5 id The Soule" efeciaeall callipag toChrifi. Chriff,and lieth at his footftoole, and will never leave himnor forfake him, this pleafeth the Lord admirably : it is true, all duties are good with this grace, but noneofthemwill pleafe Godwithout this ; thou maift pray until! thy eyes are weary, until.l thy heart f.,keth, and thy Spirit fainteth, yet without faith the Lord careth not for thy beft p;rformances : ifa poore Chriffian, whole parts are not fo ftrong, whole prayers arenot fo powerful!, can but foband figh out a prayer in faith, this ismorepleatng to the Lord : Ecclef.7. a man will doe any thing, that he may live; all a mans labour, it is that he might live; what wilt thou labour for clothes to cover thee, and meat tonourith thee, and wares for thy fhop, and not for Chriffand faith roCave thyLouie ?á therefore when your carnali friends would withdraw your endevours, and fay, what needethall there pray- ers ? and what needeth all there endevours ? an- fwer,what,would younot haveme live ? obferve the (cope of all motions, and the endof all la- bour is refF; the poore lea-faring man, hi# eye is upon the fhoare, when his hand is tugging at thecare; the traveller his body is in the way, and his heart is at homes the fouldier fighteth, that he might havea peaceable viEtorie ; thepeo- ple in thewildernefï'ewere travelling, and at lair theyhad ref}; Heb. 4.3. wee are thus wildering, wee are thus travellers, and wee are thus poore fea-faringmen, that are tolled up anddowae the waters of theworld, and in feasof forrow, and the truth is, we are fo inwrath, and vengea nce, w and.
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