Dear Brethren, you are Strangers and Pilgrims here, and have but a few Months abode in this Country, see that you Traffic much with Heaven. Christ is our Common Factor, O send over to him what possible you can. Give Alms plentifully, pray continually, be much in Meditation and Consideration; Reckon with your selves daily: Walk with God in your Callings: do all the duties of your Relations as unto God: live not one day to your selves, but unto Christ: Set forth continually in his Name, so shall you be continually Transporting into another World, and laying up Treasure in Heaven: And O the blessed store that you shall find there after a few Years diligence in such a holy course! Beloved, while you are here in this World, You are but like a Merchants Ship in a strange Port, the day for your return is set, and you are to stay no longer then till your Freight is ready. Be wise, know your season, improve you time, you are made or marred for ever, as you speed in this one Voyage. There is no returning again to this Country to mend a bad Market, God will call in all his Talents, time shall be no longer. Oh, come in, come and buy now while the Market is open, that you that want may have grace and you that have may have it more abundantly. Go and plead with the Lord Jesus, that he hath bid you come, buy and eat without Money, and without Price; that he hath counselled you to come buy of him Gold, Raiment, and Eyesalve; tell him you are come according to his call, and wait upon him for Grace, for Righteousness, for Light and Instruction: Lay hold on his Word, plead it, live upon it; he is worthy to be believed, worthy to be trusted, go out of your selves to him, unlearn your selves. There is a threefold Foot that ca•al-self stands upon, our own Wisdom, ⟨p. 73⟩our own Righteousness, our own Strength, these three Feet must be cut off, and we must learn to have no subsistence in our selves but only in Christ, and to stand only on his bottom. Study the excellent Lesson of Self-denial, Self-annihilation, A true Christian is like a Vine that cannot stand of it self, but is wholly supported by the Prop it leans on. It is no small thing to know our selves to be nothing, of no might, of no worth, of no understanding, nor reality; to look upon our selves as helpless, worthless, foolish empty shadows. This holy littleness is a great matter;
Dear Brethren, you are Strangers and Pilgrims here, and have but a few Months abode in this Countrey, see that you Traffique much with Heaven. Christ is our Common Factor, O send over to him what possible you can. Give Alms plentifully, pray continually, be much in Meditation and Consideration; Reckon with your selves daily: Walk with God in your Callings: do all the duties of your Relations as unto God: live not one day to your selves, but unto Christ: Set forth continually in his Name, so shall you be continually Transporting into another World, and laying up Treasure in Heaven: And O the blessed store that you shall find there after a few Years diligence in such a holy course! Beloved, while you are here in this World, You are but like a Merchants Ship in a strange Port, the day for your return is set, and you are to stay no longer then till your Fraight is ready. Be wise, know your season, improve you time, you are made or mar'd for ever, as you speed in this one Voyage. There is no returning again to this Countrey to mend a bad Market, God will call in all his Talents, time shall be no longer. Oh, come in, come and buy now while the Market is open, that you that want may have grace and you that have may have it more abundantly. Go and plead with the Lord Jesus, that he hath bid you come, buy and eat without Money, and without Price; that he hath counselled you to come buy of him Gold, Raiment, and Eyesalve; tell him you are come according to his call, and wait upon him for Grace, for Righteousness, for Light and Instruction: Lay hold on his Word, plead it, live upon it; he is worthy to be believed, worthy to be trusted, go out of your selves to him, unlearn your selves. There is a threefold Foot that ca•al-self stands upon, our own Wisdom, ⟨p. 73⟩our own Righteousness, our own Strength, these three Feet must be cut off, and we must learn to have no subsistence in our selves but onely in Christ, and to stand onely on his bottom. Study the excellent Lesson of Self-denial, Self-annihilation, A true Christian is like a Vine that cannot stand of it self, but is wholly supported by the Prop it leans on. It is no small thing to know our selves to be nothing, of no might, of no worth, of no understanding, nor reality; to look upon our selves as helpless, worthless, foolish empty shadows. This holy littleness is a great matter;
