And tleJ D'Nties. If thus farre (I fay) the Word preached may p.revail,here is a go_od foundation •laid; And therefore let the, Ufe be, to commune with your own hearts ; Though we are not to qucr~ fiion the principles of Arts, and eo doubt of theO), yet there are J;Itany praClical principles that· all Jay down about their piety and falvation, That its great wifdom to doubt: and quefH– on about them; as in this particular, thoucome~ to Chur£h, thou praieft, thou hearefi, aQd accounts this a Religion, a . piety that will fave thee, not at all diving and fCTa.fching deep· er; hut from whu root do thefe fprin? What is that ~hkh giveth nourifument to all thefe thiags? With what lift and zeal are thefe things performed ? Oh it may m~ke many a hearer to tremble at his emptinelfe and formality herein ! . Neverthereforecrieoutof thisthingor char, my company, my worldly imploiment~ my earthly bufineffes, thefe dead me, for thy dead heart within, makes all without ~ead. Now themeans w obtain this-fpirituallife, is · 1. Diligently and fiudioufly to depend upon the preaching , of the Word, for that is the wor-d of life, we are begotten a– new by it. He that defpifeth or negletieth the Minifiery is a .mmderer of his own foul. G_.,od hach appointed this fooldb :and contemptible way to make dead men come out of the grave of fin, and live before him. · . l. Applythy (elf to Chrill, who is the bread of life,, yea_ who is the refurreClion and the life. He that did fo eafily raife the corporally dead, can as eafily thofe [hat art1 fpiritually. If the touching of his garment could prevail (o much,how much more applying hi~· by faith? , · · L1fily, Be·much with thofc that have life and a.re lively,· 1 Pet.x.;. Livel] flones believers are called, as live coals put together, make the dead coals alfo to live. Thus it is here,Be much with thofe that ha~ea fpirituallife, they will make thee fpiritual ; their heat will beget beat in thee. ,, .. Sf .: SiiRM. ..
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