i 16 AnElegant and lively Deferiptiora, when as the found and light of the Gofpel comes, thenMen are tryed : in times ofïgno- rance, God regards not menfomuch, but now in the time oftheGofpell, fee if it be power- full, and whether you let your felves about holy duties. Math. 3. so. Now is the Axe ¡aide to the roote oftke tree : that is, fince ¡ohm cornming there is a diflinguifhment twixt vinganddead trees: Atree is not,difcovered to bedead, till it withers., no manwiltcut dowse a tree in winter, becaufe bee.knowes notthen whetherit bedead or no ; the Spring diflin- guifheththe deadand living trees, in the wine ter they areall alike- TheSpring is the pow- erfulI preachingoftheword;ifcnen fpring not then,iftheycomenot in,theyare dead. Thofe whole education bath beenegood ; thofe who liveunder a powerful¡ Miniflry, now is the Axelaide to the rooteofdie tree with them; it is a tigne they aredead,ifthey profit not by it. Fiftly, yee may knowwhether yeehave this life by the food it'is fed with ; feverall lives are fed with feverall- foode. Now the foode ofthis new lifecifgrace isdouble; firft, the word; fecondly, good workes. Firi#, the word,1 Pet. 2,2.5..ís new borne babes, defare the fincere midge of the wordthat yee maygrow thereby, iffo bee that you have tafied that the Lord is orations : thatis, .ifye are alive as you prolclfe,
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