An antidote against distractions, or, An endeavour to serve the church, in the daily…An antidote against distractions, or, An indeavour to serve the church, in the daily…

2. God never accepts the Will for the Deed,¹ when the Deed may be done; when the Idem cannot be paid, the Tantundem shall serve; yea and so far as the Deed can be done, the will without it, is but a mockery unto God. But wherein ⟨p. 62⟩an upright heart hath done its utmost in the use of all means, and would do more, this will is accepted for the Deed, even as if thou hadst perfectly obeyed; And so that Scripture cited is express in the case of charity; It is accepted according to that a man hath. So that a man must give according to that he hath, or else his willing mind stands for nothing. Now have you done your utmost against Distractions! can you do no more? If Death stood at the end of the Duty, you could double your watch. Plead not this till you have done your best.^*

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2. *He who craves all the Mind And all the Soul & strength and time If the words only rhyme Justly complains that somewhat is behind To make his Verse, or write a hymn in kind. Mr. Herbert.

3. It is far from the quality of grace, to sit down content in any defect or sin,¹ or to vouch the mercy of God to secure the soul in any transgression; who when he is dressed in his richest garments of mercy, Exod. 34.7. Yet will not by any means clear the guilty. No, it is the Genius of true Grace to be restless under his de•ects, if he cannot be rid of them: to roll up the stone, though it tumble still upon him, and cry out and roar under those diseases that are uncurable. After the Apostle had told us,