Semr.V1 ilftht 'Yen) G'rhátbe. ifsl that atc 'aNewCreature,thou hrtioáth'fom,ái3ftë'din thy óíÿn eyes. TEtou'ffand- &like'aLeper godofffrom ál1 thè'merdes and promifes of Grad. TingGod bathordained , That none fhould fnde rill to theirfoals, but fuckwho are loaded anddurihened, Mar, i't. aa. Nòw thou haft a ref§ without any burthen, thou haft an cafe and never didft feel a load : This is much to be [ufpe- Eted. Fourthly , That oldend , aim, andfeope, toWhichheformerly refarred allthings, i Tohis of f it nom changed, andam* White isnowjet up. Every manbathTome ultimateend ends. to which hedoth refer allhis aâions , that is, the center towhich he falls. Now while a man isthis old Creature , he looks no further then at earthly comforts, pleafares, and advantages in this world : Thus they are likebruit beafls, meafur- ing their happineffe by thofe objefts that do pleafe the fenfe : and as Eve defired to taft thefruit , Becaufe it was lovely to the eye; fo do they long to tats of that fruit which is pleating to their corrupt appetites : But faith the Apoftle , Whether see live, we live to the Lord, andWhether wedye , we dye to the Lord , Rom. 14. 8. Whomhave l in heaven but thee, faith David ? whereas the property of every na- tural man is defcribed, Pfal. 4. Many fay, Who willthew oto anygood? and the contrary difpoftion of the regenerate Iheweth it fell, But Lord, lift thou up the light of tby countenance upon au: So that if thou art a new creature, thy end isno longer to grow great in the world, no looget to fulfil thy brutifh tufts , but toglorifie God, and lave thy foul : And this end being earneflly and affellionately de[tred by thee, thou dolt diligently praaice all thofe means that obtain this end in prayingoften, in examining thy felf often, in humiliation, and reformation often. As cheispreme Orbcarrietli ail the infetiour Orbs about with its own motion, fo this great and noble endwheelsabout allthy aftiohs ; every thing is fubfervientthereunto. Now ifwe would askmen, What is the great aim and end youpropound to your [elves in this world ? Though with their tongue they would hapily fay, the falvationof theirfouls ; yetwith their lives they would deny this : For if thyend be changed,the means would be changed, the way would be chan- ged thou dill uft to live in. Fifthly , Allhisfirmer fall waies of worfhip andfervice of god, they are re- í To old fal(ë Bounced, 'indoor,losferveth Godafter a newmanner. Thus all the heathens when wales of wor.; theycame under thisNew Creation,they threw away their Idols, they forfook (hip. their talk gods; and if they were not Idolaters, but trained up in fuperf§irions waies,and aTraditional warfhipinvented by their Fore- fathers,as theJews were, theyforfook this alto. The Kings daughter is toforget e . forfake her Fathers hotel?. Wefee Pats/ tends much inhis Epillles to take offthe Godly fiom tholevery Or- dinancesGod himfelf had commanded , when the time of their abrogation was come, Not but thateven this NewCreature, may for want of good light and inllrsilionbe farplunged into fuperftitious and unlawful worfhips: But as the Day-fear (hall ante in their hearts, fo by degrees the night will wear away. who agreement (oathChriji with Bella!? faith the ApoRie, handling thecale ofcomms- nicatingwith Idolaters in their Worfhip,r Cor,6.Seeing they are the Temple of the Lord.It is worth theobfrvation,Ifa á.when the people ofGod by his heavy judge. thCnts upon them for their Idolatry, (hall beweary of it , it is laid, They'hallthrow their Idolsto the Batsand Owls, that is into darkcorners andholes : A fit expreffi- on ; for as their Idols were blinde , Eyes they had, but did notfee ; fo they (hall ca(t them awayonto blindecreatures. This fhould make people take heed how they plead for any old thing in religion, meetly becaufe it is old; for then thou fhouldefthave continued in'thyold popery, in thy old fupetflition , which many years ago thoudidit live in. Remember we are to be new Creatures in the Lord', and fo mut's leave all old falfe wayes; though there may be the good oldpathaatfo thatwe»fuf enquire afcer,Jer.6. r 6. when new errors haveoverwhelm- cd us. LI 3 Sixthly,
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