302, Ot patineur of Me ZíbíneZattbittEV Chap. r 66. liefof the Apoftle, which he calls An odour ofa frreet finelt, a Sacrifice acceptable, well - pleafing to God. The Phil. 4 Is fame Bounty was an aCt ofCompaffion toMan,and De- votion to God. This changes the nature of themeaneft and molt troublefome things. What was more vile and harfh than the employment ofa Slave: yet arefpeé to Godmakes it a Religious Service,that is,the moll noble and voluntary of all humane A6tions. For the Believer Fphef. 6. ;. addreffing hisfervine to Ghril,and the Infidel only to his Matter, he doth chearfully what theother Both by con- Tit. z. ro. ftraint, and adorns the Gofpel ofGod our Saviour, as truly as ifhe were in a higher condition. All Vertues are of the fame defcent and family, though in refpeEl of the matter about which they are converfant, and their exercife,they are different. Some areheroical, force are humble ; and the loweft being conducted by Love toGod in the meaneft offices, (hall have an eternal Reward. In fhort,Piety is the princi- ple and chief ingredient ofRighteoufnefs and Charity toMen. For, fine God is the Author ofour common Nature, and the Relations whereby we are united one to another; tis neceffary that a regard to him should be the firfl, and have an influence upon all other Duties. T (hall further confider forceparticularPrecepts,which the Gofpel doth efpecially enforce upon us, and the Reafons of them. z . That concerning Humility, the peculiar Graceof Chriflians, fo becoming our ftate as Creatures and Sinners; the parent and nurfeofother Graces; that pre- ferves in us the light of Faith, and the heat ofLove ; that procures Modefty in Profperity, and Patience in Adverfity ; that is the root ofGratitude and Obedience, and is fo lovely in God's eyes, that He gives Grace to the Humble. This our Saviour makes a neceffary qua- lification in all thofe who (hall enter intohis - Kingdom : Except
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