The Platformsof 0dtdienceo 3 3 ; ledge, tohaue mattersdope according tohisowneminde. So that in common reafou, tlifsGiaingvp oarfilmsvatogad, doth requireofvs the!'ecwoforena. med duties:of which Twill fpeakeapart. The firft thing is, that there mallbe millingaeffe to bee employedinanypart ofoThe t. DoE bedicnie andferatee vetoGod, It is thechiefethingwhich tieLord requireth:My fonnegiue methybeam'. It is the fiatthing he looketh for,that our ferret and in.;Prous3,;s, ward parts doe takeakindof delight and pleafure inobedience. Wee heard before,that whereas the childrenof God in many thingsare trefpaffers afwell asthevngodly, thedifference is,thatthe one finneth willingly , the otherwith ftriuing:and thisdifference in the fecretdifpofttionmaketh a difference in the fpese:foalfb it is in this cafe : Iii many things tothe eye andopinionof man, thewickedgoeasfar as the molt religious :all the difference is, in the intent and sift/lion of thefteart:the one doch itaffe&ionately,the otherformally:the one for loueof the duty , the other for fomebyrefpe&s. Like tothat which the Apoftle fpeakethof the Preachers ofhis time, fomepreáehChriflthrengh ensile andfirife and loose of goodwill a. Theoutwarda&ion was inbothkindesalike,,gPhllr,r ;é they bothpreacbedChrefl, but in theaffé&ionof theheart,theywere moil a- like. That which is faidofgiving Almes , The Lard loaeth a cheerefullgisier h, 6x Coe9.7: maybeewehappliedtoallotherparts of Cbridian obedience:TheLordlauetlatheme- fullhearer, onemho iefwiftsohearei: heeloaetbacheerful! keeper oft** Sabbath,one ilam.r.rg. that calleth thatday a delight to eonfecrateitk : flee louethacheerefull coin- tEfä.SS,r 3: merto theSacrament,that isetïen glad withinhitefelfeoffuch an opportunity: heloucthacheerefull Suter , whoout ofthe abundanceof his heart powreth t outhkf [ ousbeforehim'ihelouethaMagiftratethatkatheourageforthe7rath at,t6 rsamr p, that hatha kindof felicity in v ring hisauthority tothe maintenanceof Gods,, ter.g.3, glory :helouetha Minilter,whofsedeththeflock,ewhicb dependethonhim,carìng for it toot by conffraint, butwillingly,'Indefa ready mind".Thiswilling mind is a thing r Pzc.:ysk fo pleafingvetoGod, that it fupplieth a great manyofother. defe&s: Ifthere befrrfi` awdlingmind(faiththe Apoftle) it is accepted according to thataman bath, anduotaccording tothathebathnet".Wa pray daily,that Godswill may bedoneeaCor,E.m. by vs hereinEarth, asit is in Heaaenp. Now the Angels in heauen doe the pinataLords will of God,willingly,fpeedily, and faithfully%Iremember what Dauidfaith reL ofthe Sunne,thac being placedintheheauens,and hauinghisgoing appointed 9 PfaLtosso. him from the one end to the other, hee lathas r werc,akind ofalacrity and cheerefulneffe inhim,tó-run the courfe,:andtodoe theofficewhich is appoin. ted him, He reioyeeth likea mgbdy manrenamehitrace rliow as Salemonwould,rPfal.ry.5,6. have vsiearnefomev< hat eúen of the Piftrire c, and Christ of the Poilesofthe 5.6. sire', and oftheLillie: ofthe eld",fowema not bee bidden, to:cetast us.6.zs. f , y Y a es'` sE,' 'theSanne ,-tobehold hintin the firmament , and thereby to learn thisleffon, that there Ihould bea gladneffeand a reioycing invistodo the willofGodin any thing whatfoeserher (hail bee plenLd to enioyne. There thinas may feruefor the proofeofthis &&-tine: The chiefe vre of this point is, toreprove ourheauinell`e and lumpilhneffe, The Pfe, our want ofqúickneffe andof fpirit in the performanceofchofe duties which God required, of vs,.Some things(good in themfelues)we doe, but it is as in a kind ofnecéliity,ssd(as itwere) by conftraiot,to fatisfie law,or to keepe cu. lìome,butthe lifewhich ought tobe in the feruiceofGod,that iswanting.Ma- nyhearethe word,but theyrakenopleafute inhearing.Many applythemfelues tothe outward dutiesofthe Sabbach,but it is nor theirdelight,it is not the ioy oftheirfoulestofzerpeitttóly.lnprayer,manycomeneerevntotheLordwiththeir mouth,andhononrhim withtheir bps, bat ramosetheir heartsfarfrom him', Therebe *Efáy so. s whichglue fomewhat to thofe which want,but they doe itgrudginglya,they be o zcor.yy$ not (as the Apolilc faith) ready todfiributee : there be men in office,who force- y s T'' timelpoke to Comemiforders, but it isaburthen to them to bee foemployed G g z f
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