Use 2 Of direction and exhortation to all that desire to walk answerable to that knowledge they have, do you desire to be in Christ and know you are in Christ? Why, conform your selves to walk as Christ walked, if thou dost so, thou mayest keep a good Christmas all thy life, thou shalt keep Christs honour all thy life in remembrance, if thou walk as Christ walked; therefore Christ died; that we might dye unto sin, 1 Pet. 4.1, 2. whatever corruption is in you, let it die in you, mortify pride, and anger, and uncleanness, and covetousness, &c. learn to dye to these, and live to God; make it your chiefest pleasure to do Gods will, rise from all deadness, and sluggishness of Spirit; have you been unable to rule over your Spirits? Now put on the Spirit of Kings, over-rule your passions and corruptions, rule your Families, be as Priests to offer up sacrifices of prayer and praise, and alms; to offer up body and soul to Gods service, every work do it in obedience to Gods Commandment, do it with cheerfulness and meekness, do it to Gods glory, and if you be called to suffer, suffer Innocently, not for any sinful carriage, not for murder or theft, &c. but for Righteousness sake, and then suffer patiently and meekly, and whatever you suffer, be sure that you profit by it, by temptation, by crosses, by persecution, &c. learn obedience, and so you shall walk as Christ hath walked; be stirred up to walk in imitation of Christ, 1 Cor. 11.1. set this pattern before you, to imitate him both now, and all the year; look upon Christ, aim at him. work as he did, suffer as he did: and so for Ministers, walk faithfully, help the weak, bring back the stray, comfort the distressed, walk as Christ hath walked.
Ʋse 2 Of direction and exhortation to all that desire to walk answerable to that knowledge they have, do you desire to be in Christ and know you are in Christ? Why, conform your selves to walk as Christ walked, if thou dost so, thou maist keep a good Christmas all thy life, thou shalt keep Christs honour all thy life in remembrance, if thou walk as Christ walked; therefore Christ died; that we might dye unto sin, 1 Pet. 4.1, 2. whatever corruption is in you, let it die in you, mortifie pride, and anger, and uncleannesse, and covetousnesse, &c. learn to dye to these, and live to God; make it your chiefest pleasure to do Gods will, rise from all deadnesse, and sluggishnesse of Spirit; have you been unable to rule over your Spirits? Now put on the Spirit of Kings, over-rule your passions and corruptions, rule your Families, be as Priests to offer up sacrifices of prayer and praise, and alms; to offer up body and soul to Gods service, every work do it in obedience to Gods Commandment, do it with chearfullnesse and meeknesse, do it to Gods glory, and if you be called to suffer, suffer Innocently, not for any sinful carriage, not for murther or theft, &c. but for Righteousnesse sake, and then suffer patiently and meekly, and whatever you suffer, be sure that you profit by it, by temptation, by crosses, by persecution, &c. learn obedience, and so you shall walk as Christ hath walked; be stirred up to walk in imitation of Christ, 1 Cor. 11.1. set this pattern before you, to imitate him both now, and all the year; look upon Christ, aime at him. work as he did, suffer as he did: and so for Ministers, walk faithfully, help the weak, bring back the stray, comfort the distressed, walk as Christ hath walked.
