'Of the ]\1.inifiet·ial Funllio1t. 35'-9 1hat JtoW he had me'! 1u£th a danger· worth)' his courage j ro tnay I f~y of your \Vork, ,that it is a bufinefs v,ronhy your zeal, and the love and affection which yot1 :owe unto your blelfecr mafter. A.nd indeed ye ·can ·give no greater tefl:itnony of it, than by a faithful ·and confcientiqus .difcharge ~of the ·duties of your calling. If ygur is work ,great, your reward is ·infinitelygreaterr; and ' ·you have omnipotence engaged in your ~{: iifl:ance. 'Up and be doing and the Lord ihall be with you. On-ly, let us be :carefu:l ~to tnaintain fucb a deep and conHant fenfe ' ,.of-the enagagemcnts we lie under, as n1ay .awaken us unto the greatefl: diligence ancl. , watchfalnefs both over ourfelves and othen:~ ' As for the particulars of ycmr duty, I ·~are not take upon i11e to be a.n in.fl:rucror,' who ha~e n1uch n1ore need t-0 learn n1y 'Gwn; yet, fince I am not placed ·here to 'be altogether filent, I !hall Dffer to you the Ap.ofl:le's ,exhortation to Titus, ch~p. ii. I 3·· :and take 'liberty to inGft a little upon the · particulars ,ofit-: The/e things jpeak .and ex.. .hort, and rebuke wi-th all authority. Let no ,man dejpife thee. Thefo thing.'J'jpeak·: Here .he pointeth at that which ought 'to be the 1natter ofour doctrine and hafrruclion. ·We ·:~.re not to entertain our people with fubtile ~eculations, .
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