CHAP.I. upon the Epiflle of JAM E s, VBRS,I, muil: impofe upon the Confcience. ~ris Chrifl:s own advice to his Dtfciplcs in Math. 23· 13. Be not ye called Maffers, for one u 7our M after, even Chrift. All the auth~rity an~ fuccefs of our teaching is from onr Lord. We can prefcrtbe nothmg as necdfary to be beleeved, or done, which is not according to his Will, or Word. In f11ort, we come not in our own name, and mufi not act 5 wich' reipetl: to our own ends, we are fervants. ' 4· A fervant ofGod, and efJefm Chrift.J In all fervices, we Obfcrvat. + mufl honour the Father, and tl.e Son 11/fo: Joh.) 23· God will h,"'/Ve all to honour the Son, M they honour the Fat her : that is, God will be honoured and worlliipped onely in Chri.fi. Joh. 14. r. Ye beleeve in God, beleevea!fo in me. Beleeving is the .Bighefi Worlliip, and refpect of the creature; you mufi give it to the Son, to the fecond perfon as Mediator, as well as to the Father. Doduties fo as you may honour Chrifl in them, and fo Firfi, Look for their acceptance in Chrifi. Oh, it would be fad ifwe were only to look to God the Father in duties l Ad.tm hid himCelf, and durfi not come into the prefence of God, till the pro– mife ofChrifi.The Hypocrires cryed,lfa.33.14.Who fhall dwell with confuming fire. Guilt can form no other thought of God by look– ing upon him out of Chrifi, we can fee nothing but Majefiy armed with wrath and power. But now ~cis faid, Eph. 3· 12. That in Chrift we have accefs with boldnefs and confidence. For in him thofe attributes, which are in themfelves terribk, become fweet and cop1forrable, as water, which is falc in the Ocean, being firain– ed through the earth, becometh fweet in the Rivers; that in God, which ouc of Chrifi firiketh terror into the foul, in Chrifl begers a confidence. - --- Secondly, Look for your affifiance from him. You ferve God in Chrifl, when you ferve God through Chrifi, Phi!. 4· I 3· I can do all things, through Chrift that fircngt!:;cneth me. When your own hands are in Gods work, your eyes mufi be to Chrifrs hands forfupportinit, Pjit.I23.2. Astheeynoffervants look_ to the h~nds of their ,mafters,o<-,c. youmufl: go about Gods work,_ with hts own tools. _ ~hirdly, When ye have an eye to the concernments of Jefus C.hn'fi in all your' fervice of Godt 2 Cor. 5· 14- We muft live to htm that dfdfor m ; not onely toGod in the_ general, but to him, toGod that dfdfor iu : You mufi fee how you advance hii King- , B 3 dom,
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