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Doct. That helps and advantages for duty, are to be sought and embraced by Christians.^l

Doct. That helps and advantages for duty, are to be sought and imbraced by Christians.^l

1. lAdminicula quibus mentes ad precandum expeditae redduntur, non sunt negligenda Chem. in loc.

Christ when he went to pray, he got into a Mountain; not so much for his own need, as to teach us when we go upon duty, to take all the furtherances and advantages we can for the doing of it. But yet remember: ^*though natural helps are good, and to be sought; yet instituted helps, such as are of mens devising, are to be avoided. We must not go to the Philistines to sharpen our tools, nor ⟨p. 28⟩to the inventions of men, to sharpen and quicken our devotions. Those cannot be good affections, which are either kindled or blown up by the means of our devising, and not of Gods commanding.

Christ when he went to pray, he got into a Mountaine; not so much for his own need, as to teach us when we go upon duty, to take all the furtherances and advantages we can for the doing of it. But yet remember: ^*though naturall helps are good, and to be sought; yet instituted helps, such as are of mens devising, are to be avoided. We must not go to the Philistims to sharpen our tooles, nor ⟨p. 28⟩to the inventions of men, to sharpen and quicken our devotions. Those cannot be good affections, which are either kindled or blowne up by the meanes of our devising, and not of Gods commanding.