' ' . \ The Saints hard world aenierh wealrh. For love (rhe f~irelt' ,and loveliefr iffue of a faving faith) i$ not placed with money in the ' purfe~ bur·planted with love· andkindne!fe in the heart. r CanH thou mourne with difrreffed Chrifiians, and nnfainedly affect thy heart with farrow. for their griefes? Canfi: thou fpeake comfortablyun– to an :afflicted confcience, and refrefhab~okenand bruifed fpirir? Can a thou prayheartily for the ton– verfion~f thy mofr enraged a.nd implacable ene– mie, and grieve at their rebeliions·and (mile-mUJ:– thering frubbornneffe ? D9fi thou labour upon all occafions, by in!lructions, admonitions, feafpna– ble ,reproofes, ~to tlraw others out of their 1gno– ranceandblindneife, fecurity and finnes, to faving knowledge~ and into the wayes ofGod? Why· then thou art very rich and glorious inalmef-deeds, for fo thou doeil: good to the fouJes of thy bre– thren, one of which is farre more~worthy than the bodies Qf all men living.. Thou fo enricheft thy brother with heavenly rreafures ,· and fpiriruaJl almes, which are much more pretious, and pre– ferred b€f0~e any good deed, or comfortable re– Ieefe, exercifed and conferred upon the body :The very·Schoolmen being witne!fesJ Dura?Jdtnlib. 4· d. 1 '5 .q.7. CotJ(u!e, Caftiga . fol~tre, remitte,fer, ora ; is better than, Vijto,poto,ciqo,redimo,tego,c,J/Iigo)condo. To condude this point, true and jufrifying faith dorh' ever in the fir{{ place kindle in ~he heart a z~alous&fervent love to God, and all godlinelfe; then to our owne fou1es,whereby \.vee are fiirred up to furnifh them with all faving graces, then to
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