396 P? ttouo fat* tion to fay as David did, Who am I? and what is my haute,, that thou haft brought me hitherto ? 2 Sam. 7 18. Thy Love, O God, firft made me a VefFel of Faith, and then filled me with the Oyl of Holy Joy; What am I to be fuch a Receiver ? All that I am is too fmall, a re- turn ; nothing of felf may remain for an Idol. Had they faid, That Licentioufnefs might Have been fathered on the Sale of Pardons and In- dulgences, it had been veryright ; Thefe made Germany and other parts groan with all man- ner of wickednefs : But to lay it at the door of Affurance, is abominable. Machiavel was out in his Politicks, when he would have Princes Rule by Fear ; but he advifLd fo, be- caufe he knew well enough, That following his Rules they could not be Loved, and there- fore he would perfwade them, that it was bet- ter to be feared. The true Obedience ( for I look not on that which a man is haled unto as fuch) fprings out of Love, for that fulfils the Law ; and our Love fprings out of Gods, for We love him, becaufi he firft loved us, i lob. 4. 19. And the more his Love is revealed, the more ours is inflamed towards Obedience. In Heaven the bleffed Angels, who fee Gods Face in Glory, are moil intent upon the doing of his Will; on Earth holy men,who taffe of his favour, walk the more accurately for it. The joyful found of Pardon being in the Confcience makes the holyWalk eafie,and a fair profped of Heaven, fweetens every ftep. Obedience ftands no -where fo fure as in the Circle of Love,which from
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