. · (121) 1~ That a littl_e Grace will 01ake .but poor work · with thy mighty fins; where-Grace.islow, . Luftis · high; and how is an Infant like to'- Hand before a · MancifWar·?. · · , z. Thac a little Grace· will not fuffice, to hear thee 'up in.great AffliCtions; that which thOtl maieft .m·ike a fhift with in a Calm, will ·not ferve thee in · a Storm. 3· That a little Grac~ wiH be fad)y put to it, if ever thou come to have but little n1eans of Grace. · 4· That h~ that hath but little Grace, i~ lik~ to h.a ve no Affitrance that he bath any at all. If chol.l wouldeft have power oYer Corruption , if thou wouldeft llattld in the Day of temptation; if rhoLt wouldefi not fiarve in the day of Famine, if t .hou wouldeft have thecon1fort of the Grace thou hClft, Jet it grow up to its fuller fiature; Grace, when it ;s come to Age, will fpeak for it fei f., .and ihifr for it f lf,che better; which while(t it is in J.cs lnfancie-, neither knows, nor can bel p it fdf · ' ' Chrifiians, let your Grace. grow, and let the Fruits of it increa[e : Let ' your F teld; ripen to the Harvefi. I may f.ly concerning Sinner~t:, no"t as our Lord {aid, Behold, the Fields ar..e alread)' w~~ite to tbe Harve(t; bu.t behold cqe Fie! ds are already black_. to the Harvelt; · The Word is ready to be given; Come, put·in thy SickJe, tbe Harveji iJ ripe; the wic~.?d-. ne(li1 grettr. The Fields ofTar~s are already black to the Harveft: But oh when fhall-ic be fa id of you; Behold the fields are white.to the H arvrft ? iliall evil weeds grow fo fafi, and !hall only the good Corn b~acatiand? r . Bre-
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