Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

d choice and apreciousfpirit. merits comenot in ; but increafeoffer- J vice for God. , he efleem s fo great a J good, as he accounts the want of out- ward things made up in it 5 Though I get not fo much by that I doe as o- thers, yet I blefié God, I cangoe on in my work as chearfully as others, for t contentment is made upot me in this, that God will imployme in his fervice tore then others. 5 Make coniàience of time this few doe ; fe+v regard the fillings up of their time, their fpirits having no excellency it them , they cannot make ufe of their time in any worthy im- ployments for Go I,to thealfelves or others ; but aman ofanexcellent fpirit knowsho:: toemploy hirnfelf in things that areexcellent , and therefore prizes the time hebath towork in, and is con- icienrious in the (pending of ir. 6 Make con( ierce of thoughts, and fecret c %orkings of,heart, of fecret finn s to avoid them , and fecret duties to perform them ; a man that path a precious fpirit , doth not like tohave it rUnne w«fl in extravagant thoughts, and affe.ons 5 the thoughts of his mindeare precious, the affe6ions of his

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