The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…

Therefore you shall find in Scripture, that there are many ⟨p. 7⟩arguments drawn from self-love, and self-seeking, to persuade us to holiness, and dissuade us from sin, Deut. 28. Lev. 26. Deut. 32. 46, 47. Is. 1. 19. Rom. 2. 7, 8. Rom. 8. 13. Gal. 6. 8. The Scripture gives us leave to love our selves, and to seek our selves, so it be in a right manner. Moses did not sin in having an eye to the recompense of reward. Nor did the Martyrs who could not accept deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection, Heb. 11. 35. who received joyfully the spoiling of their goods, knowing in themselves that they had in Heaven a better, and an enduring substance, Heb. 10. 34. It is said, even of Christ himself, That for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, and despised the shame, &c. Heb. 12. 2. There is a great difference between amor mercenarius, and amor mercedis, Mercenary love, and the love of the reward. Mercenary love is, when we serve God only for reward. This is sinful, but to make the hope of reward one motive of service, is not only lawful, but necessary. For it is our duty to use all Gods Motives, as well as all Gods Ordinances, and as it is a sin for any man to say, that he hath no need of Gospel-Ordinances, so also to say that he hath no need of Gospel motives, amongst which, this is one of the chiefest.

Therefore you shall finde in Scripture, that there are many ⟨p. 7⟩arguments drawne from selfe-love, and selfe-seeking, to perswade us to holinesse, and disswade us from sin,