Sermons preached

(1.) The better Principle, the more it is obeyed, the more it is strengthened; for the Way of the Lord is Strength to the Upright, Prov. 10. 29. The Habits of Grace increase by Exercise; and the more Godly and Heavenly we are, the more we shall be so; and the more constantly we act Grace, the more easily and readily we act it, and with greater pleasure and delight. This is a sure Rule, that God rewardeth Grace with Grace; one Duty is an Help to another, and the Sweetness and Pleasure groweth upon us every day. It is at first yoking, that the Bullock is most unruly; and Beginners are burdened with the toil of Obedience more than grown Christians. Christ's Yoke groweth more easy every day by the bearing; for the Opposition is more broken, and the Experience of the sweetness and goodness of this way is more increased, Prov. 4. 18, 19.

(1.) The better Principle, the more it is obeyed, the more it is strengthned; for the Way of the Lord is Strength to the Upright, Prov. 10. 29. The Habits of Grace increase by Exercise; and the more Godly and Heavenly we are, the more we shall be so; and the more constantly we act Grace, the more easily and readily we act it, and with greater pleasure and delight. This is a sure Rule, that God rewardeth Grace with Grace; one Duty is an Help to another, and the Sweetness and Pleasure groweth upon us every day. It is at first yoking, that the Bullock is most unruly; and Beginners are burthen'd with the toil of Obedience more than grown Christians. Christ's Yoak groweth more easy every day by the bearing; for the Opposition is more broken, and the Experience of the sweetness and goodness of this way is more increased, Prov. 4. 18, 19.

(2.) The Power of inbred Corruption is subdued, and the Lusts of the Flesh weakened: for as the better Principle groweth, the other loseth Strength. Mortification and Vivification mutually help one another; the more we are dead unto Sin, the more we are alive unto Righteousness: so on the other side, the more we live unto Righteousness, the more we are dead to Sin; for the carnal Life is swallowed up of the spiritual. And therefore to grown Christians Temptations either make none, or no considerable Impression; they