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Etvhefia>»s,
ChapoS.
e.
Col.3.is.
'soxutrsa.
Daft.
Web, '3..1;5.
Judg.16.z4.
Pfal.146.1
Yfe.
Waif.
VER.,4.
laughing
a
for
a
man
in
lamentable
cafe
having
a
thoufand
caufcs of
teases, to caft forth pleafant fpeeches, and make
all
fmile
about
hime
how
pitiful! and undecent arc
the laughters of men gone with
metan.
choly
and
phrenfieefo unfeemely
are
thefe
carnal!
laughters
in a
Chri-
itian compaffed
with
a
body
of
death.
Wherefore
it
doth
rebuke
the
opinion which
thefe
Jeffers have
of
their vice, for they thinks
a
great grace,
a
graceleffe grace ,
and are fo
in
love
with them, that rather then they would fmother
thefe defor-
med
births
of
theirfoolifh mind,they would
incurre
great
difpleafure,
rather
lofe a
friend, then
lofe
a
jcft
;
which becommeth not Chrifti-
an
love, but
Jewifh friendíhip.
But
rather
giving ofthanks.] Now
he
fetteth downe the
fpeech that
doth
befit us, givingofthanks
:
the
word
fouie take for any gracious
fpeech, and
in
the third
of
the
Colofans
he
faith,
Be
ye
thankful!,
gra-
cious
or
amiable. But becaufe
of
of
Scripture, by one
fpeci-
all kinde
to
fet
downe the other,
and
the
continual! acception
of
this
word,
therefore it
is
belt
taking
it
for
praife and thankfulnefe.
The
duty then to be confideredis:
That
our
tongues
muf
be
thankfrll,
and found
the praife
of
God :
in
all
things
give
thanks.
By
him
let
us offer the
facrifice
of
praire
continually ;
that is,
the
fruit
ofour lips,
gi-
ving
thanks
to his
name
:
thefe
are
our
Sacrifices
that
are
Chriftians,
the calves
of
ourlips,confeffing
to
his
glory.
Homer
tels
us
how
the
Princes
of
Grecia, till they had
facrificed
to
their Gods,
did
not
cate
:
and thofe uncircumcifedPhiliffims
,
they
did
praife their
gods
when
they
were met together
:
And this
is
the
feemely
language,
Praife
be-
commeth
the
Saints.
We
muff then labour
to
exchange our unfruitful! fpeech into the
praife
of
Gods
name. He
hath
put
a
fong,a new
fong into our
mouths,
the glorious deliverance
of
us
through
Chrift,
a
benefit which
foal!
never waxe old
:
and
the
men
of
God, how
fervent are
they
in
this
e
While
I
have
any
breath
I
willpraife the Lord, I will
tell his wondrous
works
and
declare
his
righteoufnefe all
the
day
long.
There
is
little
truc prayer
in
the world, but
leffe
praife
,
we
are like
the
Lepers , we
rel'urne
not with thankfgiving,
eaten bread
is
Toone
forgotten, though this
duty
is
more excellent then the other: for
as
the
Aponte
faith
offaith,and love,
fo
we may
fay
of
Petition,andthankf
giving, this
foall ceafe,
that
fhall
be ourexercife
in
heaven.
Now
that
we
may givethanks feelingly, thefe things
muff
be done.
a.
We
muff labour to have
a
feeling
of
our unworthineffe, for
if
any
thing come
in
of
debt to
us, we
count it
as
our
due
, and take our
felves
not to owe
thanks
in
that behalfe
;
nonecan
bleffe
God
as
hee
fhould
for
all his mercies,
but
he
that
feeleth himfelfe
leffe
then all
his
mercies.
When
David
apprehended on one
fide his weake beliefe,
and
on
the other
fide
Gods
faithfulneffe and goodneffe, then he
faid,
What
/hall
igive
the
Lord? A Papift
cannot give thanks for Heaven,
but formally
as
the
Pharifee did
, Lord I thank
thee,
be.
for
this
caufe
God
letteth
us
not
receive his
mercies
till we have matter
broken
forth