The heads of some sermons preached at Finnick, the 17 of August. 1662 By…

Then I say 1. Study all of you to be of one mind. 2. Let his People comply with him in all the points or his Advocation we have spoken of, and keep up the Cause of his concernments, acknowledging always your sin and short-coming, and choose evermore affliction rather than sin, and study to have the right use of the trial as much as the out-gate. 3. Let this comfort and establish your hearts, that Christ is pleading and advocating your cause before God and his Throne in all the fore-said respects, and remember that God heareth him always, and that he will not lye unto David, but will keep Covenant with him, even when his Children transgress, and that is a good thing, Sirs, Psal. 80.

Then I say 1. Study all of you to be of one mind. 2. Let his People comply with him in all the points or his Advocation we have spoken of, and keep up the Cause of his concernments, acknowledging always your sin and short-coming, and choose evermore affliction rather than sin, and study to have the right use of the trial as much as the out-gate. 3. Let this comfort and establish your hearts, that Christ is pleading and advocating your cause before God and his Throne in all the fore-said respects, and remember that God heareth him alwayes, and that he will not lye unto David, but will keep Covenant with him, even when his Children transgress, and that is a good thing, Sirs, Psal. 80.

Now from their toiling and rowing observe, That his People must be in the use of any mean God has left them, although the use thereof signify very little for their outgate. They wrought here against wind and weather, although to little purpose. The Disciples brought the four or five loaves to Christ, although it seemed to them a vain thing to feed so many. For amplification, we would remember these things: 1. That in the worst of times God has left some means for his People to use. 2. Remember that the Lord by these silly means sometimes works great things, so that his People should not be altogether hopeless in the use of them. 3. We would remember ⟨p. 7⟩