Doall byLove. 369 ( who Ioveth him that beateth him ) when you let out 'their own , phlebotomy will never do it. Account then that Sermon, that converfe, that reproof, that dfcipline in which Love is not ap4- parently predominant, to be but a lífelefs'ufe- lefs thing, as to the winning of a ruiners heart to Chriil. Though I deny not but when the cafe of the (inner appearech defperate, the feverityof Difcipline in calling himoff, may exprefs more ofanother affection as to him : But that is be- caufe in fodoitsg you muff ¡hew greater Love to the ¿Church which mull be faved from the in- feet ion. But perhaps you'1 fay, Theydefife me, and ín. lure me, andfollow others and admire them, who de- fervenot fowell of them its l do. "Info. Firíl, we are moll of us toopartial to be competent Judges of our own deferts. Sel- flihnefs too oftenmaketh us think better of our felves, our preaching and our lives, than there is caufe : And it too often filleth men with envy againfl thofe, whole greater worth and better la- bours caufe them to be preferred by the hearers And envy lafuallybreeds detraction, I know that many giddy perfons heap up Teachers to thew felves and follow (educe rs, & cogtemn the faith- fulleft fervants of the Lord, But I know withal!, that there is ufually a convincing power in the preaching of able experienced I inillers,which is not to be found in the cold it formal difcour- fes of an hypocrite. And that there is a fuirable principle in true fpiritual experienced Chriftians, which caufeth them to reliíh this fpiritual expe- l) d rimentai
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