Let no vain objections therefore, no carnal reasonings hinder you in this great and honourable service of Christ, for appearing for, for defending of, rejoicing in the persecuted, despised, afflicted Saints of God, be not ashamed of them, look not shy upon them, deal not ruggedly with them, let your hearts and houses be open to them, let their spirits be comforted, their bowels be refreshed, their names vindicated, their cause maintained, their persons honoured, their sorrows eased, their burdens lightened, by what you have, or can do, by your selves or others: If there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, if any hope, any desire that Jesus Christ should know your souls in the day of your adversity, fulfil this truth now opened before you, applied unto you, this duty urged upon you. It may be some of you have been Moses's, such as have been drawn out of the water, out of great afflictions, be you now Moses's to others, seek to draw them out if it may be, howsoever to relieve and help them, while they are in the waters; and the blessing not of Moses, ⟨p. 243⟩but of Jesus Christ, the mighty Saviour, the great stander up for, and comforter of his people, in times of straights, be upon you.
Let no vain objections therefore, no carnal reasonings hinder you in this great and honorable service of Christ, for appearing for, for defending of, rejoycing in the persecuted, despised, afflicted Saints of God, be not ashamed of them, look not shy upon them, deal not ruggedly with them, let your hearts and houses be open to them, let their spirits be comforted, their bowels be refreshed, their names vindicated, their cause maintained, their persons honored, their sorrows eased, their burthens lightened, by what you have, or can do, by your selves or others: If there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, if any hope, any desire that Jesus Chirst should know your souls in the day of your adversity, fulfil this truth now opened before you, applyed unto you, this duty urged upon you. It may be some of you have been Moses's, such as have been drawn out of the water, out of great afflictions, be you now Moses's to others, seek to draw them out if it may be, howsoever to relieve and help them, while they are in the waters; and the blessing not of Moses, ⟨p. 243⟩but of Jesus Christ, the mighty Savior, the great stander up for, and comforter of his people, in times of straights, be upon you.
