Secondly, The white Robe of his grace of Sanctification, Rev. 5. 11. Thou that art in the flesh, that is, unrenewed, unsanctified, canst not please God, Rom. 8. 8. Never think to make up the matter by a little mending and reforming particular Acts: Man thy heart must be renewed; thy state must be clean altered; or God cannot be pleased, Matth. 7. 16, 17, 18. The Tree must be made good; the Fountain must be healed, or else the Stream will be salt and the Fruit sour. If Christ be once formed in thee, that is, his image in his grace: Likeness is the ground of Love: Similitude and suitableness of nature, is the lodestone of Affection. God cannot but love his own likeness, wouldst thou have his Favour? wouldst thou be his Delight? then conform to his pleasure, study to be like him, purify thy self as he is pure. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness: he desireth ⟨p. 20⟩truth in the inward parts, and takes infinite complacency in the graces of his people. These are the Spikenard and the Saffron, the Spices, the Beds of Lilies; the sweet Ointments that Christ is so taken up with: These are the Cinnamon and the Trees of Frankincense, the Calamus and the Camphire; the Myrrh and the Aloes: the Chains of the neck, and the precious Pearls that he is so ravished withal, and doth so superlatively commend, Cant. 4. 9. This is the Raiment of Needlework, and Gold of Ophir, wherein the Queen is presented to her Royal Husband, Psal. 45. 9, 13. Therefore as the Elect of God holy and beloved, Col. 5. 12, 13. Put ye on bowels of mercy, kindness: put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, filthy communication, and put on the new Man, Col. 3. 9, 10. Particularly, let me commend to you some special graces which God doth manifest himself to be wonderfully pleased withal. As ever you would please God get on these:
Secondly, The white Robe of his grace of Sanctification, Rev. 5. 11. Thou that art in the flesh, that is, unrenewed, unsanctified, canst not please God, Rom. 8. 8. Never think to make up the matter by a little mending and reforming particular Acts: Man thy heart must be renewed; thy state must be clean altered; or God cannot be pleased, Matth. 7. 16, 17, 18. The Tree must be made good; the Fountain must be healed, or else the Stream will be salt and the Fruit sowr. If Christ be once formed in thee, that is, his image in his grace: Likeness is the ground of Love: Similitude and suitableness of nature, is the loadstone of Affection. God cannot but love his own likeness, wouldst thou have his Favour? wouldst thou be his Delight? then conform to his pleasure, study to be like him, purifie thy self as he is pure. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness: he desireth ⟨p. 20⟩truth in the inward parts, and takes infinite complacency in the graces of his people. These are the Spikenard and the Saffron, the Spices, the Beds of Lillies; the sweet Ointments that Christ is so taken up with: These are the Cinamon and the Trees of Frankincense, the Calamus and the Camphire; the Myrrhe and the Aloes: the Chains of the neck, and the precious Pearls that he is so ravished withall, and doth so superlatively commend, Cant. 4. 9. This is the Rayment of Needlework, and Gold of Ophir, wherein the Queen is presented to her Royal Husband, Psal. 45. 9, 13. Therefore as the Elect of God holy and beloved, Col. 5. 12, 13. Put ye on bowels of mercy, kindness: put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, filthy communication, and put on the new Man, Col. 3. 9, 10. Particularly, let me commend to you some special graces which God doth manifest himself to be wonderfully pleased withall. As ever you would please God get on these:
