----------~~~==~-------~ChaP· u. Sect. 2, 3. q[.lJttfttan .s>octctp. :l4 \ and dra~ it forth: Do you obferve one or" great dexterity (n Scriptur.;s?. propom1d to him fome difficult place where you :vere fam to make a ll:and: Do you obferve one !Ill: d'ed incofttroverGes? deGre hun to untte a knot, where yvu have been a grea; w~.1 lu ~·ngfor an end: Do you obfcrve one acquaint!"d with cafes of defertion and ~u;-~l~~d~? learn ofhim what experiments he hath coll~cted, and which was his way f the mill: : Do you obferve one powerfl)lm Prayer? get hun to Commend your ~~~so with you unto,Ood : All men would be dealt with in the proper way wherein they are verfed, and wherein they excel. SE CT. 2. Of a mutual exchange ofgifts andgraces, A Fter the Preparati~e;, we come to the Duties thcmfclves, which conttft. 1 . In a mutual exchange and 1mpamng of Gtfts and Graces·. , 2 In a mutu•I ferviceablenefs to the bod1es and fouls of one another. · - : In a mutual walking toghher, and holding of hand" in the Ordinances of Chrifr.' :. There mull: be in Chnftran Sociery, it mltllt~l exchange and ;,.rpm·ting of Gifts and Graces: God hath difpenfed vanety of g1!1:s unto his people; as job was exemplary for patiwce and unprightneffe; M ofes for f?tthfulnefs and meeknefs i Jofah for ten– dernefs and aCtivity in the caufe ~fReformation; Tm:orhy for Mw!lrenal d!11gence and' care of the flock: the gift of Chnft IS Grace, accordntg to meafure: He meafures to one fuch gifts, to another fuch, w another fuch and fuch, as he pleafeth : Vnro eveq Epbe[ 5• 7 • one of '" isgivm gra<·e, accordmg to the meajirre of the gift ofChrift: ·God gave the Spirit without meafure unto Chnlt, but we have 1t accordmg to our fcantling, and as he· pleafeth to honour and entrull: us: .To one"gwm the 1vord •fk..nowl<dgc,to Mother faith, 1 cor. u.B, 9.' t• another p.rcphecy, to another the difcemmg offp:rtts, to anoth<r d•wrs kmds oftongues: 10, Thus every man hath his prope: gift of God, On~ aft~r this manner, and Another "-fter' that: One hath quickneffe of parts, but not fo f~hd a JUdgement; another is folid,but 1 cor. 1 , 1• , not fo ready and prefential; one bath a good Wit, another a good memory, a third a good utterance; one is zealous., but ungrounded : another well principled, but time! rous: One is wary and prudent, another open and plain-hearted; one is trembling and melting, another chearful and full of joy: Nov: thus God freely gives, and nioll:; . wifely difpofcth, that we may be engaged to ufe ht~ bounty to each others help: The' knowing Chrill:ian is to impart to htm~hat1s weak w gtfts, and the zealous Chrill:ian ihat hath fewer notions, is to impart h1s warmth and heat to his knowing f,riend : The Chriilian that hath collected experiences, or found out methods, for the advancement of holinefs, mull not deny fuch knowledge to the body; Chrill:ians mufr drive an open and free trade, they mnfr teach one an,<;>ther the myll:ery ofgodlinefs : Tel~ your experien~es, and tell your confhets, and tell '/.:>Ur comforts, make; all that yoti. have, the bodtes, and all the body bath yours. Some fay, The Art of Medicine was thus perfected, as any one met with an herb, and difcovered the vertu'e ofi.t by any ac- · cident, he would poll: it up in fome publique place, and fo the Phyficians skill was perfected by a colleetion of thofe experiments and receipts: We mull: one day account howw~ hav~ laid out o.ur Knowledge, our Utterance, our fpirit of Prayer, O'l.lr Abifity of d1fcernmg, our expenencc of God, our tafte of the Promifcs, our enlargements a~ter prayer, our tmprovcmen ts by Confcre!}ce, our comforts after private humiliatton, our ll:rengthenmg by Sacraments, or what elfe may be i11ll:anc'd in for the ufe ef oth~rs; ,. how,wegotrid offuch a lull:, h_ov.r ·w,e mafl'red fuch a teq1ptation, how we attat!led to Cue~ a f~cility,in this or that d:"Y ; and there mufr be thls commerce among them that are m thl.S heavenly pannerfhtp: . SECT. 3· Ofa mutuaiferviceablrnef ,;· the bodies andfouls-/ one 11nother. T H~re muft befu tliis Chrifti~nSocieiy, ""'~"'"' Jen;ic(,Wienrf. S I. To th~ b.dies. , . - ,. . · "li.. Toihefoulsofone !uiother. . , ' • .: ·. ·, the::· To the bodw ofone another.-The primitive Chriil:ians excelled in thiscare·theyput r, tr eftat~s (by reafon ofthe perfecution) into" commonftock,that all,even the poorell: ort, that m thofe hard and uncertain.times, gave-their n~mes to Chri(b~nity, might lt be Ml> 4. 32, &: H, ~ ~ ..
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