104 ' · 1peep~ \ s-.-R-.-~-~~-.-. 4· And it is an odious temper to God ; for ) 4 • cloth not hee d~ferve cheerf1:1ll fervice at our\ ~ands '? hath he been a wilderndfe to us -: doth 1 he not defervethe marrow ofour foules ~ cloth \ not his greatneffe require it at our hands, that \ our fenfes be all waking~and cloth not his mercy \ deferve~that our love fhould take all care to ferve 1 him that is fogracious and good to us ~ Is itnot ; the fruit ofour redemption to ferve him without feare in holineffe and righteoufnelfe all the daies_ ofour lives r: 5. It is a ftate not onely odious to God, .but irkfome to our owne fpi.rits;the confcienceis ne- ! ver fully at peace in a drowfie ftate,or in drO\'tlfte I. performances. · Likewife it is not gracefull to othe,rs, it breeds not love in them to good things, but di!l1ke. Carnall men, let them fee aChrifiian not carry himfelfe waking as he fhonld, though they be a . thoufand times worfe themfelves, yet notwit h– ftandi'ng they thinke it fbould not be fo, fuch a courfe cloth not fu~e with fo much knowledge · and fo much grace. . . Let amafl confider, wherefore God bathgi– ven the powersofthe fouleand thegrac~softhe Spirit, are they not givenfor exercife, and to be imployed about their proper objeers ~ Aman is net amm. a Chrifiian is not a Chrifiian when he ·is not waking; he ft> far degenerates from him1. felfe,as he yeelds umo-any unbefeeming carri- ( age. Wherefore hath God(given·us undtrjlan-~ J: ----~-iJJ_~_,b_u_t-to-co_~_c_e_iv_e_t_h_e-_be_a_t_h_in_g_s_ · :_w_h_e_re_bf_o_r.e_ .. - ave ... ~
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