The /in fulneR of Sinne. j -doe very much, though hee proceed fo farre as to ofer tcp I the children of his body, and bellow rnottxtaines of cattell Hpon;God,and his f ervice ;yet oaritting rightcoufne fe, and juflaige, and` humiliation before God,though to men it may feeme very fpecious, yet untoGod it is both abominable and ridiculous. As a piece of filver or gold may be thaped into a veffell of difhonour, which (hall bee dei fined unto forsfid and uncleane ufes : fo may a worke be compoun- ded:of choyce ingredients, the materials of it may be the things which God Himfelfe requires, and yet revving to bafe purpofes, and directed to our owne ends, it may flinke in the noftrils of God, and be by him re j ecled, as a veld! in which there is no pleafrsre. 24 csp of cold water to a Prophet,aa a Prophet, Jhall be rezwardrd,when a mag- nificient almes with a Pharifee's trumpet that be reje6ed: As a fmall thing which the righteous hath,fo a fmai thing ,which the righteous giveth, is better than great riches of . t1e_ungodly. Eourahly,we are to note what things are requilte unto the doing of a thing, lb as that it may be an ita of o6edi- #nce, and thereupon acceptable unto God. 'Firfl, then it mull have a new principle, the Spirit of - Cbrsfl, and the Law of the Spirit of Life, and Faith puri- fying the Conscience from dead works. Secondly, in regard of the manner, it mutt bee done with the affection of a child, not out of bondage, but in love, 2 Tim.1.7. In voluntary fervice and refignation of all the members unto righteoufneflè, Rom. 6.19. In uni-, verfall refpe1 to all the Commandements, `J-falme 119. 12S. In obedience to God the Law- giver, for a man ne- ves obeys the Law, even when hedoth the works there- in contained, but when he cloth it with all fubmifTive and loyall affections towards him that commands it, Iam.t. io,I i. this onely is to live unto God,and to bring forth ! fruit unto him. Thirdly,it mutt be dire led unto holy ends ; and thole R are z+I Mic.6.6,7 See Dr. Viberr I Aafwer cals,l a pag.466. 47a. Mr.Beltoni Di- reftions,paá. 149.-1 S,}. Dom. ue part. z.1.1.6.7. Tigs d}x.415- are..4res sti.d- 71ta. Clem. Ale x.flronl.l. f. a?ripbRor d!i fttyl> icw ftei d1d vç A- ya.9n°p.Clem. Atex.ftrom. ;4 etti-ráT X5-- Aòr, s6 74; y- ,. Kca,c.<9sv'at c)0- 7fú 9er r,ud;. Greg. Naz. Orat. 3. Vid. Aug. de Nat. & Grat. cap. 57. iffr 69. De .Gratia C11Y'ifr. c07;tr, Pelag. ere- 6.1 3 .06' 2.6. cont. a.ep. Pe4ag.l.
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