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How
the Chrifli
an
being_
f
oled
may be
rail
d.
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teoufnes and holines
oflife.
For
the Lord
efleemeth more
of
our
will
than
of
our deeds, and
of
our
holie endeuour,than
ofour
bell works,
becaufe
this
is
the feruice and
facrifice
of
our hearts,
wherewith
above
all
other things
hee
is
moll
de-
lighted
andtherefore,Di
cor
Deo
&
fufcit,
Giuc
thy
hart
Prou.t3.16.
to
God
and it
fuRîceth,Prou.23.26.
For the Lord
is
our
moll
gracious
father,
wvhofe
loue
farre
exceedeth
the
loue
euen
oftender mothers,Efa.49.r5.Looke
Efa49;5'.
therefore
what
affe
&ien the tender father or
mother beareth
and
66°13'
and fheweth towards their child
:
and
fùch,nay infinit
more
will the
Lord thew towards
vs,
as
himfelfe
profeffethMal.3.
I
7.
And
brill
(pare
them,as
a
man
flares
h,5
aware
tonne
that
24a1.3.17.
ferueth
him.
Now
we
know-thatifa
child
endeuour
to do
his
dutie,
and
flriue
to
doe
his
befl,though through want
ofpo-
wer or
skill
bee
is
not able to doe
as
he
would,
thofe
things
which
his
father
inioyned
him;
there
is
no louing father
but
will winke
at
his imperfe&ions,arrd
accept his wil;cornrnen-
ding
his
obedience and dutiful(
endeuour,
though
the
work
in
it
(elfe
deferue no
commendations:how
much
more
there-
fore
will our
heauenly
father,whofe loue
is
infinit
and with-
out
all
comnpare,be
wel
pleated
with
vs
in
the
rniddefi
ofour
infirmities,ifwe
haue
a define
and
care
to
ferne
him
?
The Lord
is
our 1hepheard, and we his flock and
the
fhee
Prarm;
1346
of
his
paflure
;
as
it
is
Pfal.
2
3
.I
.
and
Ioh.
i
o.Now
ifa
fheepe
john
r
o.
be
intangled
in
the briars,
fo
as
hee
cannot follow the
fhep_
heard, though
he
heare
his.
voyce
calling
veto him,
yet
ifhe.
flrule
and flriue
to
come
out to the vttermofl
of
his
wer,and
bleat
for the llrepheards
helpe,when
he
cannot help
himfelfe,
hereby
it
appeareth
that
hee
is
one
of
his
flocke,
which the
good
f
aepheard will
not
fuffer
to
belofl;
whereas.
indeed
if
he
want not power alone,bat
will alto to bee freed
and
to
follow after,
it
is
deere that
he
belongeth
to
another
fheepfold
:
fo
if
when wee
are
intangled
in
the
briars
ofour
corruption
s,and
fo
hindred with
our imperfeélions,tha.t wee
cannot
follow the great
t`hepheard
ofour
foules fetus
Chriff
in
the path ofrighteoufires, which
leadeth to
the fheepfold
ofeuerlafling
happines,
though
wee heare his voice calling,
unto
vs;
yet
if
with the
riffle f%eepe
we Llruggle
and
firitre
to_
bee.