------------------~------------~-----~- . VPRIGHTN 'ES. __,/ ·my own delire of pleafure and eafe be cro.lfed,u men may be pleafed in that which is good for edification; as we fee that difpofidon in Paul, I Corinth.rc.33· faith ~ he; Iple'ttftaUmenin aU &Cor.x!•33· ·things; Saith he, I haue· li!Jerty to eateftejb, and ,I defire to ufe that liberty, it is acceptable to .me · .as toanyother; riotwithfianding, I will even de– prive my felfe of that liberty, to pleafe, men:· ·and not in this onely, but in all things elfe, and wh'y ~for,faithhe, Ifeeke n{)t my felfe, andmy owne frofit, 6ut the profit 6f many, that thej might 6eefaved; and that is the reafon of it:: And why did he feeke the profit ofmany!' We fee in the 3r.Verfe he giues thisrule,Whetheryou •eateordrinke,&c. doe all to theglory ofGod,for this·caufc,faith he, I doe not pleafe my felfe, but others; I pleafe other m'en in 411 things, becaufe I would glorifie GDd: that is, in plea- . ling them, God is advanced, he is ·preferred and exalted:. therefore faithhe, IpleafenotillY felfe, bm I p1eafe others in all things. So, T fay, that is one effect, and the firfr that I name , to you, that it is the property of fincerity and integrity of heart, . to fer a man aworke - t(} txalt God,to preferre God before himfclfeallirr all occafions. · A fecond dftcr arrfing from -. firiceritie of . . . .heart, from this perfedndfe ~-· theart,is this; he N'E~~a.\vhofe heart is perfed withG()d, you f11all find . rr:e~~gftn: inhim this difoofi'tion, that he is notmoved to ceremanbut h . · n-' ,. · 'I b' b' f Gadscom· J.S mame a~t~ons oraman y, ut yvertue ·o mand. .. • fomc conun~d ·from God; if he,hauc not fome .
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