11.... comfortablewalking with God. z61 heart, than bee bothgracioufly accepted, and certainely re- warded, e.,Ttettth. s 0.42. And therefore in a fecond place, I infinitely desire and intreate, (and this is that which in this point I would fpe. dailypreffe and perfwadcwith deepell impreffion) that e- very one which bath given his name unto Chriff, rich or poore , according to his power and proportion , would with fingular care and confcience addreffe himfelfe to a fruit- full, affedionate and conflant difcharge of this much ho- noured dutyof alines-giving in this kinde alfo, properly fo called. For we are bound to abound in this gracealfo. There- fore faith Paul, 2 Cor.8.7. (Aiyee abound in every thing, faith, &c.) fie thatyou abound in thud grace alfo. There is .no religious Profeifour of any reputation, upongood ground, with the Churchof God, but takes toheart, and defires to bee exact in all commanded Chriftian duties every day, as Prayer, reading Scriptures, &c. Vpon thy fecret then, and -folitary revifeand finveyof the day pal}, call thy felfe to a 'Idaaccount ; as for other fo concerning this duty alio, of doing good unto allmen, epciaily unto them oho are el' the koul4ould offaith, 941.6.1o. (for the difchargeof this duty ought alto to be daily ; if thy abilitywill beare, and the ne- ceffi ties of the poore fhall require ; In the morning fors thy tied, and in the evening withhold not thy hand. give aportion to (even, andalfo to eight, Ecclef11.6.7.) and let thefenfe and confcionCneffe of anyomiffion, neglea, or (loth in perfor- ming it, wound thyconfcience alfo, humble thy foule, and quicken thine heart, with new lifeof refolution, andmore lively endevour tomend every morning ; and perfume, as it were, thine every dayes walkingwith God, with this fweet, finelling facrifice alfo of mercifulneffe , bounty, and love, Pkil 4.18. Let this duty likewife with the refit, fall within the compaffeof thy fevered fearch, penitent melting, rem- ed vowes, in all thy more folemne felfe-examinations be- fore the Sabbath, Sacraments, upon dayes of humiliation, &c. It is aprofitable conlideration to thinke, that a cuito- _ S 2 Mary
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