and other Duties, recommended. 289 line, here a little and there a little. So we SE R A2> ought to attend with unwearied affiduity XI. the means of religion, till we obtain the be- "" nefit of them. I do not fay we fhould be patiLnt of any thing that is finful in our - felves, for that is not the proper object of patience ; and it is certain there is fin in our imperfections and infirmities, intended to be cured by the preferiptions of wifdom ; yet patience is the charader of a continuance in well doing, as well as of enduring of idions, and while we have many difficulties to ftruggle with, arifing from temptations and from our own frailty, we ought not to weary and faint in our minds, for that will end in unadive (loth ; the gates of wifdom will then be unfrequented by us, or we (hall repair to them without earn - eft defire, without fpirit and refolution, whereby our attendance will become unpro- fitable to us. Very often indeed fo it is, that little fenfible advantage is obtained by the means of religion, which is always chargeable on ourfelves; for the means are in themfelves, well fitted to their proper end. Any one who ferioufly confiders them, will fee that this is particularly the charader of the chriftian intlitutions. But from what- ever caufe it arifeth, there is a danger of the VOL, IIL U fervice
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