J A-nd perpetual/ q _uide. ~~ foever he be J'lated and negleeted of this vaine ·world,yet yeelding chearetull and confiant obc– ,dience thereunto,provides unfpeakable comfort, reft,and blelfednetfe both for Body and Soule, through all eternitie ? · . ' Secondly, In the fecond part and foure laft Vcrfes of the former P<lrtioo, David fets downe the fruit, ufe, and benefit whi~h fprung from his 2 He fcrs downe the fruits of hislt.nowlcdge . , divine ktmwkdge. It fweetned his he;trt with much comfor.t)and fousd -contentment,and ehea;. red him.wit~ joy unJPeifk4b/e, •nd g/orifuu, amidfl: 1 Pet. x.8. all cro!fes and difc9mforts ; it bridled and reftrained him from e-very e,;il/ way; it kept and preferved l1im in the paths ofxiglueoufndfc; it bred inhifl!ahatrefland foathing of the wayes oferror, falfehood,and hypocrifie. Where, by the way, I would give .you this other Leffon. - We muft labour and. be fure that t'!e draw Ol!lr knowledge in Gods Word into praeiice, aet ion, andexercifc; otherwifc,it will not onely be tinez>oa. • All our kllow.. l~ dge mtdl be pr:ia.icall. , profitable and \tnfruitfull unto us ·but indeed bririg upon~s a greater and more fearefull conr dcmnation. For, He that knBweJ hi!,Maften wi!i," Lu~'"·47• and ·doth it not, [b-all be beaten ·n1ith many flripeJ, . Luke t 2. 47. All our kl'lowledge is'iR vaine, ex– cept {?y the power of it our inward· affections be fancrifie'd, our words feafoned with grace, our acHons andconverfations guided with fpirituall wifedome and unfained finceritie. , After Da-uid had thus, in the former Porti'Dn, layddown~unto us, andconfdfedwhat exee!lent knowl~dgehehad got out of theWord of God, ·' (b 3) and · - ~ .,
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