""""'""'s_._.......,........ Y-: . · ,..£-ll .... ,.-.-:u-.---A:"n-E::-x-n·o-:,t;-;-ts:-.on-,~\\?~i:--tb;-N::-o-te-J--~C::::-H-A-P-.I•.· 1- z r 'J'' ~ promifes rooted in the. hear.t: So I Joh. 3· 9· Hi& feed abiderh in him; that is, the feed of the Word planted in the hea-rt. Look to it theg, That theWordbeingrdfted: in you.,. that it do not: fall li-ke feed on the fiony ground, fo as it cannot cake ro(i)t: YOtl will kno_w iccllus; J~:If 'it be ingrafced, ..twill be A6)'®– x.rtf'1t'o~or~~@", A frnitfol Word, Cot. 1. 6. '"twill f}ilring up in aEz.ek. 7. 11. yout convedation; the a ftatk.. of "'ick._ednefs will not grow fo - much as the Word. 2. The graft draweth all the fap of the - flock eo its felf : All your affett:ions, purpofes,_. cares, thoughts, will ferve the Word; Rom. 6. 17.. 6i, ~JI ':f"t~.~eJIWn1e TJ1rov /'1i'«.· :x}is · They 'Wtte detiveJ--ed ov(t irtto the ftamp and mould of the Word th'tlt \ll.u delivered to t-hem. All affetlions and motions of the fpirit are catl: into the mould of Religion. .. · · o bjtrv I 0 1 <i:), That the Word i" Gods hand id an inftrummt to ('¥~VC cur · - ' ' Soulr. •fis fometimes called theWordof Truth, ·at other times . the Wordof Life; the one notech rhe quAlity of ic, the other the ft,.it of it. 'fis' €alled the po~er of God, Rom. 1.16. anl{ the ArffJ ofthe Lord, Jfai. 53: • ~ who bath !Jeleevedoer• report ! To Whom i4 the Armof the Lordreve~~led? By our report Gods Arm is conveyed into the Soul: The ufe to which.God bath de.. puc:ed the Word iliould beget a reverence to it. The Gofpel is a faving Word, let us not d·efpife·the fimplicity of ic. Gofpel.. Truths lhould not be too plain for our mouths, or too flale for yoor eats : I am not a.fhamedofthe Gofjel (faith the Apollle,)[frt ~ti4the po'R'er of Gt~d to S•lvation. ' Ohforv 11 , II. That the main cAre of a Chriftian fl;ould he to fave hu - · ·Soul. This is propounded as an argamenc why we f.hould hear the Word, 'twill (ave your So11lt. U{ually our greate!l care is to gratifie the body: Solomon faith, Att a mAns tabor u for the mouth; chat is, to fupporc the bod9 in a decent fi:ate. Oh but confider this is but the worfer part ; and who would trim the fcabbard, and let rhe fword rufr P Man is in part 111n Angel 0 and in pare a Butfl: Why fuould we pleafe the Be~tfl in us, rather then the Angel~ In .f.hort, your!;t'tat-ef/ fear lhould be for che Soul, and yourgrtauft care ilioul~ be for the Soul: Your greacell: fear, Mat. to, 26. ·Feitr not th'Cmlhat catJ dejlroy the Bod1, but fiarhimth~tcanca/fbothBg~Y'and Soul into Het/ fire. There is a 4ouble Argument: The Body is but the worfer pare, and the Body is alone i but on the other fide, the Scul is tlie more - - -- - - ·- ·· - · ·· · - - noble
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