320 VERSE 3. arospeopleavillingpeople. Ogsareoraws........" t.......tsaowmaWR ,,,,,,,,WaelPelme untoChrifi our head, who was contented to take upon him the formeofa fervant , to have his care bored, and his will fubjeeied unto the will of his Father. I delight to doe thy will 4 my god, ye4, thyLawuwithinmyheart, 7341.40.8. And as hee vvasfo are all hisin this world, ofthe fame minde, judgement, Spirit, converfation, and thereforeof the fame will too. Now this deare and melting affecIonofthe heart to ward Chrifl and his wages , hereby the conk longeth after him, and hafleth untohim , is wrought by feverall principles : Fira , by the Conviaion of our natural! Efiate, anda through humiliation for the fame. Pride is ever theprinciple ofdifobedience. They were theproud men who Paid unto leretnie,thou fpeakelifa/fly ,the Lord bath not lent thee, Ier .4.3.2. And they were the proud men who hardned their necks, and withdrew the fhoul- der, and wouldnot heare,and refufid to obey,Nehem.9. 16,17,29. A man muff fira broUght todeniehim- Idle before heewill bee willing to followChrifi, and to lug acroffe after him. Aman muff fira humble, himfelfe before he willwalke with Ged, Mic.6.8. The pooreonely receive the Gofpell. The hungrie onely finde fweetneffe in bitter things. Extremities will make any man not onely willing but thankful' to take any courfe wherin bee may recover himfelfe and fubfill againe; when the foule findes it felfe indarkneffe, and bath no light, and begins to confider whither darknefte leads it; that it is even now in the mouth of Hell, under the pawofthe roaring lion , under theguilt of finne , the curie of the Law, and the hatred and wrathofGod, it cannot chute but moil willingly purfue any probability, and with moll inlarged affeolions meete any tender of delive- rance : Suppole wee that a Prince fhould caufe forne bloudymalefaaor to beebrought forth,. fhould fet be- fore hiseyes all the racks and tortures which the wit of man can invent to punifh prodigious offenders withal!, and
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