61 of this poor man .; he £hall have free admiffion and H't berry without difturbance to ·prefent his petition, an4 -ask what he will, and it iliaU be granted ; none lhall be prefent,_ but qnly they two £hall converfe familiarly to-, gether, for the goqd pf the. po~r man : But inftead olf a thankfu_l acceptance ' of thts kmdnefs., the poor maa pie~~ quarrel$with then1effenger or meffage,grows {ul– len and perverfe, .runs away and faith., I need neither his counlel nor affifrance; Let him be-llow his kindneis where he will, I \Vill not meqtlle with him: Were not this grofs ingratitude ?And how would it be taken .? The ~afe' is thine.,Soul,that neglecteft fecret quties : the· God of Heaven gives th~e not~ce ~o meet him i'n fuch a fOom,to negotiate freely the main concernq1ents of thy precious foul, and thou art coy and thy, and wilt not come near hin'l, but either plainly denyeft; or heedlefl y delayeft : Oh rponfiroqs folly ! Oh grofs ingratitude! Be afhamed of it, be\hu'mbied for it, thy God takes it · i!J that thou art io lo~th to be happy., that ·thou even forfakeft thine own mercies, and wilt go twice as far another way to grarifie a friend, rather than go alone ~nto thy Clofet ro pleafe thy God and profit thy poor foul : How long muft Qod watch and wait, and fir_ive · and fue to have thy cotnpany ; and thlqu doll: fiill neg– leel and grow averfe therero? Oh bealhatnedofit. SE~ T. VI. ., Three more fad Conjiderations for our Humiliation~ I 3.D 0 you not, by negleCl: offecret Prayer, refifr the ~otions of the ble1feq Spirit ? And is .this . no ,fault? Is it nothing to neglect communi~n with I Go~ the Father? or to improve the interceffion of Jefus ~hrtll: t~e Medtator, but you muft alfo flight the mo– tlons of G.od, ~h~ bl~ecl Spirit? This is fad : How of~.
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