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The Miniftiryof

the

Gape!

is to 6e

prized.

6a

3

verfes,.

And

he went

forth

unto

the fprings of

the

waters ,

and

caft the

Salt

in there,

andfaid,

thus

faith

the

Lrrd,

I

have heal

-

ed

theft waters, there

fhalt

not

be

from

thence any

more

dearth or

barren

laid;

fo

the waters

were

healed

unto

this day,

according

to

the

fling

of

Elifha

which he fpake. Salt

it

is a

<

great

bleffing

of nature

,

it

is

called the very balfome

of

na-

ture.

The

firfl ufe from

hence, is,

you fee

what

a

great

excellency

the

Miniilryof

the Gofpel is,

it is

the

Salt

of the

world, that

is

the very

balfom

of

nature, therefore

we

fhould prize that

without

which all

the world would be

unfavory

to God;do but

PO

to

fuch

ftreets where they

do

not

come

to

the

preaching of

the

Gcf;e1,

and what

rotten putrifa&ion

is

there

l

If

the

Gof-

pel

dothnot

convert

their

fouls

, yet

it

will

take

away

forme

grofs

córruptions,

it

will civilize

them

,

give me

any

place

where

there

bath been

a

Minif}ryof

fair in

it,

you

shall End

that

amongft

the

gre.tefl

part of themthat

there

is

not

fo

niiïch

wickednefs amon

,ft

them

,

but

tbofe that oppofe

them they

grow worfe

aain(1 them.

Oh

prize

the

Gospel

;

I

remem-

ber

in

the

6o.

ch. of

Ifaiah

, the

holy

Ghoft

fpaaks

there of

the

Saints

that

fhould

flock

to

the preaching

of the

Word

,

to

the

Miniflrÿ,

they are called the

Doves ,

the

Doves

fhould

come, and in

the 8.

verfé,Who

are

thefe

that

flyc

as

a

cloud,

and

as the

Doves

to

their

windows

?

The property of

Doves

is

,

they are mightily

incited

toa

fait

üone

,

and

.ire

in

love with

fait

Hones

much

;

the

fait (lone of

the Gofpel

is

that that will.

intice, not

birds of prey,

as

Rooks

,

Ravens

,

and the

like

but

it

vvill

intice

all of

Dove-like

fp

irits, they

Fn'

that

the

Gofpel dotb

themgood,

it

is

the Gofpel that

makes

all

things

favory

to them. Oh

they

can

fay

that before

I

heard

the Gos.

pel

,

my

heart

was unfavory

,

and

I

never

had

the

favour

of

things

fo

:

as

fincethe

Gofpel bath

come

unto me

,

a

foolith

fpeech

that

is

used

amonga

fouie

,

that

if

the

fait fails

there

is

a fign

of ill luck, but

certainly

if

there be

an

overthrow of

the

Gofpel

, that is

a fign

of

ill

indeed

this

is

a

great deal of

evil

to

the

Ghriian

world,

as in

overthrowing

the

fait.

All

mien

cannot

bear the Gofpel, they would

have

nothing but fu-

gird

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