G 0 D s he hath made thee no promife to heipethee with bisAll:fufficiency. Sampfon, aslongasthe Lord was with him,you know,hadgreat ftrength,you know, the Lord telshimfo long as he nourijhed hishayre, fo long he would be with him, which was but a.fymboll of Gods_prefence, but it was ·fuch a thing as he would haue him to keepe ex.. · acHy, and,ifhee did not keepe that, he would withdraw his prefence, and would not bee with him. So likewife, the Nazarites were comman-, ded to ab.fiaine from drinking Wine, if they dranke wine, theLordwould withdraw himfelfe. And foitis in this cafe: theLordhathappointed us to keepe his ordinances,and fo long he will be with us, to be LAll-fojficient to us, to giue us firengrh to inable us to doerhe duties he corn- .. mands us, &to a,bfl:aine from the evils he would nothaueusw doe: but we mufr keepe his ordi. nances, andgoe by his Rules, and ifwe faile in eitherofthem,that we neglechhe meanes,or ad– vent~reupon the occafions, now the Lord is dif.. • chargedofhispromife,as wemay fo fay,theLord nowwithdr~wshispowerfi·om us,ashedidfrom Sampfon.Ifyouwiltneedsmarry withfochaptople, faith the Lord, they jha!l turne Away Jflt'tr httlrts; Nou. for now I will not.keepe you. If you will needs touch that tree, ifyou will needs goe into fuch a company, ifyou will needs gaze upon fuch ob · jeers: or; ifagaine, yon will neglect prayer, and hearing, and fandifyingthe Sabbath, ifyou ,will neglectto 0bferue the rules that he h:.tth appoin. t~d in all thefe cafes, the L1rdwithdrawes his « - 'U . . ~~
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