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Doetof
Sis
Per
fev-its
ufefulr3etTe
topromóte
Gofpell
Obedience,
24.2
ten
fhould
)
fpend
the
flower and heft
of
the
it
Affe
&ions,
upon, and about
themfelves and
their
own
Wifdome,
in
and for their prefervation
;
That
doubtlefle
will
take
up
their
hearts and thoughts
; fo
that
there
will be very
little
roome left for the entertainement
of
the Lord
Jefus
Chrif,
with
any
regard or
refpe&
on this account.
If
that then
may
paffe,
which
was
former-
ly laid
down;
namely
that the
Do&rines and
things
,
which
are Apt and
fit-
ted to
the ingenerating, quickning,
increafing, and
building
up
of
Faith and'
Love towards God, and our
Lord
Jefus
Chrift, are the moft eminent
Gofpell
motives
to
fpirituall acceptable Obedience,
(
as
it
is
an
unqueftionable
Truth
and
certainty)
doubtleffe
that
Do&rine
which
reprefents
the
Father
&
Sonne, fo rich in
mercy,
fo
loving & lovely
to
the
foule, as'
that
doth,
which
we
infift
upon
,
mull
needs
have
a
molt
effeetuall influence
into that
Obedi-
ence.
'
IS.
IS,
4.
The
Do&rine
infifted
on, hath
an
effe
&úall
influence
into
the
Obedi-
ence
of
the
Saints, upon
the
account
of
giving it
its
proper
place,
and
Petting
it
aright upon
its bafis,
carrying
it
on
in
due
order
;
It
neither
puts upon it
the
fetters
of
the
Law, nor turnes
it
bofe
from
the
Holy and righteous
Rule
of
it;
Let men
be
as
induftrious
as
can
beimagined,
in
the
performance
of
all
commanded duties, yet
if
they doe
it
on
legali motives,
and for
legal! ends,
all
their
performances are
vitiated,
and
all
their duties
rejeEted;
This
the
A-
poftic
afferts
againft
the
Jewes,
Roar:
9.31.
They
fought
for
righteoufneffe, but
as
it
were
by
the
worltes
of
the
Law,
and therefore
he
tells them
Chap.
ro.
3.
That
being
ignorant
of
Gods Righteouf'sseffé,
and
going about
to
eftablifh
their
own
Righteoufneffe,
they
did
not
fubmit
to the
Righteoufneffe
ofGod; And
the
Papifts,
will one day
find
a
fire proceeding
out
of
their
Do&rine
of
merits,
confusning
all their
goodWorker,
as
hay
and
Hubble.
There
are alto many
other
waies
and
principles, whereby
Obedience
is
vitiated
,
and
rendred
an abomination in-
ftead ofSacrifice, wherein our Do&rine
is
no
(barer;
But this I muff
not
enter
into,
becaufe
it
would lead
me
into other Controverfies,
which with this
I
{hall
not
intermixe.
4,
5.
It
naturally and fweetly rnixeth with all the Ordinances ofChrift,
in-
flituted for
the
end under Confideration. In
particular,
with
that great
Or.
dinance
The
iiniliry
of
the
Gofpell,
in
reference
to the great frnit
and
effe&
of
it
mentioned.
Eph.4.
r
2,r
3.
The
perfetling
of
the Saints, the
edifying
of
the
Body
ofChrift,
till
we
all
come
in
the unity
ofthe Faith,
andof
the
knowledge
of
the
Sonne
of
God,
unto
a perfeil man,
unto the meafure
of
the
ftatare
of
theful-
nef
o
fChrift
That
which
the Lord
Jefus aimed
at,
and intended principally,
in
giving
PaFiore
and
Teachers
to
his
Church,was
that
they mightcarry
on
the
worke
ofthe
Miniftry, for
the
Perfetling
of
the
Saints,
and their
filling up
the
meafure
alotted
unto
them;
And this
they do by revealing
the
whole Coun-
cell
of
God
unto them,
keeping back nothing
that's profitable for
them
as was
the
pra&ice
of
Paul
Act.2o.27.
Of
this Councell
or Will
of
God,
as
by them
managed,
there
are two parts.
r. The
difcovery
ofGod
to
them, and
his
Will,as to the (lateand
Con-
dition whereto he
calls
them, and
which he requires
them
to
come
up
un-
to:
And this
confifts in
do&rines, revealing
God
and
his
Will;
which contain
Rules, and Precepts for men
to
walk
e
by, and yeild Obedience unto.
2.
That
which
is
fuited
to
the
carrying
on
of
men in
the
fiate and Con-
dition,
whereuntothey are
called, according
to
the mind
ofGod,
as
alfo
to
prevaile with them,
to
whom
the
Word
doth
come, to
enter
into the
(fate
of
Obedience,
and walking with God: and this
is
ufually
branched into
three
generall heads
of
Promifes,
5xhortations,
and
Threatnings;
The
management
of
thefe
aright
with power and
efficacy,
with
Evidence
and
denzonftration
of
the