and dead Duties~ to be'c.arried out to evil~ So ic is with the godly, though there w~ro no outward encooragernenrs to godlinelfe, yet themecr lovclineffe of-them it would draw out their hearts: Oh then remember this is a g~ear mlttcr, when our religiotu El.uties arc not from forced oacward principle.s ! As he that is .bor11 of God, is (aid, n•t toji)me, becaufe it !s not from a true and proper principle within him, his heart and nature being fantl:ified is otherwife inclined: So he that is in the fiate of finne, be doch not pray or hear , becaufc though he doth them outwardly, }'et the frame and indin1tion of his foul is far otherwife. , Secondly, Thnz is .all our Religionand jicming graces dead, z:: When \\1e ~tre not unircdto Chrift the ffutnt.Un of11/l life. \Vhat· When .we are focver we do, not j0yn'd to him mufi ncceffarily be dead. C~ ·~frltedhto Hence doch the Scripture fo often compHe biro,to aVine, and fou~1tain ~flifc to an Head, and all becaufe as the members and br.uKhes feparared from th~fe cmnot Iin, or bring forth any fruit, fo neither can a man ftpJrat<d from Chrifi: So that this union with Chrift, this ingraffing into the fat Olive tree, is firfl to be looked ar, for till there be this vouchfafed, we are :ts fo many dud&>r drybrmcs: Evtn as the 5lunne is the fountain of all the he1t and life in fub!umry things, and if that were taken :tway.a!! thin;;s would be cold ::tnd d ~ ad ~ Thus it is !:ere, ~hrift is t':e Smn:c of yightrtu/nrjJP, he ari/etiJ With heal· ir.·g in hi5 Wings, Mal.4' 2., Ephtf 11 l 1-h rlrr flleth in tLe heart. , ly faith; infomuch thzt P.ud fJirh Ht 110 long rr li veth, bt>~t Chrift in him, Gal 1. DJ then a_ll cl:y r'!'ligious dutie3 come from that powerful tmion with Cht iil? Thoudodl not thefe e-~uies foL:·Iy of thy fdf, but Chrift i nabJes thee; not that Chri!l: believcHh or rep.:nre,th in thee, but his prefencc and power wichin cnlivensthec co /thefe things : So that before every duty make inquifition into this principle, Am I united to Chrift? Doth heavenly vertue ami power come from him income? . Thirdly, Tho(e duties do indeed live -which are IICC9mpanied ~; . \\1ith a tenderneffe ~tnd he~~tvenh fenfibltnef[e b()tb of oHr JPiritHal Tht, o[, 1~ aut es '" d L ll ,i r. · · l d" Wh on y 1vc rhat wants, an tne exce ency o 1 J pzntua rerne zes. ere no • • ~ r. ~ I' · h . . . d ar.. accompa 1en1e or .ee tng ts, t .ere cannot be any hfe ordmanly, an nied with a ' R r 2 a Chri·
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