Chap. 14. An 6xpofition upon the Rook of J O B. Verf. 19. 6S ç application of all the four , in thole words , that: defírroiefi the hope of man, in conjunftion with the loth verf , Thon prevailyf for ever againfi him, and he paffeth, &c. The waters wear the_Pones. Waters are foft and liquid, yet they make impreflion upon that which is hard and almoft impenetrable : it is a Proverbial (perch, water by continual running , or (after) dropping hollows and Gutta cavat dents a flene. This timilitude intimates, that though h.; atfli- lapidem.Ovid. ¿}ions had been (mall or light , whereas indeed they were great 1ib.4.de Panto,. and heavy , though they had been but as .little drops whereas indeed they were a mighty deluge , yet their long continuance arid frequent repetition, would utterly weaken and wear him out at Taft : dropping will confarne aflow. Hence Obferve, That continuedand repeated ¿h though frnall produce great elfèe`ía. What ( ingle forcedoth not, many doublings of it will. Many lighter blows will kill as well as one great wound. A man may be whipt as well asclub'd to death. He that goes but a little way in an hour goes a great way if he continue going many hours. A Student in any profeflion may havegot fo little learning by one days fludy that he cannot perceive he bath got any yet con- tinuing to Rudy he may attain the higheft degree of learning. A beleever findes little or no growth iri grace or in the know- ledge of our Lord and Saviour leftsChrift , by force one ex- ercife either in prayer or hearing the word, yet by a confiant attendance upon the Lord in there duties, he grows to a per- feft man, unto the meafure of the flature of the fullneffe of Chrií}. Smalleft fins lived in (which fame do not fo much as fufpeft to b dangerous) deftroy the foul, as well as that (what- faever it is) which is called by this name, a finunto death a Joh. 16. The greateft number is .made up of conjoined unities. Here a little and there a little, comes to much. The mightieft oak is hewed down, and the ftrongeft wall is- undermined by many firoaks of the axe and mattock. A (hip may be fwallowed up with a multitude of little lands as well as broken upon a rock : you may make a burden ofmany feathers as well as of one maffe of lead. A multitude in any kinde whether of aftions,, things, or perfons, though inconfiderable apart, yet.put toge. then
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