The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful…The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull…

5. That for this Active personal glorifying of God, man must have a Rule. It is not enough that he have an inward principle of Sanctification put into him, whereby he is disposed unto this Service, and empowered for the discharging of it, though without it he must needs fall short of his great end; but he must also have a directory to show him his way, in which this work is to be done. As there must be an heart in us inclining of us to Glorify God, else we cannot move one step towards it, so there must be a way according to which we are to incline our selves hereunto. It is certain that there are those things whereby God is dishonoured in the lives of the Children of men as well as those whereby they do honour him; and how should the man be able either to avoid the one, or rightly to ⟨p. 186⟩prosecute the other, except he have something to guide his steps, and order his Conversation by? for this therefore there must be a Rule laid before him, hence God tells them, Mic. 6 8. He hath shown thee Oh man, what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to d• justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? the promise therefore is made to such as live conformably to this Rule, Gal. 6. 16. As many as walk according to this Rule, peace be on them, and mercy; and it is the alone prerogative of God, not only to require Service of his Creature, which it owes to him as he is its supreme Lord and Owner, but also to prescribe to it how and wherein he will be Served by it. He who is our Lord and King, is our Law giver too,. Isa. 33. 22. And he must some way or other reveal this to them that are concerned in it, how else should they know how to order their conversation aright, so as to see his Salvation? It is by this Rule that they are to square all their actions; they must therefore look upon it, and apply it to every step▪ David saith, Psal. 119. 105. Thy word is a light to my feet, and a lamp to my path; but this it cannot be except they be acquainted with it; so that they must receive it from him in order to their practising of it,