$a e T. XI. in GadsSt4tenes, anllkeeping bdyudgeaséntr. Secondly, As there is no life in tbj Duties, fo there iá no Worth, no excellency, no folidity in them, if ft: ff Gods Law be not written in our inward parts. We reade in the Canticles oflarge commendations that Chriff gives the Church, viz. every godly foul, andhow her graces are commended for the lovelineffe, fweetneffe and fragrancy in them; whereas ifihe hadonly paintings, a racer outride with- out the inward fubftance of Grace , theremight havebeen tome glittering but no true worth. What worth is thereinan Image ofclay and dirt, though co- vered over withgold ? Godlineffe is wire,/ not deaurata ; the Churches Gory was within : What worth is there in ftraws or flowers, when their juyce and moiflure is dried up? i hehypocrite is compared inhis failings to a Bulrulh ,and fuchaBultuih s every mans Godlineffe without this inward foundation its empty and light. Therefore weighyour Datiesin thebalanceofthe San:#nary, donot judge that godlinelTeand holineffe which the Scripture rejeis as refufe. As the Prophet fpeaks of the ffraèdites , Reprobate Silver /hall men call then, 7er.6.1o. So reprobate Duties, a reprobateGodlineffe, that! both men andGod call thefe. As God by the Prophet complainsof his defeftive anddeformed Sa- cri fires, Goandoffer Inch tojour Governesses and Rulers ; fowemay fay i nth is cafe, Go tomenand lerce themwithout an inward heart, without inwardaffecïions, and will they thank youor reward fuch fervice? Thirdly, As thereio noWorth, fo there is no ferablenefe in InchDuties to God; for God is a Spirit, and he fearchetla and trieth the hearts of men, our Saviour from thisconfederation inferred, that chofe who worship himmull worship him in fpirit and truth, 7ohn4. Now then ifGod have not begun this foundation in theeofa new heart, a new fpirit ; here is no congruity between God and thy worship. On how remote are there things from thecommon underftanding of moll men, who knowno further in Religion then abodily praying, or a bodily hearing 1 Surfum cord,,, was theancient acclamationat the adminiftrationof the Sacrament, to takethemoff from theElements of Bread and Wine; and this fhould be a daily Memento, Lift upyour hearts on high in every Dey you go about. But men that would be thus elevated in their hearts, and faften upon Godhimlèlf, muff goout ofall their low and bodily apprehenfions. As God bad Abrahamcomeout of his Tabernacle, and then to look up to Heaven tts number the Stars if hecould ; thou mullbe drawn Oat ofthe Tabernacleof thy bodily affevions, before thou canal let thy heart upon God himfeif. Oh then confider that as long as chis new fpirit is not in thee, there is no more proportion between God and thy foul forany holyDuty, which is nothing but a familiar communion withGod, then is between Earth and Heaven. Fourthly, ThereforeGod begins herebefore the outwardman befanlfified, becanfe thegrearefi power and flrength ofcorruption lieth in the inwardparrs. As the Law ofGod is in the inward partsofthe godly ; fo theLawof finne, as the Apoftle calleth it, is reigning in themembers of every wicked man ; fo that the godly have agood Law in their inward, parts, and the wicked, the Law of finne. If therefore Godfhould only finableus to outward Obedience without this new fpirit, hisgreatefi work of Gracewould be left undone ; for its not the body fo much as the foul that the Devil poffeffeth, and takethfor his own. The great- eft part of wickednefs lieth there, wheremoll men do neither perceive or feel it. Though ficknefswhen it come to the heart be prefently felt, yet finne when at cometh to the heart, and lieth at the heart, is not felt as a burden till Gods Spirit convince a man ; teeing therefore that this converting Grace is vouchfa- fed as an healing, and a medicinal cure, it is neceffary thatthe greaten operati- onof it Ihouldbeupon the vital parts within, So that as in unregenerate men, the imaginationsofthe thoughts oftheir hearts are only evil, and that conti- nually ; fo the imagination of their thoughtsChou idbegodly and heavenly. As the wicked fwallow downiniquitylike water, fo rivers of living water fhould Bowoutoftheir bowls. As in thewickedno am canbringthe cleanout of an Zz z 3 unclean, 5 1.0
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