Chap. i 3 ffians were but mil r 3. quickned, and not born, yet precioully a teemed of God. Heac tie ftrength, yet a great door opened. The Colo -. cepteth according to that a man bath, be it more or kill., he blc reth our buds. Courage therefore, though not fo fruitful!, as thou wouldit be. Thine earneft pantings, inquietations and delires of better cannot but commend thee much toGod_ Primafequenterr.,, Ciccr.de orar. honeftumefiinfeoundùtertiif confiftere, faith one. And Srsmrnrsm fib. culmen affeiante', fatú honefie vel in fecundo faftioio confficiemur, . ia pralat, faith another. Afpire to the higheft pitch, but be not difcoura- ged, thoughye fill fomewhat íhort of it. Every man cannot excel!. Verle 24. ?'he Kingdom ofheaven] viz. Here on earth. For we have eternall life already. I. Inpretio. 2. Promi ffo. 3,Pri_ ruirjr, in the price, promif, firft- fruits. As God prepared Pa- rad,fe for madam fo he bath heaven for his. Howbeit he referees not all for hereafter ; but gives a grapeof Canaan in this wilder- neff:, where, by righteoufneffe, and peace, and joy in the N,;. In" tds holy Gho9., Gods people doe even eat, and drink, and fleep pcer:rcceza. eternal! life, as it was once Paid of a reverend Divine of cireruconvertcd Scotland. Which[owedgoodfeedin hisfield ] Among the roman" it war, Pilo probrumcenforium agrum male colere, a fault puni(habie by the lizjarerncfri Cenfors, to be an ill feedfman. And when they would high- bar, ita ".d ly commend any, they would lay, He iQ an honeft man, andaood bxnt,virtt plowman. num,banu,nq, Verf 25. 73uttuhile menflept] Chri(t theLord of the husban- cotonun,V,irro dry neitherflumbcreth nor ileepeth : but the under - labourers and land- holders, to whom he lets out his vineyard, are frequently found to be lupine and fecure, Zech.4. I. It fared with the good Adverf.:(4ma¡o; Prophet, aswith a drowlieperfon ; who, though awake and let ra v'gitanttbw, to work,is ready to fleet) at it. And albeit we watch againft great- quodan,incac fig er, yet leftr evils are ready to Real upon us at unawares, as /Inftin tiora (Or_ bath it. rpant. Aug. Hie enemy came] This is the Minifters mifery : Other men finde their work as they left it ; but when Minifters have done ZitJugalrnt h® their bell on one Sabbath day, theenemy comes ere the next, and o Ines far am mars all. They (deep and are fearlef1 , he wakes for a mifchitf, de nofte tarro. and is reftieffe. Learn for (flame ofthe devil ( laid father Latimer "r" to careleffe Minifter) to watch ov:r your docks. God will 't m fir- ve'ROnexper fhortly fend outfvmmònrfir 'deeper' ; and the devil waketb and ccere C c 4 walketh According to SrMArTgd Evv. 387
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