,_ lle•t~T:re•(ure; s8j. .. com:fe profirably in Companie, nor (pend your tiil}e.iri folicatie ~etireQ:lents wit~o~t .~his. Trea(~re. .. Buc I h~ve b~~ ,too tedto~s, lc'c 'not all rhcfe words be tn vatn toyou,or nfc up in judgment againfi you : I · A few ':·words to ·thofe pre~ious foul~ into who{e bofonie the Lord bath drape this hea· :venly~e~(ure; thefe I QJ!ght urge to bldfe God for 'it, live up to i.t, ma~e. much of it, Jll;lintain and en~reafe it, 'and be fure youdo not :part with ii: uponany terms. 4~ to the . 1aft, ·1 prayyou uo keep this treafure, and Ice , it not be in the lea# imp~ired, wafted orpre– judiced : I ·tell you its agreater lofte to lo!e. 'one g~ain of grace than·a Mine of gold,. or potb t4e lndies, the gaining ofche world can– pot ~ounteryail the ·loffe of ·a foul ? and if . ·your . ~reafure be gone , yo~r fouls ate gone: . ~ak~ faft ?old of Inflr~fti,n, Jet her nQt go, f,,. . fhe 14lhl tife,Pr~'t!·4·13· Let all go rather than . part ;Witn YOU[ ·creafure. C~(Ar fwimming t~rough a River toefcapehis·Enemies, car• ried his Books a~ove Water with his hand; ·but loft his Robe , fo do yolJ: tho~gh you fhoul4 fwim-rhro~gha Sea of forrows , yet pe furt; you keep fafr tbe ~ords depojitum,make · , not Jhipwrt~cft of Faith 11nd a·good C~nfcienct, ·– let neither the treafures nor pleafure$ of the world robor cqufen you of this glorious treafure; ,~ake two fam·ou~ inftances of con- 'ASt·lnd itancie in the Primitive times : theonJts of Moa.p~r.1.· ~:s~.u14ier, ' whom ~he ~~~tlr ~?u!d not with ~0~~3· f<>l~ ~ar~ents re~mov~ f,:orp hts Chrtlhal.l ·profe!t- ···· · aq_ ?J ~f ~~fi ~~ ~Q~~a.~d~~ ~i~ ~0 1?~ ~a~d ' in : ". . a .. ..;
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