ú .`.. a,A..;-:. ;,-:as4.0 1i1' - 2 5 6 C H A P4. An Expofition vpon the IV V E R.I. t, a Iolau13,17 b I Cot' ,9. c d a4at.13 .15 e I Cor.3,6. Yfe f Ecsh.3,zo Thirdly, Reafons preffing the practice. Firft,7'hey hadre- ceined how. Secondly ICnow the Commandements,ck, Tò >,aanov. A Miniflers taske is an cndlefe taske ; there is frill in it, >onov; fomething left him to doe. Hath hee planted knowledge ? betides, that it is true of all men; they know bait in part,a praìice mull be urged. Is their pra- ¿ iceapproueable ? perfeuerance mull be predict. Con- tinue they in well-doing ? he mutt vrge their progreffe: that not without caufe the Minifters royle is paralleld with that of the b Hufbandman: fó ¡till is the end of one taske the beginning of another. To' breake vp the fallow ground ofour peoples hearts, that it may bee fitted to receiue thepreciousfted, what labour requires ir? after the feed fowne, there' may d grow tares, fleepe we Iveuer fo little; and there matt bee watering ofthat we haul planted, as of.iEgypt from Nilus. So that they little vnrrrftand the nature of theirof- fice, that hawing laid fo!`a,e grounds of knowledge, t; le vp their reff. Fiat, knowicuge is the foundac,on : a greatpart of the building is behind, after that foanda- tion laid. Confider that, as it fares with our owne foules, fo with our peoples. How much ado haue we to hold what we haue receiued ? much more to hale on our flow-backe Nature to perfection : many are our ruines and dccayes in Grace, that need repayring. Difcornforts often aiifè; fightings without, pares within. What wee fede in our I Blues, let vs not doubt but our people are acquainted withall. And wee cannot be ignorant, how neerclyit concernes vs to fee to our peoples, as to our own e iafery; in cafe they perifh through our negligence, to vs they perilh ; and we are f anfwerable for their blood. We befeech, &c. The manner of propounding ; in loue and meekeneffe ; as Phileni. 8. g. Apoftles fòmetimes deale more peremptorily ; charging duties vpon the peo- ple with graueft adjurations, 2 Tam. 4.1. i YheJ $.27. ,, . The
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