\ Newo!::le– dicnce. I6 Cafes of Conjcience. l.Booke. God,\t'aS glad, Md e:t:horudall, that with pttr.. A pc•[eo[hct4rt thry fooul.dcleuuc'lMIOGod,orconri– ""' with the LorJ, So the Prophet Ezekiel fatth, If the wick,!d wit/ turnc from a/Jh~ fiwnts, and kupe a// mJJiatNtes, and doe that which U lmr>fidland right,he fha/1 forelj litu, and /hall not dit,Ezech.J8. tz, In this purpofe llandHhc very nature ofrcpentance>and 1t mull be ioy– ncd ~,~o1ith humiliation & fai thJasa third thing auailcabje to falqat10n, and"not tobefeuered frorQrh,em. For amaninlhewmayhauema– ny good things: as for example,hec ruay bee lmmbkd, and [eemc to haue Come lltength that beemay truly obey God, by the grace of the fpirit ofGod.The heart of Io[tpbwas rea· dy pretl,ro reGll thecuil requell of Pot1phars wife,Gen.J9·9 1 Jo, AndDauid llaidh~&atfe. ction from rcuenging himfelfe vponShrm(i, whm he curfodhim,z.Sam,iG, Jo,Thitdly,that he oughtro llirrc vp,and excrcife theinward man,by allfpiritu~ll motions of Faith, loy, Loue,Hopc,and thepraifeof Gqd. Now coucfling this point, there are rwo principall ~eflions propoundcd,Firli,How may a manframc!JishfetoiiUe in New obe– dience. of fa11h;yet 1fthere be in the[aid man,awant of this purpofe and refolu110n not to finne, rhemher arc but dead thmgs,ancl vnprofita- B ble,and fOr all thcn1 he may eomew crcrnall dcHruCbon. Furthermore, wee muO: diUin– gu•rh this kipde of purpofe, from the 1ninde andpurpo(eof earnall men, thecues, drun– ka((\s, harlots, vlurers; for they willconfclle their finnes 1 and beeforne for them, ~ea and o,ed fome teares, WiOling they had neuer Gn– ned as t!.ey l'aue.In thefc men,iod<ede there An{w, Though all thebookes of the olde and ncwTcflamcnt, aredire<'lion fullic•tnt for agood life;ycta morcfpecial anliver may be made out ofthe famc,pl•incly and briefly, That there are three mame grounds or rules or New obedience. The hrtl is laid downe by our Samour Cl,rill, Luke9. 2 3.!(••7 ma• "filii/ come After me,let h•m dm;e himfelfe,4nd tllk_t vp hi4croff~, andfollow mte. The rneanion is this; Euery one that will become a fchcller in the Schooleof Chrill, and learne obedi· cnce vnto God, mutl dmit him(c/fe, that is, hec mull in rhc firll place, exalrand magnific thegrac~ofGod, & become nothing mhim~ fclfc, reni:>t..mcing h1s owncrcafon, w1ll, and alfeClions, and !ubieCling them to the wife– domeand will ofGod io all things; yea eftce– ming all thmgs in the earth, eucn thofc thar Is awifhing wtl for the tlmc,but no fetled pur– pore. And 11 i• a properry of natur~ toauo1d cuiil,bu.t to hauc aconGanrrcfolucJonofnot linning,is aglf[,ofgrace; and for ,this it is,that we mull labour; othcnvl(cour rcpo::ntancc is no true and found repentance. Scfl, 5. _ The fourth and !all dutie is, ro pcrforme 1V~w obtthmc~ vnto God in oHr life 4!1d conurrfi.· tion. In this new obedtcnce, three things are required. Firll,it mull beafruitcof theSpi– rit of Chrifi in vs: for when we doeany good thing,itis Chnff thAt doth it invs,loh. l5-5·To thiS purpoleDauid praies vnto God, Pfalm. l4).IO.Lrt ti:y good/}iril leademeforthintoth~ /,.ndofr.ghreoujn".AndPaul exhorts the Ga– lati.anstownlk.finthe Spirit; and then markc what foilowe• ;andyefbaff not fi•l[illthelufhof thejlcjh,G,al:s,r G. Secondly, this new obedi– encemull be the keeping of euery comman· dement ofGod' for asS. lames faith, lam,>. 1 o.Hethllt 6reak.!sone comrnAundfmtnt, UgtJi/- 51ofalh that is,he that doth willmgly and wit– (tillglybrcakeanycommandcmcnr,& makes notconfcience of fame one, makes nm con– fcience ofany, and before God he is as gmlty ofall,as ifhe had broken all.Thirdly, 1nnew obedience, the whole man mull endcaum1r to kecpe the whole law mhis mrnde, will,atfe. clions,andal the faculnes offoulc •·nd body. As it i111faid of ioji.th, that he turned to qodac. cwding toaOtheiAwcs ofMo~;,witha/1hu br~rt, >.Kmg. 23, 2 s. ThiS la!! point added 10 1he. ·reil, isrhever¥formeandhfeofnew obedi– encc)anJ from henceit followes; fir!l,that the repenrant perfon,mufi not Jtue in the praClife Qf any outward nn. S~cC'Indly,that there rnuf.l be mhim, an inward rdHlihg and rdhainmg ofthecormpuon of narure,and of the heart, C are deareO vr.rohim, as droile and dung in regard of thckmgdomeofChr~ll, Againe, hce ~1ufl tAk$vphu Crof[e, that is, hceought alwa1esro make a forc..hand rcckon;n&euen ofpriuate croffes,&particular aiHiCl1ons:and when theycome, ro bcarc them with cheare.. fulc.effe. This done, hee mufl follow Chrift, by praClifing rhe verruesof mcekeneffe,pa· rieoce,loQc,aud obeciien::e,andbybeingcon– fcrmabloro his death, in crucifyingthe body of Gnnein hiO\felfe, Thefecond rule is pro· .pounded byPo1uf.,· ACl. 24- 14- To6r/muAII thmges thAt arewrirrenin tbe Ltw~md the Pro– phet" andrhatis, toholdeandembrace the fame fa1th,\\ h1ch was (mbracedby the Saints and feruants of God in auncicnt times, 3.nd D which was written by Mofcs and the Pro– phers.Againe,m a1J rcucrence to (ubicd him– [elfe to the true manner of worrh•pping and feruing God, rcue.aled mhis word:. omd not to deparr from the fame dodrine andwor– rhippe, either to rhe right hand,ortotheleft. The third and Ialt rule is, t9 haue andto k!ep~ [4irh & agood confci'Ece, l.'Tim, f,I 9.Now faith "preferued,by knowledge of rhe doctrine of the Law and rhe Gofpclf, by yecldingaffent · vntorhe fame do8nne, bcleeuing it ro bee true,and bya parricular application of Jtvn. to a mans felfc, fpecially of the promilc of rigbtcoufi,elfe,and life euerlaOing, in and by Chrill.Againe,rhataman may keepea g~od con{Cicnc~·,hemufl doe 3.th1ng9. Firtl,in the courfe of his life, hee mull praC!ifetbedut.es of thegencrall Calling m the particular: !o
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