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

Mofes his Selfe- de?iall. joyce, and notto let out themfelvcs to the full beyondall bounds ofmoderati- on. They know not how to makeany conjunlion betweene rejoycing and moderation, they thinke there is fuch a diftance between thefe two, that they can never he joyned in one : but marke howwide thefe are from the minde of the HolyGhofl,Phìl. 4. 4,, 5.Rejoyce alwayes, andagain Ifay rejoyee; what fol- loWs then let us let out our hearts to the full, let us fatisfic our felves to the utmot way, nobut let your moderati- beknowne to all men; many whocare not how they neglect full opportuni- ties for the ferviceof God, or receiving fpirituall bleffings fromGod, yet will be lure to take to the full all the advan- tage they can ofall their outward pro- fperity to fatten their hearts inall man- nerofcarnall jollity and brutifh fenfu -- ality : they let out their hearts to theut- moft to this, making thebountyofGod but as fuell to their lulls, and meanes to fat up their hearts co deftrudion, and tomake tiltm the more bold, and im- pudent in finning againif him. Doeyou thinke in your conffiences that 123

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