• " .Goo 1'l'ithout all Caufes. mind refteth,and in nothing befides :a husband;. man, though he doth plow and fow, &c. yet bee rcfl:s not till hee comes to the harvell: hee that hewes fione)arid fquares timber,cloth it, and rell~ erh not till the houfe bee built: therefore, doe thou confider with thy felfe, in all thyworkes, what it is that gives refl: to thy thoughts;ifthou doft fay, I have nowwealth and riches enongh, and mcanes enough, I have gotten what I aimed at, andnow my foule is at reft; if thou fayeft, I • have fl(!}W honour and name enough,my children · bewell provided for, and nowmy fouie take chy refl:; then this was your end, and not the L~rd; whereas you ought to fay, though I have provi- . ded for iny children,yet doe they feare theLord1 are they brought hotne tohim ? My Trade hath brought me in much, but how ferviceable have I beene with it?- I have muah credit and efl:ate, but what glory hatb it brought toJe(UJ ChrijUSo {hould he that is aMini{ler fay, it is true, I have enough,cnough credit, enough etl:ate; but what is this ? have librought any glory toJ:he Lord j have ~· converted any?-:lf' thy heart can have no r reO:, but in the Lord, and in the rhings that be~ long to theLord-, it is an argument that thine eye wasupon him. · . . Let us renu~mber then feeing we are made,fee– ingwe hayeanhigher eaufe, and ·that tobewith– out caufe belongs_toGod,alone,thereforewemull: , carry ou·r felves as fervant.s; as 'it is)faid of Da- ·· . '· vid; hee [erVtd hi! time, bee did nothing for his _– :ownend,but he carriedhimfelfeas afervant; he , did :1 I
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