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Especially, Let us take heed of the Sins, which at this Time, we have a peculiar Disposition to. It was complained in Hos. 7.1. When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered. It has bin thus, but God will not be With us, if it still be thus among our selves. Our good God, the Lord our Healer, is now Healing of us: O let us not now be impatient patients, lest that our blessed Physician deal hardly and roughly with us. Impatiens aegrotus crudelem facit Medicum. Let us now no more discover Revengefulness against them that have deserved Ill of us. Let the Law, and not the Sword measure out their due unto them. No more discover an Unthankfulness unto them that have deserved Well of us. Requite them not with Censure and Haired for their unwearied pains to preserve our Peace. No more discover a Contempt of the Ministers, who set themselves faithfully to Declare the ⟨p. 29⟩whole Counsel of God, and to Lift up their voice like a Trumpet in showing us our sins. They are all agreed (I hope) as one man to live and dye studying of your Well-fare; but if they are unjustly ill-treated with you, the great God, whose Messengers they are, will take notice of it, and say, Ye have despised Me!

Especially, Let us take heed of the Sins, which at this Time, we have a peculiar Disposition to. It was complain'd in Hos. 7.1. When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered. It has bin thus, but God will not be With us, if it still be thus among our selves. Our good God, the Lord our Healer, is now Healing of us: O let us not now be impatient patients, lest that our blessed Physitian deal hardly and roughly with us. Impatiens aegrotus crudelem facit Medicum. Let us now no more discover Revengefulness against them that have deserved Ill of us. Let the Law, and not the Sword measure out their due unto them. No more discover an Unthankfulness unto them that have deserved Well of us. Requite them not with Censure and Haired for their unwearied pains to preserve our Peace. No more discover a Contempt of the Ministers, who set themselves faithfully to Declare the ⟨p. 29⟩whole Counsil of God, and to Lift up their voice like a Trumpet in shewing us our sins. They are all agreed (I hope) as one man to live and dye studying of your Well-fare; but if they are unjustly ill-treated with you, the great God, whose Messengers they are, will take notice of it, and say, Ye have despised Me!