I J 2. 8 I ,, .• ; r . Deut.~s~ _ ___,_ __________ Gon uper{ea. thguftaft·t0.W·alke inhiswayes: he faith,as kind ' parents fay to their children, when they exhort ·the·m to good·courfes ; It will be fur your owne good; and if yoll doe it ilOt, it will be for your . hurt : a-s i·t is faid ef the sttbb~J.t11; lt trJM madr for · mA.n,4ndnot m~n for ihe sAbbath;'thac is,Godappoin- j tf<l the sdlbath for mans advantage,hewould be \ wdone elfej hewoukl grow wild,and forget God. \ Atld as it is faidof 'dieSabbath, fo it i-s trueof 1 evety{~ommandel'l'lent: therefore that is put tO I everyCommanclement; The ·commandement which . 1 cDmlilandyou for yourwealt-h, Deut. 6. 2 4. rhat is, wpenever I 'Commandyou anything,itis not for . ·nt!ne-ownefake; 'not,tbat I might be ferved.and ' .wotthipped{tliough that is joynedwith it) but it it f:oryourprofit,whatfoever I command. This then fuould ftirre us up togoeabout holy duties ··willingly,afrer anothermanner thanwedoe. No man wiU ferve himfelfe unwillingly, though it maybehewillother men.Now,a1ltheCornman– dements ofGoddoe tend to our owne advantage; for ~,a· that end bath hee appointed them. Keepe the:Comm4ndcwientJ, 4nd li,ve in them : you live in th~m,as fire doth by Wood,and the creatures hy th~ir food. Ifa man did ferioully confiderthis, he·would doe it in another manner : We go~ a– ·bot1t our owne bu-ftneffewith intentien, becaure it ·is ourbwne; [o if you were perfwadeq_,that .wh~tGodcl id command,were for our owne good, yoa would doe it with a'Ud-iligence; you would n~t~nelygoe, but runne the wayes of his Com..: :manacments; you •would nor onely tA-ke Hea- 'l)en,
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