:]?art 11.' '.A SAint~~ aJJrlite. 199 of Believers, and not alllefno the publikemin~firy : Every man would be a helper tO his neighbour. For the tongue of' the ist.ft u ~Uchoicefilver, thoughtheht~trtof thewick..fdislittle ~orth: -:he lips of.the righteol!$ feedmany, but fools die flfr WP~nt of :wiJ.~~ m ~ Prov. 10. .20,21. Thelipsof thewifedi{perfe k._nowledge, Prov. 15.7· Righte~uslipsart thedelig~uf Kings,Prov. I6.q. and ihe .fwertnefs of the lips increa[eth learning, v. 2 I. The lips of ](nowledge are a preciom ?e'f!vel, ProY. 20. I 5. A mans belly fhall be fatisfied with the fruit ef his mouth, 11md with the increafeof his lipsfballhtbejilteJ, Prov. 18. 20. The mMth of the righteoHs JPeaketh wifaom, ~Znd his tOifgue t~tlk.!th of judgement ; the L~w Qf · .his G..od is.inhis heart, Pf<tL 37· 30, 31. Tell me I befeech you, you that can be fo merry in an Ale; houfe, or-in any vain and idle wmpany, why fhould you think . that it is not to us a far fweeter thing to talk of holy'- edifying matters, then it is to you to talk of ,yanity ? Is the fubje£1 of your difcourfe m<?re fiP to delight a man of wifdom! Do you talk . of 6etter thing-s then Gt~d, or of higher thiNgs then Heflven! or of tbings that nearlyer concern you, then themattersof everlafting confequence ? When I have heard fuch people talking and laughing, as if they -· bad been the merry_efl: people in the world, I have fometime-s hearkened to their dif.courfe, to bear what talk it was that made them fo merry ; an<i ·it bath been nothing hue impertincncy and folly, like amans talking in his fleep; enough to make a mans ~ead ake ro heartbem : I fhould be quickly tired with theirdc– Y.ig~ts.: The blowing of the wind, or the falling of the rain, or as Sdl"fi'J6n faith, the crack}ingof thorns in the fire, barh tt4 mnch in it to plcafe my ear, andmuch lefs to di£Ple4e it, then fo.ch mens difcourfe. Go to a company of merryfello~s, as you take them, and toa ,:0mpany of feriom ,god!],prt~dent/peoplc, and fecretly writl df1w» ttll the W<Jrds that you hear from both> companies.; and read them over together when you come borne ., and tell me. which is the p(uifanter difconrfc. What ahodg-podge -of non-fenfe, imper– tme~cy, lev_icy, immodefiy, worldlinefs, pride, and folly fhall you. find mone ; and what favonry, nece!fary, edifying, encouraging an~ comforting fpeeches will you find· you have gathered from ~he orher! · . · ~t is far ple~fa~t~r ~~be among the fingingbir~s) the bleating I • •2;.
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