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IntpeniteN&J
, ·
,of
ufe
it,and therefore the reafon
why
thop
4o!l:
·not, is
becau~e
thou
wilt
n9t ;
Go~
hath
give~
thee one
talenr
of p,ow_er
at the
l~afi
;
why aoft
tho·u
not put
it
out to the
merchandi.z:..crs
.and
/
:Occupy
Wit~
it?
-plA«,TO,
~·~is-lfcf~J«~'f,fays
Chr-Jf.:
'
ip~
power that God path vouchfafed thee
i~
"ProY.I7·
thy
talent.
Wpy
didfi
npt~~ou i~ploy
ittothe
f .~·
· ·
ut
m.
oil:?
~very ~ermpn
gives thee
a
new power,
,
an~~ pr~~·e?
'(o every · good counfel gives
thee .
.
I
a
fl~W, po~·er
;
~what
art
thOU
better? fVery
ple'ffing
thou hail: had, gives ·thee a
·new
p'ower:~
, wherein art thou
purer?
does God give thee
but
eye~!
ibou
haq: more power to glorifie
h~rri
·t:hari he that
harp
p.one, &c. Every
mercy
~elps th~e
-with
new power
; ·
but wherein do{\
'tf•ou ufe it? God bath given
thee
good memo:–
ry'
how hail: thou
fiuft
it
?
'~eans
and main:
· tenan~e,
how hail: thou ho.noured
G9d?
why,'
&c. thine own
confci~Qce
accufeth thee, thou
hail:
~aH:ed ~is
goods,
wafted
rhem upori
b~lly
and back,
w_hi~h hav.~
devoured
~ore thought~
than ever
h1~
worfiup could have ; thou
haft
YJafted
rhein upon
thy
credit iti
tpe
World,
and
thy
pleaJure,
and
thy
lufls,
a~d
thy
flefh..:
ly
defir'es: ·
How'
i~
it
that
I
hear
t~is
of thee?
, 'Thou
fhalt
~ear on~
day
of this difmal
watch~ ,
ivord,
give .account
of
~hy
StewtZrdjhip, for
thou
~ult~
¥6/2
·may~ft
be
no longer St(ward.
What'
do~il:
thou
'I
,
•
talking
-of thy want of power
?·· I
could
.not;do
this,
arid
I
could not do -tq.at ;
wher~
ar_e
~y
goods
t~at
I
l~nt
tpee? give account
t~r
thy
me~mory:
· Lord,
I
remerp.ber
this
a~.d
-thatTale·, this and that bawbie·; thou evill
and
· ' '
!~~~l;?'o,fit~ble /t'r1!a~:t ~hou
, and
why·
~euldtt
, ·
.,
·
- thou·
·a
• ;.
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