j4 What Mall they de that are mot able ,Serm, z 2. an, Sir,whac do you think of me ? tha11I live ? or (hall 1 die ? if he re- . i ply,tt s not certain, but there is good hopes, it is probable you will live and do well ; this is forne fupport unto he in thy ficknefr. Thirdly, Difcourfe with fssch Chrif$ians whom thou dare, not judge is be ungodly, andyet frndeft them to be.in the fame condition with thy fe/f, ha- ving the fame doubts, the fame fears, complaining of the fame rn, and do not pafi a worfe judgement upon thy felf than thorn dareFt upon them. This is a very ufeful way,either to convince,or fupport ; to confider our cafe in a third perfon. Thus Nathan, convinced David, 2 Sam. I 2. I verfe to the 15.ver. So the Prophet convinced Ahab, I Kings 2 0.3 5.ro the end of the chapter. A man condemning another in the tame cafe, becomes d.;Toxg.Ta xi) t, tom, felf- condemned. So a man approving of another in the fame Bare and condition,cloathed with the fame circumftances, as himfelf,is to approve of himfelf ; thou heare(t another fay, he knows not what to think of his prefent and eternal ( }ate ; but yet thou feet, and he teils thee,he dales not willingly (ìn ; the defìre of his foul is to walk holily and humbly with his God, he dare not neglea a comman- ded duty ; thou dared not fay, this man bath no grace, it being as well with thee,fay not worfe of thy Pelf. Fourthly, For fake not duty, becaufe thou wantefi comfort ; Thou hade better want joy, than negledi duty ; for duty is more neceffary than comfort, and in order co it, therefore mua be minded more ; to feel( comfort may be in love to thy felf , but to be constant in duty in che' want of comfort, argues confciencious obedience to the commands of thy God. Though thou art not taken up into the armes of Chri(I, yet lie at his feet ; though he dot h not take thee into his bofome , yec throng among the croud to touch the hem of his garment. He might deny thee comfort, and yet own thee for his childe; but thou canil not deny him duty, and yet own him for thy God r if he do not tell thee av Luke 15.19. thou art his Son, yet do not thou fay, thou wilt not he his (w) Servant. I befeech thee fay nor, I will hear no more, I will pray no more, Or- dinances are in vain, and all indeavours will be in vain. Calling off hope, clips the wings of ferious, confiant endeavours. Limit not God ro thy time. fofeph did not prefently difcover himfelf unto his Bre- thren,but carried himfelf as a llranger to them. 5ofeph knew that they were his Brethren, bur they knew not that they were related to him but they often coming to him , and making known their perplexed condition in the grief and trouble of their fouls, with fad complaints and moans ; he could no longer refrain, his heart was full, his bowels, did yearn, and the fire of love did fo flame forth, that made his rears pre-
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