tomfortable walking with Gocl. òwne over=eager unmortified affeFtions, and that without any great remorfe or reclamation. z. Wee finde to, often by wofull experience, that fame who having given their names to Religion atfirft, with great forwardneffe andbeate ; yet afterward not fo much foild by groffe relapfe into notorious finnes; as furfeting with li- centious excelle, in the abufe of lawfull things, and drinking too deepeof worldlypleafures, under a colour of Chriftian liberty and convenient recreations, fall fearefully into a dead lleepeofcarnall fecurity, and curled forgetting.of God, at !call, fora time, untill they be revived and quickned by the inquifitive hand of^force piercing Minifiry, the fmart of forne outward heavy croffe, or wrath ofCodupon their con íciences;ifthey fall not quite away. 3. Things not finfull in their right ufe, and offering them. felves with nnfufpeeted reprefentation of harmelefiaeffe and allowance, without extraordinary watchfuhefle and heed$ doe moreeafily lime our earthly ravenous affeetions ; farm fooner enfnare anddeceive; infenfibly draw and drowne tai in many fcandalousexceffes and t Irangementsfrom( od,be. fore we be aware. Thus much alfoofnaturall ac°iions I I i I. Now concerning civil! affaires, and dealings in the world That thou mayefl fettleand keepe thine heart and hands in an holy temper, and untahred; without wound, wrong- doing,oranyuncomfortable entanglement. r. Evetnfft,alltheir bargaines;contre -s 'covenants, dea- lings, negotiations, mutual' entercourfe of any kinde of commerce with-others reprefent ferioufly and, folemnely to the eye of thy bell j :idgement and deepefl confiderationa that royall Principle, Dire eu thou vsouldef 6e dote 6y., In a fellow-feeling reali conceit, put thy felfe into the place, and impartially put on the. Perron of the pa'ty withwhom thou art todeale,. Weigh well all the circumflances cdnditions, covenants, inconveniences, confeq lents, and pallages of the whole bufinefle ; and then returning to thy felfe, deale ours mncl& proportionuntohim, .thatmeafure.in every. particulars which 2 0
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