330 .Savouring the thingofinen.r ditiaíting ofC'hri fl. xsCor. ts3. things, they loath and leave them, as the Ifraeitter loath.. ed their CilIanna, and as the full flomack doth loath the hoay-combe ; they favour and relith onely the things of men, that which is humane, corrupt and carnali, that which hath it's originalI and fpring from the wifedome of the fiefh, this they favour, this lutes with them, as meat with the palate, as water with" the dry ground ; the - carnali coonfell and perfwafion, the con opt praClife and example of men, is very pleafìng to them, this is wholly of man, and therefore fully agrees with man, is no offnce toman, but a pleafìng and deli2htfull thing to vaine man They favour nothing in the labour of Gods Miniflers, but their humane art and eloquence, or Tome needleffe fpeculations, which are of man, hfe they relilh, but the it firnplicity 'of Chrifl, preached and puhlifhed in the Gofpell, they fa- vour not : What they heare of Chrift tending to the ho.. nour and exaltation of man, that they like according to their apprehenfion, but what they heareofChrif}, tending to the mortification of their lufts and proftration ofthem- felves under Chriil, in this they take no pleafure, this is a hard faying, it lutes not with them ; what they dìf- I cerne in the worfhipofChrift externally pompous and glori- ous, carrying fomething of man init, that they apps ve and `like,.but the truth and fincerity, faith and love, humility and felt-denyall enjoyned in the woríhip, and required in the worfhippers of Chrifl,they reíith not, they have no pleafure in thefe : the charity, mercyand bounty which they difcern in the childrenofGod,: they can approve tha which is humane. and morali in them, and tending to the outward and com- mon prefervation cf man, they favour, but the:purity and precifencffe, power of godlineffe,. holy walking and zea- ious obfervation of Gods precepts are things which they relifh not, but diflalle in Gods fervants So that as A- fimelech Jhewed 4ndncfre to Ab°-aham for Sarahs fake ; A- braham was favoury to him by reafon of Sarah : thus thefe men thew refpet} unto Chrtft, his Ordinances, his Mi- nifters and fervants, array for man, for fomething which they difeerne and find of man there; they favour nothing
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