. ' ~ 1 7 8 ·{ · ~ .. -:ne Sdints , ~er}'~ef!"aP1i.;; the,berrer feelingOf.our ~;folu· uoq,-t-o bmd ·o\lrfelvesby·a folemne vow, as the J ewes did, Neh.9.laj!: They m:J de aJure covenant, and p11t theirfealeJ to.it,;~nd the fubfrance and mannerof r I their <;:ovenantjsfet down,Neh. I o. 2 9.'fheyentred ·into acurfe~· anp int<:> an oath to walke inGods law, and to obferve _and do all hiscommandement$.The -. necetfity ofthisunfained purpofe r~quired in this i exe.rcife iseyideat, becatifewithout it .we rermine . -igpur i~penicenCie_;andbeing impenitent finners, · the Lordwill not beare us, as the Lord tbreatned .the impenitentJewes,Ier. 14. u-~ When they fafl> 1 wiO110t heare their cry.. B'efides, our hearts are . el~ ceeding fi~kle, andaltgood motions,·and,purpofes doe prefendy die in tbelt1·: therefore they.had need bebound to theirgoodbehaviourbyfolemne vowes and r€folutions. - . ~. :, ! . l ~d Fifdyandl~frly: W.benallthisisdoneandper- , Tw.e au uty. c d · - ll. k h d b - IJ h" f" Takeheedof ,orme , we~ J!UUu: ta e· ee a oye a · t mgs o mfpirituallpride.· ward pride and refting in the.perfotmance.te It was J the~are.ofth;~proudPharifc:e, and i~ isal~ ·of the . !l.t.p•L\• 4t: ~duo4~y,: who wdl needsmentheaven "I \by fuchexerd~sas thefc. But,this fpirituall .pride . 1 isthat worme, t~twill breed in the beft-fruits of . j t.he fp!rit ~ ~~da_poifon, that the Devill, ·t?it he.l- . l . hfh fptder, WJlffqck-pu~ofthebefrflowers urGods .' 1 , - garden ; and:ifheecanbut prt:,vaile-pverthee tobe · felfe-conceiced with thine inlargemehts , and to trufi to that fervice thbu hall: done, hebath what: he lookesfor, ancl deprives theeofallthe' ~o~forfef thinehumiUation~ : thefef'or~·labou'rasmuchaspoffibly thou can(t, tohumble thy'felfeAwithathrough · ' -· view .. /
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