33 6 The 7'kitformeof0beditrice. they cannotabide to be foencombred.There be ministers that pc-ea' ch, but they doe ir not ofa ready mind ; itis nottheir goodwill todealt vino theirpeople he q,x The&z. 8. pofp ellofGod;Thus Ifay, though fome outward dutiesrequired, are doneby fome, yet the heartis not poffeffed with the loue of thatwhich is done; which is indeed the chtefe grace andbeauty of the aelion. Let this then bee the firft thing whichwe learnehence i the firftpart of Chriflian obedience is, for a man togivavp himfelfvato the Lord, to tenderand makeprofferofhis feruice whim: againe,the.firfr thing required inkissing ourfilmstoGod,is a certaine inward re- ioycing,that there is occauon and opportunityoffered vntovs, to tcff ifieand make knowne thegood affèhfion of our hearts by outward obedience. The2.D,Ef. 7hefecondrhing comprehendedveder:hitdnty ofginingourfeluervnto theLord, is (ashath beenfard) contentednefJe tobeeordered anddirelleddyhim in allthings. So muchthevery maneroffpeaking nettffarily doth imploy:for it doth infinuate this,uamely, that we are ro re flgneouer all the tight which wee may feeme to haue in our felues,vnto theLord,and to reftwholly at hisdifpoSng,taking no courfe but onlyfuch as he fhall be pleafed toallow vs, This istoggiue ourfeluu to aLuke 9.2.3. the Lord. if anymen (faithChrift)willbemjDifeiple, let himdenyhimfelfe. The fitlyLclion tobe learned byhim, which will beoneofChrifts followers, is the deniall ofhimfelfe : he mutt learn todifclaime hisovine will,to renounce his owneaffe&ions, to Inane oft tobeledby hisowne purIste dilpofitiors, and to yeeld vphimfelfe tobeguided and ordered by theLord.How often didDe- b PhI, xrro, midmake that prayer : Let menorms:derfrom thy commandment t, OLord teach aretie rí, methyffatutese,ej31 htemetovnderflandtholpayofthjPreceptsa,Teaebmethemay dVerfezp efehyflatntess.irepmeus ohopeth aft/i5Cammendgmes,tsf ,Z,scline my heart tothp Vcrfe33. tef lmo,nes e, Dstellmyfiepsenthymordh? Theywho areacquaintedwithDaaidr verse Pfal mes,cannot but beepriuyto Dimasdcfiresherein :namely, thatbee was b Verfc 133. growneto this refolution, both in the matters of Gods worfhip, and in the thingswhich did concernehis ordinary conuerfation,to fubmithimwholly to the Lordsdifpofing, .l'4nlfaith of the childrenofGod, that theyare not their =x Co4609: mete' theLord Nathan intereft in themby creation, but more efpecially by Redemption : andhereby theyare bound_sofubie& all that is in them, cum frgfnthe firft and more fecrex thought ofthe-heart , tothe lafi aft of outward performance,to that courfewhich he (in whofePole & abfolutepower weare) fhaltbe pleafedin his wifedometoprefcribe. The failleMotile faith ofhim-. felfe; That when it pleafedGod to, reuealeChrift unto him, beecommsnicateá k al. Lao: not withFlefhandBloadk,heflood neither to theadulce ofhis nenneheart,nor to the direâionofothers , but prefently conformedhimfelfe tothatwhich was - 'appointedhim. When God firft called Abraham, -and bad him rogerhim outof !Gemsa' his cannery, andfrom kindredandfrom hie fethershesfei, ifAeraham had then communed with his owneheart concerning this point, hee fhould banefound many flefhly teafonstohaue kepthim tramobedience.It wouldhaue come in tohis mind,thathe was nowinyeers,and thereforeenfit for trauaile:that here -he had beenborne and bred,and brought ep;herehehadTome thing toline vp- on: and therefore it couldbeenowifdome for hire, to leaue a certainty for an, to ginhen knew notwhither, among a flarnge people : yet it is recorded of him, and left as a commendable example toall pofterities, that bee neuer flood'to debate the matter, but loci at the firft lorfooke all and departed. Thus did Abrahamglue himfelfevita God:agreeable to this was_ on Mad,, 4.zo. the obedience ofSimon andAndrewm : Theyfiraightmay (faith the Text) hauirsg nMat' 9.9. their nett,fellomed ChrJP. The fame isfaid ofMatthew., lefsefaid to him , felon: me;andbe arofe andfollowedhim.Theft arevery fit examplesof thisdo&rine,and \confirme this point; thatit is a maine and fpeciall part ofChriftian cbedi. ence;Áora man togiueouer himfelfe wholly to the Lordsdifpoing, toremem. ,,thatbeciug now become a Christian , hue is in the Rate of a foulsdier,. who
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