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242.
Of
the
fzgtes
And
in
fallible
notes
o
f
our
:Wien...
to-
performe
obedience vnto
all
Gods
commandements
;
for
if
we
nourifh
one
firne
in our
hearts,
it
open
a
doore
to
let
in
more when wee
are
tempted vnto
them;
as
wee
may
fee
in
the
example
of
iler'ádand
Iudru,
the one
harbouring
incefl,the other
couctoufneffe;
if
We
negle6t
willingly,
obe-
dience
to
one
precept
ofGods law,it
wil
fo
harden our harts
and
(care
our confcienccs,
that
Toone
after we (hall negle6
all.
Iftherefore
wee
would
haue
out
obedience acceptable
Vfalm.It9.6.
vnto
God,we muflwith
the
Prophet Da3id,Pfal.ii9.6.haue
Ioru.
z.ao.
YOerl vnto
ait
l
vàdr
corrrran
errtert.c;
or,
e
that
fazleth
i:z
one,
o
is
tnitiefl,
Fl,asitis
Iam.2.io
-.
Tbefecond
Seconrllyithis
obedience
muflbe
perpetuall,continuing
in
yroptrtie,!hat
a con(}ant
courfe from
the time
ofour
tonuerfion
w
the end
it
mufi
be
per-
.
petuiitt
and
ofour hues;
for
we are
not
to
judge
ofour
felties
or
others,
confïant.
by
one or
two
or
many
aecions
whether they be good
or e-
uil,but
by
the whole tenour
and
courfe
ofour
liues,fo
that
he
who
in this
refpea
is
holle
and
righteous,
hee
is fo
accepted
before
Cod,uotwihLIadingh
is
many
falles
and great infir-
mities;
he
that in
the
courfe
of
his life
is
wicked
and
prú-
phane,is
fo
caeemed
ofGod
although
lice feeme
to himielfe
and others
religious
by
fits,
and performeth many excellent
duties
and
good
works.
It
is
therefore
not
fafl-îcient
that
we
begin
in
the
fpirit,if
wee end
in
the
flefh,
Gal.3.3.'
It
is
not
f
if
cient
to
prof
ire
and
pracaife
godli
neffe
in
our youth,
if
we breake offin
our
age;
it
is
not
enough
tharwe
enter
into
the Chriflian
race
and runne well in the
beginning;if
wee
fland
f1í11
in
the
midfi,
orbefore
we come
to the goale
;
for
Math::4;43.
he
only
that
endrrreth to.the
erd
fhall
be
faved,as it
is
Mat.24..
3:
L:uk
9.6a.
As for
him that
laieth
-his
hang
on
theplottah'crid
lo4éth
bzzcke;
lore
is
not
fit for
Gods
kn5dorne, as
ourSauiour
affirmethi
Luk.9.62.
The
third
pro-
Lafily,our obedience mull
be
grounded
vpon
Gods
word;
p
crtic.that
it
and
therefore
performed
becaufe
the Lord bath enioyned
atzujt
beg""'
ftich
duties vnto vs;it
titufi
proceedifroni
faith,'
hick
iirfl pu-
tted
on
Crods
rifzeth
the
heart and then work eth b lone
;
it
muff
not
bee
rnrd,nc1
re-
?
y
feared
io
bis
done
for
refpe6f,
but
of
a
conf. ionable
care
of
lorie+.
performing
our duties, and
in
a
feruent
zeale
of
Gods
glories
which
is magnified
when
as-our
lightes
Thine
before
men;
hicb.
.