Dirt/1, 4· Direa. 5· Dirc[1.6. Dirca. 7· HoJV t~ govem S~ll{e ·by fR..gajoll and rttith. firaim of fenfe for common ends, is bu·t fuch as rhofe rnd1 are for which its done. When the eyei and tiJrJ, and t:zfte, andfieling are all taught by reafon to {erve God to his glory and our falva.tion' then and never till then they are well governed. ' 9· 6. Direa. 4· 1o thiJ End the conjlant ufe ofa livrly brlirfof the Word ofGod ~ndthe things •n· fc.eJt of the otker worl~, mujl bt t'?c fi:Jf a11d priru:ipal means by which 011~ R:tafon muft govern everyfon{r, both aJ to tlurr rr/fram.t an4 thur rJght ,cmplll)•mtnt : And therefme lvvmg by fight, and livi 11 g by faith are oppofcd in Scripture, 2 Cor. 5· 7· t or we walk by faith, not by fight : that is, fight and fe4i is not our principal guiding fac1.1lty, bur fubfervient to {t~ith;nor the obje{lJ offight the things which we principally or ultimately ieek or fet by, b11t the Q!>jc&s of f~itb : As it is beiorc expounded, 2 Cor. 4· I 8. J.Phile we looJt not at the thingr which are [cm, but at the thingr which are not {ten: For tbe things which are feen are.temporal 1 but the thingi whi.cb are not feen are e1em.d. Therefore Faith is dcfcribed to be thef ..bftance of1bi,~gs ·hoped for, ana the evidr;~ce of things not fem, Heb. 1 2 • 1. Believing is to a Chrillian infiead of feeing; becaufe he knoweth by G_ods tcHimony, that rhe things heficved arc tnu:, though they are unfeen. And you know that the ohje{f.r of finfe are all but tJJfles, to rhe great afloniO,ing objeCts of faith. Then:fore if faith be lively, it muft needs prevail and over·rule 1he fonfes, btcaufc its objelis utterly cloud and make nothing of the rranfltory objects of fenfc. Therefore the Apofile Jolm faith, 1 John 5· 4· Whatfoevcr i1 bmt of God overcomttb the world: ami thil i1 the vi{iory IIJat overcometb the world, even our [11ifb. And Mofn by flei,zg blm tiJ4t iJ invifible, overc.ame the ddires of JEgyptJ treafures, and the fear of the. wrath of the King, Heb. I). 26, 27• h11ving rcfpcll to the rccomp.r:nce of reward. Stcpbcn eafily·bore h1s cruel dea_th, when he Jaw Heaven opened, and Cbrij! ]landing at the right b,.11d ofGud, Acts7· 56. I dare appeal to that man that is molt fenfiul, aud faith, I am HQt able ta deny my appetite, or rule my fcn[eJ, whether· he would not be able if he did but fee at the fame time wha!s done in the other world ? If he faw Heaven,and Hell,thc gl~rilicd and the damned,and faw the Majefly of that Qod who cammandcth him to forbear,would he: nor then be able to let.alone the Cup, the Di01,the Harlor, the Sporr, which is now la powerful with him> I would not thank the moll beaflly fenflta\ifl among you,to live as temperately(as to the act ) as the flrictefl Saint alive, if he did but fee the worlds which departed fouls now fee. It is not poffible but it would overpower his fcnfual defires: yea, and call off" thofe fenf~s to (crve him in fome cnqb\iry what he fi1ould do to be favcd. Therefore if Believing the ten/'em warld, bei;iflead of feeing it withour eyes, its melt certain that the means to ovtrcomc flnfiullty is faith, and lively Bel;ef muH rule our fenfes. 9· ·7· Direct. 5· 1be more tbis Beliefof God and glory doth kJndle Love to them, the more e!fellual it wiU be in the Grr.Jcrnment of tbe jeJifes. Our common Proverb fai.ch, 1Yhere the Love if, there if the Eye. How readily doth it follow the heart. Lo11e will nor a.iter .the fmfe it ftlt~ but it commandeth <he Vfo of all the {enfu. It will not clear a dimm decayed fight ; but ir wi:l command it what to look upon. As the Hronger love ofone di01, or one fporr,or on~>cornplny, will carry you from another which you love more faintly ;_ {Qthe Love of God, and Heaven, and Holiucfs, will carry you from the captivity of all fcnfual rhit1gs. 9• 8. DireCt. 6. It muft be n:eU C(lnfidercd how powerful 1111d dangeraus things fenfib{e art, and how high and hard a work it is;, tbiJ f'ttr r.L:pravcd earthLy Jfate toliue by f,Jith upvu tbingJ zm[ten, and to rttlt the fcnfe and be carr_ycd above it : that fo the {o~tl may be awak.,ened to a ['Hffici.ent fear and watch~ fulnefl, and may fly toCbrijt f iJraffijlance 1:1 hi1 faith. It is no fmall thing fOr a man in fiep,, to live above fitjh: The way of the fouls reception and operation, is fo much by the fenCes here, that irs apt to grow too familiar with things fe,nfible, and to be Hrange to t~i.ngs which it nev.er faw. lrsa great work to make a man in flefh, w aeny the pleafures wh1ch he{teth, and tajfetl?, and fee/et/, for iUch pleafures as he only hearetb of; and hearech of as never to be en joyed till after death> in a world which fenfe hath no acquaintance with. .0what a glory it is to Jaitb that it can perform fuch a work as this! How hard is it CO' a weak believer ! And the firongeH tind it work enough. Con~ tider this that it may awake you, to fer upon this work with that cue, that the greatnefs of it requireth, and you may live by faith, above a life offight and fenfe: Fm it is this that your Happinds or mifcry lyeth on. §. 9· Direct. 7· Scnfe muft Jtnt only be k.fpt out of the 1hrone, but from any p:m icip'!tiw in tl·l' Go:. t•ernment, and we muff tak._e heed of rtceiving it into ~ur caunfelJ, or trcoJting witb it 1 m· hearing it plead ill caufc, andwe muft fee that it get nothing byjlri.ving, imporwnity, or viulence, b~t tbat it be govcrmd dtJPoticaUy and abf,lutely, M the Horfe i< governed by the Ridtr. For if the Goverment once be halved between fenfi and ,·eajon, your lives will be half" beflial: And when Reafon ruleth not, Fait/J .and Grace rulr:th not : F'or faitb is to rea[o11, as figbt is to the eye : There are no fuch Bcalls in humane !hape, who lay by aU the ufe ofRea[011, and arc governed by jinfe alone ( unl<fs it be ideots or madmrn): But fenfe fhould havc uo part of the Government at all : And where it is chief in power, the Devi~ iS there the un{ec:n Governour. You cannot here excufe your felves by any plea of nectflity or C<mjframt: for though tl)e fenfe be vio/em as well as t1Jtifing, yet God hath made the Re".(.m an~ J.YiO the abfo~ /me GoverwttrJ under him ; and by all its rebellion and violence, fiHfe cannot depn{e rhem, nor force them ro omjin, but cloth all the tn&hiet by procuring their co1{tnt. Which is done fumeti~c by afftding the famafie a'nd p.1ffiot1I too deeply with the pleaJHre and alluring fwcetnefs of their ob}c~s, that [o the higher faculties may be drawn into conJent; and fometime by n·e.1ryirzg out the rel1~mg_ mi11d and will, and caufing them to remit their oppofition, and relax the reins, and by a finful pnvtt– tim of relhaint, to permit the fenfe to take its courfe: A head~firong Horfe is not lo ed{tly ruled, as one of a tender mouth, that hlth been well ridden : And therefOre though it be in thepl)trtr of the Rider
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