So Eph•.4. ~4· ThM ye put on the new man, -which ~fter God u ereat~dm rtghteoufnefs and true hfJ!inefs. God 'is tender of his new Creatur~s ; lnremperance of tongue again!\ Saints is danger- . ous! As he fa1d, T ak_e heedwhatyoudo, this man is n, Roman; fo take heed what you fpeak, thefe are Chrifiians, created after .Geds Image, choyce peeces, whom God hath refiored out of the · common ruines.. 2. ~emay fpeak it c6ncerning all men, for there are fame fe~· rcltqnes of Gods Image ih all, as Epipha1:iUJ wdl at– gueth out ot that Gen. 9. 6. W/;r:J fo fheddeth tnans blood, bj man jhali h6s bliJrJa be fhed; for i11 the lmaue (f God made he him. ln which rearon there would be no force,c:> if there were not after fin fome rdiques of God left in man, though much deformed. So this· ·, faying irl) t"mes, being promifcuouOy fpoken of all kinde of llien, it :ngooth, that in·them as yet remaineth fome !itl'lilitude d God, as the fimplicicy and immotcality of the Soul; fame moral intlina- · dons in fiead of true holinefs; fome common notiteJ of the Narute and Wi~l of God in ~ead of faving knowkdg; Which though they cann~r make us harpy. yec ferve ~o leave us in~xcufabl~. So alfd fome preheminence above other crea-tures, as we have a rninde to k__now god, capable of divine illllmiuation and grace: ·and' in th-e fabrick of the body and coumenaf.lce there is for·ne tnajefiy and ex– ce!lt:ocy <lbove tht: beafis ; as.alfo in the reliques of dominion and audrority ff1oken of before : And look as we reverence the drifle& pidur~ of afriend, and rhe n.tines ofa fiately edifice, fo fome refpcfr is · dtae ro the(e remains of our primitive integrity. :a. Wh'€tein lyech the force of the Argument, Curfing mPI.n rndde (!fur t'IYc Image·of God? I anfwer, 1. God bath made man his deputy ro,receive love and common refpe6ls ; higher refpetl:s of t'n.tll af1d wnrlhip <fre to be catryed out eo God alone : but in O:ther , · things Chrifiians, the poorefr of them, are Chrifis receivers. Hence x Lulle so; 1v 'h~ie t~seifl'tJ£lS·, ><He tltttt rle!pifeth ]M, dd}ifeth m't!; and in · · M rJJUt"h .u)'edid it ntJt to one vf th~fc littft' /Jtlcs, ye did t't t~rJt to me., Mat. 2)'. 2. The' fma~e ·of €36tl &that wl:tfcR we can toine· y ·H ~ fixo- at; we would blafi all excellency: w~go as f'lr as our malice can v(@- 'Tip. n, ~real/h. .A~dhe~ fay, . th~ !anth'tr,~ whett{J1~ ' car.Wlor com_e at .rhe 'T~ 'iTfCtJlQ'TrJ- maar~th hi61p£dur!e; fd.d'b'\\re dtl:il \'V till Qdd. 3· Odd httil– ?Tov civa~alvq. feU ' ;g Wti0tlged by t.ft~ 'tnja'ry'' dtJoe th Mi~ l~atte;,, iS'fu'Itortg ~~~; , . Bafil de Jpmtll Yrk~ contl:'ID't>t afld. defPite is dbtlc! to t'he Ntt'lg liidlfl!lf, Wliieh 1s [rmtto;cap.x8 done-coliisimageor Coyn; as.lf:lat, ~~. to/tt'fdt bfthe Alht1rh, · W lC
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