but let us confider of it, that it may cut between the bone and the marrow, and devide between the -foule and the fpirit ; God Pies all our workes. This point fhould fall upon our hearts, like the almighty hand of God, as it did upon Job, I bnsw thou can ft doe every thing, and that se thought ban -be hid from thee Job,42.1. Now wee come to the particulars. And the firfi is in tilde words, tbcu haft a Name that thou livefà, and the other is, and art dead. That thou haft a name that thou liven ; This is the fiat particular whereby the Lord Je;us, proves that which bee had rrnplyed before, viz, that the. works of Sdrdir- were all harke naught, becauli they had ©rely a name to live; they relied in a meere outward name to be Religious and good Chriftians, and people of God, and believers and a Church of Jefus Chria ; they had the naine , and that was all ; they had a name to live ; well, (ayes hoe, for this very thing, J -know all thy workes, (i.) J know' them to be all flarke naught. Some thinke this is an alludon to the Knitter of Sardis his name, who (they fay ) was called Zofing, that is Living. Thou hall a name that thou livefi, but the truth is, thou art dead ; whether that- be fo or no, J know not but this is the meaning oldie words; that both the Minifler and the Church Teemed to be alive towards God ; hee to be a very good and godly Minifler, and they very ,good and godly hearers, they were all profeiîbrs, they were all very devout, and forward. in all their duties of Religion to -fee to ; Thou ' hail , a name that thou live t. By naine is meant a meere Name, as wee feeby the claufe following, and art dead ; for when a man is dead, the name to live muff needs be a meere Name. Firft,.a N arne in regard of thernfclves, they tooke therm, felves to be alive; as Paul had ahame to live before his ccnverfion, while yet bee was a Pharilèe,.beehad then a name to live, , was alive withoiet the Law once, Röm.7.9. l That
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