' ' ••-lle~r/'tritifof.e~ '· J' "'- 4 F ~ r \'- :• ,. I • . ~._ · ~:~: ·· · CBAP. IX~' ' - I I / ~ - • ,. "' ,. -I . ~'Pnp~~fi:.~.h[, c_hr~fht~s reptov.tdo' , ~ . I , ., , .. , • . ·-; - . .'- . . . ... ,I • THe foQrth and laft fort ,flfperlons, that • 1 1. . talr.:under the·1a01 oi a, fharp an4 j uH: reproof, · is, unprofitable ,Chrifiians; . wbo, though -tiiey 'be fincere for·'the ·ma1n, .and have tberoot"of the matter, t)et have no~ yet : . . \ - / ( r r ' ) ·~rrive<i ·to .this· tr.e~hire.:: Alas,·· S.ir.s, -rber~'s · none of us; but we nave·toomuch ba_d~ - and too lird~~~gMd treafure ;in.our hearts. We cal1not but 'ki1ow all die wickednefs chat bur . hearts are'privy to;-and~can·not GUr COD(ci~n- . , r' ' ' c~s. difcover an emptinefs & vacuityofgood'? . -~~ Oh what a .Cbaos and confufio1i .is ih 'C)ur hearts t·. iui(i. ··whence ·ctimes this r: Ha\te we ' ' ,~ i1otJ1adhliii'tes of ·gathednga large rreafure? i \Vl~t hav~ we done with aBour· Or~inances; Sermons, S3cramenrs, 'l\1erdes, Affir6l:ions·? Jf we had b~endiligeJu, we '·might have fur~ ni01ea ourfoilles witb truths,gra~es,con1f9qs, . andexperiences: What could liavebeendone \ . ,m or~ ~oxr u~ ? . An~ !~·~vF:we ,a ·· rreiilli~ · P,~roporuonable to-our enJ9Yttlenrs ·? w~1~t1.c~ _tnen r~ • are·we :fotu;ficfot, a:nHu'ntoward in CLttiies .? • ··~·" Jo flighr, ~<ad, and 'tri~i'ng , iirperform'ances l fo \.l!lf)tepa:r~d for;. and tinprofitable· ut1der · • I ' . Ord'i'panees·?' fo unfl;mnkful for mercies, dif~ c-ontented under croffes? fo weak in-refi{bng ~temp~ations, fubduing corruptions? fo up– wWing of, and unfuic.aple to ·communion · et Saints ? Oh whence is it; ;' that weare{o· I . . . ap, , ' \
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