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Rh tenderly the motions and impulſes of God's Spirit on your ſpirits: when ye find kindly inclinations to duty, fall in with them; when you feel inward checks and fears with reſpect to ſin, improve them to reſtrain you from all iniquity; take ſpecial heed you do not ſmother convictions, or wilfully reſiſt and quench the Spirit's workings in your hearts. Rom. viii. 1,5,—13. 1. Theſſ. v. 19, 20.

Exh. 10. Wait punctually on public ordinances, and always prepare for appearing before the Lord in the ſanctuary; hear the word reverently. Let it be your earneſt deſire to meet with God, and to get your ſouls edified in the grace and knowledge of Chriſt Jeſus; make particular application both of promiſes and threatnings, agreeably to your caſes: When you are returned home, meditate and confer on what you have been hearing; and frequently pray that God may give you good of his word: Neglect not to mind your miniſter in your ſupplications, that he may be always bleſſed with divine aſſiſtance and ſucceſs. Pſal. lxiii. 1, 2. Mat. xv. 10. Luke viii. 13, 18. 2 Theſſ. iii. 1.

Exh. 11. Frequently take the