---- ( 1~) t~ univerfal Leve; And ttrt lmt Impofthumes or Biles of the Clmrch, ~here ~e~tl4nd Love are difeafediJ drawn im9 tt narr~w compafs; andthat is approprittted to tZ few, that Jhould he common to all Believers. cberif!J mec!mefs 4ndpa~ tienee, andrejefl All thttt cartJat Zeal or Envy, eontemion t:nd A?Jimojitiu, tvbich are comrary to Love. lte11.d and fludy well 1he third ChApter pf St. Jarnes, and the Epijlle of John. . Dircfl. 8. Underfl:and the precioufnefs and u(e of time. Love D1tigence the better, 6ecau[e it is a Redeem– ' ing of time ; a doing much in a little time. Hate tht:t which would ro67ou of fo prtcious a commodity• . Direl1. 9. See that there be no predominant felfi{h. nefs ~r worldly intereft unmortified at rh~ bearr. Study ·duty; and dtJ i1 faithful/} , ~tnd truft God with Life, Ejlate, and Events : ttnd fJi(t not for your fe/v(J 6y {infutl 'TJIICIIf!JS. Dirt El. I o. Maincaimyour authority over yGur fen fe and fldhly appetites :. CAptivate not Reafon to the Brutifh p~trt; efpeciallyunder pretenceof liberty. V(e your bodies tU may flrengthen them, ~tnd beft fit them fur the work of God : Let themhAve fo muchdelight in things allowedas conduceth to this; hut take hctd of milking the .delights of pejb and(enfe your end, or allowiltgyour [el1:1es in lln _Nnpro– jit&hle plea(tngqf your enemy; or of corrupting yonr mind!, find rdlifbing tQI much (weetnefi in the things of the fltfb, •·nd lojing your reUi/b of SpiritNal things. Set not the bait tOD nu,ryon : I<up the Gun-powder from the fire. He thaf be– lieveth thAt if eroer he bed~tmmd, it wilt be for Pleafing his flefb before fiod; ~tml if ever be hefaved, be muft beftrp Ant/ pri;;;ipal/1
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=