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world, the flesh, and all those lusts which have been too successful rivals of Christ in your affections, begins to kindle! Seize the favourable moment; and, while your souls are glowing with divine love and zeal, let us hasten to an ordinance where we shall see Jesus Christ evidently set forth, as crucified be. fore our eyes. And while we are refreshing our memories with the surprising expressions of his love to us, let us be eager to give some new proof of our love to him; and convince all the world, that we love not in word only, but in deed and in truth.

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SERMON XIX.

A CHARGE DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MESSRS. JAMES STOAT AND JOHN SALTREN,

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WELL, my dear Sirs; and what is it you expect from me? After all that you have been hearing of the dignity and duty of the ministerial office; and after all the petitions that have been put up on your behalf to God, for grace to help in time of need; what can you look for more?-Perhaps you crave our sympathy; or perhaps you expect congratulation. Your circumstances call for both. You have pains and pleasures, joys and griefs, before you; which will alternately lift you up and cast you down. Some of each you have already met with, and more you may expect.-Will you then allow one that hath been almost forty years a labourer in the Lord's vineyard-(I blush to pub lish it and well I may--to think that in so long a time so little work hath been done!)---But will you for a moment forget my unworthiness, and allow a fellow-labourer to remind you of some of the discouragements, and some of the pleasures, commonly attendant on the office you have undertaken.

You will hardly believe me when I tell you, that your first and principal discouragement will arise

world, the flesh, and all those lusts which have been too successful rivals of Christ in your affections, begins to kindle! Seize the favourable moment; and, while your souls are glowing with divine love and zeal, let us hasten to an ordinance where we shall see Jesus Christ evidently set forth, as crucified be fore our eyes. And while we are refreshing our memories with the surprising expressions of his love to us, let us be eager to give some new proof of our love to him; and convince all the world, that we love not in word only, but in deed and in truth.

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A CHARGE DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MESSRS. JAMES STOAT AND JOHN SALTREN,

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WELL, my dear Sirs; and what is it you expect from me? After all that you have been hearing of the dignity and duty of the ministerial office; and after all the petitions that have been put up on your behalf to God, for grace to help in time of need; what can you look for more?-Perhaps you

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from yourselves: and yet I can assure you that other ministers have found it so.

'True' (you look as if you wished to tell me)--'true if we had commenced Ministers before we had commenced Christians; if we had begun to preach a Saviour to others before we were savingly acquainted with him ourselves in short, if we 'were to this hour unconverted, then you might

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talk to us of inward discouragements; for to be 'sure it must be a tiresome drudgery to such a person to be always preaching, or praying, or talking or thinking about religion. But we humbly hope that is not our case. We hope God hath "been pleased to reveal his Son in us. It was many "years ago that we first

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-I know it; and I should pity you indeed if it had been otherwise: yet, for all that, I repeat it again, you will find frequent and great discouragement from your own hearts. Warm as they are just now, and strong as they beat for Christ and souls; so that you could gladly spend and be spent in their service, and grudge every day and hour that you are not, like your divine Master, going about doing good; believe me, it may not be always so. Your spirits may flag; your zeal may cool; your pace may slacken; your attention may. be diverted, by trifles that you now think of with contempt and detestation; and you may need some faithful friend, or some rousing providence, or some fresh gale of heavenly influence, to quicken you in your way, and "strengthen the things which remain, that were ready to die."

There are also discouragements to be expected from your people.

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