Looking to Godinthat wcdo,makes us4iliacn~ 0 F M AN s diligently, they are never difioy.ned. When a man doth a thingfor a refped; hedoth it fo farreas thatrefpeetrequires, fomuch diligence he vfeth,andno more :·Y:ou may feeirin othe--r things ; Ifa man have money btJt for his ufe, hewillfeeke fomuch as willferue fuch aturne, and no more; But if he doe it for money it felfe, if he love riches, he will doe it wirh all his might, he fets himfclfe to it with all his firength. You have an excellent place for the expre!Iion .ofthis ·in I Pet.1.22. Saith the A. poftle, Seeingyour hearts arepurifiedto lovt onu · another withoutfiyning,fee that you love'one another with a pure_heart,ftrvently. Themeaning . . is this, Ifamans love he fincere, wi~hout fey– ning.; If. it be with a pure heart, without refpeds, withoutdiffimulation, this propertie it will have,zou will love one another fervent– ly. Belove , thefe cannot be diftoyned,. when oneferues the Lord,with aperfed -hean;when· hiseyeisuponhim, when hedothtrufttohim, without any other by-refpects, he will doe it exceeding diligently. Therefore thatexprefli– on you finde fo oftin the Scriptures, Thott jhalt love theLordthy God, with all thyfoale_;,with all thy htart, tmd with all thy Jlrength, it is not an · . expreffionof the degrees oflove; That is not thefole. [cope of that place, but it is an expref.. lionofthe linceritie ofa mans, love_; as if he ihould fay, herein is the lincerititl! ofa Mans love, this is anargumentthat aman loves God,'! ttueiy, and not for rcfpe.cts, when;he loves· h~m ' With
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