3T2 Generall direaions for a 1V441,4< 44. eaves, tongue, hands, feet : foreven as theywere members of thebodybefore impioyed wholly for Satan andfenfiaalitic; fo now are they alfo become iniiruments of righteonfhiffe untoGod. God begets no monfiers, as they fay : a childe new-borne bath all the partsof a man, thcugh not the per, fe4ion of his growth ; So a new-borne babe in Chrift is throughly,and univerfally changed ; though not yet aper- fe& man in Chrift. 2. Sinceritieof change : as well in heart, andinwardparts, as in life andoutward carriage. 0derufalem, faith the Prophet, wajh thine heart from wickednef, that thou mayeff be Javed : how long (hall thy vaine thoughts lodge within thee ? No externall priviledges ofReligion, though never fo glorious ; UQexaanefi'e of the worke wrought ; no Pha- rifaicall formes of devotion; no outward behaviour, be it never fo blamelefe ; no coil or contributions in the fervice of God, will ferve the turne without finceritie of heart, Though a . man fhould come befrire the Lord with thoufands of . Rammes, or tenne thoufandsof rivers of Oyle : Mould bee give his firfi.borne fir his Iranfgre on, the fruit of his body, for the finne ofhis foule: fhould he bellow all hie goods to feed the Poore, andgivehis body to beburned : were hee able to compre- hend withinhis braine the whole Booke ofGod, and with the Iargenefie of his underftanding devoure all that holy fenfe : fhould heeate, and drinke up at the Lords Table,all the fanEtifed Bread and Wine; were hee plungedover head . and eaves in the Water of Baptilme : nay, ifit werepoffible, waffledoutwardly from top to toe int e precious blood of Chrift ; yet all this were more than air vaine, and utterly unawaileable, without uprightnefTe of the heart, andpurl - tie in the inward parts. ;. Spiritual) growth. t'nregene- rare men at the heft, grow but in the generalities, flourifhee, devout reprefentations, and tern, forwardneflz of for- mall Chriftianity. Which is like the growthof corne on the bottle top; or the feede fpr;ngiog out of the ftony ground;; but the honeit and good heart briugcth forth fruite with patfeire. Spirituali ftuntings there maybee, and ftandings at a 1}ä,y for a time. But as good comae in a good foyle be- ing.
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