CarnaliMaass fervice,bafe,cald. from life, but froni art, from the feare of hell, from the' not . ' 243 moll all their motions in and about the duties of godli- neffe , like the motions of Clockes and Watches, proceed apprehenfion of death, from ,he fence of afflic`fion, from the delire of the applaufe and favour of men, from the hope,of reaping the harvefl: of fume worldly benefit ; and therefore as the clocke ceafeth his motion, when the Spring isdowne, fo doe thfe men ufually cesfe their motion in the wayesof godlineffe, when the outward loadflone which drew them, is taken away, as yron having no principle of life within ìt, flops it's motion when the loadflone is removed ; then they are at a flay, then they got. backe. à, Their fervices, if we confider the nature of them, they btorall,not are but moral and eccletiallicall frvices, no sfirituall farvi- tp ricwll,fov mall,not pow ces ; They have (as the Apoftle faith) aformeof godline J,but I erfull. they deny the power of it As a dead man bath the forme and I lineaments of a living man, but not thepower and vivacity of a living man ; their works for the matter of themmaybe morally and ecclefiiltically good, but not fpiritually good ; their coine,their fervicr., is 7eremy termes it, is reprobateflyer; Reprobate filver may have the flamp, colour, and fimilitude of true coine, and yet is batemettait : A naturali mans duties offervice, andobedience toGod may have the fimilitude and colour of' afpirituall mans fervice ; but when they are tryed, they are found to be counterfeit, abominable in the fight of God, how beautifull foever in the eyes ofmen Swines blond is of as cleare and perfea colour to the eye, as [beeps blond.; yet it is of another nature, and to oTer Swines blond under the Law was an abomination : Thus the fervice ofa carnall man may have the outward colour of a regenerate mans fen- , ; vice, and be as pure and perfea in the outward appearance,as the f_rvice of the holtelt perlons, and yet it is ofanother na- ture,and a very abomination in the fight ofGod. 3. Their fervices, if you lookeupon the adjunl of therit are cold fervices ; cóldneile is a Symptome of death; when a man isdead, the whole man is cold ; the works of a natural! rand carnall man are cold, they have no fpiritu Ill life, no hea- r verilywarmth, no vivacity and holy quickneffe to them. l t is V 4 1faid
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