Ve3. RO VERBS. x9 Secondly, all men naturally are blinde, andno man vn- deraandeth what is expedient fer thehonour ofGod, or his owncCaluation , farther than lice is illuminated by the spirit, which alwayes workerh by the word. Thirdly,nothing can be accepted of God frommanwith- 3 out obedience, and then is hec obayed when his precepts be obferued , and there deCpifed where men will be their owne dire1tcrs :For they renounce hisauthority as though he had no foueraigntyoucr them : they Cet light by his Counsels, as though in w :fe.dorue they exceeded him. Sec Chap. 13. verfe 16. Juice, ivdgement, tc.] All menought to labour for irate- Dois grity in well-doing. Naat is tobe attempted that is vniuf}, no manes to be vied that are unrighteous, no purpofe to be entertained that is deceitful!. This appeareth by that commandement of the Lord, in the law , Thot shalt lame theLordthy God with allthy Dekt.6.5. heart , andwith all thy foule , andwith all thy might. And by that precept of the holy Ghof} in the Gofpeli: Seeing wee Zcor.7. I, haste thefe promifes, dearely beloved, let vs clean(e our feluesfron allfilthinefe o f flet , andspirit , andgrowvp to full holine f fe in thefeare of God. It is writtenof eflmaz.iah the King ofJu- dab, that he did that which was right in thefight of the Lord, z Cbron.2,5.1' but not with aperfea heart : but Zachary, andElizabeth his wife arecommended tobe both iufl before God, and to haut walked in all the commandements, and ordinances of the lekik,T.6. Lord without reproofe. Fira, the vnion andagreement ofrighteous matter, man- Realm. i, ner and end in mens actions, is the efiedoffaith, the fruit of the Cpirit, and a feruice acceptable toGod. Secondly, thewant, especially the deprauation of any of them, is a finne that woundeth mans confcience,and tended' to the defacing ofGods Image. Thirdly, howfoeuer the Lord patTeth by infirmities in his + people , yet hec iudgeth , and rewardeth according to thcfe ioyntly , as the Prophet teflifieth : I the LORD fearch Ier.17.1ói. the heart , and trie the reines , awn to gise emery man ac- D 3 cording
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