Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation

And though a good man may be too much overgrown, be too Legal, and too Mosaical; yet notwithstanding he doth not, he cannot, wish that there were ⟨p. 372⟩no Law, because the Law is written in his heart; another that is under the power of the Law, could wish with all his Soul, that there were no Law, because he is under the power of it.

Again, Though a good man may be too much overgrown with Legality, yet he doth most savour the things of the Gospel, spiritual things: For every man is according to what he savours. Three men come to a Sermon — One's an Affectionate man — Another an Expressionate man, a man of parts — Another a Spiritual man; and the Preacher hath (it may be) all three. He hath Affection, he hath Expression, he hath Spiritual matter: The Affectionate man is most taken with the Affectionate part: The Expressionist, and the man of parts, is most taken with the Expressions of the Sermon; and there he hangs, such and such rare Expressions there were — But the Spiritual man is most taken with the Spiritual matter of the Sermon; for every man is according to the things that he savours. Now, I say, a good man, though he may be overgrown with Legality, yet he savours spiritual and Gospel-things most.

And then again, Though a good man may be too Legal, yet notwithstanding, he don't, he cannot, oppose those that are Spiritual, and Evangelical, and of a Gospel Spirit. Though a spark of fire be not so great as the flame, it will not oppose the flame; and though a good man be too Legal, he will not oppose and persecute them that are Evangelical, a Legalist will; saith the Apostle, But the Son of the Bond-woman, persecuted the S•n of the Free-woman. And truly, the more Legal we are, the more we are apt for to persecute. So that thus then we see what a dangerous thing it is to be Legal and Mosaical in these Gospel times.