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frorri
the anfrderation
of the
afflifrions
of others.
fuch
a
.darkneffe
-upon
the
face
of the
Land,
and
upon
fo
many
thoufands
of
their brethren:-lt
is
not
lawfull
for
to give that
full
liberty
to
the
fatisfying of
the fleih
as
in
other
times
you
may`.
do,
I
"night
(hew it out
6f
divers Scriptures, but that I haíten
to that remaines.
But Secondly, The
f
condduty
is
to be
ready
ro
help
them
in their
affictions,toletour
our,
felves
for
their comforr,ieeing
that Chriít
bath
faid,7hofe
that
mourn
!ball
6ecomforted,
every
one
of-us
fhould indeavour to make
good
what
Chriít
bath
laid,
that
is, to comfort
xhena
by
our eftares, to comfort
them
by
all
i
the
meanes
that
poflbly
we
can. And never to
think
it
muck
that
you
are
frequently fent unto
to pity them that
are
Irian
affkled
condition, though
you have
often contributions,
yet
to
do
it
freely
and
cheerfully
:
you
can't performe the duties
that
God
requires
of
you
in
your being fenfible
of
their-
mournfull
condition
except,
you
will
put to
your hand
to coin,
fort them.
You can't
pray
to
God
to
comfort them but
''you
takeGods
name
in.va_
ine
except
you
likewife are willing
to
do
what
you
are
able.
And
then,
the Third
duty
is
this;
We
fhould put
our
felvëi
into the
fame
condition that they are
in,
in our meditations
t
and
confider what
we would
do if
God
fhould put
us
really
in-
to
the
fame
condición
that
th
.ydre put into
:
when
you
hear
of
thofe that
have
loft
their
effaces; and
are
banithed
and
driven
up and
down to feek
bread that were wont
ro
live
comfortably,
you
ihould
put your felves
into
fuch
a
condition
:
Lord
what
-would
become
dine
if
I
were
fo
?
Suppofe
I
were under
the
enemies mercy
as
they
are,
what would becóme
of
me
?in
what
,a
fad
condition
should
I be
in
?
--
But. you will fay,
Why
Ihould we
fo
trouble
our-
felves
feeing
God
delivers us,
to
put
our-
felves
in
-o
the
fame
condition
in-our
meditation
as
our
brethren
are
in.
To
that
.I
anfwer,
That
God requires
this,
you cannot
be
fo
throughly
fenfible
of
their
eílates
as you
fhould,
nor
make
that
ufe
of that
afflicted
condition that
they
are
in
except
you
dopat
your felves fofnetitnes
into their conditions ,
and think
with
your felves
;
what
should
T
do
if
rwere
in their efiate
?
And
7,
for
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