Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

II. Another Consequent that follows from our Rest in our Sanctification in Christ is this, hence we see the difference between civility, or Morality, and true holiness, true Sanctification, you have heard, I suppose, Ministers speak of civil Men, and men that have mere morality, and live civilly, I make no Question but you have wondered what they have meant, what is this morality? We ⟨p. 330⟩hear Ministers speak of Moral men, such a one is a good Moral man, or such a one is a civil man, what would they have more? Would they not have men civil? Do they not live inoffensively? Pay every one their own, they do no wrong, they come to Church and serve God, what would they have more? And yet we hear Ministers say, this is not enough, to be civil, and not to live in scandalous sins as others do, this is not enough. Now it is true, this is not enough, and by that which you have heard out of this point, you may discern that it is not enough, and that there is more required then so, and by this you may know the difference between your civil and moral man, and those that have true holiness and Sanctification. Your civil man and moral man, he hath restraining Grace, that keeps in his Corruption, and what he doth it is through strength of Reason, he sees in Reason that to live in such a wicked course as others do, to Lie, Swear, Drink, be unclean, Cheat and Cozen, the light of Nature teacheth that this is a sin. And so the Heathen, the moral Philosophers, that is, those that by the light of Nature saw the evil of such notorious vices, and saw what the Rules of Nature were for the guiding of their manners. So I say your civil men, they have improved somewhat of the light of Nature, they see by the light of Nature that they must not live in such and such sins as others do, and it is better to live justly, yea, and to be bountiful to the poor, many reach so far, I but all this goes no further then the common light of Nature, then the prudence and Reason of a man as a rational creature may carry him to.

II. Another Consequent that follows from our Rest in our Sanctification in Christ is this, hence we see the difference between civility, or Morality, and true holiness, true Sanctification, you have heard, I suppose, Ministers speak of civil Men, and men that have meer morality, and live civilly, I make no Question but you have wondred what they have meant, what is this morallity? We ⟨p. 330⟩