·---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cb.ap.2.Se8: 9· ~f 1JDttti~s tn <lPener~ll. ' 95 all our D 1 tries, indeed of all our doings ; Whe1 her)'< ;at or drink_, or.whaifowcr )''do, do all 10 theglory of G~d : Onc.Dut;: fanc~ifying Chrift and Free-grace in the heart, IS more than a thoufand. Young Chnfh ans 1t may be do more works, but not as \l:orks, of grace ; the more Evangelic;_l o~r works are, and the more to God (for that 1s the end of the Gofpel, to honour '-'hnft and Free-grace) thebctt~r th,cy arc: We are ofthe Cirwmcijion, who rejoy,·ein the Lord JefuJ,WorJI"P God m the Spmr,r.nd have no confidence in the flefh . SECT. 9. ' Of the kjndes. of Duties in feueral divifions. 1 Cor. to.31 T Hefe Dmics fome have ditlributed accord!ngto their feveral·objeCl:s, God, ou;·. . N eighbour, and ourfeivCJ: ·l. The Lord clanns our Love, Fear, Honor, and Obedience. z. Our Neighbour claims our Dutie, C.nrtefie,Boumy, And for our felves, we mutt, 1. InftruCl: The V nderfla?Jding : 2. Bridle the Will: 3· Moderate the ..djfifliom. Others in retribution to Chrill:, give us another fcheme of fuch Duties, as they call meer Gofpel-D~~ties. So it is our Duty, I. To think crnd mufe much on Chrill:, and upon his loves towards us. 2, To fpeak much of Chrill:, and to commend him to others: \Nhcn the Spoufe was asked, What her beloved lVM above others? fhe Caau S 9·1a. fcts him forth in every part of him, and concludes with this, He i< altogether lovely. 3· To be oft in the company of Chrift, and to grow up thereby into a familiar acquaintance with him. Now Chritl: is with us here but thcfe two ways, Either in his Ordinances or Providences, by his holy Spirit: So that to be oft in Chrifts company, is to be much in his Wor~, in Prayer, in ~1ctaments, in Chriftian Communion , in Meditation, in examination of our hearts, in his Providences of mercies, Crotfes and Tryals. 4 .. To do much for Chritl, and that willingly: This is love indeed to ksep his Commandments, and thofe are notgrwuom. 5· To fuffer and endure any evil for Chritl:: What tellyot< me (faith Paul} of bonds and imprifomnents? I am ready, not only to be bound 1 John s. 3: but to dye for thefaks of Chrifl at Jerufalem. My life is not dear to me, that I may ftnifo my courfe with joy: For thyfaks we are kJ!Ied all the day long. No queftion thefe Heads Alb 21- 13. will include a\\ forts of Duries: But the method I lhall profecute (wherein I de/ire to confoundDuties, Ordinances, and Means, as being all one, and the fame thing whereby Rom. 8. 364 a Chriftian walks on in the holy path) I have otherwife digell:ed thus. ' ·{ The firtl: kind, as Watt-hfulneJ!e. The D'nties of a Ghr!tl:ian The fecond kinde : And thcfe have are either of . reference----. · r Self-tryal. ~ Se!f-denya/1 Experiences. J;.11idmces. ~ Secret Ordinances, as < Medimtio1r, . I Life ofFaith, · lt L Looking unto Jefm. ~ In one Family, as Fami!j~ r . . Duties. i 1 onely tof Pnvate Ordmances, either In more Families joyned, as . . Chriflian Society. r . L Pubhke Ordmances, as { Hearing the Word. Either~ Receiving the s,.,.,.amCJm. · 0 , Praying, J yntly .~o all three, (i.) t. o fecret, ~ Ordinary, as 5 Reading. Pf!Vate,..,. pub)ike; & they are either ( Suffering. . . "v•r•o d" i Fafo?Jg. ;· . , ~"' .. r IIJ,~ry, a.s " , 11 . , . ' .. ·"ff';•mg. .•
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