' ·~AY'i· . ' · 'A·s~Jni ·or· ~ B·riu-,--;;.. . p· y·r· ;;t'rf'w · ,. ' art • at the Preachers gifts, and the mau~r of. his·dotlrine and de... livery ' then at the fpir'itua-1nc:ceffary m~tter that is delivered ~ They have fome pleafure in aneat compoted.fpeech, that feemetli not. -to accufe thcn:t any~ore then others ·, .and-gr:arerh- rlot on the1r tender ears.wtth plam andnecdTary truth; but fuffers them togo home as qmetly as theycame thither. But if the· Preacher,· touch t~rm to the quick!, an.d endeavoureth faithfully-tO acquaint them Wtth themfelves -, or 1f. he- have no eloquence or accurate-– nefs of fpeech to pJeafe.thcm with, btat be gUil ty of any llnhan• . fomnefs. of e.xpreffio~, .or r:nodaii i~p,erfdtions, they are weary of h~armg h1m, and thmk1t l?ng nil the glaff be nm, and per-– haps mfle~>td of tafting the fweetnefs of wh~lfom. truth, theymake it the matter of their derifionand contempt. . BaE let them be at Cards or Dice, at Hawking·or Hunting, at .any idle fports and vanities, and they can hold out longer with delight~ At drif1king, or feafting-, or idle talking, they are not fo , .weary. Yea in the labours of their calling, when their hadiesare : ".meary, their minds ar«! more unwearyed; and in their fields and .fuops theyhave mere delight; then in the fp1ritual holy fcrvice of ,the Lord •. They are never fo merry as when there is leafi ofGod 11pen their hearrs ·and in their wayes. . And it is one of rhe-rea[u»i , rhat hindreth their Converfton, left it fhould deprive them of rbeir mirth,, and caufe them to fpend. th.e remainder 'of their dayes in encomfortable.heavynefs. .Iffin werenotfweet to·them-, . comterjion would he more eafie · : .The Pleafurewhich they find in creamres by their fin, is the prifon and fetters of .their fouls cap.. · ~:ivity.TfthiS be thy<:afe that readefi chefe l,ines, I bdeech<thce lay · to heart chefe following aggravations of t~y fin • . - 1; How. h/;rJdand "¥1iek.pd is -the heart thaEnn find mane phit- – f~tre in fin tb;].n holine[s .? Is the creatnre pltafant ' tO thee, and God Hnplea{ant ·? What a fuame is this to thyVnderflanding and thy Will ? It proclaimeth thy pernicious ·Frdly and Impiety. If · thouhadHno more wi·t then to be Pleafed more ·With Itones rhen gold, with dung then meat~ with fhan:ef1:1l nakednefs ' then doathing,, thou wouldfi not be judged wikenoug~ · to · be~left to ' thy own cifpofean,d government. But rhe.f?lly wh!dHlwn -dofr . manifeft,isunfpeakably greater. . D~trk.!Jefi ts not fo much-,worfe · tnenLight,andDeath isnotfo-muchworfethen Life; as finis .-worfechan Holinefs, and the world than Grtd. And Is-the Werfo · more Plr.4ant to th,ce;then tb.eBrfl_?Jtis .a f £o l indee.~, to whom · ·,. ~ · ·-·· _,. __ ·-· ... - --·· a·t .?
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