The truly blessed man

To go no further in Gods Service than forced is an ill sign. DOCTRINE III.

IT is an ill sign, when men will go no farther in Gods Service, than they are forced by severity. Here lies the force of the argument in the Text. The horse and mule, will not come at you except you put a bridle on him; let him have his liberty, and he will be gone: and if we act thus, we shall show that we remain under the power of our brutishness which we contracted by the fall. Here take these Conclusions.

IT is an ill sign, when men will go no farther in Gods Service, than they are forced by severity. Here lies the force of the argument in the Text. The horse and mule, will not come at you except you put a bridle on him; let him have his liberty, and he will be gone: and if we act thus, we shall shew that we remain under the power of our brutishness which we contracted by the fall. Here take these Conclusions.

1. That there is an outward Service which God requireth of his people, consisting in a well ordered Conversation. This is not all, nor will this alone answer his expectation. However, this God doth expect of all that profess themselves to be his people. For, though men may make a specious show when their hearts are not right, yet if there be not a visible conformity to the Commands of God, it is an open Testimony against such, that they do not serve him: And it is vain for men to say, they have a good heart, when they lead a disordered ⟨p. 481⟩life. Man consists of Soul and Body, and both are owing to Gods Service,