66 A Dtfioaarre of trim happineje. their new Moones, their Sabbaths and folemne feafts were things commanded by Gods owne mouth, yet where they were performed with impureand prophane hearts, hee tells them, that his foule hated them , that they were a burthen untohim,and that he was weary of them For ifthe the Lords contentment had finally refled in the worke wroùght, and not chiefly refpeaed the inward affebtion of the worker;. had he required onely the ceremonial! action offacrificing, andnot the fpirituall conformity of the heart to his will :. why,hehad not need to delire facrifices of them, nor e4e- eted fùpply from their hands; as it appeareth in that"facred and royal! conteflation of God with his people, about the queftion of his worfhip, Pfal.5 o. /will not reprove theefor thy facrifaces ( faith God) or thy burnt cf rings, that have not beene continually before me. 1 will take noBullock e out of thine hoof, or Goatsout ofthyfolds. or all the beads of the forref aremine, andthe beuf1c ofa thoufandhills. Iknowall the foavles on the mountaines, and the wild beafis ofthefieldare mine. If Ibee hungry, Iwill not tell thee : for the work is mine, andall that therein id. Will I vate theflefh ofBids? or drinke the"-blond ofGoates ? Nay, if wee.conlider God in his abfolute love- raigntie, and eflentiall glory, even that is true of the moil fatidtifiedworkes ofGods child,which is in lob 35.7. Ifthou berighteous, whatgivef thou untohim? or what receivethbee at thine hand ? And that of David, Pial. r 6.2. (Mywell-doing extendethnot unto thee. For what can that little fparke of ho- linefle in us (which doth first too, proceed from him, and is onely darkened inour corruptions) adde unto that infinite Glory, andNajeftie, and Light, that no man can attaine unto; with which he hath incomprehenfibly lienencompaf- fed from all eternity ? Onely it pleafeth him of his infinite goodneffe, and outof a giacious delire of our falvation, to accept our firiceritie though mist with imperfedtions, and to crowne his ownegraces in us. Where then !hall appeare the bareoutwardnes of hollow-hearted Chrillians ? If the heart beewanting : what magnificence or gloryof outward fervi- ces !ball beable todazle his fight, whofe eyes are ten thou- fand
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