S B c r. XI. is GodsStatutes, asdkeeping his Yudgements. , 517 net yet =tò fit down. The godly would havean have an here upon earth, whereas God hath made this life, and that to come in twodi(lin t difpenfá- tions. Sixtly, This walking in theWay of g/odliuefe dothfuppofe agnide, a light todirell andinform them, that they may Not fl'amble and fall. There are Land marks and Sea-marks for Paffengers; and fo the Word of God that is the guide, that is the light towalk by. As many as walk,aceording to tbie rule, faith the Apoftle. There aremany walk ina diforderly, Mofe, andlawleffe manner. They haveno Law but their lulls, no guide but their blind pallions , and affeftions: but the walking of the godly is inan exaEt, orderly andgodly manner. Nowonely the Word of God canditeft and guide herein. Hence Daviddoth fo often commend it fora boon. barn tohis feet , and a Lamp to bis paths. No mancan tell how to live, or how to believe, or how to worshipGod, without hisWord :We cannot tell how to pray, how to hear, how to livegodly, and righteou(lywithout this rule : fo that thoulands of peopledifcover they have noneof this mercy in the Text vouch(afed to them ; for,do they not live like bruitbealls ? Arenot their tufts, their fancies therule they live by ? Give me the man that lives by the Scripture, that walks by the Scripture, that thinketh, that fpeaketh, that doeth by Scripture directions. There could not be lochwalking in darkneffe,and (tumbling therein, if mendidattend co this light. Oh that this truth might enter intoyou.; My life is a walk , and I mutt have forte Bale toguide me ; and what is that but Gods Word ? How then can I lye, curie, blafpheme by that information ? Where dock the word allow,or commandme fetch things ? Be no longer like the Hoakand Mule that haveno underhanding, but re- memberyouare men , and lo mull have a ruleof reafon and piety to live by, and that is Gods Word. Men are convinced that they mutt hovel no other faith or Religion then what the word commands : but they doe not confider this is as true alfo for their lives : They mutt live noother lives, do no other alttons, then this word requireth. Seventhly, offs Gods Word is therule they walkby, fo god himfclf is thecomps= neon that theyought to Walk With. You arenot alone in this walk, but God is with you. TheScripture bath a threefoldplurafe: There is walking withGod, walking before God, and walking, or following after God, and they all have their peculiar Emphatic. To walk with God; Thus Buschis laid co doe, gen. 4. aa. and that un- plyech anheavenly, holy,and humble,yet familiar enjoyment of God in our way. Can two walk together except they be agreed? And therefore no wicked man%can walk in there paths of godlineffe, becaufe not agreed with God t God is an adver- larie and an enemy to them : but the godly in this their journey to heaven have [wert communion with, and enjoyment of God : As God fpake to Mares as one friend to another, by way of apparition ; fo doth God in a fpirituall way to the. godly; God is gracioufly prefent with him, he fupports him,comforts him t And if be laid, Comes jucundas provehiculo ell, A pleafant Companion is in (lead of a Coach in the journey ; Howmuch more admirable is it to have God our Compa- nion in the way. Then thereis to walkbefore God, ggen.17. I. Thus Abraham is commanded, and that is fo towalk in the wayesof Godline(fe, as toeyeGod, to have a refpeét topieafe him, to takeheed of the molt ferret frnnen, knowing God hath anomnifcient eye, and therefore that is the ground of fincerity, which the Scripture cals Perfeetion ;Walkk, before me andbe perfetl.Laftly, the Scripture had: theeapre(lionofwalkingafterGod, in oppofirion to that phrafe,of walkingafter their Idols,or other gods,or theimagination oftheirownheart,,jcr. t 8. a 2. And that is, whenmen follow the direetions and guidanceGod voaehfafeth, efpecially in matter ofworfhip: God goeth before us,as it were,with the light of his Wordto his hand, andwe are to follow after. This truth bath been too tpifituall, evenfor all theagesof theChurch almoll, who havenot followed God in their worship; but the Cutlonsesand fuperllitious Inventions ofmen. Now among otherqual(fica- tióras inwalking that the Scripture iaay (peakof , there arefoul obfervable. bbb 3 ]Firs 6.
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