' - . ··l!eaft-Tri(ureJ. · r . , ' 1 . I '· - · 0 firs, you littleknow what gooq_~eft~chia - ;· / ferious ·confider-ation 111'l:Y produce. GQ~pro· poti"nds it,S( men havepra61:ifed it,as~the' g,;cat , · ' expedient to begiti'and,Pr~f!lqte te~qiat~ce: . ·I Confider,what you came tt'lto the Wotld for, ' ' whither you muft go if youdie this momc:n,r,. what a ftate 'you \vere born in, .what.isjhe rieed 'and natureof -Regenet~tion;what is the watt_~. 2.~dJ>ti.Ct of yo\lr i~mo.rtal foul.~ · :. · ~nd . through c:iods bldling;"thefe thoughts ·may: . 1eave fame gooa imp.rdlion~. · , t' . , ·~. B.e' at' a p'oint concerning .your jlate ·be ~exaa,and itnPttrdal, in·(earchihg ynar hearts to finde1 out your fiare, trifle ncit in t4is great work 'of felf-examinatiol'l, be not afraid to ·know tbe·worfi ,of thy. (elf : make·acurious / and critical- hear.t-ana.torhy , ·Try whether _ .. J efus Chtift ·be ·in ·you;· do as the Gold- " Cor~i3;f fmich, whobiii1gs'his .Gold to the ·Ballance ? J\eu,,~ , ·So do yo~ weig~ yc:u~ - fetves in tbe)?;1llance ~:~E 1f£l~ , of the ,SanCl:uane; JUdge not of yottr fiate ~c.:~tTf.! by the'. tommon opinion -of others concern- ~ ing you,~ but 'by Scdpture-Charaaers, a_nd . ,• . bring .Y)'?ur vettues to ~he Toucbfl:on,e_ :.pierce , them,thr9ug{l,ronywhether rh~y be genuine -_ Graces, ur·moral Endowments ':·. See whe--– ther yo6r Treafurebe chat Gold thAt'.r tryeJ. in · the fire;}~ e. , in the fiery _ Furnac-e of ~tjfti£Hon_ and. , pe~fea~t,~n• • . Oh, how tnany 1 are · decerved ., r '.! ·iq .. \~trh ·1magtnarie felicities, and emptie flou.., . -· --. · ... , n.llic~? ~ak.e heed·of being.P';lt o~ ~ith gtfts, tnfiead of ·Grace f Convt~llon, 1nfiead I - of Conve.rfion ; outward Reformation, in.. ficad of faving Sanctification ; which is the , .. ' - ·dam- , ) I ('
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