------·------------- and puts him to forer labo:.tr,and harder taskes ; B~t while he-~ is very youn ~' he is wont to forbeare hi1n with much teild ~rneff;: and compafsion ; becauie he knowes, hee is fc1rce able to carry himidfe out of ·the mire : Even fo, but with infinite more aff~ctionateneif: and care, watchfullne!f;: and love, doth our heaven!y Father bcare in his armes, and forbeare, a Babe 1n Chrifr. Seel_(ai.4o.I l. This may be a very f weet <md precious cordiall to weake confciences at their firfr converfion : Who when they cafl: their ey: upon the hainoufneffe and number of their finnes, t1 1e fiery and furious darts of the Divell,the frownes and angry foreheads of their carnall friends, the worlds lowring and enmity, the rebelliouft1df:: and untowardneife of their owne hearts~ prefsing upon them all at once; and-fa confidering~that refaining ftom e- "Vtll,thcy makg themfelves a prey, are ready to h;1kc and• faint; and feare that they fh11l never hold out. For they may hence ground upon it; being upright-hear... ted, and beleeving, that God, who knowes their weakeneife full well, Will not fuffer them to 6e tempted t>bove that ttJey are ahle; but Will With the temptation alfo makt a Way to efcape, that they may be a61c to beare it. So that over <)11 the.i2! adverfaries, and ungodly oppofitions, they fhall mofr cet:tainely be more then conquerours; , 1 I. When thou art dejected in fpirit, and walkcll: 1 1 • Ifvvc c:Jme !h'ilrt f' ot othcu. . more hea,•ily, becaufe thou com'fr !hort o fl:ronger Chrifrians in all performances, fervices, dut~es and fruitfull walking; and thereupon fuff.:r'fr flaYill1 doubtes and dillrufl:s, lefl: thy groun.d-worke be not well laid, and. bette backe:, aod.harre out, all fpiriut.. all joy, and e:Kpetled ·contenfmcmts in thy Chriftian courfe; I fay thcn,and.iu fnch a Cafe,Suppofe a Fa~ tl'ler fhould call unto him in hafl:e, two ofhis childr.eQ; One ofthree yeares oJd,the other of thirteene: t.h~x . both make all the bait they can, but the elder makes.
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