C n Ar,5. EpiflletoIheThfffalonians.' VSK.5,6. may be, he conceiues fome fueh obietion.Wbat meanes this taskeofvigilancie, fo ftrcightly laid vpon vs, more than others? Why may not we, as others, flecpe fecure- ly ? The Apoille implies anfwer : Your Bare is other, than that of others ; T herefore, fo muff be your bchaui- our; Tee are children ofLight : fo are not others; your be- hauiour fhould bee as difcrepant, as is your (late from theirs, The difference of ow' fl-ate frets others in fpirittsali Obfer. thingsAmid drawwith it a di fferen ce of behaniotir. Z walk e Eph.4.37. n,thenceforth,as other Gentiles walk!; your !late is now different : a Thoragh yee were Darkneffe, yet now areyee a Epb.5.8 Light in the Lord. T#'alke therefore as children ofLight. The Scripture is plentiful) this way ; calling f1í11 for our feparation from the wicked not fo much in our perlons, as in our behauiour. How often beats the Lord vpon it to his people ? That 11th he had chofen them to bee his peculiar people, they Ihould flie 'from the profane cu- homes and conueriation of the Heathen. Sec Dettt.i 2. Ier.17. and that of the Apoffle, b Fa!%ion not your fames b Ror>v tz z. to the world. lt affords vs anfwer to thofe foolifh Arguments, and pleaes for profaneneife , rife amongfl our peo- ple: with whom the Argument goes for currant; Thus doe others in other places, profaning the Lords Sab- bath, &c. Why not we? I wonder they reafon not for Idolatry, Swearing, Whoring, &c. For thefe things alto doe many others. Mee thinkes the anfwer is ready. Our hate is dife rpct.Z.y. rent, God bathofliis mercy c called vs ant of Darkneffe, into bis mar:seflotsa Light,that wejbouldThew forth the ver- tttes ofhim ¡bat hath called vs ; not line in the vices of the world, out of which we arc called : And will we indeed be like to people profane, and difobedient ? Fiat, faith the Apoffl e, Wed bane notfo learned Chri fi, if we hau e d &ph4ao. beenc taught as the truth is in Iefus. Secondly, It is Tuft with-God, tomake them efelowesinponifb nent,that e Rewel.18.4. will Yfe. :r 1 3 .. P' °`&RC. I n iZ S-Pa 7ar
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