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1680 Broadside, Verso, Q1
July 17 1681 Phill[ippians] 1:15 you have heard what incouraged Paul with his sufferings for the gospell even the good effects & fruits of him and by these he would have the plea incouraged & not to take offense at the ill usage he mett with now one if those good effects is mentioned verse 14 viz this many spoke the word much more boldly & without fear, in this verse he exemplifies that fruit, distributing those teachers into two sorts. Some that is of those brethren spoken of in the foregoing years they did all speak the word, but not all with the same affection Paul knew y by diberenel By those brethren that spoke the word that meant anguish & preachers of the word as you so hear, many of the brethren quo neam ne intellegit ecclesiae ducto thy pesent; & the same another conceives he speaks of such as preached the gospel: at Rome as well as in other places. The words seem to be an answer to an objection that many of those foremen turned preacher who were so confident & courageous & undaunted in preaching the word were but nou sly men & noe ture forried to saak nor to trus He answers first granting some indeed did preach Christ from a spirit of a way to out struy him though they preached orthodox doctrine for yer preached Christ but your hearts were not pure but full of envy & strife against Paul who by his constancy in publishing & suffering for the truth had been instrumental of much good in Rome as well as in other places now they did desire to be sele fctire off to he publishes of the truth of well as hee seeing Paul had seen much fame by preaching the Gospel they would preach also (though not t hazard) that so they might not be also rich but famous as well as he is not more for new begienes are much taken notice off They envied Paul the power he had in y own ye chaisicity in the world & ye i rudyed them ye honor that was done him by those that were converted by his ministry Be aware also that some preached out of strife this follows the other yor envied the Sencod & which your was between them that Embraced Paul dactyin & did ffier up Confusion & a sinful amulation amongst ye ministry whilst nous one labored tho ould to applaud him, & out of an evil are to provure harder usang against paul if not his death surpassing ye more ye gospel was preached need would be ye more inceused against him & ye stale was a way to affarrd were against Paul for it might be laid in his &i sh aspimt of quarrelling was in him that followed has truths when your is disceant amongst Gods People its ye way to sure up enemies against y where enay & grade are harbored those will accouningw yet heer in partionsuty himself & would have ye plullepions yourin also com preached that all ye preaches new not of that shape ther beann many who preached Christ from love & good will towards Christ & staal, out of love to ye truth & ye good of Godly Unsuiow) to publish as an hverald awnesters are boclods to proohain yet wil to all in gods nane holdly pleanly faithfully Envy a Otodew invideo truaten a nimis videndo because those we eneym fix our eye upon aing as its said of Saul he ged David that is with an envious on 1 Samuel 18:9 I have as wvill ast tis put for senny 20 moath . strife some doe conceinI did cause from ye unsound uss of ye actrin they nad elieat as if yy had mught ye observation of ceremonial rights t that ot of a spirit of apposition & contention against smet, who had thought that ye broe =moutal haut was alolusse or abot shing y is not judged forsoned interprisation, for part would not then have coneyeed if ye had hin corruption in ye dectrime for its said this spoke & preached yet but your strife wrose from asher raotwee y yute & suldn who should te greatest to most accounted off 22 Luke 24 ok an Immaderaton sinful desire after applause together with ye lest of wes herty of ye fulty and astination of thers is after wherefore tho pech tlure gl for soe me se herr that som preach that out of the Envy is ady forth but a venation ar iuened displyture conceived of ye good of anayer viz Either carsons Credit gifts presett sue cass or ye
1680 Broadside, Verso, Q2
{AI Transcription} Solomon selt who comstand before envy 27 prov 4 Christ offin that sends us to virlen & goodness it self this was ye devils sin tho envied this happiness of man having lost his own god epate & this sin appeared not long after ye cain & how this way wrought against Christ he self ye Evangelists make plain. The phorisyes him[?] wes over carping as Christ gracious words & glorious works and at hast delivered him out often iny to be crucified 15 mork 10 soe that envy proou red ye fall of man & ye death of Christ away forments a man & is rottenness to his bons because of others Excellency 14 Nrov 30. h is abslected that any is qreat to him, much more if above him r ener is especially against those that we think are above us as contempt is against Infacions 31 Ezeck 9. When Daniel was made cheif of ye prinous & presidents then ye rest of ye grovous envied him & sought occasion to ywine him 6 denreet 3. 4. So here they envied paul his envinets & success his abilities & honor & hear though these preached christ it was with an a ime to dimi nish paul famile f to sate yourselves this is afemfell evill ad yet such is ye pow 24. ye of this carripti m that it will make a mans gifts & ye exaccse of him in ye choisest dutyty of dirence wastry substruient to his bose lifts for some even preached christ but of envy & strife Elise could say that he not only speak words of truth but with an upright heart 33 Job some may speak that which is erroneous up a true heat that is, they think that to be a sreatly which they utter when his an arror yet some have offended that which is exconions with a better & more honest heart that some hishuv urded ye truley. But your are others that Ipenk ye fordth with a fuls heart & hear ye apos the tobs notice of sevent teaches of that sect who though they preached the truth yet not with a upright heart much like sother who soutiug speak greate truths but out of madion & envy that chsly he might rasy a maity a grist se trutly professors of it now ye gfords why this is a great well & to be condemned as it is hereby the ropest is fordives ceasons 1 R. which erillws Jesus table to go 3 Tiles 3. Faithful to ye person in whom ihis 14 yor 70 that argues a very care that house if not wholy mange Merat 112 14 10 whow as he groond at till he bnashed his twth was it a gres of compassion at ye mismyes of Ethes noe it was a grief of envy at the perspurty of otus as is does frant ye words immediately foregoing the hore of ye rughters shall be enabled with horry, but its most abominable in such as make profession of ye faith or that publish the truths who should rejoice in ye wel I are regulation good success one of aother as if it were their own 1 Cor 2 26 If om member be honored all ye members rejoice with i R2 Consider ye root & fowentes of ye lust & ye are pride of hent & excession salf lome for mery if ye sadness of ye beat for ye good mse in anether or that ysdow by wnther in which this your anyour person makes account that yo much honours or proyse is taken from him as vgiean to a ratheres, have Elvab take, that in David which was his ome sendness to vertune his life for ye 1sam 17 28 he weyed Davds valyu&
survive of gods Israel Which he had no heat to himself It speaans alsoe from prfam & rebeltions infidelity for either we do not believe that another hath his gusts repetation success gruen of god (for if we did it would nullify ravs) or if we between yei veagnce him of god then it is rebecti our infidelity to greed against gods goodness 20 moth 15 look pn to that 3 Joh 26 27 John & schply labour to maniss your master against Christ thy couplain that he baptized & ye which especially troubled him all more followed [ Gd ye aggra vate this fact or weyy heinous in that Christ had got much of his broditely selves mean he to behom thou barest witness wherin they seen to faxt him of but baskfullness that heins soe much beholding to John he should thus go about to overtop him but mind how John takens to or ctcquanct praon, & pesmadders him to ye homourn of Christ an argument of great humility in ohe & freedom from this just of cuy, he was yet moved with these temptations from his disciples thus pricking him forward, & hear is one try all when we can stand out in trppation but mind his acsree 27 ye forme of his argumt y this I what soever grae any mw hl for his calling & whatsoever success he his in ye exacution of his calling he given him by god then it is hll mation to be aneyours that christ pro mareses as well ass, & got iny manistry then I has whats ovter he hath that way goe gives it to the, whophen yae make it less & that smmtler mensure that I bate y alsoe by the same
1680 Broadside, Verso, Q3
{AI transcription} same lord despused to me wt& then can make it more tinuetate remedy against envy to consider that we guarableb god by that sin moth rot is thine aye woll hecase are gooed are you wasing & rutyous that Christ bepas that with such furloess us such credit & asteem Casiders with whom you are a grey is where with ye god of be woven from whom ye Spirit descended upon Christ & him vs 30 hulmest in meat but I must deckes & I am wall condensed to should be so & before nane be envious for ye matter. R - 3 Buraser is lor should be no query goess unchallenged. though others share in for which has although greed & acts that which for ill his he has noters that we sagtt but one blessing noe be can make allheis happy & call fill him as ye stall be capable oftenthy mory mide & I welt fill thee, hesoees whateer albutys othes between this part for our good we have an indian od stll noe be crlyons at that which is for our own benefit men are his stewards of ye manfldgree of and that so they may communicate one to another 1 Pet 4 10 of hearr is just matter of hunliation & reproase for that spirit that is in us which lusts unto mny o 4 james 5 as for spiritual gifts me noe gudy to desire to have a monopoly of him & to ingress him all to or salnes as pelus ddsepty would have ye gift of guiresting and fave in ye disolding of it to resue in Johualong swe wold Josuah have had prayers rusted onely in his master foles & before complained to him when alded & madad yroptard 11 hd lad in ye sncoriss of youth we would have all ye sucmss oer selves though god he gleaned much by others yet if we have no hand in which we are afftg be cenpoes a sign we too oft prafeer our own glory before or ets we would rejoice when others pleases him as well as our selves I considers it a sin that we were all wall to gods children as well as others though that only bewtrouke in ye unreguaree t yet ye sparit even in us bustaty against ye spiite & unto grvs at youe in Jesual & Johns disciples i 14 3 yesore gods this are offenmerrd aprostett 37 14. Prov 24 1014. 2 Consider have graatensin this is 14 42 eil 4 for a right tack a many revored off hds waighthe our your may a coutoas wotabl saart in miseng 11 nnct 29 in debira though the hilled not stipere but I ack yet the rejusenth elf it & speak honorably of Joel 5 judy 24 But for cight is a matirious murders sin 27 May 18 to knew it for vy ye hold delied him soe 17 Acts 5 before this & merder are regled Row1. 29. Ye He will at first envied or happiness & ye fervor of God &eler Him we last him we have said one anther its a sin preacher both falls at once of beginnings with discontent &t god & mdes in iy 2y to man as you se in cair he envied his brother lecase his deads were good & his srouf ye bettere accepted & before his rnady rasts wot till it breaks forth to hatred & blood This sin makes me Exraadnyly unliee god Jamasen calls god a Doran without army because he is most communication & before ely is aspirt vey [] Weary to god his for communication &w for conscience we envy ye good of others but god delights in that & this is not duty unlih god but am injory to him what is by we would have him less good except he will histyo ye most upon us & so did not only accuse ye wisdom of his despusations but would strnnght on ye goodness of his nature such as are one yous and coach ajo ye in se abilities services Excellences of the humans have not get all or very little of ye nature of God jhyn In carnial things tos sorded in hightee theygs ith diwlesh in ye one mepar take with ye beasts who ravenously seek to take ye pray on from another deanet ind nu any should have a let but himselves; in ye after with ye brenks the being bathen from happress Eway him that iny 3 Consider ye subject persons in whom this sin is returned and that is in totell bter ptrs 3 3. yeat in folst silly men 5 Jab 2 this was ye sin of cain yoe of which divell himself binch seaiched grotibles 1 Rom 29. 9 Gall 20 4 rausder that cause of t it is usully ye daughter of mide Soudlims of cae toosess self love bt whose a tittes truet of ye flesh 5 gell 21 5 e Consider ye vole affeictl of it it has done m any wischness it Hopt Abrathhs withs & breaed Daeck of his wells 26 gen 13 20 2 23 which cast Joseph into ye sille & told him for a slameas stch] and Asose its that which stind up saml to perfeunto yid is y