. ' IOZ <ttiotet•~.a~et; - ty ?. and will · you {hind ~~odging with God? Mull he raze this Sentenceout of theBible,tohumour your con– ceits.a:nd floth? Is not Clofe.t-Prayer a Chrifi:ian~dury? Oareyou argue againft it? Outof what Topicks wil1 JOU fetch your Ar~um~~ts? And d~ yo? acknowledge rt to be a duty, and wtll not pracbfe 1t ? Your own mouths wiU condemn you: What needs anymore Wit– ~elfes? But ifyou be real Saints, I dare fay,you do ap~ prove of it; and praetiie 'it fomedmes; and why are yo~ 11o.t conftant in yo'ur obedience? Is it not the.pro– perty of a Saint .to do righreoufnefs at all times? P{41. ro~~ 3·· . 9h confider this, arid do not either neglect a eo~m~ndor oin~t this known ~uty. . .: ~.- .'YVould yonnot' haveth~ truthof ~t~ce clearedup tn your fouls? .Surely,~ there s no Chrdl:tan but would arrive·a't Affur;iri~e; and thi·s is one way to evidence fin· cerity, being much with G'od in fecret daty :: As he ill dl , ·j. · grieves truly that grieves without meteftee~o~:;.e qu~ ·- whnefs ;' ~o~ . t,ho~e . r~ligious aClih$s . . ~ are moil: evtdenttalof grac::e that are leafl: obvi9us t6·'the view of men ; and whereby a Ch ri– ftian ,appr.oves his heart, only to rlie heart-fear'd1!ng God: Here's the true lfra:elite that c~m, with1acob~ eonverfe whh God alone, and feeks hispraife,not ofmen,but ofGad :· Ob• ferve it, a ChrHl:ianordinarily bath not that comfort in a duty expofed to others view, ~hiCh he bath in that he ·performs ·betwixt God and his own·soul: For, there's moft danger of fe1fiihnefs·in the former, ' and more felf– denial in ~he latter : The wind of applaufe m~y blow men far-in a creditable performance, but htimHity and fincerity ismoft evidentinfecret appeals tQ Ood : Con... lider this, Chriftians, yott run .,to· Sermons, Minifters~ good Books, and take muchpains to try your ,(lateby marks ail4 figns, make tryal of this more compendious courfe to clear your ftate ;,. be 1nuch·with God in Clo· -Rom. 2 • . 28. .. ·· · - - · . -- W Id 3· ou
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