Spiritual Perfec`iion. our Duty : The grace of God that brings falvation, bath appear'd unto all men, teach- ing as, that denying ungodlinef1' and worldly lufts, we fhould live godly, righteoufy and foberly in the prefent world. There is no Rule more extenfive and influential into the Life of a Chriflian , than to walk worthy of God , becoming our Relation to him as our Heavenly Father, and our Union with his Son as our Spiritual Head, and the Supernatural Happinefs reveal'd in his Word. We are com- manded to walk circumbec1ly and exactly, not asfools but as wife. Sometimes there is a particular enumeration of our Du- ties : Finally brethren, whatfoever things are honeft, tvhatfoéver things are juf, what- foever things are pure, whatfoever things are lovely, whatfòever things are of good report, if there be any vertue, any praife, think on theft things. Fromwhat has been Paid of the Ob- ligation of the Evangelical Rule, 'cis evident how deftrutive the Doçtrine of the Church of Rome is,, that many things prefcribed in the .Gof)el , are Counfels of Perfe±ion , not Univerfal Laws. A Doarine fatally fruitful of many pernicious Confequences ,: of Spi- ritual Pride, the poifonof the Spin, They deprefs the Divine Law , while they Affert a more Excellent Hoiirofs in un- A a 2 C0111- 355
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