(97 j imicite them;n tb~i? and if you know any fault in them: take warning and avoid it : But he not fo mad as to ru~ into Hell» becaufe fome fall in the way to Heaven, or fome m1fs the way that feemed to go thither. Imitate not the r~dtU i~ Chrifls fam.i. ly, btttEhe refl: of his Difciples , and that not m thetr falls~ b~t· tn their faith and piety. All that fha\l be faved, have both Holmefs towards G~d, and Juftice and Charity to men. The -wifdomfro1('J above u firft pure, then pMceable, gentle, eafie to he entreate~, full of mercy andgtJodfruits , Jam. 3. I 7. If }~Ou want t~e firft, you areungodly; tf the later, you are hypocntes : And tf the hypo– crite and theungodly will fiand fnarling here at on~another, they 1hall perilh together, in that mifery that will convmce them that J~either of them were the heirs of life : when S11ints indeed, and none but they, fhalllive with Chrifl:. " Object. But it i& but a few that lire of fo ftriil amind and life; lmd foal/ none be [llved but the{e few? An[w. Chrifl bath told you whom he will fave : He will no,t falfifie his word, nor take the unfanctified into heaven for want of company. He hath told you that the g11te u ftrait,and the WltJ n~trrow thPlt leads to life, ~ndfew there be that find it, Matth. 7. I 3, I 4. and that it is alittle ~ock_ to whom the Father willgi"tte tho Kingdom, Luke I 2. 32. Yo_111hall not want Cflrnpany in hea'Pm, nor find comfort in your company inhe/!. But if you would have the number of the godly to begreater; why do you not increafe it by your joyning with them? Why do not all the Town and Pari/h agree together~ and bind themfelves in .a Covenant to !ferve and feek the Lord, .as the Ifraelites ~ [ofh. 2.4. 2 Chron. I 5. I 2, I 3. 0 happy people that will thus ac– cord, and heartily perfoqn ir. · And now, Beloved Hearers,I have finifhed this firfi Part of my task, and proved to you the Necef!iry ofa HolJ life ; That one thing u medful, while you pittifully cumber your felves about many things, is the meffage that from Chrifl: I have been hitherto delivering to you. What fay you? Are you yet refolved to feck this One thing with the chiefefl: of your defires, and care, and la- -bo~r, or are you not? Dare any one of you fay that you have n0t heard that which fhould refolve a fober confiderace man? I think yot:J. dare nor. But if you dare, I <.!m fure you fhall never be able.to make it ~ood,and jufrifie your words, to God, or to 0 yo~ . :
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