The thirdComm.tndement. 109 bringglory to the name ofGod. He muH fo profit in know– lcdgc,and conkienceby the Wotd ofGod,\/Vhich he profef– fcth, and make fuch agood proceeding in pure Rdigion, as that he may beaucifie his religi011 by a blameldfe and vn... fpotred bchaui0ur.Tbus in Matt h. 5. I 6. ~hriH faith,Ltt}~~" light fo foint fortb beforeme~,th~r.they m:~y fotJoHrgofJd wor~t aMJ g!,rift~ ,;yout Father ~btch ~·m luauen. Hf:.'e would ha~c.. ~ ChriHians bee as l1ghts: and the light v,·hich they mull {et forth on cuery r1de, muH be a gracious and ChriH:an behaui... .our; that men fecing and beholding thefe bcamc9,may glo..- rifie not them,nor commend them (for aPharifee will fer:ke to haue men magnifie him, and fpeake weJfofhim) but a ,:· ChnHian muH defire tl)at by his meanes, men might bee b 1 ough~ to magnifie the profdlioM ofGod; 2nd to fpeake an-.-1 think rnoHreuercntlyofthac vVord, chat hath wrought fuch grJce, and fuch reformation in him. The life muHbe the fidt beginner in religion,or d(e the (pecch is hl!t ridiculous; as d1( Lord faith, ~¥hat.harlrbou fo do. to t~k! Tn) WQrJs P(alm.JO• wirhi~t thymot~t~? fodng theubateH to be reformed. Onegoeth . ,- ', beyond his calling and C:>tnn iffion, .whc:n he dare caHhim- . felfc aChriHian)andC.iod hi:, Father,and will not yc.eldobci diencevnto his Commandements,in hi~ practife. So, I. Pet. 2.1l./h1.1Jeyour co'1Htrfotionhontfl ttmotjg the GetJti!es, &c. thattheymllJglorifie God in the a.z, ofthetr vifit~tion. As ifhe had faid:There arc many ofGods ele~t, tha~ are as yet vnre– gener.tte,and as bitter againCl G<"'d. rruth, and will fpeake as ill ofprofcffion as aoyoth~r: but Godwill vif1t themhereaf– ter by his good fpidc, and the fonne ofgrace lhaJI fhin~ it) their darke hearts, to their inlighrning, and his Ward lhall. workc faith and repentance in thdr foule: and when hehath lhew~d the fame mercy to them, thatio former timehe did toyou, they lhall magnifie him for thofe good things that haue been in you, V\·hich haue caufed them that bare an hardmiudc to 1eligion before, toloue, and l1ke it fo much the more now. And though thfy !land out long,. yet at length they f.haH bee wonne, and then they will magni. ~fie G 0 D. And euen bond-men are. commaunde~, not– YtithUandiug their lowe dbte, and the bafeneffe oftheir H 2o condition,
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