, '41 Part Ir~ Honouretb the per/on, (o doth it Honour all the work! that ~re . Means thereto. The firft thoughts 5>f a Godly man when he awaketh, and the Iaft: when he Iyeth down (if he ohferve his Rule) are ufually for 1-kaven. When you are converfing .with worldly men , about thefc common worldly things they are in prayer or holy meditation converfing with God" about the matters of his fervice and their falvation. Thei; hearts are toward bim : their thoughts are on him : They are devoted to him : Their daily bufinefs is to ferve him. [when l~Wil~e ( faith' David, Pfal.r39. 28.) I am fli/t -with thee.] Pfal.r6.7.8. [I Wilt hlefs the Lord who hathgi11en me eounftl: tn} · reins alfo i14ftruCl me in the night feafons.I have [et the Lorda/wny.r 1 hefore me : hecaufe he u at my right hlllnd, I fo~ll not he moved] The life of the Godly is called in Scripmre [a 'Walkjng with GoaJ fuch was the courfe of Hem;ck._, Noah, and Abraham, Gen. s. 22, .24. & 6. 9· & 17. I. & 24. 40. They ~PZik!d 6efore God, Gen. 48. I 5.and in his w~ys, Deut. 28,9. They lovc.the Lord their God~ith ~tll their heart an.d foul (as to the fin,cerity of it:) and walk,. after him, and fear him, and kfep hiJ commandmentJ, and obey his vaice, ~nd ferve hi11J and clutve untr; bim, Deut. I 3. 3, 4· And can an inhabitant of this world have a more honour11Me imployment then to /erve the Lord! andamore ~onoura/Jle fl~rte then to walJt with God ? fhotlld we not have thought fuch words ·intolerable to be ufed of the befl: on earth, if God had nor been himfelf the awthor of them, and put them into our mouths ·? Hear more of his .own exprdfions concerning the converfations of his fervants [ I Cor. I. 9· GtJd u faitbjPJI /1y -whom ye wen Gli!led ~Jnto the felllwfoip of huf~n refm Chrift] I JolJ. 1. 3· r A?Jd truly our Fellowfoip is with .thc-Fathtr,llnd VPit-hJ,is Son Jefus Chrift] By ~fel/o~foip] is r:ot meant here [a fo'~iety of equllls.] God forbtd we fbould thmk fo blafphe· moufly .: Bu~ it is aCowmHnion of the beloved fan~ified Crea– ture wtth h1s bleffed Creator, agreeable to hts dd'tance. In t~eir [e&ret ~tddr(Jfes, his fenancs have communion with him : 'Iheir Prayer is nothing elfe but a huml>le fpeaking to the living God, for the fupply of all their .wants. In their Praifes and 1Thankfgivings it is God that they deal with : and the 'WrJrds ef their mouths ~tnd the medit~tion of their hellrts, are ~tccepttdile in ' the pght of their. Redeemer, Pfal. I 9· I 4 ·. They poure .out their fouls hefore him : and he opencth h1s ears and hts boforne llntO
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