------------~--------~--------~----~ Butmyhem-t waketh. they live.",and the times;what fiones raigne~what finr~s fuch a corn pany as the-y converfe with are fubjed unto; and their owne weakndfeto be lead away withfuchtemptations~)his jealoufie is a branch of that feare,that we fpakeofbefore, arifing from the fear~hing of our owne hearts and difpofitions.It is a notable means tokeep us awake when we keep our beans in feare of fuch fi'nnes as either by calling,cufiome,company, or the time we live in,or by our owne difpofition we are mofi p~Gne too. SE R. IIII· There is no Chrifiian, but he hath fome fpe– ciall finne to whieh he is more prone then to an ' other,one way or other, either by courfc;>of life, or cornpleCti0n. Herenow is the care& watth– fulneffe of a ChrHl:i:m Spirit, that knowing by examination, and tryall of his owne_ heart, his weakndfe,hecloth efpecially fence-againft that, which he is mofi inclined to;and is able to fpeak mon againfithat finne ofall orhers,and to bring the firongefi arguments to difhearten others from pradifeofir. In the lafl place, it is a thing ofno fmallcon– fequence, that we keep company with waking and fair-hfull Chrifl:ians, fuch as neither fleep \ thernfelves 1 or doe willingly (uffer any to fleep that are neare them. 1 It is a report, and a true one of the fweating ficknes,that they that were kept awake by thofe 6, UJfedfleJ, TheCommu· nion oJSaintr, ' th:lt were with them efcaped ; hut the fickne1fe was<:feadly iftheY.werefuffered to fleep. It is 1 one of t.hc: beft fruits of the Communion of \ I 3 -----~aints,_l__. __
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