~ - < • -··· Offeek.ing God's{4ce. - ~ all the Saints fuould be accurfed, huE that is done negligently, which is done hypocritically, and for other ends ; for they 4re the caufesof that negli. gence ; to th.$ the curf~ bdongs, and that jufily: this cold, rem.ilfe2fo{mall, cufiomary performance of duties, ~s whett w~ receive the Sacrament or are exercifed in any oth€r duty, or in any caufc that concernes the Lord, to goe about it coldly, is a figne wedoe it not for theLmd. Confider whether thou doefl: themfaithfully'? for fo 4 manu(eth to doehis owne bufinelfe, for po man is unfaithfull to himfclfe; to another hee may performe but eye fervice, but not for hili1felfe: nowfo to doa thing is not toreftin the thing done, but his.carewill be,thatit may be doneeffectually, fo as to fee the fruit andeff(!6t ofit. And ifyou aske how you fhall difcerneyoudoe any thing faithfully'? · That is difcernedby this. When a good a~io.n is tp be done, thou carell: ·not fo Qluch that it bedone., but thy felfe wouldbe the doer ofit, for thy credit, &c. as Diotrepbes, he was a fraward man, but bimfelfe would doe all ; but wouldeft thoudoe it, though the fame thereof werenot knowne'?doefi: thoudefire to have itdone,. though anothe.r man doe it ~ and tbinkeft,'it is no matter by whofehand the worke goes forward, fo that it goes for'ward. · , A,gaine, fecondly :what doefrthouJ when,there · is a reparation made, apartition betwixt the bufi~ ndfe of the Lord; and thine owne credit '? art thou ye.~ then ascarefo.ll -: when two go together, ic is · · M 4 not 3 f<!!!ft. Anfw. 1
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