5 30 the ssuleseffclivaücalling. to Chrift. and fay, thisis fomewhar, this it is tobeaChri- fli:an, poorenovices mutt come and live uponmy crums,and delire my information, the Lord bath enlightned my eyes, and wrought the my heart, thouart novupona fand, for Lord Je- fus fake, takeheed to thy fclfe; here Saint Paul had like to have fuffered fhipwracke, and here thole hypocrites in 1fry a 8. fuffeted fhipwracke here is the skull of one man, and the handofan- other man,and the foule ofarorher man;I meane, thcufands have fuffered fhipwrack here : now looke to heaven, and fuf1pc& thine crane foule, and thinke, if the Lord kcepe nice now, I{hall efcape the worík, but here is the molt hazard, therefore I muff be moil carefull hereof: it is prate tooblerve inexperience, pooreChriflians that are lowly and humble, how tenderly doe they walke, how fearfall are they of theirhearts, of their prìde,and peevifhneffè,and idiencffe,and carelef:efe ; when you {hall fee a bold brazen fac'd, prefumptuous, carmanwretch, becaufe hee can pray,and read,and heare, he will follow rio- tousfafbions, and continue in bafe courfes, and carrie all awaywithhis abilities. The fecond thing I would have you confider, is this, grow every day up in the obfervanceof thineowne bafeneffe, and in the acquaintance of thine owneweakneffe in the beff of thy duties this is a fweet pitchofa Chriflian, the moreGod beftowes,and the moregraceGodvouch fafes; he goeth away , and hangs dowse his head, and wonders at Gods goodnefie, that ever theLord úhould
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