words, for their tongues to rise up in judgment against them.

Yea, methinks this Phrase intimates thus much, as if they would call in the aid and power of the Secular Magiftrates, against the Spiritual Chriftians; and then their tongues rife up in judgment against them indeed; and except they engage the Magiftrates power against the Saints, they think they can never do them mifchief enough. And thus their tongues rife up in judgment against the Saints, that profefs the truth.

2. As the Enemy ftrikes with their tongue against the Saints that profefs the truth, fo alfo against the truth professed by the Saints; and this, they cail by way of reproach, new Light, as their Predecellors, at the beginning of the breaking forth of the Gospel in this Kingdom, called it new Learning; yea, they call the Truth, Error; and the very mind of Chrift in the word, Herefie; and the power of Godliness, Independency; and the contending for the faith once given to the Saints, Faction, and Sedition, and the like; and this grieves the Saints a thousand times more than any Perfonal reproaches, to hear the Truth, and Light, and Life, and the Spirit of the Gospel, defpifed and fpoken againft, and blafphemed; that is that, that fetches not only tears from their eyes, but even drops of blood from their hearts; the Truth of God, being much dearer to them, than their Eftates, or Names, or Lives.

But fee how God conquers this weapon of the Enemies Tongue to the faithful, as well as the former weapons of their hands; every tongue that rifeth up in judgment against thee, thou shalt condemn. All that fpeak, and rage, and rail, and reproach and flander, and vilifie and abuse the Saints, either by their Tongues or Pens, thou by thy Uprightnefs, Integrity, Innocency, Truth, Faithfulness,

fhalt

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fhalt condemn them; thy ways, and thy works, that are led and acted in Chrift and his Spirit, fhall be the condemnation of all thine Enemies; and their misreports and flanders fhall be done away as a mist before the Sun, and thy righteoufnefs, and integrity fhall break forth in that clearnefs, and brightness and ftrength, that they shall fit down aftonished and amazed; and they fhall be condemned, not only by the word, and by the Saints, but by all the common morality of the world, yea, and by their own confcience; fo that they fhall carry their guilt with them night and day, and fhall not be able to look the Godly in the face, whom they have fo reproached; the very prefence of the Saints, fhall be the condemnation of their Enemies, who have before fo unworthily judged them; yea, the whole world fhall fee the faithfulness and integrity of the Saints of God, and fhall juftifie them, and condemn their Enemies; and fhall fay, lo, these are the Men that the world judged for Sectaries, and Schifmaticks, and what not? fee how faithful they have been to God, and the true Church of God, and to the State; and furely they must needs be bad Men, that are Enemies to these. And thus, while our Enemies judge us, they fhall be condemned themselves. And this fhall certainly be done, as fure as the word of God is true, and as fure as the Lord lives, to make good his word. For,

This is the heritage of the Servants of the Lord.

That is, you shall have this by as fure right, as any man hath an inheritance, that is entailed upon him. This is your heritage, O ye fervants of the Lord, to make void the force of every Weapon that is used against you, and to condemn every tongue that judgeth you. This promife is our portion, and the Lot of our inheritance; H 4

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and in this we rejoyce, that While we serve the Lord, truly and faithfully, neither the hands nor tongues of the Enemy fhall hurt us, but in the end we shall be more than Conquerous over all. Let my portion fall in this pleasant place, and I fhall have a goodly heritage.

And their righteousness is of me faith the Lord.

That is thefe fervants of mine, are not men of a humane and morall righteoufnefs only, but they partake of the righteoufnefs of God in Chrift; Their righteoufnefs is of me; or thus, though they are finners before the World (for as the world reckons their own fin, for righteousness; fo it reckons Gods righteousness, for fin) yet they are righteous before me; and in my eyes. So that however the World reckons us evil doers, and not worthy to live in the world, yet God reckons us rightcous, and our righteousness is

betore him.

To conclude, feeing God hath engaged himself, to fecure us, in his wayes, both from the Weapons and tongues of men, Go and tell the Foxes, that we will walk without fear in the World, both to day and to morrow, and the third day We shall be perfected.

Right

OR, THE

Reformation of the CHURCH

OF THE

NEW-TESTAMENT,

Reprefented in GOSPEL-LIGHT,

In a SERMON Preached to the Honourable House of COMMONS, on Wednesday November 25th, 1646.

Together with a REPLY to the Chief Contradictions of Mr. LOVE's Sermon Preached the fame Day.

All Publish'd for the good of the Faithful,at their defire,

By William Dell, Minifter of the Gofpel.
Attending on his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax.

John vii. 12. And there was much murmuring among the People concerning him; for fome faid he is a good man; others Jay nay, but be deceiveth the people.

John xvi. 3. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Credo me Theologum effe Chriftianum, & in regno veritatis vivere; ideo me debitorem effe, non modò affirmande veritatis, fed etiam afferendæ, & defendendæ, feu per fanguinem, feu per mortem, Luth.

LONDON:

First Printed in the Year, 1651.