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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
: