376'. ._..._...._._.. 'nfwer to the pretences of men to the prore Pall not lack,, faith the text ; but he that hided: l:ïs eyes [hall have many a curie. Thou art a&aio thou it alt v;nr, why wilt thou Ingage God to thee that thou ¡halt no_ wane here's a Scripture that will Ingage Cod co thee, He thargi- veth to the prore, he fhall not want. But that I doe will quickly be forgotten, let me dog never fo many good things, within a while all's forgotten, for . his look into the 6 Heb: io ver. It may be thou haft done many good things , and thou haft done them in fecret , whin; is a good fib e that thou doeft them in Faith, and feareft they will be forgotten ; No , God is not unrighteous to forgetyour work, and labour of love, which ye have Jhewed towards-his .name, in that ye have miniflred to the saints, and doe mimf er. Mark how Cod Ingages himfelfe ; what need God regard what we doe, Can we doe ally thing but that that we have from God before, yet God binds himfelfe thus ; As if he fhould fay, Art thou a mercifull man or woman , doeft thou doe good in the place where thou live +, I fhould be an unrighteous God if I forget thee : God is not unrighteous to forget your fabour of love, and your worke in minillring to the Saints : Minifler to the Saints, and God will not forget your labour of love, he is not unrighteous to doe it ; As if be were un: ighteous,if he fhould forget; men are unrighteous towards you, they in an.unrigh- teous manner doe forget what you doe for them;but God will not be unrighteous to forget yourlabour of-love in miniftring to the Saints: Very few doe any thing this way, and I doe as much as o- thers; that Scriptnre,in die 4 Phil: 15. tow ye Pktl'ppians know alto that in the beg.nning of the Gafpel, when I departed from Maced:nia, no Church Communicated with me, at concern- ing- giving and receiving but lee onely : Here was the Commen- dations of the Philippians i : what a Condition was Paul in, that though he was fuch an Inftrument of Gods Glory, yet no Church did Communicateto his neceffities but only the Phi- lippians; This is a high Commendation , if God gives you a mercifull heart rather then others : doe not you account ita great .mercy ad bleilìng ifyou grow rich more then others ; Cei rattily,
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