; Miftak£s about ·Converfion~ 3 bowels~n the Lord.Iftbere be. any confola.ti.on inChrifl, \my comfort of love,any£eUowfhtp ofthe s_pzrtt,any . bowel~ ifnd mercies, fulfil Jou~y joy. Now gtve your felves unto the Lord, ~ - y~r.~., ; '\ Now fet Y:Otlr felves ·to .feek him. Now fet up.the ~.Qfd Jefus 10 your ~ear~~ and fet him up in your houf~!K! l'{p\f"'come 10 · and kifs the Son, Pfal.,t2. 11. ande91brace theten~ers of mercy. Touch his Scepter and live; why wtll you die? I beg not for my ielf; brit fain I would .have you happy: This is the prize r ·runfor~and t~e white I I aimat. My foul's def1re and prayerfor you is,that }'Ou may be faved, R.om. ro. 1. , · The famous ~ycurgzu,haying inftitute§ moft fki~, and ·wholefom Laws for hts people, tola them · J~te was neceffitated togoaJourney from them,andgot them to bind themfelves inanOath; that his Laws . fhould I be obferved till his return. This done, he went into a voluntary banHhment, C1nd never re– turned more, that theymight, by vertue of their Oath, beengaged to the·perpetual obferving of his laws. Methinks I fhould be glad of the hard con– ditions which he endured(though I love you tender... · ly) fo I might but hereby engage you throughly t.o the Lord Jefus Chrift. Dearly beloved, would you rejoyce·the heart of your Minifter ? Why then, embrace theCounfelsof the Lord by me: forgoyour fins: fet to prayer: up with the WorlhipofGod in .your families : keep at aoifi:ance from thecorruptionsof the times. What greater joy to aMinifter., than to hear offouls born unto Chrift by him, and that his Children walk in the Truth ? 2 'fobn 4· Brethren, ~ befe~c~ you fuffer f~iendly .plainnefs & freed~mw1th you tnyour deep:!ft concernments. I am not playing the Orator, to make a learned fpeech t<? you, nor dreffing mydifh~itheloquence, ·wherew1th topleafe you. Thefe hnes are upon a B z. ... ~:~eigh~.
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