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CAP.
X.
4,78
The
Meanes and Motives
ofGolpell
Obedience.
232
3.
Thirdly,
what
are 'thofe
motives,
which
are fuited
to the
promotion
and carrying
of
it
on,
it
the
hearts
of
Believers,
and what Doetrines have
an
4.7.
eminent
and
fngular
tendency
thereunto
,
is
alfo
to
be
confidered
: now
thefe
mutt
all
of
them be
fuch, as
are fuited
to the
cherithing of.
that
Principle
of
the
new
or
inner man in
the heart, to the
nourifhing and ftrengthning
of
the
new
creature: fuch
as
are apt
to
ingenerate Faith and Love,
in
the
heart,
unto
God;
fuch
as
reveale and difcover thofe things
in his
nature
,
mind, and
will,
as
are apt to endeareand draw out
the
heart
to
him in Communion
5
difcou-
raging, perplexing
Doêtrines doe
but
ill
manure
the
foyle
,
from whence
the
fruits
of
Obedience
are
to
fpring and
grow;
Look then
(I
fay) whatfoever Go-
fpell
Truth
is
of
eminent
ufefulneffe,
to
warme, foment,
flirre
up,and
quick-
en the Principle
of
Grace
in
the heart
,
to
draw
out
,
increafe
,
and
cherith
Faith and
Love,
that
Do&rine
lies in a
dire&,
immediate tendency
to
the pro
-
motion ofHolineflè,
Godlinefíe,
and
Gofpell
obedience.
Yea
and whereas
to
the
carrying on
of
that
courfe
of
Obedience,
it
is
neceffary
that
the contrary
Principle unto it,
which we
mentioned before, be
daily
fubdued, brought un-
der,
crucified
and
mortified,
there are no
Do&rines whatfoever
,
that
are
of
fuch, and
fo dire&
and eminent
a
ferviceableneffe
to
thatend
and purpofe,as
thofe
which inwrappe
fuch difcoveries
of
God,
and
his
good
will in
Chrift,
as
are fitted for the improvement
alfo,
of
the
principle
of
Grace
in
us;
Hence
Rom.6.2,3,
the
worke
of
Mortification
in
the Scripture,
it
every where'
affigned
peculiarly
a
5,6
to
the
Croffe
and
death
of
Chrift;
his
Love
manifefed therein,
and
his
Spirit
Rom.7.7.
flowing
therefrom,
The
Do&rine
of the
Law
indeed
humbles
the
foule
for
Gai.3.23.
Chrift,
but,it
is
the Do&rine
of
the
Gofpell,
that
humbles
the
foule in
Chrifi
;
It
2
Cor.5.i5.
is
the
Grace
of
God
that
bath
appeared,
that
teaches
as
efeilually
to
deny
all
un-
godlineff
e
and
worldly
lulls,
to
live
Merl',
and
righteouliy,
and
Godly
in this pre-
feat
world.
Tit.
2. I
2.
He
that
will but
with
a
little
heed
read Cap.
6.
to
the
Romans,
will know
from whence
Mortification
).owes',
which
truly
(
by the
way)
makes me
admire
at the extreame darkneffe
,
and
blindneffe
of
foam
poore
men, whò
have
of
late undertaken
to
give dire
&ions
for
Devotion
and
walking with
God; who,
indeed futably
to the
moft of
the
ref
of
their
dif-
courfes, all manifefling an
Ignorance
of
the Righteoufneffi
of
God,
and
á
zea-
Rom.iO.4.
lows
endeavour
to
eftablifh
their owne,coming
to
propofe
waies
and
meanes,
for
the
mortifying
ofany
finne
or Luft, tell
you
fories
of
biting the
tongue,
thrufting
needles
under the
nailer, with
fuch
like
Trafh,
as
might have
befit-
ed Popifh
devotions five
hundred
years agoe;
Were not
men
utterly ignorant,
4ha.3..io.
what it
is
to know
the
Lord. Jefus Chrift,
and the
power
of
his
Re
furrellion, and
Ga1.6.14
the
fellowfhip
of
hisfufferings, and
being made
conformable
to
his
death, they
could never,
feed
on
filch
huskes
themfelves
, nor
make
prowion
of
them,
for
thole,
whole good they
pretend
tó
feeke.
Unto
what
hxth been fpoken
adde
4. 8-
4.
Fourthly,
who are the
Per
fons
,
that
are
to
be provoked
to
Holineftè
and
Godlineffe by
the Do&rine
infifed
on;
Now
they are
fuch,
as
doe
believe
it,
and are concerned
in
it We
fay;
the
Truth'under confideration
is
ofan
ex-
cellent
ufefulneffe,
to
farther
Gofpell Obedience
in
the
hearts
of
Believers and
Saints
of
God, who are taught
of
God,
not to
turne
the Do
&rive
of
Grace into
wantonneffe:
What
life,
or
abufe
rather,
men
of
corrupt
mindes
,
and
carnal).
principles, who
fumble
at
Jefus
Chrift, and abufe the whole Do&rine
of
the
Gofpell by
their
prejudices and prefuinptions, will make
ofit,
we
know not,
2.cor.4.
3i4.
nor
are follicitous,
Ifthe
Gofpell be
hid,
it
is
hid
to
them
that
peri
fh
i
it
is
fuffci-
ent,
that
the
food
be good and
wholfime
for
them,
for whom
it
is
provided.
If
2
cm
a. s6,
fome will come
and
¡leak
it,
that
have no
right
to
it,
and it prove, through
17
their own diftempers,graven in
their
mouthes,
or
poyfon
in
their
bowells
they
mutt
.:__....