~- ·.,And~~,n, is Vt ferviameu. And·rhis pmicular, Pt, gr:<J\veth ou~ of the Law ~••ldfi""~ ofNatioos••::rhtrct~e:L<aw1s, ut,;<t•1tuJit.mf.utejJ.ate vtfl"'u, .• th~conquered,ever; '"':' inrhe. power bft~e-G;.OOquerour,<~:otake his llfej·Q~·ro. favc l~J atlus pleafur~; But if he will fave ir, then comes the voluntary rt, or Go¥«nanr: >He~harhath his life fa• \'ed to·vow to Bel!;oWiti~ in•hi~fmilc~;thatc!id{a\leir. Strvl.(the very tiame) tami: .! :;r /ervnti.• .,iftn~y>tha't'~o?ld ~avbaie>!, :tn~.wc;r~;(av«di•><lid :Villingly ..covenanq ftrv 4 cEf~iam~ro[env!t·~m;, o~Avhrm:n·theuhves werepr~erved. Tlus being the Law o£~GNre, ·~nd JlilattonSjlM)i~.ffipuld npt the .G,p•u ·of·Narurc, the King of • "· Nations be allowed it! that ifour lives have becne.li>Y"Hitnfav.ed; ~ve lhould,fl:om thencefdnh;C:omero'uhis[P.t;ntfeP'<.Iillmiuilli.· , v _ ., , '.:1 Wdl;<l~ell, i~is pafi no.~; ifirwhero come: It is, tbat wehei11g delivered; ifit, w,;;;,.;J ~ere,tl!:.it-ll'e being t.oh6dtliv.tred,we would tell another tale then: we would be glad ba~uovt~an~ andtfainl;_ 'tl!qd covenant, rOdelivti: us (then) but for this once, and we wouldferve 'J'f:,~ftr1l! Him ~tlrnr·wcwoilld)':mdibe'h6!y and rigfmoeu, and what he \VOuld befides. Put any - P'f;-td !ibetatirolten. ,•We·wouhl:rhan feekeir ofHim, that now is offered by Him, re) bedt/.ivered1 ifbeing fo-:ddivmd, \vl!i\Vill covenant; bur tbdocthac, which \Ve were bound ro doc,delivertd, or no. .' . -. ;. . , ' • .And~fi~OU~\IfdM-e-t'qink'mut;):irofthisferviamt¥ (All the world knowes,ifthe Wt/ha•/db•v~ plot bilir~Gh,andthri powd~F:gon~off,!hewhb!cland Otou_ld nor.have fcaped itt~'d;':~,~~~~fer.vu»:t,B•;rB'ut lhould.!md ferve._d?:ltmimJeKvltHt'em; beene not In fervtce,; QUtllfl fer- And fcrved * virud~i~lrll:leit ' f~rvin!de; is changet!-'imo rhisrfr;rV.ice. A-bldfed excbange•for ~s.. ""•rfe. :fireat ?dd,s-•llt;,twee~o \thof~\'tw,o:~ Ni<!Y.• n0. GOll,!par\foniar al_l, betwecne,Go ~>'s J.;:i~~;,~u•i· {tlwi.q,•:n!lt(thetr fer-l«tude·pJ;ietl\ b-ondage; ohralliet!Je, f(a.veuyi tyranny 1 .Ir€<illOOf ·'• ·· heape roo n:any names. f;;.P .~ 'sfe.rvic~ is frc~<lomt in,kfpect·~f.t~t :~a}(;without . any reftie-ilfabl!ll, W.i1>.ftr'1!t(t.ff\pt'1<f(afoe~dom(,>WC fay It, we pray lt, e\<ery day. . '• ,,, " _ .. :. o :AI~nd if~,o cbmp.atif<;>~, jwB~vj~~-)<N~~~~rn !Ui (I ,a\U·~tlre.) Nay, ·.if the_re ;;r.•li:•'i•rtl9 :wer~~Qythmg•to tni!hlo;tu(Yrer"'\'\rmik}~me~'tsnladefor n, mlilt. For, the.ferv~&e · is-much..tlil~reife€r,~;rs~h«.L/IiJ'titeWtty:ls,\vhom w~f tr'1}e. !Dignitate D8mini.hono'ttt (ttjiiromiitilffjrvi.,<Hemi.y be'fo:gn~~t·a S'tal!e (weferve) as, . it~s an honourro ferve H m.~~ow,how g~eat aL o 11. o 1 theL~o R ~ ofL~rds is, what Ot:ill I need.tell Y,ou.: ForHkGttati :There IS'n4MtiofiH.J.f-$_t'e.ttnlf[e: •'H<i>Wgreat; an,Chow good Withal!,. res.tp(4Uequt- rr~·· tur: Jhat appeares, b.y' our deliv_ery;inpart: anlcl rrlOJ:dhaU, by His eteroall.reward ro,' ~;J /;;,tf. laid up, for_rheni·th:auJ•t.J!Je_Hi~:i .iJ;!Ii:re•is 'i~ alh,heworld~ no morehonoutab1e, "'ffi'· . ·. " Cbtb®dic\al!StrluUY\ tbaa,l!hlS{er.'ll(ameuJUi. oJ! '· 'l·•\ ·· .' ' " • But fiy, V!c ha~cati ininderoferwe Ilim iifwr,firve not.Eim,yet fervewe muff Jf l.crctvenar afi!fetiv~vewillli£rlG~:Yim_,fo<iHl'O~~er.lt is lh.ei:ondition of our.Jife, oneor Othe: ~'::~~';;,~fi; fer!!!e \l.•lltl~. Wee-_rm\!fi hold0f tlime Lond :. tf free from one, another we ferve: and,.,orft. <Arld<w~d1ae,ath'eli\-1,W.hcn weim~.freeftom<GtJ o, from rigbteot<Jnejfe; 'weferv'e Ro~.~·~·!~; {ITide irt<!-'s'lll'ah'(awotl"e f1!ryi'ce, I darefa.y:) bt;tiemhen,!Je·free from rhem,andferve .• G o o in righteou[n•ffe. ' · · ··; ' Bmlj i!weWill'nc;r"(etve'HiriJ..:,•I aske~ wha~.wmwedoe~hen ~ will we{emleHis ThoCcwarfebi .enemie'S·~:f,or (d ar(<thefe.. We:were pot deliv.er.td.from uur ellt?tJiei, to ferve His ene- Hu,'"'!!'"'' ·.: mtes~b!IU-fure. )'1lhlt>Were :1 fo\!le(iliame for us : that were agamft alheafo.n. But Ifweftrve rwr iiii#l:We-[erwrhein'.·,Refolve then to(erve Jlim,that harh faved eu : Not,His.enemie~, i'n a:f>ropnane'afid·onr!g?teous._: buc.Him, in an hofy and righted~~$ . -~ courfe'oft!fe. And-fo, am! rrow coqre to that1wheretnour.fervtce lyerh. . .. Inh~line./fe and-tightlott{nejft. in which tWO~ iri a fon, are recapitulate the twd Tl;,' M.,;t, ii– 'fahles oflhe,Law: H~lj t<?.G ?. o 1 RighteoH4tOmen. ~'odqur} reverenter fe haheat ";'[.:;"(;~·· cddwmd: .f!.t!.od qrtu lat(dabtltter tum·homtmbeu·c~nver{etur(faith chryfoJiome) Revereml Y tG-performe holy dmies:Laudab!y to have our convcrfation am<;mg men; _· . Bo~hthcfe- (fir!lJ:)poteith~tofthem. . Tofpendsmr fervicebur!nOne,is b~t nolintfl't'anl. to(erve Ht':' by ha:lfes: mboth, then, roferv'e Him. Netrher in an ttnrzghteous ho!t- ~;7!~"•f•tf!t, #'/fe; n6t, t~anholy kin~e ofunr.ighteoufneffe. Neither with the Phari(te, to have all .' .. .ourh~lmeJfe mo11r Phyla6le~resand.fringes, and frequenting•rhe Lectures Mthe.Law M-~IINH· · R r r r 3 (no ·' ' · '··
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