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( 23 ) Be true to truth, but not turbulent and ſcornful; reſtore ſuch as are fallen, help them up again with all the bowels of Chriſt. Set the broken disjointed bones with the grace of the goſpel. O high profeſſor, deſpite not weak ſaints; thou mayſt come to wiſh to be in the condition of the meaneſt of them. Be faithful to others’ infirmities, but ſenſible of thy own. Viſit ſick beds and defected ſouls much, they are excellent ſcholars in experience.

Abide in your calling: be dutiful to all relations, as to the Lord. Be content with little of the world; little will ſerve. Think every little of the earth much, becauſe unworthy the leaſt. Think much of heaven not too little, becauſe Chriſt is ſo rich and free. Think every one better, than thyſelf; and carry ever ſelf-loathing about thee, as one fit to be trampled upon by all ſaints. See the vanity of the world, and the conſumption that is upon all things, and love nothing but Chriſt. Mourn to ſee ſo little of Chriſt in the world, ſo few needing him; trifflestrifles [sic] pleaſe them better. To a ſecure ſoul Chriſt is but a fable, the ſriptures but a ſtory. Mourn, to think, how many are under baptiſm and church-order, that are not under grace;