life 3. CHRIST 'S ,AMarm is none : What a fpeciall mercy is this unto you? As God (ayes, I have caufed it to raine upon one, City, and caufed it not to raine upon another, one piece was rained upon , and the piece whereupon it rainednot, wit hered,Amos 4.7. is not this a great mercy to the owner of that ground where the raine falls, and does not fall elfewhere ? fo, my Brethren;you that. have the fpirituall raine in your particular parifhes, what a mercy of God is it unto you? when fo many Pari(hes have not one drop of it. Again, thirdly, let us take heed left thole few (iarres that yet bee, let upon us, and fo we be all in darkneffe,wee have a little raine yet, here and there fome. O let us repent Aid be more forward to bring forth more fruit, if we continue to provokeGod with our unfruitfulnefle, as wce doe, that little (hall bee taken away from you. When Gods Vineyard in Judah became barren, and brought forth no grapes,but wild ones : What (ayes God ? I will command the clouds, that they, rain no ruin upon it,Efa.5.6. q d. I will take away all the rainy clouds yee ihah have clouds Gill, but they (hail be clouds without raine, (ìarres without light and heat, Mini - íters that (hall doe you no good, this is a fearefull cafe, and yet God will bring it upon us, for a certaine, if we doe not take heed. There be fix lignes of all the liars vanilhing away , that God will take away thofe few ltars, thofe few godly Mini - (1ers away that are left. Firft,when people will not walke in the light,while they have the light. As our Saviour Chrift (ayes : Ter a little while is the light with yon, walV while yee have the light,le/P darknes came capon you,Joh. 12.35. q, d. yee have the light, a little while the Lord lets you have it, hee lets it Clay with you a little while longer, but if ye will not walke in the light, the light (hail be gone, and ye (hall be in darknefie, this is an evident frgne that the light will furely away from us: what a deale of light is yet held before our faces,and (carte any have a heart to walke in it ! When fervants are idle, and will not mend their cloathes, in the day time at (pare hours, why
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