is made mani felt by God. dam Tabulam pofl naufragium, and that is this light, which is the thing which you have caufe to be thank full for; for this light is worth all the world betide, nothing is fo precious, becaufe it (hewes the way to efcape Hell and damnation ; therefore you ought to be thankful! to God for it : You fpecially that live un- der the Sunne_tine of the Gofpell; you mull think you might have been borne in oak r ages ,when dark nell'e covered the world, or in another Nation, and not in Gefhen, where the light (nines ; and if in the Church, you might have beene ignorant, as many of our Country people are, even almof$ as ignorant as Turks and Iewes, but when God bath difcovered light in great mcafure, and hath given a great portion thereof to you you muff know all this is not come to pafl"e by accident,but by Gods providence; you are to rake notice of it, and learne to be thankful!, not in (how only,but in deed and in truth,that is,by prali- fing according to the knowledge you have,for it is a thing moti precious, cítitatth. 7.6. An admonition is compared to a pearle, whereas the admonition is but one part of this light, and what is faid of a part, may be Paid of the whole. Salomon could not find a fit thing to compare this wifdome to: It is more precious than pearles, nay all that can bee named or defired cannot be compared with it: Therefore Pee- ing it is a precious thing, trample not there pearles under your feet : know that God bath puta price into thine hand, and that is thy light, and it is a price that will buy heaven, it will bring thee to falvation; but if thou wantefi an heart (as the fools bath a price, but he wants an heart) it will doe thee no good: take N heed 177 SERVII.
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