1f62 Of the ImportaNce and Di.fficult:y t age -that fon1e ,of a . ne~ghbouring na-tion ~1ave, \-Vho make fom.e conliderable paufe ~vhe1:} they have done with a p@int, that they n1ay raife 'their fouls t0wards Goc4 - _ :and tha.t -the people n1ay .renew -their ~t... tent!on. But, whenwe have doBe all d1at vte cam !by puhlick and general exhortation, we iliahl ·.effech!!ate very little w-ithout a more particular application t0 the perfons under .our charge. lntereft and felf-love wiH blina·the eycrs, and frop the ears of men~ .and make then1 fhift off fro n1 then1fel ves thofe admonitions from the pulpit thatare ~ifpleafing~ and 'theref.ore we ar e con1-– mand.ecl not only to teach .and exhor-t, -but ~.lfo to -rebuke with all --authority. Now, thofe wben1 \we are -to -rebuke, are either perfons of a different perfuafion, who dif- · fent frotn our tfeligion., or withdra\v front .our ordinances,; and tl1lefe mull: be dealt with very patiently, and with n1uch long~ fuffering. 'Tis not to be expected, that an bafl:y conference, or an abr1:1pt difputation, fuou:ld Frevail with thofe :who have been long habituated to falfe perfuafions, and perhaps have drunk them in with the fidl: of their fe:rious thoughts and religious in– clinations. We muft .firfr fiudy to con1bat the
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