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Canr.4.1
r.
Pfa1.7t
A8.
Exod.t8.
We
mu(t fpeak
offecular mat-
ters
in
a
graci-
ous manner.
Yfe.
lames
a.
2.
VERSE
30.
D.
Sinne
doth
grieve the ho-
ly Ghoft.
Dea.
It
is
a fearfull
thing to grieve
the Lord.
Efay
7.1;.
'Ephefiana,
Chap.q..
V
E
E.30.
Church,
her
tongue droppeth
bony
-
comber,
her lips have milke in
them,
fhe
fpeaketh fuch things
as
are
Tweet
and
nourifhing;now that
which
is
fpoken
of
her agreeth
to
every member.
Thus David,
he
wbuld
rehearfe
Gods
righteaufnefe, and
all the
day
be
telling
of
his
falvation: Come,'
will
tell
you
what
he
bath
done
far
my
foule.
Thus
Mofes
and iethro,when they were
met,there
was telling
of
Gods
great deliverancc,andmutual'
t
hank fgiving; thus Mary and Eli
fabeth,
their
fpirituall
Tongs
give
us
to conceive
what
conference they had,
all
the three months they continued
together
;
All the
talke
of
Chriftians
fhould be fuch
as
fhould fpread
the
leaven
of
grace
in
the
hearers.
efi.
Why,you
will
fay,Shall we
talk
nothing but Gofpelr
Anfw.
Yes, but
not
onely the matter
of
talk,
but the
manner
Both
edify,we
have our owne words,as well
as
our own works without
fin,
but when
we fpeak
of
earthly things, we mull
fpeak
of
them
in
a
hea-
venly manner,fo
that
we may fay,
Not
',but
Chrift
by
his
fpirit
f
pea-
keth
in
me.
We
mull
(peak fo,
that
our
fear
of
God,our
reverence, our
wifdome,
truth,
plainnefle
of heart,
may fpread
a
fweetfavour
even
in
our fecular difcourfes.
This
then
is a
ground
of
exhortation, that we would
have
care to
commune
one
with another more
fruitfully
:
Let
us
not
only
fo
doe,
but
fe(ieake,
as thole
that fball
be
judged
by
the Law
of
liberty.
I'know
it
is
not
in
our
power,for
our tongues are
not
fo
nimble
in
unfruitfulnefle,
but they
will be
as
loontired
in
fuch fpeech
as
is
of
edification;But
we
mull
feek
to
him
that
mull
confirmeus as
wellte
every good word as
worke,'
z
Theff:
2.17. And
as
all are
to looke to this,fo efpecially we
Miniflers
muff have a care
ofthis,
becaufe we mull
Phew
our
felves patternes
as
well
in
words
as
works.
VERSE
; o..4ndgrievenotthe
holy
Spirit
wherebyyee
arefealed
unto the day
ofRedemption.
Now
followeth another
precept, which hath the force
of
a
reafon,
Grieve
not the
holy
Spirit
of God:
Hence
Obferve,
What
is
the working
of
Sinne,
it
grieveth
the
Holy Ghofi.
For
all finne
is
a
moll
filthy
thing, which the
eyes
of
God
are
too
pure
to behold
; no
out-
ward
filthineffe
is
like the
filthinefï'e
of
finne,
for eating with
unwafhen hands and
outward pollution defileth not
as
finne
doth,
as
our
Saviour fpeaketh ;
Even
as
if
we burne filthy favours,
and
fill a
roome with
fmoake
where
a
guefl
lyeth,
we
offend him
So it
is
grievous
to the
Spirit
which dwelleth
in us,
when
we
doe
fend out
the
¡tench
of the Corruptions
which
are in
us,
c
natal.
z. The Lord
complaineth that
the
Words
of
that
people
wearied
him.
The
fecond thing
to be
marked
is
the
fearfulneffe
of
finne,
with
what Caution
we mull avoid
finne; for this
is a
wofull matter for
to
grieve
the
Almighty: Is
it
a
fiwafl
thing
for
you to
grieve
men,that
ye
will
alto
grieve
my God
r And
furely
when
we will avoid
the
offence
of
a. greate Perfonage
; how
much
more
fhould wee bee
afraid
to
doe
that
which the
Lord
fhould
take grievoufly
r
this
cannot
but