as to your sins: In Baptism, at the Lords Table, you have said, that you would be the Lords, that you would offer up your beloved sins: having thus bound your selves to the Lord, you cannot go back. Sacramental obliga∣tions call for self-dedication.
3. God is such a God, as that he de∣serves this at your hands. Look upon him, as he is in himself; Infinite, in∣comprehensible, the supream and abso∣lute being, holy, wise, gracious, merci∣ful, unchangeable, just, righteous, &c. Will you not dedicate your selves to such a God? What a base thing is sin, what a vain thing is the world, in comparison of this God? What a shame is it, that men should chuse rather to give up themselves to these, than to the ever blessed God! Some∣thing we must dedicate our selves to; doth any object so deserve our love, delight, service, zeal, as God doth? And then look upon him, in what he is to you; your Creator, the fountain of your beings, your preserver, your be∣nefactor, your Lord and Soveraign, your Judge, he in whose hands your life, breath, and all your concerns