Hour may we cure Difir4titons Serme 19. I 7. Remember the weight and confeptence of the duties of Religion; that Si amp/b. is a cure for flighrnefs ; you are dealing with God in a Cafe of li fe and limi bomine non death,and will you not be ferions ? With what diligence and carnet? ne fs dicam pro vita, doth an Advocate plead with a man in a Cafe wherein he himfelf is not & falote d noflra, concerned either for the life of another, or the inheritance or goods of fed eam pro altcujus tucri another, a and wilt not thou plead earnefily with God,when thy foul comm_do ix danger, when it is a Cafe of Etcrnal life and death as all mat; ers aamusruramin that pais between God and us are? Ccr rawly, if we did confider the ca pons le"rk, weight of the bisfnefs,the heart would be feed from this gari,ls wanton. de entes, de nefs; if Chris h d taken thee aide into the Garden, as he took Peter, natl.( ejts trepi- 7arres and John, and thou had!i feen him praying and trembling under da expellatione his Ago ies, thou wouldfc have feen that it is no light matter co t o to pendemtrs non God in a cafe of the falvation of fouls though thou hag never fo mediocrirer for- m muchaffurance o f the :free, for fo Chris; had the frequent return of idanres, ne , , quid forte in- Chritnan duties maketh us to forget the confequence of them. In hear - eptum & incon ing theword be ferious,it is your lif e,Deu.3 2.46.Flearken unto the words groom verbum of the Law, for this is not a vain thing, bceasafe it is our lie thy ever - mifericordiant } f y 1afiing effete is upon tryal, and the things that are fpuken concern your a quaa aver- utils ever í,E of communion with God,every participation of his grace ear? quanto bath n iny na is cum itli fluence upon Eternity; fay therefore as Nehemiah in another occuttornm o,ra- cafe, Nehem.6, 3, I am doing a great work l cannot come downs. Can you pro n cmend have a heart to mind other things when you are about fo great a work as the laving of your fouls ? perpetu.e mortis 8. Let every experimental wandring make you more humble and pertcu10 fuppli- ÿ p camus,frc.caf. carefull. If men did lay their wandrings to heart, and retrac$ them, clan Col.23.c.7 even every glance with a fgh, the mind would not fo boldly lo conf?ant b'IUc o,nnía ly digrefs and ítep alide, all actions difpleafing are not done io readi_ furatnasiii4 rrbgs ly, therefore it is good to bewail thefe difiraetions,do not count them virus involuti as light things ; b Cafanns fpeaking of thefe wandring thoughts,faith, levia, argue Ei The moll: that come to worfhip, being involved in greater fins, fcarce peccato pine count dif}rablion of thoughts an evil, and fo the mifchief is encrea /ed . aliens viden- upon them It is a fad thing to be given up to a.vain, mind, and fuch a e rfelli Toth iritas cannot be erio*s ; therefore if we do foundly humble tamenperfeíli3- y'.ip f stirbonvnetiam our felves for these offences, and they did once become our burden, minimavutn re- they would not be our praC ice ; c One faith, that Huntfmen obferve ?um multitudo of young dogs, that if a frefh game come in view, they leave their old graviS,naeq, fent but if foundly beaten off from it, they kindly take to their r CaffianCol.23. Gap, 7, p ur f 3 aait th e application is ease, did we rate our hearts for this vanity, QRookeron and prayag.ainit the fins of our prayers with deep remerfe, this evil Ads 2.37. would not be fo familiar with us. A
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