( •·8) : better, and been inclined better, Marthtt would have cbofen better. Before we come to the principal Doctrine,, we may profic~bly r.ote rhefe Obfervations by the way. · t.Noteherethat [the neereft Nt~tu,rnlRel,aions(.u BrfJthers ·and Sift(rs,yea, Parents .and Children) are not alwayes of one mindor wtty in the matters of their falvation.J Greater d,fference may be between them, then th is between 'Martha and Mary in the Texr. They may rife up againfl: each other, and feek each others lives, as Chri£1: forerold, Mark._ I 3. 12. And therefore Father, Mother, Brother SiO:er, and all are to be· denyed for Chrifi (that I fay not hated, as Chrifl: faith, Luke I 4.26.) when they flan d. in opppGcion to him. The fame parentage and edu– cation made not Efau and Jacob of a difpofition, or of one mind or way : nor Ijallc and Ifmael: nor Sem and Cham: nor would.reflr.tin Cain, the firft man born into the world, from cruel murdering his br'other, upon a difference about their Re– ligions, c~t1fed by his own ungodly mind; even becaufe hi5 own work! were evil, and his ln·others righteo~ts otnd acceptable to God, I 'fohn 3· 12. And therefore Parent~; rnufi patiently fubmit (having done their duty) if even the children of their bodies lhould prove reprobate!i : And Brothers anp Sifiers mufi fub· mit, if thefe in fo neer a relation be Cafi-aw:ayes: God hath · not promifed that all our kJndered fhall be faved. Rejoyce that ,you are not yr1ur [elves forfaken; and be glad thac any. and fo many are fanctified, though further from you in the fle£h:; and love them in their more excellent relation eo Chrifi and you. 2. Note here, howour Lord doth Jpmdhu time in the place and .comp;; ny where he u. When b entre[h intoa houle, he is pre– femly at worJc in teachi ng poor fouls the way to God ; Or elfe bow could Mar] have been Im:;-loyed in hearing him? In our places and meafure we fhould imitate him in chi~: Can: you come into any boufe or company, and find nothing to fay or do -for God ? Is rt1ere nene wifer then your felves that you may le-,mz .of, as Mary did ofCbrifi? nor none more ignorant whom Cha– .rity requireth you to teach? No r none chat need a quickening word, to mind them of their everlafiing flare? As foon as ,.'Worldly, or vain ungodly people get together, they are prefently t'lpon fome worldly, or v11in difcourfc: And if yoube indeed a heavenly
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