( 2.0 ) As you r:nuil pray but for your daily hread., and be 'content n,ith1 food and rayment, fo you mufl fee, that thefe lie but for better thing_s ; even in order to the doing of the Will of God, the pro... moring of his Kingdom, and the-Hvt!lowing of hu Name, which mufl be firft and moft defired. The order of your duty is, w feek_; firfl" the Kingdom of God and hu Righteoufnefs, and then other thingsarepromifedwithit, Matth. 6. 33. and tbercforeforit, mutt be defired and fought. And if your very f~od and life mull be defired but for rhis tver– lafting E1td, then it is fiill but one thing that is neceJfary, and final– ly to Le defired. For the MMns is -willed bet With an imperfru Wi/lin;r, becaufe not for it felf ; and that only bath our full and per[efl Love, which is Loved fer it [elf : Even in the aft of Love nmo the Me~tns, it is moreproperly the End that is Loved then the Means, and the Means is chofen for that End. So that you fee . that for 21!1 the neceJ!ity of creatures, andof diligence in our Ca t- - · 1ings, the truth is Hul dear, that it is only One thing that is truly Necrfary. · . Vfe• . THE underftanding is the fubfervient facult'y, to let in that li<ght, which may by diretl:ion and excitation, guide the will: · Having fhewed you the Truth, I am next to fhew you how.you may improve it, and fo to ~pply it, as may beft help you to apply it to your felves. · And if I fbould here fall upon things impertinent , or make it ·my work to claw your ears, or exalt my felf in your dl:eem , by an unfeafonable ofientation of learning or eloquence , or carry on any fm~h corrupt de!ign, while I fhould faithfully do the work . of God , my To.:t it felf would openly wndemn me. If Ope ·' thing be needful, it is that One that I mufl d@ my felf, while 1am · c;xhertingyou to do it : And -woe be to me, ifl fhould lay by thar> . to do any O[her unnecdfary work, even to fifh for the applaufe of Carnal wits, while my very fubjeet is the Rep~oofs of Chriil: againfi a much more tolerable error. And as to [be manner of my adn10ni[ion, if 'One ttJing he need• fui, I hope you wi~! allowme to be as plain and ferious as I can , ~bomt this One : And my firfi addrefs to you fhall be for tryal/• . ,_ And lihall make it nowmy earneft requeft to you, .that you \.. - - . -- --- --·--- - --- -- . - ·-· - -- --. . '11 Wl ..
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