472 b t Ti111.5.17. ci Cor.3.9. Vie. Mat.ro 42. 6 s I(ingi3.14. a°"'nnuamil CHAP.5. Expafitiosvpmirthe firfi VaR.iz,13, fake. There are, as it fats out, fundry amiable gifts con- curring in a Miniffcrs perfon ; fuppofe points of Nature, and Art, Vrbanuíc, Liberalitie, fociable Conuerfation and the like;but the coanfortablefl Load-floue ofLoue is ht work. W hat is that ? Fiat, TM Iaboar. Secondly,Thatwhich re,fult: from his labour. His labour in the b Word and Do. firine; which elfe -where he calls,Yhe worke of an Enan- gelift. His governing and guiding the Floche by Difci- pline, and godly example: this is his labour. The work erefultiugout of his labour, when God is pleafed to bletfeit vnto the people, is Repentance, New - birth, Faith,Comfort ; Or if there be any other Grace, or comfortable bleflïng of God, whereof the foules of the people are made partakers; this is the fruit of his la- bour. Whercforealfo Godis not afhamedto call them his c ovaepyac 5 giuing vs, after a fort,our partnerfhip with him in the falreation elks people. Take notice of it, I bcfeech you, as a helpe to difcerne the comfortable foundnefle of loue, you pretend and prolefleto Miniffers. Sure it is, in eucry duty, the worke is not fo.comfortable, as is the motiue and inducement to performance. In this it is true, as in any, loue to Minifters and Saints. To loue the Saints and to doe them good, is not fo much: except the very Sainr/hip bee the Load-ffone of loue. To lotie a Miniffer is not much; except his worke bee that that drawes afeetion. It is that our Sauiour points at: d Dificipie in the name of aDifciple: aPro- phet in the name ofa Prophet. It is noted of Ieboafh a tur- fed Idolater, that hee had much refpe(t to the Prophet Elijbaa; and :at his death weepes ouer him with that bit- ter lamentation e Ob my father,my father, the Horfemen and Charett ofIfrael ! what was the reafon of his loue ? queffionlefl'e not his worke : but the helpe hee found in flint for fupport of his Kingdom e. Of thepeople it is no ted,
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