Reaf..¢. C H R I S T S /Earn; goodChriftian, and bath not the thing figniLed by the Name, tf,is a .flat lye; as God (ayes Nate it in a Bork? that it may bee for time to come , that" this it a rebollinns people, lying. Children children that will net'.hsars tceLaw of the Lord; Jfäiah, 30.8 9. That is, they had the Name of his children, but they had not the thing fignified by that Name; they would not doe as Children fhould doe , they would not bee, ruled by théir fathersLawes , therefore they are lying sül- dren , they lye in bearing filch a Name ; the Lord notes it in a Booke , that it might Eland for ever and ever againll theist at the day of Judgement this was nothing elf but to lye bef,re God ; you got for my Children, what ?. And will not doe As J bid you ? You lye in having the name of my Chil- dren ; when a man (hall have the name of a child of God, or the name of' a Min Mer of the Lord Jefus , or tie name of a Chriflian baptized in<o Chrifl, bee had need tot ke heed what he does ; for if bee doe not anfwer this name he el,-;es but play the alnamas to he to the Holy 6.-ihofl : Looke into thy generall calking ; looke into thy particular , looke into thy carriage ; looke into thy manner of good duties , whe- ther thou doc behave thy felfe anfwerably to this holy Name whereby thou art called, knowing thou doefl but lye to God, if thou doefl not. Fourthly,It is an unreafonable thing; when a man.hath not the thing , there is no reafon that hé íhould have the Name ; when God gave Abram the name of Abraham , h -:e told him there was a reafon why Fee (hould be called by that Name 7by name (hall be called Abraham, for -e Father of many Nations bans ,made thee, Gen. a 7: S: So it is an un- reafbnable thing why wee ( hould have the- name of Gods. fervánts or Chriflians, unleffe there be Ibtne reafon why we (iaould have the impofition of this .+lame ; now when wee make it abaretytle, and doe not obey CHRJsT. nor make Conscience ofall his holy wayes , this is vcry-unreafonable ; as Abigail reafoned about her Husbands nanie.; As his name ù fo is hie., Nabal si his 0:10u, and folly to with tins, t Saw.
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