. a C T. V. of the New Creàtùre. 265 hot afpire after this gloriouseftate, is becaufethou findeft not the need'ofapowet from heaven to lift thee up thither : As thole that were blinde and lame, theyde- fired Quill, knowing,, he onely could give them their eyes and their limbsagain; fo doe thou ; OLord, I mull mourn for, andturn from my fins uponholy grounds. Oh that Icould doe it , how often, Lord, doe I refolve toclimb up this hill to. wardheaven, but I prefently fall back again; to thy powertherefore, and to thy grace I flye. 2. Thefupernaturality of this Creature is teen ix the Motive:, why it Pets upox z. In the mo- any chair:, and that is, becaufe ofGod. Thus faith, partof the newCreature ina u ve, whkh d}tü man, believethGods Word, not from cuflomeand education,or theauthority of iluaufe of ur the Church, butbecaufe Of that divine Authorityand Revelationwhich "appeareth God. therein: As a man feed: theSun by the light of theSun Ihiningfrom it.. Thus the 7hefalmians received the Word of God , not .0 the wordof man, dataof God, Y `Íhefz 14 This new Creature believed: the principles of Religion,.x;a ipf dixit, becaufe God hachfaid it, not becaufe men fay fo: when a man affents unto matters of Religion nofurther than humane grounds lead him, it is but an humane faith, and we neednot a (peciall gift of God to believe thus : Afterthe fame man- ner alto it is, when a man bewadeth his fins, and condemneth himfelf for them, meetly becaufe of the naturali lightof, confcience, not from the Word, and be-. Caufe God is elf:nded, but becaufe of externalI judgements, this is but tomove as a man, to repent as aman ; whereas theApalle telleth us offdrréw after agodly mother, z Cor.7 9. whichis, when a fpirit ofpshyer and fuppucot ion,and mourn. ing is upon ourfouls, becaufe God is difpleafed with what we havedone; and in- deed the greateff, and the molt noblepart of the fupernatarality of tins newCrea ture lyethin this,That we goe to all divineobjeds ueona divine ground,upon a di- vine motive ; fo thatit's acknowledged by all, bothPapills and Procellants, that nothing canbe raid tube gracioafly and after a godlymanner done, unlcife it at. cend áshighas God, and be terminated onhim,:as the objed i- we are not toflay. on 7neobo Ladder; but ro goe uptohim,who fits at the top of it inheaven.Oh con- fider,we may believe as men,repent as men, pray as men, hearas men, buc all this while not new Creatures ; becaufe there things are not done with a reference CO God, and acomplacency inhim : andby this we may erfily judge, why its fo pot -_ lible for a man to be taken from the wedding Feaftand boundhand andfoot, and thrown into utter darknefe, I mean to be taken from religious duties, and damned, becaufe thefe werenot thealts of á new Creature, but the humanedevotions ofd morall man. Let not-thereforethy heart be quieted in any holy duties, till it be iminediatelyapplyedto Godhimfelf. The women that foughtfor Cistiftsbody were not contentedto fee the Linnen in which imas wrapped, but they looked (lilt after the body foneither may we refs in the exprellions of duties , but to go further, even to the Lord himfelf; this verypoint is the hinge of Chriftianity, get this and youget all: Believe becaufe of God, mourn becaufe of God, and then you are at the higheft of effentiall perfection, though not graduali. This is the nutty, at at lealt main fpecifying difference betweenpolo: his tears andPeter:; thismakes Manaf(e, hishumiliation good, and the wantof itgaakes Ahab, bitter. Donut thenany longer like worms crawl on theground, but like Angels foar up intoheaven: This wouldmake you like the Silk-worm, fending forth thatwhich,is preciousalwayes fromyou. Two wayes a man may apply himfelf to God : either, Fitti, As hemayde kxown Aman appliei by the creature:. Ofthis the Apollle dilcourfeth muchRom.r.for inthemhe revea- himself to leth his wifdome,power andgoodnefs, and fo theGentiles are condemned,becaufe God ; As re- theydid not glorifie him asGod ; they didnot goeas far as by the Moon-light of veàled Nature they were guided : But fu pp ofe theyhad glorifiedGod accordingto the th IC' rià knowledge they hadof him, and didnot detain the truthin untighteoufnelfe ; yet turc. in chofe ads they were not new Creatures, becaufe there wanted faith in God re- vealedinhis Word, which lathe foaltoevery action, and the Salt that feafons, it. Mm Therefore
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