, r · £2!!.eft. What n·ec:c:£11· tie there is of fit geftares o£ thebody,in G.ods wodhip: eAn{wo .. The Sin1pllcity of Goo. ·-· ,f . ~ farre as you doe this, there is not .Linglcne!fe, but doub1enelfe of fpirit; and it is nothing elfc but eye-fervice in Gods account. . Therefore Iookc aiwaycs to worfhip him in fpirit; remember the argument here ufed,G o o is a Spirit:. that is,lookc how the corporeall eye of man achoids thy body) when thou commeil: toChurch, and c~n fee the negligence ofthy be,. haviour, and uncomcly ge!lure; fo Go o, that is. a Spirit, he beholds the vanitie and loofeneife ofthy fpirit within:tthe turning and rouling ofit this way,or that way: Therefore take diligent heed tO·thy fpirit, labour to approve thy felfe to him, care not what any creature faith or thin– keth ofthe.e .i. and this is towor.lhiR him in thy fpirit. Now her~are twoQuclHons tobe a-nfwered! If Go o mtHl thus be worfhipped in fpirit, and it is the- ~ehaviorofthatwhichhe lookes to; what neceffiric is there then ofa bodily,comefy, and outward.gefiure? how farre is this reql1ired ·in his wor(J:lip ? . . _ The fpirituall worlhip of Go ri is never well performed,but when it is fignified by the come– lygefiureofthcbody,as farrc.as wemay: I fay they mufi <;oncurre, the body,mu!l goe with the fpirir, (though indeed he chiefdy lookes to the fpirit) for they are bothhis, I Cor. 6. 2 o. hee mufi be ferved in both. Belides, the body cloth exceedingly hcJpe the fpirit; and it cloth tefii– fie, when you come before.otbers, that holi- . neffe and reverence which you hav,e.of Go n s · . . glorie '
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