GHAP.I. upon the Epiflle of J A M '! s. are forced to.changeoft~n: There tb?uld be a due paufe ere we recejve things, and a fenous dehberattoo ere we defend and profefs them. · J6I ' · 3· That web~ not more forwarq to teach others, then to Ieam our felves. Many are hafty to [peak:., but b~ckward .to do, and can better wafter it, and prefcribe to others, rhen prachfe themfelves, which our Apofile noteth, Jvrm; 3· I. My 'Brethren, he mJt many ma(fers; that is, be not fo Forward to difcipline others, when you negleGt your own.Souls: The Apofl:le fpeaketh fo earnefily, as if he meant to rou:z.e a-benummed Confcience, Rom. 2. 21. Thou which teacheft another, tettcheft thou not thy[elf? and I have heard, that a fcandalous Minifier in reading of it was H:ruck at the heart, and * .,~A-:vav1~~ €onverted :, Since the Fall, Light is more directive thtn per[wa- 'i'fpJy; ~~ T~ five; and th~refore an * Htathen could. obferve, That 'us far v>&9 11 7iiv (J'b!(!ol more eafie to m!1mCl: others, then to pracbfe our fdvcs. ~1ctv J'' d.uto~ . 4· That we do not vainly and emptily talk of the things of God, '7f'Ot(;p.w p.co– and put forth our felves · above what is meet j 'lis good to take 2 ~ 1 · vC:– every occaGon, but m~ny times indifcreet fp~aking ~oth more hu~t ~xo ~~ Jl then filence ~ r Some w1ll be always bewraymg che1r folly, and mM~ande r every meeting ingrofs all the di!courfe, !rov. ;o .. 19. In the mul- · • tjtude of Wards there Wanteth not fin; !n~t he that refrainet~ his lips, isWife : We lhould weigh our words before we utter them ; When men are fwifc to fpeak, and much in talk, they bewray fame folly which is a!lain to them : So Prov. I 7. 27. Re that hiJtth under.ftandin!f., JPareth hi.r w.ords; empty veifels found louddl;. and men of great pares, like adeep river, glide on with the leail: noife. · .5. It teacheth us not to be over ready to frame Objetlions a- ,gamil: the Word; ' Tis good to be dumb at a reproof, though not deaf: Let not every proud thought break out into thy fpeeches: puilt will recoil at the hearing of the Word, and the minde will be full of vain 'furmifes,. and carnal Objetlions; but alafs, how odious would men appear, ifthey -lhould be fwift to utter them ? ifthoughts, that are theWords ofthe minde, lhould b~ formed into outward words and exprdfions? Thoughts may be correar:d up· on further information, bu~ words cannot be rectz!led .: Thoughts do onely.!lain our own fpirits, words convey a taint to others; Thoughts are more indeliberate then words, in thoughts we fin with a·ur minde onely, inwords with our minde and tongue. <!~ , _ --"' Y 7•That
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