An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

And further: Seeing God makes it to be a fruit of his love ¹to teach them how to go, when you see others slip and stumble in in the way of profession of Religion and spoil themselves, Oh bless God then for his mercy towards you, that he helps and teaches you in your way: As when a man is riding upon the road in winter time, it may be he sees some before him whose ⟨p. 34⟩²horses get into holes and stumble, and it may be the man breaks his leg or shoulder before him, if it proves not to be deadly to him; now if you should see a man falling and breaking his leg or arms, falling down with his horse in such dangerous ways as there is in many places, would you not have cause to bless God that you are delivered from that, that God hath preserved your limbs? Thus when you see Professors falling in the way of profession of Religion, Oh! bless God that he teaches you in your way, that he guides you. To women that are weak in ways that are slippery you will take hold of their hands to guide them; and so God doth to you, know the whole course of your way from spiritual Egypt to spiritual Canaan, it is Ice and rugged all the way, that God is fain to take you by the hand, and Oh! the goodness of God to condescend thus to his poor Creatures, to compare himself to a Nurse, Oh! how often would we run into harms way (as we use to say) if God did not lead us?

And further: Seeing God makes it to be a fruit of his love ¹to teach them how to go, when you see others slip and stumble in in the way of profession of Religion and spoil themselves, Oh bless God then for his mercy towards you, that he helps and teaches you in your way: As when a man is riding upon the road in winter time, it may be he sees some before him whose ⟨p. 34⟩²horses get into holes and stumble, and it may be the man breaks his leg or shoulder before him, if it proves not to be deadly to him; now if you should see a man falling and breaking his leg or arms, falling down with his horse in such dangerous waies as there is in many places, would you not have cause to bless God that you are delivered from that, that God hath preserved your limbs? Thus when you see Professors falling in the way of profession of Religion, Oh! bless God that he teaches you in your way, that he guides you. To women that are weak in waies that are slipery you will take hold of their hands to guide them; and so God doth to you, know the whol course of your way from spiritual Egypt to spiritual Canaan, it is Ice and rugged al the way, that God is fain to take you by the hand, and Oh! the goodness of God to condescend thus to his poor Creatures, to compare himself to a Nurse, Oh! how often would we run into harms way (as we use to say) if God did not lead us?