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Show What ufe wejhuuld mafte that may probably b'e tide. The Sun t iiiihe fable) made the travelln.,c'l-l\ o/fhls cloak when thewind only made him to 'Wrap !I clofer about him. But there Is no time when a Chrilllan may IJilck his watchs there is no time' but Chrill obferves thCir behav~ our. ·You will.fay what lhou!d they ta:ke heed of, or to, or how fhould the·Spoufe ofChrill in the time ofhis wirhdrawings from her behave herfelf. I anfwer, geneu!ly, take heed of grieving the L.ord by fimring in foch an Hour ; but more particularly. J, Let patience have lm p.rfel.! worJt, this is Saint 1amn his counfel with this addition, That yo11 may he perfel1, and wanting ••thing, Jam. 1. 3· Thus the Lords ancient Spoufe in Micah, I wiU bellr~ht.in'dignationofthe Lord,becan[e be hath laid it upon me. Oh! !'*~· he:d· of murmur!ng, repining , charging God foolifhly tn the t.1me of your trtal; remember he looks in at the window, he fees who have patience and who have not ; who ar<etpts o£ the punifhment of their iniquity and who do ' not. '"· . · ~~ Let Faith alfohave it1 perfel1 wor~ Thefe are the two graces whi,h God irltenderh the tryal ofin an e•il time; th'orlgh' bel(jD1 me'' ( fa!Jb Job) yet 1 J¥~iU truft i11 him. HeciU bring me forth to the light ( faith the Church , Mi<ah 7. 9•.) anti I rr>ill behold hif Il.i.g~teoufltrft, &c. bldfed are they (faith our Saviour to Tbomilf) rr>I/D kaw not j(e11 and yet ·believed. . ; " ' ' ·,3, LetprayerhaueitsferventworJtoJ Fa!ling and prayer are two g-reat remedies., Catholick remedies againfi all the•evils can befall'' t~ . Spoufe ofChrifi. It •"J manafflilJed ·? ( faith Saint'7•mes) > let bhlf pray, Is any Soul tempted·? let it pray; is 1t deferted? let it 1 cry,My God,My God, why hall thou forfaken me? Is any Church af!liCl:~d? let II pray too, 'tis the courfe that theSaints ofGod always r toolf,· Cbri!l looks in at the window, and he loves to fee his peo- ·' ple upon their knees, he Jaw the ajlif.!ion ofbiJ people in Egypr and be qrg~d rh.rir cry. , . · :r: •. • . . · ., . · A<o.l:.dtly, L•~bolinefs ha11e i11 r<ninttrrupted coHr{e: No difpen• fation1to1any ·Sou}fto any Church, can•be fuch as to'giv·e Gdds peej>p.lq alibetly to.fin agaiilll God. Holinofs lieth in two•tbings: ' J, /JJJoiding· [rnjul alliollt, and y,e(iffiirg TemptarionJ'ttnlo them, 2. Doint, J.b!Jfo p•/itiYe all! which God rtqHireib dfl#• 1 What-ever God doti~>•lQ Ytl'!; yet ··take you heed of running from him. If · 1 ThiM~e.s break!into.an Houfe,.and.bihd.the•Ser-v'ants ortb/eafen ·· L .;''C ~~ !Dif .. 10 ,. I ~t~eril~ r. •! chrifls l~oAitt& i~ a}.-t~ ,.;,lflPw• them; yet they !hould not be falfe to their Mailer, to deliver ep his goods into their hands, ,qr I!' illYJl with them in rifting his houfe. See what the Lord faith, Mattb. 24. 48, 49, s o, 5'· coa cerning that evil Servapt, '\')lo in his Ma!lcrs abfence !hall begin to[mire his foUow-ServantJ, and to eat and drtHk,.wllh rbe drunkfn. Jn fuch a day iffiHnm inrice,yo11, yet 0 do not you confent to them! There is a danger 'wJ,en fhe Rnd of the _wicked .reaeth upoH the lot of _ tlu rtghteou!,'ofthejr pull~ngfortb their hands u~to ilf!f/Uity; to prevent which, Pfat. ·12 5· v. 3. God hath pr\)mtfed It· fha.ll not reft there., O.rernemJ>er to re.iip a\1 temptation~ to lin i~ the time of. your dejerrion1, that y_our Lor{d~!.•J!tlr~atJm comrng~ and.that whiles he is abfent h~ lltllloo~~~h 10 at.the wtndow,let ht!ll not. fee yo~ complying with the lufis of your own or other~ hear$s.. But on the COI}trary: Let him fe~ you w~t.-_hiqg un.IO prayer, watch • . ing unto all manner of Ho.lip~fs. in your converfations, pratli!ing. your felves in felf-denial,Hull!il\ty_,Charity ,,in th~ keepingpf your: Gods commandments;let him fee. you tpc;>~e firi¢-t, more.exaCl: than ever more fearful to fin againfi ~im .than ever you. were, -and more ' careful to pleafe plm than ~ver 1 more diligept in the wor.ks of yo~r gen,e~af and particular Calling than ever, He is at the window,~ , . w~!Jcomll)el'4 on~; J'ext,to. you, ~nil !hall~ c~nclude, beg-, ging ~f yo).l, that it may notJ>e ven6ed-. 10 yqu_; .• n JS that ,'f.er· 8;~ 45• fpoke,11 of, lh{ Children,,oflfrae[tn a tim~ of allh61:tE>o: Moreover thou !halt fay. unto them, thus faith the LordJh•/1 Jhey, • faU IJIItl 11ot arifo? jhaU he !UTI' pway an4 not retn•tr, Qc,, v. 6> I be.tr%!;;~~ 11,nd beard, b~t they fpak~ no( aribbr, 110 ,111a11 -upeHt(d hi":'"' of hiJ. tf!i.ckf411e[t, faying ,lf'bJI have! d.,e? evtr)( DIU .umud.ld k11 u <OHrfo. a1 tbt b,rfo ruffietb into,t/:JC ,Ba~el, &c·. r . :· |