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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10018	Sermons preached before his Maiestie; and vpon other speciall occasions viz. 1 The pillar and ground of truth. 2 The new life. 3 A sensible demonstration of the Deity. 4 Exact walking. 5 Samuels support of sorrowfull sinners. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston Dr. in Diuinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Ball, Thomas, 1589 or 90-1659.	1630 (1630)	STC 20270; ESTC S120145	80,456	162

much short of that which belongs to a Christian of that which belongs to a man as he stands in relation to God as hee stands in reference to eternity as the other actions are to other men and you shall finde they are occupied in the same manner looke vpon the imploiments of men if wee could see what they are bufie about what their thoughts and liues are taken vp with in the morning if we could see them as God seeth them and beholds them wee should see they doe as mad men as a man that makes a garland to himselfe composed of such vanity as he is most fancied with Consider therefore what you doe Walke exactly not as fooles but as wise So much for that The maine point is that we now come to Walke exactly Consider therefore that you walke exactly whence we will deliuer this Doctrine to take the words as they lie that It is required of a Christian that he walke with God exactly in all things Before I come to prosecute this point I will shew what this walking is and what it is to walke exactly In a word by walking nothing else is meant but the tract and course of a mans life so that to walke holily is nothing else but in all the passages and turnings of a mans conuersation to keepe himselfe close to the rule so that into what circumstance soeuer he is cast stil as a Dye to fall right whether he be alone or in company whether he be in sport or in businesse whether he be among enemies or among friends all is one his conuersation is still of the same colour he keeps one tenure what condition soeuer he is in in crosses and aduersity he is taught to wait in prosperity he knowes how to abound to behaue him selfe as a Christian in any particular action whether it bee gaine or losse to him whether hee bee in a pleasant estate or whomsoeuer he hath reference to whether it be for his aduantage or disaduantage all is one he doth not shift he doth not dawbe it out by seeking inuentions that afterwards will fall off as vntempered morter his conscience puts it to him and tells him this is not to be done and he is willing to let his conscience speake he is ready to obey it when a man thus behaues himselfe in the constant course of his life this is to walke exactly But then againe there is somewhat in this word Exact the Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes of two words that signifie to goe to the extremity of a thing so to walke exactly is nothing else but so to keepe the Commandements of God that a man goes to the vtmost of them to all the rules that he prescribes not onely to content himselfe to doe the maine duties of them but you must looke to euery particle of them to bee willing to goe to the vtmost of euery command so the scope of the Apostle is to commend vnto vs here the thing that is so disgraced in the world the which is a matter of much obloquie that same exactnesse or precisenesse for so the word may as well be translated and there is no word that fits the Greeke better than this Consider that you walke precisely or exactly or strictly in all things I say that is the Apostles scope to commend this to vs that men discommend so much though indeed it be the only excellency of a Christian for is not that the best glasse that shewes the smallest spots and is not that the brightest light that shewes the least moats and doe you not reckon that the finest flesh that is sensible of the least pricking so the conscience that is sensible of the least sin or failing is the perfection of Christianity which wee are to striue to attaine it is that which we are to reckon the greatest excellency of all others so far it should be from disgrace with vs. To walke exactly is required of euery one and this exactnesse is to goe to the vtmost but a little more particularly to describe it to walke exactly requires these three conditions First looke to the whole rule he that looks but to a part shall neuer doe a businesse exactly but imperfectly and bunglingly that is you must haue respect to all the commandements to all the precepts that runne thorow the booke of God Secondly hee must goe to the vtmost of euery one we see our Sauiour in Mat. 5. hee sets it downe it is not enough for a man not to murder but he must not be angry with his brother vnaduisedly there is the extremity of the command he must not onely take care of the maine but to keepe the least so he saith that a man should not onely not sweare great oathes or not forsweare himselfe but let your yea be yea and your nay nay saith our Sauiour in the same Chapter And so for that command Thou shalt not commit adultery I giue you the instances in that Chapter because Christ giues them vpon the same occasion saith he he that breaks the least commandement he that doth not keepe euery iot of the command he shall not come to Heauen As for that command of Adultery though thou keepe the maine if thou lust in thy heart that is if a man admit lasciuious thoughts adulterous lustfull thoughts though he keepe the maine Commandement the maine duty which is there commanded yet he walks not exactly there is a necessity laid vpon him Hee that keepes not euery iot of the command shall not enter into Heauen so that you must haue respect to the whole rule and to euery particular command And lastly you must doe it at all times Psal. 106. vers vlt. Blessed is hee that doth iustice and loues righteousnesse at all times otherwise a man cannot be exact he that doth it by fits and flashes that walkes exactly one day and is out againe another this man is said not to walke exactly he walks with God by fits as he that lookes to halfe the rule he walls but by halues if either of these be that he walks but by halues or by fits he is not exact thus much shall bee said for the explication Now this exactnesse is required in three respects First in respect of a mans person that hee bee clothed with all the graces of the spirit that there be none wanting there must bee a generality in that and therefore in 2 Pet. 1. we see the graces are put together Giue all diligence that you ioyne with vertue faith with faith knowledge with knowledge temperance with temperance patience c. that is as if he should say a Christian must not bee adorned with some graces of the spirit onely but hee must haue euery one he must be exact he must haue the whole clothing the whole Image of God for the Image of God is nothing else but the happy cluster of these graces