The Platforme ofObedience. 331 tiered, and it willbe foundto be all one, asifthe Apontehad laid thus: Reload, Iknow chop, longad we lime hereir thisworld, f innéandcorrnptionwillcoati:meinvr, andin many things,doewe what weecan, weeJball beonet4kentyet it becommethvt to J?riue, andteproalldiligence,chatfrnnemay nothalm the mafieryweer24: we/hallfeeele exa)ferretallurement,, andinticemenu,andprovocationvntoend ;yet let vinotfo en- thraI1andenbondageourfelxes tinderour ounebills,that weJbouldgine tip aurJelues to thefulllìng ofthem. Let it not bePaid, that our trite; andmineb, andflrength,axdfuck otheroutwardmeans, di weare ableto make, are nothingetIe but the lnfirunìexte and weaponsofvrrighteoufies. Thais the true fenfeofSaint Pad in thisplace. Letvs fee what profit wemaymakeofthisperfwafoni Itdoth teach vs this Letfon, That a Chriflian mart ought by all manes to Dal. 3È oppofe and to let himfelfeagain alime, to fight and to time again it the lecret corruptionofhis owne heart. This is the fubflanceofthe prelim exhortation; thisis the Letlon whichis teacheth vs:anditis apoint whichrequireth nogreat proofe, although aman Might eolleéteafrlymanyreafonsto confirmeit. Pirih, Jinn,. is the breachofGods will, di(honouràhle tohim, an impeachment of his glory, a means toenlargeSarhanskingdomé ì and in that refpeft,everygood Chritlian mutthold hirnfelfe bound in duty by all meanest° endeavour to fup. pretre ir.! Secondly,fnne is thebaneof the foule, the wayto hell, the gatewhich openeth to dettrudion, the-wages ofit iseternallDeorthm, therefore in Wifdorne mRom,6.tiq every manwho tendereth the goodof his owne foule, mull ftriue toweaken it: the ( irongerfinne is, the fallerholdSathanhathofhim: the weaker/Lois, the fleeter is thefoule vnco fah:ation. So that it is a plainecafe, that whether wee confiderwhat weowe indutytoGod,or what,weare to do in wifedomefor our osoegood, fuzee mutt belahomed againll,thc yoke thereofmufl bee flìaken of, the dominion and tyranny thereofmutt not be endured. Seruilitìe and thral- dom is a thing which thenature ofman abhorreth 5 entryman detireth free- dome:nów no mancan üitawne a feruitudemore bale & ignominious then the ehealdonre of/ìnne;nothingmore vi'e thenfine: nothing therfore moteodious thintheferuiceoffm. Su that if it be butfor our ownecredits fake, that a man wouldnot be aid to btaRaue toavile thi ng, cute inthat very refpktfit is mete toRriueagaintiSinne: Well, becaufe the dutythustreated of, is alittletoógen erall, andföinethïng more is requilteboth for the well vnderilanding,andfor the good performance ofit : therefore fcrthebenefit of thofewhich are dehrousto be freed fromthe tyrannieofSame, the Apal e teacheth them themeaner to [hakeoffthis yoke; and to fee themteluesat l betty :and that is this , to withdraw their obedience from the lullsand earicanerts offim,e, and notro fer themfelues to Rudyabout the pra&iceandcommittingof iniquity. The Scèpret¡as it were) of theki"ng- domeof_iïnneisConcupifcencethe Rrength ofhis authorityRandsin fecret allurearca,rs'ad pttouoeations to esilI in the lull,of thçBells s If theybeeenter., rainedand hearkenedvoto, his kngdome is promoted, hisglory is advanced á if iteybewithll'öod,his power deIateth,&'hissauthority is ouerthrowne. There- fore theonely way tobe deliveredfroth the tyuinnie of (inne, is to fet ones felfe' againft thebegmrungs offin, againItthetuftsandmotionsuntof 'n.Paulcalleth the b firnftheftJb by this name, The meffengervfSatan °, or the harbinger of Sa al oi.rs:e tan:if thatbeharbrrired,made much of,and delighted în,Satanhfmfelfehopes affo tohaveentrasc;: ifchat bewithflood,Satatishope iseutoff;Sin cannotpre. uail awhere theltiriof thejleghare not obeyed. And indeedthis is the"maine.dif. fereneebetwri;t the childrenofGod and thereprobate iSig is inboth,theyare both corrupt,bothhaue in them the root &feediand (asit were)thefpawne and beginning ofeueryeuill, Mcugh it-be neuerfo.grotfe,neuerfo notorious. Butin' this (lands thedifference : Sin reigneth in the'one, it&Sweakened in theother;it is obeyedby the on withLoodbytheother;irispielded.vntoby the0114, to L
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