Zeal is due only to God. Becaufe it is the eel gious part of the aff ¿Pions. A Treatife of the Ape ions. have it, then he does abfolutely affeft it. So that then is a man zealous for God and for grace, when his affections ftand abfolutely that way. May be he will be glad fo he may get it at an eafe rate ; but if he cannot, alas, he muff have it, he concludes upon that, though it colt him fighs, f groans, every claies ftrivings, every daies labour, praying, 1 meditating, repenting, parting with all his lulls, although L. never fo dear. O his foul does affeft it on that manner, he muff and he will have it, rather then life. This man is zea- loufly affected towards grace, and towards God, becaufe be affects it abfolutely. Thus kb was zealous in affe ling GodsWord, he efteemed it above his neceffary food, lob. 23.12. He does not fay above his daily food, for fo he might do, and not be zealoiajly affected therewith ; but he affeft- ed GodsWord above his neceffary food, above all food abfolutely, without which his life could not confift ; with- out which a man dies : fuch food as this comes neareft of all outward things to be abfolutely affected, A man affects it above lands, and above livings, above his liver and his gold, above all his pleafures and his gamings,a man will part with them all, rather then part with his neceffary food. Yet Iab affected GodsWord above it. And therefore he affected it zealoully.This is the lait thing in zeal.It is upon that which does abfolutely affeft. Albeit, now it may partly appear by the very definition of zeal, that it is due only to God, a man muff not be zea- lous about any thing, nor zealoufly affected with any thing, but only with God and his worlhip. Nevertheleffe we may yet further prove it. Firft, Becaufe Zeel it the religious pert of the affetlions of the foul. Now the religious part of them are due only to God. I profited in the Jews Religion, being zealotu of the tra- ditions of my Fathers, fayes Paul, Gal.! .1.I., he makes zeal the character of his Religion. Seel" thou a man zealous then after profits, and molt earneft to get means and maintenance and
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