( r 1~) '· l,{eep your felves front thf fins of qthers, hewa_r~ of the Leaven of rbe proud Ph.£rifee, of1hc fornul ~nd vain-glorious·Scribe, of-the extortingPublican, ~f the debauched P~odig~t-l,the ambit ion'~ Diotrephes, tpe virul~nt Tertullus, the backfliding Demas; be~ ,ware of all Epidemical Leaven, the ficknef~ of the ~in1es you n1ay live in: _T2ke heed left you be drawt~ ~way with the err,ours of the w,icked, and fo fwim- . · n1ing down the firean1,you fall from your own fied~ fafinefs : Let finners conle :ttp · to you, g9 not you down to then1. 1 . r ' , I 'Let then~ never fay of any ofyou, 1he Man is be~ come as ,one of ns; our Jpr/f is bc·come the /pot of his chil– tJ,ren. Let your l--ives be a rebuke to the ungodly World, whilfr you live as the Cnildre.'n of yod,. without rebuke in the rnidfl: ·of the vVorld. . ' 2. tn its Power; Let the l>ower of Grace be feen, · in its pre(erving its fdf, in its beit1g, and vigorous f:xercife, againfr all the powers of hell: The ~rength , of a o1an is/ feen in this, that he ~an bea-r wind arid weath_cr ; ~ can tive any where, without in1paring his health : The Hrengch-and mettal of a Sword is feen in this, that Iron will not turn irs edge: True Grace is fuch a Plant, that all the weeds pfthe Field, and T~orns oft he Forrefi,a re tiot able to choke: That ~ill endure not only the Summers Heat, bt.ft the Winters Fro!h. · , Chrifiian~·;.prove your Grace rp be a right plant~ . ~he right feed ; The feed of God ; let it be~r up a~ gainfl: a\l the vVorld ~ Let not the winds of per[ecu– rion p·~tt our. yqur Light' ; nor the »?aters can, out of ~he Serpents Mouth quench your~love, nor fo nnrcq ~s,cool your zeal ';~fpeciaily take heed,that the ,Dra- $R~'S '"f~i~ d? ~~~t d~·~~ yo~ dow~~ ~rnong~ the F~!- " · -· -· lmg ' ., f. 11
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