The Evil of Evils, or, the to the peopleofAtctioch,Where he preached, he tells them, When they were intrerelle,, th.n their con- gregations were thrufi and filled : It was at fuch a time whenTheodoci cthe Emperor by the Infl:i gation of the Emprefs, his Wife, was angrie with the Citie, and threatned to come againft it and deftrcy it in à Warlike manner: then all the peoplegot together, and theCongregations were thrufl:, and then they prayed and fighed, and great and much pravetr there was, when they wereafraid theKing would come in anger againf} theCitie todeliroy it : So that atf'iC ions and troubles, and fears, they dobring men and women to themeans ofgrace, and they do fur- ther the means of grace,, and make the means to be profitablemany times : As it is with the Seed that is fowen, ifthere be a dry hot time after the (owing, it lies under the clods, and comes not up; but if therecome rain, then that whichwas fowen divers weeks before, fprings up. Sowe low the Word ofGod in your hearts, but theSeed lies under the clods fo long as there is the hot Sun-thine ofprofperitie, till ai :ions' come, and the rainofatfiiionbrings the Word out, and then fomwhat appears. We have knownmen that never Teemed tobe wroughton by the Word, yet when Godbath laid hishand.. upon them in iorue affli &ion, then there bath been brought to their remembrance fuch a Truth that they heard fuch a time, and then tl'ey have acknowledged the power of the Word) and Confcience bath then been awaken- ed) and sot before. I remember it is reported of
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