o,; TT 13. 1a. 305 shay be gathered from our affèf}ion to, and eaeem of duty; when we are drawn to it, not fo much from fear of the punilhmcnt that may follow on difobedience to thee command, as from love to and effeerm of the thing com- manded, which doth not fo much force and compel, as it doth fweetly incline and move us to it idly, This univerfality muff be in refpe& of mens defign, and de- liberate purpofe to pra&ife all commanded duties, with- out allowed balking any one of them ; which is, whens in the profecuting of holinefs, they lay all God's com- mandments before them, as David faid he did, Pfal. lg. 22. Al his judgments were before me, and I did not put a- way his fiatutes from me. 4thly, This univerfality mutt be in refpe& of our endeavour to profecute and ufe al/ the midfes and means that may further us toward the fuitable diféharge of all called-for duties, and towards the promoving of holinefs in all manner of converfation and endeavouring to carry along all the circumffances that are requifite to the making of our anions truly godly. A man that would have a good Confcience, as to the hönefyi of his walk, would omit nothing appoin- ted by God, that may promove him in the way of ho - fines : And O how vaffly comprehenfive this is ! it takes in endeavours to prevent and efchew all . tempta- tions, fnares and impediments, of whatever fort, that, may marr and let him in following forth his courfe of holinefs, and in his exercifing of faith in God, through, oLhrifl, and dependence on him, to be with (peed, brought forward to the end thereof; that he may ita fome meafure be in cafe to fay with the apoffle, I hags fin Jibed my courfe : Thefe words of the wife man, Provo 3. S, 6. are to this purpofe obfervable, In all thy wayl acknowledge thou him, and he (hall diree`l thy paths ; trufi in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not to thine own underflanding ; there would not only be an acknow -, . ledging of God in this and that particular ation, but in all our ways : As we would be careful to make ufe of him, and to truff him ; fo we would efchew leaning to our own underifanding. This univerfal extent of our endeavour is fo neceffary, that without it we cannot have peace; for true pea a is the refult ól a man's defignedá, u a`
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