2 2 General' dirciríioss for a mirygrofl negle c ofany one Chritlian dude, in its feafön, ofwhich the con fcience is, or may bee convinced, may jrtfly ¿ampeand dead the I-ghtfome and fiuitfull performance of all therefl. For example : A willing knownebmiflon ofpri- vate Prayer, or fet reading the Word every day, may inter- ceptandrefiraine the fweete influence of Gods wonted re- frefhing mercy, and the fruaifying beanies of his pleated countenance from thine heart, in theufe ofall theother or- dinances: anaffeaed idlenef%, and dif-imploymentofany . one;grace in the foule, when feafonable occafion caHeal for Improvement, may blaft the comfortable exercife and fen- fiblecomfort ofall the ref(. For example : If thou fuller thy patience ordinarily to fleepe, when thy difavowed paffions hegia tobreake in upon thee like a torrent, and heate thine heart with their (wellingpoyfon; orwhen fome croffe doth nettle thy deíire of eafe ; no marvell though thou finde a faintneffe alto to feize upon thy faith, brotherlykindeneffe, love, zeale, joy, and peace in beleeving, &c. Why then, when thou feelefl thine inwardman tobegin to languifh, and the wholebody ofChrifiianitie, togrow, as it were, towards a confumption;arnongft other inquifìrions, why doeftthou noralfo feare out of a godly jealoufie, and labour to finde out whether the çoldnefleof charitie,and toomuch neg. le& ofreleev ing the poore members of Iefits Chrift, may oc- cafion thyfpiricuall dampe ? It is thedude and property of every true-hearted Narhaneel, as to have refpeet to all Gods Commandements, Pfa1.rig.6. fo, though they cannot in perfeetion and height, yet with truth and fincere endeavour to have refpe&:to a confcionable ufe ofall the ordinances;to theperformance ofail holyduties, and exercife ofall fpiritu- allgraces in theirdue feafoñs. a. If the world bath locked up thine heart, and congeab 7heoettlyleve Igd the bowels of thy compaffions towards the poore; lec faceof the blaze of thine outwardprofefíion Thine never fo faire, true helmefjr,f 7 manage the heart-leffe re refentationsof externall holineffe tbftiter a%herre P themeets titter never fodemurely ; keepe the times and taskes of daily du.. ,d `°"n`°'fet °`ties withWeyer fogreat aufieritie 5 nay, though thoube able
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