3 ii 1 niu UPoft*Zibinc 2fttributut Chap.rg.` Chriflian anda Saint are the fame thing in the Writ- 4. ings of the Apajiles. That venerable Title obliges him to a higher praClice ofVertue,than ever thePagans ima- gined. He is far behind them, if he do not furpafs them; and ifhe is furpaffedby them, he will be cloath- ed with fhame. Befides, our Redeemer who bath a right to us by fomany titles,by his Divine and Humane Nature, by his Life and Death, by his Glory and Suf- ferings; asHe ftridly commands us tobeholy,fo hebath joyned Example tohis Authority, That we maywalk as he walked,and be as he was in theworld, St.Faulmakes ufe ofthis confederation, to reflrain the Difciples ofChrift from all Sin,and to perfwade them to univerfal Holinefs. After he had mentioned the difordersofthe Gentiles, to Eph 4. zO deter the Ephefaans from the like, he tells them, Butye have not fo learned Chrift,that is,his rule and prance in- ftruEted them otherwife.Andwhen he commands theRo- Rom. 13. 13, mans,Towalk honeflly a6 in theday,not inrioting anddrunk- 14. ennefs, not in chambering andwantonnefs,not inftrife and envying; he oppofes toall thefe Vices the Patern that Chrift fet before us, But putye on the Lordlefut Ghr, The expreffion intimates theDuty, that as theGarment is commenfurate to the Body, fo we are to imitate all the parts ofhis Holy Converfation. 'Tis nowonder that theHeathens gratified the inclina- tions of Luft or Rage,when theirGods were reprefented acing in fuch a manner as to authorize their Vices:. Seminapeneomniumfcelerum, d Düsfuis peccantium tur- ba collagit, as7ulius Firrrricuc juftly reproaches them. There was no Villainy how notorious foever, but had ?xcrum eutto- fotne Deity for its Protector. They found in Heaven a res bone e re Juftification ofall their crimes, and became vicious by non pofi'mt; ab imitation. For 'tis very congrous for men to follow ipfis eniu imitation. erudiuncur ad thofe whom they efleem tobe perfe&,and towhom they injufitia"'La".think themfelves accountable. Ifthey attribute to their éEain. Supreme
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