Chap. 3 r. rfn Expolltion upon the Tool. of J o a. Vert, z6. 559 in obf ruing dayes which men have appointed, and wherein they exercife a devotion of their owne deviling ! Hence that Apoilo- licall Caution or. Admonition (Col: z. i8.) Let no man beguile you ofyour reward, in a voluntary humility and wor/hipping f f An- gels, intruding into thole things which he bath not feene. Which, things ( faith he, v: 23. ) have indeed a fhein of wifdeme in will- reorfhip and hunsilitie, andnegl:tling of the body, not in any ;concur to thefatisf ying of thefl,fh. All duties of worth p and humilitie ought tobe voluntary, as voluntary is oppofed toconftrain'do: but they muff not be voluntary as voluntary is oppofed to infti- tuted or a ppoynted. God doth no more approve of that worfhip which we give him according to our will, then hedöth our neg- lea of that which is according to hisowne will, or which hirr.- felfebath willed. But man likes it better to worfhip a Godof his owne making then the God that made him. And he likes any wayofworfhipping God which is of his own framing,more then that which is of Gods appaynting. In this, above all things, the heart of man is deceitful! and defperately wicked feir.g while it feemes very zealous to honour God, it bath no zeale todoe it in any way but that which refleas higheft difhonour upon him. Secondly, Men are naturally taken with Idolatry and falle worfhip, becaute'ris fo external! and courts yea feafts their fen- ces with glittering appearances and fpecious formes. Falle wor- fhip is chiefely fpent in that which profiteth not (as the Apoftle- fpeakes t Tins. 4. 8.) though it pleafeth much, a meere bodily exercife. Whereas the ftref a oftrue worfhip lies upon the inner man. (74. 4.24.) God if a Spirit and they that worfhip himmuff' taor/hip him in(pint and in truth. A natural! man loves not that which is fpirituall ; at molt he likes only the forme and out fide of it. He loves to worfhip what may be feene , rather then what is, to be beleeved. As he walketh by fight not by faith, fo he allot worfhippeth. His converfation and his devotion are both of the fame ftreine and temper. Secondly , Obferve. idolatry-it thegiving ofdivinehonour to the Creature. Thus the Apoftledefcribes the Idolatrous Gentiles ( r.. 23. ) who changed theglory of the incorruptibleGod into an image wade. like unto corruptible tnan,ánd tobirds, andfoure,footed bulls and
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