294 Walking with Wife Men, S E n M. reverent attendance on the folemnities of re- XII ligionp receiving with a fincere purpofe of conforming our lives to it; all which we Mail find upon an impartial enquiry to be the will of God, and hoping with an earneíh expe &ation, and patient waiting, for the in- valuable benefits he bath promifed to cotn- xnunicate to men by the methods of his grace. I propofe now to confider it as a good expedient for our becoming virtuous, and in- creafing in virtue, that we lhould defigned- ly, and of choice, affociate with virtuous perlons, and fhun as infe1ious the fociety of the wicked. He that walketh with wi men, (hall be wife. I fhall, I. Endeavour to thew you what it is to walk with wife men, in the fenfe of this text. II. The influence of it to our attaining wifdom. Fir/ I, What it is to walk with wife men; and I take it to fignify, that we fhould chufe perfons of that charater for our intimate friends, and voluntarily join in their company and converfation. A man may be carried, or forced to go, contrary to his inclinations; but
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