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A52803	A chrystal mirrour, or, Christian looking-glass wherein the hearts treason against God and treachery against man, is truely represented, and thoroughly discoursed on and discovered : whereby the soul of man may be dressed up into a comeliness for God ... / published for publick good by Christopher Nesse ...	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1679 (1679)	Wing N445; ESTC R31077	117,479	262

into his Wine-cellar Gant 2. 4. So besides him there is no Saviour Isai 43. 11. And though Christ must sit upon the Throne himself alone yet then will he have his Train to wit Holy Duties to fill the Temple Isai 6. 1. So that you must distinguish them and know the one from the other as your Father Abraham knew his Lord Christ from the two created Angels Gen. 18. 2 3. You must give to duty the things that are duty 's and to Christ the things that are Christs The three Wise-men when they saw the Star that was their guide to Christ did not fall down to worship it but Christ himself to whom it led them They did not offer their Gold Myrrhe and Frankincense to the Star but to Christ who is called The bright and Morning Star Revel 22. 16. 5. As the Dyal cannot tell you what is the hour of the day unless the Sun do shine upon it so your best Duties cannot show you any hour or time of Joy any further than while The Sun of Righteousness the Lord Christ Mal. 4. 2. doth shine upon them Alas what doth Elijah's Mantle signifie to Elisha unless he have also the Lord God of that Mantle 2 Kin. 2. 14. Therefore take heed you rest not in bare Duty you must not live upon duty but upon Christ in duty for your life is hid with Christ in God Col. 3. 3. You must let go your Duties in point of Justification and yet hold them as your life in point of Sanctification for Duty should not dye while you live you must do them but you may not glory in them Let him that gloryeth glory in the Lord 1 Cor. 1. 31. Thus blessed Paul suffered the loss of all his duties Non quoad substantiam sea quoad qualitatem officium justificandi Phil. 3. 7 8. He did not depend upon his Duties for his Justification as before he had done in his Pharisaical state nor laid he now the stress of his Salvation upon them but he cast the great burden of both upon the Lord Psal 55. 22. Alas as your goodness in Duty extends not to God Psal 16. 2. and you cannot be profitale to him Job 22. 2 3. God receives nothing at your hand by all Job 35. 7. So when you have done all you can you are still but an unprofitable Servant Luke 17. 10. Your best Duties are but filthy rags Isa 64. 6. though they be pure in the fountain as flowing from the Holy Spirit yet are they muddy in the stream as they run through the dirty channel of your corrupted heart and therefore those Popish Doctrines of Merit de Congruo and de Condigno and of Supererogation are no better than lying Doctrines 6. The third Deceit of the Heart is After you have been an overvaluer of Duty some time Satan and your own heart may beguile you 2 Cor. 2. 11. to become an undervaluer of Duty again in the days of your Knowledge as before you had been in the days of your Ignorance Thus the Adversary of your Soul will toss you into extremes backward and forward yea and backward again making you to sleight and contemn Duties again but upon another bottom now to wit under a pretence of making Christ your All As if Christ had given you now a license to be lazy But surely you never so learned Christ Ephes 4. 20. As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord so should you walk in him Col. 2. 6. and being delivered by him therefore must you serve him in Holiness and Righteousness all your days Luk. 1. 74 75. And seeing you are bought with the price of his blood therefore must you Glorifie him with your body and spirit 1 Cor. 6. 20. for you are not yet come to your rest Deut. 12. 9. and until you be come to your eternal Rest or Sabbath you must not cease from your spiritual work labour or duty Hebr. 4. 10. So that Duties must not dye while you live and as long as you are on this side Heaven so long must you be doing Duty on Earth This is the place of our performing work and that of our receiving wages You may not transfer all your work from your self upon Christ as if nothing were due from you and to be done by you 'T was a good Saying of Austin's Acti agimus servati sumus ut serviamus We are acted by the Spirit of Christ that we our selves may act for Christ and we are saved by our Saviour that we may serve our Saviour Though God made us without our selves he will not saith that Father save us without our selves There is a triple-Homage to wit of Reverence of Obedience and of Thankfulness which is your poor Pepper-corn you must carefully pay to the Lord and Landlord of all your Mercies They that would have healing there is something required to be done by them they must step into the opened Fountain Zech. 13. 1. as the diseased did into the Pool of Bethesda Joh. 5 4. 7. If you compare Revel 1. 6. with 7. 14. together these two Scriptures will shew you that not only Christ doth wash you but that you must also wash your self in the blood of the Lamb and hence is it that the Lord calls upon you to this washing work Isai 1. 15. God will give you Grace just as Boaz gave Ruth corn Ruth 2. 15. He could have given her an Ephah of Barley ready winnowed to her hand without more ado but mark she must gather it up into gleanings and beat it out of the ears c. Though the corn was Boaz's gift yet all this was Ruths duty which was all the price she should pay for it Thus the very Heathen could say Dii laboribus omnia vendunt God sells all his blessings for mans labour 't is all one charge to him yet thus he gives both Grace and Knowledge and God's promise of Mercy is no exemption to man from Duty He promis'd deliverance from the Babylonish Captivity yet for that will he be enquired after Ezek. 36. 12. 37. Ora labora admotâ manu invocanda est Minerva were good Sayings of wise Heathens Duty is the way to Mercy Oh then take heed of being weary of duty which is near of kin to a reprobate minde A Child of God may be weary in it but never of it for he is a serving Son Mal. 3. 17. If once you become too good for duty you 'l assuredly prove too weak for holiness A little Child gathers strength by its due and daily sucking the breast but if it be Tongue-tyed or hindred from sucking by any other impediment 't will sensibly as well as insensibly soon pine away Our Spiritual life is as our Natural life both which Lives are within us yet neither of them do arise and are nourished from our selves but from something that is without us Hence is it that you stand in as much need of daily bread for your Soul as you do