68 1 · q-J,e St~ints fore ~ indeedamltruth. Am~n,if ihebedifilofed,may · ,quicklytJerceiveand tH!cerne the tr:ut-h or hollow• ncfieofhis hean.in ·this pGint. God.hath -fi:raitJy commandedan entire fanetilication and keeping Atriall-0Cour holy ofthe Sabbath. Let a-man then confider, if · love to God.. be fittfer himfelfe to,be drawne away £rom·llo1y · Exercifeonthatda~"by pleaf.ur-es,profit,paftit:ne, companieJeafe,idieneffe, or otherworldlyoccaft– ons; wby,;tbenhe pre~erres m:eerevanities 3 andthe d~euresofhis owneheart;, befGre thegl<?ry and ho-. 130ltrofGod;and fo -doth-not .love Godabgve alL., The true love of'a,mans.felfe_,doth cl1iefly .&· p~in;. cipal1ycon fill: in fu.rnifhing bimfel~<H~'it-ft.fav.ing knowledge,fincentteof heart~godhneffe ..of.Ute,a. geod Confcience,andfpiritu.aU c~rnfort,againft · bee come toluclgernenr. Now, if bee ~ove hi~ A triallofour ,; .neigbbout as himtelfe;he is n.ot l.l:iH talkingwid1 · Jo~etoour 1\ him of worldlymatters; but efpecially labours .. neJghbour. - 1\ w:ith him fo~- his oonv:edion' entert ainment of , . lj! grace, and etl!'reafe ~n godline If":. If~hefe be not ,. iHs cares,both fGr htmfelfeand·hts ,netgbbour, he . t<Tuly loves neither. Thus may a man examine · \ himfelfe through all the Commandements in i ; • • ·1. 1. • , 1 :panic Iat; andJee,wbetheritbe fo eafie to~ love ' · · his neighbouras bimfelfe,and Godabovealt _ . ' - · ObjeEJ. 6. 'f.umults and divilions, dif- .quictndfc and dikonrent~ ment accom-– panies youo preaching~_ I>bur where there is fomuchpreaching,there is ; mueh difqu ietneffe anddifcont_entment: for men– are abridged oftheirformer ancien~:~pafl:imes,and pJeafures~~nd urged ~unto ·morc fhittneffe of life. When·as all was well before, in much ,qui~tne{f~ andpeace,the-preachingof the Wordbreeds new l itirresandwntr.arrrufe&Jons in men..: No. : .
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