, upon the Epiflleof J A M E s. rdhained cannot confifl: with true Piety. Obedience is connrerfcit where 'cis'not uniform : One Table c~mnot be kept wich the viola•. tion of another. 0 check your felves th~n, when you are about to } bre:1k ' ~ut into pailion ;, Sh~ll.I pray ~~d braw~ witk· the /t~me tongu.: ? and divert fromworll11p to 1'a.zltng? Wsrh t/,u tonpu 1 have bun JJeak.Jng to God, a~d {ball zt prcfmtl; i'e{et on fi-re of HeU? , 379 4• Manumade after Gods own Image: Let m mak_e man after 0/Jfi·rv;~t, 4· our im.:we and likfnefs, Gen. 1. 26. Jn other Creatures there are vejligja~ We may track Goci by his w~rl<s,. but man is his very image and lik..,nefs. 1 llull not be large in thts Argument : ThiS· Im1geofGodconfifieth in three things; r. In his Namre, which was intelb5l:ual: God gave him a rational Soul, fpirirual, fimpk,_ immortal, free in irs choyce; yea in the B)dy there were fome rays and ftritl:ures of the divine Glory and M1jel1y. 2. In thofe qualities of K~Jowled!f, Col. 3• I o. Righteoufnefs, Ecclef. 7· 29. and tru~ Holinefs, Eph. 4· 23. 3· In his fiace, in an happy confluence · of all inward and outward bldfings, as the enjoyment of God,. power over the Creatures, &c. f3ut now this lmag~ is in a·great ' part defaced and . lofi, and can onely be refiored in Chrifi. WelJ, t~en, this was thegreat privikdg of our Creation, to be made like God.; the more we reft:mble him, the more happy: 0 remember the height of your Original ; \Ve prefs men to walk worthy their cxtraCl:ion. Thofe Potters that were of a fervile fpirit, difgraced· I / the kingly fa~ily and line of which they came; 1 Ch~on. 4• 22," ·u ~llotits Di u "P lutarch faith of A/~xa~der, that he was wont to heighten h1s ge-:umn fe p~tJ courage by remembermg .he came of the gods. Remember you,tnvit, toties 111 } were ma. de afcer the Im:tge of God;. do not deface it in your felv:es, Ea..-b~roJ,mtt!t{) , or render it liable to contempt,., by giving. others occafion to re- f;~ucrm & ·m- ·· ·1 IJIM n/iJ/4 fll[;• Vie yGu. . . tz1vlt 5• 'Tu a dijfwafive from flaHdering.anJ evil fPeakjng ofothers, Obj{~v. ro. to confider t.hey are made after Gods lmag7· I fhlll enquire, · I ... How th1s can be a Mottve. 2. Wherem the force of it lyeth. 1. How can this be aMotiv.e, · fince the Im~ge and J.ikenefs of God is defaced and lofi by the Fall?· I anfwer; He fpeakethof new ~re~cures,.tfpecially in whomAdams lofs is repaired·and made 1:1p.agamm~brdl:: Co/...3.10. Ye'havtput on the newmllH,:which , u :mewedm~n~wledg after the Jmag! of him-th4t c.re~tted_hj!llJ,· .Ccc 2. - So;) ' .
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