Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

(116) ' Tribulation worketh patienct, where it .findeth none; when you are in the fight, Jou'l find y.our weapons; your very fufferings \vill learn you to :bear·. ,Ti~ the f\dh that flings, and frets, .b.ut by that it hnt hbeen tan1ed in t'he houfe of ajRittion, .it will be quie.tei;~ Be jealous of .your felves while you w.ill; let not fore- hand prefumption, hinder fore· hana preparation. ,t3ut .whilft you fufpt·Ct your felves, diftrufi not your God, follow the Cloud ofwi tneffes, and lean on the Rock ofAgt s ; and when you are_ put hardeH to 1 it, let your Soul take Sat~·Etuary here. When my .Jtf.fh .and JH) heart faileth .m.e) Gld il the- ' ftrength of mine heart, and my p[/rtion for ever. _ , Lc!illy, As chat wherein l fhall take in n1ofi of there forn1er particulars.Let }' our li.ves anfwer theit Spi.rit of ho!ine[s w1fich rhe Gofpel hath , powred forth upon you; Let your Lives be grlfcio M and ~ol.J . ' lives__. Particularly., . 1. Let the Grace of the Gofpel be vifiblr, and confpicuous in your lives; ibew forth the vt:rtues of hirn that bath calledyou out ofdarknefs, into his marvellous light; Let your lives be the image of that holy DoB:rine; or £he holding forth of that word of Life, whieh you have received. Ad ri1ire that grace of God which bath appeared, to yqu; at\d let his Grace appear, a nd be adn1ired in yo9; let Grace aPl1ear it) you, in iti "" ' < r p . } urzty~ . ."l Pvwer. t. In its Purity, reprefent your G od, a nd yonr Chrifr, and your Religion, jn it s holin~fs, to the world. Ttach the Wotld to love) or at Ieafl, . to rcve· ' ' ·'

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