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18 God may put thee to make uſe of the loweſt as thou thinks; even that, 1 John 3. 14. that may be worth a thouſand Worlds to thee.

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, high Profeſſor! Deſpiſe 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 thine own. Viſit ſick Beds and deſerted 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. Trifles pleaſeth them better. To a ſecure Soul Chriſt is but a Fable, the Scriptures but a Story. Mourn to think how many under Baptiſm, Church Order, that are not under Grace, looking much after Duty, Obedience, little after Chriſt, little verſed in Grace. Prepare for the Croſs, welcome it, bear it triumphantly like Chriſt's Croſs, whether Scoffs, Mockings, Jeers, Contempt, Impriſonments, &c. but feel it be Chriſt's Croſs, not thine own.

Sin will hinder from Glory in the Croſs of Chriſt, omitting little Truths againſt Light may breed Hell in the Conſcience, as well as committing the greateſt Sins againſt Light. If thou haſt been taken out of the Belly of Hell into Chriſt's Boſom, and made to fit among Princes in the Houſhold of God, Oh, how ſhouldſt thou live as a Pattern of Mercy; redeemed, reſtored