4 Direalong forgetting andkeepdna t, Dotrine ; fometimes and moil commonly, from fenfe of our own Infirmities ; fometimes it is only from ordinary Infirmities .; fometimes from fomeextraordinary decaysofinward Grace ; fome- t time from the neglects offome weighty duty ; and fometimes from the deep wounds Of fome Hainous fecret, or fcandalous fin ; And fometimes it is meer- ly from the frefh difcovery of that which before ` we never did difcern ; And fometimes from the vio- lent affault of extraordinary Temptations ; which ofthefe is your own Cafe,you mull be careful to find out, and to apply the means for Cure accordingly. Evenof true Chrifrians, the fame means will not fit all. The differenceof Natures as well as of actual Cafes mull be confidered. One hath need of that tender handling, which would undo another ; and he againhath needof that roufingwhich another cannot tear. And therefore underhand that when I have given you all the Directions that I can, I mutt (in the end hereof) advife you to take the Counfel ofa skilful MiniPter inapplying and makingufe of them ; For it is in this, as in theCafeof Phyfck ; When we havewritten the bell Books ofReceipts, or for Me- thodical Cures, yet we mull advife people to takeheed how they ufe them without the advice of 'a learned and faithful Phyfitian.ForMedicines;muft not beonly fitted to Difeafes, but to Bodies. That Medicine will kill one man, which will cure another of the fame diílemper : fuch difference there may be in their age, flrength, complexion, andother things. So is it much in our prefent Cafe. And therefore as when all the PhyfickBooks in theworld are written, and all Re- ceipts known, yet will there !nail' a Neceiiity of ply4
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