The Godly Man's Picture

22. A godly man is through-paced in Religion, ¹he obeys every Command of God, Act. 13. 22. I have found David a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. In the Greek [Greek or Hebrew] all my wills. A godly man labours to walk according to the full breadth and latitude of Gods Law. Every Command hath the same stamp of Divine Authority upon it, and he who is godly, will obey one Command as well as another, Psal. 119. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy Commandments. A godly man goes through all the Body of Religion, as the Sun through all the Signs of the Zodiac. He that is to play upon a ten-stringed Instrument, must strike upon every string, or he spoils all the Music. The ten Commandments may be compared to a ten-stringed Instrument, we must obey every Commandment, strike upon every string, or we can make no sweet Music in Religion: True obedience is fil• all; it is fit the Child should obey the Parent in all just and sober commands: Gods Laws are like the Curtains of the Tabernacle, which were looped together; they are ⟨p. 239⟩like a Chain of Gold, where all the links are coupled: A conscientious man will not willingly break one Link of this Chain; if one Command be violated, the whole Chain is broken, Jam. 2. 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole Law, yet offend in one point, is guilty of all. A voluntary breach of one of Gods Laws, involves a man in the guilt, and exposeth him to the curse of the whole Law: True obedience is entire and uniform: A good heart, like the Needle, points that way which the Load-stone draws.