I y4 Generall direc`1ions fora Corso. ;c. z icinósy. Hof.i.4. rob us of the comfort of the ordinance in hand. 7. The end altomust bee andwerable ire gocdntffe; and by its excellencieand attrae`brveutíle,tnfpire amiabïereileand allurement intoall the means leading tuereunto, thoLgb they Mould bee in their owne nature painetull and unpleating. In all thy enterprizes andundertaktrgs, thou mutt have ir; thine eye principally , that univerfall aimeof ail our aaions, God glory ; otnerwife, let the whole afialre bee canied never fo fairely in the eies of men ; bee clothed with never fogoodly a (hew, andglorious outside; yet in refpe& of acceptation withGod, or true comfort to the party , it is no better then the cutting of a Dogges necke. lehr did right noble and worthy fervice, by his refolute rooting out, andcouragious cutting offthat bloudy and idolatrous Houfe of iihab : and fweet in the noitrils of GOD, was that greatfacrifièe of Eaals Melts : hee marched furioully in this holy hufneffe, and wasvery zealous toexecute Godscharge in that regard exa&ly.And yet for all rhis,all thefe outwardglorious vifible conformities to Gods commandement were to him, butas theMillingofa man; becaufe his eye was not upon the right end, Gods glory. He principally aimed at the lècure fettling ofthe Crowne upon his owne head, by an utter extinguífh- ment of the Kings family. Had his aime beene right, his- heart had beene as well fet against the golden Calves inDan andBethel,as hishand and fword against the idolatrous houfe ofBaal; but it was not fo, a King, a o.29. Now I come to force particulars ; and I, Firft, concerning recreations, which howfoe`ver, they ought tobe -very moderate and fparitlg,; and in that relpea, me thinkes, I.fhould rather fpare my tabour, andnot spend manywords yet becaufe they arenot onely infatiablypur- fued and plunged into by men of this world ;; but alfo too much looked after, and lyenin, even by force who looke to- wards Religion, I (hall be fomewhat the longer; and advife, that they be not t .. Coftly. To curbe and confine thineaffe&ions to a fea- fonable and fanç}ified moderation herein, confider, i. how the
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