s.s~ . (Jofet~19~a~tt, . . \ donothing contrary toyour communion or profeffion~ Let itflever befaidof you asfome areapttcs fay,I won– der what {uch petfons do fo much alone ! unlefs they li~ ved better' and carried themfelves after another order: they pretend devotiton, but there's little feen in their converfation, .they will tcdk as vainly,Iiveas \VantonJy,. be as hatd and falfe in· their V.lay of trading, and beaS: proud, fcornful,perfidious and injurious as·others are: Ab! Chrifl:ians-,;let it never be faid thus; at leaft give nO' occafton of fuCA' fpeeches: Let 'the world fee, you,r · ~raye~s hav~ fome efficacy;t_hat youget f?me firength tn dttues whtch you;lay out tn·your p'lachces. \ SE _C T~ . III. I Further d~f!ies ·after Clofet-Prayfir, . , g ~A~otherdutyafcer' you have been with God in· fecret,is,J:o exp~tt a feafonable. return: St~nd npori yo~r watch,hearken what God will fpeak : Vnto thee, faith, David, will/ ~ireEl_ "!1 !rayer, a.nd wi/J loo~ ~p, P{at. 5·' 3·. So do you ·: Chnfhans, looK ·up to fee what becomesof your Prayers, obferve what anfwets Godgives in'. I~ is an _umannerl)t moc~iug another, ( Pil~tte·IiKe)to aska queHien,and expet! no anfwe~:apd is not this a grofs·folrecifm in Religion, to fpeak many · things to God, an:deipetl no return? 'tis cettainly a great fault aJ!long Chriftians, to pr~y and pray,andn~ ver to confider or gather up the frui\ts ofPrayer: Is·~ , ~ota ftrange pieceoffolly, for men to be alwaysf~~tng, ·and never toloo~ for an ·harveft ? Surely Chn{it– a.ns have more harvefts than they are aware of: There– fore,Sirs,obferv~ how you reap, take fpecial notice of , .any thing that looks like a Returh ofPrayer; examine it throughly-, gather fomething out of it,catc~ at what Gomesfrom·the Kingof lieaven,as)·Btnh~dad's fer~ants ' - d~ • I
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