The doctrine of singular obedience, as the duty and property of the true Christian

Therefore when Christ said to them, Will you go away also? Peter if the Name of all of them said, Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of Eternal Life: q. d. We can never-mend our selves let's go where we will. As for His true Disciples, nothing can move them from their steadfastness, no Temptation can turn them out of the way of Obedience: or if they do turn aside, they will soon return again; Psal. 44. 17,—All this is come upon us, nevertheless we have not dealt-falsely in thy Covenant: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; although' thou hast broken us sore in the place of Dragons, and covered us with the shadow of Death. Thus then the true Disciple of Christ is constant in his Obedience; he is the same man at all Times, in all Places, in all Companies, Fixed and Constant: wherever you find him, he is a God-fearing man.

Therefore when Christ said to them, Will you go away also? Peter if the Name of all of them said, Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of Eternal Life: q. d. We can never-mend our selves let's go where we will. As for His true Disciples, nothing can move them from their steadfastness, no Temptation can turn them out of the way of Obedience: or if they do turn aside, they will soon return again; Psal. 44. 17,—All this is come upon us, nevertheless we have not dealt-falsely in thy Covenant: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; altho' thou hast broken us sore in the place of Dragons, and covered us with the shadow of Death. Thus then the true Disciple of Christ is constant in his Obedience; he is the same man at all Times, in all Places, in all Companies, Fixed and Constant: wherever you find him, he is a God-fearing man.

III. It is the Duty and the Property of the true Disciple of Christ, to Out-do others in respect of Passive Obedience. In respect of a Profound Submission and Resignation to the Will of God, in whatever afflictive Dispensations of His Holy Providence may attend them. This Christ has taught His Disciples, not by Precept only, but by His Holy Example, Heb. 5. 18. He learned Obedience by the things that he suffered. When the greatest Agony that ever man endured was coming upon Him, He said, Not my Will, but thy Will be done. This is the highest Obedience: For a man to Submit to the Will of God in Affliction, is a greater Obedience than to do what God Requires in a way of Active Obedience. We have notable Examples of this, not only in the New, but in the Old Testament Believers. Thus Abraham when God had given him a Son in a Miraculous way, for him now to part with that Son at the Command of God, was certainly a great trial as of his Faith so of his Obedience. Nevertheless he readily complied, rising Early to perform what was Commanded him,