r 334 Thefecond Sermon. Butgive your felues vuts God,ae they that arealiuefrom thedead,andgive yourMembers &WeaponsofRighteaufneJvnte God. Ee are now cometothe perfwadiag partof the Text : Forthat is the order of the Scripture : Firll, to teach vsto efcheaeEaìit, aPffhaI,,5ç tq and then toenformevs howto doegood.. Sothe Apoftle hauing ira.t.tó,tt. . aduifedvstodifclaime andrenounce the feruiceofSinne,novo Áoayu.v. ( lk frameth his fpeech tothe flirting of vsvp to confecrateour felues toobedience and feruiceofGod. Britgiweyoarfelher,tfrc. The diui&on Fororder inhandlingthis latterExhortation, wee are to takeit thus:Thattho °Enc'words. driftand (Copeofit beingtopreffe holy obedience,thereare initfet down two degreesof obedience the firfl is, regime oarfelaettoGod; the fecondis, relino oar members:Betwixt both thefeare infected a reafon toenforce theimboth (4: tbg thatore aliooefromthedead.)Ofthefeinorder. Thegreat degree ofholyO. b naeyssa7a bedience, i, tokwourfei esveto God.Out of the Greeke 6 it fignifiethproperly thusmuch,00prefent orfelon vetoGed,or,ro tender ourfaake and dutyveto him. It isafpeech borrowed from the manner offaithfull anddutifull difpofed fer- uants,whoarewont to offer themfelues into theprefence ofthofe whom they follow,thereby making fhew,thatthey are prell andready tovndergoe what fernier (hallbee enioyned them.For this taufe, in the Scripture feruants are defcribedby filch a.kindof }peaking; as in the}perch oftheQgeene ofSheba or Lama. to .falamon,Ffappyarethefethyferuants whichffandexerItfore thee : that is,whieh areeuer at hand to,doe thee feruice. Soof Gehozrit is [aid, flee went inandfloel dn Kin.ç.:f: 6efere hot mafierdahat is, be wenttofeewhetherhis mallethad ought where. abouttoemploy him. Soalfo in the Pfalme, The Byesofferuants are laid to look" ePfal.In. Si vote the bandoftheir maferrt, which kindesofgeftures are:eflimoniesand fignesofgreatattendance.To this kindoffafhion,theApoflle alludethhere in thisplace, and,his meaning is,That as two andwel- affeiledfsraantsarewont toßer themfelnes to thefighandprefenceof:heirmaJllr-i,ehersenmaskingthewofformardnefo to doetheir beffornite,accordingaseheyfhahbeemployed; fnwelkould agoferourfelues beforeGod (asit were)feeming drferoue tobauefomeocialienpan vs, toperformefame part ofthat dsety;whichweperfwade earfelues see owe mutehim. This is the trot mea-, ningof this fiatbranch: Gieoeourfelues onto God. Being thus expounded, it prcffethvpon entry good Chriftian,whowould be thoughtGods feruant,twoduties: final, willingneffe tobe employed in the matters ofduty and lattice to God : fecondly, contentednelfe tobee dirrdted in the fame.,For foherthatyeeldes himfelfe tothe feruiceandcommandof a. pother (ifhebeat heought) isfo dilpofed, that hee is both glad todoe fer- nice, and contentalfoto framehimfelfe tofilch diredtions as are giuen him for . theorder and mannerofhis feruice. Euery mailerwhich bath others under him, wilbeth their two qualitiesin his feruant: firfl,that hee ihnuldbe willing todoe himferuice; weare wont tofay many times,that we would as liefenot haue a thingdone, as not tohaue itdone willingly : fecondly., that hee fhoold bee content to bee ordered a for eachman in authority dal methit as apriui- iedr
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