The glorie of the Well. ChriRby walking in Obedience thereunto as our per- fc61 Rule. Firfi, in the Obedience offaith, receiving it, and leaning upon it, laying, hold on the covenant which is therein revealed, as on the oncly hope which is fet be- fore us : for this is a great acknowledgement of theglo- rieand praife ofGod when we trail in him for falvation. Therefore the Apatite having fhewcd the Gloric of Hebr.3,3_, Chrift above Moles, maketh this principal) tile of it,that therefore we fhould heare his voyce, and takeheedofan evil) and onbeleeving heart, indeparting from him, Wee, faith he, are to the praife ofGods Glory, who truil in Chriii. Secondly,inObedience oflife andHolineffe.When for the honourof the Gofpell we can denie our iilves, and difhonour our lulls, and part from all that wee had be- foreas from (long and droffe, and expreffe the image of 219 VERSE 2, Chria in our converfations. a This is indeed the true learningof Chria whenwe Phew forth his in ours, when we walke as healfo walked,wheu as he was fo we are in this world, when the fame minde, judgement, af- feetions are in us which were in Chrifl. Thus the faith- full are Paid to honourGod,when they fan6lifie his Sab- bath, and to glorie him when they bring forth much fruit. Thirdly, we honour the Gofpellof Chrill by co cie andcontinuance inour faith and obedien ereunto; for !landingfail,or perfiRing immoveably in our ceurfe without forrowor repentance is an argument of the ex- cellencie of the. Gofpc11. bWaike, faith the Apofile, as becommeth the Coffiel 1 -- that 1 may beamof your af- faires, thatyouliaiseIMilo oneJima. o Lulls ever bring locovitia,fed inconflancie with them, and make the foule like weary mobilia & inter and diftempered bodies never well in any poflure or fedigidentia tu- ' insitpantur,pel- !mat onvicem, fugatar.Sente. ErhoCCI. 12. a EP114.20.22 loh.t.6. 1101).4,17. Phil.2.5 , Efay (8. 13, b c Nonfiant uno condition ; wicked men flye like Bees from one flower to another,from one vanity to another, can never finde enough inany to fatiate theendleffeintemperancie of un-
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