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that

hinder them

from

fhewinn

mercy.

child

:

eves:,

fo

thou knower

not

the

work!

ofÇod

who

neake,

th all

;

In themorning

Jaw

thy

feed,

and in the evening withhold

rot

thy

hand

;

for

thouknowefl

not

whether fhaíl proffer, either

this

or

that,

or

whether they

both

(hall

be

al

kegood.

As

if

be should

fay,

goe and

doe

all

the work

you

can, though

you

fee

nothing

come of

it,

yet

know

there

are

fecret

wayes

of the

providence

of:God working about

his ovine

ends

and your

good,and

there-

fore be

not

difcouraged

in doing

all

the good

you can

;

For

as

thou knowefl

not what

is

the

way

of the Spirit, nor

how

the

bones

doe

grow in the womb,

as

there's

a

fecret providence in

carrying

on

things in

the

womb;

fo

there

is

a

fecret providence

in

working

about good in

thole

wayes

that

thou

art not

able

to

tinderfland

;

and

therefore be not difcouraged

;

fo

in

the

fiat

verfe

;

In

the

morning

fore

thy feed,

and

in

the

evening,

with-

hold not

thine

hand

;

for thou

knowefl not

whether (hall proffer,

this

or

that,

&c.

I

have done no

great

good with this

good

aL

ion,

therefore I

ani

difcouraged

;

yet

let

me try another

and

another

;

In

the morning

fowe

thy feed,

and

in

the

evening

withhold

not

thine

hand, &c.

There

is

likewie

a

notable Scrip-

ture

in

the

i

3

Heb:

14,

r

5.

For here have

we

no

continuing

City, but

we

feekyne

to come.

We

have

no

continuance in this

world, we

goe up and downe, and are

driven

from place

to

place

;.

Then what

follows in the

r

5

verfe

;

By

him

therefore

tes

su

offer

thefacrifice

of

praife

to

cod

continually,

that

is

the

fruit

()four

lips,

giving.

thanks

to

his

Name. That

we will

doe,

we will

owes

praise

;

But then what

follows

verfe 16.

But

to

doe

good,

and

to

Communicate,

forget

not,

for

with fach facrifice

.god

is

well

pleafed.

We

have

no

abiding

Condition, yet let

us

le{fe

God,

and

to doe good,and

to

Communicate forget not

;

Though your

ef}ate

be never

fo

uncertain;

yet to

doe

gooäí

and

to

Communicate forget

not,

for

with fuch

facriiice

God

is

well

pleated.

But

I

may

want my felfe

if

I

fhould give

;

fee

Pro: 28.

27.

He that giveth

unto

the

poor

fhall

not

lack,

thou

trail

God

for

thy foule upon

his

promife,

and

not

for thy

body

and

outward

eílate

:

There's

n.o

fuch way

to

come

to

want

as

to be

of

an

unmerciful)

difpof

tion

towards

ethos

a

He

thatgiveth.

to

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