500 Flow may we get rid of Spiritual! Sloth ? Serm. 2 I. Coimus ira ca. lun ut deum quafa manu - fafía precatio- nibus ambla. mutorartes,h oc vis deo grata. TertuLard 39. ialga, more venato ram per- pentium fe- ram. Arec. Ignatius Epifi. ad Rom. En amo te, d7 hoc parutn eft, amem validius. Aug. lib, de Med. c. 18. Hontes comes pro vehiculo, á. The promifes of quickning. David preffes God to be sa o0 as his word, Pfal. 1 19.25. uick,en that me accoring to thy word; He is often upon this flaring, Ver. 107,154. refolving not to let God alone until he kept his word If a.q.o.31. But they thoct wait upon the LordJhall renew their f reugth, they fball mount up with wings au Eagles, theyJh. 11 run and not be weary, and they (hall wall¿ anal not faint. Our foui, as a 1 ee,mufl fuck honey from this flower to quicken it felf. Say thus to thy Mf: Sou!, God hath promifed I fhall mount up with Eagles wings, fly through difficulties and duties with celerity, he is a God able, true, willing, therefore I may be affured of this aflìflance. Oh this honey will enliven the more than ?enatho ns honey enlightened him, r Sam. 14.26,29.Who mua dye,becaufe he had eaten honey,and if he had not eaten honey he tnuft have died. 7. Mind quickning examples. A dull jade will put himfelf fafler on when he fees other horfes gallop before him. The Apofile having mu- flered up in rank and file the Examples of thofe fanions Worthies, Heb, 1 1, Does, Heb. i 2.1. excite them with patience to run the race that was fet before them. If the rare as of Miltiades would not fuf- fer Themif ocles to fleep, then the famous Actions of Gods Worthies fhould not fuffer us to flumber. View Elias how he went up in a fiery Chariot to heaven in bis fpirit, before he went in a fiery Chariot to heaven in his perfon. lames 5.17. Eye Paul how induflrioufly and in- defatigably he purfues, even as a Beagle bis chafe with full cry, and all celerity, Phil. 3.1 o,ad 15. Obferve Ignatizu how h goes to the beafis to be devoured, as if he had gone to a Bridal to be married. Laflly, Slight not the Martyrs in CLMaries daies, who went to the fire as if they had been going to a honetre. Seift thou this woman, (faith our Saviour to Simon of Mary Magdalen) with what ae`tiv ;ty and aff cflion fbe bath wafted and wiped no feet , (her tears being the water,her hair the towel) let it provok.,e thee to more diligence and devotion,Luk,7.44, q s. Examples are pricking and provoking goads to quicken us ; fires to light our candles by, to heat our bodies with. 8. Keep quickning company,As had company is water to quench,fo good company is oyl to quicken fervour ; As Iron fharpens Iron,fo one gracious heart lets an edge upon another, Prov. 27.17. Holy Com- panions are bellows,áva.a7n16+v, to blow up, and make burn the graces that lye in embers, 2 Tim.1.16. The gracious affrétions of Saints are called beds of fpices,Cant.6.2. Holy conference of holy company is the rubbing and chafing thofe fpices to make them fent & fend forth their perfumes. Alexander where ever he came perfumed the Room with his
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