t~ firs receivedby all s get a ferious, and deep humiliation for fin committed ? the ftudy of this truth will help you do it. You know what the Prophet Ifaiah faies Oh ! Lord, (faies hee) wo is me, I am undone, Iam undone ! Why ? what's the matter ? Oh ( faies he) mine eyes have feet; the King. Ifyou look into the 3. Chapter ofMatthew , youwill find there, in john the Baptift,fuch a felfihumblingfpeech,Chriff-advancing fpeech, asyou Thal not meet withmany ofthe like again : Sales he, (at the i i verfe)Whore /bees Iam not worthy to bear: or as other Gofpels hath it 1179o/Ohoes latchet I am not worthy to unloofe. BelovectIpray confider it a little:john,then which therewas not a greater , the great Preacher that al theCountrey fol- lowed: ]ohn cryes out & faies,Whofe shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloofe. What made him. think thus ? what wrought hisheart into this humble this felf-denyi ng frame? The veryDo&rine weare now upon:faies he/ indeedbaptize you with water unto repentance ; but He that cometh after me is mightier then l,whofe (hoes Iam not worthy to bear:he_Pal baptize you with the holy .Gholl &with fire. As ifhe fhould fay thus: I maybaptize you outwardly, but the efficacy of al thele or- dinances it is from jefits Chrift,& therefore,becaufe the effi- cacy of every ordinance is from jefits Chrift, faies he, as for me, I am not worthy to bear His (noes, to undoHis latchet. Yet further (in thegeneral ) Would you be Fruitful ? would you be fruitful in your life and converfation ? Peo- ple, they complain ofBarrenne : Wouldyou be Fruitful ? Obferve what cotirfe theGardiner takes with theApricock: This is a fruit ( faies he) that will not grow every where ; but furely, if it will grow anywhere, will grow upon the back of this Chimney, thewarm hea, the heat of the Chimney wil nurfe:it up : Or elle it wil row again ii that Wall, Ple fet it in the face of un that it may have the finiles oft he Sun-beanies, and then it will grow : he lets it there, and then it grows, and brings forth a pleafant Doeft thou complain thou au not fruitful; what's the reafon ? maybe !lieu growl in the fhade ; may be thou gow'll in the-fhacle : but come andhring forth thine heart,
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