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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 1523

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1523

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23 Be not deceived: evil communications 900d Manners 4.

a Do not ſuffer your ſelves to be abuſed with evil and coin; 1; / courſes of thoſe Philoſophers amongſt whom you converli;, wh; gue from innate Principles of Reajon againſt Articles of þjjh though you may judge, that they talk but tor dilcourte ſale, val, communication or ditcourſe is naught, and will influence meg; things of piatice, and debavch men in their Morals, Ir 154 V;\ or Saying taken out. of, or at leaſt found in, one of the PaginP;.., bur containing in it much truth.

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have not the knowledge of God c : * I ſpeak his to yo, ſhame #4.

bSin is in Scripture compared to /zep, Kow. 13. 11. £2; ; 1, and that very properly ; for as the natural Senles are boung uy 17 natural ſleep, to the Sinners Spiritual Senſes are locked up, (6 tr he doth nor excrciſe them to diſcern betwixr good and evil; wn} 1; he that is atleep, is void of all care and fear, 1s ſecure, fo th: jr. ner 1s ſecure and void of tear, And Repentince 1s 1ct our vn; the notion of awakirg ; we are notonly concerned to cich- 11 h to do good ; not only io awake from Sin,but to Rigteouſr cthi 1 to an holy life and converlation, that is it which 15 here call-} R+7). reoulnels, all ſpiritual reftitude being to be judged from th: % 1}; conformity to the Divine Itule ; hence fin is called a crooked vv, becauſe it will not agree with the Rule of Gol's Word «Fo: fone amongſt you have not a due and faving Knowledge of Cod, oats), apprehenſion of the things of God, & though it be a ſhame for th. that have it not,contidering the hghi and means of knowledge nine vou have had by my Miniſtry, and the Miniſtry of otlucrs vio have been an.ongt you.

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36 Thou fool f, * that which thou ſowe!t 15 0% */: quickned, except it dieg.

7 He faith nor thom fool in anger, (which is that uſing of this tern witich our Saviour, Matt, 5. 22. faith, brings a man unuer rhe guts of Hell tire) bur in the way ofa grave and authoritative r{prool ; Ga" ling thein Fools for their wanr of a due underſtanding 0 te 0205 and ways of God. 2 He I:rs them know, that they wigt 2: ell a:k, how the grain of Wheat, which they ordinarily fowed 8 ts! hi:1d, did tife again * For tht grain allo rotteth under {06 cies © the earth, under which ir is buried, before it again rileth.

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