V P· R 1: G H T N g s. the tryal,hewaspurto, .and it is a triall bywhich :you !hall judge ofyour felues. So Jikewife, you fl1all find another·tryall,. Mttth.6; and the laft .; Be you thenfort perftlJ; as your he.avenly Father is pcrfe8:~ Thereis .ano• ther wayoffindingoutthis perfedncffeofheart~ · whetheritbe in vsorno, you mufl: ·be perfect; · as your heavenly Father is perfect: no le:lfe will ferue the turne ;if youbenot fo perfeet, as he is per fect:,y.ou canno~ b€ favcd, ·you. are vnfound . hearred. ·' Youwillfaytome,thisisveryhard; wh<Yisa~ · bletobeperfect, .as his. heavenly Father is ·per– feCt· ~' Math. 6. .:1. Propertie, To beperfett as God isper. feet. 1 Beloved;rhemeatTing 9fthig is, not that you- .Anfw~ fhould reach ·his perfeaion; for who can ·ever Wtu:tmeam do it ~ bl:lt themeaningofit is ·this, ,there mull: .· ~!;~~~:dis be asgreat,a lengrh,asgreat a ·breadth, and1ati.;. pc:rfe~.. tude inyour perfeCtionas inhis, yourperfection · ·mufi anfiver ·his·.How fhall weknow·that ~ - GodJ.; p.erfedion is ·knowne byhis-· Commandements; . Looke howlargely-tlie perfection ofGodis ·· fer forth in·the Scriptures; fo"largeyour·obedienct · tnuft be.Ifit come fhort in any :rhing,-ifit be·nor as long, aftd as broad (as it were) it is vnfound; . and lame, and imperfect obedience,that iliall be cafl: away- as eviH;andcounterfeit: for youmuft heperfeelasyour hea'irenly·FPZtheris.perft8, fayth ' chrift,hegiuesthisasarea!on of all thathe had delivered before, (you fhall fee it in fome par– ticulars)faythhe,youhauethoughtitenough to , • Ioueyour friends;but faythhe,it isnot enough, . T 4 - Y!'U \---.!..-.---"!"""'P'""----.:.------.:l..;_---_.,.·- 1.
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