236 CHRIS T'S larm the Lord muff be gentle to al men, apt to teach, patient,a Tini. 2.24..1.d. He bath not the luccef a in his own hands, to have, it when he will ; no, though he doe no good yet, nor yet, bee muff be patient. He is not apt to teach poore people elk, ex- cept he be patient, as he is not fit to teach a dull Schollar, that is over- hafly. And therefore, my Brethren, though we have loft all our labour- hitherto on the moll of you, yet now again we (peak to you, come,will ye yet go to heaven ? Come are ye yet in the minde to hearken and obey ? Wee come to you once more, will ye yet,&c. as Jeremiah fàyes, Woe nu- to thee, O Jerufalem, wilt thon not be made clean? When fhall it once he ? Jcr.t 7. Beloved, wee are dull Schollars in Religion, and people are hard to take their learning in this kind, and therefore if wee would be apt to teach, wee muff be patient, what though we fee no good yet, this mull not make us out of heart, or to grudge our paines, we muff bee patient (fill, wee are to think, may be the next time J preach God will give nie good fúccef e, Ifaiah and Paul gave not over, though they had caufe to complain. Thirdly, This may ferve to condemn all the world, whe- ther the Gofpel comes, and fpecially us hereabouts, that doe not let Minifters have any good fuccefle, you will fay, how doe J make this ufe of' it? If all the Minifters fùccef ebe from Chrill then one would thinke, this were an excufe unto people. J anfwer ; no, the meaning of the Do&rine is this, that the people are fb contrary to the Wo d fuch enemies to the waves of Jefüs Chrifl, that a Minifter can look for no fue- cefic, except the Lord turn their hearts : This is the meaning of the point. Does this excufe any ? what, does your enmi- ty againl} aril} and all gocdncflc afford you any excufe? nay, this aggravates your In. Now this is the n'eaning of it. A s Saint Paul, when he fp ,iec, how little fiiccefle to and all the tell of' his fellow- Ap.ef}l ; 1,ad. bee liyes the blame upon the jle -)plc All the day long. Ih,sve /Iretrleed cut my hands againfl a dfabedient v. a gars, fg in people' ,R om. t c,.1
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