. 4· f~.me , yo~ ~ou~d · n~t be difcoura':: ged ' _but g?e on ~n. yopr way'. Thudly, tf yo~ rh~o~ to hold ou~ by the firength of any deg re~ of c:xceUtncy wharfoevet $hat vou coul,d Ee' in ~hem, ~.hen ·you miJ"ht juhly he difcouraged, . J:kcaufeym:!'h .ve no r fo In1 eh as t i.: ey ' - \ pad ,_; all that you faw in them ) were gifts, and parts, and profeffi ~.m : Ifyou t~irik ·that thefe fuould carry you ~nroug? futf~Ti~gs, yo~ ar~ t1tter~y ~ifi~k~l1, ?ut tf you make,account, that ~hat winch f4ould car~y you through, . be another ~rinci pl~, a h!d:q~n one, that ~ann~t be fcen in~ny, , tlien there is no caufe ofdifcouragement. · , · ~ourthly ~··h~cb not Goq acquainted you witli the infi nite deceitfulneffe of the heart of man '; That it is a bottomldfedepth of evH,add defperately w~c- , ked, beyond Hu~c· which any is able to knq~butGod 'himfeH~ ~od will you _then depend upon man, and that in a -~ :ut~_r of fo grrar confe-que~ce' as rhe cJeaving to , or ~h~ foriaklng ~t cbe Truth of God? ' . · . $'. I · filthly,'thcfa~s of t~ofe who have beenthusem·nent, are jufi:judgem nts ! · · cf
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