of A deaa Religion msn. There is nothing more ordinary then this, and vet no– thing is a furcdign of death . Thus the peopie that followtd Chrifl hec~tufe. of the /o.1ves. j ud~s tbat was Chrifis Difcip!e, becaufe of the Pur[e. Jthuthac dt.d rhe gn~at works God com– manded, becaufe ef rempor:ll advamage5, thefe had a mme only, no life, becaufe the princ iple of motion was without: There arc many things tbat by art and power we make to move as wheels or bqwls, yet this is not•a motion of life,be– caufe the principle is without, and the Philofopher ddinetb .ruture to be the principle of motion within, and of it felf; then therefore thy duties are duties of life, when, they are upon genuine and unfeigned motives, wbenthe love of God, t-he excellency of t:hrilt.m'ake thee mo;·e- arid·'be active for God, then thou doefi fuine with thy own light, not with a borrowed light; of all things life ca!'lnGt Be painted; the PJinter can refemble the body, and lll the parts thereof in a mofiexcellent manner: but when he cometh eo the life ·of a thing, there he i• lofi; So thou ·maiell wilQ great refem· blance and applaufe, pray, l1e:Jr, and appro3ch ·w the Ordi– nanc-e5,. but when ir come~h eo tbe llfe of them, there thou canll not go any further: Do d:en the proper and effcnrial qualities of grace move and work upon thee in thy duties? lt is not cufiom, formaljcy, education, a.pplauf.:- orefteem in .the world>but godlindfe for g.odlin~!Te f1ke, Chrifl for Chrifls fake, thi-s is comforcable; .but if they he aceidencal or forced conft.deraticm, then its nd more 1ife, then if you fhould .take .a dead mans atm,. and by forc.e meYe it up and down: Is ic with clu~.e i.n hollr things, as wich the devil and wicked men in tvil things? The devil when he finneth, it is from his own inclination, he is not tempted nor forced, if he were ro choofe, he would do thus; our Saviour doth fully ex'{)rdf.e it~ 'John 8.44· when he fP.r~k,tth a lie, he fpeak,tth of hu O'lln: Is ic on the contrary With thee, whec thou pra1e.lt, wh~n thou heareft, thefe are ofthy own, outw.ard. things do not move thee meerly ? S9 for wicked men Rom.8. they are fa id to li11e in the jlefl;, Why?- be.cau~ t he fweetn~ffe aJJd plea– fures of the flefu do move them, if then: were no others .fo iWJptaod allure them, .yet they_ lllve enough of themfelvcs [0 ,
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