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4
Godlinci
e,
what.
Godlineße 4
ïlyflerie.
it
is
fo
under
the
Peale
of
publike
confeilion
:
to
obferve fo
mew
hat from
each
of
thefe.
Go
dlineße,
Godlinefe,is
either the Principles
of
Ch
riftan
Religion,
or
the inward
difpofition
of
the foule
towards
them
the
inward
holy
affection
of
the
foule;
the word
implyeth both
:
for
Goddineße
is
not
onely
the
naked
Principles
of
Religion,
but likewife the
Chriftianaffeúion,
the
inward
bent
of
the
foule, futable
to
Divine Principles
there
tnuft
be
a
godly
difpoftion,
carrying us
to
godly Truths. That
Godlincje
includes
the
Truths themfelves,
I
need
goe no
further
then
the connexion
:
In
the lafi words
of
the
former
Verfe,
The Church
is
the
P
War
andground
of
Truth;
and then
it
follower,
without
controverfie,
great
is
the
Myflerie
(he
doth
not
fay
of
Truth, but-)
of
Godlineße; in
ftead
of
Truth,
bee
fayth
GAIL
lineße,
The
fame word
implyes
the
Truths
them
felves,
and
the
affe,tion
and
difpofition
of
the
foule to-
ward
themTruths,to
(hew
that
both
mull
alway
goe
together.
wherefoever
Chriftian
Truth
is
knowne as
it
fhould
be there
is a
fupernaturall
Light
:
it
is
not
onely
a
godly
'Truth
in
it
felfe,
but it
is
embraced with
godly affe8 ions. Thefe
blefTed
Truths
of
the
Golpel,
they require and
breed
a
godly
difpofìtion;
the
end
of
them
,
is
godIi
,Ieße,they
frame
the
foule
togodlineße:
Thus
we
fee
the
Truths
themfelves
aregodlineße,carry-
tng
us
to
God,
and
holinef
a
that
I
need
not
---
much