comfortable walking with God. 263 to amufe weaker Chriflians with fome affe&ed ftraines,and arciaciall fervencie in Prayer ( for by the meerepower,or ra- ther poyfon of hypocrilie and vaine glory, a man may pray fometimes to the admiration of others, efpecially leffe judi- cious, having cunningly colle&ed the moil moving paffa- ges for that purpofe from thebat-gifted in that kinde, and then given an enforced a&io3 and life unto them in the de- livery, as fome'inother cafes a& other mens inventions to the life ) I fay, for all this, if the holy heate óf brotherly love loth not warme thineheart, and upon occafion worke affe&ionately and effe&wally, Idare fay, thou art rotten at theheart-root, there isno true love ofGod in thee, no grace, nohope of falvation. Let chat terrible and flamingplace a- gainfk all covetous Pharifees, i Ioh.3.i7.diffolve thy froze heartedneflè this way, andenlarge the bowelsof piffle to- wards the poòre brethren ofChrif`i Iefus, or elfe never looke hereafter to looke him in the face with comfort, or to finde mercyat that Day: Marke it well, and meditate upon it Who fo bath this worlds good, and Teeth his brother hatlo neede, and fhutteth up his bowels of compaffionfrom him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 3. But above all other motives of mercifulnefre to the poore, which in the Booke of Godare very many, andmots quickening ; me thinkes that argument which Paul prefíeth to this purpofe, 2 Cor. S. 9. fhould melt the moff flintie heart : For yee know, faith hee, the grace ofour Lord Iefus Chriff, that though bee was rich,yet for your fakes bee became poore, that yee through his povertie might be rich. Shall the onely dear innocent Sonne of the All-powerfull and ever- bleffed Lord, and Kingofheaven and earth, dif-inrich, a it.xv?9 were; and difrobe his heavenly Highnefíe of that Royabie and Majefky above, and become poore, that whereas the Foxes haveholes, and the birds of the ayre have nefls ; yet .Flee Match. 5. 2O ; nos where today his bead: that through his poverty, andpow- ring out his hearts-blood, beemight crowne us with the in- eflimable riches of heavenly glory ; with ¡oyesand pleafurue. more than the [lacres ofthe firmament, even for ever and S 3 ever.,
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