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.,___(The
t~ti/Jingo_fttiNehri~g!!Emifery.-
s.
CaMfo.
PaffioDs
and
diftempm.
. the
Lord
will do, if we waike in "his wayes-.
If we
will
be.fi:epping out of his wayes, we
fhall get many knocks, and many falls too,ma–
ny
troubles, many ;tffiictions fhall fticke by us,
w~il~ weliv·e~
Yoakno;w the chHdrenof
Ifhul
wentnota.foote;but as they were guided
by
the
Clo~.
· .
.
.
Jacqh,in.his journey, would neither
go
to
La–
han
without warrant, nor come from him with–
out
it.Davidin
all
that he did, he
asked
counfell
oftheLord;Shalli ftayinfuchaCity, orlhall
I not fl:ay?Shall I goeupto warrtofuch a place
orfhalli not go':'
(
Asifayd before)
ShaUigau;
to
H
e6ron
or Jba!!I
not
got
at this time
'!
Th~s
walking in the
wayes
of
God,
is that which the
promife
is
made unto. You
fl1all
fmd,Pfal. z
5.
r
~
~'Vht~t
manuhee
th~tt
flares the Lord<?Him wi!lhee
teachthew~ty
that
heJball choofe:
As
thepromife
is
made
to trufting
in
him; for then
he
will
dire.d:
himinhisw<;tyes:
So,WhatmonislJCe
t~at
flares
the.Lord,
and
keepes his Commandements.?
Him
wiUhee tea,·h the wayes that heJhote!dchoofe.
And
this
is
the firfi:direttion.. The
fjrfr
caufewhy
menmilfe,is,Inability to difcerne' th_e time and
the feafon :therefore let him take this courfe,
and
God
will reveale it to him.
A fecond caufe why
men
milfe ofrhefe
times·, ·
that
G()d
hath
allotted ro every adion&purpofe
isfomepaffion and difl:emper to which they are ·
fubjed;for paffion caufethindifcretion,in
theor–
dinary conrfe ofthings:.you fee ,paffion makes a_
man
miifeofhis
time,
it
makes
a
man
do
things
·
un-
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