Thesis 92.
It is a great part of Christs love to command us to doe [ 92] any thing for him, as well as to promise to doe any thing for us: When the King of glory hath given us our lives by promise, its then the next part of his speciall grace and favour to command us to stand before him and at∣tend upon his greatnesse continually. They that see how justly they deserve to bee forsaken of God and given over to their owne hearts lusts, and to be for ever sinning and blaspheming God in hell, where God will never com∣mand them to think of him, speak of him, doe for him, pray to him more, cannot but account it a high and spe∣ciall favour of Jesus Christ to command them any thing, or bid them doe any thing for him; a poore humbled prodigall will account it great love to bee made a hired servant; Iohn Baptist will count it a high favour if he may but un∣tie Christs shoe-latchet, and bee commanded by him to doe the meanest worke for him: David wondred at Gods grace toward him, that God should command him, and in some measure enable him to offer willingly, Lord, (saith he) what are wee? I doe therefore marvaile how any can pretend that they are acted by the love of Christ, and not by the law of commands, considering that there is so much love in this for Christ to command, and how they can professe their relish of preaching Gods free grace and love, and yet cannot away with sweet and gracious ex∣hortations pressing to holinesse and holy duties, in the re∣vealing and urging of which there is so much free-grace and heart-love of Christ Jesus; surely if the love of Christ is to lead us, then the commands of Christ (where∣in hee discovers one chiefe part of his love) are to guide us and be a rule of life unto us, The man who in his cool and deliberate thoughts imagines that a Christian under the rule of the law, is a Christian under bondage, may be