Chap.7. according toSr M A T T t°7 & 6T. 291 God and men: which cannot beuirildit may bcfaid of a man, as :Chro.,, ;q.°t6 Shaphan laid of 3afahs work-men, illlthat Way given in charge to lá a.n,,s ; Z, thyfervanDs, they doe it. For not the hearers ()fine Law, but the Lit;t,,:s, doers (hall be ju[t tied, faith maul: (hall be ble(fttd, faith our Sa- 2 ,r' a 3 E y viouroften : (hall bemade thereby the friends of Chri(f, I,.i 6or . 3 14. thekindred ofChrift, Matth. 7 2.5o. Y"he glory of Chri(l', a C: 3 anr., s t, royal' diadem in thehand ofIeh,vah; yea, filch as have the honour to fèt the crown royall uponChr ills head in theday ofhis cfpouf- als. Teye therefore doers ofthe Word, faith S. lames, andnot hear - ersonly, deceiving, or putting paralogifanes, tricks and fallacies _q,><ouly (faphiffer like ) upon your own fouls. Thúy that place religion vas inbearing, and go no further, will prove egregious fools in the ).'m °,' end.. Which to prevent, look intently and accurately, faith that (loopdown, and pry heedfially into theper);ár low of li- berty (as the Cherubim! did into the Propitiatory, as the Angels do into the myfiery ofChrif1, asrce Difciplesdid into the f:.pu'- t P:r vita, chre cf Chrifl) andcontinueth:rein, till ye be transformed .there- Jo,,,Z,,í. into, Not beingfcrretfn!l hearers, but doers ofthe work.: f, fh Ili ye be biefed in the deed. It isnot enough to hear, but take. heedhoar you I laic a, z t, hear. Bringwithyou the loanof your firmer hearing. For to ex ,,ae 1, him than bath /hallbegiven, andwith what meafureye mete, it /hall be y.., meafured toyou. As ye meafure to God in preparation and pra- dice, he will meafure toyou in fítcceffi and blel3î ig : and every time that you hear, God will come to you in thefdneffefthe 6l.f- Rtmi6, ling ofthe Gofpelofpeace. See thatye ¡hip not off him that, [ cak, th, mc` `Tx a:°f :l.. i1 atilt FS, Pleb, I2.25, Veniat, venial vcr6um Dardai, &fubuittei : i!11, do'.cctl P. fexcentaftnobis efent calla, laid a notable Dutch Di'tine. Let God a cc r 8<q: fprak, and we will yecld, though it were to the toff_ ofa thonfand Roaa,5.17. lives, The t 'facedonians delivered themtfelves up to god, and the Ramon: to theformof dottrine that was delivered unto them : they t .or impretlion from it, as the metall do h from the mould, or as the waxdothfrom the feal. David lifed up his hands to gods Commandments, PUT 19.48. he did ali the wile of goat who had A`L z3.3 . act him bothhis time andhis task. Hefts alibis f:rvants awork, and rc glireth their pains, FIof,7o, 7 7 . Ephraim was an heifer tsfed so dance, and delight in the [oft ftraw , and could not abide to plow, but the Lord will make him both bear and draw. Rcligi- on is not a name, faith one, goodneff_ a word ; it is adivc litre fire, communicative like l ght. As the lifeofthings- fta Ids in goodaeac M.Thrrir. z fathelifeof goodixcfle in aftion. The chief1t goods ate matt Ì'c.tor14 t c. V 4 alive,
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