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Ruler

and

helps

to

chrifhan

mcekee7'.

217

(howl

me

fomewhat

of

the evil! of

a

froward fpi

:it

that

is fo

contrary

ro

it,

and hash

given

me.

many rules for

the helping

of

me that

fo

I

may

live more

quietly

inmy

family

;

well now

I

!hall

go.: away,

and

after I

have

heard

all

this,

it

may

be.

a

temptation

will come

this

night,

fo: that's the

way

of

the

De-

vill, that

pull

at

any

time

when

you

have

heard

againtl

forne

particular

fin,

there

will

come"

tome

temptation

to

that

fin

;

And

when

you have

been

put

upon fome

duty, there

will come

force

temptation to

take

you

offof that

duty,

for

if

the Devill

can

but prevaile with

you

after

a

Sermon,

then

he makes

ac-

cotnt

that

all

that

Sermon is

gone,

and will

doe

you

no good

;

So

now,

after

you have

heard of

all

this

about

meeknnelle,

it

may

be this

bight,

or

to

morrow morning,

there's

like

to conic

force

tempta

-ion

to

frowardnetfe

and

onion

in

your

fpirits, for

a

hundred to

one bur you will 'Deere

with

fomthing;

well had

you

but

a

heart

to

thinke now,

well

this

is

the Devills

work

to

take

away all

the profit

of

thofe Sermons

that

I

have heard,

meeknefie,

and

therefore through Gods

grace I hope I !ball

take heed

ofthat temptation

And

you

Cannot

imagine what

a

deale

of

good the next temptation being refilled

may

doe

But

now

if

either

to

night,

or

to

morrow,or two

or

three

dyes

hence

in

this next weeke

there.

comes fume

temptation, and

the

very

6r1I

temptation of

all

overwhelmes

you

sand

prevailes

againft

you, farewell thefe Sermons

then.

I

have lofemy labour

as

concerning

you, and

whether

you may

live

to

hear

anymore

Sermons

about this againe,

it's

more then

you

knoow,

yid

there-

fore

look

to

your felves

that

you

may

not

loofe

the

word

;

and

go

away

with

fuch

refolutions, well

th:ro;.gh

Gods grace,

I

will

take

an

account

of thefe truths

for

the ordering of

my

heart

and

of

my

lif

e

in

my

fancily

;

and

all

that

lives

with

axn

1h1a1.1

:ee

bÿ my

life that I

have heard

force Sermons

of

m

eknnzf

c

you

that

are women, and

it

may be have

l'y'd

;

unquiet

;with

you

husbands,

and you

that

are husbands

that

have

ben

bit:

er

to

your

wives,

ô

that it

might

app

air

thatyou

have

heard

lais

bleffedt

efre,

Bieffed

are

the

r4e*,

that

fr

both

ho

,bands

a

d

Wives,

maypu this

even

into their

prayers,

BleSed

be.

that

we

have

had this Scripture

o

-,ened

rotas,

E

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