62, ·{ Cfhe Saints{tire No mere rh:m llarvefi: unldfe wehavea feed time, and raine, yea., weecanrcape both the former and the latret"raine ? Or can "without low· , ·ing, orliVc · w.e .nor liveexceptwe .bave m.eat ? Certainlyno. -without food. No more can.a~y manbe truly f:1n Cl:ificd and fa- · \'Cd, .nor' live either the life ofgrace here, or ·expea the life of gloryhereafter, unleffc .he fol- . low the ordinary n1eanes appoinred and fancti– ficd by God for his falva:tion: Except he fubmit , himfclfe t·o that policy and order which God · with' .great wifdomc bath ellahlitbed .in his Church. \Vouklamanbetakenfor a goodfub– jeCt, who_ fhould pcevifhly oppofe himfclfe a.:. gain!l: a law agreed upon and commanded by the King and State, for the greac good of the Com– mon-wealth ? God himfelfe·bath appoint}!cLa .publike Miniflcry in .the ·church; Paftorsand teachers for the gatheringof the Saints, and all ObierJ. 2• Frequent pre:~ching is not [o ntcci · fary. - ~n[rv. le is a figne.ot · a graccle11e hea· t to loath the heavenly Manna. · .. that belong to life; and ·is it fit that any private · excrcife lbould cro!fe Gods publike ordinances ? No; It is both inconvenient and wicked, and Gods bleffing is never tobe looked for, uponany altion and exercife, though aever fo good in it fclfe, if hi;; will benot oJcyed. I, but fome will fay ; It is good indeed fame– time~ now and then tohearea Sermon; but what 1 ne~ds {()much preaching, and Sermon upon Ser– mon ; Would theyhave us Saints and Angels upon earth ? · • " \Vretched is that manwhich is wearyof the Wordof life. And bee ha rh no true tafie of ho– ly things, which loaths this fpirituall Ma!1na, " thoughnever fooftepreigned from heaven;There · is l \
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