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Anfwer
to
the plea,
I
do
what
I
can,
that
we
were
fo
taken withal!
?
How
many
times
have our
fpi-
rits
been
wonderfully affected in the hearing
of
the word,
but
what paines
have we
taken for the
obtaining
of
that
which
we
delire
{o
itrongly
after,
Luke
14.
r
g. Bleffed
it
he
that
fj,all
cat bread in
the
k
ingdore of
God
:
Here
they were
mightily
to
-.
ken
with the miracle
that Chrift
had
wrought,but
it
did
vanish
quickly, they were not truly
takenwith
the
things
of
the Go-
fpel, for
the Text
faith, they minded their
elates
and outward
enjoyments more then
the
offer
of
mercy;
fo
many
they
come
to
hear
the word,
and are
taken
wich
it,
but
it
do:h
not
urirre
them to
purpofe
:
This will
lie
fad
upon
the confciences of
many thoufands
another day, that three
things
were no
more
obferved;
and
taken notice of
by
them
:
But
you will
fay,
what would
you
have
us
do,
we
do what
we can, we'can-
notdomore,we
do
what we can
for our
lives:
---.
It
is
well
if
you
do
fo,
but let me
propound two or
three
things
to
you :.
Take heed of the
dangerouinefs
of
this
plea.
?irft,,
You
fay
you
do
What
you
can,
will
it
prove
fo
in
the
end,
can you
gó into the prefence
ofGod
and
fay
thus, Lord
I
have
done what
I
can,there
is no means
but that
I
have
'made
ufe
of
to
attain grace, and
yet
I
cannot find
ir,'
and
no
ocher
means
there
is
that
I
know
to
be made
ufe
of,
Lord I
'have
done what
I
can
:Go
into
the prefence
of God
and
their
f
a
ith-
fully
examineyour
hearts,and
fee
whether
you
have
done
your
uttermnut, canti thou
fay,
that
in the morning when
I
arife,
I
arife
wich a
fpirituall
heart,
when
I was
up,
_I
went to
prayer,
to
feek
God
for my
felfe,
and my
family, but
yeti
cannot
find
my
heart
lo
as
I
delire,
and
I
pray
that
the Lord
would keep
my
heart
clofe
with him,and
after
prayer
I
had
a
watchfull
eye
over
nay
heart
and
thoughts,
and
over all
my
words
and
actin
ons,
that
they might be
-holy,
that
they
might
be
fuch as
are
warrantable
by
the rule,
and what
opportunity
thou
Lord-
didft
afford
me
for
nay
fouls
good,
I.did
take
ir, at
night
can
you fay,
you have
done this,
can
you-fay fo
God, to
men
k
may be
you
can
fay
fo,
And
put them
eafily
oii;
But
can
you
tell
God,,
that
from
the
morning
to
the
evening
you
have
done
fo, how
comfortably
might
you
live were
you really earneft in this
how