I· • r . v p R I G HTN E s. 1ou,[alnt~th yo~t, & alwaye<Jjlri"lJeJ foryonin pray– er,thlllyou may ftandperfeEt an~he;ftUedw_ith all the wiUofthe Lord; Marke, this Isthethmg he prayes for ,that they might fiandperfelt: Why how fhould it be knowne they were perfect'? Saith he, this ~s th'e effect it will produce, you fhall be filled in all thewill oftheLord, tl-'lat is, Tebe filled 1 as.the word fignifieth in the Originall, when a withthew1ll · man is filled with the Commandement, even as ofGod~wh7r. the Sayle ofa Ship is filled with wind, fo when a man findes this,difpo.tition in hirnfHfe, that the prin<;ipali motive, that whiCh ·fets him a– workeuponall 'Occalions, isfome Commandement fr0m God, and r.ot felfe- refpeds, it is an argument that he isperfeff,that heisfilledwith.· the .wiU of the Lord: othe.rwife he would.fl:and · :ftill as ·a Ship, .when the S'ailes haue no wind to drive them: this is .an·argument of perfectneffe and integrity of heart: The like expref– fionyoufhallfin~,P.fol. ng.6; The?'lfbdU l»ot ~fat~1·19•6• be confounded, faith D ~tvid, when 1 haue njjeif · (marke the phrafe; for it is the ph~afe that he dmofeth to exprelfe his lincerity by) n'hen I l;aue rejjeff to thy Commttndfments.' That is, faith he, the time was, and it is· with ; other men, that .fwhen· a Commandement of God ·comes, . they little.beede it, they little ·regard it: if other motives come, :which propound . honour,credit:,and advancement, and profit to ' them.felves;thofethingsthey refped; but faith , he-,herein is·my lincel-iry feene, and upon that gr<rmnd I defirt·I may not-be--confounded, 'th1tt · , ·· ' I have
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