A 4t-)8 7h Soulcr ciiráasa![ cafdinI coChrift. 3, Rule. Lordaccepts of thee thou tailhfull foule, he hath lio your:d chec fofarre as tomakethee his Tonne, and to give thee a kingdome,why fbould honours comfort thee, when thehonour ofGods love and favour in Chriftwill not doe it? the reafon is,be- caufe weeare carnal!, and fee not thefe 5 if a man could but fee hiss privileges, and fay, theworld Thames mee, but God accepts mee, this would quiet his heart for ever ; therefore take fpeciall heed of thole earthly and carnali affections, that takeoff theprice of the promife,an earthly heart would have more than it ought : I'fay,take heed of thefe affe&ions, and know that thouhaft a ti. tle to the promise, and know that one promiCe, and the fweetneffe of Gods mercie in Chrift, is better than all the honours in the world to ad- vance thee,better than all the riches in the world, or thanall the parts that ever any fcholler had prize: thefe at this rate, and then thou canft not but be contented with it. Thirdly, labour tokeepe the ptomifes ever at hand, that you mayhave a ready recourfe to the protnife at a trice, and at a turne, and that you may not have the promifes to feeke when need is; what is it to mee, though I have a thing in houfe,ifIhave it not at myneed ?ifa man Mould fay, I have as good cordiali water asany is in the world, but I know not where it is; what folly were this, to fer hisbottle heknowes not where? haply theman is ready to fwound and dye, and he faith, Ihave asgood cordiali water as any is in the world, but I knownot where it is ; beemay (wound
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