( i) 'j . inde ·of the creatures; and will nevfr have-Unity till they retur~-, · toGod. 1 \ II I. fn the next place let us conG.der, What u the N ece.lfity ; that is here fpoken .of, and HoW far thuOne thing u N eceffary ' to m. And I. One thing is Necef{ary .l1vrally [for it [df] 'which · is our ultimate end: Wh~n oLher th111gs are Nece[Jary but [for · that.] 2. Comprehenfivdy of the Means we may fay, that One thi1.:g; , that is, Sanctification, is Necefary to the Phafing of God; whi'h is to be regarded, I. As the endof obedience, and 2. As the end ()!Love : by the obedient foul in way of dmy; and by the loving , foul devoted to God, as it.r Delight. The world-bath many contrary Majhrs, and therefore hath : m(lny things tQ do to rhafe them ; and when they have done · their befi,rhey cannot pleafe them all, bt1t may leave more dif- – pleafed d1en th ~y pleafe : ·For thole that they muft pleafe,expetl: impoffibilities; and many a jingle perfon p~rhaps may look for · as mul'h as you fan give to all : And they have fuch contrary · iriterefis, which you mu!l fer've if you will pleafe them ; and con- - rr~ry minds which you mufi humour, that the fame things that .: ()ne expects topleafe him, will vehemently difplelljt (!not her ; and i perhaps the mor_e difpkafe the other, becaufe it is ple.1png to · tharone. · And oHr[elves have our contrarieties in our felvts, and are as -: l1ard to be pleafed byothers or ()Ur /elves. We have our fen/ual ! defirrs which are unretJI/onable and inordinate , un[efl(onable and . importunate, and will rake noNay. A fcnfuaf, c:Gverous, ambi- - tious fanrafie, is a bottornlefs veifel : Your pouri_ng in doth no ' whit fill it : It is a_de,·ouring gulf; a confurning (that I -fay -' not an unquenchable) fire : Like the horfe-leech ' it cryeth , , Give, Give, and the more you give,the more it craveth, and is .; never lefsfatufiid, then when it ha'th glutted it fdf -witll -·that : from which it feeketh fatisfad:ion; . .But God is One, and with this One- thing· 'is fue ·pleaf:::d ; even 1 wnh ~ a ~o~y heaL<t and life: He bath no· contradictory interefh ' or afferttons : 'and therefore bath no contradidory commands: : ~h~~ ~hi~h mufi p{.~af<:.him~ru\1ft bc.fu,it~b.le to his .b!dfed nature a ~ - -· -- ··---- ---- - - --:-----· -- -- · '· ·- -"' - B~. e
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