144 CHRIST'S il/arm enceof his fervants. Yet (hill the work mull be folloryed, and the Lords leyfure Mutt bee waited for. Oftentimes the net taketh ftlh, and they flip out againe; So, there be many that fee n to be pulled in by the Gofpell, neverthelefle they Elide away pgaine. Again,t is is oftentimes brought in in- to the net, that which is yet good' for nothing when it is got, there comes in frogges, and weeds, and a great deale of tralh, which in the end are call away, and yet for love of the Ftíh, the fiíherman is content to hale all in that bee can; So, Be- loved , wee draw in many hypocrites, many that prove 'nought , and yet for hope of good fiIh wee muff fill be a. labouring and may bee we may have a good Harveft yet, though yet we fee little likelihood. Bee not weary of well - doing , ¡ayes the Apofle, for wet foall reape if wee faint not, Galat.6. 9. Yfe 4. Fourthly, another Ilk is to you, that you doe not wilful- lj+ fand out, to deprive us of good fùcceffe. The fhrewdefl turne you can doe your poore Minders , is to deprive them ofthe joy of their labours; the way to rejoyce them, is to imbrace the Gofpell they preach , it will be heavie for you when we shall groanc to God, that we could not perfwade any ofyou. If thou wilt not now hear that which may pro - fit thee, thou (halt heart one day that which null make thy heart ake. Got yee turfed into everlafling fire. O,remetnber Salome, and doe not fand out againf the Minders that come from Jefus Chrif to you. Now remaines the fifth and the laf, he bath the difpofing of them, the placing of them in a Towne, the continuing of them, or removing of them, the holding of them up, or the pulling of them downe, as the Apoftle fpeaks, Hee bath the +sy of David, hee openeth and no Mapfloutteth, and he fhutteth and no man openeth,Rev.3.7. That is, he bath all power in the Church, to place it or difplace it. To fettle it or to tranfplant it, to prefcribc or not prefcribe, to ablólve or to condemnc, to lave or to defroy, to give Minders liberty or to take it a- way. As Quill tells the Minder of Philadelphia, I have fet
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