_______ . .,_..._ ......,._..__.~- ~be fore Word of that mighty God, --who h;th ej?a!J/i.. p~d all the endt of the eN'th; and reared fuch agreat apJ goodly building, w_her~ therewas no fc:undation: and quefrionldfe,thou lhalt be more then mfinttely, ' cverlaft:ingly fafe, and fetled like mount Zion, Which' cannot /;e removed,6ttt a6idcth for ever. 3.In failings ofnew obedience. · J·W11en ...e .10 ·r·1 .11. 1 r. · · 1 .r. 11. h' • .. " not as . 1ou pum t 1y 1011nemto 1mp oyment, 1etn: 1m we ihauld. ·f about thy bufineffes; he improves the utmofr of his skill, frrength and indeavour, to doe thee the beil: fervice hee can, and pleafethee,ifit were poffible, to pcrfecrion: But yet comes fhort of what thou defirefr, and failes in many particulars ; and therefore he \veepes and takes on ; and is much troubled that bee\ 1 can give no bettet contentment. Now tell me, thou whofe heart is warmed with the tendernefie of a Fathers aff\!~Hon, whether thou wouldefr not be moO: 'ready, and willing to pardon and paffe by all defed:s . • ,.. and failings in this kind? Nay I know thou woulddl: ~ rejoyce and bleffe Cod, that bee had given thee a ·Ch1ld fo obedient, willing and aff.:d:ionate. Proportionably,thy heavenly F,ather fets thee on worke,To beleeve,repent,pray, reade the Scriptures, heare the Word,conferre,meditate,love the Brethren~ fancHfie his Sabbaths, humble thy felfe in daies ot faLling and prayer, poure out thy foule, day and night ( as the times require) in compaflron, fellow-feeling,and flrong cryes for the afHid:ions of .[oflph;the ddl:ruction of the Churches and. thofe Bretheren of thine, ~hichhave, folonglaineinbloodand teares; to be " mdufrnous and ferious in all workes ofjuil:ice, mercy and truth,&c.And thougoefr about thefe bld~d bufineffes, with an upright heart,and obedience unto God ; but the feverall performances come farre ~ort ofwhat his \IV ord requires, and thy heart de- · Jtres; and thereupon thou mourneR and grieveil:, amf af.flid:eft tby foule in fecret, becaufe thou canft not · B b - come
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