( 5J) Roman!, ~~at they may' return, in the .ftdnefs ~f th1 blejfing ~f the_ .Gofpel.: Or as Onefmtuhi'S departing from Phi!enon: Perhaps, they therefore depart for feafon, that they may ,be received for ever : Or, if this lhould not be the cafe of any ·particular C)1trrch; if they iliould ret~Jrn no niore ; ye,t, ~ . J.. Their want of meaos tball fupply their want pfine~uis; their want of means £hall be their means : When they have no Preacher, thci.r empty P~lpi ts fuall preach to·the m ; this tnofl: fmarting of Rods , will have its voyce. If they h~ve n.o·longer _the ;Light ~hh thenf,their Darknefs fhal! inH:ru& them;iftli.ey want th.eir [h~rning] Lights, ·the very Cold jha}l 'preferve and increafe their inward v~ouf; the 'wic– kednefs of others fhall make them mar« holy ; the violence of evil tnep upon fin, iliall enkindle their ~zeal for God ; the darknefs tpat's here bdow, £bail -make then1 to live mor~ above, and all this £hall make to their full e'r Reward. 'Tis a greater Virtue .to keep up the Heart, to keep on our way, where ' there is ·a wa-nt; 'than where there' are abunda.nce of Jne,ans an4 helps ; an9 an higher Virtue ihall have a greater Reward. . 3. The failing 'of the Word will bt'ing ~1ack to their Memories, and -upon their own Hearts, that wbiGh th€y -have recciv'd; and as the en1ptinefs of the Stomach, will caore ·a fecond and better Conco– etion, and turn it int(i' better nouriibment ; when thare ar~ nomore Loaves; th~y'l gather up t h,yF rag– -mencs, that nothing be Jo!l ; the lefs there.1-s,more to be.had ; t~e mqr~ r.eckon_ing,and the.-bette r ufe they will make of w}1at. theJ have; their pre[ent wa nr, will be a rebuke of their foru1cr wantonnefs : their ' ·w.ant of Rcmem~rancers,will help their Mcrci e s,a n(~ . E 4 wh~ ' 't '•
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