·God; [ompaftio~, ts b.i:! people in ~ffliltion: l. 41 cG>mpamy, and··not to take your former liberties, and' ri_lourne and humble your felves, and doe it confiantly : for it isnot bowing downe the headfor a d"J .which God r~gards ; but let forrow abide in your hearts; .it is continuance that God regardes: doe it, and doe it to purpofe, for:the ·want ofthis, is the reafon of the coldnelfe and rerniffendfe in our profdli'oo, namely, that we are aotthroughly and confiandy humbled, it is th~ ground 'Ofevery grace and. tl1e growth of it. .What feede is-fowne in a ·heart broken in peeces, thrives andprofpers, but all :infituetions falling upon an heart·not broken will bring forth no fruit. If youwere humbled, wee ! "fi~ouldfinde wonderfull fruit ofour Minifiery. Doe < this therefore bu·t ori.e'day, and ·youwill be the fitter ' forit. thenext : forrow fhould beeas a fpring that runnes along co~fiantly from day today.-TP:e for. rowes·ormany arebut as l'and- flo1:1ds ;and·take heed, '. ~h.M' · ~the continuance .of this·duty fromwecke to 'weci<e, ·thus make yOlfibckenyour cou:rfe herein, fuffer mot your hands to faint.· When thefedut ies are newJyouare apt to domuch ; but when a·While . ~_ntinued, to be pei.fundory in them. And Ier not _ ·any mancomplaine that hee lofeth a dayes·worke; for 1s there anyworke fonecdlaryas the.falvati:m j - ?fthefoule '!neithercomplaine, that adayes R1.1dy I ' 1s loft, for is.thereany excellency to the faviog iin- · ;.age of God ftampt .on the heart· ~ · . '. · . · We arehencefobeeexhorted tochufe the-Lord r{c4• for our 'God, ·when you hea.re hee isfo merc1full a ·God; for no man ever ferved the Lord, but he firfi .rhade choyce of him toY be hisMall:er. Every man 'l · • when I
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