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I
DO.
The
new
crea-
cure
ftandeth
ininwardgra-
cc:,notinour-
ward rhings.
Gpe6'`S;
3
s
Y'fe
I.
The
image
of
God
wherein
man
was
crea-
ted is
not
in
the
body,nor
or
the
hes
of
fxc ulcies
foule,norindo-
minion
over
the creatures.
y
fe 2.
We mull not
reft in out-
ward
duties.
Ufa
3
Doiä.
Such
as are
new
creatures
their
glaces
ate
Rom.tu.9.
Ja`n'3'
7'
Joel
x13.
Rom.6 t7.
Ephefians,
Cbap.4.
V
s
R.
24,
us expreffe
the
venues
of
bin
who
bath
called
us
from
darkneffe
to
light.
..
3.
It
is
to be marked
that
he faith, this new Creature ftandeth
in
righteoufneffe
and
holineffe:
whence
obferve,
That
not
externall
things,
but
inward graces
make
the
new
Creature;
the new Creature isoppofed to things externall; not Circumcifion
nor
uncircumcifton
availeth
any
thing,but
a
new
Creature: which new Crea-
cure
the Apoftle
Peter
calleththe
hiddenman
of
the
heart.
H:
therefore
that
is
a
new creatureaccording to
God,
mutt have
his
will righteous,
1
anttoallobedience, alldutiestowardsGodandman ,hemullhave
all
his
nature
rand
ified,
though not
perfectly
and
throughout,
yet
tru-
ly and
in
force meafure.
Now
this,that
Paul maketh
this
new
man
af-
ter Gods image to
(land
in
thefe things,
doth
teach
us
3.things.
That
the image
of
God
is
not to
be
conceived
in
bodily things,
as
the Anthropomorphites imagined, nor yet ftandeth
in
the
effence
and
faculties of the foule,
as
memory,
reafon, will,
as
"lugufline
took
it,
for
wicked men have
thefe; nor
in
dominion
and rule
which
made
man
as a
little
God,
among
ft
the
Creatures, for this
is a
confequence
that followed on the image, but
as
Paul
teacheth,
it
ftandeth
in thefe
divine
qualities, which
as
certain formes and figues
expreffe the
divine
nature,moft
holy,moft
juft,fo
far
as
the
Creator
can be
figured
forth
in
fuch
a
Creature.
It doth teach
us,
that
if
we will be
ti-
Creatures, we
muff never
flay
in
outward things, reft not
in
them:
What
if
we
come to Church,
be
baptize& what
if
we have acquaintance and
a
good
liking
of
the
the
better
men, what
if
we could preach the
Word,
doe
any outward
duties
e
what if
our
tongue,
our countenance, our externall
a&ions,be
renued
r
if
we
refs
here,
we have made cleane
onely
the
outfide
of
the
platter,
we
are
not new
Creatures;
if
our hearts be
not
righte_
ous,
be
not holy,
all
is
nothing.
In the third place
,
it letreth
us
fee
what
a
fearfull
wickedneffe
they commit
that
doe mock at righteoufneffe
and holine(fe
in
men;
it is a vile
part
,
they trample the image
of
God
under their
feete
;
now
it were
Pety
treafon
fo
to
mifufe
the
Piéture
of
a
Prince.
4.
It
is
tobe marked,that
he
faith, holineffeoftruth: that
is,in fuch
righteoufneffe and holinefle,as
gee
with
uprightneffe
of
heart; which
doth
teach us;
That
whofoever are
new
Creatures
in
deed,t
he
graces
they
have
are
found
Andfine-ere;
thus the Scripture teflifyeth
in
particular of
their faith,that
it
is
unfained;
of
their
love,
that
it
is
without diffimulation;
of
their wif-
not
dome
that
it
is
without h ocrif
of
their repentance,it
is
a
rentan
YP
Ys
i g,
of
their garneents,bat
of
their
hearts: Their
obedience
is
from
the heart
;and
whatfoever
isin
them,
hath truth accompanying it,
as
here
they
are
faid
to
be
retorted
in
ri
bteoa
f
ne
a
and true
holine
ff
e
2.
If
we would look at the new Creatures which the Scripture
re-
cordeth,we might
have a cloud
of
witneffes,
which
would give
tell1-
mony