31i . . A:S4J»r;; ~ liilil; . . Part fT..l- . ~~.You would /Je l~th fo l~ng to re flft tke /ilnFlifJing work_of th~ ~p,.rtt : A:nd ~by tbould you not be loth to refift.· Jts comfort• :, 1ng werft ( It 1s the fame Holy·Ghoft that you refifi mb'orh: Nay you dare not fo open your mourhes for wickfdnefs -, and plead' ag4inft Santli6catitm it /elf, as you open them on the behalf of your finfu! douhin_(.rj'and plead for your ifl1moaerllte aejeftirms. I£ you fhou!d, how vile wou!d you appear? - J o. Lt.~fi!) confider, that GodWill l.:y f;ij{ering1 enow upon yon .f~r yeHrjin.r,and fuffer wickfd men to lay en;, enyou fer we/1-Joing, and you need not lay maN upon yam f rlves. You have need eo ufe all means for flrength to bear t b~ bu:·('e: s ~(lJ you m;1.J} una . dergo : and ic is thejrJyr;f the Lord,~,r.t~ rht: hG~"so Glury that are your ftrmgth. And will .you ea1: away .he only f1.1pport5 of your foul, arnd fmkwhen the day of 1 ffermg comeCJ? How wi l l ~ '}:ou bear poverty, or reproach, or itJjuries ? howwill you meel:: approaching death 7 if you feed your doubts of your falvaciop ~ andof the Love of. God in Chrifi, which mufi corroborare\ou ? <:)weaken nQt your fouls that are too weak already: Weaken not ··· your fouls that have fo mu,ch to do and fuff~r: and .that of fo - ~reat .nccdfiry and importance. While you complain of your · weaknefs, encreafe it not by Hnbelieving un~omfortable corn– plaints. . Gratifie not rhe Devil and wicke~ malicious men fo far, . as to inflid: on your felves a greater calamity then all their malice · and power could inflict. It is a madnefs in them that wilJ. phafe the Devil, ro thedifplcafing _of God, though the ple~fing,-of their · ·own fieJP be it that rnovech them to it.- But for a man eo plelfje · the Devil, and,diJPleafe God, even when he difp!C'Iifeth his awn· {4efh by it alfo·,- and bringerh nothing bur farrow -to him/elf by it, . tbis is in,fome refpects more unreafonable then fnadnefs -it -fdf. . Many can away their fouls for Kiches, and Hfln~Hrs; and carnal accommodations ; but who would-do it for poverty-; fic.k._nefs,. or - ~ifgrAce ?,So- though:many undo their fonls for flefbly pleafures · and delights ; yet he is a·Ltrange man indeed rhiu wt!l offend.Go_d.: even for{el/i-tormcntinggrirfand troHble. 0 therefored.iar Chn– fiians,as you have let go~allyom fenfual pleafures for the pkafing ' cf your Lord, .do nor let go the plea._fures of his lo·ve, {or which · you have lee go all. The Lord takJth plettfurr in hupeople~ even in · th_em thtatfe~r him, i.n thcfe that hope -i-n his merq,. ~rna the meek_-he ·· -wiH.hllmifif -wirhfalv.ui~»,- Pja/m _147. II . Ius meet therefore-: . - tbat : • I • -
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