. Conscience with the power and cases thereof :. MANS°bvTY IN GENERALL Chap, Obedience in General!* |Itherto we have^fpoken of thoft things thatbelong to the date of man, now it followesthat we inquire into the aftions, and conver-fation of his life. And here in the firft place we are to intreatof obedience to God in generall5 whereThe nrft QjJeftion is what are the fignes of true obedience ?i •€•/»/. Firft9 if we make more account of Gods will then Signes of trueany commands of men, or any pleafureofourowne, Atts obedience, The reaibn isbecaufe obedienceproperly c
. Conscience with the power and cases thereof :. MANS°bvTY IN GENERALL Chap, Obedience in General!* |Itherto we have^fpoken of thoft things thatbelong to the date of man, now it followesthat we inquire into the aftions, and conver-fation of his life. And here in the firft place we are to intreatof obedience to God in generall5 whereThe nrft QjJeftion is what are the fignes of true obedience ?i •€•/»/. Firft9 if we make more account of Gods will then Signes of trueany commands of men, or any pleafureofourowne, Atts obedience, The reaibn isbecaufe obedienceproperly confifts in this, that we do fimply, and abfolutclyapply our will to the will of God. 2. Secondly, if our hearts bee flexible, and eafy to bewrought upon by Gods perfuafion, 2?«2i& where. 5$ The Third Book* I \a ^hcre the w««Ti«rtf7r!ifl«;*5 children as 1 may fay infu&fibUl- )f^rf!^rCn tatis« that are not to beperfwaded. For they arcoppoledtocrWi thole which i P^r. 14. arc card t*kv* uttwow; obedient chil- dren. Oppofite to this difpoficion is a hard 9 and ftonyheart. 3. Thirdly, if we 4^prepare our felves to follow the willofGod in all things, 2X^. Even in thofe which feemeto be oppofite to, and to crofTe our profits, (o that thefltfhapprehend8thecntobeevilI3^.n,8tPfe//. 4. Fourthly,if we do apply our leives to the obedience ofGods will5eveH then when we fee no reafon for it John 137,^ Otherwife we follow not (imply Gods will,but the reafon of it. 5. Fifthly, if we be ready in regard ofthedifpofition andbent of the heart, to obey Gods will not only in thofe thingswherein we know his pleafare, but even in thofe wherein torthe prefent we are ignorant of his m\l,,27* 6. Sixthly 5 if we defirc moft of all, to know that part ofG
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