4~4 Ohforvat. VE RS·7· ' An Expojition, with Notes noble; all other fubjettion is Oavery and valfalage, but this is the t~udl: freedom ,: 'Vain men t~in.k it a freedom to live at large, to gra-· ,[!fie every carnal defi.re; this IS the ' bafefi bondage ·that may be, 2 Pet.·2, I 8. . Wicked men have as many Lords as lufls: If Confd– ence be but a little wakened, they are fenfible ofthe tyranny; they fee ~cis ill with them, and they cannot help it; they are drunkards, worldlings, unclean perfons, of acarnal and voloptuous fpirir, and lmow not which way to be otherwife. 3. The utility and bene– fit of ic ; this will maketh · Almighty Power to be the ground of your hope, not your fear: Ifai. 27• Let them tak..e hold of my flrenc~ th, and be at peace With me. Thisfubmijfion is the high way to exaltation, I Pet.).6. Howdomrncrouch torworldlyends? tmd admire every bafe ptrfon for fecular advantage? As Otbo in T111citm did, Projicerc ojcula,adorare vulgm, & omniaferviliter pro imperio; kifs the people, even adore the bafefi, and all to make way for his own greatne!s. Ah lhould we not rather fioop and fubmit ro the Lord? There is no bi!ljcnefs in the atl:, and th<re is muchglory in the reward. Rejift the Devil,] What conneB:ion bath this Precept with the , former? I anfwer, It may be conceived feveral ways. I. Thus : Ifyou will humbly fubmit to God, you mufr look to refiH Satan ; and the Note is, That true obedience findeth much oppojition 6y the Devil. Since the Fall, a godly life is Bot known by perfeElion ef grace, fo much as by conjliEts With fin. Satan is frill bufiefl: there where he bath leafi to do. Morality is afrill way, that purteth us to little troubli : Pirates do not ufe to fet upon empt Vdfels ; and Beggers need not fear the Thief. Thofe that have 'mail grace, feel mail: Erouble from Satan; he envyeth they £hould enjoy that condition arid interefi in God,which himfelf bath Iofi. The Devil is loth to waken thofe that are in his own power; when the jlrong man k.fcpeth the houfe, all the go{)ds are in peace, Luk...I lo42. But for the godly,he dejireth to WiNnow them i.u wheat, Luk. z 2. 3 2. Sometime he vexeth and buffeteth them with fad in– jcflions·; at other tiJnes with, carnal temptations: We cannot ap– pear before God, but he is lit our right hand read; to rejifl ru, Zech. j. •I. :We:cannot fer upon a duty, but he fnggefieth lazy thoughts, carnal coun(els. Well then, you cannot judg your felves forfakpJ of God, becaufe tempted bJ Satan: No brother in the Jlefh but bath had his tbare, I Pet. 5. 9· Such confliB:s are not in- - conufrenc
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