Chrifis Fidoeft received /Tall Saint Again. Youwill fay 'tis no great mattes, for; OM to be quiet under his AipiCtion, becauje at duo come pom (70d, for that reafon : I but for the fame perfon, 1 o be the morefence. ble, and to be the more affli6ted; becaufe it come from God 5 this is much. Beloved ! you Thal have thefe'i wo meet to - gether : A godly, gracious toulhe is therefore quiet under Ali.itlion,becaufe it does come fromCod 5 anct he Is tiler ' fore the more iencible ofhis afinEtion, becatne it does come from God. Here's a myttery ! put there together, and you will fay, things rife high. Initance but in one more, and that is a Tenth. You will fay 'tis no great matter, I, or a man to be contented with his condition: to be contented with his condition when 'tis mean, and when 'tis poor. I but; for the fame per- fon, To defire a better, andprayfor a better,-and toprayearneji- lyfor a better; andyet be contentedwith his condition though it be never ro mean ; this is much. Thus 'tis with the Saints, a Child of God, being in a mean condition, he defires a better; he prayes toGod fora better, and he prayes ear- neftly toGod fora better ; and yet he is contented with hiscondition though it be never fomean : pray, and pray earnehly. and ye contentedwith his condition, though it be never fo mean. 1 hus. my Beloved O h : there is a 1143, I cry, there is a myftery in every piece orgodliners : and you look not upon things under the my 'het ions Notion, and you fay ; 'Tis nogreat ma ter. that is m the life of Each a one : Oh ! bur, if you wou 1.1 look upon flings an- der this Notion, and confider the rnyftery of r ',leis, and every piece thereof you wouldlift up your herlds. and fay; Oh Purely, he that hath but the leaft mea lure of Goi- pel-Grace, bath Abundance ofGrace he that hathEtlt the leaft degree of Gracebath Abundance ofGrace, ofChris Fulnefs. Now under the new Teflament we have eeeeivzd not Sparingly, not Scawly ; but GraceforGrace, and Abun- dance of Grace : he that hath but the leaft meafure, hath received much, hath received Abundance, N 9,
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