CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

We come to the second Observation, the object of Obedience is described in the plural number, Thy words thou hast given me, They did not neglect or break any wilfully, They looked upon all as precious gold wherein the least O••e is not to be lost.

Obs. That it's the property of godly men to have a respect to all Gods Word, to look to all his commands; Herods and Pharaohs they will do some things,¹ but Davids and Josiahs they only will regard all, and indeed doing many things unless all will not save; There is a leak in the Ship that will overthrow all; This one spark will set all on fire, as David implieth, Psa. 119. Then shall I not be confounded when I have respect to all thy Commandments; That man who because he hath done many things looketh for heaven, will be in dreadful confusion when he shall see one sin able to shut the door of heaven against him, and mark the expression, when I have respect, he doth not say obey, but have respect, That doth imply besides the outward obedience, an inward awe and reverential eye towards every duty God requireth; Thus James also doth severely reprove this partial mutilated obedience, and pronounceth that heavy doom, He that breaketh one is guilty of all, Jam. 2.11. viz. because of the vinculum formale, the authority of God, which is in one as well as in another:

Obs. That it's the property of godly men to have a respect to all Gods Word, to look to all his commands; Herods and Pharaohs they will do some things,¹ but Davids and Josiahs they only will regard all, and indeed doing many things unlesse all will not save; There is a leak in the Ship that will overthrow all; This one spark will set all on fire, as David implieth,