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First therefore, art thou called to be a son? then this estate requireth other manners, thou must behave thy self as a son; that is, thou must abdicate and abandon all bad company, all thy former sins and lusts, never to resume, or take them into thy practise again.

First therefore, art thou called to be a sonne? then this estate requireth other manners, thou must behave thy selfe as a sonne; that is, thou must abdicate and abandon all bad company, all thy former sinnes and lusts, never to resume, or take them into thy practise againe.

It had been a shame for Saul after he was made King to follow his fathers Asses; it had been a shame for David after he was made King, to follow the Ewes with young, as before Psalm 78.71.¹ It had been a shame also for Agathocles a Potters son, to be raking in the dirt and mire, when he was a King. In like manner must it needs be a shame for us, who are heirs apparent to the kingdom of heaven, to be grovelling among things of this life with others; but as we are partakers of that heavenly calling, Heb. 3.1.² So should we have our conversation in Heaven, Phil. 2.20.

It had beene a shame for Saul after he was made King to follow his fathers Asses; it had beene a shame for David after he was made King, to follow the Ewes with young, as before Psalme 78.71.¹