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immediately. God chargeth sin and guilt upon thee, to make thee look to Christ, the brazen serpent.
Judge not Christ's love by providences, but by promises, Psalm lxxiii. Heb. xii. 1. Eccls. ix. Bless God for shaking off false foundations, and for any way whereby he keeps the soul awakened, and looking after Christ. Better is sickness and temptation, than security and slightness.
Reckon not duties by high impressions but by low frames and views of Christ.- Tremble at duties and gifts. It was the saying of a great saint, He was more afraid of his duties than his sins-the one often made him proud, the other always made him humble. Treasure up manifestations of Christ's love; they make the heart low for Christ, too high for sin. Slight not the lowest, meanest evidences of grace: God may put thee to make use of the lowest as thou thinkest; even that, 1 John iii. 14. may be worth a thousand worlds to thee.
Be true to truth; but not turbulent and scornful. Restore such as are fallen; help them up again with all the bowels of Christ. Set the broken disjointed bones with the grace of the gospel.
High professor, despise not weak saints. Thou mayest come to wish to be in the condition of the meanest of them. Be
