5a The Soutese fe& calling toChrift. (hall one dayperifh. An ignorant heart is anaugh- tyheart, a bale wickedheart ; my finnes are ma- ny, myconditions fearfull. Wouldyouhave any comfort ? why thenmarke what I fey, TheLord will teach; and litheLordbe the teacher, tis no matter what the fcholler be. Reafon thus with your felves, My memory is weake, my capacity is fmal,myunder(tandingfeLble,but yet theLord ismy teacher ; and ifthe Lordwill informe, who can let it, but I (hall bee informed ? Prov. i. 23. marke what theText faith,Returneyouftmpleones, youfcorners,andfooles, anefollow me,andIwill learn youwi fedome. This maymove you todependup- onCod, in the ufe ofthe meanes : the foule may fay, Iam fimple, and I have beene a (corner too, and that isa great milery,and therefore no marvel ifGod blinde my minde,and harden myheart,for Ihave beene a fcorner, and can any good come untome ? can filch afoule receive grace .nd wife- dome ? Why ? Ah, faithWifedome, come unto me, and I will pure abundance ofwifedormeup. onyou. Secondly, ifit be the worke ofGod, then goe tohim, for it is a comfort to goe to a father:when therefore themeanesare received, andGodgives a heart to improve th-m, then comenot to the congregation, but toGod : and when the Mini- fler reproves, fay, Father, fet home that reproofe tomy foule and confcience, doff thou reprove, father ? and when the Minifter exhorts, and in formes thee daily, the argument from theScrip- cureplaine;when the Minifter is thus exhorting, and
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