. - . ... ,.. _31n.. _ To theReader. 4.40etefteetk4 He order and method which wepropounded to our (elves, 41 and í1i11 purfue inpublifhingthis bleffedmans Labors com- mitted to us,is the fame witb his Own in Preaching them ; and in his PreachingRile alto we prefent them,that fo both for matter & manner theymight be every way his own.We 4'4'4'54'4' need not let him up any other Pillar or Monument than what himfelf ere&ed by his own worth ; and yet we may as truly fay ofhim, as NaKianKenof .4tbanafins, 0,1.03s 3 Tic :ffyo:s mrwvo; gpoviipteen, He was high inworth, but bumble in heart : Hedyed in the flrength of his Parts and Graces, and did not wear with ruff, but life : (Ampligimum vita fpatium of ad fapientiam vivere)He did the work ofhim that fent him, whileft it was day, becaufe he feared (as he would often fay) a night was coming upon the Kingdom, wherein be could not work ; and fo he lived long in a little time. Itgrieved hir Soul to fee how among Profefìors ofReligion Holinefs of Life, and circumfpe& walking, is not attended to in thisdiffolute and diffolved Age we live in : what Truth therefore ferved molt to revive and renew that Spirit and vigor of Practical Holinefs, whichwas breathing in them before there Times ; there he molt injfted on, and preffed upon the Confciences of Believers : And he that is converfant in his Writings, will readily difcern, that he judged the power ofGodlinefs not to confifc in high-towring-fpeculation (though himfelf was of excellent-railed-parts) but in an holy C onverfation,which is peculiarly the fubieCt ofthis Treatife ; therein following the dire lion of Paul to Titus, exhorting Believers in God, to maintain good works, "Iva piçopril°worr JJJ vinavwótovz , to go before others en good works, or tofet before others good works, as the words imply, Tit. 3.8. Which yet whileft a Chriflian purfues with all alms fervency and intention, he mull withal be acquainted with the Root from whence all his Holinefs muff fpring. Good works are dangerous, if they be made the Foundation in the great point of juftification by Faith; but if they be uled in the fuaperftruftion, then they are veryufeful. We cannot have chil- dren Rom Chrift, except we be frrft married to Chrift No works of Sanftification, beforeUnion with Chrift. Many cry out for Obedience and goodWoiks, yet are profane becaufe they go not to Chrift for thefe Tou will not come to me,thatyou might have life,faith our Saviour : Except we do all fo and fromChrifi, our Lulls will not be mortified, our Duties not accepted, our Confciences not purified ; we fhall not be ftrengthned againft croffes,neither (hail we eo on chearfiilly,nor perfevere : The foolith proud heart ofman is loth to b "e fo much beholding to Jefus Chrift, as to receive Salvation from him altogether, but fomething it will do, and fome- thing Chrift muff do ; yet it leans much, ifnot molt upon it felf, oncly it will take in Chrift to makemore ftrre work. There is a fturdy ftoutnefs and unyicldinanefs of Spirit in,. ten, againf} the Úlefffed Truths of the A í Gofpel
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