74. The Vexation of the Spirit. ?t, 7n7f fÿal TAkS7K77SS cl iC4ÀíS?[, 7uir¡5Y- d'av , 4ps(eov xj ctUx(.CÛ)Tar tL Qay.Ker y412e ravsisprop. p]es 71413. iettrraTr 4v9:GJI C13,- y t: ad po?. .4,.cio.h.f.-om.z. his wealth fhall bee never able to blinde the eye , or bribe the uftice , or reflrainethe power ofAlmighty G o D, if he .be pleafcd to inflict the itrokes of his vengeance upon his Conicknce, The fourth degree of vexation is from the review of them, Firfl if a man confider the meaxes of his getting them. His confcience will often -times tell him , that per- adventure lice bath purfued indire;t and unwarrantable wayes'& gaine, hath ventured to lye, flatter, fweare, de- ceive, füpplant, undermine, to corrupt and adulterate wares, to hoard up and diffemblethem till adearerfeafon, to trench upon Gods Day for his owne purpofes , that fo lire might not only receive, but even Beale away blef- fi ngs fromhim. Secondly, ifa man confider the man er, the h.-to-din/0e and over -eager way of procuring them. How much precious time haft thou fpent, which can ne- ver be recalled againc, for one houre whereof a tormented foule in hell would part with all the world if hee had the difpofall of it , ;to bee but fofmall a fpace within: the pof- fibilitiesof falvation againe, how much of this precious time haft thou (pent for that which is no bread, and which fatisfieth not ? How many golden opportunities of encreafng the graces of thy foule, of feeding thy faith with more noble and heavenly contemplations on Gods truth and promife , on his Name and attributes , on his Word and worfhip, of rouzing up thy foule from the fleepe of finne , of f.tirringup and newenflaming thy fpi- rituall gifts, of addreffing thy felfe to a more ferious, afli- duous,durable communion with thy God , of mourning for thine owne corruptions , of groning and thiriling af- ter heavenly promifès , of renewing thy vowes and refo- Iutions , of befreging and Wetting heaven wirh thy more ardent and retired prayers, of humbling thy felfe before thy G o D,ofbewailing the calamities , the !tones, the dull of Sion , of deprecating and repelling approching Judgements , cfgiorifyingGod in all his wayes,things of precious
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