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Be sure they will, said th Angel; but from Heavn [ 485 ]Hee to his own a forter will send,
The promise of the Father, who shall dwell
His Sp<var>..</var>irit within them, and the Law of Faith
W through love, upon thir hearts shall write,
To guide them in all truth, and also arme [ 490 ]
With spiritual Armour, able to resist
Satans assaults, and quench his fierie darts,
What Man do against them, not affraid,
Though to the death, against such cruelties
With inward solations repenct, [ 495 ]
And oft supported so as shall amaze
Thir proudest persecuters: for the Spirit
Powrd<var>藏书网</var> first on his Apostles, whom he sends
To evangelize the Nations, then on all
Baptizd, shall them with wondrous gifts endue [ 500 ]
To speak all Tongues, and do all Miracles,
As did thir Lord before them. Thus they win
Great numbers of eaation to receave
With joy the tidings brought from Heavn: at length
Thir Ministry performd, and race well run, [ 505 ]
Thir doe and thir story writte,
They die; but in thir room, as they forewarne,
Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous Wolves,
Who all the sacred mysteries of Heavn
To thir own vile advantages shall turne [ 510 ]
Of lucre and ambition, and the truth
With superstitions bbr>?</abbr>and traditions taint,
Left onely in those written Records pure,
Though not but by the Spirit uood.
Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names, [ 515 ]
Places and titles, and with these to joine
Secular power, though feigning still to act
By spiritual, to themselves appropriating
The Spirit of God, promisd alike and givn
To all Beleevers; and from that pretense, [ 520 ]
Spiritual Lawes by al power shall force
On every sce; Laws whione shall finde
Left them inrould, or what the Spirit within
Shall on the heart engrave. What will they then
But force the Spirit of Grace it self, and binde [ 525 ]
His sort Libertie; what, but unbuild
His living Temples, built by Faith to stand,
Thir own Faith not anothers: for oh
Who a<var>.99ｌib.</var>gainst Faith and sce be heard
Infallible? yet many will presume: [ 530 ]
Whence heavie persecution shall arise
On all who in the worship persevere
Of Spirit and Truth; the rest, farr greater part,
Well deem in outward Rites and specious formes
Religion satisfid; Truth shall retire [ 535 ]
Bestuck with slandrous darts, and works of Faith
Rarely be found: so shall the Woe on,
To good malignant, to bad men benigne,
Under her own waight groaning till the day
Appeer of respiration to the just, [ 540 ]
And vengeao the wicked, at return
Of him so lately promissd to thy aid
The Womans seed, obscurely then foretold,
Nolier known thy Saviour and thy Lord,
Last in the Clouds from Heavn to be reveald [ 545 ]
In glory of the Father, to dissolve
Satan with his perverted World, then raise
From the flagrant mass, purgd and refind,
New Heavns, h, Ages of endless date
Founded in righteousness and pead love [ 550 ]
T forth fruits Joy aernal Bliss.
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