l . . ,, l ·6S 0 F; ' M~ A- N- S•. I in t!Je wordone!y;liut in deedandin trt~th:wh ;n we l loue with a pure louc,fu.ch a man,_we fay, comes to be perfect,with .his friend :.anp foit is--in this cafe, .when a ,manJookes •on God} as.one.that hathpower to 5<.io him·goodor,evili, a6 one that. . hathpowenoadvance him,ortocafl:himdown, and out ofthefe refpects heferues him&obeyes: . . him,4nd will do many things for his fake; .but yethe.doth .not ferue him with a fingle heart; tbatis, P-edothnot inwardly loue theperfon of · Go.d, he d.oth nodo()keon him ashe is .feparate – from all punifhmems and rew;trds, as he is fe- l , ql;lefired from allfuch ~refpects,fo.as _ ro.behear--:. · rierohi111.~ Vnfoundmen " This - wa~thefaultoftheUwu; faith h~, they. ' feeke not GoJ ; d · L h · I · ' . ior.him{elfe. returne agame, uut to w om was It; . to t 1e1r · · · corne, to ·their oyle, and not,to-thc mofr High: : they rerurned;-and ·were very devoutto keepe · the Fafi,-ready to heare, but againfl muthtyre- , 6e!/ed. Tbemeaningofitisthis-; thelewe;uetur- , 1 ned to t~e LQrd; _they were carefull; to f pleafe , him, but it was becaufe they#defired freeaome . : f.rom thefam,ineand war,and othercalamities ; , andrhereforetheyferved rhe Lor.d, but~-rheydid. ": notlay hold on Godhimfelfe-, .upon the;graces ; and comforts{)€ the S~rit,- upon Erernall .life, .; tbefewerenot'.the_tbings they didinwardly ·re- :: fped:; ,and,therefore: GO.d himf!flfe they .loved · · np.t,to~him they did not-returne, ( asyou fhall , . fee, becaufe I will:ufe that expreflion of laying --. 1 Tim.tS.u•. l hold on God; ·and on Eremall life, I Tim.6.) , wh.en._the Apofl:le had fpoke .the.re ofdivers . men. ,
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