The linf ulnee of Sinne. the affeaios s of a fervant,as confidering that he is doing the Lords worke ? That confecraces and 1an5titîes all his courtes by prayer, that beggtth (lrength, pretence, con- currence, tupplies of 1pirit from God to lead him in the way which he ought to gee, and to preferve him againa thofe hares and Temptations which in his calling he is molt expofed unto ? that ìmplorech a blefïing t' om hea- ven on his hearers in their converfation ; oa his clients in their caule, on his patients m thei cure, on himfelfe in his audits, on the !late in all his Cervices ? That is care - full to redeeme all his precious time, a id to make every !inure of his life comfortable and beneficial! to himfelfè and others ? Where is the man whole particular calling Both rot trench and e,.;croach upon his generali cal hng, the duties which hee owes to God ? That !.pares fuffici- ent time to humble himfelfe, to í udy Gods will, to ac- quaint himfelfr wish the Lord, to keep a confiant Com- munion with his God ? nay that doch not adventure to Neale from Gois eday, t ) (peake his owne words, to rip_n or fet forward his owne or his friends advanta- ges ? In all this take notice of that naughty Inmate in thy bofòme; let thy felfe againft it, as thou wouldeft do againit :he Stratagems of a moll vigilant enemy, or of a perfidious friend, Pai inter amplexus flrangulat ; tha like `I?alilab nerec comes alone, but with Phililiines too ; like lael,never comes wits i Milke and Butter alone, but withall with a Haile and a hammer, to fatten not thy head alone, but which is worfè,thy heart alto unto earth- ly things. Fourthly, confider the fruitfulnes of it. It is both male an.l female, as I may fo (peak, within it felfe, bath the Tempter, and the feed, and the womb, and the midwife. Suppofe it poffible for a man to bee feparated from the light and fellowfhip, from the Contagions and al!ure- ments of all other wicked men ; kept out of the reach o. Satans. fuggeflions and folicitations ; nay to coavetfe in L4. the
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