460 4111111111111111111 Crtnr.s. .ilnExpafttioxvpmathezrfßi Vaß.tl --- ---_ v Hogg. rs. non ; wee occa icon the LORD to q retina', by ¡1,arper eerreelionr, How many afflietions from Gods hand heavy and gricuous, doe perfwade my felfe, wee might prcuent, if wee were careful! to minifter, and admit wholfome admonitions each from other ? The LORD will not fur Grace to ruft in his Children. If admonitions of Brethren,beegricuous, hee will either make thine own raSam.24.1o r heart to/mite thee, and that uiroke is gricuous; orftirre f Sam.I6.7,8 vp f meadaerfary fto reproach, and flume thee, or elfe, iimfelfe remember thee with fume heauie vifitarion. The mollification of the Precept remaines; for that of the Perron!, falls fitter into another Tex-. Asyee doe : He feemes to preuent the obicflion they might in likelihood make, as if this aduice were a kinde of reproachful! exprobration of their neglecting dice duties. Not fo, faith the Apofile ; that yee doe this, iris my perfwafon and ;acknowledgement : Neuerthelelfe, let me aduifc you to doe, even what yee doe. Ohfer. Su then,ro duties mofi carefully per formed, there may de exhortation; ; neither may wee thinke much, to be ad- monifhed to doe cuen what we doe. Our Sauiour of- ten calls for audience from his molt att endue Auditory; t Mat.r3.9. while they are hearing, he cries out, r Heare. Reafons. Firlt, We hold it a rule current : that howfoeucr gra- cious gifts cannot be vtterly lo!} ; yet gracious praElice may be interrupted, euen when it is molt necetfary, it GaI..S 7 fhould be continued, Tee u did rim well, faith Paul to the Galatians ; their cóurfc it fhould feeme was interrupted. Secondly, In bell things, nothing is comfortable = GaY.3.4. without perfeuerance. = Haue yee fuf red fe many things in vaine ? and that is knowneof E z E e x i E L ; rEzech.3ao. If 9 arighteotu man turne from his righteeufnéffe, all is forgotten. And :howfoeucr it bee true, perfeuerance of Gods Childrenis certaine ; yet this is as true, exhorta- tions to perfeuerance arc mcanes;of perfeuering. Thirdly, aa
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