994 O~'the GuN~POWD&R..TREASON. s:;---...... , 'l · ermon 9 .' other; Butlftay. Thefe things being amended, wdhallbefomuch~ a forwardndfe, toforme G o n, bothin holinej[eAndrightm1[nef[e : And f~~ore tn matter ofour f ervice 1keepe our Covenant. • or the n. For themanner,now• Toferve Him, I Jinetimore1 Without feare: •corA .. r. . TkeM~••erof before Him: 3 omnibm diebru nofiris, all tbe dayes of our life. · ""PJ 0 • ourfcmce S. . . . h fi A dC • fi r d H,,.., • . 1. met1more,.w1t out eare. n o,ma entew~ ,oe. SowithoNt{Mreatall • Thac, wi1bout astfmenwereafratd,tofeemerofeare GoD; But thtslsnopartofHismean· ' fe"'•· Wttholltfw·e (hei:e) '.s not llllthontfeare. ofH1m (ofGo n) but, that being noww~: Elod.14; ~x:od.~~ our feare ,ofourenem1es,we!hould doe1t,ther~rher.For,who being in abodily feare• who havmg Pharaohand h1s hoaft hard at thm backes, could quietly rhinke of[< ' 'lling Go o ~ Thar,.even G o n Himfelfe, did rid His people ofthat feare, bef~~~ ever He gavethem Hts Law,to{erveH1m by. But when mens mindes are quiet from the agonieand rerrour ofir,when they are ferled intranquiUo: they lhouldin all rea fon then, better intend Hisfervice. . 'I A~d,will we (thinke you). if we be fo our offme 1 intend it the better~ without doubr,m expenence, we finde It contrary. For, except webe held in feare we fcarce ferve Him at all: howfoone we are our offeare,we forget ourfelves,and ~urfer'llice, yea, Go o,:mdall. True : yet for all thar, thefervm fo done mfeare is but adull Gcn.i7·~!· heaviefervice. It likes Him nor. Go o loves l.ttus lubens, when bei~ arlibertie with aliberal! minde we doe what We doe. L.ttiferviemus Regi (fay thty in Ge~efls) and it pleafed the King: Anditpleaferh Go n as well. ifrhefervicewedoe we doe ·It cheerefully, without mixture of feare, or any fer vile affection. ' . Without Thisfcareto (erve Ilim,but not without HiJfwe. Nllm,.fi Domimu,lf HebeaLoa o(asifwebeHisfervants, a Lo11o He is) 11bitimor?whereisMy :t.ial.tc. i.S; flare,!:1ith HeinMalaehi ?As love,to a father: fo feare,to a Lord,dorh belongmoll: proper!y. And;this is not 0 ld Tell:amentonly: the Apojile is as direCl:,inthe New;if we will{erve Him to pleafe Him (and as goodnotferve, asferving nor plea[e) if we H,br.u.>S. will foferve Him, we mufrdoe ir, with reverenceand feare: •41r•"•"' w4f{"''~'i ..u-;, '!i w..,.;..,. Neither rudely tQen,withourfe•re; nor bafely, withfi•re: But reverently, ' with{eare; and cheerefully w~thout feare: (rhatistbe mc2ning.) . . Thlf;bt{ore z. To{erve Him, Coram Ipfo, before Him. Coramlpfo: for, cmtmme,ls theterme f:d.,o.;. ofthe Law. As if He were prefenr, and looked on. And it he!pes much ro ourfer– vice, fo rodoeir. He!pesour reverence, not to doe it rudely: (we doe it before Him.) Helpes our fincerendfe, without hypocrifie, to doe it, as before Him: For, thefe tw~ words, coram Ipfo, are the bane of hypocrifie. . . Thlt,Dlltbt tl~ttJ o[Qur :1ft. Manh.:t;.:l$. ludg.7.30. All things are before Him: In nothing can we get behmdeHzm,orwhereHecan" not fee us.Bur, fomethings arebefore Him andmen 1 both: Thofe, we call not, bef~re Him, properly, Properly, that is, before Him, that IS, beforenone bu; Hsm. Thatls, the heart. Coram homine, theJervice oftheeye: Coram 1p_(91 theftrv~ee of.rheheart. Men love no eye-fervice neither, if rhey €ould difcovent, ~ut ~heyare fa10e to rake It; the heart is not coram ip.fis; Coram ipfo it is. Vponth~t, IS H1s ey~ : andnorhmg pleafes Him, ifthe heart be away: for that, ofall othe~, 1s H1s peculiarCoram Ipfo• . It is a brokenJetvice, if any part; ch1efl.y, 1fthe ch1efe .Part (the heart) be away. lr would beemir~, and with all parrs, fince all arebefore H11n. . . It is amocke-fervice as if what ferves man, would ferve H1m: as1fwecould complementit with Go ~, with faces and phrafes, as \~ith men.w.e doe. fr '· The lafr,isomnibus diebm noflri!. As fincere, wnhout fammg : So, chn ;nt without fainting. CorAmme, excludes the !'harifaica_llJervice ofthe sNt-.fidecf 1 e P 41~ ter: omnibm diebtl4 1 theBethulian(.ervice 1 for certame dayes, and no longer· f eJ· Youlll all have few but will rerve Go n at abrunt: havecertame pangso g ' J' r • h d r y growa lineffecomeupon them at times: be affected for the pwenr, ~v1t .a e IV:h . 'Th ·n MJ!ac.•.•3· littleholy upon it: thatlirtle, is little worth. Go o ~omplam:s mM 41 A• 1 ' fir a;~d their bolinejfethey pnjfed, a.nd blew, as men lhort-wmded, qUJckly,weary 0 'l aJ, fobne out of breath. And inHo{ee, tliat their righteoufnejfewas"' trJC morm»t-( p ' fcattered, and gone, befor~ t~e Sunne~as a~ h~re hi~h! 'J.f
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