04 SERMONS upon Senn. 2 3. do good to them that hate you, andoray for them that defpitefislly nfe you, and perfecute you 3. Point. .i4 Chriffian fhould live in the World, as one that is not of the World. There is not a.total feparation from the Men of the World. Live in the World he doth, here is his Corporal Prefence and Converfation, but not his Heart. And live in the World he mutt, here is his Station and Place of Service ; r Cor. 5. 1o. Tet not altogether with the Fornicators of this World, or with the Covetous, or Extortioners, or with Idolaters for then mug we needs go out of the World. As the Soul is in the Body, but not of the Body. oocá fah iv 1 r ed&tom t ÿdr, ¡Se S j éor zit ceit ge , Duff. Mart. So a Chriftian is in the World, but not of the World. life the World we may without offence 5 when a Chriftian is Can &ified, he is not glorified, and doth not divert himfelf of the innocent Interefts and Concernments of Flesh and Blood 5 they have Bodies as othershave, and muff eat, drink, sleep, and put on Apparel as others do. n Cor. 7. 31. And thofi that use the World, as not abrjing it. The Life is allowed, the Abufe only is forbidden. We may use the World as a means to fweeten our Pilgrimage, but not to weaken our Hopes : A Man may ufe the Comforts of this Life to draw good out of them, to imploy them for God, as Incouragements to piety, and Inaruments of Mercy% and Bounty. But how then pofitively are they not to be of this World ? Not ofthe World's Gang and Fa&ion, nor a&ed by the fame Principles to the fame Ends. z. There is a difference in the inward Principles, the Spirit of the World, and the Spirit of God. Christians are acted by the Spirit of God, not by the Spirit of the World. z Cor. 2.12. Now we have received, not the Spirit of the World, but the Spirit which is of God. There is a particular Genius, that fuiteth with Worldly Affairs, and fits Men to turn and wind in outward Employments, as the Oftriches Wings ferve her only to run, not to fly ; their Hearts and Affections wholly run out this way. It is the Character of Come, yobs 3. 3 t. He that is of the Earth, is Earthly, and fpeaketh of the Earth : They mind nothing, affe& nothing, fpeak of nothing but the Earth. 2. They are under different Rulers. Chrift is Head of the Church, and he profef- feth, that his Kingdom is not of this World, John 18. 36. But now the Devil is called, the God of this World, 2 Cor. q. 4. the Head of the Worldly State. 3. There is a difference in their Course and Converfation. The Children of God, zr,1' x«vóvi outafamm, Gal. 6. 16. Walk according to the `yule of the Word: The Men of the World, xaf dsdsss zü ukt s Tsre, EpheC 2.2. According to the courfe of the World, as Fillies fwim with the Stream. A Christian is the World's Nonconformift : Rom. 12.2. Be ye not conformed to the World g he is etiranged from the Purfuits and afpiring Projects of worldly Men, and can deny the Interests and Concernments of the Flesh for God's fake. 4. There is a difference in their Aims. A Christian liveth to glorify God : z Cor. 10.31. Whether ye eat or drink, br whatever you do, do all to the Glory of God. And a Child of the World is all for afpiring Proje &s, how to compass the Conveniences of the prefent Life, and advance his fecular Interdis. Phil. 2.19. They mind earthy Things. 5. Their Ends are different. A Christian is hafining to his Country, his way is up- ward ; firft he gets his Heart in Heaven, and then his Soul, and then his Body. But a Carnal Man is groveling and tending downward, first to the Earth, and then to Hell. So that you fee, there is a perte& difference and counter-motion 3 they are not of the World, nor of that Fa &ion, Communion, or Fellowship. But if you ask me, Why ? Becaufeof Chrift's Example. We do not worship the God of this World, nor Mammon, but Chrift. Worldly Men had need feek another God, Jefus Christ is not for their turn, 1 am not of this World ; he is not a worldly Christ. We are to imitate our great Master, to be unlike the World, and like Chrift g to be led,not by the courfe of. the World, but by Chrift's Example. Chrift, by his own Example, bath put .a disgrace upon worldly Greatnefs : he chofe a mean Elate, to teach us to be contented with a little, and his Eye was to the Glory fee before him, [deb. 12. 2. Chrift's Poverty was not out of neceffity, but choice, his were the Cattel upon a thoufand Hills. At 'his Birth, he was born in an Inn 5 to (hew, that he came into the World as a Stranger and Paffenger. In the courfe of his Life, we find that he had a Bag that was filled with
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