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           TWO
           SERMONS
           Preached
           at
           THURLOW
           IN
           SUFFOLK
           .
        
         
           
             On
             those
             words
          
           ,
           
             Rom.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             —
             Yield
             your selves
             to
             God
             —
          
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             H.
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           
             Three
             Crowns
          
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Cheapside
           .
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           much
           honoured
           Bartholomew
           Soame
           of
           Thurlow
           
             Esq
          
           and
           Susanna
           his
           pious
           Consort
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Worthy
             Friends
             ;
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           at
           length
           yielded
           to
           your
           Importunity
           ;
           and
           do
           here
           offer
           these
           Sermons
           to
           publick
           view
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           ;
           which
           were
           ,
           one
           day
           the
           last
           Summer
           ,
           preached
           under
           your
           roof
           ;
           attributing
           more
           to
           your
           pious
           design
           herein
           ,
           than
           to
           my
           own
           reasons
           against
           it
           .
           I
           no
           farther
           insist
           upon
           the
           incongruity
           ,
           having
           divers
           years
           ago
           published
           a
           small
           Treatise
           of
           Self-dedication
           ,
           now
           again
           to
           
           send
           abroad
           another
           on
           the
           same
           Subject
           .
           For
           the
           way
           of
           Tractation
           is
           here
           very
           different
           ;
           this
           may
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           divers
           ,
           who
           have
           never
           seen
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           however
           ,
           they
           who
           have
           read
           the
           other
           ,
           have
           it
           in
           their
           choice
           whether
           they
           will
           trouble
           themselves
           with
           this
           or
           no.
           And
           tho'
           your
           purpose
           which
           you
           urged
           me
           with
           ,
           of
           lodging
           one
           of
           these
           little
           Books
           in
           each
           family
           of
           the
           hearers
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           answered
           by
           so
           disposing
           of
           many
           a
           better
           Book
           already
           extant
           ;
           yet
           you
           having
           told
           me
           how
           greatly
           you
           observed
           them
           to
           be
           moved
           by
           these
           plain
           Discourses
           ,
           considering
           the
           peculiar
           advantage
           of
           reading
           what
           had
           been
           ,
           with
           some
           acceptance
           and
           relish
           heard
           before
           (
           through
           that
           greater
           vigour
           that
           accompanies
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           
           Preaching
           to
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           than
           doth
           usually
           the
           solitary
           first
           reading
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           )
           I
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           incurring
           a
           guilt
           ,
           by
           refusing
           a
           thing
           so
           much
           desired
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           through
           God's
           blessing
           ,
           might
           contribute
           something
           ,
           tho'
           in
           never
           so
           low
           a
           degree
           ,
           to
           the
           saving
           of
           mens
           Souls
           .
           I
           could
           not
           indeed
           ,
           as
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           undertake
           to
           recollect
           every
           thing
           that
           was
           spoken
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           latitude
           ,
           and
           freedom
           of
           expression
           ,
           wherewith
           it
           was
           fit
           to
           inculcate
           momentous
           things
           ,
           to
           a
           plain
           Countrey-Auditory
           .
           But
           I
           have
           omitted
           nothing
           I
           could
           call
           to
           mind
           .
           Being
           little
           concern'd
           that
           the
           more
           curious
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           with
           dislike
           ,
           how
           much
           ,
           in
           a
           work
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           I
           prefer
           plainness
           (
           tho'
           they
           may
           call
           it
           rudeness
           )
           
           of
           speech
           ,
           before
           that
           which
           goes
           for
           
             wisdom
             of
             words
          
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           laboured
           Periods
           .
        
         
           May
           you
           find
           an
           abundant
           
             blessing
             on
             your
             Houshold
          
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           
             the
             Ark
          
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           so
           piously
           ,
           and
           kindly
           received
           :
           And
           whereas
           ,
           by
           your
           means
           ,
           the
           parts
           about
           you
           ,
           have
           an
           help
           for
           the
           spreading
           
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
          
           among
           them
           ,
           added
           to
           what
           they
           otherwise
           more
           statedly
           enjoy
           ;
           may
           the
           blessing
           of
           Heaven
           succeed
           all
           sincere
           endeavours
           of
           both
           sorts
           ;
           to
           the
           more
           general
           introducing
           of
           the
           
             new
             man
             which
             is
             renew'd
             in
             knowledge
             —
             where
             there
             is
             neither
             Jew
             nor
             Greek
             ,
             Circumcision
             ,
             nor
             Uncircumcision
             ,
             but
             Christ
             is
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             :
          
           To
           whose
           Grace
           ,
           you
           are
           ,
           with
           sincere
           affection
           ,
           
           and
           great
           sense
           of
           your
           kindness
           ,
           earnestly
           recommended
           ,
           by
        
         
           
             Your
             much
             oblig'd
             ,
             faithful
             Servant
             in
             Christ
             ,
             John
             Howe
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           These
           Books
           Written
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           ,
           are
           sold
           by
           Thomas
           Parkhurst
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           Three
           Crowns
           in
           Cheapside
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           THE
           Blessedness
           of
           the
           Righteous
           :
           The
           Vanity
           of
           this
           Mortal
           Life
           .
           On
           
             Psalm
             17.
             ver
          
           .
           15.
           and
           Psalm
           89.
           47.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Of
           Thoughtfulness
           for
           the
           Morrow
           ,
           with
           an
           Appendix
           concerning
           the
           Immoderate
           Desire
           of
           Fore-knowing
           things
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Redeemer's
           Tears
           wept
           over
           lost
           Souls
           ,
           in
           a
           Treatise
           on
           Luke
           19.
           41
           ,
           42.
           
           With
           an
           Appendix
           wherein
           somewhat
           is
           occasionally
           discoursed
           concerning
           the
           Sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           how
           God
           is
           said
           to
           Will
           the
           Salvation
           of
           them
           that
           perish
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Of
           Charity
           in
           Reference
           to
           other
           Mens
           Sins
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           A
           Sermon
           directing
           what
           we
           are
           to
           do
           after
           a
           strict
           inquiry
           whether
           or
           no
           we
           truly
           love
           God.
           
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Saving
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           
             David
             Clarkson
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           The
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           to
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           A
           Warning
           to
           Sinners
           to
           prepare
           for
           Judgment
           ,
           by
           
             Nath.
             Vincent
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           Old
           Age
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           Instruction
           ,
           Caution
           and
           Comfort
           of
           Aged
           Persons
           .
        
         
           Baptismal
           Bonds
           Renewed
           ,
           being
           Meditations
           upon
           
             Psalm
             50.
             ver
          
           .
           5.
           
           By
           
             O.
             Heywood
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Rom.
             6
             part
             of
             the
             13th
             verse
             .
          
           
             —
             Yield
             your selves
             to
             God.
             —
          
        
         
           THese
           are
           but
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           but
           I
           can
           speak
           to
           you
           of
           no
           greater
           or
           more
           important
           thing
           than
           I
           am
           to
           press
           upon
           you
           from
           them
           this
           day
           .
           We
           are
           above
           taught
           how
           absurd
           it
           is
           to
           continue
           in
           sin
           ,
           whereto
           we
           are
           avowedly
           dead
           ,
           v.
           1
           ,
           2.
           as
           is
           signified
           by
           our
           Baptism
           ;
           together
           with
           our
           entrance
           into
           a
           new
           state
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           both
           we
           are
           to
           be
           conformed
           unto
           the
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           v.
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           so
           that
           sin
           ought
           now
           no
           more
           to
           have
           a
           new
           dominion
           over
           us
           ,
           than
           Death
           can
           again
           have
           over
           him
           ,
           v.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           We
           are
           therefore
           exhorted
           so
           to
           account
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           present
           state
           ,
           
             That
             we
             are
             dead
             to
             sin
             ,
             but
             alive
             to
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           never
           more
           to
           let
           sin
           govern
           us
           ,
           or
           reign
           over
           us
           ,
           or
           
           yield
           to
           it
           ,
           
             verse
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             former
             part
             .
          
        
         
           But
           what
           then
           ?
           How
           are
           we
           otherwise
           to
           dispose
           of
           our selves
           ?
           If
           we
           may
           not
           yield
           our selves
           to
           the
           service
           of
           sin
           ,
           what
           are
           we
           then
           to
           do
           with
           our selves
           ?
           The
           Text
           tells
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           shews
           it
           ;
           
             But
             yield
             your selves
             to
             God
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Subject
           to
           be
           discours'd
           of
           is
           an
           
             express
             Precept
          
           ,
           charging
           it
           upon
           us
           all
           as
           our
           unquestionable
           duty
           ,
           to
           
             yield
             our selves
             to
             God
             ;
             which
             therefore
          
           it
           can
           only
           be
           our
           business
           in
           speaking
           to
           this
           Text
           ,
           to
           explain
           and
           apply
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           are
           to
           explain
           it
           .
           Whosoever
           shall
           charge
           upon
           others
           such
           a
           duty
           ,
           not
           obvious
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           view
           ,
           in
           the
           full
           extent
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           every
           ones
           understanding
           ,
           may
           well
           expect
           to
           be
           askt
           ;
           But
           what
           do
           you
           mean
           by
           this
           Precept
           ?
           or
           what
           doth
           this
           
             yielding
             our selves
             to
             God
          
           signifie
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           are
           two
           things
           to
           be
           opened
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           ,
           or
           under
           what
           notions
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           God
           and
           our selves
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           our
           
             yielding
             our selves
          
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           consider'd
           ,
           must
           include
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           How
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           or
           look
           upon
           God
           in
           this
           affair
           ?
           You
           are
           to
           consider
           him
           both
           as
           
             he
             is
             in
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           according
           
             to
             the
             relations
             he
             bears
             to
             you
          
           ;
           whether
           before
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           in
           ,
           and
           upon
           your
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             As
             he
             is
             in
             himself
          
           :
           You
           that
           have
           heard
           ,
           or
           now
           read
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           and
           do
           write
           ,
           here
           make
           a
           stand
           ,
           and
           bethink
           your selves
           a
           while
           !
        
         
           What!
           Are
           you
           about
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           ?
           Sure
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           thinking
           of
           it
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           hear
           his
           claim
           laid
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           do
           you
           now
           know
           with
           whom
           you
           have
           to
           do
           ?
           Too
           many
           have
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           great
           and
           awful
           Name
           !
           in
           their
           mouth
           or
           ear
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           correspondent
           thought
           in
           their
           mind
           ;
           it
           passes
           with
           them
           as
           a
           transient
           sound
           ,
           as
           soon
           over
           as
           another
           ,
           common
           ,
           word
           ,
           of
           no
           greater
           length
           ;
           and
           leaves
           no
           impression
           .
           Perhaps
           there
           is
           less
           in
           their
           minds
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           than
           most
           other
           words
           which
           men
           use
           in
           common
           discourse
           .
           For
           they
           have
           usually
           distinct
           thoughts
           of
           the
           things
           they
           speak
           of
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           should
           neither
           understand
           one
           another
           
           nor
           themselves
           ,
           but
           might
           speak
           of
           an
           Horse
           ,
           and
           mean
           a
           Sheep
           :
           Or
           be
           thought
           to
           mean
           so
           .
           And
           it
           would
           no
           more
           move
           a
           man
           ,
           or
           impress
           his
           mind
           ,
           to
           hear
           or
           mention
           a
           Jest
           ,
           than
           a
           matter
           of
           life
           and
           death
           .
           But
           the
           
             holy
             and
             reverend
             Name
             of
             God
          
           is
           often
           so
           slightly
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           in
           common
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           in
           idle
           talk
           is
           so
           meerly
           taken
           in
           vain
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           on
           the
           sudden
           stopt
           ,
           and
           askt
           what
           they
           thought
           on
           ,
           or
           had
           in
           their
           mind
           ,
           when
           they
           mentioned
           that
           word
           ,
           and
           were
           to
           make
           a
           true
           answer
           ,
           they
           cannot
           say
           they
           thought
           of
           any
           thing
           :
           As
           if
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           All
           !
           were
           the
           name
           of
           Nothing
           !
           Otherwise
           had
           they
           thought
           what
           that
           great
           Name
           signifies
           ,
           either
           they
           had
           not
           mentioned
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           mention
           of
           it
           had
           struck
           their
           hearts
           !
           and
           even
           overwhelm'd
           their
           very
           souls
           !
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           what
           awe
           and
           observance
           hath
           been
           wont
           to
           be
           exprest
           in
           reference
           to
           that
           sacred
           Name
           ,
           among
           a
           people
           that
           were
           called
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           surely
           the
           very
           sound
           of
           that
           Name
           ought
           ever
           to
           shake
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           our
           souls
           ,
           and
           presently
           form
           them
           to
           reverence
           and
           adoration
           .
           Shall
           we
           think
           it
           fit
           to
           play
           or
           trifle
           
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           common
           wont
           ?
           My
           Friends
           ,
           shall
           we
           now
           do
           so
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           call'd
           upon
           
             to
             yield
             our selves
             to
             God
          
           ?
           Labour
           to
           hear
           and
           think
           ,
           and
           act
           intelligently
           ,
           and
           as
           those
           that
           have
           the
           understandings
           of
           men
           .
           And
           now
           especially
           in
           this
           solemn
           transaction
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           render
           God
           great
           to
           your selves
           :
           Enlarge
           your
           minds
           ,
           that
           as
           far
           as
           is
           possible
           and
           needful
           ,
           they
           may
           take
           in
           the
           
             entire
             notion
          
           of
           him
           .
           As
           to
           
             what
             he
             is
             in
             himself
          
           ,
           you
           must
           conceive
           of
           him
           as
           
             a
             Spirit
          
           ,
           
           as
           his
           own
           Word
           ,
           which
           can
           best
           tell
           us
           what
           he
           is
           ,
           instructs
           us
           ;
           and
           so
           as
           a
           Being
           of
           far
           higher
           excellency
           than
           any
           thing
           you
           can
           see
           with
           your
           eyes
           ,
           or
           touch
           with
           your
           hands
           ,
           or
           than
           can
           come
           under
           the
           notice
           of
           any
           of
           your
           senses
           .
           You
           may
           easily
           apprehend
           
             Spiritual
             Being
          
           to
           be
           the
           source
           and
           spring
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           self-moving
           power
           .
           This
           World
           were
           all
           a
           dead
           unmoving
           lump
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Spirit
           ;
           as
           your
           bodies
           when
           the
           soul
           is
           fled
           .
           You
           must
           conceive
           him
           to
           be
           an
           
             Eternal
             ,
             Self-subsisting
             Spirit
          
           ,
           not
           sprung
           up
           into
           Being
           from
           another
           ,
           as
           our
           souls
           are
           :
           But
           who
           from
           the
           excellency
           of
           his
           own
           Being
           ,
           was
           necessarily
           
           of
           ,
           and
           from
           himself
           ;
           comprehending
           originally
           and
           eternally
           in
           himself
           the
           fulness
           of
           all
           Life
           and
           Being
           .
           I
           would
           fain
           lead
           you
           here
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           a
           few
           plain
           and
           easie
           steps
           .
           You
           are
           sure
           that
           somewhat
           now
           is
           ,
           of
           this
           you
           can
           be
           in
           no
           doubt
           ;
           and
           next
           you
           may
           be
           as
           sure
           that
           somewhat
           hath
           ,
           
             of
             it self
          
           ,
           ever
           been
           :
           For
           if
           nothing
           at
           all
           now
           were
           ,
           you
           can
           easily
           apprehend
           it
           impossible
           that
           any
           thing
           should
           ever
           be
           ,
           or
           of
           it self
           now
           begin
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           spring
           up
           out
           of
           nothing
           .
           Do
           but
           make
           this
           supposition
           in
           your
           own
           minds
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           will
           be
           as
           plain
           to
           you
           as
           any
           thing
           can
           be
           ,
           that
           if
           nothing
           at
           all
           were
           now
           in
           being
           ,
           nothing
           could
           ever
           come
           into
           being
           ;
           wherefore
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           that
           because
           there
           is
           somewhat
           now
           in
           being
           ,
           there
           must
           have
           been
           somewhat
           or
           other
           always
           in
           being
           ,
           that
           was
           eternally
           of
           it self
           .
           And
           then
           to
           go
           a
           little
           farther
           ,
           since
           you
           know
           there
           are
           many
           things
           in
           being
           that
           were
           not
           of
           themselves
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           that
           what
           was
           always
           of
           it self
           ,
           had
           in
           it
           a
           sufficiency
           of
           active
           power
           to
           produce
           other
           things
           ,
           otherwise
           nothing
           that
           is
           not
           of
           it self
           could
           
           ever
           be
           .
           As
           you
           know
           that
           we
           were
           not
           of
           our selves
           ;
           and
           the
           case
           is
           the
           same
           as
           to
           whatsoever
           else
           our
           eyes
           behold
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           conceive
           of
           God
           therefore
           as
           comprehending
           originally
           in
           his
           own
           Being
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           ,
           a
           power
           to
           produce
           all
           whatsoever
           Being
           ,
           Excellency
           and
           Perfection
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           all
           the
           whole
           Creation
           .
           For
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           which
           either
           is
           not
           ,
           or
           arises
           not
           from
           ,
           what
           was
           of
           it self
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           he
           is
           an
           absolutely
           ,
           universally
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           perfect
           Being
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           
             Life
             ,
             Knowledge
             ,
             Wisdom
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Goodness
             ,
             Holiness
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           whatsoever
           other
           
             conceivable
             Excellencies
          
           ,
           do
           all
           in
           highest
           perfection
           ,
           belong
           ,
           as
           necessary
           Attributes
           ,
           unchangeably
           and
           without
           possibility
           of
           diminution
           unto
           him
           .
           And
           all
           which
           his
           own
           Word
           (
           agreeably
           to
           the
           plain
           reason
           of
           things
           )
           doth
           in
           multitudes
           of
           places
           ascribe
           to
           him
           ;
           as
           you
           that
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Bible
           cannot
           but
           know
           .
           You
           must
           therefore
           conceive
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           
             the
             All
             in
             All.
          
           So
           great
           ,
           so
           excellent
           ,
           so
           glorious
           a
           One
           he
           is
           ,
           to
           whom
           you
           are
           to
           surrender
           and
           yield
           your selves
           .
        
         
         
           You
           are
           to
           conceive
           of
           him
           as
           
             most
             essentially
             One
          
           ,
           for
           there
           can
           be
           but
           one
           All.
           And
           so
           his
           Word
           teaches
           you
           to
           conceive
           .
           Hear
           ,
           O
           Israel
           !
           
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             is
             one
             Lord
             ,
          
           Deut.
           6.
           4.
           
           
             We
             know
             there
             is
             no
             other
             God
             but
             one
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           1
           Cor.
           8.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Your
           thoughts
           therefore
           need
           not
           be
           divided
           within
           you
           ,
           nor
           your
           minds
           hang
           in
           doubt
           ,
           to
           whom
           you
           are
           to
           betake
           and
           yield
           your selves
           :
           there
           is
           no
           place
           or
           pretence
           for
           halting
           between
           two
           Opinions
           .
           He
           most
           righteously
           lays
           the
           sole
           claim
           to
           you
           ,
           
             a
             just
             God
             and
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             none
             besides
             him
             ,
             Isa.
          
           45.
           21.
           
           (
           And
           so
           we
           are
           told
           often
           in
           that
           and
           the
           foregoing
           Chapters
           .
           He
           whose
           far-discerning
           eye
           projects
           its
           beams
           every
           way
           ,
           and
           ranges
           thorough
           all
           infinity
           ,
           says
           ,
           
             he
             knows
             not
             any
             ,
             ch
             .
             44.
             8.
             )
          
        
         
           Yet
           again
           you
           are
           to
           conceive
           of
           him
           as
           
             Three
             in
             One
          
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           ;
           as
           the
           prescrib'd
           form
           ,
           when
           this
           surrender
           is
           to
           be
           made
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           directs
           ;
           which
           runs
           thus
           ,
           
             In
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             Matth.
          
           28.
           19.
           
           You
           are
           not
           to
           be
           curious
           in
           your
           enquiries
           beyond
           what
           is
           written
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           how
           far
           the
           
           Subsistents
           in
           the
           Godhead
           are
           three
           ,
           an
           in
           what
           sense
           one
           ;
           they
           cannot
           be
           both
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           .
           But
           there
           is
           latitude
           enough
           to
           conceive
           how
           they
           
             may
             be
          
           distinct
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           yet
           agree
           in
           
             one
             Nature
          
           ;
           which
           in
           none
           of
           them
           depending
           upon
           
             will
             and
             pleasure
          
           ,
           sets
           each
           of
           them
           infinitely
           above
           all
           
             created
             Being
          
           ;
           which
           for
           the
           Divine
           
             pleasure
             only
             was
             and
             is
             created
             ,
             Rev.
          
           4.
           11.
           
           And
           that
           we
           so
           far
           conceive
           of
           them
           
             as
             three
          
           ,
           as
           to
           apprehend
           some
           things
           spoken
           of
           one
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           to
           be
           affirm'd
           of
           another
           of
           them
           ,
           is
           so
           plain
           ,
           of
           so
           great
           consequence
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           
             practical
             Religion
          
           so
           much
           depends
           thereon
           ;
           and
           even
           this
           transaction
           of
           yielding
           up
           our selves
           (
           which
           must
           be
           introductive
           ,
           and
           fundamental
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           that
           it
           is
           by
           no
           means
           to
           be
           neglected
           in
           our
           daily
           course
           ,
           and
           least
           of
           all
           in
           this
           solemn
           business
           ,
           as
           will
           more
           appear
           anon
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           set
           this
           ever
           blessed
           ,
           glorious
           God
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           as
           to
           whom
           (
           thus
           in
           himself
           consider'd
           )
           you
           are
           now
           to
           yield
           your selves
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           must
           conceive
           of
           him
           according
           
           to
           the
           relations
           which
           he
           bears
           towards
           you
           ,
           partly
           before
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           partly
           in
           and
           upon
           your
           doing
           it
           .
           That
           is
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Before
           you
           do
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           you
           must
           conceive
           of
           him
           ,
           as
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Your
             Creator
          
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           your
           Beings
           ,
           
           
             of
             whom
             ,
             and
             through
             whom
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             all
             things
             are
             .
          
           He
           that
           made
           you
           ,
           demands
           you
           for
           himself
           .
           You
           are
           required
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           that
           gave
           you
           breath
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           the
           continual
           Sustainer
           of
           your
           Being
           ;
           and
           who
           renews
           your
           life
           unto
           you
           every
           moment
           ;
           
           
             in
             whom
             you
             live
             ,
             and
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             your
             Being
          
           continually
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           he
           should
           withdraw
           his
           supports
           ,
           you
           immediately
           drop
           into
           nothing
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           are
           things
           common
           to
           you
           with
           all
           other
           creatures
           ;
           and
           signifie
           therefore
           his
           antecedent
           right
           in
           you
           ,
           before
           you
           have
           yielded
           your selves
           ,
           
             upon
             which
          
           you
           ought
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           cannot
           without
           great
           injustice
           to
           him
           decline
           doing
           it
           .
           There
           are
           other
           considerations
           also
           you
           ought
           to
           entertain
           concerning
           him
           in
           this
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           viz.
           of
           some
           things
           which
           are
           partly
           
           and
           in
           some
           sense
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           which
           it
           supposes
           ,
           but
           which
           partly
           also
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           sense
           would
           follow
           and
           be
           inferr'd
           by
           it
           .
           Principally
           ,
           this
           fourfold
           consideration
           you
           should
           have
           of
           him
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           viz.
           as
           your
           Owner
           ,
           your
           Teacher
           ,
           your
           Ruler
           ,
           and
           your
           Benefactor
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           with
           the
           addition
           of
           Supream
           ,
           it
           being
           impossible
           he
           should
           have
           
             a
             Superior
          
           ;
           or
           that
           there
           should
           be
           any
           one
           above
           him
           in
           any
           of
           these
           .
           And
           he
           is
           in
           some
           sense
           all
           these
           to
           you
           before
           you
           can
           have
           yielded
           your selves
           (
           as
           may
           in
           great
           part
           be
           collected
           from
           what
           hath
           been
           already
           said
           ;
           )
           But
           when
           you
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           all
           these
           to
           you
           in
           a
           far
           higher
           ,
           nobler
           ,
           and
           more
           excellent
           sense
           ;
           and
           you
           are
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           
             as
             such
          
           ,
           or
           that
           
             in
             your
             so
             doing
          
           ,
           he
           may
           actually
           
             become
             such
          
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           your
           Owner
           :
           The
           God
           
             whose
             you
             are
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           ,
           
             Act.
             27.
             23.
             and
             whom
          
           ,
           as
           it
           there
           follows
           ,
           and
           is
           naturally
           consequent
           ,
           
             you
             are
             to
             serve
             .
          
           )
           You
           were
           his
           by
           a
           
             former
             right
          
           ,
           as
           all
           things
           ,
           being
           made
           by
           him
           ,
           are
           .
           But
           you
           are
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           
           be
           
             more
             peculiarly
             his
          
           ,
           in
           a
           sense
           more
           excellent
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           more
           comfortable
           to
           you
           ;
           as
           
             Exod.
             19.
             5.
             
             If
             you
             will
             obey
             —
             you
             shall
             be
             to
             me
             a
             peculiar
             treasure
             above
             all
             people
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Earth
             is
             mine
             .
          
           Of
           such
           as
           fear
           him
           ,
           the
           great
           God
           says
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             be
             mine
             in
             the
             day
             when
             I
             make
             up
             my
             Jewels
             ,
             Mal.
          
           3.
           17.
           
           Your
           yielding
           your selves
           adds
           nothing
           to
           his
           right
           in
           you
           ;
           you
           therein
           only
           recognize
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           the
           right
           he
           had
           in
           you
           before
           ,
           but
           it
           adds
           to
           you
           a
           capacity
           and
           qualification
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           tenour
           of
           his
           Gospel-Covenant
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           for
           such
           nobler
           uses
           as
           otherwise
           you
           cannot
           serve
           for
           .
           As
           the
           more
           contemptible
           lumber
           about
           a
           man's
           house
           may
           be
           as
           truly
           his
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           precious
           things
           ;
           but
           neither
           doth
           he
           intend
           ,
           nor
           can
           such
           meaner
           things
           admit
           to
           be
           the
           ornaments
           ,
           either
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           or
           his
           House
           .
           The
           great
           God
           intends
           his
           devoted
           peculiar
           People
           to
           be
           to
           him
           
             a
             Crown
             and
             royal
             Diadem
             ,
             (
             Isa.
             62.
             3.
             
             )
          
           when
           
             he
             puts
             away
             the
             wicked
             of
             the
             Earth
             like
             dross
             ,
             Psal.
             119.
             v.
             119.
             
             In
             a
             great
             house
             there
             are
             not
             only
             Vessels
             of
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             Wood
             ,
             and
             of
             Earth
             ,
             2
             Tim.
          
           2.
           20.
           
           But
           't
           is
           only
           the
           
           purged
           and
           sanctified
           soul
           (
           which
           is
           also
           a
           self-devoted
           one
           )
           that
           shall
           be
           the
           Vessel
           unto
           honour
           ,
           being
           made
           meet
           for
           the
           Master's
           use
           ,
           and
           prepared
           to
           every
           good
           work
           ,
           v.
           21.
           
           Persons
           and
           things
           acquire
           a
           sacredness
           by
           being
           devoted
           to
           God.
           Persons
           especially
           ,
           that
           can
           and
           do
           devote
           themselves
           ,
           are
           highly
           ennobled
           by
           it
           ;
           he
           hereupon
           (
           besides
           their
           relative
           holiness
           )
           really
           more
           and
           more
           sanctifies
           and
           frames
           them
           for
           his
           own
           more
           immediate
           service
           and
           communion
           .
           Of
           such
           a
           People
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           formed
           them
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           praise
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           them
           he
           saith
           (
           intending
           it
           manifestly
           in
           the
           more
           eminent
           sense
           )
           
             Thou
             art
             mine
             ,
             Isa.
          
           43.
           1
           ,
           7
           ,
           21.
           
           Such
           may
           with
           a
           modest
           and
           humble
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           just
           confidence
           freely
           say
           ,
           
             I
             am
             thine
             ,
             save
             me
             —
             Psal.
          
           119.
           94.
           
           In
           yielding
           your selves
           consider
           therefore
           first
           ,
           that
           he
           
             is
             your
             Owner
          
           by
           an
           unquestionable
           former
           right
           ,
           and
           let
           that
           effectually
           move
           you
           to
           do
           it
           with
           all
           your
           hearts
           .
           For
           will
           you
           not
           give
           him
           his
           own
           ?
           When
           you
           account
           duty
           to
           your
           Prince
           obliges
           you
           to
           
             give
             to
          
           Caesar
           
             the
             things
             that
             are
          
           Caesar's
           ,
           will
           you
           not
           
             give
             God
             the
             things
             that
             are
             God's
             ?
          
           
           And
           will
           you
           not
           know
           him
           for
           your
           Owner
           ?
           
             The
             Oxe
             knows
             his
             Owner
             ,
             Isa.
          
           1.
           3.
           
           Or
           will
           it
           satisfie
           you
           to
           be
           in
           no
           other
           kind
           his
           ,
           than
           brutes
           and
           Devils
           are
           ,
           that
           either
           through
           an
           incapacity
           of
           Nature
           cannot
           acknowledge
           him
           ,
           or
           through
           a
           malignity
           of
           Nature
           will
           not
           ?
           O
           yield
           your selves
           ,
           with
           humble
           desire
           and
           expectation
           that
           he
           will
           vouchsafe
           
             otherwise
             to
             own
             you
          
           !
        
         
           2.
           
           
             As
             your
             Teacher
          
           ;
           so
           indeed
           he
           also
           is
           to
           
             all
             men
          
           ,
           tho'
           they
           never
           yield
           themselves
           to
           him
           .
           He
           that
           
             teaches
             man
             knowledge
          
           ,
           shall
           not
           he
           know
           ?
           Psal.
           94.
           10.
           
           There
           is
           a
           spirit
           in
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           inspiration
           of
           the
           Almighty
           gives
           him
           understanding
           .
           Yea
           and
           inferiour
           creatures
           ,
           as
           they
           all
           owe
           their
           Natures
           ,
           and
           peculiar
           Instincts
           to
           him
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           him
           for
           their
           Teacher
           too
           .
           But
           will
           it
           content
           you
           to
           be
           so
           only
           taught
           by
           him
           ?
           There
           is
           another
           sort
           of
           Teaching
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           you
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           
             as
             your
             great
             Instructor
          
           ,
           he
           will
           vouchsafe
           unto
           you
           .
           The
           things
           you
           
             know
             not
          
           ,
           and
           which
           it
           is
           necessary
           you
           should
           know
           ,
           
             he
             will
             teach
             you
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           such
           things
           as
           are
           of
           real
           necessity
           to
           your
           true
           and
           final
           welfare
           ,
           
           not
           which
           only
           serve
           to
           please
           your
           fancy
           ,
           or
           gratifie
           your
           curiosity
           .
           For
           his
           Teaching
           respects
           an
           appointed
           ,
           certain
           end
           ,
           suitable
           to
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           calamity
           and
           danger
           of
           your
           state
           .
           The
           Teaching
           requisite
           for
           
             perishing
             sinners
          
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             what
             they
             might
             do
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           And
           when
           we
           have
           cast
           about
           in
           our
           own
           thoughts
           never
           so
           much
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           way
           to
           take
           but
           to
           
             yield
             our selves
             to
             God
          
           ,
           who
           will
           then
           be
           our
           most
           undeceiving
           Guide
           .
           To
           whom
           it
           belongs
           to
           save
           us
           at
           last
           ,
           to
           him
           only
           it
           can
           belong
           to
           lead
           us
           in
           the
           way
           to
           that
           blessed
           end
           .
        
         
           Many
           anxious
           Enquiries
           ,
           and
           fervent
           Disputes
           there
           have
           been
           ,
           how
           one
           may
           be
           infallibly
           assur'd
           of
           the
           way
           to
           be
           sav'd
           .
           They
           are
           to
           be
           excus'd
           who
           think
           it
           not
           fit
           ,
           but
           upon
           very
           plain
           grounds
           ,
           to
           venture
           so
           great
           a
           concernment
           ;
           or
           to
           run
           so
           great
           a
           hazard
           in
           a
           meer
           Complement
           to
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           party
           of
           men
           .
           Confident
           expressions
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             My
             soul
             for
             yours
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           signifie
           nothing
           with
           a
           cautious
           considering
           man
           ,
           except
           that
           such
           as
           them
           care
           as
           little
           for
           his
           Soul
           as
           their
           own
           .
           The
           
             Papal
             Infallibility
          
           some
           would
           have
           us
           trust
           to
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           &
           would
           make
           us
           think
           it
           rudeness
           
           to
           doubt
           it
           ;
           when
           no
           body
           stands
           upon
           good
           manners
           
             in
             endeavouring
             to
             escape
             a
             ruine
          
           ;
           when
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           own
           Communion
           trust
           not
           to
           it
           *
           .
           And
           some
           of
           them
           have
           written
           strongly
           against
           it
           †
           .
           The
           accurate
           stating
           and
           discussing
           of
           the
           Controversie
           ,
           how
           far
           ,
           or
           in
           what
           sense
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           
             Infallible
             Light
          
           may
           belong
           to
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           are
           not
           fit
           for
           this
           place
           ,
           nor
           for
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           'T
           is
           enough
           now
           to
           say
           that
           this
           claim
           hereof
           to
           the
           Pope
           or
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               Cannot
               be
               prov'd
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               May
               be
               plainly
               disprov'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           prov'd
           .
           For
           since
           no
           Principles
           of
           common
           Reason
           are
           pretended
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           it
           of
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           of
           him
           more
           than
           another
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           prov'd
           by
           supernatural
           Revelation
           ,
           if
           at
           all
           .
           But
           in
           the
           written
           Word
           of
           God
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           Pretences
           from
           thence
           are
           too
           vain
           to
           be
           refuted
           or
           mention'd
           .
           And
           if
           any
           other
           Revelation
           should
           be
           pretended
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           a
           new
           ,
           and
           as
           impossible
           a
           task
           to
           prove
           the
           Divinity
           of
           that
           Revelation
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           infer
           upon
           the
           World
           an
           obligation
           to
           believe
           it
           .
           
           Nor
           is
           it
           necessary
           to
           insist
           upon
           this
           ;
           because
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           may
           be
           plainly
           disprov'd
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           thing
           cannot
           be
           both
           true
           and
           false
           .
           And
           it
           sufficiently
           disproves
           
             such
             a
          
           man's
           Infallibility
           ,
           or
           the
           impossibility
           of
           his
           erring
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           evidently
           prov'd
           he
           hath
           err'd
           .
        
         
           As
           when
           he
           hath
           determined
           against
           the
           express
           Word
           of
           Christ
           ,
           forbidding
           them
           (
           to
           take
           one
           or
           two
           Instances
           among
           many
           )
           to
           drink
           of
           the
           Eucharistical
           Cup
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           commanded
           to
           drink
           of
           it
           .
           Or
           (
           to
           mention
           a
           more
           important
           one
           )
           when
           
             Believers
             in
             Christ
          
           ,
           or
           
             Lovers
             of
             him
          
           ,
           are
           pronounced
           damned
           ,
           who
           he
           hath
           said
           shall
           not
           perish
           ,
           but
           have
           everlasting
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           Crown
           of
           Righteousness
           .
           Or
           when
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           pardon
           of
           sin
           and
           eternal
           life
           are
           pretended
           to
           be
           given
           to
           such
           ,
           whom
           the
           Evangelical
           Law
           condemns
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           When
           one
           to
           whom
           this
           priviledge
           hath
           been
           asserted
           to
           belong
           ,
           hath
           determined
           against
           another
           ,
           to
           whom
           upon
           the
           same
           grounds
           it
           must
           equally
           belong
           .
           As
           't
           is
           well
           known
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           that
           Pope
           might
           be
           alledged
           
           against
           Pope
           ,
           and
           one
           Papal
           Constitution
           against
           another
           .
           Not
           to
           insist
           on
           what
           might
           be
           shewn
           out
           of
           their
           own
           History
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Pope
           hath
           ,
           being
           so
           ,
           chang'd
           his
           judgment
           in
           a
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           left
           us
           to
           divine
           when
           he
           was
           the
           fallible
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           infallible
           Pope
           .
           And
           again
           ,
        
         
           When
           there
           have
           been
           determinations
           against
           the
           common
           uncorrupted
           senses
           of
           mankind
           ,
           as
           that
           what
           their
           sight
           ,
           and
           touch
           ,
           and
           tast
           assures
           them
           is
           Bread
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           flesh
           of
           an
           humane
           body
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           you
           cannot
           be
           sure
           of
           what
           both
           your
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           sound
           senses
           of
           any
           other
           man
           would
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           can
           be
           sure
           of
           nothing
           at
           all
           :
           You
           cannot
           be
           sure
           you
           see
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           hear
           me
           speaking
           to
           you
           ;
           nor
           be
           sure
           when
           you
           heard
           the
           transforming
           words
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ;
           or
           much
           less
           that
           they
           were
           ever
           spoken
           ,
           if
           you
           heard
           them
           not
           ;
           or
           that
           that
           was
           Bread
           and
           not
           a
           Stone
           ,
           or
           a
           piece
           of
           Clay
           that
           is
           pretended
           to
           be
           transubstantiated
           by
           them
           .
           The
           foundation
           of
           all
           certainty
           were
           upon
           these
           terms
           taken
           away
           from
           among
           men
           on
           Earth
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           
             common
             grounds
          
           upon
           which
           it
           is
           pretended
           you
           ought
           to
           believe
           
           that
           which
           is
           shewn
           or
           offered
           you
           to
           be
           the
           flesh
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           not
           bread
           any
           longer
           ,
           you
           must
           believe
           or
           judge
           the
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           bread
           still
           ,
           and
           not
           flesh
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           he
           is
           far
           from
           being
           infallible
           ,
           but
           doth
           actually
           err
           ,
           upon
           whose
           authority
           you
           are
           directed
           to
           believe
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           claimed
           Infallibility
           is
           by
           this
           sufficiently
           disprov'd
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           imaginable
           way
           of
           proving
           it
           .
           For
           if
           there
           were
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           
             by
             God's
             own
             immediate
             gift
             ,
             and
             vouchsafement
          
           ;
           How
           otherwise
           should
           
             a
             man
          
           be
           made
           infallible
           ?
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           for
           an
           end
           worthy
           of
           a
           wise
           and
           a
           merciful
           God
           ;
           whereupon
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           should
           have
           made
           such
           a
           man
           infallible
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           made
           it
           infallibly
           certain
           to
           other
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           made
           him
           so
           .
           Whereas
           there
           is
           no
           
             one
             point
          
           wherein
           his
           infallible
           determination
           can
           be
           pretended
           to
           be
           necessary
           ,
           against
           which
           there
           is
           more
           to
           be
           said
           than
           against
           the
           pretence
           it self
           of
           his
           Infallibility
           ;
           Nor
           
             for
             which
          
           ,
           less
           is
           to
           be
           said
           than
           can
           ,
           with
           any
           colour
           ,
           or
           without
           highest
           and
           most
           just
           contempt
           be
           
           said
           
             for
             it
          
           .
           The
           most
           weighty
           thing
           that
           I
           have
           known
           alledg'd
           is
           ,
           the
           great
           expediency
           of
           an
           
             Infallible
             Judge
          
           .
           But
           if
           we
           will
           think
           that
           a
           good
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           that
           things
           are
           
             in
             fact
          
           so
           or
           so
           ,
           because
           we
           can
           fancy
           it
           would
           be
           better
           if
           they
           were
           ;
           we
           may
           as
           well
           prove
           that
           all
           mankind
           are
           sincere
           Christians
           ,
           or
           there
           is
           no
           sin
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           things
           besides
           in
           the
           natural
           World
           ,
           that
           never
           were
           ,
           or
           will
           be
           ,
           because
           it
           appears
           to
           us
           't
           would
           be
           for
           the
           better
           .
           So
           much
           is
           the
           follishness
           of
           man
           wiser
           than
           God.
           
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           that
           Sanctity
           must
           be
           judg'd
           as
           necessary
           to
           the
           final
           salvation
           and
           felicity
           of
           the
           souls
           of
           men
           as
           Orthodoxy
           ,
           or
           
             exemption
             from
             doctrinal
             Errour
          
           ,
           by
           all
           ,
           with
           whom
           either
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           or
           common
           Reason
           signifies
           any
           thing
           .
           For
           the
           same
           reason
           therefore
           for
           which
           it
           can
           be
           thought
           necessary
           God
           should
           have
           put
           it
           into
           the
           power
           of
           any
           man
           to
           
             make
             others
             not
             err
          
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           put
           it
           equally
           into
           his
           power
           to
           
             make
             them
             holy
          
           ,
           to
           renew
           and
           change
           their
           hearts
           and
           lives
           .
           But
           what
           man
           hath
           this
           power
           ?
           And
           one
           would
           reasonably
           expect
           ,
           
           if
           either
           were
           ,
           that
           
             both
             powers
          
           should
           be
           lodg'd
           in
           the
           
             same
             man
          
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           should
           pretend
           ,
           who
           assert
           the
           other
           unto
           one
           man
           ,
           their
           own
           Histories
           might
           make
           them
           blush
           ,
           unless
           they
           can
           think
           it
           more
           probable
           that
           he
           can
           and
           will
           effectually
           sanctifie
           another
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           holy
           ,
           who
           is
           himself
           most
           infamously
           impure
           and
           unholy
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           can
           secure
           another
           from
           erring
           in
           matters
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           who
           cannot
           secure
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           If
           such
           sure
           light
           and
           guidance
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           or
           had
           from
           one
           man
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           from
           some
           community
           or
           body
           of
           men
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           For
           ,
           can
           it
           be
           thought
           God
           should
           have
           taken
           care
           to
           settle
           a
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           on
           purpose
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           mens
           souls
           ,
           that
           yet
           affords
           no
           man
           any
           certainty
           of
           being
           saved
           by
           it
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           yes
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           ,
           undeceiving
           Light
           afforded
           by
           it
           to
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           sincere
           Christians
           sufficient
           ,
           and
           intended
           ,
           not
           to
           gratifie
           a
           vain
           humour
           ,
           but
           to
           save
           their
           souls
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           can
           only
           ,
           and
           may
           confidently
           expect
           by
           
             yielding
             your selves
             to
             God
             as
             your
             
             Teacher
             .
          
           As
           it
           cannot
           agree
           with
           the
           absolute
           perfection
           of
           his
           Nature
           to
           be
           himself
           deceiv'd
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           it
           can
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           as
           little
           agree
           with
           it
           to
           deceive
           you
           ,
           or
           let
           you
           mistake
           your
           way
           ,
           in
           the
           things
           wherein
           he
           hath
           encourag'd
           and
           induc'd
           you
           to
           commit
           and
           entrust
           your selves
           to
           his
           conduct
           and
           guidance
           :
           Will
           he
           let
           a
           soul
           wander
           and
           be
           lost
           ,
           that
           hath
           entirely
           given
           up
           it self
           to
           be
           led
           and
           taught
           by
           him
           ?
           His
           Word
           hath
           at
           once
           exprest
           to
           you
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           his
           Good-will
           towards
           you
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           .
           
             Good
             and
             upright
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             therefore
             will
             he
             teach
             sinners
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             Psal.
          
           25.
           8.
           
           But
           what
           sinners
           ?
           the
           next
           words
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             the
             meek
          
           (
           self-resigned
           ones
           ,
           humble
           ,
           teachable
           learners
           )
           
             he
             will
             guide
             in
             Judgment
          
           ,
           or
           with
           Judgment
           (
           as
           that
           particle
           admits
           to
           be
           read
           )
           he
           will
           guide
           them
           judiciously
           ,
           and
           surely
           ,
           so
           that
           your
           hearts
           need
           not
           misgive
           ,
           or
           suspect
           ,
           or
           doubt
           to
           follow
           ;
           
             The
             meek
             will
             he
             teach
             his
             way
             ,
             v.
          
           9.
           
           Who
           would
           not
           wish
           and
           be
           glad
           to
           have
           such
           a
           Teacher
           ?
           
             You
             shall
             know
          
           (
           how
           express
           is
           his
           Word
           !
           )
           
             if
             you
             follow
             on
             to
             know
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             his
             going
             forth
             is
             prepared
             as
             the
             morning
             ,
             
             Hos.
          
           6.
           3.
           
           You
           do
           not
           need
           to
           devise
           in
           the
           morning
           how
           to
           create
           your
           own
           Light
           ,
           't
           is
           prepar'd
           and
           ready
           for
           you
           ;
           the
           Sun
           was
           made
           before
           you
           were
           ,
           and
           it
           keeps
           its
           course
           ,
           and
           so
           constantly
           will
           God's
           own
           Light
           shine
           to
           you
           ,
           without
           your
           contrivance
           or
           care
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           but
           to
           seek
           ,
           receive
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           guided
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           Know
           your
           advantage
           in
           having
           such
           a
           Teacher
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           will
           teach
           you
           inwardly
           ;
           
             even
             your
             very
             hearts
          
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           his
           Instructions
           shall
           reach
           the
           center
           ,
           the
           inmost
           of
           your
           spirits
           .
           
             God
             that
             made
             light
             to
             shine
             out
             of
             darkness
             ,
             hath
             shined
             into
             our
             hearts
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           2
           Cor.
           4.
           6.
           
           And
           when
           that
           holy
           good
           man
           ,
           had
           been
           solacing
           himself
           with
           highest
           pleasure
           in
           considering
           this
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           his
           portion
           ,
           so
           contentful
           and
           satisfying
           a
           one
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           forbear
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             lines
             are
             fall'n
             to
             me
             in
             pleasant
             places
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             a
             goodly
             heritage
             ,
             Psal.
          
           16.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           He
           presently
           adds
           ,
           
             I
             will
             bless
             the
             Lord
             who
             hath
             given
             me
             counsel
             ;
             q.
             d.
          
           I
           should
           never
           else
           have
           thought
           of
           such
           a
           thing
           :
           it
           had
           never
           come
           into
           my
           mind
           to
           think
           of
           chusing
           God
           for
           my
           
           portion
           .
           I
           should
           have
           done
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           vain
           World
           ,
           have
           follow●d
           shadows
           all
           my
           days
           .
           
             My
             reins
             also
             instruct
             me
             in
             the
             night
             season
             .
          
           He
           will
           so
           teach
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           you
           teach
           your selves
           ,
           put
           an
           abiding
           word
           into
           you
           ,
           that
           shall
           talk
           with
           you
           when
           you
           sit
           in
           your
           houses
           ,
           and
           walk
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           lie
           down
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           rise
           up
           ,
           and
           whereby
           you
           shall
           be
           enabled
           to
           commune
           with
           your
           own
           hearts
           upon
           your
           beds
           ,
           while
           others
           sleep
           ,
           and
           revolve
           ,
           or
           roll
           over
           in
           your
           minds
           ,
           dictates
           of
           life
           .
           You
           will
           not
           need
           to
           say
           ,
           Who
           shall
           ascend
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           bring
           down
           Christ
           from
           above
           ?
           
           Or
           ,
           Who
           shall
           descend
           into
           the
           deep
           ,
           to
           bring
           Christ
           again
           from
           the
           dead
           ?
           
           For
           the
           Word
           will
           be
           nigh
           thee
           ,
           not
           in
           thy
           mouth
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           thine
           heart
           ,
           &c.
           
           You
           will
           have
           in
           you
           an
           ingrafted
           Word
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           your
           God
           will
           be
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           so
           as
           none
           of
           your
           steps
           shall
           slide
           .
           
           This
           is
           our
           Lord
           's
           own
           interpretation
           of
           divers
           words
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           days
           of
           the
           more
           general
           diffusion
           of
           holy
           ,
           vital
           ,
           light
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           after
           his
           own
           appearance
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             be
             all
             taught
             of
             
             God
             ,
             John
             6.
             45.
             i.
             e.
          
           so
           as
           to
           have
           their
           hearts
           inclin'd
           towards
           himself
           ,
           and
           drawn
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           reference
           of
           these
           words
           to
           those
           of
           the
           foregoing
           verse
           shews
           .
           Wherein
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           Lies
           your
           further
           advantage
           ,
           
             That
             by
             him
             you
             shall
             be
             taught
             effectually
             .
          
           Other
           Teaching
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           but
           reach
           the
           ear
           ,
           or
           only
           ,
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           beget
           some
           faint
           notions
           in
           the
           mind
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           little
           the
           better
           for
           ,
           his
           shall
           produce
           rea
           fruit
           ;
           
             He
             is
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             who
             teaches
             you
             to
             profit
          
           ;
           and
           who
           by
           gentle
           and
           unforcible
           ,
           but
           by
           most
           prevailing
           insinuations
           ,
           shall
           slide
           in
           upon
           your
           spirits
           ,
           win
           them
           by
           light
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           allure
           them
           to
           a
           compliance
           with
           what
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           end
           safe
           and
           happy
           for
           your selves
           .
           He
           will
           instruct
           you
           ,
           tho'
           not
           with
           a
           violent
           ,
           yet
           with
           a
           
             strong
             hand
          
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           lose
           his
           kind
           design
           .
           Others
           teach
           you
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           what
           they
           found
           you
           ;
           convinc't
           perhaps
           ,
           but
           not
           chang'd
           ;
           unable
           to
           resist
           any
           ill
           inclination
           ,
           or
           your
           disinclination
           to
           that
           which
           was
           good
           .
           Power
           will
           accompany
           his
           Teaching
           ;
           a
           conquering
           power
           that
           will
           secretly
           constrain
           and
           captivate
           your
           
           hearts
           ;
           and
           how
           pleasant
           a
           Victory
           will
           that
           be
           to
           your selves
           !
           O
           the
           peace
           and
           joy
           you
           will
           find
           springing
           up
           within
           you
           ,
           when
           once
           you
           feel
           your selves
           overcome
           !
           The
           most
           that
           a
           man
           can
           say
           to
           you
           is
           ,
           what
           the
           Prophet
           Samuel
           once
           said
           ,
           (
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           so
           good
           a
           man
           )
           
             God
             forbid
             I
             should
             sin
             against
             the
             Lord
             in
             ceasing
             to
             pray
             for
             you
          
           ;
           
           
             but
             I
             will
             teach
             you
             the
             good
             and
             the
             right
             way
             :
          
           He
           could
           only
           shew
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           do
           the
           rest
           ;
           which
           implies
           God
           only
           can
           so
           teach
           it
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           you
           walk
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           persuading
           you
           to
           slight
           humane
           Teaching
           ;
           you
           will
           need
           it
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           among
           the
           gifts
           which
           your
           glorious
           Redeemer
           
             being
             ascended
             on
             high
          
           hath
           given
           to
           men
           ,
           
           
             viz.
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
          
           .
           
           But
           understand
           their
           Teaching
           to
           be
           only
           subordinate
           ,
           and
           Ministerial
           .
           Without
           ,
           or
           against
           God
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           call
           no
           man
           Master
           ,
           or
           Teacher
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           far
           their
           Teaching
           is
           to
           be
           regarded
           ,
           as
           it
           agrees
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           With
           what
           God
           doth
           inwardly
           teach
           you
           ,
           by
           that
           common
           light
           which
           shines
           in
           every
           man
           's
           own
           bosom
           ,
           that
           
           with
           a
           sincere
           mind
           ,
           attends
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           too
           little
           attended
           to
           .
           There
           are
           Truths
           too
           commonly
           
             held
             in
             unrighteousness
          
           ,
           seated
           generally
           in
           the
           Minds
           and
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ;
           by
           which
           ,
           tho'
           they
           have
           not
           another
           Law
           ,
           
           
             they
             are
             a
             Law
             to
             themselves
          
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           stifling
           and
           resisting
           whereof
           ,
           
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             against
             them
             .
          
           And
           from
           such
           Truths
           they
           might
           infer
           others
           ,
           and
           where
           God
           affords
           external
           helps
           ,
           come
           to
           discern
           a
           sure
           ground
           whereupon
           to
           understand
           that
           what
           is
           contained
           besides
           in
           the
           frame
           of
           Christian
           Doctrine
           is
           true
           ;
           being
           enabled
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           evidences
           that
           prove
           the
           whole
           Revelation
           thereof
           to
           be
           from
           God
           ;
           and
           nothing
           being
           in
           it self
           more
           evident
           than
           that
           what
           he
           hath
           revealed
           is
           true
           .
           And
           withal
           God
           is
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           shine
           into
           Minds
           that
           with
           upright
           aims
           set
           themselves
           to
           enquire
           out
           and
           understand
           his
           Mind
           ;
           and
           so
           farther
           light
           comes
           to
           be
           superadded
           to
           that
           which
           is
           common
           .
           Now
           take
           heed
           how
           you
           neglect
           what
           a
           man
           teaches
           you
           ,
           agreeably
           to
           that
           inward
           light
           which
           is
           already
           (
           one
           way
           or
           other
           )
           in
           your
           own
           Minds
           and
           Consciences
           .
           
           Hither
           in
           some
           part
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           part
           we
           are
           to
           appeal
           in
           our
           Teaching
           you
           :
           So
           the
           more
           early
           Christian
           Teachers
           did
           ;
           
           
             Not
             handling
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             deceitfully
             ,
             but
             by
             manifestation
             of
             the
             Truth
             commending
             our selves
             to
             every
             man's
             Conscience
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God.
          
           In
           the
           most
           deeply
           fundamental
           things
           that
           concern
           your
           practice
           every
           day
           ,
           we
           may
           appeal
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           Consciences
           .
           If
           we
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           Ought
           you
           not
           to
           live
           according
           to
           his
           Will
           that
           gave
           you
           breath
           ?
           Should
           you
           not
           above
           all
           things
           fear
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           trust
           and
           obey
           him
           that
           made
           you
           and
           all
           things
           ?
           Should
           you
           not
           do
           as
           you
           would
           be
           done
           unto
           ?
           Should
           you
           not
           take
           more
           care
           for
           your
           immortal
           Souls
           ,
           than
           for
           your
           mortal
           flesh
           ?
           You
           must
           every
           one
           say
           ,
           I
           believe
           in
           mine
           own
           Conscience
           this
           is
           so
           .
           If
           I
           appeal
           to
           you
           in
           the
           very
           thing
           I
           am
           speaking
           of
           ,
           should
           you
           not
           yield
           your selves
           to
           God
           whose
           Creatures
           you
           are
           ?
           I
           doubt
           not
           you
           will
           any
           of
           you
           say
           ,
           I
           think
           in
           my
           very
           Conscience
           I
           should
           .
           We
           have
           you
           witnesses
           against
           your selves
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           not
           hear
           us
           in
           such
           things
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           matter
           
           very
           capable
           of
           plain
           proof
           ,
           that
           those
           writings
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           were
           from
           God
           ,
           our
           Teaching
           ought
           so
           far
           to
           be
           regarded
           by
           you
           as
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           can
           manifest
           to
           you
           that
           it
           agrees
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           And
           we
           are
           sure
           he
           will
           never
           teach
           you
           inwardly
           against
           what
           he
           hath
           there
           taught
           .
           Will
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           say
           and
           unsay
           the
           same
           thing
           ?
           That
           were
           to
           overthrow
           the
           design
           of
           all
           his
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           to
           subvert
           the
           Authority
           which
           he
           requires
           men
           to
           reverence
           .
           
             No
             man
          
           could
           expect
           to
           be
           regarded
           on
           such
           terms
           .
           And
           by
           this
           Rule
           freely
           examine
           all
           that
           we
           teach
           you
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           directed
           the
           Jews
           to
           do
           ,
           John
           5.
           39.
           
           And
           for
           the
           doing
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           commended
           the
           Berean
           Christians
           ,
           Acts
           17.
           11.
           
           And
           we
           have
           here
           the
           same
           advantage
           at
           length
           ,
           tho'
           not
           so
           immediately
           ,
           upon
           your
           Consciences
           ;
           which
           cannot
           but
           judge
           that
           whatsoever
           is
           found
           in
           that
           Word
           which
           you
           confess
           to
           be
           Divine
           ,
           must
           be
           most
           certainly
           true
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           within
           such
           limits
           you
           take
           the
           help
           of
           men
           for
           your
           Instruction
           ;
           having
           yielded
           your selves
           to
           God
           as
           your
           supream
           
           and
           highest
           Teacher
           ,
           you
           are
           upon
           safe
           terms
           .
           Only
           be
           sincere
           in
           listening
           to
           his
           dictates
           ,
           whether
           internal
           or
           external
           .
           Let
           not
           a
           prepossest
           heart
           ,
           or
           vicious
           inclination
           be
           their
           Interpreter
           .
           
             If
             any
             man
             will
             do
             his
             will
             ,
             he
             shall
             know
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           John
           7.
           17.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           You
           must
           consider
           God
           ,
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           ,
           as
           your
           
             Sovereign
             Ruler
             .
             For
             to
             whom
             you
             yield
             your selves
             servants
             to
             obey
             ,
             his
             servants
             you
             are
             to
             whom
             you
             obey
          
           ;
           as
           by
           v.
           16.
           
           Tho'
           Teaching
           and
           Ruling
           may
           be
           diversly
           conceiv'd
           of
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           separate
           in
           this
           case
           .
           The
           nobler
           and
           final
           part
           of
           God's
           Teaching
           you
           ,
           is
           teaching
           you
           
             your
             duty
          
           ;
           what
           you
           are
           to
           
             practise
             and
             do
          
           .
           And
           so
           when
           he
           teaches
           you
           ,
           he
           commands
           you
           too
           ;
           and
           leaves
           it
           not
           arbitrary
           to
           you
           whether
           you
           will
           be
           directed
           by
           him
           or
           no.
           What
           is
           his
           by
           former
           right
           ,
           and
           by
           after-consent
           ,
           and
           self-resignation
           ,
           shall
           it
           not
           be
           govern'd
           by
           him
           ?
           if
           it
           be
           a
           subject
           capable
           of
           Laws
           and
           Government
           ,
           as
           such
           consent
           shews
           it
           to
           be
           ?
           Your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           is
           not
           an
           homage
           but
           a
           mockery
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           it
           not
           with
           a
           resolution
           to
           receive
           
           the
           Law
           from
           his
           mouth
           :
           and
           that
           wherein
           soever
           he
           commands
           ,
           you
           will
           to
           your
           uttermost
           obey
           .
           But
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           things
           that
           follow
           ,
           my
           limits
           constrain
           me
           unto
           more
           brevity
           .
           Only
           let
           not
           this
           apprehension
           of
           God
           be
           frightful
           ,
           yea
           let
           it
           be
           amiable
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           in
           it self
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           be
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           loveliness
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           the
           kind
           design
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           suitable
           it
           is
           to
           the
           kindest
           design
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Government
           first
           and
           principally
           over
           minds
           ,
           purposely
           intended
           to
           reduce
           them
           to
           an
           holy
           and
           peaceful
           order
           ,
           wherein
           it
           cannot
           but
           continue
           them
           ,
           when
           that
           Kingdom
           comes
           to
           be
           setled
           there
           ;
           which
           stands
           
             in
             righteousness
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
             joy
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Laws
           whereof
           are
           summ'd
           up
           
             in
             Love
          
           ;
           being
           such
           
             also
             as
             in
             the
             keeping
             whereof
             there
             is
             great
             reward
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           You
           are
           to
           consider
           him
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           to
           yield
           your self
           ,
           as
           your
           
             greatest
             Benefactor
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           as
           your
           
             best
             and
             supream
             good
          
           .
           Indeed
           you
           cannot
           sever
           his
           being
           your
           Ruler
           from
           his
           being
           your
           Benefactor
           (
           more
           than
           his
           being
           your
           Teacher
           from
           his
           being
           your
           Ruler
           )
           when
           the
           tendency
           and
           design
           of
           his
           Government
           
           is
           understood
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           very
           principal
           part
           of
           our
           felicity
           to
           be
           under
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           he
           doth
           you
           the
           greatest
           good
           by
           ruling
           you
           ,
           when
           otherwise
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           than
           that
           you
           would
           run
           your selves
           into
           the
           greatest
           of
           evil
           ,
           and
           soon
           be
           most
           miserable
           creatures
           .
           You
           are
           now
           so
           far
           happy
           as
           you
           are
           subject
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           it
           aims
           at
           is
           to
           make
           you
           finally
           and
           compleatly
           happy
           .
           For
           it
           is
           the
           design
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           regulate
           your
           actions
           ,
           but
           your
           inclinations
           ,
           and
           principally
           towards
           himself
           .
           You
           have
           been
           
             alienated
             from
             the
             life
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           were
           become
           strangers
           to
           him
           ,
           yea
           and
           
             enemies
             in
             your
             very
             minds
          
           ;
           
           
             for
             the
             carnal
             mind
             is
             enmity
             against
             God.
          
           
           The
           very
           business
           of
           his
           Government
           is
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           alter
           the
           temper
           of
           your
           minds
           ;
           
           for
           
             continuing
             carnal
          
           ,
           they
           
             neither
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             ,
          
           as
           the
           same
           place
           tells
           you
           .
           Therefore
           if
           his
           Government
           take
           place
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           
             become
             subject
          
           ,
           you
           
             become
             spiritual
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           
           having
           now
           the
           possession
           and
           the
           power
           of
           you
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           possible
           he
           should
           ever
           be
           an
           
             effectual
             
             Benefactor
          
           to
           you
           ,
           without
           being
           thus
           an
           
             over-powering
             Ruler
          
           ,
           so
           do
           these
           things
           ,
           run
           into
           one
           another
           .
           To
           let
           you
           have
           your
           own
           will
           ,
           and
           follow
           your
           carnal
           inclination
           ,
           and
           cherish
           and
           favour
           you
           in
           this
           course
           ,
           were
           to
           gratifie
           you
           to
           your
           ruine
           ,
           and
           concur
           with
           you
           to
           your
           being
           for
           ever
           miserable
           :
           Which
           you
           may
           see
           plainly
           if
           you
           will
           understand
           wherein
           your
           true
           felicity
           and
           blessedness
           must
           consist
           ,
           or
           consider
           what
           was
           intimated
           concerning
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           proposal
           of
           this
           head
           ;
           that
           he
           is
           to
           be
           your
           Benefactor
           ,
           in
           being
           to
           you
           himself
           ,
           your
           
             supream
             and
             only
             satisfying
             Good.
          
           He
           never
           doth
           you
           good
           effectually
           and
           
             to
             purpose
          
           ,
           till
           he
           overcome
           your
           
             carnal
             inclination
          
           .
           For
           while
           that
           remains
           ,
           will
           you
           ever
           mind
           him
           ?
           Can
           you
           love
           him
           ?
           desire
           after
           him
           ?
           or
           delight
           in
           him
           ?
           The
           first
           and
           most
           fundamental
           Law
           which
           he
           laies
           upon
           you
           is
           ,
           that
           
             you
             shall
             love
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             with
             all
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             soul
             ,
             and
             mind
             ,
             and
             might
             .
          
           What
           will
           become
           of
           you
           if
           you
           cannot
           obey
           this
           Law
           ?
           This
           World
           will
           shortly
           be
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           you
           must
           ,
           't
           is
           like
           ,
           leave
           it
           sooner
           ;
           you
           are
           undone
           ,
           if
           your
           hearts
           be
           not
           before-hand
           
           so
           framed
           as
           that
           you
           can
           savour
           and
           take
           complacency
           in
           a
           better
           and
           higher
           Good.
           You
           will
           shortly
           have
           nothing
           left
           you
           but
           himself
           ;
           you
           will
           be
           pluckt
           away
           from
           your
           Houses
           ,
           and
           Lands
           ,
           and
           Friends
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           outward
           comforts
           ;
           and
           now
           in
           what
           a
           case
           are
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           take
           no
           pleasure
           or
           satisfaction
           in
           God!
           You
           are
           therefore
           to
           yield
           up
           your self
           to
           him
           in
           full
           union
           ,
           as
           with
           your
           most
           grateful
           and
           delectable
           Good
           ;
           with
           this
           sense
           possessing
           your
           Soul
           ,
           
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             Heaven
             but
             thee
             ?
             or
             whom
             on
             Earth
             can
             I
             desire
             besides
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           are
           to
           look
           upon
           God
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           his
           Claim
           as
           your
           rightful
           Owner
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           Instruction
           ,
           as
           your
           undeceiving
           Teacher
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           Government
           ,
           as
           your
           Gracious
           ,
           Sovereign
           Ruler
           .
           And
        
         
           To
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           your
           best
           and
           most
           satisfying
           Good.
           Or
           your
           self-communicating
           Benefactor
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           also
           concerns
           you
           to
           have
           distinct
           and
           right
           thoughts
           of
           the
           state
           of
           your
           case
           ,
           and
           how
           things
           are
           between
           
           him
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           duly
           apply
           your selves
           to
           him
           in
           so
           great
           a
           transaction
           .
           The
           Gospel
           under
           which
           you
           live
           tells
           you
           ,
           he
           treats
           with
           men
           in
           and
           by
           a
           Mediator
           ,
           his
           own
           Son
           ,
           who
           came
           down
           into
           this
           wretched
           World
           of
           ours
           ,
           in
           great
           compassion
           to
           our
           miseries
           ,
           and
           took
           our
           Nature
           ,
           was
           here
           on
           Earth
           among
           us
           an
           incarnate
           God.
           God
           manifested
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           Because
           we
           were
           partakers
           of
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           he
           took
           part
           with
           us
           likewise
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Nature
           of
           ours
           died
           for
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           that
           we
           might
           yield
           our selves
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           be
           accepted
           .
           
           
             No
             man
             now
             comes
             to
             the
             Father
             but
             by
             him
             .
          
           He
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           with
           great
           reverence
           ;
           and
           a
           most
           profound
           homage
           must
           be
           rendered
           to
           him
           .
           
           
             He
             that
             denieth
             the
             Son
             hath
             not
             the
             Father
             .
          
           And
           it
           being
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           to
           treat
           with
           us
           by
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           the
           case
           requiring
           that
           we
           apply
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           him
           according
           to
           those
           capacities
           wherein
           Scripture
           represents
           him
           to
           us
           .
           And
           it
           represents
           him
           agreeably
           to
           those
           same
           notions
           according
           to
           which
           we
           have
           shewn
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           God
           the
           Father
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           so
           as
           that
           
           Christ
           being
           the
           Mediator
           between
           him
           and
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           yield
           our selves
           to
           him
           ultimately
           ,
           and
           finally
           ,
           under
           the
           notions
           that
           have
           been
           mention'd
           ,
           we
           are
           first
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           Christ
           Jesus
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           under
           the
           like
           notions
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Being
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           God
           as
           
             our
             Owner
          
           ,
           we
           must
           know
           ,
           the
           Father
           hath
           given
           all
           things
           into
           
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             John
          
           13.
           3.
           and
           that
           
             He
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             ,
             Acts
          
           10.
           36.
           which
           ,
           
             in
             the
             first
             sense
          
           ,
           signifies
           him
           to
           be
           ,
           by
           the
           Father's
           constitution
           ,
           the
           Owner
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           even
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Redeemer
           .
           
           For
           ,
           
             he
             therefore
             died
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             Lord
             of
             dead
             and
             living
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           both
           Worlds
           ;
           agreeably
           to
           what
           he
           himself
           speaks
           immediately
           upon
           his
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ;
           
             All
             power
             is
             given
             to
             me
             both
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             Matth.
          
           28.
           18.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           for
           those
           other
           notions
           of
           God
           under
           which
           we
           have
           shewn
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           our
           Teacher
           ,
           Ruler
           ,
           and
           Benefactor
           ,
           they
           correspond
           to
           that
           threefold
           Office
           of
           Christ
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           cannot
           but
           have
           heard
           much
           ,
           viz.
           of
           Prophet
           ,
           King
           ,
           and
           Priest
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           are
           to
           commit
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           when
           
           we
           yield
           our selves
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           a
           Teacher
           come
           forth
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           who
           reveals
           him
           to
           us
           whom
           no
           man
           hath
           seen
           at
           any
           time
           :
           As
           one
           that
           must
           reign
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           over
           the
           greatest
           on
           Earth
           ,
           Luke
           19.
           14.
           and
           27.
           
           Psal.
           2.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           and
           by
           whom
           we
           are
           to
           be
           reconcil'd
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           restor'd
           to
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           him
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           11.
           
        
         
           And
           because
           our
           blind
           minds
           ,
           and
           perverse
           hearts
           need
           light
           and
           grace
           from
           above
           ,
           to
           direct
           and
           encline
           us
           hereto
           ,
           therefore
           hath
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           a
           great
           work
           to
           do
           in
           us
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           Whereupon
           we
           are
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           that
           blessed
           Spirit
           also
           ,
           as
           our
           enlightner
           ,
           and
           sanctifier
           ;
           which
           our
           being
           directed
           to
           
             walk
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Gal.
          
           5.
           25.
           and
           our
           being
           told
           that
           
             they
             that
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             are
             none
             of
             his
             ,
             Rom.
          
           8.
           9.
           and
           ,
           
             that
             as
             many
             as
             are
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             led
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             v.
          
           14.
           do
           plainly
           shew
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           then
           we
           are
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           also
           our
           having
           those
           great
           names
           ,
           nam'd
           upon
           us
           in
           our
           Baptism
           (
           as
           we
           before
           told
           you
           )
           doth
           import
           .
        
         
         
           And
           how
           necessary
           all
           this
           is
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           ,
           if
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           consider
           how
           we
           are
           to
           look
           upon
           our selves
           in
           this
           transaction
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           are
           to
           consider
           our selves
           as
           God's
           creatures
           ,
           being
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           to
           consider
           him
           as
           our
           Creator
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           must
           reckon
           we
           owe
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           do
           but
           yield
           him
           what
           we
           owe
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           his
           before
           .
           For
           ,
           how
           can
           you
           but
           be
           his
           ,
           who
           of
           his
           meer
           pleasure
           hath
           rais'd
           you
           out
           of
           nothing
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           must
           remember
           we
           have
           been
           
             apostate
             creatures
          
           ,
           such
           as
           had
           faln
           ,
           and
           revolted
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           so
           our
           yielding
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           is
           a
           giving
           our selves
           back
           to
           him
           ,
           having
           injuriously
           withdrawn
           and
           with-held
           our selves
           from
           him
           before
           .
           And
           because
           the
           injury
           was
           so
           great
           as
           we
           could
           never
           make
           any
           recompence
           for
           ,
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           such
           a
           Mediator
           should
           be
           appointed
           between
           God
           and
           us
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           only
           we
           can
           expect
           to
           be
           accepted
           when
           we
           yield
           our selves
           .
           So
           great
           a
           Majesty
           was
           not
           to
           be
           approacht
           by
           offending
           creatures
           without
           so
           great
           a
           Days-man
           ,
           and
           Peace-maker
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           We
           must
           consider
           our selves
           as
           impure
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           unfit
           for
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           ,
           Service
           ,
           and
           Converse
           ,
           and
           who
           did
           therefore
           need
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           be
           put
           forth
           upon
           us
           to
           make
           us
           fit
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           our
           case
           required
           we
           should
           put
           our selves
           into
           such
           hands
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           We
           are
           to
           consider
           our selves
           
             as
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             sinners
             invited
             and
             call'd
             back
             to
             God
          
           ;
           as
           such
           whose
           case
           is
           not
           desperate
           ;
           or
           who
           need
           to
           abandon
           our selves
           to
           ruine
           ,
           tho'
           we
           have
           greatly
           offended
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           hope
           .
           We
           are
           to
           consider
           our selves
           with
           distinction
           from
           the
           condition
           of
           other
           faln
           creatures
           .
           The
           Angels
           that
           fell
           and
           kept
           not
           their
           first
           station
           ,
           have
           no
           Gospel
           sent
           to
           them
           to
           invite
           them
           back
           ,
           and
           persuade
           them
           again
           to
           yield
           themselves
           to
           God
           ;
           you
           have
           .
           Into
           what
           a
           transport
           should
           this
           thought
           put
           you
           !
           how
           should
           it
           mollifie
           you
           !
           oh
           what
           a
           yielding
           temper
           and
           disposition
           of
           spirit
           should
           it
           work
           in
           you
           towards
           this
           gracious
           call
           ,
           and
           just
           challenge
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           God
           now
           gives
           you
           ,
           and
           makes
           unto
           you
           !
        
         
         
           Thus
           far
           then
           you
           see
           how
           you
           are
           to
           consider
           God
           and
           your selves
           in
           this
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           .
           
           You
           are
           now
           next
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           according
           to
           such
           considerations
           must
           include
           ,
           or
           be
           accompanied
           with
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           reasonable
           to
           think
           you
           have
           no
           more
           to
           mind
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           than
           only
           what
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           bare
           abstract
           nature
           of
           such
           an
           act
           ;
           but
           looking
           upon
           your
           case
           in
           its
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           considering
           the
           state
           of
           things
           between
           God
           and
           you
           ,
           it
           greatly
           concerns
           you
           to
           see
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           be
           suitably
           carried
           to
           this
           state
           of
           your
           case
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           must
           be
           accompani'd
           with
           very
           deep
           and
           serious
           repentance
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           most
           penitential
           surrender
           you
           are
           now
           to
           make
           of
           your selves
           to
           him
           ;
           for
           you
           are
           to
           remember
           that
           you
           are
           but
           now
           coming
           back
           out
           of
           a
           state
           of
           Apostacy
           from
           your
           Sovereign
           and
           most
           rightful
           Lord.
           Yea
           tho'
           you
           are
           but
           renewing
           your
           surrender
           of
           your selves
           ,
           having
           done
           somewhat
           herein
           before
           ,
           you
           are
           yet
           to
           consider
           this
           was
           your
           case
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           some
           never
           
           have
           yet
           seriously
           thought
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           liv'd
           in
           this
           World
           hitherto
           as
           if
           you
           were
           your
           own
           ,
           and
           there
           were
           no
           Lord
           over
           you
           :
           O
           then
           with
           what
           inward
           remorse
           ,
           with
           what
           brokenness
           of
           heart
           ,
           with
           what
           relentings
           and
           self-accusings
           should
           this
           thing
           now
           be
           done
           !
           you
           should
           come
           ,
           smiting
           upon
           the
           thigh
           ,
           and
           saying
           within
           your selves
           ,
           What
           have
           I
           done
           ?
           So
           long
           Lord
           ,
           have
           I
           liv'd
           in
           this
           World
           of
           thine
           ,
           which
           thou
           mad'st
           ,
           and
           not
           I
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           might
           do
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           my self
           ,
           what
           I
           pleas'd
           ?
           I
           have
           usurpt
           upon
           thy
           unquestionable
           right
           in
           me
           ,
           have
           liv'd
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           thee
           ;
           I
           am
           now
           convinced
           this
           was
           a
           very
           undutiful
           ,
           unlawful
           way
           of
           living
           .
           Let
           him
           hear
           you
           (
           as
           he
           once
           heard
           Ephraim
           ,
           or
           shall
           do
           )
           
             bemoaning
             your selves
          
           ,
           
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             Turn
             me
             and
             I
             shall
             be
             turned
             ,
             thou
             art
             the
             Lord
             my
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           How
           can
           you
           think
           of
           yielding
           your selves
           now
           at
           length
           to
           God
           ,
           without
           being
           deeply
           sensible
           of
           your
           having
           deferr'd
           it
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           not
           done
           it
           sooner
           ?
           and
           how
           great
           the
           iniquity
           was
           of
           your
           former
           course
           ?
           that
           you
           have
           all
           this
           while
           committed
           a
           continual
           robbery
           upon
           him
           
           that
           gave
           you
           breath
           .
           
             Will
             a
             man
             rob
             God
          
           ?
           And
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           
             Wherein
             have
             I
             robbed
             him
          
           ?
           you
           have
           
             rob'd
             him
             of
             your self
          
           ,
           a
           greater
           thing
           than
           of
           Tythes
           and
           Offerings
           .
           And
           this
           robbery
           was
           sacriledge
           .
           For
           every
           thing
           due
           and
           devoted
           to
           God
           ,
           hath
           a
           sacredness
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           consider
           ,
           were
           you
           not
           ,
           upon
           his
           just
           claim
           ,
           in
           your
           Baptism
           devoted
           to
           him
           ?
           how
           should
           this
           startle
           you
           ?
           you
           have
           constantly
           alienanated
           from
           him
           a
           sacred
           thing
           !
           You
           have
           been
           in
           a
           continual
           contest
           with
           him
           about
           one
           of
           the
           highest
           rights
           of
           his
           Sovereignty
           ,
           yea
           and
           of
           his
           Godhead
           ,
           for
           
             to
             that
          
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           peculiar
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           
             Lord
             of
             all
          
           .
           So
           that
           the
           controversy
           between
           him
           and
           you
           hath
           been
           ,
           
             who
             shall
             be
             God
          
           ?
           You
           have
           refus'd
           him
           his
           own
           creature
           ;
           How
           high
           a
           crime
           was
           this
           ?
           Know
           then
           you
           have
           been
           a
           great
           transgressor
           ,
           a
           grievous
           revolter
           ,
           and
           now
           therefore
           yield
           your self
           to
           him
           with
           a
           melting
           broken
           heart
           ,
           or
           you
           do
           nothing
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           must
           be
           done
           with
           
             great
             deliberation
          
           ;
           not
           as
           the
           meer
           effect
           of
           a
           sudden
           fright
           .
           What
           is
           done
           in
           a
           rash
           haste
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           soon
           undone
           .
           Leisurely
           consider
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           whole
           compass
           of
           the
           case
           ;
           
           weigh
           with
           your selves
           the
           mentioned
           grounds
           upon
           which
           you
           are
           to
           yield
           your selves
           ,
           and
           the
           ends
           you
           are
           to
           do
           it
           for
           ,
           that
           things
           may
           be
           set
           right
           between
           him
           and
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           return
           into
           your
           own
           natural
           place
           and
           station
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           again
           stated
           in
           that
           subordination
           to
           your
           Sovereign
           Lord
           which
           fitly
           belongs
           to
           you
           ;
           that
           he
           may
           have
           his
           right
           which
           he
           claims
           ,
           and
           you
           the
           mercy
           which
           you
           need
           .
           Here
           is
           place
           for
           much
           consideration
           .
           And
           when
           Israel
           is
           complain'd
           of
           as
           less
           willing
           to
           acknowledge
           God
           for
           his
           Owner
           and
           Master
           ,
           than
           the
           Oxe
           and
           Ass
           were
           to
           acknowledge
           theirs
           ,
           all
           is
           resolved
           into
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           
             did
             not
             consider
             ,
             Isa.
          
           1.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           must
           be
           done
           
             with
             Judgment
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           such
           consideration
           .
           When
           all
           things
           have
           been
           well
           weigh'd
           that
           belong
           to
           this
           case
           ,
           then
           let
           this
           formed
           Judgment
           pass
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             I
             ought
             to
             be
             thine
             ,
             and
             no
             others
             .
          
           Say
           to
           him
           hereupon
           ,
           with
           a
           convinced
           Judgment
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           O
           God
           ,
           I
           surrender
           my self
           ,
           as
           now
           seeing
           none
           hath
           that
           right
           in
           me
           that
           thou
           hast
           ;
           when
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           becomes
           constraining
           upon
           Souls
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           
           they
           
             thus
             judge
          
           ,
           that
           
             they
             ought
             no
             longer
             to
             live
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             him
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           14.
           15.
           
           These
           things
           last
           mentioned
           will
           imply
           a
           rectifi'd
           mind
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           ingredient
           into
           this
           transaction
           ,
           else
           it
           will
           be
           defective
           throughout
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           must
           be
           done
           with
           a
           
             fulness
             of
             Consent
          
           ;
           and
           herein
           it
           chiefly
           consists
           ,
           when
           the
           Soul
           says
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           am
           now
           most
           entirely
           willing
           to
           be
           thine
           :
           This
           is
           your
           
             yielding
             your selves
          
           .
           And
           hereby
           the
           Covenant
           is
           struck
           between
           God
           and
           you
           ;
           which
           consists
           in
           the
           expressed
           Consent
           of
           the
           parties
           covenanting
           in
           the
           matters
           about
           which
           the
           Covenant
           is
           .
           This
           Covenant
           is
           about
           the
           Parties
           themselves
           ,
           who
           covenant
           ,
           as
           the
           Conjugal
           Covenant
           is
           ,
           which
           resembles
           it
           ;
           viz.
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           one
           anothers
           .
           God
           hath
           exprest
           his
           consent
           in
           his
           Word
           and
           Gospel
           ,
           making
           therein
           the
           first
           overture
           to
           you
           .
           When
           you
           rejoyn
           your
           own
           consent
           ,
           the
           thing
           is
           done
           :
           This
           being
           the
           sum
           of
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           
             I
             will
             be
             your
             God
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             my
             People
             ,
          
           as
           in
           many
           places
           of
           Scripture
           it
           is
           gathered
           up
           .
           When
           therefore
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           openly
           testified
           his
           willingness
           to
           be
           their
           God
           who
           shall
           accept
           ,
           and
           take
           him
           to
           be
           
           so
           ,
           you
           also
           are
           willing
           ,
           and
           do
           consent
           too
           ,
           you
           do
           now
           
             take
             hold
             on
             his
             Covenant
          
           ,
           matters
           are
           agreed
           between
           him
           and
           you
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           take
           those
           words
           as
           spoken
           to
           you
           particularly
           ;
           
             I
             have
             entred
             into
             Covenant
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             art
             become
             mine
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           8.
           
        
         
           But
           then
           you
           must
           take
           notice
           that
           this
           is
           to
           be
           done
           with
           a
           full
           consent
           ,
           which
           that
           is
           said
           to
           be
           which
           determines
           you
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           not
           absolutely
           perfect
           .
           No
           grace
           in
           any
           faculty
           is
           perfect
           in
           this
           life
           .
           But
           as
           in
           
             humane
             affairs
          
           ,
           that
           will
           is
           said
           to
           be
           full
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           spring
           of
           answerable
           following
           actions
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           here
           .
           If
           a
           man
           have
           some
           inclination
           to
           do
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           and
           do
           it
           not
           ,
           it
           goes
           for
           nothing
           ;
           if
           he
           do
           it
           ,
           his
           will
           is
           said
           to
           be
           full
           ,
           tho'
           he
           have
           some
           remaining
           disinclination
           .
           You
           may
           be
           said
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           God
           ,
           with
           a
           full
           consent
           ,
           when
           you
           live
           afterwards
           as
           one
           devoted
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           
             must
             carry
             life
             in
             it
          
           ,
           as
           the
           following
           words
           signifie
           ;
           
             Yield
             your selves
             to
             God
             as
             those
             that
             are
             alive
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
           It
           must
           be
           a
           
             vital
             act
          
           ,
           and
           have
           vigour
           in
           it
           .
           You
           must
           be
           capable
           of
           making
           that
           true
           Judgment
           
           of
           your
           case
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           
             v.
             11.
             of
             reckoning
             truly
             that
             you
             are
             dead
             to
             sin
             ,
             but
             alive
             to
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           Do
           it
           as
           feeling
           life
           to
           spring
           in
           your
           souls
           towards
           God
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           him
           .
           What!
           will
           you
           offer
           God
           a
           carcass
           ?
           not
           the
           
             living
             Sacrifice
          
           ,
           which
           you
           see
           is
           required
           ,
           Rom.
           12.
           1.
           
           Beg
           earnestly
           for
           his
           own
           Spirit
           of
           life
           and
           power
           ,
           that
           may
           enable
           you
           to
           offer
           up
           a
           living
           Soul
           to
           the
           living
           God.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           There
           must
           be
           
             Faith
             in
             your
             yielding
             your selves
          
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           committing
           ,
           or
           entrusting
           your selves
           to
           God
           ,
           with
           the
           expectation
           of
           being
           sav'd
           ,
           and
           made
           happy
           by
           him
           .
           So
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
             2.
             12.
             
             I
             know
             whom
             I
             have
             believed
          
           (
           or
           trusted
           )
           
             and
             that
             he
             is
             able
             to
             keep
             what
             I
             have
             committed
             to
             him
             against
             that
             day
             .
          
           'T
           is
           suitable
           to
           the
           gracious
           nature
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           his
           excellent
           greatness
           ,
           to
           his
           design
           ,
           to
           the
           Mediatorship
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           to
           his
           Promise
           and
           Gospel-Covenant
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           own
           necessities
           ,
           and
           the
           exigency
           of
           your
           own
           lost
           ,
           undone
           state
           ,
           that
           you
           so
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           poor
           creature
           ready
           to
           perish
           ,
           expecting
           ,
           not
           for
           your
           sake
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           ,
           to
           be
           accepted
           ,
           
           and
           to
           find
           mercy
           with
           him
           .
           You
           do
           him
           the
           honour
           which
           he
           seeks
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           most
           worthy
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           the
           most
           excellent
           ,
           and
           a
           self-sufficient
           Being
           ,
           when
           you
           do
           thus
           .
           You
           answer
           the
           intendment
           of
           the
           whole
           Gospel-constitution
           ,
           which
           bears
           this
           Inscription
           ,
           
             To
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             grace
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           'T
           is
           honourable
           to
           him
           when
           you
           take
           his
           Word
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           believe
           in
           his
           Son
           ,
           shall
           not
           perish
           ,
           but
           have
           everlasting
           life
           .
           You
           herein
           set
           to
           your
           Seal
           that
           he
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           fully
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           more
           significancy
           ,
           when
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           it
           you
           yield
           your selves
           ,
           with
           an
           assurance
           that
           he
           will
           not
           destroy
           or
           reject
           a
           poor
           creature
           that
           yields
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           casts
           its
           self
           upon
           his
           mercy
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Another
           Ingredient
           into
           this
           yielding
           of
           your selves
           must
           be
           Love.
           As
           Faith
           ,
           in
           your
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           ,
           aims
           at
           
             your
             own
             welfare
          
           and
           salvation
           ;
           so
           Love
           ,
           in
           doing
           it
           ,
           intends
           
             his
             service
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           duty
           to
           him
           you
           are
           capable
           of
           doing
           him
           .
           You
           must
           be
           able
           to
           give
           this
           as
           the
           true
           reason
           of
           your
           act
           ,
           and
           to
           resolve
           it
           into
           this
           Principle
           ;
           I
           yield
           my self
           to
           God
           ,
           because
           I
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           
           from
           the
           unfeigned
           love
           I
           bear
           to
           him
           ;
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ;
           if
           there
           were
           occasion
           ,
           he
           hath
           captivated
           my
           heart
           with
           his
           Excellencies
           and
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           hereupon
           having
           nothing
           else
           ,
           I
           tender
           my self
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           tell
           himself
           ,
           
             
               Lord
               ,
               thou
               knowest
               all
               things
               ,
               thou
               knowest
               that
               I
               love
               thee
            
             ;
             and
             because
             I
             do
             ,
             I
             present
             my self
             to
             thee
             ;
             't
             is
             all
             I
             can
             do
             .
             I
             wish
             my self
             ten
             thousand
             times
             better
             for
             thy
             blessed
             sake
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             had
             in
             me
             all
             the
             Excellencies
             of
             many
             thousand
             Angels
             ,
             I
             were
             too
             mean
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             nothing
             but
             thy
             own
             goodness
             could
             count
             worthy
             thine
             acceptance
             ;
             because
             I
             love
             thee
             ,
             I
             covet
             to
             be
             near
             thee
             ,
             I
             covet
             to
             be
             thine
             ,
             I
             covet
             to
             lead
             my
             life
             with
             thee
             ,
             to
             dwell
             in
             thy
             presence
             ;
             far
             be
             it
             from
             me
             to
             be
             as
             without
             thee
             in
             the
             World
             as
             heretofore
             .
             I
             love
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             my
             strength
             ,
             because
             thine
             own
             perfections
             highly
             deserve
             it
             ,
             and
             because
             thou
             hast
             heard
             my
             voice
             ,
             and
             hast
             delivered
             my
             Soul
             from
             death
             ,
             mine
             Eyes
             from
             tears
             ,
             and
             my
             Feet
             from
             falling
             ,
             and
             I
             yield
             my self
             to
             thee
             ,
             because
             I
             love
             thee
             .
             I
             make
             an
             offer
             of
             
             my self
             to
             be
             thy
             servant
             ,
             thy
             servant
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             hast
             loosed
             my
             bonds
             ;
             and
             now
             I
             desire
             to
             bind
             my self
             in
             new
             ones
             to
             thee
             ,
             that
             are
             never
             to
             be
             loosed
             .
          
           And
           you
           can
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           therefore
           with
           dispositions
           and
           a
           temper
           suitable
           to
           the
           state
           you
           are
           now
           willing
           to
           come
           into
           ,
           that
           of
           a
           
             devoted
             Servant
             ;
             viz.
          
           
        
         
           8.
           
           
             With
             great
             reverence
             and
             humility
          
           .
           For
           ,
           consider
           to
           whom
           you
           are
           tendering
           your self
           ;
           to
           the
           
             high
             and
             lofty
             One
             that
             inhabiteth
             Eternity
             :
          
           To
           him
           that
           hath
           
             Heaven
             for
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             Earth
             for
             his
             Footstool
          
           ;
           and
           in
           comparison
           of
           whom
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           World
           are
           but
           
             as
             Grashoppers
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Nations
             of
             the
             Earth
             as
             the
             drop
             of
             a
             bucket
             ,
             and
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             Balance
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Yea
           to
           him
           against
           whom
           you
           have
           sinn'd
           ,
           and
           before
           whose
           pure
           eyes
           ,
           you
           cannot
           ,
           
             in
             your self
          
           ,
           but
           appear
           most
           offensively
           impure
           ;
           so
           that
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           ashamed
           and
           blush
           to
           lift
           up
           your
           eyes
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           And
           yet
           it
           surely
           ought
           to
           be
           
             with
             great
             joy
             and
             gladness
             of
             heart
             ,
          
           that
           he
           hath
           exprest
           himself
           willing
           to
           accept
           such
           as
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           made
           you
           
           willing
           to
           yield
           your selves
           .
           The
           very
           thought
           should
           make
           your
           heart
           leap
           and
           spring
           within
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           ever
           have
           bespoken
           such
           as
           we
           are
           to
           yield
           our selves
           to
           him
           !
           when
           he
           might
           have
           neglected
           us
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           wander
           endlesly
           ,
           without
           ever
           looking
           after
           us
           more
           .
           How
           should
           it
           glad
           your
           hearts
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           have
           such
           a
           message
           brought
           you
           from
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           find
           is
           written
           in
           his
           own
           Word
           ,
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           !
           Should
           not
           your
           hearts
           answer
           with
           wonder
           ;
           
             And
             blessed
             Lord
             !
             Art
             thou
             willing
             again
             to
             have
             to
             do
             with
             us
             !
             who
             left
             thee
             having
             no
             cause
             ,
             and
             who
             returning
             can
             be
             of
             no
             use
             to
             thee
             !
          
           O
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           we
           may
           yield
           our selves
           back
           unto
           him
           !
           that
           we
           are
           invited
           and
           encourag'd
           to
           it
           .
           And
           you
           have
           cause
           to
           bless
           God
           ,
           and
           rejoyce
           ,
           if
           this
           day
           you
           feel
           your
           heart
           willing
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           become
           his
           .
           Do
           you
           indeed
           find
           your selves
           willing
           ?
           
           You
           
             are
             willing
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             power
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           day
           of
           his
           power
           upon
           your
           hearts
           .
           Many
           are
           
             call'd
             and
             refuse
          
           ;
           he
           
             often
             stretches
             out
             his
             hands
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             no
             man
             regards
          
           .
           Perhaps
           you
           
           have
           been
           call'd
           upon
           often
           before
           this
           day
           to
           do
           this
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           neglected
           it
           ,
           had
           no
           heart
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           might
           have
           said
           to
           you
           ;
           Now
           I
           will
           never
           treat
           with
           you
           more
           ;
           if
           you
           should
           call
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           hear
           ;
           if
           you
           stretch
           out
           your
           hands
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           regard
           it
           ,
           but
           laugh
           at
           your
           destruction
           ,
           and
           mock
           when
           your
           fear
           cometh
           .
           But
           if
           now
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           once
           more
           ,
           your
           hearts
           do
           answer
           ;
           Lord
           ,
           here
           we
           are
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           ready
           to
           surrender
           our selves
           ;
           you
           may
           conclude
           he
           hath
           
             poured
             out
             his
             Spirit
             upon
             you
             :
          
           The
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           now
           moving
           upon
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           this
           is
           indeed
           a
           joyful
           day
           ,
           
           the
           day
           which
           he
           hath
           himself
           made
           ,
           and
           you
           ought
           to
           rejoyce
           and
           be
           glad
           in
           it
           .
           When
           the
           people
           in
           
           David's
           days
           offered
           of
           their
           substance
           to
           God
           for
           the
           service
           of
           his
           house
           ,
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             The
             people
             rejoyced
             for
             that
             they
             offered
             willingly
             :
          
           
           And
           David
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           
             blessed
             God
             before
             all
             the
             Congregation
          
           —
           saying
           ,
           
             Thine
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             is
             the
             greatness
             and
             the
             power
             —
             But
             who
             am
             I
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             my
             people
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             able
             to
             offer
             so
             willingly
             after
             this
             sort
             ?
             for
             all
             things
             come
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             of
             thine
             
             own
             have
             we
             given
             thee
             .
          
           If
           you
           are
           this
           day
           willing
           to
           offer
           your selves
           ,
           how
           much
           is
           this
           a
           greater
           thing
           !
           and
           it
           
             comes
             of
             him
          
           ,
           and
           
             't
             is
             of
             his
             own
          
           you
           are
           now
           giving
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           a
           most
           unquestionable
           right
           in
           you
           before
           .
           
        
         
           10.
           
           
             You
             should
             do
             it
             with
             solemnity
             .
          
           For
           ,
           have
           you
           ever
           had
           a
           business
           of
           greater
           importance
           to
           transact
           in
           all
           your
           days
           ?
           If
           you
           were
           to
           dispose
           of
           an
           Estate
           ,
           or
           a
           Child
           ,
           would
           you
           not
           have
           all
           things
           be
           as
           express
           ,
           and
           clear
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           ?
           and
           would
           not
           they
           insist
           to
           have
           it
           so
           ,
           with
           whom
           you
           deal
           in
           any
           such
           affair
           ?
           And
           is
           there
           not
           a
           solemnity
           belonging
           to
           all
           such
           transactions
           ?
           especially
           if
           you
           were
           to
           dispose
           of
           your self
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Conjugal
           Covenant
           ?
           tho'
           that
           is
           to
           be
           but
           for
           this
           short
           uncertain
           time
           of
           life
           ;
           so
           as
           that
           the
           relation
           you
           enter
           into
           to
           day
           ,
           may
           be
           by
           death
           dissolv'd
           and
           broken
           off
           again
           to
           morrow
           :
           How
           much
           more
           explicit
           ,
           clear
           ,
           and
           solemn
           ,
           should
           this
           your
           covenanting
           with
           God
           in
           Christ
           be
           ?
           wherein
           you
           are
           to
           make
           over
           
             your
             Soul
          
           to
           him
           ?
           and
           
             for
             eternity
          
           .
           You
           are
           to
           
           become
           his
           ,
           under
           the
           bond
           of
           an
           
             everlasting
             Covenant
          
           .
           You
           are
           entring
           a
           relation
           never
           to
           be
           broken
           off
           .
           This
           God
           is
           to
           be
           your
           God
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           terms
           you
           are
           to
           be
           his
           .
           Is
           your
           Immortal
           Soul
           of
           less
           account
           with
           you
           than
           the
           temporal
           concernments
           of
           a
           mortal
           Child
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           placing
           out
           but
           for
           a
           term
           of
           years
           that
           soon
           expires
           ?
           yea
           or
           than
           a
           piece
           of
           Ground
           ,
           or
           an
           Horse
           ,
           or
           a
           Sheep
           ,
           about
           which
           how
           punctual
           and
           express
           are
           your
           Bargains
           and
           Contracts
           wont
           to
           be
           ?
           Or
           are
           only
           the
           matters
           of
           your
           Soul
           ,
           and
           wherein
           you
           have
           to
           do
           with
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           slightly
           managed
           ?
           or
           to
           be
           huddled
           up
           in
           confusion
           ?
           or
           to
           be
           slid
           over
           in
           silent
           intimations
           ?
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           so
           express
           and
           solemn
           dealing
           in
           yielding
           and
           giving
           up
           your selves
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           not
           needful
           on
           his
           part
           ,
           who
           understands
           sincerity
           without
           any
           expression
           of
           yours
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           needful
           on
           your
           part
           ,
           that
           a
           deep
           and
           lasting
           impression
           may
           be
           made
           upon
           your
           Spirits
           ;
           which
           if
           you
           be
           sincere
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           only
           feel
           your selves
           to
           need
           ,
           but
           your
           own
           temper
           and
           inclination
           will
           prompt
           you
           to
           
           it
           ;
           accounting
           you
           can
           never
           be
           under
           bonds
           strong
           and
           sure
           enough
           to
           him
           :
           You
           will
           not
           only
           apprehend
           necessity
           ,
           but
           will
           relish
           and
           tast
           pleasure
           in
           any
           such
           transaction
           with
           the
           blessed
           God
           ,
           in
           avouching
           him
           to
           be
           your
           God
           ,
           and
           your self
           to
           be
           his
           .
           The
           more
           solemn
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           grateful
           it
           will
           be
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           Do
           so
           then
           ;
           Fall
           before
           his
           Throne
           ;
           Prostrate
           your self
           at
           his
           footstool
           ;
           and
           having
           chosen
           your
           fit
           season
           ,
           when
           nothing
           may
           interrupt
           you
           ;
           and
           having
           shut
           up
           your self
           with
           him
           ,
           pour
           out
           your
           Soul
           to
           him
           ;
           tell
           him
           you
           are
           now
           come
           on
           purpose
           ,
           to
           offer
           your selves
           to
           him
           as
           his
           own
           .
           O
           that
           you
           would
           not
           let
           this
           night
           pass
           without
           doing
           so
           !
           Tell
           him
           you
           have
           too
           long
           neglected
           him
           ,
           and
           forgotten
           to
           whom
           you
           belong'd
           ;
           humbly
           beseech
           him
           for
           his
           pardon
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           now
           accept
           of
           you
           ,
           for
           your
           Redeemer's
           sake
           ,
           as
           being
           through
           his
           grace
           resolv'd
           never
           to
           live
           so
           great
           a
           stranger
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           be
           such
           a
           wanderer
           from
           him
           more
           .
           And
           when
           you
           have
           done
           so
           ,
           remember
           the
           time
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           with
           you
           a
           noted
           memorable
           
           day
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           keep
           the
           day
           in
           memory
           when
           you
           became
           such
           a
           ones
           Servant
           or
           Tenant
           ,
           or
           your
           Marriage-day
           :
           Renew
           this
           your
           agreement
           with
           God
           often
           ,
           but
           forget
           it
           never
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           some
           may
           say
           ,
           But
           what
           needs
           all
           this
           ?
           were
           we
           not
           once
           devoted
           and
           given
           up
           to
           God
           in
           Baptism
           ?
           and
           is
           not
           that
           sufficient
           ?
           To
           what
           purpose
           should
           we
           do
           again
           a
           thing
           that
           hath
           once
           been
           so
           solemnly
           done
           ?
        
         
           But
           here
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           Are
           you
           never
           to
           become
           the
           Lords
           by
           your
           own
           choice
           ?
           Are
           you
           always
           to
           be
           Christians
           ,
           only
           by
           another's
           Christianity
           ,
           not
           by
           your
           own
           ?
           And
           again
           ,
           Have
           you
           not
           broken
           your
           Baptismal
           Vow
           ?
           have
           you
           not
           forgot
           it
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ever
           since
           ?
           I
           am
           afraid
           too
           many
           never
           think
           of
           any
           such
           matter
           at
           all
           ,
           that
           ever
           they
           were
           devoted
           to
           God
           by
           others
           ,
           but
           only
           upon
           such
           an
           occasion
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           an
           excuse
           that
           they
           may
           never
           do
           such
           a
           thing
           themselves
           .
           And
           consider
           ,
           were
           these
           Christian
           Romans
           on
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           presses
           this
           duty
           never
           Baptiz'd
           ,
           think
           
           you
           ?
           Read
           over
           the
           foregoing
           part
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           wherein
           you
           find
           him
           putting
           them
           in
           mind
           that
           they
           had
           been
           
             baptiz'd
             into
             Christs
             death
          
           ,
           and
           
             buried
             with
             him
             in
             baptism
          
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           this
           was
           to
           be
           an
           argument
           to
           them
           why
           they
           
             should
             yield
             themselves
             to
             God
          
           ;
           not
           why
           they
           should
           not
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           our
           way
           is
           now
           plain
           and
           open
           to
           what
           we
           have
           further
           to
           do
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           apply
           this
           practical
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           press
           the
           Precept
           further
           upon
           you
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           open'd
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           prest
           by
           parts
           in
           some
           measure
           already
           ,
           in
           our
           insisting
           on
           the
           several
           heads
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           seen
           do
           belong
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           are
           one
           way
           or
           other
           comprehended
           in
           it
           .
           Which
           will
           therefore
           make
           this
           latter
           part
           of
           our
           work
           the
           shorter
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           being
           dispatch't
           in
           the
           fewer
           words
           ;
           and
           with
           blessed
           effect
           ,
           if
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           living
           God
           shall
           vouchsafe
           to
           co-operate
           ,
           and
           deal
           with
           your
           hearts
           and
           mine
           .
           Shall
           we
           then
           all
           agree
           upon
           this
           thing
           ?
           Shall
           we
           unite
           in
           one
           resolution
           ,
           
             We
             will
             be
             the
             Lords
          
           ?
           Shall
           every
           one
           say
           in
           his
           own
           
           heart
           ,
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           will
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           I
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           I
           ?
           Come
           now
           ,
           
             one
             and
             all
          
           .
           This
           is
           no
           unlawful
           confederacy
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           blessed
           combination
           !
           
             Come
             then
             ,
             let
             us
             join
             our selves
             to
             the
             Lord
             in
             a
             perpetual
             Covenant
             ,
          
           
           
             not
             to
             be
             forgotten
          
           .
           With
           whatsoever
           after-solemnity
           ,
           you
           may
           renew
           this
           Obligation
           ,
           and
           Bond
           of
           God
           upon
           your
           Souls
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           every
           one
           apart
           ,
           in
           your
           Closets
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           corner
           ,
           and
           you
           cannot
           do
           it
           too
           fully
           ,
           or
           too
           often
           ;
           yet
           let
           us
           now
           all
           
             resolve
             the
             thing
             ;
             and
             this
             assembly
             make
             a
             joint-surrender
             ,
             and
             oblation
             of
             it self
             to
             the
             great
             God
             our
             Soveraign
             rightful
             Lord
             ,
             through
             our
             blessed
             Redeemer
             and
             Mediator
             ,
             by
             the
             Eternal
             Spirit
             ,
          
           (
           which
           I
           hope
           is
           breathing
           and
           at
           work
           among
           us
           ,
           )
           
             as
             one
             liuing
             sacrifice
             ,
             as
             all
             of
             us
             ,
             alive
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             to
             be
             for
             ever
             sacred
             to
             him
             ?
          
           O
           blessed
           Assembly
           !
           O
           happy
           act
           and
           deed
           !
           With
           how
           grateful
           and
           well-pleasing
           an
           odour
           will
           the
           kindness
           and
           dutifulness
           of
           this
           Offering
           ascend
           ,
           and
           be
           received
           above
           !
           God
           will
           accept
           ,
           Heaven
           will
           rejoice
           ,
           Angels
           will
           concur
           ,
           and
           gladly
           fall
           in
           with
           us
           .
           We
           hereby
           adjoin
           
           our selves
           in
           relation
           ,
           and
           in
           heart
           and
           spirit
           ,
           to
           the
           
             general
             Assembly
             ,
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             First-born
             Ones
             written
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             the
             innumerable
             Company
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Spirits
             of
             just
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
          
           and
           within
           a
           little
           while
           shall
           be
           actually
           among
           them
           .
           Is
           it
           possible
           there
           should
           be
           now
           among
           us
           any
           dissenting
           Vote
           ?
           Consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           'T
           is
           a
           plain
           and
           unquestionable
           thing
           you
           are
           prest
           unto
           :
           A
           thing
           that
           admits
           of
           no
           dispute
           ,
           and
           against
           which
           you
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           about
           which
           you
           cannot
           but
           be
           already
           convinc't
           .
           And
           't
           is
           a
           matter
           full
           of
           danger
           ,
           and
           upon
           which
           tremendous
           consequences
           depend
           ,
           to
           go
           on
           in
           any
           practice
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           neglect
           ,
           against
           a
           conviction
           of
           Judgment
           and
           Conscience
           .
           For
           your
           own
           Heart
           and
           Conscience
           must
           condemn
           you
           if
           you
           consider
           ,
           and
           it
           betrays
           you
           if
           you
           consider
           not
           .
           How
           fearful
           a
           thing
           is
           it
           for
           a
           man
           to
           carry
           his
           own
           Doom
           in
           his
           own
           Bosom
           !
           to
           go
           up
           and
           down
           the
           World
           with
           a
           Self-condemning
           Heart
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           awake
           ,
           and
           which
           if
           it
           be
           not
           ,
           yet
           cannot
           sleep
           always
           ,
           and
           must
           awake
           with
           the
           greater
           
           terror
           at
           length
           .
           And
           in
           so
           plain
           case
           't
           is
           most
           certainly
           Gods
           Deputy
           ,
           and
           speaks
           his
           Mind
           ;
           
             If
             our
             hearts
             condemn
             us
          
           ,
           
           
             God
             is
             greater
             than
             our
             hearts
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           'T
           is
           that
           therefore
           the
           refusal
           whereof
           none
           of
           you
           would
           avow
           .
           Who
           among
           us
           can
           have
           the
           confidence
           to
           stand
           forth
           and
           say
           ,
           
             I
             will
             be
             none
             of
             the
             Lords
             ?
          
           Would
           any
           man
           be
           content
           to
           go
           with
           this
           writ
           upon
           his
           Forehead
           from
           day
           to
           day
           ?
           And
           doth
           not
           that
           signifie
           such
           a
           refusal
           to
           be
           a
           shameful
           thing
           ?
           That
           must
           needs
           be
           an
           ill
           temper
           of
           Mind
           which
           one
           would
           be
           asham'd
           any
           one
           should
           know
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           't
           is
           a
           
             mean
             thing
          
           to
           dissemble
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           thought
           ,
           and
           counted
           what
           we
           are
           not
           ,
           or
           to
           do
           what
           in
           truth
           we
           do
           not
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           considering
           what
           inspection
           we
           are
           under
           ,
           
             't
             is
             a
             vain
             thing
          
           .
           For
           do
           we
           not
           know
           that
           
             eyes
             which
             are
             as
             a
             flame
             of
             fire
             ,
          
           behold
           us
           ,
           and
           pierce
           into
           our
           very
           Souls
           ?
           Do
           we
           not
           know
           
             all
             things
             in
             us
             are
             naked
             and
             manifest
             to
             him
             with
             whom
             we
             have
             to
             do
             ?
          
           
           And
           that
           he
           discerns
           it
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           heart
           
           among
           us
           that
           is
           not
           sincere
           in
           this
           thing
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Consider
           that
           this
           is
           the
           very
           design
           of
           the
           Gospel
           you
           live
           under
           .
           What
           doth
           it
           signifie
           or
           intend
           ,
           but
           to
           recal
           Apostate
           Creatures
           back
           again
           to
           God
           ?
           What
           is
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           you
           profess
           ,
           but
           a
           State
           of
           devotedness
           to
           God
           ,
           under
           the
           conduct
           ,
           and
           thorough
           the
           mediation
           of
           Christ
           ?
           You
           frustrate
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           make
           your
           Religion
           a
           nullity
           ,
           and
           an
           empty
           name
           till
           you
           do
           this
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           And
           how
           will
           you
           lift
           up
           your
           heads
           at
           last
           in
           the
           great
           day
           ?
           and
           before
           this
           
             God
             the
             judge
             of
             all
          
           ?
           You
           cannot
           now
           plead
           ignorance
           .
           If
           perhaps
           any
           among
           you
           have
           not
           been
           formerly
           so
           expresly
           call'd
           ,
           and
           urg'd
           to
           this
           yielding
           your selves
           to
           God
           ;
           now
           you
           are
           :
           and
           from
           his
           own
           plain
           Word
           't
           is
           chargd
           upon
           you
           .
           Will
           not
           this
           be
           remembred
           hereafter
           ?
           What
           will
           you
           say
           when
           the
           great
           God
           whose
           Creature
           you
           are
           ,
           speaks
           to
           you
           with
           the
           
             voice
             of
             Thunder
          
           ,
           and
           bids
           you
           gird
           up
           
             your
             Loins
          
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           an
           answer
           ?
           
             Were
             you
             not
             on
             such
             a
             day
             ,
             in
             such
             
             a
             place
             demanded
             and
             claim'd
             in
             my
             Name
             ?
             Were
             you
             not
             told
             ,
             were
             you
             not
             convinc't
             you
             ought
             to
             yield
             your selves
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             yet
             you
             did
             it
             not
             ?
             Are
             you
             prepar'd
             to
             contest
             with
             your
             Maker
             ?
             Where
             is
             your
             right
             ,
             where
             is
             your
             power
             ,
             to
             stand
             against
             me
             in
             this
             contest
             ?
          
        
         
           7.
           
           But
           if
           you
           sincerely
           yield
           your selves
           ,
           the
           main
           Controversie
           is
           at
           end
           between
           the
           Great
           God
           and
           you
           .
           All
           your
           former
           sins
           are
           pardon'd
           and
           done
           away
           at
           once
           .
           Those
           glad-tydings
           you
           have
           often
           heard
           that
           import
           nothing
           but
           
             glory
             to
             God
             in
             the
             highest
             ,
             peace
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             good
             will
             towards
             men
             ,
          
           plainly
           shew
           that
           the
           Great
           God
           whom
           you
           had
           offended
           ,
           hath
           no
           design
           to
           destroy
           you
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           make
           you
           yield
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           back
           his
           own
           .
           Though
           you
           have
           formerly
           liv'd
           a
           wandering
           life
           ,
           and
           been
           as
           a
           Vagabond
           on
           the
           Earth
           from
           your
           true
           Owner
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           all
           forgotten
           .
           How
           readily
           was
           the
           returining
           Prodigal
           receiv'd
           !
           and
           so
           will
           you
           .
           How
           quiet
           rest
           will
           you
           have
           this
           night
           ,
           when
           upon
           such
           terms
           there
           is
           a
           reconciliation
           between
           God
           and
           
           you
           !
           You
           have
           given
           him
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           all
           for
           this
           that
           he
           hath
           you
           now
           to
           save
           you
           .
           You
           were
           his
           to
           destroy
           before
           ,
           now
           you
           are
           his
           to
           save
           .
           He
           could
           easily
           destroy
           you
           against
           your
           will
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           only
           with
           your
           will
           ,
           he
           having
           made
           you
           willing
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           save
           you
           .
           And
           his
           bidding
           you
           yield
           ,
           implies
           his
           willingness
           to
           do
           so
           .
           O
           how
           much
           of
           Gospel
           is
           there
           in
           this
           invitation
           to
           you
           to
           yield
           your selves
           to
           God!
           consider
           it
           as
           the
           voice
           of
           Grace
           .
           Will
           he
           that
           bids
           a
           poor
           wretch
           yield
           it self
           ,
           reject
           or
           destroy
           when
           it
           doth
           so
           ?
        
         
           8.
           
           And
           how
           happily
           may
           you
           now
           live
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           days
           in
           this
           World.
           You
           will
           live
           under
           his
           care
           ,
           for
           will
           he
           not
           take
           care
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           of
           his
           own
           House
           ?
           An
           Infidel
           would
           .
           You
           are
           now
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           under
           his
           immediate
           Government
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           continual
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           And
           were
           you
           now
           to
           give
           an
           account
           where
           you
           have
           been
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           what
           you
           have
           been
           doing
           :
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           engag'd
           this
           day
           in
           a
           solemn
           treaty
           with
           the
           Lord
           of
           Heaven
           
           and
           Earth
           ,
           
             about
             yielding
             your selves
             to
             him
          
           :
           And
           it
           be
           further
           askt
           ;
           Well
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           the
           issue
           ?
           Have
           you
           agreed
           ?
           Must
           you
           ,
           any
           of
           you
           be
           oblig'd
           by
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           case
           to
           say
           ,
           No
           ;
           astonishing
           answer
           !
           What!
           Hast
           thou
           been
           treating
           with
           the
           Great
           God
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           thy
           life
           ,
           and
           not
           agreed
           ?
           What
           ,
           man
           !
           Did
           he
           demand
           of
           thee
           any
           unreasonable
           thing
           ?
           Only
           to
           yield
           my self
           .
           Why
           that
           was
           in
           all
           the
           World
           the
           most
           reasonable
           thing
           .
           Wretched
           Creature
           ,
           whither
           now
           wilt
           thou
           go
           ?
           What
           wilt
           thou
           do
           with
           thy self
           ?
           Where
           wilt
           thou
           lay
           thy
           hated
           head
           ?
           But
           if
           you
           can
           say
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God
           I
           gladly
           agreed
           to
           the
           Proposal
           :
           He
           gave
           me
           the
           Grace
           not
           to
           deny
           him
           :
           Then
           may
           it
           be
           said
           this
           was
           a
           good
           days
           work
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           have
           cause
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           this
           day
           as
           long
           as
           you
           have
           a
           day
           to
           live
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44698-e540
           
             Joh.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             36.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             28.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Gallican
             Church
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             †
             Du
             Pin
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             30.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Psa.
             37.
             31.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             12.
             23.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             68.
             18.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             18.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             7.
             
               latter
               part
            
             .
          
           
             Verse
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             John
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             2.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             5.
             
          
           
             Second
             Sermon
             .
          
           
             Jerem.
             31.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Psa.
             110.
             3.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             1.
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             118.
             
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             29.
             9.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             Treatise
             of
             Self-dedication
             from
             p.
             71.
             to
             103.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             50.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             20.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             12.