A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

2. When it doth not quicken us to new obedience: when there is a receiving without returning, without any activity for God in holy walking: where there is no Delight in the Law of God: when his commandments are grievous: when the law doth only compel, but the Spirit of the Gospel doth not incline our wills to the obedience of the Gospel: when by the receiving of the Gospel we are not made a willing people, to give up our selves to God in the ways of duty: when faith is not made incarnate (as Luther speaks) by maintaining good works, Tit. 3.8.

2. When it doth not quicken us to new obedience: when there is a receiving without returning, without any activity for God in holy walking: where there is no Delight in the Law of God: when his commandments are grievous: when the law doth only compell, but the Spirit of the Gospel doth not encline our wills to the obedience of the Gospel: when by the receiving of the Gospel we are not made a willing people, to give up our selves to God in the ways of duty: when faith is not made incarnate (as Luther speaks) by maintaining good works, Tit. 3.8.

3. When we so receive grace, as that it doth not sustain us in our troubles, nor bear us up in our sufferings, when it is not a word of patience, as it is called, Rev. 3.10. Thou hast kept the word of my patience. The Gospel duly received, as to the Issue of its reception, maketh us patient to bear whatever is displeasing and ungrateful unto sense. When we see that the Justice of God is satisfied, we can easily bear the injustice of men. When we see that God's wrath is appeased towards us, we shall look upon the wrath of man, yea all outward troubles, to be cold and feeble.