4A.~ - An Ex,oJitiQn, with Note.t, t~dverfe: So doth the world, not only withdraw the heart from G~d,but oppofehi~. Ama;g can hard~y fe~:ve two Mafiets,tho.tfgh ofthe fame judgment ·;, bqt God· and the W<vrlJ;i ue :f\>ppofite Ma– fiers, theycommand cor:mary (hings : I( Jqh.2.t), If4ny man love the World, the love ofthe Father u not in him: MaD.6.24. Te can– notferve God AHd .U~tmmon. They that match Covctoufoefi with Profeffion, fee~ to re<;onciiJ; two of tbe mQil unfuitable things in the world. . whofoever therefore] G~ner~l. truth• muO: be enforced by ap.. plicative inferences, a[Jd fo they faJl direCll}! upon the Soul; ~ob ·,.• '27• So it u, hear it, and /znow it fo'~' thy good. . . Will be the friend ofthe \forld,] ~i$A.II9n noteth the aim& ferious purpofe : All do not find th~ wortd .to favour.the.m.; do w.hao ~hey c~n, the ~pr/4 ~crucified to th,em·; tuu they .a11e uot 1as•Bfl44l was, crucifie.d to the W.od(i~ G4/. .6;o I 4o T.herefore Ithe $~!'iptlllre c.a:kech notice not of wh~t is ip the event, btu the totim. Befides, thct furioos pnrpofe and choyce.difcovert!th th~ Hate of die Soul1; he is alfo·ab– folutely a worldly 111~0, th~t .\till h a frieNd , of thtt world ! So' I Tiw,6·9· ~. ~'d~~fi!WOI ?rA.~1iiv, thry ·~hrlt will bit:·rich" If! h1Sav6nly matters the q~liberat~ chayce ~pd full pur,poft: qifrove.L\eth,grace: · AElni. 23. Thatwithpurp~feofhrfwt thV·'W()u/.dcj_cnv,e totbe · Lord: Therefore Chrifiians.lhould look ta their purpofe and aim; What is i~? W~h~~ do you give your miods- .to ?. Whan a s:pan fee.. e~h himf~lf to grofN rioh) ~P l~Y· PP tlieafure& up.on eanh;. he isa ~orldjy Qlf\n; as w.~en h~, giy.e~.l} h~.b6aff', and fT!ind, and wqol® man,todo wha~ Ood ~eqtJireih, wbitt ey~r· cometl1 ofit, h-e,is a trua f~rvant. of tije Lord.: T..o thi~ purpof~ are tbofeJpaeches ofSolomow, Pro'V.1,3 .4, Labqur not tg he rich; that is, do not giva up thy heart1 aqd endevors t'\) ~['Jd out and foUow all w~ys.to ·.c!n<.meare th)ol weal eh and dh~e! S.o 7)·ov•.z~ 20. I-/e 1 ttr{lt l'fJfl k;[th-lofl/l.t to be roio:h 1 &c.. h~ch. fet np tpat fc;>r, hi~ p111rpofe.- ~ow this pl\[pof~1.0f rhe Soul.may be known, partly by a refolute co.trrying.on the endwithout weigf.l.,., ing the means and conf(qu€:nc@s; parrly by the. diligencl! apdt;ar– nefinefs of the fpiric: When the end is.fixed, we are p:nient of'all la~0,ur, ,but iqmaq~m; of-~heck, an~ di(~ppo\iltnJenr.' .. 1s, the en~r1J Pf, G.-YJ4. J.. ACl:~vtlY .~IJd paffive'J~J it . nukech-:a;man ~ hateG<;>d;aQq tQ bf: .~;tted1by Godt .'I)U:tJlWi·l.lliithrmmAkf·ui;Wea• ry ofth'e 'W1 9Y/d~ or the WorldHlillw4kt UJ W.tt!Y-f li/ d11fJ: Tlr~ chil– dren of God }la~l;e~p~ritn~e of the one, and.ldypoerites .o_f .ctleo– ther. · The
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