z3® CHRIST'S .$hfrnx bee a lua ki this thing, and wee mua take heed of it too, lea we be tickled with flockings, or dilcouraged with thin Pewes. This is pride, but yet there is a truth in this. W hat a fhame is it, that there fhould bee fewer of our own Parifh every Leefure -day, than of (hangers ? Is it not juR with God to make the breas dry, when the Children care not for fuck- ing ? Secondly, if God had more among you to bee Paved, as God laid CO Paul, concerning Corinth, &e not afraid, fpeak,, hold not thy peace, I am with thee, and no man Jhall fet as thee to hurt thee, l bave much people in thin City, A.a. r 8.' o.This opened Paul: mouth , this made him finde abundance of al= finance from ChriR, becaufe God had much people there.. Thirdly, if you would hear with alacrity, and with a rea- dy and a greedy minde. When Cornelius and his company were all livening, and earnea to hear, and to hearken, O lay, they ; Speak, Peter; wee are all here before God, to hear every thing thou fpeakej. Then Peter opened his mouth, Aói.to. 33,34 But when people look dully, and blocki{hly, and fit sleepily and drowlily, as though they were weary of hearing, and cared not whether they heard or no ; Islay, this is the rea- fon why the Devils inftruments are fo bold to oppolè the Miniftery of God, they fee they are not much cared for, none but here one, and there one, a fort ofprecilè fooles : whereas, if people would bee eager to hear over all the land, they dura not meddle with them, as it is laid of our Saviour; the Chicle Prieffs, and the Scribes fought to Gleamy him, but they could not finde what they might doe, Fit all the people werevery attentive to bear hinr, Luk. r 9.48. Fourthly, if yce would bee fruitful( in obedience, and in learning ; this would put life into our Prayers at home, this would quicken our labours and paines in the Pulpit. The ye-5 ry hope of having fruit , made Paul very eager to come to Hoare, Rona.' .' 3. The very thought that the people are gra- cious, and godly, and fruitful( carries the Preacher beyond himfelf. Nay, its f}range to confider, how, when the Mi
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