170 · Thefottrth Comm.tndemcnt. · breakc it)11ercfore it is confit mcd from lhc cx:1mplc of the great God,whi<.h is ublc to counteruaHe all theirs. As if hee thould fa);, Hyouwill be led by example, fc/ low that which is moHperfect: N~JWwhat more perfeet example, then the example ofGod? who hath propofed hirnftlfi, fora rrdi– denttobcimit lced ofvs. Sin!ull men breakcit,bmt hcho– lyGod kecps-it ,anJ·wo~ld h~ue you keepe it! ~herher tX· a·mple is ic l.:>eA to follow? God m·ade an ende oLill in flxe dayes and ceafed creadng on the feucnth day, th .:ktfore bee wouldhaueyouceafe from the workes ofyour vocltion atfo on the feuemh day. For as concerning the worke~ of pre– feruati'on, ChriH faith,John. 5.17. M~father worke thhither– to,and I worke. But heceafed from works ofcreation. So that the reafon Handes thus; God left no worke ofcre.adon till the feuenthday,but ended all in the fixth, therefore hee would h!we you ende all your workes of vocation in fixe dayes, and imploy the feuenth o.nely iu workes ~fpiety and mercy. Dotl. Hence then we Jearne this doetrine, that vvhofoeuer defi– ~~et~~~~il reth to Hue godly,mufl propofe theexampleofGod to him:– muct"'imi.. felfe to imitate. Thus,Ephef.;. I. the Apollle wilheth them ~~~m~le~s to follow theexample of God as dean~ c~ildren: bee had ·beforeexhorted them eo courteotJs behautour and gentle– l?es: But hebath done mewrong,faith fame tnan,how can I ·dealckh~dly with him? why;fai~h the ApotUe/reely forgme him. But who would put vp this wrotJg pariendy? God \vould: and thereforedoe you followGocl,and imitatehim. God dorh nocprefently f~eke reueoge if any man breake 'his lawes,but vfeth all gentle meanes to bring him to re.. petitance,and to caufe h\m to turne: fo doe you, thenyou tread in Gods fieps. Indeede fotl1e forward man would ·take a more violentand boi!krbus courfe: but ifyouwill be accounted the 'hiId ofGod ,bought with the bloud ofChritl and regeneratewith the fpirit o£God.,yo_u rnu(lrather be di.. re8:cdby his exampl~.;the n mans,and then there is no bet– ter argument that you ate the fon ofGod,&no furer proofe _that he hath begotten you "to life eternalt, then when you grow like vnto him.~and lhew foL·th his Irriage hi your life. Now
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