_Part __ • 1 _._c_~_.6_. ______ ~~i~~-·C_o~~n=~~.· ~=-------~ 3~ 9: 7 __ felfe-advantages,bf-rdjJecl:s, and private ends: But inward ,rcYcrence and love~ kinde and aff~dicnate £HrriDg~ ofthe heart are ever {!nd alo.oe i9 out; powt:r; ai;d ever, by an uncontrol<ZZble freed\;! e, e,_::- empted from enforccment,di :ernbling and formality.- Nomarvcll then, though the mofi: royal!, ~,ncf l-:'croicall fpirits, prize moft,and t e beH: pleated with po!fefsion ofmens hearts ; and being a!fo..: red ofthem, can more eafily pardon the want of thofe outward Acts offufficicncy and fervice ( mo~t ritinded by bafeft men) which they fee to bee above the reach of their ability and power. Now ifit be fo, that even ingenuous !nd noble natures accept.with .fpeciall re- .fjx:~'l: and eftceme the affeftionatcndfe, and hear:ty · well-willing of their followers and Favourites; though th~"y want dexterity and meanes, to exprc!fe it actually in vifible eff~'l:s, and executions anfwcrabie to their df:Ction :_How much more are ipirituqll longings, holy aft~cl:ions, thirfty defircs, graciouily accepted ofthat God; in refpecr ofwhofe compaffions, the bowels of the mofl: merciful! man upon earth arc cruelty; in refpect ofwhofe immeafurably 2miable,melting, fweetefi: difpofitiOJ.J, tbe ingenu- _oufne!fe ofthe noblefl: fpirit is doggeqneffe qnd difdaine. EfpeciallyfirhMens good Turne.~,and Offices oflove,turne n:tany times to our go?d and bepefit, to our advancement,profit, preferment: But our Welldoing exren.deth not unto qod. That infimte effentiall Pfal. r 6.1.; glory with which -the highefi: lord, alone to bee Gods glory not in. bleffed, adored,and honoured by all for ever; was, is, ~re~ed by our good and fhall be everlafringlv crowned; can neither be ce s. empaired by the mofl: defperate rebellions ; or enlarged by rhe mofl: glorious good deeds. Can a man (fiiit~l E!iph~to Job) be profita/;le ~,ntQ god; As he Joa 12., 1 , 3 • that u Wifo, may bee profitable unta., htmftlft? Is it any . ~!eafo_re to the :Jlmighty,that thou ~ighteom ? Or u tst gtflme to Htm, thlft thou 111il'k!fi ilijml]-C.I perftc& - Cc And
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