Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P74 S2 1637

r A Neu, Creature, what. .. heart is turned another way. It is the property of a good man to delight in the Lord his God;and what he de- lights in,he makes his own,what he doth,he doth with facility;The Cansmandement s are not bort benfome to him, the yoke of Chrifl is eafie : therefore, if thou art new, thou art eafie in thy obedience, whereas another man that hath no filch change wrought in him,doth delight in nothing but to doe evill,to doe ;`ell he hath no plea - Cure, Gods Cdxnnlindemer,; him ; therefore the Lawes of him,that he cannot march i march in sauls A,rmour,lfd _burthenfome to d are too lirait for m,as David could not cwastoo heavy for him. A man that is a í' Great i things with facility and delight. But this is not all; if thvt he faíl.ioned and call into a new mould, th eu wilt Li my doe good things readily, but well andidfoonelÿ (to uCe our com- mon terme) when as othc nenbuagle at good works, and know not how to turn ;heir hand unto them:They doe them indeed, but as the Wifeman faith, Pro. 2 6.7. L15 the legs of the lame are'notequatl, fo is a Parable in a fooles mouth : When they come to do any good adii- ons, it is like a Parable in a fooles mouth, the Para- ble is not fit for his mouth; as when a man bath one legge longer than another,he is lame; fo a Parable in a fooles mouth is not equal' to his mouth,the ation tr ay be good, yet hee doth it but lamely, it is beyond his reach,he doth not doe aèions as he fhould,but an holy man doth them as a workeman. I fpeake not of doing them before men, but before God, who judgethrigh- teoufly, when he comes to per(orme an holy duty ; he I doth it as it is meet, hee prayes fervently, and Conk- crates

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