§. Sect. 1 That God re∣quireth out∣ward seruice to be ioyned with the in∣ward.
BVt howsoeuer the Lord doth chiefly require and delight in the inward seruice of the soule, and the integrity and since∣rity of the heart; yet doth he not rest in it alone, but requi∣reth also the seruice of the body and outward man, and that we should at all times, and vpon all occasions, expresse and approoue our inward piety in our externall practice, and the vprightnesse of our hearts, which is onely knowne to him, by our holinesse and righte∣ousnesse shining in the whole course of our liues and conuersation, which is subiect to mans view, that thereby we may be iustified, that is, declared righteous before them, as by the other we are knowne vnto our selues to be iustified by faith before God, of which, that inward holinesse and obe∣dience is a principall fruit. And because euery one would be ready to boast of the sincerity of the heart which cannot be discerned, God would haue vs to approoue and make it knowne, by bringing foorth the fruits of it in our outward and bodily seruice. So the Apostle exhorteth vs, not to let sin raigne in our bodies, that we should obey it in the lusts thereof; neither yeeld our members as instruments of vnrighteousnesse vnto sinne, but yeeld our selues vn∣to God, as those that are aliue from the dead, and our members as instruments of righteousnesse vnto God. And as we haue yeelded our members seruants to vn∣cleannesse and to iniquity, so we should now yeeld our members seruants to righte∣ousnesse vnto holinesse. That we should present, not onely our soules, but our bodies likewise, a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is our reason∣able seruice, that we should possesse our vessels in purity and honour, and pre∣serue our bodies from all defilement, as it becommeth the Temples of the holy Ghost. For God, who hath created, redeemed, and doth continual∣ly preserue both soule and body, will bee serued and glorified by them both, and as he is in these respects, Lord and owner of the whole man; so hee will haue the whole to serue him, according to that of the Apostle: Ye are bought with a price, therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spi∣rits which are Gods. The inward seruice of the heart therefore is not suffi∣cient, vnlesse it be expressed in the outward seruice of the body, but wee must be sanctified thorowout, and our whole Spirit, and soule and body, must be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ. And we must clense our selues from all filthinesse, as well of the flesh as of the Spirit, and perfect our holinesse in the feare of God. We must with the Apostle, exercise our selues to haue our consciences voyde of offence, both towards God and towards men; and labour not onely to haue in all things a good con∣science before him, but also to liue honestly in the view of the world; and pro∣uide things honest in the sight of all men, as well as those which are holy and religious in the sight of God. For as one saith, Not onely faith ought to distinguish betweene a Christian and an heathen, but the life also; and our diuers religions ought to bee demonstrated and shewed by our diuers workes. Yea in truth, these will alwayes necessarily and inseparably goe