\. ------=-"'------------ ---~ r --Myjoule foi/etJwhen he fPake. 1. 6J I be diligent and carefullro heare and attend upo 0 S :n R ·X. l the ordinances of God ; for howfoever that we heare is not effeduall for the prefent, but feems as dead feed catl: !nto the heart, yet God will give it ahody after, as t~e A.pofl:le fpeakes, at one 1 Qor.• ,.,2.s. time or other. And rhatwh1ch weheare now,the Holy-Ghofi will bring it to our remembrance when we tland in moft need ofit. · My foule foilulwhen heJPakc. She was in a fpirituall fwoone and deliquiurn upon his withdrJwing, whence the point conli– derable is, 7htlt Chriff doth leave hu Church{ometimes )and1 O!Jforv. bring it very low in their owne ttpprehenjions, that their hettrtsfoyle themfor want ofhis pre(ence ;. So Pfat~ g. 2,1, it was with David, fo with Ionah, fo with the Ion:~h z.,z.. Church,Lam.j.J .we fee it atlarge. The neceffity of our foules, and ofour ellates R~a[on. require this,as fometimes abody may be fo corrupt, _ that it muft be brought as low as poffible may be befo.re there will be a fpring ofnew and good bloud and fpirits: fo we may fall into fuch afiate of fecurity that nothing will bringus toa l right temper,but extreame purging.And ufually God deales thus with ftrong wirs and parts (if 'they be holy) DavidandSolomonwere men ex– cellently qualified; yet whenthey.rafied of the pleafures and comentments of the world too deep, snfwerably they had, and fo ( ufually) others fl1all have fuch defertions as will make th~m fmart for their fweetndf<:>, as was !hewed 1 before. \ , S 4 But i - ----- ·----- ----I j
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