w/. Io 2. Awholefonie Caveat the Lord fhall have brought his heart back again to him- fell; although before he did moll of all difefleem and vi- 1 fie him. Now, when thefe are not ufed, or not with a fpirit of meeknef e improved , that a man never blefeth God for thefe'; the Lord lefus is pulsed ,down from his throne, vw hen hot done according to rlhe abiii ty, time and place that the Lord affords. And this 1 with, the Churches mourn not for another (ley : For my own part, I do , adjudge my Pelf before God and men , as moll guilty of this, that I enjoy many fweet Ordinances, and we improve them not; and hence, the glory of the Lord f is not his Tabernacle, abides not onhis Churches, ei- ther to draw others to them , or to make others abun- dantlyblefie God for them. Now here I will Phew you the c¢ales of this. r. Not gaining much in private duties, in Prayer, Me- ditation, Reading, and daily Examination of a mans own heart: And hence they cannot do good, becaufe they receive none, or very little themfelves; they have not a treafure wi shin, hence they can fpend little, have no heat t or ability to exhort, ínftruch , comfort : He that keeps not his fhop, his fhop well never keephim. As Pfal_ 4i. 6. His heart gathereth iniquity to it felf, when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 2. A low fpirit, which makes a man to have low thoughts, and endeavours, I mean not an humble, but a narrow fpii it, not inlarged to hold much, or to do much, hence it doth little. As take a plain Countrey- man, he neither feeksor regards the affaires of the State in publick, becaufe his fpirit and condition is low ; but Princes do mind and attend to the affaires of the King - dome, to advance it; becatufe their condition is high, and they know it. Mofes, he fuffered reproach with the people of God, loffe of all the honour and pleafure of Pha- raohs ._ ourt ; feared not Pharaoh, nor loffe of life for their fakes: For, he faw that God which is invifible; like Saul, when, once a aingdome comes tobe in his eye, he l eaves off to feek the Affes.: 3. Sloth.:Thereare'Thorrtes, -Prov. i5. 19.. and Lions, Prov..a6. i 3. inafluggards way: There be many difficul- ties , butineffes, occafions, and objections; when as if once. he were refolved to break thorough them, then the work would go on Like a man, when he is in his warm
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