5.It is eager. InflruClio;u ftr f!,·rigbt comforting · seaJ . - ·-- -- -~- t9liv~;an~· yet w:~mld neither e11te nor driuke, qor ileepe~aor exer~i[e,nor take r hyficke, nor ufe thofe meanes which are ordi nary and neceffary for the lJlqintenance o(hfe. I t is as fruitidfe aad foolifh for ~ny one to pretend ad~ lre ofgrace aft-er C hrift?. ql1d to be faved; and yet will not prize and plythe.fiithfull Minillry, theword-preached and read, prayer, Jneditation,confere"'lce,vowes,dayes of humilieltion, tl1e u~ ofgood comp:my, and good bookes, and all -~i~in~ 0Jdinances;and bleffedmeanes appointed,and fantl:ified by God,for the procuring and prderving a .good fpir\tuallllate. · 5. It is not a lazy, cold, he<J;-_tleffe, indif[rent de~ fjre;but eamdt,eager,, vehe~neJ1t,ei'tremel y thir£Hn.gJ as the p$1q:hed earth-for r~·frethmg fhowres; or tne h1,1nted Hart for the Wf!ter-6rook,ts. Never was Ahab more ficke for aVine-yard; Rache!l: more ready to giefor c;hildren; ,Sifera or Sampfon for thirll, then a ,tmly hu_mbled Joule ~fter Ie(us-Cl}rill, after bathing jp}:Ii§ l!_loeg, i!Pd.hiJji1g it-felfe in Bis bldf~d righ.. te~ntfiwfie. Tbis defire d~ads the ·heart to ?11 other c Then will H~ f.1y,I .cte.(If_e_s ;l.,(ier e~rt~Jy ,t_hings, go~~' good-fel,lowihip, have diCcerned mine i>le3\Jilf~5',faf.!M.9ns, ey~n th~ <!i~llgbt§ of the .~ofQ)UC .ovvne ~i(ery}. my po . iinf1e., ~.&,('. -4\!J Qthe;r -t:hin.gs :tr~ put dreffe and ,dung, ~v~r-ty ,a~d nakedn~lfc, il$~i.cy a.l)d1vik, io rgfp~~d'ithat{)bje& it bath now' and ~ have ~qund a c found out and aff.:crs. As Aarom Rod, m:maaed · ' Tr{'afure,Cim1l Jefus · u1 i b ·h 1 d f · · r. ::, 1 and bi6 rightecufnefle: m1rac ouily y t e 1an o d1vme power, 1Wa • · It fhall goe hard but J lowed up all the other Rods of 'Ph~aoh; Sorcerers: will get 'it. Yea ,but · ,there is a price p.uc" ':JBO.U it, It i.nuf.l cc,>fr thee dcare; a great deale of fGrrovv, trou• blcaR!i other crolfes. Tu!h;rell me not ohny pn.ce,fpeake not of that : vv~acfoe ver J have {hall goe for it, I vvill doe aoy thing for it. Wby wilt thou curbe thine lff~tli .onsrW1h: thou give up t.b}'.1ife? W.ait Hw.u bl! content to RP all th,4tthgu h:;ft, & .c. I will doe it wzth <tll my ¥<!.r;t.·J f.tr coi,>.fe}\1~ ~op:I;L'!-U t}m I !1av.e.Noc):l!ng ~~ (o dear~ un• tome, but I will part VV1Wi~.; my right ·ka1'!4,mHight ~e; Nay,ifHdl !F klfe iho~l~ :Rand betvveene me and ~~nfr;ye!vyo~~ J pafi:e· ~nqrovv the-f,me unto h.m. Thrs JS that vi?lcnt a~eeti~n,that'G od pu_ts into t:he hc:arrs ot thoft,whofee~e Him in troth,that . they vvtll ha\'e Chnftjvvba~fflet:er ~~ ~ofr them,7J. p. So .-..
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