. The Prefoct. . · . 9 . proofcof..fu~habre3~hofthe law, n~ither· can·heehaueanie . wiu 1 effe aga-m{l: the 1nward corrupuons. But God fearch.,. Reuet.J..2J . cth the hearces'. and tryeth the ·reines, and entreih into the · {ecrctsofthe foule: and therefore bee commaundcsv·s to · louc hhn.wich.all our hcart,and withall our foule : not con... . tented with-fuch.aloueonelie,as is declared by the outward : behauiour·of the ·bodie. And fo for our neighbour, hee · comtnandethvs to loue himnot out-wardly onely,infaluta– don, ·curtefie, and good fpceches : ·but inw·ardly alfo as . our felues,that is,huruth,con!bntly.,feruently, andwithout guile and dffimulation•. Thereforeall.th~ obedience performed toGod, mufl proceede frotn Wtthm, a.nd come from . theheart, elfe,it lhaU bee no whit acc~ptable to him ::that whichgroweth without,ifit come not from the roote offin- . ~eritie· .within, fuallatfoord no comfort toour felues: but if,· vve will that o~r outward obediencebring forth any fruit to , ou·r owne foules.,or glorie toGod,we mufl look that it haue it beginning from an vpright, found, and faithfull heart• . Now,thenour obedience lhall be fpirituall,when it procee4ethfrom the foulc, and is \lone to a good end : but what-, {oeijedsdonefot: merit, as ~he Papifis doe, or for vaine glo- . rie,as the Scribes and Pharifes did ; this is n6t. fpiricuali)this , proc,eedethnot from the loueofGod, but from felfe·~loue:.: this is .a reflecHue kind offriendlhip:t y maketh vs do fome-.. thing vnto Qthers,that theymay·recompencev·sagaine,witb ~ . the.like-or ~ . better rcwa,;d. But then is our obedience true · apd vpright, wher.J.it comrmth from a goodheart,withde- - fire and purpofc to .ffiew·our -obedience.to ·God, ,andourc loue to men. . .. · · r!Ailthefo wsrds.- · GOrl fpakenot ·th<Z firtl Com.mandement onely,. nor the.· fecond,~~ third, and left·thete: bu·t be fpake themall; ; and gaue a-s ilrtaach~rge to keep.e eueryon·e, as anyone; ; andl•oone was vneredbyGods voyce., or ,written with his . owne.6nger,_mo!e.. thaa the other.•. ,Whence is tobe learned, 'DoRr.·. t~at whofoeu~rwill hau,·any true con1fort byhis-·obedience tp 9ods law,roufi not content himfelfe.to ,Jooke.to.one,or ·: · two ; ,bu~t _ muJlmakeconfcien.€e, and haue.a·ca_re to k~ep~· · them1 .····"!.• . '
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