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On

the Excellency

of

the

Soul.

225

fouls; but

becaufe

wee

know that it

is

a

great hinderance

to

the

work

of their Minillery, when brutiih carnal fpirits

have low and

mean efleem of their

work;

therefore

wee

.

finde

that the

ApoRle

would

ever bee

letting

up

the

ho-

nour of

this

work, Let a

man

efleem

of

to

as the

di

f

fencers

of

the

My

fleries

of Chrifl

,

and in

a

7hef.

5.

a

a,

13.

1'ee

be-

feech

you

brethren,

to

know

them

which labour among you,

and

are

over you in the

Lord, and

admontfh

you

,

and;to

efleem

of

them very

high1yin

love

for their

work!

fake;

And

fo

in

lieb.

13.

t

7.

Obey

them

that

have the

rule

over

you,

and

fubmit

your

felves: for

they

watch

for

your

fouls

,

as

they

that

muff

give

account

:

that

they

may

do

it

with

;oy,

and

not

with

grief;

for that

is unprofitable

for

you.

Oh

it

is

a

fad thing

!

if

one

that God

fends

to

watch for the fouls

of people, fhall bee

forced to

return

his

account

to

God

with

forrow

of heart

,

and

fay,

Lord,

thou

that

knoweR all

things, knoweft what

defires

I

have

had, and

what indeavours

to

do good ro the

fouls

of this

people,,how

it

bath

been

my

Rudy,

my

prayer,

ro finde out

what might

bee molt profitable for

their

fouls,

how

willing

I

was

to

venture

my

life in

feeking

todo,good

to their

fouls;

but

Oh Lord

!

I

have

fpent care, and Rudy,

and flrength, and even almoll

my

life

in vain;

little_good

do

I

finde

done

to

the

fouls

of

this

people;

Lord, they re-

jef

thy

word, they contemn

it,,

they minde

it

not; there

ate

ofber

things

that

their hearts

are

upan, to

follow

the

lulls

òf their.fleih,

as

if

fo

bee

they

had

no immortal

;fouls

to

look

unto;

I

fay,

if

any faithful

Minillet of

(;ód

fhall

go

to

God

and

make

his

moan

thus

unto

God,

with grief and

trouble of heart,

it

will bee very

fort

«.

u;,

it,

will bee

a

fearfaiñoan

in

the

ears

of

God

agati1R,-a

people

,

when

any Mini

ler

fhall:

juRly

make thin to God

agamft them

;

therefore

faith

the

Apolll

;

heete,

Obey

them

that have

the

rule

over you,

and

fubmit

faun

felves

for

they wa ch

foryour

fouls,,

Al

they

thap,

t*

,d.

ipe. áccount,,

that

they may

do

it

pith

joy,

an41

not wish

grief

,n

Cp der

,

,fo

far

as

;agy have

charge

of,fouls,.,1t

i.s4a

heavy

burden

that

is,

upón,

them,

a

heavy

wç ht;

:fttxely

s::,wl

ofo

v!sf

,

ould=

aka

:

than

°e

of

Ff

fo