172 The Promt/e do not perform, it acceptably, which is the cafe of the crafty finner,as not univerfal,and therefore notfiticere in his obedieq.ce, is altogether falfe. They who ar~ n1afiers, know very well, how to make this difiincti– on, in their domeHick affuir~. If a child, or plyable fervant, {hew a real good~ will to obey their or'ders; ' they will accept of their work, tho' it is not done, in every point, as they would have it : fo, if there be firfl a willing mind, difcovered in fin cere endeavours, it is accepted of God, for the fake of Chrifi, accor– ding to that a man hath, 2 Cor. viii. 12. But if a fervant fh all quite negleCt: to put his hand to a thing, which he is peremptorily ordered to do ; becaufe he , capnot do it every way ·fo, as. the ma.fier would have it done : this is conHr~ed to be a contempt of the mafier's authority. And what other accotmt, can men imagine, will be made in heaven, of their con– duet, in infiances. of plain unquefiionable duty, which they quite negleCt ; and of fin, that. they indulge thcmfelve£ in ? . . Thirdly, Difiit:Jguilh between ability in ourfelves for performing obedieryce in all the parts thereof ac– ceptably, and ability for it in ChrH1: to be fetcht in by faith. Neither h1~nts nor fin~ers have the former, 2 Cor. iii. 5. But all true believers have the latter ; they have fuch ability in Chrifi their Head, Col. ii. 10. Ye are compleat in him. Phil.. iv. 13. ./can do ,all things through Chr~{l·which flrengthneth me. And. 1 it is, in the gofpel offered to all, fo that wJwioever will may have it. Mattb. xi. 28. Come unto me all ye that labour., and are heavy laden, and I will g~ve, you r.fjl. Ver. 29. 7'ake my yoke upon you. Ifa dif– creet mafier command his fenTant ro ·go and do a par– ticular piece of work; it will not excufe the fervant's neglect thereof, that he wanted infiru.ments neceffary for it: becaufe he will reckon, that his bidding him to do the work, did fuppofe His allowing him infiru– ment~, without which it could not be done; and, that
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