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 Meditatio7ts. 5 1

XIV.

TF we had no winter the fpring would not be fo pleafant: if we did not fometimes tail of adverfity, profperity would not be fo welcome.

XV.

\ LOW man can goe vpright vnder that door, ■^ ■*- wher a taller is glad to ftoop; fo a man of weak faith and mean abilities, may vndergo a crofTe more patiently then he that excells him, both in gifts

��and graces.

��XVI.

��'' I ^HAT houfe which is not often fwept, makes the "^ cleanly inhabitant foone loath it, and that heart which is not continually purifieing it felf, is no fit tem- ple for the fpirit of god to dwell in.

XVII.

TT'EW men are fo humble as not to be proud of -■- their abilitys; and nothing will abafe them more then this, — What haft thou, but what thou haft re- ceiued ? come giue an account of th}' ftewardlhip.

XVIII.

T TE that will vntertake to climb vp a fteep moun-

■*- tain with a great burden on his back, will finde

it a wear3'fome, if not an impoffible tafk; fo he that

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