Of the Divine Warrant C. H A P. II. ' OJPerfonal Ftifling and Humiliation, in particular.. F R 0 M what is fi1id, it appears, that a Perfonal Fajl is a religious exercife, wherein a particu– lar perfim, having fet apart fome time from his ordi– nary bufinefs in the world, fpends it in fome fecret place by himfclf, in acts 0f aevotion tending ·to his humiliation and reformation, and particularly in pray– er, with fafiing. Concerning the which, w_e fuall corr– fider, ( r.) The Divine warrant for it. ( 2.) The eaU t? it. And (J.) Offer advice how to manage it. s· E C T . I. Of the Divine Warrant for Per.fonal Fajling and Humiliation. FOrafmuch as will-worfuip is condet:nned by the word, and that can never be obedtence to God, whereof his revealed will is not ·the reafon .and rule·; it -concerneth al1 who would perform this duty in faith, fo as to have it accepted of him, to know who hath required it at their hands. And to fet that mat• ter in a light, fufficient to fatisfy and bind it upon the con!cience, as a duty owing unto God, let thefe few . things following he duly weighed. _ Fir:Jl, God requires it in his word; and that both direCtly and indireB:Iy. · ' lt is direCtly required, James iv.. 9· 'Be affliCted, and mourn, and weep.' It is plain enough from the context, thefe th ings are propofed as agreeif}g to par– t icular per!ons in their perfonal capacity. See Vcr. 8. xo. And what it is that's required of them in thefe words, could not 1nifs to be as plain to thofe unto whom ' I
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