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 ing, and I find no reſt. We would take heed that faint not, neither be of a fearful heart, own the  of God, and intereſt of Jesus Chriſt. Yea, that carnal fear carries Peter ſo far as to deny his Lord and Maſter.

Stumbling 6. We would beware of the ſtumbling of Judas, who, when he got the thing he would have been at, by the following of Jesus Chriſt, he reſolves to betray his Maſter. Look that diſappointments in following the cauſe of Christ, make you not turn treacherous unto it.

And laſtly. We would beware of the ſtumbling of the men of Judah, Jer. xliv. 17. Jeremiah would have had them ſtaying in the land of Judah, and they would not, but would go down to the land of Egypt. And they tell him, It was better with us when we burnt incenſe to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and ſaw no evil. We would take heed, that nothing make us call in queſtion the cauſe of God, that we have bee engaged in.

Uſe 3. A third uſe, if it be ſo that tempeſts and ſtorms are like to blow, then we would be careful to prepare for them.

A few things we would name, that we would look to, for preparing of us.

1. We would ſtudy to have our ſhip as light of all unneceſſary burdens, as we can ; I mean, all things of a preſent world, all things beſide God, and our precious ſouls; we would have as little weight of theſe things on our ſpirits as we may, for they will ſink our ſhip in a ſtorm.

2. We would be careful to make friendſhip with Jeſus Chriſt that bleſſed pilot, that we may get him in the ſhip with us, for we are not able to ſteer our ſhip in a ſtorm.

3. We would be careful to keep a low ſail, to have our ſpirits humble and low before the Lord, for the humble ſoul is moſt like to hold out, when the wind and ſtorm blow.

4. We