vie rpoR an fatnitpZook. 269 admiration and reverence from the world, and do more to theirconvirfion, thanfwords, or words alone, cando : And it would mike Chriftians ofeftil and amiable to each other; and their lives a feaft and pleafure to themfelves. I hope it may prove forne help to thefe excellent ends, and to the fecuring men s falvation, if in a few found ex- perienced Direaions, I open to you the Duties ofa Chriftian life. J.Keepftill the true (d)fornt ofChrifliaoDoarine, De- e and Dutyorderly printed onyour minds : that is, Vn- derfland it clearly and diftinetly, and remember it. I mean the great points of Religion contained in Cate- chimes : You may ftill grow in the clearer underftand- ing ofyour Catechifmes, ifyou live an hundred years : Let not the words only but the matter, be as familiar in your minds, as the rooms of your houfe are. Such (e) folid knowledge will eftablifh you againft feduaion and unbelief, and will be Rill within you a ready help for every Grace, andevery duty, as the skill of an Artificer is for his work : And for want of this, when youcome among Infidels or Hereticks, their reafonings may kern unanfwerable to you, and fliake, ifnot overthrow your faith And you will eafily err in leffer points, and trou- ble the Church withyour dreams and wranglings. This is the calamity ofmany Profeffors ; that while they will be aloft cenforious Judges in every controverfie about Church-matters, they know not well theDoctrine of the Catechifm. (d) 2 rim.r. i3.d- 3. 7 . Heb.5. 12 . Phi/. I. 9. Rom. (e)Eph.4. 13) 14. Co/of. 1.9. 6- 2. 3. 6- 3. IO. ATim.64. IL ,Live
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