VPRIGHT~:ss. Certainelythereis no mantha~oes ·about any bufineffe, but there is fome motive that fets him·. a-worke: It is by vertue of the Commande- . ment that thou goeft about all thy occafions~ Is it that that moves thee~ Haft thou that -re– fpect to Gods Commandement; that when other Commandements come, thou regatxleft them little~ but thouhaft fiill an eye tothat~ as Davidfaith, (which is another expreffi<?n of his finceritie,) c.Mine eyes waite on thee, as the eyes ofthe h~tndmaid wttite on her u11ijlris; that is, I amfiill lookingtothee,tothy Word, to thy Commandemenr, any becke or nod from thee movesme, as the Maid waites on her Mifrris; to fee what her willis. . This is the difpo!itiofl of all the Saints; and therefore take heed of being deceived iri · this; Beloved, it falls out oft-times that you1hall find them both impli~ cared and involvedtogether, (and therein commonly we. are 'deceived;) a Commandement Godscem~ comes from G.iJd,and refpeds ofourownecon-· mandandour curre :( marke it well; that I may ·take away ownererpca:s d .c I . h come tooe.. this eceipt)as _1or examp e; perhapst ere is rhedn~any afe.rvice \vhich 'fhe L~rd himfelfe commands, a&ions• a man '-may be· very diligent·in this worke; . but, it. may be, ther~ is not onely a Com ... mandement of G 0 n· to ·moove him, 'hut there is , ml:lch applaufe,. there is ~ certaiuc 'I:!J fire, and ·fplendQ·ur that followes diligence i.n a goodaCtion, in fome greatbufineffe. Here now is adouble motive; hereisa Commande- • ~ent from God, and withall there <is credit and ·
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