Sae T.XI. is.Gods Ssittittes, and keeping his yrtdgements. 553 makethe heart in flexible ,as this grace, to help in time of need. Fourthly, This altuating grace Will make, a man fruitful and profitadkin hit place : This is the trading and merchandizing grace, this makes a man redeem the time, take the prefent feafons of grace, obferve all opportunities, that he may ferveGod in his generation ; fo that nogood thingwill be wanting to that man, who hath this daily influence; whereas men lie like lumps of earth, or !land like dead and dry treesin the garden of God, if this grace dothnot always, water them. Fifthly, Thiscaufing, excitinggrace,puts aman ina comfortable?allure ; info- much, thatwhenfoever our Lord and Mater (hall come, he will be pronounced faithful and bleffed : Thus our Saviour, Bleffed is he, Whom hi, merjfer When he cornett; 'hall finde fo doing, Luke 12.43. He mull be doing, he mutt be in his mailers work : This will makea man have oyl enough Oh therefore that the peopleof God would hunger and chirft more after this working, living and quickninggrace :Howmany opportunities doeftthou negleft ? howmany prifes areput into thy hand, and thou like a fool doeh negleft them ? how often is thy heart fluggifh, dead, and very much indifpofed, ifChrift fhould comeat chis or that hour? All is from want ofthis grace, whichputs thy heartin tune, but this would wind up thy foul, fo that thouwouldft be readyfor the work of the Lord. Vfe of Convillion, unto the greatefi part inour Congregations, that they are vl r: fuch whonever felt the powerof this Text upon their fouls : Where God re- news, there hecaufeth mento walk in his ¡lattices, he will overpower their hearts, he will fubdue their contumacy, he will remove their unwillingnefs : But alas, wo, and again wo forthee ! thou findeft the Devil, that uncleanSpi- rit ruling inthy heart, hecaufeth thee towalk in all the lutts of fin, hemoves thee to ferve this corruption,and thou doeftit;that fin,and thou doeft not refufe it ; what is more plain and evident, thenthat yet this mercy is not vouchfafed to thee ? and yet how confident, how fecure art thou? what, art thou not afraidof Gods word ? doeft thou not believe? doeftthou think to mockGod, and to finde his word falfe? Ohmiferable and wretched men ! themore to be pitied, becaufe they pity not themfelves , neither confider how near they are to eternal wo. 7l¡ 2. Of Admonition to the children of God : you have the principles of Vfe z« grace, know, that is not enough, but the fweetnefs and comfort of there, lieth in the exercife of them. Inall good things of this life, thou doeft judge the ufeand improvementof them all in all ; why not then in the principles of grace? he always ready to fay, My heart is prepared, O Lord, I can do and fuffer thy will ; efpecially take heedof all chofe fins that may driveor chafe a- way this exciting grace ; take heed thou doeh not provoke God to withdraw thisaffrftance and ftrength from thee forchatis eafilydone; andknow,nothing doth Monet bereave youofthis aliilling grace, then negleft ofthe Ordinances, or thecartlelkand Iluggith performance ofthem; form asid by the nieof thefe5 God dothdifcover his power : He bidsus wait for this (trength, andweft it in there. Sb bb Sa t3tâ
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