Heart-Treafore. -· :. , ·~s cerity and degree of grace : Know it, You · ~ , are beggarly foul~s unleffe you have truth of . grace; gracelelfe foules arc the ondy trea- , ... _. 1 iureleffe foules, and I fear there is more than .. ,, _agood many, that could t-;tever ·experimen– . tallydifiinguilh betwixt Naty~e and Gracet , and therefore areencreafing guilt, and,treafu– ringup wrath : 0 Chriftians 1See whither youhave the true Riches, try what profici– C!JCYyou hav'E made to grace, and in grac~; you have long had a dayof grace, and you mufi be accountable for all oppo~tunities. Cheat not your (elves with Counters in!lead of Gp1d ; Briflol·ftones may make as fair a fuew as Pearls ; true grace is a rareand rich Commodity. Thoufands conceit to them• felves a trea{ure, that are empty; Proud, con-. ceitedProfeifo~s areapt to boafi of their at· _ca.inments, whilcfi fome [elf-denying humble fotdes, are apt to bear fal~e-witneffe againfl: then1fdves, by denying,-what they have: S"· ' lomon faith, There id · th~t m~tk_.tth himfelf rir:h," 7et ht~th nothing; there is thAt mak..ethhimfelfpoor, .. yet p~th gr.et~t riches, Prov. 13. 7". Sounding - Veffels are ·often· empty., and fril~runniog waters are ufually deep: :\fapouringTrade(- . , menjingle ch~ir money in' their hands,whileft fober Cbapmen keep it in their Chefls: You - fhal finde more of ·aMerchants goods in his ' Ware-houfe, than in his Shop-window. So it is witha fober, ferious and judicious chd- " fi:ian : his glory and trcafure is mo{l whhin, whilefl: vatn-nlorious Mountebanks in' Relit,) % ~ion !et . ~11 upor1 .the Stage. I intreat you . - ,}:. 1- , · read _, . ' i . - • / . . . . ' ' I
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