S_a o T.XI. in GodsStattttes, andkeeping his Ptdgements. 5 47 above thy crying:fins.:At that great day God will not onelyempire wttaxthy thoughts, or thydeíites have been, but what thy a&ions have been. If therefore anygrain ofwifdome be in thee, thouwiltbe fare to look to that agaiiift whichahe Judgewill maturelymanifeft himfel,and that is thy aétions. It will be then no plea to fay, Lord I had a good heart , a good meaning, I defined to doe other, wife; if thou haft not indeed done otherwife. Fourthly, The Scripturedoth exprefjely,declare filch to be Hypocrites,. who ha- 4 vinga profefffon of Chrift , andof faith and love of him, doyet rowl themfelves in allimpieties : Letevery one that nameth the name. of Chrit4, depart from iniquity, z Tim, 2.19. And the wicked mansSacrifice, the wicked mans prayer is ar, abo - minationunto the Lord t the Apoltle ?antes dock at large vehemently preffethis, ThatFaithwithout the good Fruits and works. ofRighteoufnes isaltogether dad, andhe calls that man a vainman,whoreafons oche(wife. Thou thenwho ves (o apt tobrand thofe whoendeavour to walk aridly, and inan unfpotted manner. tóom the world, withhypocrifre ; fee thy feffthe molt notorious hypocrite of all ; for thou fayeft, Thou believeftin atria, thou fayeffthouloveft.God, andyet thy line is full of prophanencife, and enmitytohs holy will : Sincerity is the fwret ac- cord and harmony of the heart, and aftions together ; and it is hypecri ie to pre- tend heart and affectionsfor God,when with thy works thou daft deny hlm. As 'the Prophets of old complained of filch, who would come into Gods Tewple,call hp- on his Name, yet turfs:, [wear, deal, and commit Adultery, Ier, 7. With no leffe zeal may theMiniltersof theGofpelcomplain, Thatmen will be Chri- ftians, willtonne toChurch, will hear, andyet theirlives are full of fuch noi- Come fins.. Fiftly, There,foreGrace ìa thebear: Wit breakout irtta aEEioa, becaufe the godly y, are toendeavour the converfianofothers. Theyare to beexamples of ha ni fit, to win others thereunto :now thiseannever be without holintlsAn thelift :.Foi men cannot trie, or difccrn the hearts of men, they judge of the tree by the fruits; fo that if ever we would be inllruìnents to reclaimothers from a wicked life, we our felves mull be exeneplarie inour own : Thus the believing Wife is exhcrad to Walk in loch anholy manner, that her unbelieving husband may be brought to the firth thereby, a Cor,7.1.6. Our Saviour exhorts hia D :Ieiplcs, That their light fhould fo Thinebeforemen, that they beholding theirgood wort,may glorife God in she day of their vif taeion,Mar. 5,1 6. Oh what a fad thingis it for thee by thywicked and un- godly life to harden others in impiety 1 They tee that, a rich man, a greet roan, a wife man, fcoffingandoppof ngthe wayof godlineffe, and this confirrnedi ,them the more in theirimpieties. -Sixtly, Therefore-the-S-pirit of Godwithin, willcatffe os to walkin allholinefs, 6; Beeaufe thedailj exercifeof Grace afordoagree: deal offìreetnef fe, comfort , and a good ajfurance ofour interefl inChhifil Though good Works and and a godly life are not a canCe of our jakftificationor fan &ification, yet by thete we come to have comfortable etsidenceaof `Gods love to us,andouas CO him. As Leah laid, err htsf. band reould loveher, becaufeThe maefraitfulinChildren ç and thus it is here, :Our Eleftion is made lute to us, by addingonegrace to another, one godly a/tion to another : harrcnneffe Maheknowledge ofGoda reckoned a great cutfc-by the A poftle Peter, Pet.i.8. and hence it i , that the more Gods own children fail in adaily and diligent pra/tice of Godlinelfe, the leffe comfort and affiaracce they have inTheir ownOonfciener s, Laftly,ps inciplesof grs ce,wil have thealts ofgrace,rhat ho theymay flapthe month, ofall thofe who wouldroproach and blaOhm, th, holy prvfefionofiesr,,fai. :avid fayhis wicked aáiogofmurder, had opened the mouths ofGods enernits toMai: -pheme him : And the Apolilecomplaineth, Row, a. That by their ungodlinc f e, the Name ofGed ,vas 444btwed among the Gentiles. Oh then,if nothing el fa, yet let this make thyheareand lifeaccord sn the power of Godlmeffe, that the name of Gotl.waynot beblafpbstned,that his pure honour may not bewounded. Aaaa z 7rf as
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