. ' J:l~art-1:reajUre~ '0...., ·Jel venturing upon ,the aCt, or engaged in it : ,there's no man fo bruiriili {carce, but will abfiain from chat which experience eels himbath · · done him' hurt : a·wife man will forbear fble-dtink when he knows infallibly it )will · cafi him into a fit of the ftone: So the Chri- - .... ~ fiian that bath laidup experiences how dear .. fin bath coft him, will rhus ·argue, I remem– . ber what an ill condition fin brought me in– . to, 1 had need fin no more left a worfe thing · come·unto tne : Sin broke my bones,but now · if I fin again 1fear it wil breakmy neck, fin filled n1y foul withheart-thaking fears; but I may expett it wil now fill me \Vith heart-de· folating defpair: it:· brought .an hell into my Con[ciencebefore , but now I fear it wil catl my foul into hell : Lay up and make ufe of . thefe fad experiments, and I may then almoft fay, ~in if you dare : . ' '• 4· Lay up aivine ycoveriu, whichyour fnules havehad fweet and £atisfying' experi• e.nces of: if yoube Chrifl:ians, fuch youhave · had. Idare-fay, and you dare not deny: I find very many ·precious SaintS~ that have kept a Clttrfl ·Di.aryof Gods dealings with their fouls, as Collefl. , ReverendMr.. Carter, an~ many others: there pag~ ~~~ I are tWO [ores of Experiences tpat I lhal corn- .. ·· mend toyou to treafure up : I. Special Pro~ .1 vidences; ~. Spiritual Influences : r, You are tolay up ExperimmtJ of G0ds– graci9us Providence .about you ; the ,Wife God hath fodifpofed of affairs concerning his ,Pe?ple, th~t on~pa,:t of our lives may h ~ lp ~~ !~ ~nQ~~~~ 1 !~~ Y a1N1 and f~+.~n~rpart ofdo~1~- ~ 3 . ale$ ~ - - " ' - . ' \ \
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