Epp ofS. Paid to ritta. CHAP.Z.I 2 tight of a father, thewidowe of an husband, the blind ofeyes, the lame 473 of feet, and fo in other callings, although not fo publike. 4. Whofocuer 4 would haue Gods image reftored and renewedvpon him , mull exercife r'tghteoufneffe. God is truth it felfe, his image (landed-tin righteoufneffe inward and outward : wouldfl thou be like rnto God praelife this ver- tue in word and deed. And this was Satans thine, he (lcod not in truth& righteoufnefie, but was a lyer and murtherer from the beginning, vnto whom vniufl dealersor fpeakers conforme themfelues. Andgody,1 Fiel, the proper workeof pietie will appeare in this de- t. The proper finition. Godlines is agrace, whereby God is rightlyworfhipped both inwardly 4vhat ; "`r' and outwardly. I lay , rightly worfhipped, that I might both include the knowledge ofthe true God,as he bath revealed himfelfe in his vvord,and faith, loue, and a tacere heart ; as alto exclude all falle worfhip, either of a falle God, or of the true God in a falfe manner, whether in Phari- faicali hypocrifie, or Laodicean coldnelfe and lukewarmnes. I adde both inwardly: For, r. God is a fpirir. a. the infide mull be washed firfl. 3. all oblations, facrifices, falls, acmes, vanes, are reieéted as abhominable without this, Ifa.i.ao. eflndalfo outwardly : For, r. God requireth the whole llrength. a. ñimfelfe hathinfiitutcd diuerfe outward aEtions of religion, as thehearingof theword, receiuing of Sacraments, prayer, obferuationof his Sabbaths, whereinwe muff profeffe our feluesto bee his, and whereinwecannot bee wantingwithout forne degree of con- tempt againft himfelfe. 3. God hath created, redeemed,gouerneth,and giueeh his law to the wholeman,yea to cuery member how it fhould be ordered, both in his worfhip, and out ofit alto. The fecondpoint is, the rules ofpraife, and the principal! are fine. ItRutesof I. Learne to knowe God as he hath revealed himfelfe in his word ; and P'`as't reioycemore that thou knowelt God chewing mercy judgement, and Ier.9.xl. righ teoufnef e in the earth, then in wifedome, wealth, or lircngth:for all fuch reioyciug as this is not good , andwill not hold our. z. walke with 2 Gad, and this is done two wales. Firff,by the light of his word. Se- Gcn.iy.r. condly, by the fight of himfelfe. To doe the former, thoumuff giue vp thyowne reafon,will, wifedot:re,affedlions.âor how abfurdwill it feem to reafon, with the word to call the hungrie blefled; toaccount the rich unhappy, elleeme corre&ions loue: the luiians of the world would fcoffeat fuch paradoxes; who as theProphet fneakcth,wallç by thefpar- li &.se.n. Wes of theirownefire: but the lifeof faith is , when the heart giueth vp the whole manvnto Gods leading, whenhiswiiedome is become thy dircElion, and his word themen ofthy couxfell. And for the latter thou Pro.iIo.24. mutt doe three things. Firft, fet thy felfeoften in his fight, andhimfelfe alwaies at thy right,hand: let thy heart religioully thiAe vpon him, and G g 4 his
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