Serm. 373 a ttit.rivc ._.----- In what things muli we ufe Modera- tion, and in what not ? Phil. q.. 5. Let your Moderation be known unto all men , the Lord is at hand. Hat Sc flu(lin faid in his days of another Scrip- cure, that it flood more in need of good praFti- fng , than any Learned Isaterpretation ; that may I fay in thefe days wt.eretn we live, con - cernir,g the words I have read to you at this time. I (hall not therefore detain you, with ¡hewing their coherence, (efpecially confider- ing their in,tirenefs) or with any g'.ofíìng up- on th.m ; but haft to open the nature of this Duty, and preis the pra- dice thereof upon you all. In the Verfe you have two g: °neral parts. z. An Exhoreation to the íhewi,,g Moderation, which being in materi4a nece f aria, is a command. z. The Argument enforcing it, The Lord is at hand. The former will bound my prefent difcourfe, which I need not at ter but according to the Grammatical order the words [land in might confider the perfona, rer, & afliones exprefl therein , all which make up the whole of the Duty erjoyned : yet if you pleafe to have the Propofition formed, take it bus. It id God; Command, and our Duty to let our Moderation be known Do $r. unto all men. Which I ¡hall profecute, according to the order of Nature, in this method. r. In opening the nature of Moderation'' 2. In ¡heaving its exercife. 3. By Whom and to whom. g.. Why. And laltly,make pplicatipti. B b b z x. Cot!
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