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ano

f

amiip

Took:

and

cone

fo

dole

to

every

ones

cafe,

in a

common

Sermon,

as

we

may

do by conference

:

And in con-

ference it

is

not

a

little rambling

difcourfe upon the

by

that

is

fit

for fo

great

a bufinefs ;

and

therefore

in-

treated you

to

allow me

now

and

then

an

ho

et

and fober talk with you

, when

all

other

>;rnaders

might

for

that time

be

laid

by ;

And

I

am now

come

to

claim

it

as

you promífed.

Saul.

You

are

welcome,

Sir

i

I.

confers

to

you

that

being

Ignorant and unlearned,

I

am

loth

to

talk

with fuch

a man

as

you,

about

high

matters,

and

things

of

Religion, which

I

do

not well

underfland

:

But

becanfe

you defired

it,

I

could not

fay

you

nay.

P.

You

Ihall

fee

that

I

come

not

to

di/pute with

you, or

to

cavil, or

to

do

you

any

harm, nor to

pofe

you

with

any

needlefs

quefions,

nor to

try

your

Learn.

ing

;

but

only

to help you before you

die, to

make

Pure

of

everlafting life.

f

n

y

f

S.

I

have

fo

much

rea

o

m

el

,

as

to

know,

that

Chrifis

eiiíinifl'ers

are

like

Nurfes that

muff

cut

every

Child

his

meát,

as

it

is

fit

for

him

;

And

that

if

I

were

lick,

it

is

not

a

long

fpeech

of

my Phyfacian,

that

will

ferve

to

cure

me ;

but

he

muff

come

and

fee me,

and

feel,,

yny

pu'lfe,

and

find out

`yry

difeafe,

and

then

id

me

what

will

do'mc

good,

and

how

to

tale

it.

But

to

tell

yois

the

truth, Sir,

there-

are

fo

many

bufe

fellows

,

that

love

to

meddle

with

other

folks

matters, and

cen-

fure

others,

and

do

but

trouble men,

either

to

draw

them

to

their

own

opinions, or

elfe to makg them

felvesTeachers

and

to

feeni

bitter

than

they

are

them

(elves,

that

I

reds

firft^'

unwilling

You,

fhonld

trouble

me

with

fuch matters

`Dill 1'r/3o-tight

with

my

felf

that

Lam

one

of

your

cbarre,

and till

I

heard

how

dif-.

cre

tly,

and tenderly and

well, you

(peak

to

thole

tioat