I u4 J · Bul myheart waketh, { 1 s"", Ill!. this will awaken up fuchgraces in us: as a re~fur.i · \ ble to fuch an efiate, for the preventing of fuch 1 finnes and temprations,and fo keep.our hearts in i exercife togodlinej?e ; then which, nothingwill i more preventfleeping. i 3.Mta?tes~ And withall,lahourfot abttnd~tnceofthe Spirit of! To labour for a God:for what makes merl flecpy anddrowfie~the I g reat meafure • • . l d . I 1of the sptrit of want of!}trtts 1 we are dull, and over o en With · God. groife humors, whereby the (hength finkesand ! failes~Chrifiiansfhould know,thatthere is ane- 1 ceffity, iftheywill keepthemfelveswaking, to f I- ! I ! I ;4.Meanu. I 'l'o keep our ' filves in the Ught. keep themfelves fpirituaJI. Pray for the Spirit above all things, it is the life ofour life,the foule ofour foule. What is the body without the foul, orthe foule without the Spirit of Goa '! even a dead lump. And let us keep ourfelves infuch good wayes, as we mayexpect the prefence of the Spirit to be about us, which will keep us awake. We muft keep our[elves in 114 much light tU may · be;for all fleepinelfe comes with darknelfe : Let us keep our foules in aperpetuall IightJwhen any doubt or darke thoughtarifeth, upon yeelding thereunto comes a fleepy temper; fleepineffe in the affedions arifeth from darkndfe of judge· ment, themore We labour to increafe our know– ledge, and the more the fp·irituall light a-nd beames ofit lhine in at our windowes, the better1 itwill be for us,and the more fl1all we be able to, keep awake. What.makes men in their corrup· tions to avoid rbe Minifiery of thit Worcl,or any thing that may awake their confciences 1 It is the t
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