in COníríbírig ati',VncDetttptíott: . 30'1 the external ac`iion : this alone mattes Obedience as Chap. 16. delightful to us, fo pleating to God. He fh'ws Mercy yti to thofe who love him, and keep his Commandments. Faith Exod. 6. works by Love, and enclines the Soul to obey with the fame Affenion that God enjoyns the Precept. z. That all our Converfation be regulated by his Will as the Rule. He is our Father and Sovereign, and the refpe6t tohis Law gives to every aition the formali- ty of Obedience. Wemutt choofeour Duty becaufe he commands it. Whatfoeverye doinword,' or deed, do all in the name ofthe Lord 3efus ; that is, for his command, and by his aíliílance. 3. That the Glory ofGod be the fupreme End of all our ACtions. This Qualificationmuff adherenot only to neceffary Duties, but to our natural and civil AE}i- ons. Our light mullfofhine beforemen, that they mayfee Mat, s. 16. ourgood works, andglore our Father which is in Heaven. Whether we eat or drink, or Watfoever we do, all muff be 1 Cor. io. 31. done,in aregular and due proportion,to theGloryof God.A general Defignationof this is abfolutely r'equilite, and 1 Pet, 4: II. the renewingofour intentions ritually inmatters ofmo- ment. For He being the foie Authorof our Lives and Happinefs, wecannot without extreme ingratitude and difobedience, negleC to glorifie Him in our Bodies and 'Pon 6.1y,zo. Spiritswhich are his. This Religious tendency ofthe Soul to God, as the Supreme Lord and our utmoft End, fandifies our aCi- ons, and gives an excellency to them above what is in- herent in their ownnature. Thus moral Duties towards Men, when they are direCed to God become Di- Heb.13; _is. vine. Ads of Charity are fo manySacred Oblations to the Deity. Men arebut the Altars upon whichwe lay our Prefents : God receives them, as if immediately of- fer'd to his Majefty, and confumed to his Honour. Such was the Charity of the .Philippians towards the re- lief
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