. folfe,inrichi~g ext~mination. l 147. them ·the true feare ofGoa, Caving knowledge, ) the powerofReligion, and that o!Je mceffary thing ; } the graces of fa{vation. He is fpurredQnbyhis na– turall affection to toy le and tireouthimfelfc with- , out meafure or end, to heape and hoard up for themearthly treafures~ but he is cold and careleffe : inproviding for themdurable riches ; that Pearle l of high price, andaCrowne of immortality. And · rherfore he loves them affectionately,but notcon– feionably, kindly, but not Chrifiianly. 3.Neither can any ungodlyman love t~uly his friend; he m~y be linked to him ina {l:rong& boyfterous bond of Good·fellowiliip J hemayfiicke unto him in fame defperate attempt, even to the {bedding of his blond; hemayaffefrhim for advantage, for plea– fare, ·for profit; for a·time, for his faire conditions, for hisgood nature:, hiscivill carriage, morall ver– tues, giftspfknowledge& wifdome, nobleneffeof fpirit, Jongacquaintance,and the like; But hecan– notpoffiblyfall:en&knithis foule unto his friends, as the foule of lonathanwas tied unto the foule of David;that is,in the feare ot God~in an holy league for the keepingof agood confcience, ftanding for · Gods truth, and the advanceijlent of his glory, in _ that golden knot) and noble tye of Chritl:ianity. The knot of that dearefr love betwixt David and Io,.zatha?J, was tif!d by the Spirit of God ; they were as it were fworne brothers in good things ; they rrr.tdeacovenant~ I Sam.r8.3. (for they loved the one ·the other as their owQe foules) that they would for ever fiicke clofe together in the befi . things, in defpight of all adverfary!! rage and maM 2 , lice, ..
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