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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. Sect. 3 Reasons persuading to universal obedience. 1. Because God requireth it.
§. Sect. 3 Reasons perswading to vniuersall obedience. 1. Because God requireth it.
The reasons which may move us to yield this universal obedience to the whole revealed will of God, are divers; first, because God commandeth 1it. Neither doth he require that we should keep his Law in some things, and break it in others, or in most things, and neglect it in some few, seeing no Prince will accept from his subject such obedience; but all and every of his Commandments without exception. He bindeth us strictly to observe all his Statutes and Judgements which he setteth before us; that whatsoever he commandeth us, we observe to do it; neither adding thereto, 2nor diminishing from it; that we set our hearts to obey all the Words of his Law, turning not therefrom to the right hand, nor to the left. So our Saviour Christ enjoineth his Disciples to preach unto all nations, teaching them to observe all 3things whatsoever he commanded. The which the Apostle observed in his own practice; keeping in all things a good conscience before God, and living 4honestly before men. And unto this total obedience to all Gods Law, doth he restrain all his promises; If (saith he) thou wilt hearken diligently unto 5the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his Commandments; then I will advance thee, and all my blessings shall come upon thee, &c. Whereas that which is but in part, can expect no reward, but rather deserved punishment. For as it is in this case between the Prince and his subject, so also between God and us. Though a man observe the whole Law of his Sovereign, and committeth only one heinous and capital crime, his obedience is not rewarded, seeing therein he doth but his duty, but for his offence he is justly punished.