394 TheSpiritisd &Til,'abe. the like to there two areofas great behoofe. r .The preparationofthe hearts 2, The choyce of particulars belonging to aChriftian courfe. TsItchingthe ' preparation of the heart, the Scripture (following the fimilitude ofHusban. glcr.49: due) fpeakes thus, Breake vpyourfallowgroxndet. It is the fame with that which Hofca Cora. ledcal(eth the Renting of the heart,. Theneceffìry of it isapparanr. 'There is r loolz.l;. . 4bundle off,!!, in ewer) natdrad heart r, it is wicked ahem allthiegs e, the whole fProu.aa.t s frame of it is moll enfil exec day', is reprobateto ever good woke it is on oIewrq.9. J 7 I ". p y k ;> . Ja uccn.ós The curfe whichGod for mans fnselaid vpen the earth , (thornes, and tbtfiIe: Tims 0.16. fha /lit bringforth r)liethvpon euery vnconuerted heart, outofit comesnothing 1Grn. ;a s9. butexi/ltboxghrs z : When-will any good feed grow in this Coyle, ifitbee neuer ZMat tsr9 well manured.To breakevp this flintyand craggiehart, the Lord hath appoin. ted the preaching ofthe Law. Thatis as Or toburne out the weedes,ar.d as a slcr.z ;.a9. hammer =, tobreake the clods in peeces. It willpricke theheartb,andme/tit e, ie pAft,z. ;7. will makemanife theflaws ofita, it will inter thronghthedissid'ngoftheforteand r OKm.zza9, fpirst e ; It will make him that was fometimeas an untamed Calfe f, and did d t Cor r455 fort rne with the holes, and did fay with Pharaoh, Whom the Lord that Ifhenldhears g. hie voice h, to crie out withmeekenefre , Lord whatwilt thou that I doe i? Talk! E Dent.; s.,Ç with vs, O thou man of God, 4n4wee willheare cheek. NowCoaching the choife b 6.xod S.,. ofpat ticular good thingsto bee put iii pra&ife , expreffe is the charge of the f AO,9e. Apollle, Dofre the heffgiftst :PPhatfueuerthingeeretrxe, whatfoeunthings areho- food 9 neff,wharfeeuer things areinf, wbatfoeuerthings arepure, &a. If :here be anyvenue, ¡, rpl,¡j`t9;;tere.think*onthtfethigs.: As ifheehad faid,, If there be any thing better ot 4 morecommendable thenanother, feche to drawthr intoyour pta/life. Men whothinke any thing to be good enough, any manner of leruingGod, any manner ofzeale and holineffe , and fowill at aduenture entertaine any courfe commended tohim, either by the cuftomeofthe times, or by the traditionof their fathers,or by the adulce ofcarnal( friends, /hall neuer bee truly religious. Ifearch the marker for the bell feed, w by /hall I notfeardi,ard learnt, anden. quire which is theheft courfe ofgodlineffe? Preruewhich ù rhonr//ofGod bosh rRoosias. acceptable :;ud perfittoo.. The fecund refeenblance , is betwixt the a& of low. in and the pra&ifeofgodlines, and that may be laid open in two particulars alio. s.The timeof lowing. ¢.The plenty in lowing. Fitit,wcehauea(encrall feafon for euery graine: when this feafon comes in c ourfe,the husbandman fats to his worke,thoughiperhaps) it benot fo feafonable as he could delire. Men knewwell enough the truth of thatfaying, Heethat ebferxeth thewinde,llra!!net e&rlo . fino. Thus it is in the fpirituallbufinest the feed-time fortighteoufncsisthis 1 Gai O.ss. life: the opportunity mull be taken when it comes: Whileyehaue tin* p, whsleyeei gloin,s.3s% haxrlght9, while it it calledit Ia;e. Put cafe now ,that isfollowing thisoppor el-fein. tunity,I meet with many encombrances, theworld frownes,cuill tongues are (harpened againftmeithe distil rageth, the flefh rebellcth:(hall I leasefo'.sing, andtarry for a calmer feafon?God forbid. Throughwith is Imull,,n feafan,and fz Titn.4.a. ant offeafen r, through the ifrmityof thefiefhi, ingreetafflitlion,andangui(h ofheart, s Galat.4 13. withmanetedreso,byhonour anddrfhonour .if 1 look, for a better time, spoil a Cud. uacor.a.4. den, therew ill he no timeat all. Secondly,the feeds-mancaffsnotinonefcçd aCor. e.a. alone, but an handfull at once, one handfull after another. To few righte. xt Tun.a.rs. s cums..Ça curet fife, is tobe rich ingeod worker', to bee abundant in the work, ofthe Lordr, r,Phil.4,16. todoegood ante andagaineo, to ioynewith Faith,vertue; nirhvertue knowledge ; with know/edge,tempsrance; with tempnance,patienee, with petienee,godlineffe; with esPcar.Ç, godlinefß, brotherly btnsdne/fe; with brotherlyktndvere, lone e. This is right lowing; ice. Somedoenow and thendrop out a good worke (in brew) fomelittle deuoti. on to God, fome petty office of mercy to men, but it is to nopurpofe inthe world : no plenty in lowing, no fnlneffein reaping. The third likeitefib in iii things which follow after lowing. Great is the carethat the feedeput into the ground may thriceandprolper;the fields be hedgcd,the eattell be (hut out, Shp
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