r l and perpetual! guide. Iofeph, when he was fent for to goe before King Gew. 41 , 14• Pharoah, bee iliaved his head,and changed his rayrnent, becaufe bee was to appeare before fo high and royal! a prefence. . <l!!,eene Hefl:er durfl bot prcffe into the pre- Refl,a,,u. ' fence of King AhaJhuerofh, before l11ee had prepared her felfe. · How much more ought wee to fit and prepare our felves, bale and miferable wretche5,,Wormes and no men,as wee are, with feare and trembling, when wee come into the,-Houfe and pretence of the mightie Lord of Heaven and Earth ; before whom, the Seraphins hide theirfaces, the Nations are I[a,4o. M a drop ef aBucket,and the inhabitants of the Earth at Graj]i:-hopper:s: efpecially, fith there h~e offers and tenders unto us enlargement from the flaverie of finne, purgatioB from our pollutions, and · a. Crowne of life, upon that condition, that wee repent, forfake all our finnes, and refigne up our felves in fincere anGl humble obedience unto all his Commandements·? Inducementswehave,and Motives many,both Motives ~o , £i P d P .n:·' . • 1 B k fG d Preparation. rom recept,an rautce, m t 1e oo eo o , 1 for the ~erformance of this 'Chrifrian_dutie ofI Precepts out Preparauon. . of the Word Take heed ~o thy foot ( fayth the Preacher) ~hen (~r it:x' thou entereR into the Houfe •f God, and he more neere I!.~clef4•11• to heare, th~n to give the focrifice offooles ; for they knownot that they doe evil/. - ' Before thou fet foot into the Church, to heare theWord of God, be fure to-fettle thy affetli– on~, that theybe fober:t moderate) and fanCl:ified, -(I 4) fit
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