Dire/1io1is for praEfiji11g the Word. The other fort do make void the Commandments of God by their Traditions, and inllead of the ~oiy Practice of the Law~ of Chrift, they would drive the world with fire and fword to practifc •11 tnetr fupcdlJtlOUS foppencs; fo that the few platn and necdTary precepts of the Law of the Univcrfd Ri~g, is drowned.in the gr~ater body of t~eir_Canon Law, and the Ceremonies of the Popes irn. po!mg are fo many m comp.an[on of the Injl:tutJOIU of Chrifi, that the wodhip of God and work of ChriJtianity is corrupted by ir, and m:lde as anorher thing. The wheat is loll: in a heap of Chaff. by them that will be Lan>givw to thcrnfelves and all the.Church of Chrift. ' Dirc[i. 7• §. 7· Direct. 7· A§ociate your felvtl with the moft holy [<riout prallical Chrijliam: Not with the ungodly, nor with barren opinionills, rhat talk of nothing but their Comroverlics and the way or intereft gf their ft:Cl:s (which they calltht Church): nor with oudide formal Ceremonious Pharifces that arc pleading for the waihing of Cups and tithing of Mint, and the tradition of their F•ther/ while they hate and perfccure Chrift and his Di[ciples. But walk with the mofi Holy and blamtlef, ;~:nd cbaritablt, thar li'Dt upon that trut~ which othtrs u/ft of, and are feeking to pleafe God by the wifdon~which iJ firft pure and thenpeaceable dndgentle, ( J4m. 3· I7, 18 ), when others are contending f~r thm fcvcral fcds, or feeking to pleafe Chrill, by ~iUing him, or _<enJuring him, or Jlandering him in hiS fervants, 1oh. 16. 2, 3• Mattb. 2 5• 45· 40. Direl/. 8. §. 8. Diru1. 8. Kerp ajuft account of yom· Pr.l/ict : Examine your [tlvu in the md of every day and week._ hBw you bve Jpmt your time, and pratiifed what yjJ~t were taught ; and j,dge your [eivu bcfrJre God according tU you fiNd it. Yea you mufl ca1l)'OUr tclves to account every hour, what you are doing, and how you do it: whether you are upon Gods work or not: And your hearts muft be wa1cht and followed like unfaithf\Jl fcrvams, and like Joitcring Scholars, and driven on to every duty, like a dull or tired horfe. Direl/. 9• §. 9· Din et. 9· Above aU [et Y"" btartt to tbt dape/1 contemplations of the wond<rful Love of God iH Chrijl, and the fwcttntji and cxctLwcy of a holy life, and the certain incomprebcnfible glor-y which it ttndeth to, tbat )'Our fo~tiJ may be in Lovewith your de~tr Redttmer, and aU that ts bJ~, ~nd Love~Znd obcdirnce nzay be M natttral to yon : And then the practice of holy do~rine, will be eafie to you, when it is your dc.:lighr. · · Dircll. 10· y. zo. Dirtd'. 10. 1ak.,t heed that yor1 receive not ungrounded or unneccff.rry prejudicer againft tbe per[on of the PrttJcher. fer that will turn away your heart, and lock it up againtt his dod:rinc. Asd therefore abhor the fpirit of uncharitablenefs, cruelty and faction, which alway bendeth to the fup– pr<Oing or vilifying and difgracing all thofe, that are not of their way and for their intereft : And be nor fo blind as not to ob(frvc, that the vuy ddign of the Devil, in tailing up divifionsamong Chrifiians is, that he m;y ufe the tongues or hands of one another to vilific them all and make them odious ro one ano1her, and to difable one another from hindering his Kingdom, and doing '- any confidmble f<rvice to Chrill. So that when a Miniller of Chrift !hould be winning fouls, ci· ther he is forbidden or he is deffiifed, and'o(he hearers are faying, [ 0 he is fuch, or fuch a one J ac• cording to the n•mes of reprooch which the Enemyof Chrifi and Love bath taught them, CHAP.
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