egg Attending public Ínftrublion, S E R M. hold, faith the Pfalmift, Pfal. cxviii. 2. as XI. the eyes of Jervants look unto the hand of their maJlers, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mi,/irefs, fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God. But every one who re fledeth on himfelf, will find, by experience, it is no fmall difficulty to preferve fuch a temper of mind, to watch all the avenues of the heart, and keep it with diligence, as ,Solomon advifeth, to prevent the incurfions of vanity, and retrain the wanderings of the imagination, fo that the fervice of God may be performed, and the proper defign of it purfued without diftradion. idly, We have need of patience, which alfo is fignified by waiting. Our progrefs in religious knowledge and virtue is gradual. God hath been pleafed to accommodate his methods of inftruaion to our weaknefs; as little children are taught the firft rudiments of knowledge very (lowly, and the fame things mull be often repeated and inculcated to make an impreflîon upon their minds; fo the prophet reprefenteth the divine con- defcenfion in communicating ufeful truths and precepts to thofe who are flow of heart to underftand and receive them, Ifa. xxviii. io. For precept mull be upon precept, pre- cept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line,
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