336 A New Creature, what. sa x.lI crates himfelfe unto the Lord with delight, He Amer merry with cbeerefulHeffe,and every grace hath his pecu_ liar property, wherein the goodneffe of it confi(fs ; as Faith, Love, and Hope, are the concomitants of his actions, wherein their excellency confiis, whereas o- ther men doe the fame duties, but not with that affeli- on that they fhould, and they doe it but with a dead heart, they are worker of vertue, and have the linea- ments of true ones, but they are dead workes,becaufe life is not in them. Therfore confider how thou doer( things t the mat- ter is not fo much what thou doeft, as how thou doer} them. Againe,if thou be a New Creature,thou (halt know it by thy doing of good onflantly, as a man that doth it naturally. In Nature, you know, the habits and in- clinations are clore and neere unto us, and growing in us ; therefore, if thou doe good in thy constant pra- dice, it is a figne thy heart is changed. This is the firft thing, there is a new frame, all the bent of the facul- ties are changed, and by this you may know it, if you doe good readily with facility and delight and con. handy. a. This One thing more ob{erve in this new frame, there is change is not only a bending of the foule to a contrary point (as in his Whole it were) but moreover all mutt be changed; as for ex- Ç convert-a- ample, Caft any thing into a new mould, there is not `i ° only one part altered, but all ; fo if you be New Crea- tures, you mutt finde this in your (elves, that you doe not make choice in the duties of godlincfle, but take all, and omit nothing; You mull bee holy in all manner of converfation; thofe words are added in all manner of
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