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Rh drawing, John 6. 44, 46. Finally, ſearch the Scriptures daily, as Mines of Gold, wherein the Heart of Chriſt is laid. Watch againſt Conſtitution Sins, ſee them in their Vileneſs, and they ſhall never break out into Act. Keep always an humble, empty, broken Frame of Heart, ſenſible of any ſpiritual Miſcarriage, obſervant of all inward Workings, fit for the higheſt Communications. Keep not Guilt in the Conscience, but apply the Blood of Chriſt immediately. God chargeth Sin and Guilt upon thee to make thee look to Chriſt the brazen Serpent.

Judge not Chriſt's Love by Providences, but by Promiſes. Bleſs God for ſhaking off falſe Foundations, for any way whereby he keeps the Soul awakened and looking after Chriſt; better Sickneſſes, Temptation, than Security and Slightneſs.

A ſlighty Spirit will turn a profane Spirit, and will ſin and pray too. Slightneſs is the Bane of Profeſſion, if it be not rooted out of the Heart, by conſtant and serious Dealings with, and Beholdings of Chriſt in Duties, it will grow more ſtrong and more deadly, by being under Church Ordinances. Meaſure not thy Graces by others Attainments, but by Scripture Trials. Be ſerious, exact in Duty, having the Weight of it upon the Heart; but be as much afraid of taking Comfor from Duties as from Sins. Comfort from any Hand but Chriſt is deadly. Be much in Prayer, or you will never keep up much Communion with God. As you are in Cloſet Prayer, ſo you will be in all other Ordinances.

Reckon not Duties by high Expreſſions, but by low Frames, and the Beholdings of Chriſt. Tremble at Duties and Gifts. It was the Saying of a great Saint, He was more afraid of his Duties than his Sins; the one often made him proud, the other always made him humble. Treaſure up Manifeſtations of Chriſt's Love, they make the Heart low for Chriſt, too high for Sin. Slight not the loweſt, meaneſt Evidences of Grace; God