244 n R.om.t,zo. r Gal 5.2.z. a Tim.3,4. Vg. z Thef. t. r x Cor.to, g, * t Iohn 4,18. : Mat.9.43. C H A P.3. An Expolition vpon the fcond V a R.5. q Power, Wifedome, iuffice, Mercy, Good neflc, &c. Can a moral? naruralift ferioufly contemplating them, choole but be enamoured of them,and delire to enioy him whole effence, at leaf{ endowments, he apprehends ló excellent? cumra. Or may not a man fo toeing God, bee acknow- ledged to loue him a little more then concupifcentially? 4 Hope of God, and delire to enjoy him famé report of fome Heathens. Ens entiuns ani/erere ncei; if it were the (peach of tA-ifl atle dying, and his fpeach direCfed,not to the creature,but to him,whorn elfe where 1.e confeffeth fupetiour to all tranfcendents, was much; and no final' euidcnce of filch loue as wd enquire of. Marry, if the queffion bée of that dilation, or loue of God, which they call charitativam,whereby God is loued for himfelfe aboue all, and our neighbour for God, thats doubtlefle fruius fpiritua, non nature : the r fruit of the fpirit, not of nature; its louer of pleafures more then of God. And ofcharitie fo firidfly taken, would the Apofile be vnderffood. Why queflion wee it, or endeauour to prooue natures auerfcneffe from it, fo in all things euident ? And not ra- ther deplore the horrible deprauarion of our nature, by meaner of the fall. Thereto let thy felfe apart in ferions meditation, and thinke it begins to vanith, where its fee- lingly bewailed. a But are remaines ofit in the regenerate ? IZe . t Elfe 'Paul had neuer prayed God, to continue more and more to reCtìñe the hearts of this people thereto, whom hee fo euery where aclsnowledgeth eximious in grace. a And, witnef c the many r extrauagant thoughts delires, pur - poles, exorbitants attempts, and anions fo contrariant to the Law of God ; fome of the a wifedo.me of fiefh re- maines in the molt fandfified. Betides our doubrings of Gods loue, " feares to approach him; preferring our pro- fits and pleafures to his (entice Iothneffe to part x with our right hands, and right eyes, our things lette delire then then they, though they caufe vs to offend ; all thefe pro- clairne vs fuller of felfe loue, then of loue to our God. 4 And
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