Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

The reason is this, because in the second Commandment all institutions are commanded; all the inventions of men are forbidden. All the institutions of Christ come within the second Commandment; and therefore, saith he, I will show mercy to a thousand generations of those that l•ve me, and ke•p my commandments. Now here's an hundred-fold, in that mercy is shown to a thousand generations. Well, what God gives to our children, and to our posterity, that he gives unto us.

The reason is this, because in the second Commandment all institutions are commanded; all the inventions of men are forbidden. All the institutions of Christ come within the second Commandment; and therefore, saith he, I will shew mercy to a thousand generations of those that l•ve me, and ke•p my commandments. Now here's an hundred-fold, in that mercy is sh•wn to a thousand generations. Well, what God gives to our children, and to our posterity, that he gives unto us.

A third consideration is this. Look what that is which we have in effect, that we have in truth, though we have it not in the formality. Now look whatsoever you do lay out for Christ, whatsoever worldly interest you do part withal, and forsake for Christ, that you shall have in effect. Why? because the same affection doth still remain. I will express it thus: Suppose you have a Crab-stock, and there you plant a Harvey, or a Pearmain, or a Pippin; why the Pippin is an hundred times better then the Crab would have been. Why 'tis the same stock still, under the Harvey, or Pippin, or Pearmain; only there's an Apple planted that's an hundred times better then the Crab was. So now, you have a delight in the things of the world: well, you leave this delight for Christ; you leave not the affection, but there's a better object planted upon the affection; and there being a better object planted upon the same delight, thus you have ⟨p. 76⟩