arife thofe envies, emulations, fars, contentions amongfl: thofe that profelfe themfelves h ·tt· . of vht"ch Paul could fay A brothergoeth to Law wtth a brother, I Cor. 6. C n tans , ' ' s · · h ft ft b G d 6 _But of all bre'threnhe hates them ~10t1:, of whom our av10ur IS t e r - ern: o , faithful ones ever were, and ever wtll be fig,m, and wonders, and mor.jters "7to many, a[corn, reproach, and derijion to them that areround about them: But he that tS regene– rate hates fin, and in whomfoever fin rules or re1gnes~ he canrtot but hare them ; Do not 1hate them, 0 Lord, that hate thee.? (fa1th Dawd) and, Am not I gneved wtth thvfc thttt rife up a,~ainfl thee .? Not that David, or any Samt of God, hates the perfons, f e · but fin in the perfon · or he IS fa1d to hate them for finnes fake that 1S m o any on , ' . h r o · 1 h h · h h . · this refipe(t he bids them defiance m t ever,e en,umg, ate t em Wtt apert em, m l I k h . I f f1 h d 1 ,. 01 mt them mine enemies Pfa . I 39· 22. nowt ere IS a perpetua cpmbe t ~t~h; regenerate bewixt the fle!h and the fpirit, and therefore we muft under– ft:nd 1~his hatred. which David calls a perfecthatred, according to the perfection in arts, but not in degrees: never any but Chr1ft_ hated fin to the full, ":'1th all h1s {oight, but in fome meafure ~is fervants hatred ts perfect, whiCh makes h1m alwayes bate fin in others, and often 1n h1mfelf, when aft_er the comm1flion of any evtl he beins to repent him, and to abhor himfclf(as ]o/!td1d) m dujl and aJIJCs, Job +2. 6. g The third affection is Hope (thiS I rather _name than. dejire, becaufc whatfocver We H opefor, we cannot but* dcfirc it, and fo lt 11> 1mpltcd m lt.) Now th1s H ope m the unregenerate is fall:ened on thu world,and the thmgs of thu world_; he hopes for prefer' ment, riches, or the ltke; as forh1s hopeofheaven, It IS but a* wakm~mans dr~am; a dreJm, faid I ? Yes, as dreams m the mghr 611 us With 1llufionsand vam formes (you know a Beggar may dream he i~ a Kmg) fo hope abufing the 1magmat1on of the unrege– .n-~rate fills their fouls many a tune With vam, or empty contcntments; but the hope of the ~egenerate both enjoys the right object, and right"means; his eye is fixt on fu– ture good, and he endeavours to purf~e it, till he get the polfeflion; if in the _purfuit be meet wiih croffcs, loffes, gnefs, d1fgraces, fickncffes, or any other calamities, h1s H ope is able to fwceten the bittereft mifery that can poflibly bcfal him; the ajjliflions of this ltfe bid him look for a better, a crolfe here rnmdes h1m of_ the glory above ; and bowfoever this Hope may have many diffiCUlties and wrat11mgs tn h1m, (therefore it is ·compared to an anchor, which holds the !hip in a ltorm, Hcb. 6. 1 9) yet it holds aud flicks •fo firme to God and h1s pronufes above all, that he 1s <onfident, that after this life-an heavenly crown fhall be fer on his head, by the hands of God and his Angels. The fourth alfel.tion isfet~r, which in the unregenerate is either worldly or fervile: If it-faften on the world, then he fears the lolfe of his credit or of his profit, and becaufe be and the world mutt part at lafl:, he fears this feparation above all fears : 0 death (faith the \Vifeman) how bitter is the remembrance ofthee to t1 man that ltveth at rejl in hi; pojfejfions, umo the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that ·hath profperity in all things? 0 the ~e thoughts of thefe grifly formes, and ugly face of death, ofthe portinS from all worldly pleafures for ever, ofhis rotting in the grave, dragging to the Tn. bunal, and Terror of the fall: day, they cannot but make his heart to !hrug together fot horror, and (many times) to quake and tremble like an Af~ine leaf; or if his fear refl~ct on?od, then IS 1t a fervtle fear l. for as the fervant or h1rel1ng works not for love of hts ma ter, but only for fear of pumfhment ;, or as the adulterous woman is afraid ofher husband, not out of love or affection, but left he reward herto her foul demerits . fo he fears God for fear of punifhment due unto him from God: It is otherwife with ~he man that is born again;his fear is either init~al,or filial: in pangs of the new birth or m the new-born babe it is called initial; becaufe then he cafts away fin both out of G~ds love, to which he hath partly attained, and out of the woful effeifts offin which he hath throughly_confidcred; with the right eye l~e beholds_God, artd with th; left eye he be– hold~ puntfhment ; fo that th1s fe~r IS amtddle (as 1t ;vere) betwixt Je.ruile and filial f<ar; and as the needle drawethm the thrced, f~ th1s fear draweth m charity, and makes way for filtatfear; to whtch, If by growth m grace he be fully npcned, then he fears God out oflevc to God, as the Prophet lfaiah proclaimeth, the fear 'f the Lord "ht~ trca[ure, !fa, 33· 6. Never ':vas treafuremore dear to the _worldlings, than is God"s fear to htrn; h1s lvve o! Cod, hts defirc to pleare God,_ and h1sfear of being feparated from God, keeps h1m 111 fuch awe, that though no pumfhment, tio death, no hell were at all, yet he would not fin Wickedly, Wilfully and mahcioufly, for a world of trcafures. , Q The 9 1 John 2· t I 1 Cor. 6. 6 Rorn. 8. 29 !(a 8 t8 Pfa.l. ? I. 7· llJal 'i9· 4 Prar. 1;9 ·:i Vcrf2?. Jntenfivt, r.;n ext,:njl'IJ,. jo!J 42. 6 . t Many llur pcrllh m.!y rfe fi1t ~:od ho}Je, and love Go1t, aort Ch11rt 1 aurt. heaven; bur theyddi1c, and hope,and love fome to .. fct iour good Ill ore; he: rh.ac defitcs, anrt. hopes, aud Jo,·esG HI fincc,ely zed {aviogly, h!! doch all chis fupte.zm~ly; God abo,t all things clfe, B:rxr ..rs rejt t Som,zlum ..,!.. gil>l.1tl,itn Ecclcf. 41, rra. 35 <
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