to Ch.ap.31. An Expofi.ticn upon the Book of J o B. Verf.2;. their fins, and their hearts were farre cfffrom him. They would be very procure, fpare for no coif mike tai perbolicall offers of .thoufands oframs, and ten thoufands livers ofogle, yea if God would have ( which ofall outward things were molt dare and precious ro them) their very children in facrifice, he fhou'd have them, yet in the mane time, that which was the true facrifice and only acceptable to God (P/'ä1.5 t. i 7.) their hearts orthem- Wires (R m. 12. t.) in a way of fp;ritaeill obedience, they would by no nieanes offer unto Ged. And therefore to Phew the vanity and hypocrifie of all thefe fiyre and formal? flourifhes, The Pro- phet comes plainely to the matter (v. 8.) He (that is, God ) bath jhewed theeO man, what it good ; and what doth the Lard re- q.sire ofthee, but to doe Wily, l and to love mercy, and to walkehum- bly with thy God ? As if he had fa} d, Away with thefe flattering preterfïons; you doe but fhufte and trifle with God in all thefc things; you need not make fo many queryes about what will pleafe God,He hath fpokenhis mind clearely;Dsejvflly,andfsevo mercy, there's the all of fecond Table duties; walke humbly with thy God, there's the fummeof firft Table duties. Surely, towalke humbly & with a lowly mind before the highGod, is the heft of, yea ail facrifices; a fubmitting fpirit is motr futable in ail our ap- proaches to the fupreame power. The High God expeé s our Spirits fhould comply with what he will have us doe and with whatfoever hiinfelfe is pleafed to doe with us. There's nothing in roan fo anfwerable to the highnefs of God as fubmifrion. The Apof le Tames comprehends the whole ofour duty in two things, whereof the firff is fubmiffion, the fecond is refs fiance ( ?awes 4. 7.) Rrjft the Devil!, frebmit to G -d. This poflure of mans fpirit is intended in that of his body ( Lam. 3. 28. ) Hefttteth alone, and keepethMence, btcaufe he bath borne it uponhim ; that is, he who is under the yoke ofGod, ( He had fayd a little before, it et gird for a man to beare theyoke in his you: h) ought to be quiet, he midi not make eyther a fiirre or a clamour about the dealings of God with him. As it is our f rengeb tofir Still independance upon God for his helpe ( /fit. 3o 7, i 5.) fo it is our wifdome to fit frill in fubmifrìon to the hand ofGod. The high God looker that eve- ry high imagination, every thought exalting it Idle whether a. gainfr any of his handing laves and ordinances, or rempory dif- penfations and providences,thou?d be brought downe (aCoe. r o. 5. )
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