562 Chap. 24. .4n Exposition upon the Book. of JOB. Verf. t;. this or that particulara& ofrighteoufnefs and holineffe, yet they cannot perfevere in filch tidings. A wicked man Both Good as a godly man doth evill, upon a temptation,not upon approbation; some carnal aimor intereft ofprofit or credit tempts him todoe good, but he dog) not approve the good which he doth. And hence it is that as a goodman abides not in the paths ofdarkness, fo a wicked man abides not in the paths of light. True holineffe doth not bt g;n at a&ion but 'at affe&ion. They begin at the wrongend with religion, who begin with doing rather then with liking. Many doe this, and they doe that, whereas they should ftrive to approve, and pray for a love to the truths and wages of God which they practice; for want of this theyoften apoftatize and fall back, even from the pra&ice of them.No bonds can hold us alwayes to the dutiesofobedience, but thofe oflove to God, and to the things wherein duty calls us to obey. And as want of this love is the reafon why man is fo apt to backflide, & is(fo far as a Negativemay be) the very feed and principle ofbackfliding, fo it is the reafon why God gives fuch up to the power and (pirit ofbackfl ding. (zThef 2. to, 11.) Because they receivednot the . love of the truth, that they might be faved, for thin caufe Godfball fend themflrorg delxfion, ¡bat they (bouldbeleeve a lye. What is not begun in our affe1ions will not abide long w our actions. 'Secondly, Observe. Not to abide in the patties of truth andholineffe,ia ¡be`mark r f an. ungodly man. They who are not what the. appear in goodneffe,will not al- ways fomuch as appear good.They that areasfacob fpakeofhis eldest Son Rrwben (Gen. 49. 4.). urflable as water, (hall not ex- cel!, nor are they to be numbred among the excellent ones. The Apo(lle exhorts Saints (r Cor. 15. 58,) To befhedfal and un- moveable, always abounding in the worke ofthe Lord.Saints move in the workeofthe Lord, but they muff not move out of the woke of the Lord, Beyeffedfa and :immoveable ; but in what? in the worke cache Lord; That is the fphere in which Saints move, the sphere of their ac`.tivity and use andout of that they dare not move. TheSun in the firmament is moving continually, but it is ira his proper line, called by Aftronomers, The Eclipric,le line ; So a godly man is alwayes moving in the way ofgodliness, that's
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