to c>'robwte SA I N: T S, I 43 oldie hope that he had in the prcfènce -.of Chrift, at his corn-. thing , that God had matte him the inffrument of gaining foules to his Kingdome. For what is eur hope, or joy, or erown of rejoycing, are not even you in the prefenee of our L °rd 3a fats Ckrtft, at hie connoting ? t Thelt7.a. i:t. andbath made a pro mile to inch as convert foules ; to runs the Promife, 'They that turn ethers to righteoufneffe, fhall fhine at the ftars.Dan, t 2.3. indeed this is but a fecondary evidence of Salvation, Ste. O, Beloved, if we could convert any of your Soules, what a comfort would it be ? whereas, ifa man be a wicked man, what hope can he have that God will blefíe his labours ? nay, he hath laid expreffely, that if a man will not obey the voyce of the Lord : Cur fed(hall be be in the field, and in the knife, and fo in the Pulpit, in his f}udies, he cannot look for Gods affìflance, as God told the wicked Prief+s : , will curfe all your Wings, ifyou will not lay it to heart,Ma1.2.2. Secondly, another tile is, does Chrift ufe to bleffe and proffer his true Minifiers ? then let-us labour to get this blef- fang of him. Let us leeke to him to give us good fiiccefle, O how eager is Paul every where in prayer to God for good fucceffe ? Thirdly, another Ufe is, if we have not the fucceffe that we could with , let us not bee dilcouraged ; as the Prophet I fortth fayes,My Labour is with the Lord : though I iiael be not gathered,yet fhall l begloriour, Eis.49.4,5. The Husband- man loofah by an ill crop; I, but if wee be faithfull wee fisall not loofe , though our crop be never fo ill, if we have plowed well, and low ne well, no matter what the crop bee, we (hall have our pay. If J preach and you repent not,it (hall never repent me drily paines, J will preach fl:ill. For though my preaching be not a Tweet favour to thee yet it (hall bee to God, even in thee , and thou (halt (mart for it ; and there- fore let us not ceafe working, many a draught the poore fifh- er-man makes and takes nothing, yet he leaves not off ; ma- ny a time is the net of Preaching (hot forth , and yet none converted thereby. So it pleafeth God to exercilè the pati- ence Yfe 2.
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