--------,------------~~---------------- [ ;4-6___ 1. ~-~~!he chic/eft 'f ''~~boafond._~ l S :8 F.. ~'"V w affetl:ioni, the flower and marrtlw of them, let I 1 Tim l . I ). ) rhembegin~ithyoug'i~mot~y,Danielan~I~oh . 1 1 ; to love Chnfi from thetr chtldehood.It ts a def. 1 Tdhle 1angr!'/{ perat:e folly on the other hand to putolfthe re- ;! il ll eaymg; ., 1 ee,~ d . . 'll fi chrifi Late in gard of goo · thmgs n a ter when w.e f..lnll be , our oiJ ate. ! Idfe fir,when theunderJfantkngwiH be darkned I and the affections blunted ; when wee fhali ! not have that edge, nature being dec3yed, and the world having taken fuch poffeflion of the foule, that we fluli not value this excellency; therefore let us begin betirnes to make up the marriage between Chrifl and the foule, no rime indeed is too late, but it were to be wHhed rhat thofe that are youngwould be thus wife for their · foules betimes. To valuecbrift, Befides,if we wouldhighly value Chrill: (!Jeg wemuft beg of ~+ d · h · J · · h ,1· Gotla spirit 10 -D.J G~ 4 .~pt:trtt ~ at we mtty ]U ge ttrtg t ~J Ofl? corjudt.e arig~t of rupttons) for, m what mea.fore weCAndifternohe ourcorrupttons. herght,11.ndhudth,and depthof Dip' corrupt nature i1J j that meafore /hAU we judge ofthe height andhredth, . j ¥JnJ depth tJf tbt excellencyof (brtft . Thefiv~tell: , foules are thtl mofr humble foules; thofe that j love C~rifi moO:, are thofe. thlt havebeen ft.uog , I mofi: With the fenfe of then finnes ; wherejinne mofltthoundsinthefenc:e andfeelingo{it ,grttcemttch m1.We abounds in the {tncc ttnd feeling Df that. Did ever foule love Chrill more then that woman tb3r had fo many Devils caft out of her r: And P11ul that had fuchgreadinnes fotgiven? Doth 1any man fo lov: his c~editor as he that ~ath much debt forgtven htm ·~ lt is our Savtour Chrilb ·owne reafon-therefore dJefe two goe al... _ ___ _ _ -~ay~t
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