r 332, The .`l'l4forme ofObedience. it is iltiuen againif by theother: it is delighted inby the one it is lamented úy the other ; it isa palitneto the one, itis a butcher to the other; it is apleafure to the one, itis a fling tothe other. Pau/complaíneth ,bewaileth, andcrfeth outof o Rot: 7a3, itin thebitternetleol'his Conic, Thathe is heir/ramunto thedameffinne.. It may feeme, that therecan be nomore raidofthemolt vngodly, and yetthereis this difference. Suppofe twomen taken prifoners & bound with chaines,&carried awayintoa (}rangecountry: theone,heyeeldshíinfelfeand is contented,& go- eth as quietly asit is pof iible: theother, he (hind and laboures, and fweates, and puls acontrary way to thole which lead hint,yet it maybee, that doewhat bee can, he is carried too.' Hereyoufee, that howbot theyare bothcarriedhaptiuc yet it isnot all after onefafbion : fo the godly and thereprobate arcbath carried captive to the Law offnne: but the one heis asforward to'gee,asfisme isto draw him:he is asready to obeyfime,asfrnne is tocommandhim : &eorber labóureth and liruglethagainflftn w, it vexeth his route, that heecannot haue the inaliry. Here is now¡one in both, but not after the fame fafhion § theone is aflaue to ty the otheran enehty to it ; the one fights for it, theother fightsagain}} it: So that this tnakeththe dttferenee: Godmcafurethfinne, nötby the outwarda h, bue by the inwardobedience. As forexample, that I may vfe another fimilitude. In the Time ofa ciuill Rebellionor Tumult, a Drum is (trucker vp, a Trumpet is blownerogather men rogethcr: well, forneare gladofit,andareeftfnune, in ármes, ready todoe anymifchiefea another, hetwould helpeir, butcannot; whether he will orno, by the violence and of theunruly multitudeheis carried away, andmade to ioynewith the reIl,andtodrawfword inan vnläwfull quar- rel At lafl, when the battellis ended, to the eye, he which wasdrawneinby violence, feemeth to beeMils bada cafe, asfar in,and in asgreat danger as the tell: yet a- mercifull Prince, duelyvnder(landing thetruthof thematter, will vouchlafe topardon him. So in this cafe, firme prouoketlî vs to rebel! againil God: it vfeth cheluilsofehe Fir/h,to feevs ont oneman forthwithfets himfelfe to that,whereto/ii,fecretly clothfolicitehim another hefights and labours to withrlandit, yet at maybe infirmity preuaileth, and force grolfefsueis commit- ted. TheLord (1know) mightin inflict punüb him with theformer g butin this cafe,icpleafethhimtomeafrne the matterby theintent,and topardon him whole hearthe (whichfeeth theh eart)knowethtobe freefrom theobedience and'Nib lingyeeldinguntofrrne. This isan excellent and; comfortablepoint toall thofe whichdirely confider it, and can tell howrightly to apply it. Thusfaire thenI haueproceeded rEveryChriflian,albeit hecannot while(}he liueth in the world, be freedfromfnne, yet his He which wouldIhakeoff theyoakeoflean, mull labout to withholdhis obedience fromthe lulls &motions offr t hemull rememberthe rule,ofnot taking thosyht pRoui.t ;;r4. for thefefb ,föfulfillthelugs thereofP; Now thebenefit ofwithllandingthe Inh ofthelush;is this; it is thebadge ofa Chriflian, and apledge to our confciences, that weare the Lords free-men. ZJfe 3, - Thefir(tvfeofthispoint, isto¡hewthefo llyandvanityofmanymentheatats, when the wordof Godispreachedand manygoód &holy duties there petfwa- ded,many wordlings begin by&by to fnuffe, &tofay to thePreacher, as Korah Nema63 ;, and his complicesdid toMofasand4larong:2nstake toomuch vponyoa.r and fayof r"'"'" 7'''' his Sermonha ,asPaid ofAmos his', welenot able tobeare them t andas theyof fPfal.a.l, whom the Pi-alma-I fpeaketh , courteth obedience to Çhril}, bands andcords, fo theyhold it a flauery and bondage to bekeptwithin compalfe. Thus undera pretenceof enjoying theirowne libertyand freedometheybreake theboitds,and fcorne the rules sfal1 true Chrilban obedience. Now theirfolly appeareth by thisplace, becaufehowfoeuet theyfeem delirous offreedome and makeThew to tTok n.t3. dildaineic(as the Jewsdid) to6eboandtoas, 'r yet in the meant timethey for- get toplucktheir necksout oftheyoke of j7nse,but feet thatto reign in them, and
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