Chrifis Flikefsareceivedb.), all saints. I 83 Ordinance!, fo to love the .Ordinances above all the world, as to be willing to part with all the world, rather than to part with them : This is a great matter. hut may be, you will fay, this is no great matter. IA ell, but for amanor a woman to think fo; fo to love the Crdinances,& yet not- withfianding, at the fame time to think that he don't Pro- fit, that he is barren, and gets little or no good thereby; this is much. Now thus you have it with a poor Chriffian ; love, and prize the Ordinances, and would not part with the Ordinancesfor all theu orld, and yet at the fame timecomplain, and fay : C h ! I get little good thereby. Here's a kyfiery. Put all together; you take things afunder, and thereforeyou think it is not much. Again. You think it is no great matter for a man to comfort himfelfin this, That the Lord knows his heart. I but, for a man to comfort himfelf in that, and yet fay, There ismuch ',petrify there ;& tht fame day,(itrnaybe) fay; Oh ! I am anhypocrite. Thusyou fhall have itwithma- ny a poor. poor gracious, droopingfoul. All is naught; Oh ! my heart, it is full of hypocrisy and I ant but an hypocrite : and yet now, let him be charg'd oraccufed by menofthe world, for fuch and fuch defignes ; he com- forts himfelfin this Oh ! but, blefed be the Lord, the Lord knows my heart. Put thofe things together. Again, Youwil fay 'tisno ireat matter, for a man, To look into his own heart ; CO to look into his own heart, and fo to be fencible ofhis fin, as to think he fhall per:11 for ever. I but, for the fameperfon, To profeffe he would not change his condition withanotherfor all theworld; this is much. Take many a poor drooping foul, and thus it is : I am afraid I fhall go to Bell, and perifh to all eternity : but now, come & lay his condition to a Drunkard, toan Adulterer; faies he, I profeffe, I would not changemy condition with that man for all theworld, at the fame time. Here's a myfiery! 'tis firange but there'sa myfiery in every pieceofgodli- nefs ; and ifyou wouldbut confider, it would appear that there is muchCram in thofe that havethe loft. N Again 4. 1
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