did not fay;. I will have fo much pleafure, and then ferve God; he did not cut the Lo~d ihort,but bee {erved his time; bee gave the Lord the wbole day. It was the comfort of lefuJChrift, whe~ he was to goe'out ofthe world, IJJh. 17. 4· I h~tve Jolrt~J.1.-4frjJorifted thee en earth, l have ftiti(hed the worke that· thotlg,Aveflme todo;th~t is,I was as a fervant,and I chafe not myown work,but it is that whichthou gavejl rne;,and I have not done it by halves--, but I havejinifhedit~ therefore glorijie thoume. Which if thou canfi fay when thou goef-1: out of the world, it will be thy comfort at that day; but if not,remember-that it is theLordJ manner. ofdea- · ling, whenmenwill feeke themfelves, and' their· owne end ; bee Iayes them a.lide, as wee doe bro- · kenveffels, fi t for no more _ufe, and he takes another.Ifthere be any here,that can fay fo; that the L oR» bath laid thee a-fide, and taken thygifts fiom thee; remember, confider with thy felfe , , that hadfi: thou ufed them 'to·his glory,and made · him thy end, be fure that he would nqt have laid . thee a!ide,butthathewould have ufed thee. Be-- loved, we fee by experience, men offmall parts that have had bumble hearcs,and di&ufe theirrneane gifts in the fimplicity of their fpirits to. · Gods glory, hee bath inlar.ged and ufed them in– greatefi imployments. Againe) 0n the contrary fide; men ofexcellent parts, have withered, be"' -. , caufe they ~idnor ufe them to Geds glory,there- , fore he bath laid them a;-ftd~as broken veffds. THE ') \
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