and perpetual! quide. ·· \ -------------------- courfe of Chrifiianitie; and that no more is required, for matters ofHeaven: when as, in refpect of faving grace, they are wretched, miferable,and poore; and lflinde,and naked. · . Befides this place of the Preacher, the Evange– lifl: S. Luke, Chap.8. r8. bitis us, tJZke heed how rvee heare. And good reafon,in a_ matter of fuch great weight and confequcnce. For there is not a Sermon wee heare, but wee mufi: be countable for it at the Day of our Vi!itation. God is countable unto us for every.haire of our head; is it not reafan, wee fhlould be countable to him for thofe precious Leffons he reacheth unto us by the Minifterie of the Word ? A!furedly, there is not a Sermon ,"which wee have heard fruitleffely, and without profit, bm it will be a fhrewd and fore witneife againfi: us at that Day. Befides thefel'recept~,wee finde much prattife in theBo~ke..ofGod, ofthisholydutie ofPre– paration , when any facred bufineffe was to be undertaken. · / Mofes could not approach fo glorious and (a. cred a Prefence, or tread upon the grottnd, made holy by fo great a Majefrie as the Lord ofHeaven and Earth,beforehe had put off his fhooes. Neither ought wee to prefume or preffe intohis Saneluarie, where he bath promifed his Prefence in a folemne, fpeciall, and powerfull manner, and is readie to fhower downe his bleffings of falvation intoall truly humbleapd prepared hearts; before ·wee h~ve fhaken off and cafi: from us all earthly 3 Lu~es.xs. ~ Infiances for the pratlice of Preparation. MosEs. Exod-3-S• . iRcumbrance5,and fecret corruptions,all dulneffe l . · , and ..__.__..,-----~~-==·
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