her steps take hold on hell thus the soul by the power of grace being made acquainted with the loathsomness and bitterness of sin begins to be weaned from its brest and forsakes its embraces let God or man say what can be said of sin in respect of the vileness of it the soul can give its free assent and consent unto it yea it s so hateful to the soul that it hates the very name of any thing that doth but tend to sin yea it hates it in its most glorious robes of pleasures profits honors credits or what ever the world can afford it will shake them off as Paul did the Viper from his hand it knows sin to be viperous infective and stinging it looks upon it as its bane its poyson its undoing yea in the souls apprehension its worse then hell then the devil or all or any thing that can be thought upon The next thing is Self-denial that 's a soul that hath no Self no will when any thing comes in competition with God with Christ it owns its being from God it renounceth any self-existency its naked till cloathed from above its barren till made fruitful by Christ it stands in need of all things till supplied by that Fountain that openeth his hand and filleth all things with his blessing this Grace subjecteth the soul and makes it lie down at Christs feet it s alwayes lying under the droppings of Grace that it might receive replenishings from the Spirit this causeth the soul to look out of it self and to be carried out with an expectation hungering and thirsting after Christ and his righteousness this makes the soul to decrease that Christ may increase it debaseth it self that it might advance Christ its willing to part with all that Christ may be all in all it doth not onely make the soul to see emptiness in it self but to see emptiness in every thing besides In a word It s a soul-denying and a Christ-advancing Grace in whatever it doth it will not suffer the soul to aim at any thing which may tend to sinister ends it doth willingly cast off ease profit pleasure honor or what ever can be thought on before God and Christ shall lose their glory this Grace brings the soul into a right temper where this Grace hath its true working the bias of the soul runs from the world and runs heavenward God-ward and Christ-ward Self-denial as its Faith 's concomitant so it worketh with Faith in purifying the heart in mortifying of sin Matth. 12.37 39. and in following of Christ For he that will follow me saith Christ must first deny himself not regarding profits pleasures afflictions or what ever else lies in the way to life and glory For he that loveth any thing whether it be father or mother more then Christ is not worthy of Christ and he that will finde his life shall lose it but he that loseth his life for Christs sake shal finde it Fourthly Love its Gods will to man and it is a grace shed abroad into the hearts of the Saints by the holy Ghost in man it s a certain passion flowing from the Affections which are the souls wheels to carry it to its Object be it either God or man It may be stiled a characterizing grace whereby men may know God for God is love whereby men may know Saints from Reprobates 1 Joh. 4.8.3.14 the children of God from the children of the devil it s a sign that you are departed from death to life because you love the brethren he that loves not his brother is not born of God neither doth he know him to her much is forgiven because she loved much Love is of such an excellent nature that it transcends the tongues of men and Angels it excells the gifts of prophesie all mysteries 1 Cor. 13.1 2. all knowledg nay all faith it is of an enduring nature as Paul saith in the 1 Cor. 13.8 Charity never faileth it out-lives faith and hope 1 Cor. 13.8 for they shall cease but love shall be perfected and endure for ever Quest 2 Secondly how comes godliness into the soul and what are the steps thereof Answ 2 That as godliness is the fruit of grace and grace the cause of godliness as I have shewed before so are they made perfect in the soul at one and the same instant of time that is perfect in parts not in degrees for there are degrees of grace as well as glory one Christian more eminent in grace then another yet the least spark is as true as the greatest flame the whole man is at one and the same time changed and become new all the faculties of the soul all the members of the body are at once transformed and renewed the understanding that 's illuminated the Judgement rectified the will turned to that which is good the affections run after the right object conversion is not in part but in whole the feet cannot be washed alone but the hands and other members must be also cleansed for so said Christ unto Simon Peter one of his Disciples when he said unto him Lord wash not onely my feet Joh. 13.9 10. but also my hands and my head Jesus answering said unto him he that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet but is clean every whit c. intimating that he that is washt by the blood of Jesus Christ is not onely cleansed from one sin but from all not onely purified in one member of his body but in all he is sanctified throughout both in soul and body but though this grace of sanctification or godliness be thus thorowly operative in it self yet oft times its not so to the souls apprehension that 's in Gods ordinary way of working now to open unto you in a word how to mans apprehension this great work of conversion grace and godliness is wrought First God by the preaching of his word together with the working of his spirit gives a touch to the conscience of an elect vessel which the Scripture cals a prick in the heart that 's in the ministery of the word as those in the Acts were pricked in their hearts saying Men and brethren what shall we do to be saved Act. 2.37 God doth here discover a mans condition to himself whereby he comes to see himself First To be a woful miserable and sinful creature Secondly that there is an exact satisfaction to be given to Divine Justice for those sins that he stands guilty of before God Thirdly that there is nothing in him that can possibly give satisfaction or make up that breach which he hath made by his sin there is no possibility in Angels or men in Heaven or earth that can take of the guilt of one sin And yet that divine justice must be satisfied or he is a lost man he is undone for ever yea he stands at the very brink of hell ready to be swallowed up every moment now these and the like reasonings
it was God that chose thee thou didst nor couldst not choose him O that an incomprehensible God should be comprehended by a poor wretched creature that he should bestow himself upon him and give him the riches of his grace O let the Saints for ever breath out thanks and praise to this gratious God and begin that work on earth which shall be their work for ever in the highest Heavens From the consideration of your redemption 3. Redemptio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is no less then a glorious redemption as being bought with a glorious price not with corruptible things as silver and gold but with the pretious blood of Jesus Christ of more worth and excellency then all the created powers in heaven and earth Consider what you are Redeemed from First From the curse of the Law Secondly From the wrath of an infinite God Thirdly From the power of sin Fourthly From a vain conversation Fifthly from the second death Sixthly Out of the jaws of Satan that great red dragon even from hell and condemnation What you are Redeemed to First To be in an estate of Son-ship to be the Sons of God Secondly To be heirs and joynt heirs with Jesus Christ Thirdly To have a sweet communion with God Christ and the Spirit of grace Fourthly To have communion with Saints Fifthly To enjoy life glory for ever where you shall sin no more where all teares shall be wiped from your eyes where you shall reign with God Christ Saints and Angels to all Eternity O this cals for thankfulness render unto him therefore the praises due unto his name 4. Justificatio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Est propria ipsa judicis de innocente reo pronunciatio significatione nimirum activa The consideration of your justification which is done by the merits of Christ that is to be fully acquitted of all sin as if a man had never sinned to stand right and just in the sight of God Christ having paid the debt to Divine Justice and blotted out the hand-writing against you so as now it s with the Saints as if they had never been defiled with sin you and onely you are they which stand justified in his sight in that fift to the Romans are these three words used viz. Justifying Justification Justice and they are thus distinguished The first Signifieth the merit of Christs Justice whereby the Saints are Justified The second The action it self of Justification whereby Christs Justice is communicated to the Saints The third the Justice it self which is imparted and communicated to the Saints you know by sin every man is bound over to the Judgment Seat there to answer before God for all things done against him in the flesh and to pay that debt that the Law requires now Christ is the Saints surety and in their behalf hath taken this debt upon himself and hath paid the utmost farthing that can be exacted by the Law he hath loosed the chains of darkness broken the strong holds and hath enlarged and set free the Saints in the sight of God so that neither the Law sin nor the devil can lay any charge or accusation against them they have their pardon written on their breast declaring there is no condemnation unto us because we are in Christ Jesus let the Saints therefore never cease to magnifie and praise the name of the God of their Salvation From the consideration of your vocation 5. Vocatio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 your calling out of darkness into the marvellous light whereby you can rejoyce in God your Saviour whereby your soul enjoyes the manifestation of all its comforts yea of its communion with God and Christ while its in the body God might have called his Saints at the last hour of their departure out of this life and so they might have lived without God in this world as every man doth before his calling and so without comfort and joy in the Holy Ghost now then if one hours communion with God be more worth then thousands of worlds O how are the Saints bound to bless God for so great a mercy as their enjoyment of communion with him here in this life for many days and yeers after they are called praise God therefore for your Vocation 6. Sanctificatio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 From the consideration of your Sanctification and holiness a godly man ought to be as truly and really thankful that his sins are purged as that his sins are pardoned it is one of the greatest mercies that a soul can partake of to be purified washed and cleansed from all filthiness of flesh and spirit to receive of Christs communicated holiness to be imputed holy for Christs sake so that he who hath this robe of righteousness is made pure yea so pure and holy as if he had never sinned the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin and this holiness and purity of spirit is a soul invested with by vertue of the blood of Christ flowing to it in the Covenant of Grace O this must needs be a strong motive to inlarge your hearts with gratitudes for so inestimable a mercy to be made pure as Christ is pure and holy as he is holy and for that this your holiness and Sanctification is not only universal but its perfect in its parts in every part of soul and body God doth not sanctifie one part now and another part at another time but he sanctifieth the soul thorowly at one the same time Therefore know that if thy heart be sanctified then thy judgment thy will thy understanding thy affections yea all the members of thy body and all the faculties of thy soul are sanctified also Yet you must know likewise that no man is perfect in the degrees of holiness on this side heaven yet bless God who ever thou art who knowest that sanctifying grace doth rest upon thy spirit here for though now it be in part yet it shall be made perfect in heaven for ever The seventh and last motive to stir up the Saints to thankfulness is this that thou who art a partaker of the power of godliness shalt be preserved to Eternal Life in spight of sin devil hell or any thing that can gainsay thou mayest slip and fail but never totally fall thou hast the spirit of God to guide and sustain thee thou art already passed from death to live with God eternally thou shalt never miscarry concerning thy eternal being thy trips and slidings shall but set thee forwarder on thy journey God will be thy God for evermore thou art safe for eternity and thy soul lieth in the bosome of Christ thou art given to Christ of the Father and those the Father hath given him he hath promised that none shall take them from him O bless the God of Gods whose mercy endureth for ever whose love is permanent whose purpose immutable and whose power All-sufficient to preserve thy soul and body unto eternal life Vse 6
indeed their case be very miserable as they stand at defiance with heaven yet I will not seal them up to condemnation nor give them all for lost let me yet set the Gospel before their eyes If yet you can beleeve you shall be saved If yet you return Though your sins be as crimson they shall be made as white as snow though they be as scarlet they shall be as wooll there is efficacy enough in the blood of Christ to wash you from all your filthiness add not then impenitency and unbelief to the rest of your abominations take heed of that soul-damning sin look upon the blood of Christ as that Fountain that stands open for Judah and Jerusalem to wash in for sin and for uncleaness remember that Christ came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance O this is a true saying and worthy of all acceptation saith Paul that Christ came into the world to save sinners whereof I am chief Thou that hast sinned against free Grace against the tenders of Love and Mercy against the very bowels of Christ yea against the blood of the Covenant know that thou hast cause to bless God that yet thou art not in Hell that yet thou art not quite without hope its possible yet for the breath of Life to be breathed into thy soul thy salvation is yet attainable if God do but yet inspire his Grace and Power into thy soul to make use of present means and opportunities of mercy O remember that God is in Christ reconciling the world unto himself yea the world indefinitely why maist not thou that hast been a formal professor all thy dayes that hast been an opposer of the power of godliness have a part in that great mercy of reconciliation God he intreats thee to be reconciled 2 Cor. 5.20 hear what Paul saith We are Embassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead that you would be reconciled to God for he hath made him to be sin for us which knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him In which places of Scripture you may take notice that there is nothing required on thy part but to be willing to receive a pardon and to be reconciled to God yea and God himself will work both the will and the deed tell me thou desperate sinner wilt thou be saved or no art thou willing to be made partaker of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ art thou willing to be transplanted out of the wilderness of the world into the Eden of God art thou willing to be snatcht from a Dunghill unto a Paradise to be cured of a loathsome Leprosie and to enjoy perfection of health and beauty what sinner so impudent what sinner so vile as to deny a consent and willingness to this yet to lay open a little further the rich Treasury of the Mercies of God unto any such obdurate soul that will harden his heart and refuse to be willing to receive pardon let him know that Christ will save him whether he will or no if he belong to the election of Grace God will will not lose any of his Elect ones nor suffer any to pluck them from him long may Satan bear rule and sway in the soul of a chosen Vessel of God from all eternity and such a one may seem in the eyes of the Saints to be a reprobate and lost creature to be a vessel of wrath destined for destruction yet may God at length come with the tender whisperings and breathings of his Spirit which breatheth and bloweth when and where it listeth upon such a miserable soul and calm the storms thereof and poure in fresh oyl into its wounds and put in marrow strength and vigor into its dry bones and say to such a soul Come out of thy bloud and live for he hath given a greater price for the redemption of his people then heaven or earth then Angels or men for he hath given his own blood for his Church Acts 20.28 and for his Elect and why maist not thou then be one of them for as great sinners as ever thou wert have been saved Where sin abounds there Grace aboundeth much more yet sin not that Grace may abound take heed of that there 's an absit a God forbid put to that But now though a man hath sinned with never so high an hand and never so high a nature against God the commission of the sin against the holy Ghost excepted yet for such a man to receive pardon of his sin and to be made holy through the righteousness of Christ this shews an abundance of Grace and infinite Mercy yea it makes for the greater exaltation of the glory and riches of free Grace to pardon the greatest sinners it sets forth more the glory of Gods rich Grace to pardon a Mary Magdalen to be reconciled to a persecuting Saul to free a Thief from the guilt of his misled life and carry him immediatly from a Cross the deserved end of his wretched life unto an everlasting crown to snatch him from the power of sin and bring him unto the freedom and fellowship of Saints to receive him into his own bosome whom the world loathed and spued out O the heighth and depth of the Love of God in Christ There is more advancement of the Glory of God in this then in the saving of an Abraham an Isaac or a Jacob who were never guilty of such sins as they were It s a greater honor for a Prince to pardon one that hath been a Traytor against his Crown Dignity and Life then to pardon one for stealing a trifle or for picking a pocket and so more honor redounds unto the Lord in his being reconciled to an old sinner to one that hath stood out against him all his dayes who hath been a Traytor against God and Christ the Gospel and the Saints then in his pardoning one that hath onely sinned against him of infirmity now there cannot be a worse Traytor against God then that man that hath onely a form of godliness and opposeth the power thereof yet let not this man nor any other in the like condition cast away the strong Anchor of Hope so long as he breathes on this side Hell for there is salvation purchased for such as well as for lesser sinners if they will but lay hold of the proffers of Mercy in the Gospel let them look upon Christ as a full Object of salvation for the greatest sinners and is not this incouragement enough for the vilest sinners to come in to God and to Christ nay especially when Christ will do all their works in them and for them and reacheth forth such strong and free invitations as so many cables for the supportation of any sinking soul when he calls in general unto every one that thirsteth Isai 55.1 To come and buy Wine and Milk without money and without price Come unto
like himself he comes with power and authority he darts his grace into the soul like his thunderbolts into the world that cleave asunder divide and shake the very frame and condition of created Beings and so in the Acts 2.2 Act. 2.2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting What was this but the Spirit of God that fell upon the Apostles and gave them other tongues to declare the mysteries of the Gospel to the Sons of men it came from heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and it came with power yea strengthned with all might to work powerfully prevailingly upon the hearts of men and that 's the reason why Christ compares the new birth to a wind that blowes John 3.8 and blowes where it listeth and no man knowes whence it comes nor whether it goes now what 's more powerful yet what 's more invisible then the wind even such is the working of the Spirit on them that God cals home to himself this is that white stone that no man knows Rev. 2.18 but he that receives it I will give him a white stone saith God and in the stone a new name that no man knows but he that receiveth it its thought that the Holy Ghost alludes here unto the custom of the Grecians in their Courts of Judicature when they were to condemn a man to death then the Judg sent him a black stone if he were to be freed and delivered then he sent him a white stone but yet it was so made up that he that carried it knew not what it was none but the Judg and the man that received it had knowledg of it so none but Christ and the soul that receiveth him knowes of the maner of conveyance or of the gift of eternal life There are two things in this point to be unfolded What 's meant by godliness What 's meant by the coming of it into the soul We have spoken somewhat of the first in the former part in the explicating of the words and now we will somewhat enlarge upon it Godliness is the right exercising and acting of those graces which the soul hath received of the Spirit of God Godliness what it is both to the glory of God and good of man or the bringing forth of the fruits of grace in holiness of life and conversation that is when a man improves all his graces given unto him to the advantage of his Master Christ to be glad of every occasion whereby he may advance the glory of that God that hath advanced him by the glory of his grace as God is pleased to shew the glory of his grace to a soul and that to the utmost so godliness in that soul desires to improve and actuate all that grace and mercy to its utmost power to and for God Christ the Gospel and the Saints And this is the very life and soul of godliness and this is the continual course that godliness acts this is its full scope and aime the perfection of this is that which it doth aspire after for this is the souls breathings from the time that the soul received it unto the end of life and so godliness becomes the souls witness here and hereafter 1 Tim. 4.8 for it hath the promise of this life and that which is to come Secondly This godliness comes I say it comes into the soul of man it is not attracted or by industry atchieved nor is it inherent in any soul but it is grace poured out from God and freely given and breathed into the soul of man by the Spirit of grace I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh Joel 2.28 Act. 2.16 Isa 44.3 Math. 13.11 c. Vnto you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom c. Yea Christ communicates himself unto his people and makes them partake of his fulness freely it s not attained by skill art wisdom learning riches or any created power whatsoever yea all the created power in heaven or earth is not able to attain unto one scruple or grain of godliness it s not from men nor from the word of God or dispensation of the Ordinances in themselves but from Heaven and that by the breathings of the Spirit of Jesus Christ I shall but onely touch upon this point in this place We have now seen that godliness where it comes it comes freely and comes with power the next thing to be considered is how it comes to pass that godliness comes with so much power into the soul Answ The Author of all godliness is the Essence of all Power which is God blessed for evermore It s a rule in Philosophy That as the Cause is so is the Effect if the Cause be powerful the Effect must needs be so as in Fire the greater the fire is the greater is the heat in making other things hot which is its effect so the earth being in it self naturally cold causeth a frigidity and numness in all creatures so man naturally springing from his principle earth is nothing but a heavy mass and lump of Clay dead and fruitless untill heat and life be inspired in him from a principle and fountain of life Thus the Almighty being infinite in power causeth those things which come from himself to be very full of power Now that God is powerfull is clear by those names given to him in Scripture Nomen Elohim est personarū 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He is called Elohim Elohim signifies the mighty Judges it s a Word of the Plural Number and expresseth the Trinity of Persons in Unity of Essence so Jehovah which signifies the eternal Being of himself then I am Exod. 3.14 I am that I am I will be what I will be a most significant expression of the absolute and uncontroulable power of God yea this name is attributed to Christ I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Then he is called Lord and so a Lord that he is absolute of himself and can do whatever he pleaseth in heaven and earth then he is called God which commonly signifieth a burning fire one that runs through all things Again He is called the strong God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 12 29. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Esai 40.17 Shaddai the Almighty God all which denotate and set forth the Almighty power of God and so in his Works For he is the God that weigheth the Mountains in a Balance and taketh up the Iles as a very little thing yea that counteth all things less then nothing what an expression is this what Soveraignty what Omnipotency is this what debasement of of all power in competition with his If it were the thoughts of Solomon an earthly King after his fruition of all sublunary pleasure and power to account them but vanity nay less then vanity well may then the Salomon of
Salomons the King of Kings estimate the greatest things in the world nay the power of the whole world to be nothing yea less then nothing who of nothing raised the world and all created Beings therein and to the same nothing can reduce them at his will and pleasure This I say is that God which sendeth godliness with a power into the soul of his Saints The next thing that we must consider is The ends why God sends godliness into the souls of his people with such power By the way taking notice of godliness as it is observable in its Cause and Effect for godliness in this place is Metonimically spoken the Effect for the Cause now Grace is the cause of godliness and godliness is the effect of Grace for Grace is that which makes a man a godly man and its Grace that comes with power into the soul whereby the life of man is acted and carried on in the wayes of godliness These things thus premised we shall proceed to the aforesaid Ends or Reasons Reas 1 The first End or Reason that God hath in sending godliness into the soul with power is because of the great opposition it must encounter withall and that is from the devil the world the flesh and spirit of men The devil he is the strong man and hath taken possession of the soul and alwayes stand upon his guard to keep his ground with all the powers of hell and all the strength that he can possibly make yea he bids defiance against Heaven Satans plea. Men and Angels and maketh this or the like plea for himself This soul is mine it was born mine We were by nature the children of wrath Ephes 2.2 3. c. yea it hath lived mine I have had the possession of it these twenty or thirty years yea it may be forty or fifty years what power now shall snatch him out of my hands he is my bounden servant he is my ancient souldier he hath covenanted to fight under my banner he is a loyal subject of my Kingdom he is true to his trust he will oppose my opposers he will defend my right and interest he will not have me lose any footing he will rather perish then have me dispossessed why then should not I actuate all my power and force for him to keep him still my faithful servant rather die then part with him Now Christ he comes and laies claim to this soul and saith This soul is mine Christs plea. and it was given me of my Father yea Joh. 17.6.9.29 24. I have loved him more then mine own life I have shed my pretious blood for him that I might redeem him out of the jaws of hell and deliver him from the power of Satan I am the Captain of his deliverance yea Heb. 2.10 I have bought him at a dear rate and paid more for him then heaven and earth it self yea 1 Pet. 1.18 then all the createed power in both and I will have him and Christ enters this Fort binds the strong man and doth cast him out by the strength of those weapons which are not carnal but spiritual yea mighty through God to cast down strong holds this is that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Saviour that can that will ransom and deliver his People maugre all oppositions whatsoever this is that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Anointed one Ephes 4.8 that victorious King of Kings that leads captivity captive and gives gifts to men of whose power the Saints receive power 1 Joh. 2.13 and grace for grace whereby they are inabled to wrestle against pincipalities and powers Ephes 6.12 against the Rulers of the darkness of this world yea against spiritual wickednesses in high places As it must be powerful to stand in opposition against Satan so against the world for if Grace and Godliness were not powerful the world would soon repel and overcome it it would exclude and bar the door of the soul against them for the world doth as really fight against the soul as the devil doth now what is the world certainly all that is in the world that is the lust of the flesh 1 Joh. 2.16 the lust of the eyes and the pride of life the first and strong invaders of our first Parents that did invade and overcome that laid siege unto took possession of the strong-fortified and enabled-to-resist faculties of the soul of Adam and in him do still smite his loyns and ensnare and seize upon the power and strength of all his seed they plead a right and possession by antiquity and they will keep their hold until they be evinced and cast out by the power of Grace which is the onely weapon we have to ward off the assaults of these spiritual wickednesses 1 Joh. 5.4 Rev. 15.2 this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith and by the power that God put into those glorious Martyrs they overcame the world in all its persecutions imprisonments yea and death it self It comes with power that it might beat down the corruptions of flesh and spirit that daily rebel and rise up against the Saints and that made Paul say I beat down my body I club it down 1 Cor 9.27 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vi subjicio corpus meum I beat it black and blue as the Original word signifies and all yet all was little enough for Naturam expellas furcâ licet usque recurrit there are such imperfections in the perfectest Christians such reliques of Nature that there will be still continual buffetings and conflicts between the Spirit and the Flesh though the Spirit doth oppose and sometimes get ground yet the Flesh will be returning and getting head again so long as we are in the body little doth the world know what ado Grace hath with the Flesh and Spirit of the Saints there will be such reluctances such combates such heavy burthens upon the soul that oft times it makes the Saints go very heavy and sad most part of their dayes And therefore the Apostle exhorts us To cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit 2 Cor. 7.1 Rom. 7.23 24. and this makes him cry out Who shall deliver me from the body of this death well I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord that is by that power of Christ that he sends into his soul he was delivered and by that power alone are all the Saints delivered from these three great capital Enemies Reas 2 That it may make us stand strong against all our enemies that oppose whatsoever Stand fast saith Paul in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free Gal. 5.1 1 Cor. 16.13.15.57 Watch you stand fast in the faith and quit you like men and be strong for God he hath given us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord and ye are kept by the power of God through faith to eternal salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 Now the reason why the
twelve Stars and to have the Moon under her feet that is the earth and the glory thereof in its most glorious Robes must be stamped upon by Saints even as Samuel stamped upon Agag the King of the Amalekites 1 Sam. 15. when a temptation comes and offers it self to Saints they ought to be higer minded then to embrace it In this point Saints should be like unto Themistocles 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who having gotten a great victory by war would not stoop to take the spoil it would not stand with his state and honor to do it and when others did it his answer was you may you are not Themistocles for when the world having received a foil by this power of godliness offers its glory and pomp to such a soul which indeed is but the spoil of grace that soul should refuse them and leave them to be taken up of the worldlings and say Such as you may entertain and hug the embraces of the world but for my part I am born higher I am of a nobler blood then to minde such off all such contemptible things Saints should be like Antipater 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King of Macedon who being offered a book to read said I have no leasure so when the Saints have the glorious book of the whole world and the pleasures thereof laid open unto their eyes and tendered to them to be read they should answer we have no leisure to contemplate upon such follies nor to receive such vanishing delights our spirits soar aloft we must follow our Fathers business which is in heaven it must be our delight and our meat and drink to do our Fathers will for he hath taught us that we are crucified to the world and the world to us And as Saints by this power live above the world in its glory and pomp so they must live above the world in its scorns reproachings and persecutions and say in plain tearms Quo tendit non quid passura sit cogitat World and Devil do your worst for true Vertue doth not so much consider what it suffers but whether it tends whether its going and what 's its end Virtus dum patitur vincit Vertues sufferings are its overcomings the world and all its reproaches are thereby conquered so that Saints should not look what share they have in the Whip Noli attendere quam poenam habeas in stagello sed quem locum in Testamento but what portion they have in the Word of God what interest they have in Christ Jesus what crown of glory is laid up for all them that love the appearing of Jesus Christ who shall change our vile bodies and make them like his glorious body For when Christ who is our light shall appear then shall we appear with him in glory then shall all tears be wiped from our eyes then shall the worlds scoffs be turned to our glory the worlds despight to our rejoycing the worlds cursings to our Hallelujahs and praising of that God that did so powerfully deliver us from them and hath now cloathed our despicable and loathed bodies with immortality and our souls with the Robes of Jesus Christ That by it Saints may see what emptiness there is in themselves and what fulness there is in the author of this power it s through Grace that a man sees that nothingness yea less then nothing that 's in himself that all his duties performances and abilities whatsoever are empty bubbles and meer nothing you know where light comes there darkness is discovered yea banished so where power comes weakness is made known and discovered so that a man may see it for where this power comes not men do and can trust in themselves and not in him who is all Power God blessed for evermore by this Self comes to be debased by this conceited riches become naked poverty all creature-fulness becomes emptiness by this the soul desireth to decrease that Christ may increase Reas 12 Lastly That it might keep and preserve the Saints to eternal life and glory Ye are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 O how soon would Saints turn their backs upon Christ and go back to imbrace their former sins lusts and corruptions and quite fall away from what they do now profess were it not that God did hold them in the hollow of his hand O whither was David going whither was Peter going and Lot Noah and divers other of the Saints had not God by a mighty power given a turn to their spirits its his Promise to his Saints that when they go astray they shal be made to hear a voyce behind them saying This is the way walk in it thus God by this power of Grace doth carry his Saints from grace to grace till he brings them to life and glory were it not for this they would with Demas forsake Christ and imbrace this present world the strongest Saint on earth left to himself would quickly fall and miscarry in his way to salvation its impossible for any man to be saved if he should be left to stand upon his own legs what infinite need then do we stand in of this preserving power it is not the beginning but the end that crowneth the work Finis coronat opus Luke 9.62 No man having put his hand to the Plough and looking back is fit for the Kingdom of God it was the complaint of God against the Church of Ephesus Revel 2.4 That she had left her first Love in Revel 2.4 Therefore he saith again in Verse 7. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God And again in Revel 21.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God c. Rev. 21.7 If then perseverance obtain the Crown and onely he that overcometh shall inherit eternal Life What will become of poor miserable creatures that are not able to stand one moment nor to resist the least temptation if the merciful power of an Almighty God doth not aid them and carry them on through this boisterous and troublesome world and conduct them safe unto the Haven of Rest had it not been for this 2 Tim. 4.7 8. Paul could never have said I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteousness c. It is therefore by the power of grace that we are kept and preserved faithful unto the end Quest You say that godliness comes into the soul and that it comes with power but after what manner or what are the footsteps of it Answ You may call to minde how I told you that the words were Metonymical the Effect is here put for the Cause Godliness in its highest excellency is but the fruit of Grace the improvement or exercise of Grace Grace is the cause
way that an unclean person walk in and he stands amazed at him preferring the bruitish beast before such a man thinking surely the devil is in him and he doth not take his mark much amiss as you shall hear by and by And so for the Swearer or any other that is given unto or lead away with any notorious vice men contrary minded wonder what it is that sets this man or that man to follow such and such courses Now I shall tell you that as the power of godliness in the Saints carries them on after the wayes of God Christ and the Gospel so the power of the devil sin and corruption carrieth wicked men on in the several wayes of all manner of lewdness which the devil can suggest unto them one he tempts unto one manner of sin another to another a third to a third kinde of prophaneness for Satan who is the Prince of this world Ephe. 2.2 by his spirit rules in the children of disobedience they are his Vassals and Slaves and must do his pleasure upon force therefore a man may safely conclude when he seeth a man is given up to such abominations certainly the devil is in that man he carries him on to the consuming of all or most part of his pretious time in company-keeping haunting of Taverns and Alehouses continually and so for a Whoremonger who is like a Dog that follows every Bitch he is plunged into the sink of lust and his eye follows the dictates of his Concupiscence and so for other vices that several men are addicted to Alas poor creatures for a while may they graze upon the pleasant Pastures and feed upon the Mountains of pleasure untill they be fatted as he Ox for the slaughter and the Sheep to the Shambles O senseless bestial creatures whose ruine comes upon them unawares and whose destruction is inevitable O that these silly wretches did but take notice of or know the cunning Sophistry of Satan or could but perceive the subtile twinings of this Spiders web which is so slily wrought for the intrapping of poor souls O this Soul-catching Spider who is alwayes sucking the pretious blood of poor souls and yet silly wretches they remain insensible this vigilant Fox waiteth for opportunities and suddenly takes his advantages from mens several inclinations if a man be given to company-keeping then will he be sure to cast in one opportunity or another into his hand whereby his design shall take and the man be brought to enjoyment of his desires he will be sure to fit him with companions and suitable invitations he will perswade him it shall be for his profit to go to the Tavern or Alehouse it will be for the advancement of his imployment in his Calling and for the ingratiating of him into the acquaintance of such and such men that may hereafter make him or at least better him in his estate And thus Satan having insinuated himself into the thoughts of the poor man and having gotten him into company O how sweet and delightful will he make his company to be unto him satiating his Genius with the beautiful and sparkling looks of the wine causing him to drink so long untill he be inflamed and untill he hath brought him under the wo of Solomons Wine-bibbers then he knows he hath made him fit to attempt and commit any sin then no sin can come amiss unto him be it what it will be and so if a man be propense and inclined to uncleanness the devil will match his humor he will fit his temper he hath varieties of satisfactions for such a soul no opportunity shall be wanting for the feeding of his lust the devil will either bring him unto the wantons bosom or bring her to his one way or other shall be so wrought that his lust shall be fed to the height and his unbridled affections satisfied O the incredible workings of Satan the undiscerned plots of this machiavilian the lechers desires shall be accomplished even against and beyond his own expectation the wanton woman shall be embraced before thought of so the lascivious man shall be brought unto the enjoyments of an alluring damsel at unawares such is the policy such are the contriving endeavors of Satan for the bringing about of his own ends and the captivating of poor souls and so is for any other sin or wickedness that men are and can be given unto they need not to fear the carrying on of their sinful designes there is a cunning artificer whom they little dream of will carry them on for them with a witness far beyond their expectation he will be sure to be at the begining and end of all he will be at every turn untill his work be finished even the perdition of such sinful souls But here let us take heed that we do not bely the devil and charge him too deep and lay the burthen of the blame onely upon his shoulders for many men are apt when they have done any wickedness presently to post it off and to lay it unto the devils charge but let such men know had they not the tinder in their own box the fire would never take for fire could never burn without something that is combustible so the devil could never draw men to sin were there not something within them for him to work upon as namely lusts and corruptions and the seeds of all maner of sin these doth he breathe upon and kindle into a flame he presently takes an advantage and seizeth upon the magazine of the soul and keeps it for his own service for if he could but see a man standing on his guard to prevent his assailments he would forbear concluding with himself here is no good to be done so long as our first parents stood upon their watch the devil could take no advantage but no sooner did they slight their guard and hearken unto Satans parly but they embraced his temptation and were overcome and he suddainly not his will of them so might we say of David Solomon Peter and divers others so long as they stood upon their watch they stood sure but when once they gave way to their corruptions then he had his desire then he plaid his part then he fulfilled his will let the devil have no advantage from within then the man is secure these domestick and inbred enemies are the worst treachery is first wrought within and then wofull will be that spoile when the rich Jewel within is surprised and taken what availeth the cabinet let the inward guard be strongly fortified and then let the divel do his worst Thirdly Is it so that godliness comes into the soul with such efficacy and power Then this may teach us that godliness is no idle merchant it s no slothful companion but it s always operative and working in the souls of men yea it hath a great deal of work to do in a little time for mans time here you know is very short and that is the
world to die for you yea and to rise again that you should not perish and Christ he came freely out of the bosom of his Father that he might manifest his love unto you in laying down his pretious life and shedding his pretious blood for your sakes then the Spirit of God is sent unto you that he might lead you into all truth and give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in Christ Act. 16.18 O therefore poor creatures know that you have nothing but what you have received of his fulness have ye received and grace for grace O then see that your glory and happiness lies not in doing but in receiving in the Law men did bear their own charges as we may say but now in the Gospel Christ bears the Saints charges to Heaven at his own proper cost our condition of our selves is worse then the meanest beggars condition in the world for he can put forth his hand to receive an almes but when God offers a man grace let him offer it never so freely never so long if he give him not withall a power and an hand to receive it he will go without it for ever and this hand that God doth extend and give out unto the soul to receive and take hold of his gracious offers is lively faith whereby Christ the promises and the Gospel are made over and enjoyed by that soul so empty in himself is man that he is not able to think a good thought or to speak a good word muchless to perform any good action O then what cause hath poor man to admire free grace and to look into and consider his one nothingness and to make his addresses unto the fulness and all sufficiency that is Christ Jesus then should a man behold Christ in the riches of his grace love bounty and tender mercy then would the soul be ravished with the glory of his presence and be taken with that sweetness which is so incomparably excellent and delightful there may he lye down and consolate his soul on a bed of Roses and refresh his fainting spirit with spices and rich perfumes O then by one glimpse of Christs glory would a soul be made to see it self as it is in it self altogether ugly defiled and loathsome then shall it see it self in its blood and foul deformity to the loathing of its spirit even as a man that comes into a dark room with a candle in his hand sees things amiss and out of order which were not discovered when they lay in the dark so is it with the soul when Christ shines into it then onely are the thick mists of darkness dispelled and the noysome corners of the soul purified and made clean he is the bright morning Star he is the Sun of righteousness he is given for a light to the Gentiles that though they were in the very shadow of death yet when he came among them they presently saw a great light wheresoever Christ comes he brings a light with him yea glory wisdom and all excellencies attend him for it s he that is made to his Saints Wisdom 1 Cor. 1.30 righteousness sanctification and redemption he that is the tree of life in the midst of the paradise of God Rev. 22.2 whose very leaves are for the healing of the Nations and therefore it s our duties to apply our selves onely to Christ resting on him and not on any created power or excellency whatsoever for man the chief of all the creation of God Angels excepted in his most setled estate is altogether vanity give him all the advantages you can as he is man truly he is miserable to purpose and therefore its cleer that there is nothing in man nor any other creature under heaven that can help man to the least dram of the power of godliness Rom. 6.23 its true That the wages of sin that is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Fifthly This may inform us that mens Ignorance of the power and excellency of godliness is the very reason why it s so ill relished and slighted amongst men and why it is looked upon with such an evil aspect and held in so small an esteem in the world did but men know the worth of it then the professors and practisers of it would be more accounted of had the woman of Samaria known who it was that asked her water she would never have made a denyall or had she but known Christ the gift of God John 4.9 10. she would have asked of him and he could have given to her water of life every creature is for its element stones cannot have their habitation in the aire no more then Stars dwel upon the earth fishes cannot live in flames nor moles in clouds it s beyond the sphere of the men of this world to be conversant in the affairs of the world to come they can look no further then after the things of this world their knowledgment is bounded here they are aliens and strangers to any thing beyond their own center they are of the earth and so earthly-minded their knowledge study and endeavors tend earthward ther 's their complacency and delight the natural man discerneth not the things that are of the spirit of God and what is the reason its because they are spiritually discerned his light his knowledg his discerning is all carnal tell him of the workings of the Spirit of God of conversion from an estate of nature to an estate of grace of meeting with God in a duty of having communion with Christ of the Saints union with him their head of resting on God where reason and means faile c. these are strange things to him they are meer riddles to him but now speak to a Merchant or Shop-keeper of buying selling or trading either here or beyond the Seas or to a country Farmer of Corn Cattle Plowing Sowing or any thing in matter of Husbandry herein now they are expert here they know what you mean now you deal with them in their own element herein they are onely wise cunning and skilful Merchants masters of their science none shall over-reach them they will not oversee or let slip the advancement of a bargain for want of experience here and onely here they are their own crafts-masters so that the truth is these men come into this world and so go out they make not their returns to Heaven so good and beneficial as their returns from Sea to Land indeed the whole scope and tendency of their life is circumscribed within the earth and the confines thereof they never knew of any other end for which they came into the world nor never will look after or expect any further knowledg or Interest but in and unto this present being and so remain securely wise untill they drop into hell and see their own misery and their neglect and want of true knowledg O that men would fear
what excellency there is in godliness that so your carriages to others may make them to enquire after it to be in love with it to desire to know it and to be acquainted with it O be sure to carry your self so as that you give no offence to Jew or Gentile nor to the Church of God but let your carriage be such as that all men may be in love or at lest convinced that the way you walk in is just holy and good Pity poor souls that are ignorant of this power of godliness O remember it was once your condition and had been so still had not infinite free grace and tender mercy made a difference O therefore let your bowels yern towards them that are your brethren according to the flesh and let your prayers be to God that they may be endued from above with this power that the Spirit of grace would overshadow them and breathe the breath of life into their souls that they may be saved that they which belong to his eternal election may be speedily called home to partake of that sweetness of that Olive Tree Rom. 11.16 whose root is Jesus Christ stretch forth your helping hand to save poor sinners let your prayers be incessant for them O intreat and beseech them to be reconciled to God O let them know from you that there is sufficiency in the blood of Jesus Christ to save their pretious souls perswade them to come in to Christ and tell them what sweetness you have found in the wayes of God let them know that when you were in their condition that you thought your selves in a good condition but now God having opened your eyes you can tell them the error of your thoughts for you were going to the pit of destruction and knew it not O put them upon the consideration of Eternity let them know that their pretious souls must shortly launch into the ocean of Eternity and if there be not provision made for them if they have not Christ Jesus for their Pilot to steere their course for them they must certainly sinke and perish and be cut off for ever from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his Power and do all that possibly you can in all your addresses to them to perswade them that what you say to them is out of that love and intire affection that you bear to their poor souls Jude ver 23. And others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh as you ought to use all means to perswade and draw men by the Spirit of Love to forsake their evil wayes and to enquire after Jesus Christ so if that will not prevail you may yea you ought to thunder against them and to rouse them out of their security in denouncing the Judgments of God by the terrors of the Law that you may do as much as in you lieth to terrifie and affright them out of their miserable condition so that if it be possible you may be instrumental to deliver them from eternal fire and from the wrath of an infinite God hereby shall you gain glory to God and testifie to the world your lothing and detestation of sinful wayes and discover unto such leprous souls that those spots wherewith sin hath defiled them are not the spots of Gods people for this the Lord saith of sinners Deut. 32.5 who walk in the imagination of their own hearts Their spot is not the spot of my people This may also exhort you who are the Saints who have received the power of godliness into your souls to pay your tributes of thankfulness unto the Lord. O do you bless praise and magnifie the great and glorious Name of God for ever O let your mouthes be filled with praise and thanksgiving to your God for ever and ever O you have cause to say Blessing and honor and glory and praise be given to him that sits upon the Throne and to the Lamb for ever who hath looked upon you in your low estate and redeemed you from condemnation This is the Lords own work and it ought to be mavellous in your eyes this should cause you to spend the length of your dayes to the honor and service of your God in holiness of life and all manner of godly conversation this the consideration of your deliverance from your spiritual enemies sin death and hell should be a strong engagement upon your spirits to serve the Lord in righteousness and holiness all the dayes of your lives Luk. 1.74.75 for you owe your selves to Christ remember you are bought with a price be not any longer the servants of sin and Satan live not to please men for if you be men-pleasers you cannot be the servants of Christ O dedicate your souls spirits and bodies to Jesus Christ yea and offer them up to God a living sacrifice for this is that Worship that is required at Saints hands by the word of God Rom. 12.1 O know there can be no greater manifestation of your thankfulness to God then your universal obedience to all Gods commands let this be done in the whole course of your lives hereby shall you evidence unto the world that you are those in whom dwels the power of godliness and by this you may draw others to be in love with the wayes of holyness and stop the mouths of all gain-sayers and opposers of it Now there are several motives to incite you Saints to this great duty of thankfulness 1. Praedestino 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 8.29 praecognovit First From the consideration of your predestination why should God preordain that you should be to the praise of the glory of his grace from all Eternity yea to appoint you to be his adopted children in Christ Jesus Yea you are those whom God acknowledged before nd therefore he was pleased to predestinate you to life glory O now that God was pleased to appoint you for his people pass by so many thousands of the same lump and extend his mercy to you will not this raise up your hearts to thankfulnes shall not this be the theam and subject of your everlasting praises 2. Electio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 From the consideration of your Election why should God choose you out of that common mass of mankinde to make you heirs of life and glory yea coheirs with his Son Jesus Christ even as a Potter of a rude mass of clay maketh one vessel to honor and another to dishonor it s the Apostles allusion Rom. 9. Why wert not thou whom he hath made a vessel to life and glory made a vessel of wrath and confusion Why wert not thou passed by from all Eternity and numbered amongst the children of perdition it was only free grace that made the difference it was the good pleasure of the Lord to elect you to Salvation and pass by others leaving them under the curse of sin O remember
the first hour for there must thou be to all eternity where the worm never dieth and the fire never goeth out O Reader weigh all these things together lay them to thy heart and consider how the estate stands between God and thy own soul and do it speedily before it be too late for from hell there is no redemption after this life no repentance that will do a man any good nor yet any cries that God will hear no lamentation that can avail thee any thing Act the actings of Faith and Repentance here in this life where they are onely to be imployed and thou shalt reape the fruits of them in the life to come glory and immortality and eternal rest and peace unto thy soul And so we are come to the third and last part of the words And from such turn away c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Istos igitur aversare And from such turn away THus having presented unto your view the Canaan of life and the Region of death we are now arrived unto a discovery of means to divert your steps out of the paths of death and to guide them into the wayes of life to wit by the aversion and turning away from the society and wicked deeds of the ungodly These words are the Apostles dehortation to Timothy and in him to all Christians declaring how that Saints ought not to make wicked and ungodly men their companions yea though they made a shew and had a form of godliness as these have in the precedent words there is nothing difficult in the words onely we give you the Etymology and meaning of this turning away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aversor what maner of turning is here meant the word signifies not onely to turn away but to disdain to refuse to despise to detest and to have such persons in abomination to shun their company and that not now and then by fits but in the general course of our lives that as these men are Gods enemies so we should account them as our enemies And from such turn away Whence note I Obser That its the duty of the Saints to shun and avoid the society and company of all wicked and ungodly men yea though they have a form of Religion 1 Cor. 5.9 I wrote to you saith Paul in an Epistle not to keep company with fornicators verse 11. yea though he be a brother that 's in the fellowship of the Gospel yet if such a man of that neer relation be a Fornicator a Drunkard an Idolater or an Extortioner with such a man have no society keep not company 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Original is be not mingled with him have not such familiarity as a man hath with his friend so in that 2 Thess 3.14 have no company with him be not mingled together so David saith Psal 119.93 I am a companion of all them that fear thee that is of all those that fear the Lord then by good consequence he is no companion of them that fear him not you have the accompt of this point in these six particulars Reas 1 First Sin is of a diffusive and infecting nature it s very apt to spread and infect all that come neer unto it it corrupts your spirits and breaks your peace when wicked men come together they cast out their sin and some out their shame it flows from them every where like wild fire and its like to pitch where it comes it sticks fast You know the Lord prohibits Israel from keeping company with the Heathen which were cast out least they should learn theit maners and walk in their wayes so that no good can be expected from their company and society but the contrary you know that David saith a lyar shall not come into my house nor dwell in my habitation for ever Now all wicked men are lyars there is none that doth good no not one the way of truth they have not known Reas 2 The company and presence of a godly man doth obdurate the hearts of the wicked in their sin and wickedness t is their apology and defence for their transgressions what say they if we were so bad as some would make us certainly such a man and such a man would not keep us company or take us for his associates you know its a dangerous thing for a man to be as a stumbling block to make others fall into condemnation there is wo denounced against such a one so that hereby thou mayest be an occasion of hardening the wicked in their sinful courses Reas 3 By this course a godly man makes the sins of the wicked to become his sins for approbation of presence if sin is committed and not reproved it makes that man guilty of that sin who is in such company You know that the Apostle saith Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove them rather and it s a very seasonable exhortation of the Apostle when he saith Be not partakers of other mens sins which every man is that keeps company and makes wicked men his familiars in the course of sin for such a man hath fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness and so is a partaker of other mens sins Reas 4 For that the Saints ought to withdraw themselves from such company 2 Thess 3.14 that they might be ashamed yea may be a means to convince them of their evil to call them out of that condition or at least to make their consciences check them for their ungodly courses yea and put them upon the inquiry after better things for God is not tyed which way or by what means he will work to draw any home unto himself Reas 5 For that he which keeps company with the wicked keeps company with Solomons fools and he that keeps company with such fools Pro. 13.20 shal be destroyed He that walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed for they walk in the way to destruction and their paths lead to the Chambers of death there is no way of life that they will take knowledg of for the wicked desire not the knowledge of the Lord nor to understand his wayes for as Job saith they say Depart from us for we desire not the knowledg of thy wayes Reas 6 Because the Saints are to judg the world yea to judg Angels as the Apostle saith Know ye not that the Saints shall judg the world that is you ought to know it for its a truth yea saith he we shall judg Angels O therefore you ought not to make the world that is men of this world whose happiness is in this life to be your companions for Christ testifies Rom. 7. John 17. That his Saints are not of the world but he hath redeemed them out of the world therefore that man that is a friend to the world is an enemy to God O therefore come out from amongst them and keep at