f Opened and Applied. I I' OH therefore labor for the :ra:e :a~~na;:~fl, the brea~ that may lafl to, everlafiing _life; in ~I! bargains and b!iildings men.will h~ve a fpecial eye . to that which wdllaH; If It be rotten, let who[oever will take It; and b~ fure it is fo ; for when God doth fully awaken you, you \vill fee it is nor right; the foolilh Virgins they thought they were well before; bur now afrer. fome time, and awakened, they fee it will not hold mr continue. Fort he Lords fake b: fufpirious here ; fear !ell: a promife being lefr, any fall fhort of it ; other things will not !all:, neither Creatures, nor the Lord to do you good, unlefs you have ever!ailing grace. It'is a time the Lord is !l:ripping the world of all ornamenrs, you r Wives,Children,Churches; God will take your H~sbands, Parents, Members,Mini!l:ers from you; yet if a heart ro ciofe with the Lord,Oh this is right. ~efl. How? A nfw. 1. Take heed of any affe&ion,without fir!l: fubduing the contrary lull: ; for if youmingle them, the one will choak the other; this is [owing ambng thorns, Jer. 4-) ,4. · z. Maintain it upon an everlafiino root ; if the Lord gives you grace, and you fer it in your own garden, ir will dye ; no, let ir receive life from the promife, rhat unchangeable love, and grace, and faithfulnefs; fay, if that fuppotts nor I fall, I Sam.z 3·~.I[a.46.from gray hairs,! will ca rry thee; Pja.v,.z,3. the Lord leadHo waters, he feeds: Bur I decay? yet he refiores my foul: Oh but he affii&s much ? yet his rod and !l:affcomfort me; I lhall dwell in the houfe of God forever. Be more empty as the Lord fills you. But oh the fin cf this world; all the creatures in the world cannot content, but grace dorh, apd hence men regard not the Lord; and hence you perifh, and your grace fhall perifh alfo. CHAP. XI. Vnregenerate perfons may have a fence of their want of Grace. SECT. I. Our Lamps are out. DRat foolijh Virgins, orunregen~rlfteperfommay feetlndfo complt~zn ofanHtt<rwantoJ alljav~trg grace, , look but upon this pattern, they thought they were rich; and hadfomething, but now they fee they have norhing; and ·hence when they fearch their lives,our lamps areonr;when they fearch their hearts, is there any Grace, or ·spirit of Chrift, or Chrifi by his Spirit there ? no, our oyl is [pent, and hence give us of JOUr oyl; they faw nothing I i i z rlow. Obferva· tion lo
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