Serra. 27. and curable ? 6t 3 they were ten twenty years ago, though they hear much , and are as earth that drinl eth in the rain ; nay though they have tafied the good word of God, an the powers of the world' to come, if Yet they bring nest forth meet fruit for him that drefeth it , that ground Heb.6.7,8. H rejefled, that heart is near to curling and burning, there is Tome guile and hypocrifie there , there would be fume growing elfe. r Per.2.2. When the word is precept upon precept , lize upon line (i. e. very plentiful') and yet no amendment,th'ere is hypocrite they will fall. df 6 4, backward be broken and fnared and taken. Oh 'us no fmall mat- ter to be dead, unprofitable, unaltered hearers. It is a fearful' f gn of hypocrifie and that there are many hypocrites in the bofome of the Church, 4. The.piuciples and ends of mens a&ions and performances are a sign 4, great difcovery of the fincerity , or in(nceriry of mens hearts. If wens principles be no higher than good education anJ being con- Act 26.5. verfant with good or flri& men ; wìich feerns to be Paulr cale , or Phi1,3.5,6. no higher than good nature and morali qualifies, ions, this feems topark io. be the young man cafe ; they are no farther than thofe were at that time, in an ignorant and infincere condition. He that is really and fncerely a good Chriftian cloth all as from God and Chrift , he is a /1, and in all. Chrift is wifdom and fenlification to him. He ae s and col-3.1i. performs duties not onely from ftrength of parts, and acquired I cor.r.3o. qualifications , but from ilrengch of grace, and infufed habits, from God, and for Go . from a new hearts Ezek. 36.25. from the Law Rom.r r.24. written in the heart, from the love of God fbed abroad in the heart, Jer3i33 and conf#raining to love ; from the Divine nature communicated to Rom.3.5. the heart; from Cbrift by his Spirit dwelling in the heart ; from the 2 cor.5.19. fearof God o tt, n and a ably in the heart. Thef: be the rin s a i ec.r g, P 1t .if g .il l4? g ip g t, and principles of a lincere Chriftians fpirituall life and a &ions; and 2 Cor Eph.. I3..5. where they a& and bear rule, it is no wonder if fuch motions and JeC32.4o. performances be produced . as the world may admire but not imi- tate. Saals life ( after his Converfon) was a kind:' of confiant mi. racle, fo much he did, and fo much he ft ffered , and fo much denied bimfelf, that if he lived in thefe days his bfe would be a miracle ; but yet if we confider the principles that he was a&ed by, the great wonder will be, not that he did fo much, but that he did no more, for faith he, Cbrifl liveth in me, and the life that Rive, I live by the faith of the Son of God, &c. And fo the ends of a mans actions are a great "4.2s,° difcovery of finccrity or hypocrifie. If a mans ends be lower than God himfelf, apd obeying, glorifying, walking with, and in} God ,
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