Si mU!!~ Torefpecl: Gods Com. matld,what. OF .MA NS I Haue now refpect.torhy Commandements:e– ven as yqu fee, aman that hath fome principalt frieng, that he.regards abone all the world be .' fides, it may be, when many others come and fpeak to him,and make fuit to him to h1ue fomer thing done, he regards them not, bur, if[uch a : friend fpeakes,he hathreipeet to him; or as afer– vam,ifanother man bid himgoe, and bid him do, he lhndsfrill; but ifhis Mafi:ers command come once, he goes about it prefently ~ for he -- hath refpect unto him: rh'isis Davids meaning: .(or, faith he, .Lord, I bauc refpect to thy Com– mandemems; other things moove me not fo much; but, ifany Comrnandement come from thee, I haue refpect unto it, and I prefenrly go and execute ir,and in this regard he is '.fayd ,to beaman after Gods owne heart, as we fee in the t..Afls 13.22./ haue found, faith the Lord,a man t~fter mine owne heart: that !s a man offtncere, ofan upright heart,,amah in whofe heart is in– tegrity and fincerity, aman without guile; and . he proves it by this, faith he, He will doe whatft. ever I wi/l:thatis,ifmywillbeknowne.to him, that will he do,that is themotiuethat le?ds him, that is the thing that fiirres him upon all occafi– ons: for that is the effect by which he is defcri– bed to be aman afterGods owne heart he willdo whatfoever I will. Now,Beloved, you may examine your felues by this,whether you may haue thofe effects that arife from fincerity and integrity of heart ; confider what moues you to every action. Certainly •
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