretend
           to
           beyond
           it
           ?
           or
           where
           can
           there
           be
           any
           that
           can
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           produce
           the
           like
           Evidence
           for
           its
           veracity
           ?
           (
           as
           I
           have
           just
           before
           observ'd
           .
           )
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           How
           can
           we
           have
           a
           Gospel
           that
           can
           pretend
           to
           vye
           with
           that
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           into
           the
           World
           to
           reveal
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           last
           that
           was
           to
           come
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           when
           our
           Faith
           is
           that
           which
           was
           once
           
             delivered
             to
             the
          
           
           
             Saints
             .
             Once
             for
             all
          
           ;
           and
           so
           there
           is
           no
           more
           another
           Faith
           or
           Revelation
           to
           be
           expected
           after
           that
           ,
           than
           another
           Mediator
           after
           Him
           ,
           who
           was
           
             once
             offered
             to
             bear
             the
             sins
             of
             many
             .
          
           
        
         
           This
           leads
           to
           the
           Third
           Branch
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Scripture
           shuts
           up
           all
           with
           this
           Revelation
           ;
           and
           because
           we
           have
           now
           no
           Revelation
           but
           that
           Written
           Revelation
           ,
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           
           any
           Revelation
           beyond
           it
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           derogatory
           to
           it
           ;
           or
           that
           shall
           direct
           us
           to
           any
           other
           way
           by
           which
           we
           are
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           than
           that
           we
           
             have
             already
             received
          
           ,
           and
           is
           therein
           recorded
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           before
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           time
           from
           
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour's
           appearance
           ,
           and
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           Gospel
           by
           him
           (
           to
           his
           second
           coming
           )
           is
           called
           the
           
             last
             days
          
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           consequently
           has
           none
           to
           succeed
           it
           .
           So
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             As
             it
             is
             appointed
             unto
             men
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             but
             after
          
           
           
             this
             the
             judgment
             :
             So
             Christ
             was
             once
             offered
             to
             bear
             the
             sins
             of
             many
             ;
             and
             unto
             them
             that
             look
             for
             him
             ,
             shall
             he
             appear
             the
             second
             time
             ;
             without
             a
          
           sin-offering
           ,
           
             unto
             salvation
          
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           no
           alteration
           in
           the
           state
           from
           Death
           unto
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           as
           men
           dye
           ,
           so
           they
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           at
           Judgment
           :
           So
           there
           is
           no
           alteration
           to
           be
           between
           Christ's
           first
           appearing
           ,
           when
           he
           offered
           himself
           ;
           and
           his
           second
           ,
           when
           he
           
             shall
             so
             come
             in
             like
             manner
             as
             he
             was
             seen
             to
             go
             into
             heaven
             .
          
        
         
           If
           therefore
           there
           is
           to
           be
           any
           alteration
           as
           to
           this
           Revelation
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           before
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           after
           our
           Saviour's
           second
           appearance
           .
           But
           of
           that
           we
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           as
           I
           have
           consider'd
           the
           Argument
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           very
           few
           supposed
           to
           be
           concerned
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           set
           up
           another
           Revelation
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Gospel-Revelation
           ;
           or
           that
           maintain
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           be
           only
           temporary
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           shall
           have
           its
           season
           in
           which
           it
           is
           to
           expire
           ,
           and
           be
           succeeded
           by
           another
           .
           And
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           scarcely
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           have
           spent
           so
           much
           time
           upon
           it
           with
           respect
           to
           such
           wild
           Enthusiasts
           as
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           still
           are
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           But
           however
           ,
           what
           has
           been
           hitherto
           said
           ,
           may
           be
           of
           further
           use
           with
           reference
           to
           another
           Case
           ,
           just
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Case
           of
           personal
           and
           occasional
           Revelation
           ;
           
           which
           may
           be
           conceived
           only
           to
           serve
           to
           a
           more
           spiritual
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Revelation
           already
           received
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           no
           more
           derogatory
           to
           that
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           occasional
           or
           personal
           Revelation
           heretofore
           in
           the
           Mosaical
           State
           was
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           that
           Law
           which
           was
           of
           immediate
           and
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           of
           universal
           obligation
           to
           that
           People
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           not
           altogether
           deny
           this
           ;
           because
           I
           know
           not
           how
           far
           some
           Persons
           may
           in
           some
           cases
           be
           enlightned
           by
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           ;
           nor
           what
           particular
           directions
           they
           may
           receive
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           way
           in
           some
           special
           Cases
           with
           ●espect
           to
           themselves
           ,
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           like
           a
           special
           Providence
           to
           some
           particular
           persons
           .
           But
           now
           as
           a
           man
           must
           govern
           himself
           by
           the
           general
           Rules
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           particular
           ;
           and
           because
           he
           has
           sometimes
           met
           with
           Deliverances
           ,
           and
           Supplies
           ,
           and
           Directions
           beyond
           all
           his
           own
           foresight
           and
           reasoning
           ,
           must
           not
           forsake
           his
           own
           reasoning
           and
           care
           ,
           and
           wholly
           rely
           upon
           the
           Extraordinary
           :
           So
           it
           is
           to
           be
           here
           ;
           a
           person
           may
           perhaps
           have
           some
           occasional
           Revelation
           ,
           some
           Divine
           Inspiration
           ,
           at
           some
           special
           Season
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           special
           Case
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           forsakes
           the
           Ordinary
           to
           depend
           upon
           the
           Extraordinary
           ,
           and
           expects
           Revelation
           in
           every
           case
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           had
           it
           in
           some
           particulars
           ,
           he
           will
           as
           much
           be
           subject
           to
           error
           ,
           and
           err
           no
           less
           dangerously
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           wholly
           relied
           upon
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           forsook
           all
           other
           means
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           this
           is
           a
           way
           much
           liable
           to
           be
           abused
           ,
           and
           to
           mislead
           persons
           ,
           and
           is
           very
           suspicious
           and
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           a
           Case
           liable
           to
           imposture
           and
           abuse
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           those
           that
           are
           under
           the
           influence
           of
           such
           a
           conception
           ,
           are
           not
           always
           ,
           if
           at
           all
           ,
           capable
           of
           making
           a
           certain
           judgment
           of
           it
           .
           For
           it
           is
           all
           transacted
           
           within
           ,
           and
           the
           Imagination
           may
           be
           so
           much
           influenced
           by
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           agitation
           of
           the
           Humours
           and
           Animal
           Spirits
           ,
           from
           an
           Enthusiastal
           and
           even
           a
           devout
           Temper
           ,
           by
           prepossessions
           and
           foreconceived
           Principles
           ,
           and
           even
           by
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           wholly
           natural
           ;
           as
           natural
           as
           Dreams
           ,
           or
           the
           Deliriums
           of
           a
           Fever
           ,
           which
           proceed
           from
           the
           ebullition
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ordinary
           Causes
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Persons
           have
           been
           imposed
           upon
           ,
           and
           taken
           the
           effect
           of
           Imagination
           for
           Inspiration
           and
           Divine
           Illumination
           .
           I
           am
           far
           from
           condemning
           all
           the
           Instances
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           of
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           design
           to
           deceive
           ,
           like
           
             Maria
             Visitationis
          
           in
           Portugal
           .
           I
           will
           rather
           think
           more
           charitably
           ,
           That
           very
           often
           they
           have
           thought
           themselves
           thus
           moved
           and
           acted
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           :
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           Pretences
           ,
           and
           the
           opinion
           others
           have
           had
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           afterwards
           evident
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           far
           from
           being
           a
           Divine
           Infusion
           and
           Illumination
           .
           What
           
           shall
           we
           think
           of
           Teresa
           ,
           whose
           Life
           is
           full
           of
           her
           Visions
           and
           Revelations
           ;
           and
           of
           whom
           we
           are
           told
           by
           one
           of
           that
           Way
           ,
           That
           besides
           many
           other
           extatical
           Sights
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           she
           often
           had
           
             the
             sight
             and
             company
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             of
             each
          
           
           
             person
             in
             particular
             ,
             that
             they
             spoke
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             used
             to
             ask
             ,
             and
             did
             obtain
             particular
             favours
             of
             each
             .
             —
             that
             God
             shew'd
             her
             how
             all
             Creatures
          
           
           
             are
             contained
             in
             his
             Divine
             Essence
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Chrystal
             glass
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             saw
             therein
             the
             thoughts
             words
             ,
             and
             deeds
             of
             all
             men
             .
             This
          
           (
           and
           truly
           she
           had
           reason
           to
           
           think
           so
           )
           she
           said
           
             was
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             favours
             to
             her
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           we
           would
           but
           alter
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Nunnery
           conceive
           her
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Hospital
           ,
           we
           should
           take
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           what
           that
           Author
           in
           a
           transport
           sometimes
           calls
           it
           ,
           a
           Phrenzy
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           a
           Legend
           of
           Dreams
           would
           the
           World
           be
           furnished
           with
           ,
           if
           the
           Visions
           and
           Revelations
           
           of
           this
           kind
           were
           bundl'd
           up
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           Miracles
           of
           reputed
           Saints
           have
           sometimes
           been
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           are
           very
           much
           to
           be
           suspected
           of
           Imposture
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           And
           that
           because
           we
           read
           so
           little
           of
           this
           way
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           Times
           ,
           and
           nothing
           to
           encourage
           us
           in
           the
           expectation
           of
           it
           afterwards
           :
           We
           read
           nothing
           there
           of
           the
           
             Union
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             the
             Divine
             Essence
             ,
          
           of
           
             its
             being
             absorpt
             and
             drowned
             over
             head
             and
             ears
             ,
             and
             ingulphed
             in
             the
             depth
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             became
             one
             and
             the
             same
          
           
           
             with
             God
          
           ,
           by
           a
           
             true
             Deification
          
           .
           We
           read
           
           there
           sparingly
           of
           some
           Extasies
           ;
           as
           one
           of
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           one
           or
           two
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ;
           but
           with
           how
           much
           reserve
           and
           modesty
           doth
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           speak
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           
             Visions
             and
             Revelations
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           when
           he
           
             heard
             unspeakable
          
           
           
             words
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             a
             man
             to
             utter
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           what
           can
           be
           greater
           ,
           if
           these
           of
           Teresia
           be
           true
           ?
           And
           where
           might
           we
           more
           expect
           to
           be
           entertained
           with
           the
           Relations
           of
           such
           Rapts
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ?
           So
           that
           when
           they
           are
           there
           so
           unusual
           ,
           and
           here
           so
           frequent
           ,
           that
           even
           Societies
           are
           embodied
           and
           formed
           from
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           suspect
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           It
           's
           much
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           means
           of
           judging
           ,
           and
           of
           distinguishing
           Imagination
           from
           Revelation
           ,
           is
           laid
           aside
           ,
           which
           is
           Reason
           ;
           and
           when
           all
           is
           resolved
           into
           the
           Person
           's
           own
           testimony
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           required
           in
           all
           Cases
           to
           search
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           ,
           which
           doth
           suppose
           the
           free
           exercise
           of
           our
           Reason
           ;
           and
           when
           this
           is
           rejected
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           sign
           there
           is
           no
           truth
           in
           the
           thing
           pretended
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           It
           is
           suspicious
           ,
           when
           they
           exalt
           their
           own
           private
           Revelations
           to
           the
           same
           Authority
           with
           the
           Revelations
           of
           Holy
           Writ
           ;
           and
           seek
           to
           justify
           the
           one
           by
           the
           other
           .
        
         
         
           (
           4.
           )
           When
           they
           esteem
           the
           way
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           describ'd
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           be
           mean
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           this
           that
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           and
           prefer
           this
           way
           of
           Contemplation
           and
           Inspiration
           above
           the
           plain
           Precepts
           of
           Christianity
           :
           When
           it
           is
           a
           condescention
           in
           them
           to
           join
           in
           External
           Worship
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           given
           by
           Father
           Ubald
           as
           an
           instance
           of
           the
           attainment
           of
           one
           to
           some
           degree
           of
           this
           rapturous
           state
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           hour
           of
           Prayer
           was
           spent
           ,
           
             he
             could
             hardly
             be
             persuaded
             that
             it
             was
             so
             ,
             not
             knowing
          
           
           
             what
             Prayer
             he
             was
             in
          
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           famous
           
             Quietist
             ,
             Molinos
          
           ,
           reports
           of
           
             Gregory
             Lopez
          
           ,
           
             That
             having
             for
             the
             space
             of
             
             three
             Years
             continued
             that
             Ejaculation
             ,
             
               Thy
               will
               be
               done
               in
               Time
               ,
               and
               in
               Eternity
            
             ;
             repeating
             it
             as
             often
             as
             he
             breathed
             ;
             God
             discovered
             to
             him
             that
             infinite
             Treasure
             of
             the
             pure
             and
             continued
             Act
             of
             Faith
             and
             Love
             ;
             and
             that
             during
             the
             36
             years
             he
             lived
             after
             ,
             he
             always
             continued
             that
             pure
             Act
             of
             Love
             ,
             without
             ever
             uttering
             the
             least
             Petition
             ,
             Ejaculation
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             that
             was
             sensible
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           all
           is
           by
           this
           means
           resolved
           into
           a
           spiritual
           and
           senseless
           frame
           and
           course
           ,
           a
           certain
           stilness
           and
           quietness
           ,
           as
           Molinos
           expresseth
           it
           ,
           when
           
           
             the
             Soul
             doth
             not
             know
             whether
             it
             be
             alive
             or
             dead
             ,
             lost
             or
             gained
             ,
             agrees
             or
             resists
             ;
             this
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             is
             the
          
           
           
             true
             resigned
             life
          
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           no
           External
           Service
           for
           the
           Mind
           to
           be
           concerned
           in
           ,
           no
           External
           Object
           to
           be
           attended
           to
           .
        
         
           A
           state
           of
           Perfection
           that
           is
           above
           what
           the
           Gospel
           doth
           describe
           ;
           and
           is
           
             another
             Gospel
          
           than
           what
           we
           have
           in
           Scripture
           received
           ;
           and
           which
           there
           needs
           an
           uncontroulable
           Evidence
           for
           ;
           the
           want
           of
           which
           increaseth
           the
           suspicion
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           There
           is
           no
           Evidence
           for
           all
           this
           beyond
           their
           own
           simple
           affirmation
           .
           And
           who
           is
           there
           without
           good
           Evidence
           that
           can
           believe
           that
           those
           Rapturous
           Ladies
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           
             Santa
             Teresa
          
           ,
           and
           
             Donna
             Marina
             d'
             Escobar
          
           )
           did
           in
           
           Molinos's
           Phrase
           ,
           
             hear
             and
             talk
             with
             God
             hand
             to
             hand
          
           ;
           when
           he
           reads
           the
           interlocutory
           matters
           that
           are
           said
           
           to
           have
           passed
           between
           them
           ;
           as
           for
           Example
           ,
           Whenever
           (
           saith
           
             Teresa
             )
             the
             Lord
             commanded
             me
             any
             thing
             ,
             if
             my
             Confessor
             told
             me
             another
             ;
             I
             turned
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             I
             must
             obey
             my
             Confessor
             .
             This
             ,
          
           saith
           that
           grave
           man
           upon
           it
           ▪
           
             is
             sound
             and
             true
             Doctrine
             which
             secures
             Souls
          
           ;
           or
           rather
           confounds
           
           and
           destroys
           them
           .
           This
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           what
           the
           same
           Author
           elsewhere
           observes
           ,
           
             The
             desire
             of
             Revelations
             uses
             to
             be
             a
             great
             hindrance
             to
             the
          
           
           
             interiour
             Soul
             ,
             especially
             to
             women
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             not
             an
             ordinary
             Dream
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             christen
             it
             with
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Vision
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           World
           ,
           especially
           one
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           been
           much
           imposed
           upon
           ,
           when
           credulous
           this
           way
           .
           The
           Pretence
           abovesaid
           ,
           of
           
             Maria
             Visitationis
          
           ,
           is
           an
           Instance
           beyond
           all
           exception
           ,
           who
           imposed
           upon
           her
           Confessor
           (
           no
           less
           a
           man
           than
           
             Lewis
             Granada
          
           )
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           even
           
           on
           the
           Pope
           himself
           :
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           she
           pretended
           to
           somewhat
           more
           than
           internal
           for
           her
           Converse
           with
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           &c.
           was
           detected
           at
           last
           of
           notorious
           Imposture
           .
        
         
           But
           most
           of
           the
           Visionaries
           (
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           )
           pretended
           not
           to
           so
           much
           .
           And
           therefore
           where
           there
           is
           no
           external
           Evidence
           attempted
           by
           them
           ,
           nor
           that
           we
           have
           the
           gift
           of
           Intuition
           to
           see
           into
           their
           inward
           and
           Self-evidence
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           otherwise
           of
           such
           Illuminations
           ,
           and
           Introversions
           ,
           and
           Interlocutions
           ,
           than
           at
           best
           the
           effects
           of
           an
           heated
           Imagination
           .
           But
           of
           this
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           are
           we
           to
           be
           careful
           in
           these
           
           matters
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           too
           easy
           of
           belief
           ,
        
         
           4.
           
           Because
           it
           may
           be
           very
           dangerous
           in
           the
           consequence
           of
           it
           .
           For
           if
           instead
           of
           a
           Star
           ,
           it
           should
           prove
           an
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
          
           ,
           whither
           may
           not
           Persons
           be
           led
           under
           the
           delusion
           of
           it
           ?
           For
           what
           will
           not
           be
           concluded
           to
           be
           lawful
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           duty
           ,
           which
           Revelation
           shall
           warrant
           ?
           And
           where
           will
           this
           end
           ,
           if
           it
           once
           be
           credited
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           commit
           our selves
           implicitly
           and
           blindly
           to
           such
           an
           uncertain
           Guide
           ?
           So
           that
           in
           the
           issue
           ,
           such
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Revelation
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           promised
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           reasonable
           to
           be
           expected
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           desired
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           this
           with
           a
           Saying
           of
           one
           conversant
           
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           
             You
             must
             not
             think
             them
             holiest
             ,
             that
             have
             Consolations
             ,
             Visions
             ,
             and
             Revelations
             ;
             for
             many
             are
          
           
           
             great
             Saints
             that
             never
             had
             any
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             others
             that
             had
             Visions
             and
             Gusts
             are
             not
             therefore
             Saints
             ;
             for
             true
             Sanctity
             doth
             consist
             in
             solid
             vertue
             ,
             and
             true
             conformity
             of
             our
             will
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             in
             all
             things
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           freely
           acknowledge
           that
           there
           will
           be
           a
           great
           alteration
           in
           the
           present
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           before
           the
           close
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           before
           an
           end
           shall
           be
           put
           to
           Christ's
           Mediatory
           Kingdom
           upon
           Earth
           ;
           When
           the
           
           
             mountain
             of
             the
             Lord's
             house
             shall
             be
             established
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             mountains
             ;
             and
             all
             nations
             shall
             flow
             unto
             it
             .
          
           When
           
             the
             wolf
             shall
             dwell
             with
             the
             lamb
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           that
           the
           
           
             earth
             shall
             be
             full
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             the
             waters
             cover
             the
             sea
          
           ;
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           but
           one
           Church
           over
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           the
           fulness
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           coming
           down
           of
           the
           New
           Jerusalem
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           in
           a
           state
           of
           perfect
           peace
           ;
           and
           there
           
           shall
           be
           in
           that
           sense
           
             a
             new
             heaven
             and
             a
             new
             earth
             .
          
           But
           that
           is
           a
           state
           in
           reserve
           ;
           and
           there
           will
           need
           no
           evidence
           for
           that
           which
           will
           be
           self-evident
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           if
           
             we
             according
             to
             his
             promise
             look
             for
             a
             new
             heaven
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             earth
             ,
             wherein
             dwelleth
             righteousness
             ,
          
           
           let
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           Advice
           ,
           
             be
             diligent
             that
             we
             be
             found
             of
             him
             in
             peace
             ,
             without
             spot
             and
             blameless
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66408-e230
           
             Acts
             15.
             
          
           
             Acts
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Hebr.
             9.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             23.
             1
             
             John
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Breviar
             .
             Rom.
             Octob
             8.
             
             Bellarm.
             
               de
               Purg.
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             11.
             
               de
               Eucha
               .
               l.
            
             3.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             Matth.
             Par.
             
               Hist
               .
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1255.
             
          
           
             Eymericus
             ,
             
               Direct
               .
               Inquisit
            
             .
             Gul.
             
               de
               S.
            
             Amore
             
               de
               peric
               .
               noviss
               .
               temp
               .
            
             Prateolus
             
               de
               Haer.
               l.
            
             4.
             
             
               V.
               D.
               r
            
             Stilling
             fleet
             ,
             
               Fanaticism
               of
               the
            
             Roman
             Church
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             29.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             12.
             17.
             
             Lev.
             23.
             14.
             
          
           
             V.
             Spondani
             
               Annal
               .
               Eccles
               .
               Ann.
               Dom.
            
             1204.
             
               de
               Almarico
            
          
           
             Heb.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             7.
             12.
             2
             
             Tim.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             8.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             John
             15.
             24.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             8.
             7.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             28.
             19.
             
             Mark
             16.
             15.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jude
             3.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.
             28.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             8.
             
               of
               the
               last
               Year
            
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             P.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Jesus
               Maria.
            
             Joseph
             .
             Teresia
             .
             
               composed
               by
            
             Paul
             
               of
               St.
            
             Ubald
             .
             1654.
             
          
           
             Part.
             3.
             
             P.
             65
             ,
             71
             ,
             86.
             
          
           
             P.
             72.
             
          
           
             
               Legenda
               aurea
               .
               Bolandus
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ubald
             .
             p.
             14
             ,
             16
             ,
             41.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             1
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             P.
             57.
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Spiritual
               Guide
               ,
               lib.
            
             1.
             c.
             17.
             n.
             135.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               lib.
            
             3.
             c.
             7.
             n.
             63.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               Preface
               ,
               n.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             L.
             2.
             c.
             2.
             &c.
             9.
             n.
             71.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               l.
            
             2.
             c.
             6.
             n.
             46.
             
          
           
             
               V.
               Lud.
               à
               Paramo
               de
            
             Orig.
             
               Inquisit
               .
               &
               Bp.
            
             Wor.
             
               Fanat
               .
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             .
          
           
             P.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ubald
             .
             
               ibid.
               part
            
             .
             3.
             
               c
               ▪
            
             6.
             n.
             11.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             2.
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ch
             .
             11.
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             21.
             1
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.