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Of

the

fines

and

iìsf

illible

nötes

°Tour

eler

i,n.

243

which

zeale

will

make

vs:goe

forward

in

our

courte

ofgodli-

neffe, through

emillreport,andgood

report

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6.$,

And ifotirobedience

fpring

from thefe

fountaines,and bee

referred to this

end

that God

thereby

may

be

glorified

;

then

will

we

make no

leffe

confcience

ofiecret,

than

of

open

fns

;

then

will

wee

be

no

leffe

readie

to

ferne

God

in the

duties

of

pietie and righteoufnes

vhen

there

is

no

wcitnes

clout

acti-

ons,than

if

all

the world fhould looke upon

vs

;

then

will

we

be

as

feareful

to

offend

God

in the

breach

of

any

ofhis

com-

mandements

in

cur

fecret chambers

in

the darks

night,

as

in

the Church

or market

place

at noone

day.

.

The

eight

Pigne

ofthe

child

ofGod,is

the

loue

of

our

bre- §.Set1.g.

thren

in

obedience to

Gods

commandement;

¶v

hen

as a

man

The eight

hilt,

loues

intirelya

Chrifiian,becaufe

he

is

a

Chriflian,

&

ingraf-

is

the

loue

of

ted into

the

fine

bodie

of

Chrift

\\hereof

he

is

a

member

:for

our

brethren,

betakje God

as

it

is

impofiible

that

one'member

of

the

b

odie-fhould

not

hob

commas.

loue,cherifh,and

defend

another,becaufe

they

are

cluickned

deft

vs.

by

the

fame foule

and

gouerned

by

the

fame

head;

fo

it

is

not

poffible

but

that

one

true

Chriflian fhould loue,

cherifh,and

defend another,becaufe they

are

quickned by the

fame

fpirit,

and

ruled

by the

fame

head

Iefus

Chrifi. And

this

is

made

a

tnarkeofGods

child by

the

Apofilc

dohn,i.Ioh.3.fg..Weknow ¿John

;.x

.

that

we

are tranflated

from death

to life,becaure

we

loue

the

bre-

thren:

as

the

want

of

thisloue

is

a

fure

note

of

the

child

of

wrath

,for

as

it followeth

in

the

fame

verfe,hee

that

loueth

not

his

brother

abideth

in

death.

Now

the vndotibted

Pignes

of

loue

and chriflian charity

are

The

igues

of

two

;

gluing to

thofe

that

want, and forgiuing

thofe

that of-

true

loue.

fend;

for

it

is a

propertieoftrue

loue

to

be

bountifull,i.Cor.

I

Cor.z3.4,

13.4.

as

to

all,

fo

efpecially

to

thofe

that

are

of

the

.h.oufc-

holdoffaith,as

it

is

Gal.6.io;

and

on the

other

fide,

He that

Ga1ar.6. zo.

hath

this :a-orldsyod,

and

le'

erh his

brother

haue neede,and

fbut-

z.Iohn

3.i7

teth

vp his

conpaf

on

fromhim,he

is

dcl

itute

of

the

loge

of'

God,

and confequently

of

the

loue

of

brethren, which

is

but

a

lfreame

airing

from

this fountaine,-i

John.3.17.

And this

Chri(liati liberalitie

as

it

is

a

ligne

of

true loue,

fo

allo

of

our

eleaion

and faluation

;

for

our Sauiour Chrifi

hash

Mewed

vs,

that

according

to

the

-fè

finites

of

charitie, and

R

aaiorms