29 6 Virettionsforgetting and keeping andhavebut a fluctuating unfetled brain. AScho- lar fhould makeall the fludies ofhis Life to compofe one entire Image of Truth in his foul, as a Painter makes every line he draws to compofe one entire pieture ofa man;and as a Weaver makesevery thred to compofe one Web : fo fhould youmake all for- mer Examinations, Difcoveries, Evidences, and Ex- periences Compofe one full Difcov&y of your Condition, that fo youmay have a felled Peace of foul : And fee that you lye bothEnds together; and neither look onyour prefent troubled flare without your former, left you be unthankfull, and wnjuflly difcouraged ; nor onyour former flare without ob- fervance of your prefent frame of heart and life left youdeceive your felt, or grow fecure. O that you could well obferve this Direction ! How much would it help youtoefcape extreams, and Conduce to the fetling ofa well-grounded Peace,and at once to thewell orderingof your wholeConverfation ! DI R 117 -
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