An Expojition, witfJ NBtes us; That' tEcre uno condition fo .r.ood but there is need of duty· there u nonefo bad M to be paft duty: in all efiates we mufi be do: in~; no. providen~e exempts you from duty, an~caffates the bonds of obedtence : ·ns our folly to betray our dunes by our wilhes; If it \\?ere thm and th;u \\?~th m, \\?~ ~oH!d (erve God ~ettdilJ and che11r[ully: Thou fool,there IS no condttton but grace can 1mprove it to fome religious ufe, for·the advant.age of fome duty or other; •cis thy lazinefs, and the blame of thine own negle& mufi not be charge~ upon Providence. · Ob{erv;at·4· 4.That 'tu ofexcellent advt~ntage itJ Religion to mak..e ufe of the. pre(cnt affe[/ion; of Sadnefs, to put us upon prayer; ofMirth, to . put os upon thankfgiving: Anima nunquam me/imagit, quam ex impetu itJjignu alicujm ajfeau-s; the Soul never worketh more fweedy, then when it workech in rtmlorce offome eminent affecl:i– on : With what advantage may we ftr.ik.Mvhen the iron is hot ? When the affetl:ions are Hirred up on a carnal occaGon, convert them to a religious ufe; Jer.22.1o. Weep not for the dued,but \\?eep f-or him that goeth a:w.:ty,&c. that is, when forrow is.G:irred upby your privatelofs, turn ic out into a publique channel: So Lu'<:_z3· 24· So Chriil would have them to fpiriuulize their Tears; Weep n11t for me, 0 Daughttrs of {trPJfalem, ~ut for your (elves and children: Chri~ would not have them to bewa1l his. death in a carnal manner, but to bemoan their own Gns, and their approach– ingruine. Soforjoyandmirth, Epbrf.5·4· Not jefting,butra– ti.Jet giving ofthank,..s ; mentioning his fweec experiences·!h~uld be a. Chri!l:ians minh and jelling: 0 that we could learn this wi(dom, to take the advantage of a carnal motion, not to fulfil it, but to inl– plu1 ic:_ I or the ufcs of theSanctuary : When the affctl:ior:Js ar~ once raifed, give them a right objetl: , ocherwife they are apt to de– generate, and to offend in tht'ir mcafure, . though tbt:it fidl occafion wns lawful. - (!)b[ervat. 5:• 5. Pr.,tJer u the beff remet[j for forrows: gric.fs are eafed by grb:ms artd utterance ; fuch evaporation disburthenetb and cooleth tHe lteari: ·tis fom~ cafe to pour out our complaints into afriends b6fom ; prayer is but the cxercife of our graces, and graces exer– cifed·witl yeeld comfort: We have great caufe in affiiCl:ions to ufe the help·of prayer ; 1. That we ,~nay ask patier;J,~e; if God lay on a great burchen, ·cry for affrong back. 2. That we ask confiancy., thlt yon.maynocput forth ro111: hknls to itJiq_s-tif];., ·Pfal. 1.25. 3• ~ 3-•That
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