Dirtll. ro. Helps for Cl\!folution and Ajfeflion. ~· IO· Dired. ro. If you forget the vtry wDrdr, yet remember tbe main drift of 11 /1: and 1 b{e R.tfolutions and ajfcaioHJ wbieh rhty drive at. And then you have not loll the Sermon g~h 1 0 ~ you have lo!l the word•: As he hath not lo!l his food, that hath digelled it, and turned it 'intoofl~th and blood. Tit. 3. 1Jirei1ions far ho~ !f\rfoiutions and Ajfeflions i11 l>earing. THE .Ultdcrft~nding and memory are but the plfTJgc: to the Ht?.~rt, and the Praaice is hut the txpr~(Jimr ot the Heart : thctefor~ how to work upon the Heart is the principal bufincfs. Dirch. I· 9· J, D~nd-. r. LiueHltdo?r the mojf conviHcing lively {eriour Preachtr that poffibry you c.m. It is a matter of great '?ncernmenr ro an, bur erpecially ro dull and fentlt:fs hearts ? Hearken nor ro that tuthly generatto~, that tell you becaufe God can blcfs the weakcfi, and becaufe it is your own fault 1f )OU prohc not by the we1kefi~ that thcrrfore_ you (hould make no difference, but fie down under an 1gnorant, dumb or fmJlefs man : Try firll whether they had as willingly have a bad fcrvant, or a b.1d Phyficion as a good one bccaufc God can blcfs the labours of the weaken: Try whether they would not hav.: their Children duly reproved or correCted, becaufe it is their own f~ults that they need it? And whether they would not' take phyfick after a furfct, though it be thetr own (.Ju/t that made them fick? It's true that all our fin is our orvn f.JU/t ; but the quetli~ on_ is, w_hat i1 tbe mfl tjfef:lu.d cure ? what man thlt is alive and awake, dQ[h not feel a very great d1tference bi:twcen a deJd and a lively Preacher~ Vi.ref1, 2• / 9· 2. J?irc_Ct. 2· Remember that Minijlti'l are_ the MeffengerJ of Cbrift, tntd come to you on hi1 bu[t.. 1 Cor. 6. '·.. ncji and tn hu Jtamr. Hear tbem thtte[ore 111 hu officer!, and 111 men that have more to do with God ')VO/}f him[elf tha11 rrith the jprak,"· It is the phrafc of the holy Ghofi, Heb. 4· 13. AU thingt are naf<!d :> a11d nprned to the /Jfl of him with wbom we h.Jve to do. 1t is God ~itb whom you have to do, and 'Jrcforc accordingly behave your fclves. Sec Lulr_, to. t6. 1 1be[. 4· 8. 1 c,,., 4• I· Dirtll· 3• 9· 3· Direct. 3· Kemrmber _th.Jt _thi1 God iJ iif(imCling yn11 and wo~nti.ng Y"" and trtating with y ·u, about no left 1ha11 the f.JVmgnf your foul! : Come therefore to bear aJ fl)r your jjlvation. Can that heart be dull that wdl confidcrerh, that it is Heaven and HtU that is the mlttcr that God is treating with him about ? Di.reQ. 4 • ·· /~- 4· Diretl-. 4· Remember that yore have but 11little time to htar in ; and you ~n~w not, whcthtt ever you jhaU htolr again: Hear thert{ore as if it w~rtytJHr laft. Think when you hear the Calls of God and the offers of Grace, I know not but this niay be my !all : How would I heor if I were lure to dye to morrow? I am fure it will he er~ long, and may be to day for ought I know. "Diret:J. 5• / ~· S· Dired-. )• Rtmembcr that aU thefe dayu tJnd Strmom muft be rtvimmf, a11d yo't muft anfrver for aU tbat you have heard) wiJttbtr you heard it witb Lrrve, or with unwiUingne[t and wearinefs ; with di~ ligrm attention Qr with c&rtlr{nefs : and tht word whichynu htar jh;U judge ynH at the lajt d:.~y: H(ar therefore a! tbofe tbat are J!.oing to judgemem, tg gt"ve account of their hearing a1!d obt.J•in~, ]oh. 12• 48. Dire[i, 6. 9, 6. DireCt. 6. MJk.! it ynur work with diligence tn apply .the 1Yord il! ynu are hearing it, andt~ work._ your cwn beartJ to tbofe [uitablc r{fU/mionJ andaffcrtiom which it bcfpcak._uh. Cafi not all upon the: Miniller, a·s thofe that will go no further than they are carrycd as by force: This is finer for the de.;d rh.m the li11ing. Tvu have work to do aswell as the Preacher!, and fhould all the while: be as -bulie as he : A< hclplefs as the infant is, he mun fu :k when the M >thcr olfcmh him the breall: If you mull be fed, yet you muft opm your ll).OUths, ~nd diJ.tjl it: For 'anothfr cannot digeft it for you \ nor can the holid1, wifefi, power_ful Mini_A:cr, couve.:t or fave Y?U without your felves, 110r dcli· ver apeople from fin and hell, that will not fhr for theu own dd1vc:rancr. Therefore be all the while at work, and abhor an idle bcart in be.cring, ts well.1s an idle Minifier. Dirctl. 7 • • ~· 7· DircCl:.-f· Cbew tbe Cu~~ and call rtp &li ~hen y 1u .comr home in fccret, and b;; Meditatic, ·Preach it over to your [elvCJ. It 1t were coldly dchvered by the Preacher, do you couhder of the ~great weight of the mattc:r, and Preach it more·carneflly over eo your own hearts. You tl10uld love: ·your fdvc:s bell, and bel\ be acquainted with your own condition a~d nfcdli1ie..c. . Virdl. g, §. 8. DireCl 8. Pray it over aUto God, a11d tiJrre lanzeJ!t aJl_,tpzd ?t:zrt, andput_ up yourcomplamli to Heaven againjl it: The name and prefence gf God hath a quiCkenmg and awakmS: powe~. . . DjrelJ 9 • 9· 9· DireCt. 9• Go to Chr#f by faith fur tbe quickptiitgJ of bi.r JPirit. Your life is. htd m htm your root and h<ad: and from him all muO be conveyed : He that hath the Son harh. hf< : and be– caufc he livcth wcthalllive alfo. lntreat hjm to glorifie the power of his Rcfurrdbon, by ratfing #the dead ; and to npenyour IJeartJ, and rpeak to you by his fpirit, that ~ou m1y ?c ta~ghc of God, and )'Our heans may be his Epifilcs, and the tables where the everlaRmg Law 1~ w~uten. Cu/.3-. ·3,4• Joh.t5·I,2.3,4• 5· J ,b.Jt.25· & 14·19· Pbil.3·J,8· Ac?..r6ol4· Job.6·45· 2Cor·J· 3, 6, '7• tS. Hcb. S. 10. er IO· t6. Jcr. 31· 33· . . . . • ~· tO• Dir<Cl:. IO• MAc Confrienct of 'teaching and provolrJng othcrt. P1ty the fouls of the JgDzrcl1. IO· norant about you. God otcen bldferh the r,ract that is mofi improved in doin·g him fervice; and our fiock is like the Womans Oyle which inc:reafed as lol'lg as !he poured out, and was gone when , . ~ {he
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