` \41te_e4 262 Odfr. C x a a.4. An Expopiox vpon the firJi V E x, 3 our times, that the Prop`,et complained ; he that walketh vpright y, makes hirrr¡elfea prey, a reproach, and by -word to the generation ofEfax. Should not the Lord be auen- ged ofluch a nation as this ?Marueilous is Gods patience; I (hould maruell elle that we are not coniùmed. And for their owne praEéice,how generally is the care of holinclfe cart off? with that hetlilh proteffation,they are not Saints ; If they would fay (Angels) I would fay with them ; but they are Saints, that are Gods children and whofo perfias alien from the life and affektion of Saints ; Saint John doubts not to fay of him, t He ù oftbe d eui J1. Let vs, hawing fo many and fo excellent pronaifes, be exhorted to u purge from a1lf1thine f feoffe¡h and fpirit, and to grow vp to frill holine f fe in the feare of god. Fer this it the will of God. Gads will lignifies, Firfl,his faculty. Secondly, a& of willing. Thirdly, tropically,rhe thing willed : in which fenfc it is here taken, q. d. Iris that the Lord requires of you efpecially ; therefore to be endeuourcd. So fhoold theJ'gnifications of Gods will be motiues,firong enongb to pc;(wade obedience. Though no other induce- ment, or realbn ar peares ; this alone fliould (way vs, that fo it the will or the Lord. For, firfl, his Power is ablolutc to command. Secondly, his will the rule and nacalure of Iuftice. God wils nor things, becaufe they are 'muff ; but things are iufl, becaufe God wills them. Thirdly, the nature ofobedience is this; to doe what God.willeth, intuit!, voluntatir, and becaufe he wi!leth. Let this bee our rule to walke by : that we may filence in our (clues the idle difputes of flefh and blood. That caca of edientia impofed by ltomanifts vpon their Priefls, is due to no creature ; to God yet, and him onely, we owe ir. There are in this curious age rife, prefumptuous in- quiries many. That of Moralifts is ancient, whether itte be in rebus. Generally it is affirmed for moft moralities; how-
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