Note. AC.hriftian \'Vould cot be free frsm Gods fervicc ifhemigbr. . . OF THE communion with him, tb.1n with any other in the World. befide~; he had rather be .doing . fervice ro him than to any other; he had rather .beemployed in any thirigthat tends tohim;for thatifitcouldbe, (I ma·ke that fuppofition ')' if therewerefucha prqpofition as there was in the oldL?weveryfeventh yeare,thatthofethat had ferved an Apprentifhip, that were bond~ · flaves, theymightgoe free,yetwe_ fee fome fo :loved theirMall:ers, that they would not goe free, but woqld be their fervants for ever, and they were bored thorow the eare, and were theirfervants: for, faith the rext, they loved theirMall:ers,and would fray with them. So it isin this cafe,take a man that commits adultery With any thing in the wotld;let himhaviefuch a Proclamatioq,thathemay goe fiee from Gods fervice, ·he would, wereit not for the loffe of heaven, ana forgoing·to · hell~( but I fuppofe it werefree,to him )'he would goef?:ee with all hisheart,he wonld choofeanotherMall:er,and ~ould be free ~fi·om that' bond~ge, ( forfo he– ~ccoupts it;) but' he that loves the Lgrd, will not goe free if he might. for he reckons that fervice the greatefl: freedome and delight~ he had rather liveinHis Family, than in any fer· vice in the world;itisnot afervice,bm:afi-iend– fhip; it is a, marriage, he lives as a fonne in the Family, and therefore he is willing to conti • nue : for, this is the ground of it, as foone as man is gotten into the Covenant once, there , ·is fuch a difpofition putintohis heart; there is 1 • fuch - ----------------~------,------------------
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