Sermon9. OftheGuN~POWDER~TR&ASON. gnrenqnies. Which Covenant is here pleaded,as performed, by Him, under liberati. The Covenant on our parts, refis; That, then, weeJh~ttld.ferve Him for it. His 11 1 part is kept, liberati lhewes that: Then may wee be putmfUtt, for ours, that is, for prvtamtu. On GoD's part,Ifetforththefe. . . , 1 , That wee were deltvercd•. ~. That, .from o!trenemt~s. 3· That,ftomt~e ~~~.~.%:~: !Jands 6 ( 011 renemtes. . 4·. That, wtthorttfeare (for fo.lt tl:ands 1.n the verfe) Vt fil!e t 1more liberati; that, nntho11tfeare bemg deltvered. So lt may be taken; and fo It IS taken, by fundry ofthe Fathers. . . On ours, I reckon thefe. Our Serwce : The matter; and themannerof1t. The Our pm; .•. , matter wherein: Serve Him in holinejfe, Serve Him inrighteet~[nej[e: not holinej[e, or i~· g;•di•ro•· ri•hteoufnelfealone, but to ferve Him, in both. • " 111 ' ., The manner how (often, nolelfeacceptablethantl<eferviceit felfe,) · x. rt T&eMawr. finetimore; thatour.fervicebee freely and cheerefully done (now wee are out of I feare.) z, rtCoramipfo, Thatunfainedly, as beferef!im, n?tbeforemen (b~fore z whom wemayanddoeoftenhalt.) 3· And forthenmeof1t, Vt ommbm dtebm, 3 that we faint not, or give over, but continue in it all our life long. Three quilities ofours, and indeed, of every true and faithful! fervice. That thefe be done ; And that they may be done 1 And that, that which !hall be fpoken may tend to this, that they may be done, &c. VT liberati. That we being delivered. To !hew the great equity on GoD's [ . part ofthe Covenant, we fay firfi: that we were tofervt Him, though libe- The E!•itj o! 1 rati were left out; being, ornot being delivered. This to be ourfir{t poinr. Goo·scovo-. The Noble Armie ofMartyrs, it was all their cafe,they ferved outtheir{ervice, ~·;f· .th without anyVt liberati, any bond oftemporal! delivfrance. Farrefrom.any liberati, lib.:~.~· ouc were they three, that were uponcafiinginto the fire, and even then faid; Our GoD, Dan. 1 ., 1 ; whom weferve, He candeliverresoutDfthy hands, andfrom thefiry fornact. But, if He Vcrfe 18, will not (not deliver m) Be it knonme unto thee, o King, we will notferve thygods, nor worjhip thegolden image, which thou haft(et 11p. That is,fervt Himwe will, whether He deliver us or no. Will ye heare an Heroical! fpirit,indced ~ Not, Etji me nonlibtrarit, Though Hefhouldnot deliver me: but, Etji me ocdderit, yea, though He fhould Iob •l·'f• killme, to die for ir, I will doe my dutie,and{erve Him, though,It is lob. Thefe frood not upc)nliberati~ But, deliverance,nodeliverance, come of it what would,they were at 3 point, would and we~e refolved toferve Him_. An~ (<>e)< c.'e,,.!W,. 4d erubefcenti1 cor. 6 .f; amnoffram dzco, I fpeake1t not toourcommendauon) tf there werem us, any rem- - namoftheir generou~fpirit, G o Dlhould not need to come in Indentures with us. It favours fomewhat ofa mercenary,that. ServiamiM lhould hold, and letJiberati goe, wh-.ther it would: Andwe, liveand die, His fervants, though He had not, or lhould not deliver .u. This is Vt, without liberati. But then, Vt, with liberati. IfGoD take us, as He findesus, and fay with the • P't?wicl•U~ Apoftle; P•rco4tltemvobis, Goete,I bearewithyou; and >J'"")'~·p.~u. by way of indul- ~·~~;,pB. gence, condefcend to condition with us,ifHe come toYt liberati; lhall not that hold - ·- ~' us.~ Our duty being abfolute, depending upon noVt, ifupon fpeciall favour, Go, w:Ucome in bonds,and let it runne in this tenour, TNAt being d.tliveredweefoa!l ferve Hrm; elfe not :t'hall we not then doeit~ This being done, I marvell what weecan alleage,to decline our duty;unlelfe wemeane, it lhould be fall: with Go D,and loofe With us; He bound to doe all for us. al}d we free, todoe nothing for Him. . . And yet athird (to magnifieHi;mercy, yet more, and to cyeiJs the harder to our /,';:;: 6 7;,h(/.: R r r r C:ovenant) loteftrviamlll'!
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