/____ o_re_ne_d_a_nd_A_p~p_lie_d_. --..,..---__/ _85 =-- ·1· wirh June or chaff, rhey cannot b.:: filkd wtrh wheat or with wm:r; fo while irhe hearr is fill~d wirh fv'll.e noifom difkmpers, it cannot•be filled or f.~risfied lwirh the Lord; look bur abroad in rhe Churches; how many b~ ther.:: that fay and rh ink they hac~ rheir iin as rhe only evil, they clofe wirh rhe Lord Jefus, they love the peo;' l! of God all of rh~m, they feek the glory of God, and yet rhey do but chink fo! for rhou2h rhey hare iin, yet it is unfoundly, b~caufe rhey fee not how clofely rheir hands are knlr to their iin; rh:y m:ver did believe, becaufe rhey never felr their unwilling heart ro clofe wirh Chrilt; rhey never loved rhe Saints, becattfe they never fdr their contempt of Sainrs; never fought Gods glory, becaufe th_ey never mourned under rhac which did (lain it; they never make work wuh thetr own hearts ; the ll:ony and thorny ground wi,hered becaufe c!:Jeir foil was naught ; a heart filled 1vich fweer affections, which n~ver felt rhe flrengrb of contrary corr~prions lying undernea~h, ir is an ill foil, and where rhofe affe&ions will never profper, nor prove right; and hence, 2 T1m.z.zo,zr. he char purgeth.himfelf from rhefe things fiull be a velfdl of honor, ever pr.::ferved, never broken. :Do nor pur ir eo a venture, it may be I may have gr.ace, and fo pur your falvation on rhe hazard of fuch hopes; bur the Lord char bath come eo rbee knocking, o?en che door 'that be may come in and feaH; cry for infinite creating po~er and me;rY eo make hal.te and come and help rhee; wbac have you to do elfe but eo ger yqur old lufls purged away ? what do you labor for elfe? if you have children eo 'bring up, if you have any love eo them, nay if fwine or ·cattel, meat you will have ro f~ro them, and fatisfie rhem if poffible; and yet 'behold rhy foul perilhing for wane of due fpirirual refrelhings ! . SECT. VI. OF ' Exhorrat'on tO all young beginners, and fo to all others ; Take_ h~~d v fe 2 • you chop nor ar your comfort roo foon; take heed you do nor penlh tn the way, rhatwhile~feeking after cheLordandreH, y<Oufallfromthe Lordby fecuriry and fcandal, and fo you perilh; but l.abor for chat which'will continue and Jalt. . · 1. Mariners when they go avoyage, they will trim their veffel, andfearch if there be not fomerhing amiCs which may link rhe Jhi}' ar I all; if once our at fea, rhey may dye bdore they come home ; and hence at firH fwing out are careful ; fo do you. :1. You will meet with trials enough eo exercife all your grace, chat you will fi11d alllirrleenouJh in the ilfue. · 3· This will btyour comfort at death, that though ic be difficult, yet if yQU have fought a good fight, and run a good r~ce, there is now a crown_, t~is will m.ake you t:> go our of rhe world wondermg, and go up to ererntty m your mumphlnc Chariot of glory, when you lhall fee on rhe one lide, h.::re a DemM forfaking, there a J •<dM b~rraying; here one Chriii ian withered, . there another fcandllifed and offended, and yer th.! LoR! hHh upheld r~ee (In thy integrity) a poor crearure, chat rhoughfl thou !houLdlt never have held otic · at all. That you may do rhus, two things are to be done. , . . FirH, Be fure your wound at fir{l for lin be deep enot>gh ; for all rhe error tn a .liJ.ans Faith and Santtification it fprings from that firft. error of h!s ~mili~tion ; if a ma~s Humiliation be falfe; and w<:ak., and lirt1ej, hts' Fat rh is lighr, and his San&ificarion counterfeit, as may be feen in_ the flony and thorny foil ; if a mans wound be righr, and Humiliation deep enough, that mans · _ Faith I ' I
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