) to efrolvfie SAINTS. Z4; they know gracious things, J but they minde earthly ; they cannot finde in their heart to give their mindes to Gods word and will, fo that ytoulee you prove your 4elves and your mindes tó be alive towards God ? Labour that your mindes may bend their meditations that way ; 1e: your mindes runne on him, and bow ye may have his favour, and how ye may keep it, how ye take heed of offending of bi.sa ; a man is yet dead, that does nct.give his minde to there things ; whole minde does not tonne on them daily. And therefore be- loved as ever ye do dcfire to have a proofe ofyour life towards God, let your mindes runne on there things, give dil gent heed that they may nor flip out of your mindes ; as the A- pot?le faycs ree ought to give fo much the more diligent heed to the thing., which yes have heard leaff at any timeyee let them ß.p.:leb. z. r. If they doe flip away ye -knew not how (as the fled will let them goe if ye doe not take heed ) call for them agiine%as God läycs, l; ring itagaine to minde, O yesiranfgrelers,lla.46.f. -Thirdly, tt:e.eonfrderingof the Mind ; when the minde Tooke: curtorily cis things, what is tins '. o trie remiffeneffe and loofeneffe of the minde ? ielow when thewinde comes to confider ferioufly of then, non it quickens up it fife ; new it lookes e'E iflly and intentively on them indeed alas all ieur knows li d,e of the truth, all our approving of good courses; all is nothing without confideration ; our knrw- ledge and approbation are dead things without this ; even as coed, as if we had no kuoivledge at all, for all the good it will doe us, if wedge not confider; as God leyes; lfrael doh net know , my people doe not confider, lfa.t,3. Looke what or mindes doeconfidtr from day to day, that out-minis are lively on ; ronfideration is the e^gerneffe of the minde, when the winde cares nor for an cbjrd, st will not trouble it Idle to confider of, a 1ef e . ae &will ferve fuch a thing well enough ; but loe'ke what the minde is inclined onto, there it fhtli not goe fiightiv and lightly to werke, there 'twill take pairies, nay, it coons it no pines to repaid and to .l i z weigh 3.
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