328 Of the Importanc-e and Diffi'cul£)'. good, are fure to do no hurt; but like ion1e pcrfun1es which are con1fortable and_____ ., fhengt,hening to thewholefon1c,but trouble- -< fon1e and noxious to the weak; fo doth it prove a ,·ital favour to thofe who receive and .obey it, ~ut a n1oft dcadly -poifon to all who reject and defpife it! For' 7J./e are U11fo Cod a fweet fo7Jour tj' Chrifl, t o them, that are faved, and in them tbat pe– rijl?; to the one we are a fitvour of' deatb til~fo deatb, and to the oth(r ajavom~ oflife unto life~ And then he takes occafron to cor1fider what a grrat n1atter it ~s to be en1- . ploycd. in thofe adn1iniH-rations wherein the buppincfs and n1ifery of n1anrdnd is fo , ncarly concerned, K~; ,.J~ ..eo~ -rctu..-~, ·&c. and whr; is Jitjficient for tlrefe thil1J?J· We fhall not detain you with an expli– cation of the words. Two things I con– ceive are implied in then1: I. The ilnpor– tance; 2 ·. The difficulty of the Minifterial function. For ifa bu!inefs be offmall con– cern, it is little 1natter who have the n1a– nage1nent of it; · there is no great harn1 done if it n1ifcarry; any body is fufficient for that thing. On the other hand, let the n1atter be never fo weighty, if there be no. difficulty in it, there needs no extraordia.1ary endown1ents in thofe to whom it i·s, COll1111it.ted ~-
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