ofthe Nor4ing- Exertife. 397 eflona -3.112rnemba ttioce that. have, riad theme ut not noworhar s b,:- CO:rle of Sion ? of the. ,Church of, &c. 4. Your faivation may be carried on without Ordinances. 5. There's a time coming, wJen you (hall have no need of Ordinances. In the mean time, if you can- not get up to the Ark of god, take heed of bowing to the Calves at Atn and Bethel : If you cannot ferve the God of /fr./of, take heed you ferve hoc the gods of the iimories. What you will do, I knoe, not, be cure 30fhoa would nor ; chufe you ( faith he ) this day whom you will ferve whether the Gods which your Fathers few:A, that were on the other fide of the {loud, or the Gods of the dim°rims, in whole Land ye dwell But as for me and my hoof cove will ferve the L.rd : which brings me to The Thirteenth Sermon. jofb. 24. t 5. as for me aioimy h,lefe, we will ferve the L' N the words two things. 1. An inolefatigaMe. Retortation : Take I your own choice, follow your oiva difcret ion : If you will go and bow down to a dumb to a captive God, &c. 2. An admirable Dehortar ion : we are at a pitch, we are refolved, and if there be any Attra6tive in me, or my family, you have it in this, I and my hopfhold, we will ferve the Lord. the Obfervatscns were, 1. Pores Govcrnoters offarn is:s are very z,ealeus that their f.milies as well as themfelves, fhould ferve the Lord. Never hope of r hrivmg, rn godlineffe, till you bring your Fainil.es right for God, to beof the tame Religion with your felves. 2, a true fincere Chriflian is refolved to chufe and followGool,what- ever elfe the world chute and I.( l!ow. t. Sincere Claritlians have much more fatisfaaion in the judgement and praaice of God, his Word, Saints, then in the judgement and praaice of the World : He km. $1113 their judgement tobe depraved, their choice and praaice corrupt, th it end and conclufion wort} of all ? therefore no wonder he makes a better choice. 2. They have the bet+ Tellimony in the vvor'd o: their choice, the Spirit and Son of God, that this is their choi.:,t Therefore no wonder, atc. But how do, they chufe God ? Anfwer they chufe God as the objea of their foulslove, as the chiefef} of ten thoufand, as the lot of their inheritance, as the companion of their fouls, toconverfe with him, as the C rnenander of their wayes, robe guided by him, as a shelter or their hearts, as a refuge to fife un.. to in the time °Manger.. thetril Uremas by way-of Exicgoiwitial ; is God chofen as the chief object of our fouls love ? can we truly fay, there is none in He !- vett-,
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