--~--·----------------------------------- Vpot~ my Garden. vingagardendfewhere.Sometimes Godsplants S BRM. I. profper better inBabylon,thai\ inIud.ta.It is to be feared God maycomplaine of us, as hedothof his people, Ier.2 . :u. I have planted theeanoble vine,how art thou then come to be degenerated? Ifin this cafe we regard iniquity in our heart, the . Lord will not regttrd the befi thing that cqmes from us)as our prayers, HeG.xz.x 8.He!J.I 3· We mufi then learne of himfelfe, how ::md wherein topleafe him.Obedience from abroken heart is the beft facrifice. Marke in Scriptures what he · abhors,wha.t he delights in: we ufe to fay ofour friends,would God I knew how to pleafc: them: . Chrifi teachethus, thatwithoutfoithitis impojfl- Hcb.u.G.; ble to pltafe him. Lt;t us then {hiveand labour to be fruitfull in our Places and callings; for it is the greatelt honour in this ~orld, for God to dignific uswithfueh acondition, as to make us fruit- . full. We muft not bring forth fruit t_o our felves, as Hof.ao. t. God complaines ofEphraim. Honour,Riches,and the like, are but fecondary things, arbitrary at Gods pleafure to c'afi in;bue , tohavean active heart~frrtitfuU.fromthrsground,thiJ.t Godhath pla1J– te~ tu /or this purpofe, that we may doegood to man– kind.}hisis aruxce!fent conjiderationn3t tD prophane our calling. The bleffed man is faid to be, a tree pl~tntedby the waters fide, that hrings forth.fruit in due[eafon>but i~ is nor every fruit., not that fruit whtch c..7vlo(es complaines of, Dtut.j2.32. The wineofDragons, andthegall ofAfPes ; but good fruir,as Iohp fpeaks, Every tree that 6ringeth not orthgoodfruit,is hewne down, andcaft into theftre. \ Maq.1o. C Lafily, ' - ------·-·· --'-- -----
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