r( it) ·Docl. 5 ~ The One th:ng nee8ful jh11ll not !Je tak.ffn frGm them ilutt choofe it : but they that choofe it nut, foal! hd.VC no better then they choo{e. . Dotl. 6. Tho(e that m~k! the bad Hnhappy chr.Jtce, art apt to grudt.e at them that choofe better, and wi~l not think_and do M they. . Dott. 7. When the matter u brought before the Lord 'fe!~s Chrift, he will not tak.! part with thofc that murmure dt hu.ferva~u choice, and f}ea/zagainj} them; bHt wifl commena thetr fihOJCe, and r;fmdemn the totJtrary. · I All this you fee lie plain here in theText~ and it is·a!l worthy .our larger confideration: But the firfl is like to ho!cl me fo long, that to avoid prolixity , the refi fuall be btat touched .under tl]at. DOd:.l. One thing is Needful: It is one thing only that u abfc;. lutefJ Nece/Jifw} ; 6ut man] things that men bujie them– felves about, thatnegle[f this one. · In handling this, I mu!l fhew you, I. Inwllat refpeet it is that .this Needful tbing is faid to be but One. 2. How it is that the troublefom matters of the world , are called many. ' 3. Whereto and hoW far this one thing is neoej{tllry. 4. Whether the reH are inQeed mmeetf{ary. . 5. I fball affitl: yota in theapplicationof it toyour felves, that it may reach the end to which I do intend it. I. In what rtfPeEl u the Needful thing but One? Which will be the eafier underflood, when you know ~hat the One thing Needful is : And it is, moft direflly; that which is oHr E~d, '!o ~e faved, and toPleafe the Lord, or to Gl()rifte God and. m;oy htm tn Glory forever : Which comprehendeth or implyeth the neceffary means. ·• , And this bleifed fiate is One, confidered r. 06je8ively : It is · .One God that we have to pleafe and to behold · and love and ·~ f ' ' ' pra~ ~ or ev~r. l. It is One fflrmally: that is, It is only the fouls fruztton of~h1s O~e qod that is our Endand Blef{edne[s. And thus the Ena bemg prmctpally m~anr, it is fai4 tha~ O'}e thir1g h necef-: ~ ~ · fary;
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