for thee ; yec if tholl ·firivell, the · L o ll n takes it fl)r a vi€l:ory ; thou iliale lJot be condem– /ned tor it : give not over, but ratherrhiake thus j ~ if all this contention hath wonne fo littleground , ofmy lufl:s, where !hould I havebeene if I hadnot contended at all ~ and therefore I mufl: take yet m9re paines, and rowharder, chart -at the lafi I may ·overcome. And h!caufe thisis of g~neraltufe1 both· to re– generate andunregenerate,. therefore I,will goe on C\0 adde f OITIC more rules and directioHS, Wherein !his t>aines con!ifts.which we mull: take inrefill:ing fi.nne.- · ·A¥H ~1• ; .A.. thi~d rule or m'eanes wherein t~is lab?ur a- ,.· · 1 g~mft evlll'wayes mu{]; bebefl:owed, 1sto flrtvero ~ ·cake notice of all thewayes of God, whereby he . labours to turne:thee from thy.evill wayes, and-let t.hem not paife without fome impreffion to -that .: ,\ , purpofe for·whichG~d intends them. God ufeth '. not onely his VV:or:d, but many.meaneselfe, to . . turne m€n ; as byhisworkes, andbymany plffa- '· :ges .of providence hee llrives with us, all which . ! .ihoutd be obferved.. As it m•ybe, . fom.c g~eat .:crotfe upon the commiffion ofafinne, fame great _dangerous. fickneffe~ though not todeath ; fome- "' times he .rends great feares aod terrors ofconfci- 1.: enceup.on fo!lle fia committe-d, fonv.:times aa etviU report is broug~u1p ot us .; or he fendsifiends to . -admonilh us, .orexecuees fom Iudgement:uponan. ·other for the li'ke finin·our fighro . W-henhe meets .· with thee fome way ot other, as he met B-4l~tam, , he lookeswe fuoutdundedl:and fomethiogby it: and if
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