Offeeking Gods fact. 153 . T~e fe:eond is·a giving up all things with him felfe, his underftinding, will, thoughts, affections, life, libtrty,. credir, goods, all his power, mighr, . / whereby he is able to doe any thingl to·refign: all thefe to the Lord , and by this he fanClifies the Lord ; and this is the holineffe ofa man to doe all for the -Lord onely. So that the reafon is ckare; let a man doe wh tt h;: will, keepe the Sabbath, -pray,&c. Ifchere be not this holineffe in his heartJ all his labour is lorl:, as you all grant ; for withgut · h1linejfe no ""'" fojj!l fee ·God: Now·ir is not holy, except it be given up to the Lord alone, excluding himfdfe and the creature, · Is all o::~r labour lotl~except we feeke'Gods face, rft . though otherwife aman goe never fo farre ~ 'then ·· there is great reafon, to examine our [elves, whether wefeeketheLordfor him[elfe or no; foro :herwif~, all your labour is loft, for then you doe not fet up God- for y.our God in your hea-rts, bat [~mething elfe, namely' that whhzh you feeke belides him ; as in m-arriage we fay, when a man marnes a · womJn, not out of love to' her pedon·, but for riches ; that he marries not the woman, but her wealth, fo it is here. And then fecondly, you will never hold out l . in feeking the Lord ; and if you doe not hold out, thenall your labour will beloH, Ezek. 18. though a man-hath.beene rightequs all his dayes ; yet ifhe faH frQm .Go-d; .all his righteoufne!fe !hall be forgotten : and fuch am:m as feekes not the·Lord for , himfdfe, will fall away,as appeares by that, Ho(.' 7· I 6. They returne, hut n1t to the rn6jl High : they '~ are
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