Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…

Believe it Sirs, If ye would have good fruits in your lives, there must be this root of holiness in your hearts; A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things. What water is in the Well, such will be in the bucket; and what ware ⟨p. 261⟩is in the shop, such will be on the stall; therefore when God promiseth that men shall walk in his ways, and keep his judgements, and do them; he promiseth also to put his Spirit, or a new spirit into them, which should enable them thereunto. Ezek. 11.19. Ezek 36.26, 27. The flesh will serve to enable a man to walk after the flesh; but the Spirit of God alone can enable man to walk after the spirit. Natural light is not sufficient to mortify natural lusts: It may cover for some time, but can never kill sin. Some men may be like the Lyons in Daniels den, chained up, or restrained, and yet have their ravenous dispositions, their old carnal hearts still. Civility though commendable, yet without inward sanctity, is not sufficient to prove one interested in a Saviour, or in a state of salvation. There is as much difference between a Moral man and a real Christian, as between a lifeless picture and a living person. A Lion and a Lamb, a Raven and a Dove, darkness and light, death and life do not differ more then a sinner and a Saint, then a man only civilized and a sanctified Christian.

Believe it Sirs, If ye would have good fruits in your lives, there must be this root of holiness in your hearts; A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things. What water is in the Well, such will be in the bucket; and what ware ⟨p. 261⟩is in the shop, such will be on the stall; therefore when God promiseth that men shall walk in his wayes, and keep his judgements, and do them; he promiseth also to put his Spirit, or a new spirit into them, which should enable them thereunto. Ezek. 11.19. Ezek 36.26, 27. The flesh will serve to enable a man to walk after the flesh; but the Spirit of God alone can enable man to walk after the spirit. Natural light is not sufficient to mortifie natural lusts: It may cover for some time, but can never kill sin. Some men may be like the Lyons in Daniels den, chained up, or restrained, and yet have their ravenous dispositions, their old carnal hearts still. Civility though commendable, yet without inward sanctity, is not sufficient to prove one interested in a Saviour, or in a state of salvation. There is as much difference between a Moral man and a real Christian, as between a liveless picture and a living person. A Lion and a Lamb, a Raven and a Dove, darkness and light, death and life do not differ more then a sinner and a Saint, then a man only civilized and a sanctified Christian.