I 510 Book.IV. Looking unto 1efus. Chap.;. sea:.~ ------------------------------- him waswifdome, a~dknowledge, andjufiice, and mercy, and temperance, and fo:tttu~e, and every vertue, or every grace that poffibly I can thmk of, a b;mdl( of m1rrhe is my beloved untG me, .u, a clufter of CM;phire in the vine-yards of Engedi. 3. I look at tbe converfation of Chriil: in word and deed; for his words,they were gr ~ cious. Not an idle word ever came out Mmh. 1 ~- 3 6, of the lips of Chriil: ; himfelfe tells Ui that ofevery idle word we muft give an accot4~r, 0 then how free was Chr!il:.of every idle word? he knew the times and feafons when to fp::ak, and when to be filent ; he weigh.:d every word ,wirh every circumil:ance, Ecclcf. 3 , 7 , time, and place, and manner, and matter; there's a time to k§cp jilence, 11nd a time to fPeak, faid Solomon, when he returned againe to his wifcdome; and herice we read that fometimes J efus being Mmb. :G. 6 l, acc~fed,he held hu peace ; and u·hen h~ was accufep of the chief . _ : 7 , 1 '· Pmfts and Elders he anfwered no:hmg; _bot other whiles he powres out whole cataracts of holy mfiructwns; he takes octa-. fion ofvines, of il:ones, of water, and fheep, tfl fpea·k a word in feafon ; he is frill difcourGng of the matters ofthe Kingdome of heaven; and he fpeaks fuch words as give grace unto all the hearers round a bout him ; fo for his deeds and actions they were full of g~ace and goodneffe ; the Apoil:J-e Peter gives him this character (which I look upon as a little defcriptionof Chrifts ' life) whs went about doing good; it was his meat and drink to do ACl:. 10 3 8 • all rhe good he could; it was as natural to him to do good, as it is for a fountaine to il:reame out, he was holy and heavenly, unfpotted every way; ' 0 the fweet converfation of Chrift ! bow humbly c<trries he it amongft men ? how benignly towards his difciples? how pitiful was he towards the poore? to whom (as _,.Co r~ s. 9 • we read) he made himfelfe mo{( like, he became poore, that we might be made rich; he defpifed, or abhorred none; no not the very leapers, that were efchewed ofall; he flattered not the rich and honourable ; he was moil: free from the cares of the world ; his prefcriptions were, care mt for the things of the morrow ; and in himfelfc he was never anxious ofbodily needs; above all , he was mofl: folicitous of fa'ving fouis.-much more I might ad·de, ifl iliould go over the •particulars in tbe Gofpel; but by thefe few expreilions of Je :us Chnil: we may conceive of all the reft.- 2. Let
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