~ermon 9· 99~ , < And, Holy andreverend iiHuNAme (fait~ one ~falme,)And,Gr.eat andft4r( 11 !!i4 T.offis .;;; '[{io ,Name(faith another.) Now, how unhohly, ~h•s boly; hmv u.nrevereptly,this re- :?J:~';,f" verend Name 1 sufed; upon how fmall caufe, thtsg_reAt ;.howWithout ~u f~an:,rhis ' fearful£ Name is taken up ~n our mouthes,Imufl: fay 1t agameand againe (which Saint ~rzg11ftine faith) Aures ommum prdfo, confcze.ntlttt fingulorum convemo '. I fl'eake to the eares ofall ingen~rall; I c~m~enr rheconfetcnce of every _one ml'a:t~cular, that hea, .• reth it. That, which by Htm IS magnifiedabove ilfl_thtngs, IS ?:I:' us v.lhfied beneath all ~~~;~l:·~ things.We pray for 1dirft; we regard Jtlaft,c;erramly. Fonf 1t bemd7edholy, let 111 A<t~iG.!i.; mawcormtit common.Ifnot coum it fo,not ufe1t fo,for what we ufe as .commcm,eo ipfo> ·· we make itunholy (quaNtum innohil eft;) for,Corrimoil and holy arecontradividentia• · • And to rnake it fo common, that is; to propl13ne it': Evil! enough that. • But in the eagerne!fe ofour fpirits; to ufe it to grievous execrations, t~at is more,.even to pollute it: A worfe marrerfarre. l But beyond both thefe,toletlt come to thi~,that ~ve orowunfenfible ofbothiand both paffe from us,and we have no feeling ofeither, this'is worlt ofall: Call we this to ferve Him in holine!Je, fot this dayes delivery, Etek.i9:1, when we [o ferve His Name ~ . . . . · But n~itherisall Go n's Service iflholinef{e alone: Someisinhonefl:dealing Ourfervic:t«< · with men, inrighteO/Ifne/Je: Go n isferved in that too. He that hath done a peece ~oo;. , of good juftice; dow!lward =.that hat~ don~ his dut.Y to h.is Superiour upward.: that l'lz.btflufilr(e,. hath dealt equally with !us even Chnfl:en: mfo domg; hath not only dealt well w1tli men, but done Go n good ferv1ce alfo. That a man may goe from Church, an4 yet fay truly,hegoes'to.fcrv~ Go n, ifhe goe about thefe. . .. Well, how goes our righteor•fne/Je? how fervc we Go n there1 Divers errour~ are committed in that, coo: . . . . , , .. One is ofthem,that thinkeholine!Je a di(chargefrmn righteorif'ne!Jequire; So they Holindl< ite!.t [erve G d n,andhe~re Lectures (as the ternie is).they ta~e.rherrifelves liberty to pay £,~!~~1:;. ~ no debts, to put rh m money out to ufury, to gnnde rhett tenants; yea,.and fo they oufncfi~ 1 miffenot fuch aLecture, in fucha place, they may doe any.thing then. Nay; GoD_ 1 isferved inrighteoll4 doing, as well, nay; better; than in holy hearing. . . . A fecond kinde (which I like not neither) that when Jllel1 deale honeiHy,.keepe Riglii<ot,r~ed-e touch, pay their debts ; they are fo bra'le; fo imperjo,us upoqit, fo like great Lords, held n~f"t"i~., as if righteOII{nef!e were no {ervice, all were meere liberality they did, men were bound tO them for doing it, they were not bound to doe it: Nay, weforveinrightf. prljne{fe, too, Thatalfoisaforvice(fure.) . . · . . A third,and that very CO!llmon,ofthem that make the law .ofman;a fcantlingof Righreoufnelfo their righteoufnejfe: and further than t8at will c0mpell them, they will not goe, nqt me>fured by an inch; nor fo farre neither,fllietimore, but for feare. Yea,not only ourrighteoufnef!e ~;w~ommo.q· to men: but evenourfeareto G dv, il taught us hy man'sprecepts: and in both, fo the Efay •9.r~~ Stat"tes ofomri be obferved, allis well• But; whatfoever a man dfe may.make (ure; MICa!·~~ he car\'not makefur~ his foule, by ~he Law ofrhe Land.This righteorif'nef!e here,goes up to G o v and Hts Law: and p1erces deeper beyond the outward act, even to the inward man: whence, if ours come not, or whither; if it reach not; Man wee may (pe,haps) but Go n, in righteoufneffe,fervewe not. . . . Bu~ even according to mans Law, our righteoufne/Jegoes not well.fo; neither. our iighteour– The Philofopher gives a rule, when a people'is juft or righteous, according to m.ans nefi~too "!uch Law :(Go v' s he knew not) and that is,wherjlufl:ice,wants worke,h:nh little to doe. ovor '' By which rule, ours is in no very good cafe: Menar~ fo full offuits, fo many caufes del'ending beforeevery feat ofluftice,fomu~h to doe: ~nd a:ll,to repaire the wrongs ofour unrighteous courfes,while eachonefeeke~ rather,toover-rule menby wrong; than toferve Go v by riglir. . · . . And,this were not fo evil!; ifall the injuflice were below: if the Seats which are 'l;'hc Sm• of fet to doe juflice and righteoufnef{e,were themfelves right. For,fares it no: even with ;•g~·~oufitcfio them, as the Prophet Hofee faith, The Princes ofIfradl are M they that rcmuve the..f~nd- ~~f.';:. g. ~~rk:? Each Seat feekmg to enlarge their owneborder, and to fer their meere-ll:ones · · Wlthm theot!lers ground~ A full unhaturall thing in a body, that one armeihould never thtnke tt felfe ftrong enough, untiH it had cleane fhrunke up the finewcs ofthe ( . . ~~
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