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THere is great opposition of Christians in this world, all which in may dream I divided into 2. sorts, the one terrence, humain, and baptised under the authority of men, to live according to their severall Lawes and Corporations after the power of a mortall life. The other Christians are coelestical, divine, and baptized under the annoin∣ting and authority of the only true God, to live
according to his holy law in their mind, looking through the resurrection of Jesus, unto that glori∣ous life in immortality.
2. Having observed how such as professe themselves, preachers of light, are darkened in the world by leaving the expresse word, and wisdom of Christ, to follow mortall vanities; I am drawn to discover their folly, that they can no more helpe a man to go the way of immortality, then a natural blind man can direct a man in the way of a mortall life. And therefore being in them∣selves so blinded with the God of this world, it is mischievous madnesse for them to presume to speak what they know not, thereby to deceive o∣thers, or else by their authority of blindnesse to hinder them, which being ignorant of their blind∣nesse, do enquire of them the good old way; but it is safe for blind men to confesle they are blind, that all that erre and have eyes, may enquire of others that do see: It yet thay will make them∣selves Preachers of light and immortality, they must be discouraged to the false Preachers, that instead thereof, do indeed preach darknesse and mortality, as to deceive others of the wayes of life.
3. I understand that the Christians are not Ministers of the letter, as 2 Cor. 3.6. because that were to take upon them the carnall authority of the Scribes and Pharisees, who are charged with
that, Mat. 23.2.23. yet to deliver the spirit and truth contained therein.