54 Oótlerall dirt1ionsfoi a thelifeofgloryat the laff day. 2, Offanaification : if thou: keepe thy faith, the fountaine, roote and heart, as it were from which all thine other graces fpring, in life and vi- gour , thou íhalt pray more comfortably, bee more cou ragioufly patient, heare the Word more fruitfully, receive the Sacraments more joyfully, paffe the Sabbaths more delightfully, conferre more cheerefully, meditate more hea- venly, walke in all the wages of new obedience withmore lrength,and conqueft overcorruptions. For ordinarily, eve- ry Chrillian 1h4l finde the exercife of other graces to bee comfortable, or cold,according,to the livelinefle, or languifii- ing of his faith. 3. Of prefervati.on, both temporali and 4pirituall. In croffes, aflli6 ions, andall Gods outward angry vifitaa Lions , by thepower offuch promifes, as thole, Pfal. 8 .3 3 and5o.1;. Heb.12.7,8. i a. a Thef. 3.3 4Is t 4.22. Luke ¢i . 23. Ifai. 63. 9. Inthecourfe and carriageof thy particular Calling the duties and workes whereof, if thou difcharge withconfci ence, diligence, andprayer, thou mayeflgoe on with corn- tort , contentment, and freedome from that torturing and racking thoughtfulnefle; from thofe reflleflé and curfed carkingsofcarnali worldlings,wherein they bafelylanguifh, and lofe their foules; . and leave the fuccefe, iflue, andevent ofall thy , labours andundertakings unto theLord, whatfo- ever it maybe, rating fweetly , and everrelyingupon that gracious promife, Heb. z;. 5. Iwill neverfaile thee, nor for., Ake thee. In ordering andguiding the affaires of thy family, de- pend by faith upon Gods bleflîng, the í}rength and finew of all found comfort, and true contentation that way. See Pfad. '27. In the lofe ofoutward things for thy love, and fervice un- toGod, by beleeving that Man ofGod, a Chron. 25.9. The Lordis abletogive thee much marethen this. Nay, in the loffe ofall earthly things in every kind& t See Iab, 3,17 18. 4,41thoish thefag-tree fballnet bloforue, neither
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