A Satç;; 2 S3 C rr AP.g.. An Expo» tota vpon the firfi? Vs R. I,a q t P.1,2.3. r Lim 4,5. >, f Mat.n.29. t Phi1.3.t;. Augnß, sont. a.epiß.Fc!ag.lib. 3 eat 7. Pre, Bee.nard.de fana,Andrea, fey. a. a, Pbilipa;. thought fufficienr: men you may well thinke,that neuer 4 to fled horn fweet the Lord is ; iecond ly, nor haue had ex. perience,of temptations. A day may come when they full fay, Bleffed is the man that hath his fbotehoufe full of th cfe things ;and all wilibe found little enough, and too little to quench thr fiery darts of the douill. This abundance and riches ofGrace,let vs couetoufly feeke for: meanes furthering to attainment. Flit, in greatcfl meafures carry lowly conceit; God r refs f eth the proud, addes grace to the humble. Secondly, vie gifts to the glory of the beflower, and good of brethren: fro him that bath, and vfeth,jlallbee giaen, and he (hall haue abundance. Thirdly,d;ligently attend to meanes fanEti6ed:Word, Pravcr,Sacramenis, Obedience. More: Jr (lrould feeme they had a comparatiue abundance;yer not fó ouerfiow- ing, but there might be added to their plenty.Ingreatefl firlYeOe there are defeEls ; and no fa perfef in trace, but volt friuetomore. `Paul counted not himfelfe 'to bane attained : thought it his perfeétion, to acknowledgeim- perfeFtion, and to ffrimetowards the marl '.T here is in this life, Tutelar», vt ita dixerims, imper feel r perfet io: Ber,sard. Bur it is irnperfetla, * Sicut pew amts dicere perfeliam e ffe viatorens; caiusbeneproanosaetu.r accefflo, gnamwis non per. ficiatur intentio, nifi fuerit fad apreuentio. What euer Perfeaills &came, let vs, as many as are perfeE&, rra1k by this rule, and thus think e : Afcendendo, non volando, attinQitur fummitasfcale. Proficiency is com- forrabl:,and a pledge that the Lord will perfe& what he lath begun. A uaileable futthei ances of care to proceed, are, Firfl, Learnc"toforgerthia which is behind : think not Co much of what thou haft attained, as what remains to be atchie- tied. It isfafeft, in this cafè, to confider our wants 3 how far we come fhort of what we f.}:ould be. Secondly,
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