4i -' Chb p. z 3. An .&xpofition upon the Boot{ of JO B. Verf. t 2. And (ver. a 27.) when he;aw how force made void theLawof God, he faith, Therefore Ilove thy commandements above gold, yea above fiat gold. As if he had Paid, becaufe I fee forme men efteemand reckon thy law as ifit were drof e,and throw it up as void and antiquated, or taking the boldnes, as it were, to repeal; and Mai+C it void, that they may fet up their own lulis and vaine imagina ions,becau'e I fee both prophane and fuperftitious men, thus out oflove with thy Law, thereforemy love is more enfla- med toit,llove it above gold,which leads the moti of men away captives in the love of it;and I efteeme it more then that which is moil ellcaned by Rsen,and gaines men molt effe; m in this world, Fine Gold , yea as he f_id (7)Jai 19.) Morethen much foe Gold. Secondly, Ob'erce. A high and reverential! ffeeme of the wordof god, worker the heart and keeps it cl-fe to the obedience cfthe word. 7obhavingfaid before, 1 have kept the commandements ofhip mouth,! baroe kept his wayes,and not declined, Ihave not gone back; now comes to the fpring of all this confar.cy in obedience,/ have efteemed the word: of his mouth, &c. Love is the fpringofacion, andefteeme is the top of love; we love nothing which we donot efteeme, and what we love much we thinke we can never efteeme enough ; And what we thus love and efteeme, we tirive to keep dole unto. They that receive the truth, and doe not receive the loveof ir, quickly turne from it to believe a lye, yea God there- fore fends ehern prong delufion to believe a lye,becaufe they received not t be 1, ve of the truth. Asnot to love the truth is a fin, fo it is punifhedwith another tin,the love oferror.Though we have ta- kenmuch truth into our underftandings, yet unlefs we take it into ouraffe6tions alto, we cannot hold it long. 'Tis love which holds the heart and the word together. Noman willingly obeyes that Law which he doth not love. Before 'David could Cay,Tbe Law is my meditation all the day,he faith, O how I love thy law(Pf. t 19. 97) The hypocrite, wke hates inflrut ion, and cafits the wordof god beU.inde his backe ; that is, flights and vilifies it to theutmoft (for fo much to cati behinde the back imports, the hypocrite,, I fay, who thus catis the wordofGod behinde his backe) will be talking of the word, and have it much inhis mouth, yea hewill mouth it fo,. or be fo talkative about it, that God reproves oc checks
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