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üc.IOv
Ephelians,
Chap.
5.
L
arr.of
the
Spirit, which
men.
pretend;
if
the
eyebe
derkeneffe, allthe
bo-
n
darke likewife.
The
zd.
thing
is
manifeft by Scriptures and
examples,Saiht Paulfit-
ting
downe
whit
it
is
to walk according
to God, doth
give usthis rule,
DA
That
we
may labour
to
pleafe
him in
off
things; and
Rem.
r
z. fetting down
a
ttood
converfation,he biddeth
us prove
what
is
theacceptableplealìire
of
Gad;
and
thus Paul,
a
Cor.
5.9.
I
ambitioufly covetwhether
living
here,
or
dying,
to
pleafe
God;
and Hezekiah,
z
King.zo.
3.1 have
walked
before
thee
doing
that
which
was good
in
thy
fight. But
two things
are
to
be
asked
:
t.
What
workes they are
that
pleafe
God.
s.
How our wotkcs
can pleafe him..
Forthe firíi, they
muff be workes
that
come from
a
good ground,
a
heart
purified
by
faith, and therefore
all
good workes
are called
fruits
of
the
Spirit, Cal.
5.
for if
they
came
not
from
the
grace
of
the
Spirit,
that
tree
of
righteoufneffe, they cannot be
pleafing
to
God,
z.
They
muttbe
for
the matter
of
them
commanded by
God,
clfe
the Lord
may fay,
Who
required thefe things
at your,
hands?
3.
They
mutt be done
in a
good manner, efpecially faithfully
and vo-
luntarily,for
he
that
willpleafe Gad mull beleeve,
and
God
loveth a
cheers
fullgiver;
otherwife it
is
with the things we doe
as
with good
ftuffe,
which are often marred
in
the
making.
4.
Lilly,
they mull
be
to
Gods glory, or done
to
this
end
that God
may be pleafed.
Now
be-
',,
caufe
that though
we in fomc meafure
doe things thus, yet
our
bell
edcs
are full
of
imperfe
(±ion,
and wethink,
How
fhould
they
plea
fe
God, tieing that
we are
fo full
of
weakeneffe,
and cannot doe them
as
others doe, much
leffe
as
we
defire
±
The
anfwere
is,
our workes
pleafe by
faith ón
him in
whom God
is
well pleafed,
By
faith vibell
and his
Sacrifices received.teflimony
from
God.
It
is.the fweete
fine!!
of
Chrifts
Sacrifice,that doth perfume our
facrifices
andmake them
fuch
with which
God
is
well pleated, He6.13.
Now
this
that
in
all
ourcourfe wemutt
feeke
to
pleafe
God,
loth
Ale
t.
convince many whofe lives dóe
fpread
a
banner
of
defiance againft
God,they
doe
nothingbut
that
which
is
difpleafrngto him:
Again, others doe
feeke
altogether
to
pleafe
men,
as
flatterers and
fuch who looke
to
approve themfelves
only
to
man,
who
dare
not
looke
any
way
unleffe
their patrons doe
favour it.
A third fort
who
becaufe they can live
without dependance,-they
doe
not
care for
others,hut
are
altogether
in
this,to
pleafe
themfelves:
for
as
our love
is
turned from the
Creator,
and fet on
the
creature,
others
and
our felves,
fo
is
our pleating
:
But
who
they
are
that
feeke
to
pleafe others
or
themfelves;
not
feeking
to pleafe God, they
are
no
Goal.h.
:,
s.a4.
ro:
fervents of
Chrifl.
J
Again,
a
doth
teach
us
our duty,
in all
things
to
labour to
pleafe
Tefe
2.
God;How the
favourites
of
princes willlabour
in all
things
to doe
the
pleafure
of
their
Lords;
how
it is
death
to them
tohavethe frowne
of
their
Soveraigne,
as
of
t
4áfolon:
So
we
fhould
above
all
things fteke
G
g g
2
to
boy
Hat.ó.z
#,
.3.