. I ·- cboicdl: art upon ; I though-no 1-.~-:.-· _ ~f:quaint, ed the \V9rld with nothing bu what was-t~e work of Time and 1)iligence : But my .confct– ence foon told tne, that there ~as too much of· Pride and Selfifhners in this . and that Humility . . ' and Selfdenyal required me to lay by the affeCtation of that ll:ile, and fpare that indufl:rie, which tended but to advance my name with m1 en , when it hind red the main work, _and crofl my end _:. .-And Providence drawing forth fome popular ._unpolifhed Difcourfes ·' and. givin9. them fuccefs beyond my expetl:anon, d1d there~ .by rebuke my felfifh thoughts; and fatisfie me that the Truths of God do perform their work more by their Virt,ine Jutbority, and proper Brvi– dence, andmaterial Exce~lency , thanby any .orna– ments of fiefhly w_ifdom : .. and (as Seneca faith ) though I will not defpife an elegant Pbyficion , yet will I not think my felf mpch t~e happyer, · for his adding eloquence to . his healing art. Being enc9_ur~ged · c~en by rt\r~(o1~ and E~perience, I ~enture. thefe pQpular S~rt~ons into the world ; and efpecially for the ufe of you ' my late Auditors , that heard them. I blefs God - \ .. that, when rpore :wo11hy lLabo~re~s are fain to weep oy~r their ~obA:inate, unprofitable , un– thankful people, ~d fome ~r,e dri_v.en ayv.ay by A ~ · their , .
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