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nay_o there_o be_v nothing_o can_v be_v a_o high_a gratification_n to_o his_o ambition_n than_o to_o behold_v himself_o serve_v in_o christ_n own_o livery_n and_o worship_v in_o a_o form_n of_o godliness_n by_o which_o he_o have_v the_o pleasure_n of_o divide_v empire_n with_o god_n and_o ravish_v the_o better_a share_n from_o he_o of_o behold_v his_o hate_a creator_n mock_v with_o the_o shell_n and_o outside_o of_o a_o worshipper_n whilst_o himself_o be_v treat_v with_o the_o kernol_n and_o inside_n for_o whilst_o we_o continue_v wicked_a under_o a_o outward_a form_n of_o religion_n we_o do_v in_o effect_n sacrifice_n our_o beast_n to_o god_n and_o ourselves_o to_o the_o devil_n who_o above_o all_o thing_n love_v those_o unnatural_a commixture_n of_o hearer_n and_o slanderer_n worshipper_n and_o deceiver_n communicant_a and_o drunkard_n sacrificer_n and_o oppressor_n by_o which_o we_o only_o exalt_v and_o sublimate_v impiety_n which_o never_o look_v so_o glorious_a as_o when_o it_o be_v gild_a with_o fast_n and_o long_a prayer_n wherefore_o as_o you_o will_v answer_v it_o at_o your_o eternal_a peril_n do_v not_o cheat_v and_o abuse_v yourselves_o with_o the_o name_n and_o shadow_n of_o religion_n lest_o when_o you_o have_v superstruct_v your_o hope_n of_o happiness_n on_o a_o rot_a foundation_n it_o shall_v final_o miscarry_v and_o sink_v underneath_o you_o into_o everlasting_a wretchedness_n and_o despair_n chap._n ii_o concern_v religion_n what_o it_o be_v and_o what_o thing_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o sound_n and_o secure_v its_o obligation_n have_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n brief_o discourse_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o moral_a goodness_n and_o show_v that_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a part_n of_o religion_n it_o will_v be_v requisite_a in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o explain_v what_o religion_n be_v that_o so_o from_o thence_o we_o may_v collect_v what_o thing_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o sound_n and_o secure_v its_o obligation_n which_o will_v be_v the_o subject_a of_o the_o ensue_a chapter_n religion_n in_o the_o general_n respect_v god_n as_o the_o object_n and_o centre_n of_o all_o its_o act_n and_o office_n for_o upon_o supposition_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o be_v as_o a_o god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v such_o being_n as_o reasonable_a creature_n or_o capable_a subject_n of_o religion_n it_o will_v necessary_o follow_v that_o there_o must_v be_v some_o religion_n or_o other_o to_o tie_v and_o oblige_v these_o creature_n to_o that_o god_n for_o by_o god_n we_o mean_v a_o be_v that_o have_v all_o possible_a perfection_n in_o he_o and_o be_v the_o supreme_a cause_n and_o fountain_n of_o all_o other_o be_v and_o perfection_n and_o such_o a_o be_v we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v do_v not_o only_o deserve_v the_o worthy_a act_n of_o religion_n that_o reasonable_a creature_n who_o alone_o be_v capable_a of_o understand_v his_o worth_n can_v render_v to_o he_o but_o have_v also_o a_o unalienable_a right_n to_o exact_v and_o require_v they_o and_o that_o not_o only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o own_o essential_a desert_n for_o whatever_o he_o deserve_v he_o have_v a_o right_a to_o demand_v but_o also_o upon_o account_n of_o the_o right_n he_o have_v to_o reasonable_a creature_n who_o owe_v their_o being_n to_o he_o and_o all_o their_o capacity_n of_o serve_v he_o and_o so_o can_v dispose_v of_o themselves_o without_o manifest_a injury_n to_o he_o contrary_a to_o his_o will_n and_o order_n by_o reasonable_a creature_n we_o mean_v being_n that_n be_v derive_v from_o god_n and_o be_v endow_v by_o he_o with_o a_o capacity_n of_o understand_v he_o and_o themselves_o and_o such_o creature_n must_v necessary_o stand_v oblige_v to_o render_v he_o such_o act_n as_o be_v suitable_a to_o and_o due_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n and_o their_o own_o dependence_n upon_o he_o and_o this_o obligation_n be_v that_o which_o we_o call_v religion_n which_o word_n according_a to_o lactantius_n lib._n 4._o divin_n institut_n c._n 28._o be_v derive_v a_o religando_fw-la from_o bind_v or_o oblige_v we_o to_o god_n so_o that_o true_a religion_n in_o the_o general_n be_v the_o obligation_n of_o reasonable_a creature_n to_o render_v such_o act_n of_o worship_n to_o god_n as_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o nature_n and_o their_o dependence_n upon_o he_o which_o definition_n include_v both_o the_o doctrine_n and_o dutuy_n of_o religion_n for_o the_o doctrine_n be_v the_o reason_n by_o which_o it_o oblige_v we_o to_o the_o duty_n and_o as_o there_o be_v no_o duty_n in_o religion_n but_o what_o derive_v its_o tie_n and_o obligation_n from_o some_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o it_o so_o there_o be_v no_o doctrine_n in_o religion_n but_o what_o tie_v and_o oblige_v we_o to_o some_o duty_n that_o be_v enjoin_v in_o it_o when_o therefore_o i_o call_v religion_n a_o obligation_n i_o include_v in_o that_o term_n all_o those_o doctrine_n of_o it_o concern_v 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of_o our_o life_n and_o action_n and_o whatsoever_o this_o faculty_n do_v natural_o and_o in_o its_o due_a exercise_n dictate_v to_o we_o be_v as_o much_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n as_o any_o revelation_n for_o whatever_o it_o natural_o dictate_v it_o must_v dictate_v by_o his_o direction_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o its_o nature_n and_o who_o have_v frame_v it_o to_o speak_v such_o a_o sense_n and_o pronounce_v such_o a_o judgement_n of_o thing_n have_v thereby_o put_v his_o word_n into_o its_o mouth_n and_o do_v himself_o speak_v through_o it_o as_o through_o a_o stand_a oracle_n which_o he_o have_v erect_v in_o our_o breast_n on_o purpose_n to_o convey_v and_o deliver_v his_o own_o mind_n and_o will_n to_o we_o so_o that_o whatsoever_o natural_a reason_n right_o exercise_v teach_v we_o concern_v god_n and_o our_o duty_n towards_o he_o be_v true_a religion_n and_o do_v as_o effectual_o bind_v and_o oblige_v we_o to_o he_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v immediate_o reveal_v by_o he_o 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