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5o4.
I
Ephefaans,
Chap.
4..
V
E
R.15.
rfr
z.
We
muff ex-
aminour
(elves
concerningour
growth.
P101.314.
Doi/.
We muff grow
in every grace.
a
Thel:5
7.3
Y(e.'
It
is an
un-
feemely
thing
nor
to
grow
in
everygrace
proportio
nably.
on, that
we should ftill ftrive ro
come forward.
Wee think
it
isgood
to keepe on
an even
courfe
in
Religion,
neither
to
be
the
firft, nor the
Tall;
and if one make conscience of
that
thisyeare,
which
we know
he
did
not
Rick
at
heretofore, then we
cenfure it
as
green-
headed curio
-
fity and
lightneffe. Groffe
men!
as
if
it
were
to
be condemned
in an
Infant, that
it
is
bigger at
two
yeares old
,
then when
it was
borne.
Others, though
they
fpeake
not
in
fuchlanguage
, yet
they
fall
from
their
firfi
love, from
that
lifeand
power which they
have fometimes
had; thefe may feare left
God
cut
them downe
as
unprofitable
trees.
We
muff be
exhorted to
examine our felves,
whether
we grow
as
our duty is; we will weekely
and yeerely
cafe
up
our books,
fee
how
the matter
of
our estate
goeth on,
much more
mule
we keep
an
Audit,
and
fee
how
it
fareth
with our
foules
,
whether
all
goe forward
well
there or
no
;
If
we finde
an
incrcafe,
then
it
is
well,
if
not, wee
muff
doubleour diligence,
Forget
that
which
is
pa.
l,
fecke and
ftrive
to that
which
wehave
not
yet
attained. Rich men
can never finde
the
way
out
of
the
world,
becaufe
they
thinke
not
fo
much what they
have,
as
what theywould
have; fo
should it
be
with
us in
grace,
Rill
on the
growing
hand, knowing, that
whofoever
fhall fit
dowse,
and
ref
himfelfe
in
his
mediocrity
and
poore
measure
ofgrace
received,with,.
our
labouring to come to further
perfeétion, that
man
neveryetfet
right foot forward
in
the way
of
fanótification.
In
all
things.]
Obf.
That
we
that
are true Chr
Jians,
muff
come on
as
well
in
one
grace
as
another.
Wee
mule
not
walke by
halves,
or
obey
God
with refervation,but
Tooke as
the
body
groweth
in
all members,
fomull
we Mall graces,
which
are as
members
in
this new creature,
grow
up
to
perfection.
2
Cor.
7.
To
full
holineffe.
The
Godofpeaee
fanllifie
you
throughout,
in foule,
body,
and birit. And
a Pet.
t.
5.
the
Apostlebiddcth them
joyne
with
faith
venue,
knowledge,
temperance,
patience,
godlineffe, brotherly
kindnefe,love.And
Phil.4.8.
'fatty
thing
be
good,
jut!,
true, pure,
ofgood
report,
if
any
vertue,
any
praife,
follow
theft
things.
This doth
meet with
fetch, as
like
tiered,
de many
things,but
in
fome
they hate to be reformed
:
Others, that
in
weakneffe, though fay,the
Lord be mercifull
in
fuch
a
thing
:
others, that
think this
is
too much
to
putoffal( corruption, to come on
in
every grace,
men
cannot deny
themfelves every
thing;
What
would we have
of
theme
how
Religi-
oust'
doe they not thus and
thirst'
And to come
neerer
our
felves, wee
grow not
in
all
things as we
should,
for
this
mule
be marked , that
a
child
doth
notonely
grow
in
every
part,
but with
a
due
proportion
befeeming each member.
How
many
of
us,
fotne
have
good
parts
of
affeétions and
obedience,
but
are weake
in
knowledge
;
Some have
great
knowledge, but come
short
in
obedience
:
now
this
is
ill
befee-
ming
the
new
creature.
Looke at our
naturali
man,if
one
should
have
the
head
of
a
man, but hands and
legs
of
an
infant were
it
not ftranger
If
one
should
have
the hands
and legs
of
a
man,
and
the
head
of
a
little
childe, were
it
not
monftroust' So it
is
in
grace,to
fee ripe
knowledge,
but