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Make a double Catalogue: One of thy sins; The other of Gods mercies to thee, & bind them about thy heart to bring it into a religious frame. Thus I have named six other mercies. My humble suit is, That you would p•nder & consider seriously what hath been said unto you. Consider what I say, saith the Apostle, and the Lord give you understanding. The Thessalonians had never understood ¹what Paul had said, if they had not considered it. No more shall we profit by this Sermon, if we do not consider what hath bin said. And this consideration must have four ingredients.

Make a double Catalogue: One of thy sins; The other of Gods mercies to thee, & binde them about thy heart to bring it into a religious frame. Thus I have named six other mercies. My humble suit is, That you would p•nder & consider seriously what hath been said unto you. Consider what I say, saith the Apostle, and the Lord give you understanding. The Thessalonians had never understood ¹what Paul had said, if they had not considred it. No more shall we profit by this Sermon, if we do not consider what hath bin said. And this consideration must have foure ingredients.

1. 12 Thes. 4.

1. We must consider these mercies distinctly, and deliberately. If a man hath a sweet Cordial in his mouth and swallow it down whole, he will not taste the sweetness of it, but if he chew it by degrees, it will be very pleasant to his taste. So these mercies will do us no good, if we swallow them down without serious meditation. But if we chew them and consider them distinctly and deliberately, one mercy after another, they will exceedingly affect us.