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Examples.
I
Chrifi.
fob.
David.
...
Bleffcd
are
thofe that
heare
the
Word
of
God
and
keepe
it,
Heb.
15.
To
day
if
ye will hcarc his
voyce, &c.
The
danger
of
not
keeping the
Word
and
bringing forth fruite,
is
fet
forth,
by the ground drinking
in
the fhowers,
and fruitleffe,
which
is
neare unto
turfing.
Heb.6.
8.
And
to
this
purpofe marke the fourth thing
:
How we may
doe
that
the Word
may
be
held
of
ut.
We
muff
above
all
things
keepe
our
hearts
:
for they
are
the
vellèls
in
which the
Word
muft
be ftored;
if
the
veffell leake
or be not fweete, the liquor runneth out, or finelleth
of the
caske
:
If
the heart
be unbelceving, given
to luft,covetoufneffe,
voluptuoufneffe,
the
Word
will runne
out,
or be
fmothered,
or perverted. Therefore
David
prayeth,
Encline
my
heart
to
thy teflimonies,
and
net
to
covetouf-
neffe
: thefe
two
cannot Rand
together. Secondly,
we
muff labour
to
fee
kow
precious the Werd
x. David
found
it
more fweet then the honey
-
combe, more
precious
then gold or
fijver
:
therefore
he
held
it fo
con-
ftantly. I
am
like
a
bottle
in
the fmoake; yet I forget not thy
corn..
mandements.
Thirdly,
we
mull
cry to
God, to
give
us
that faithful!
Remembrancer:
the which
may call things we know toour
miede,
in
the time
of
our
neede. It
is Paid
when the Apoftles received the
Spirit,
then they
ie_
membred,
&c.
Without
the
helpe
of
Gods
Spirit we fhould be
like
uJgar,
ready
to
dye for chid}, though the
f
ountaine
were by
us.
Fourthly,
we
muff lay
up
the Word
fafe;
as
we
coffer Jewels :
to which
three
things
are
nece
f
farce.
Firft,
muting and confidering within our
felves
of
it.
Luke
2.
19.
Mary
kept all thefe fayings, and pondred
them
in
her
he
art.
Secondly,
fpeaking
of
it,
Deafer.
6.7.
And
thou
fhalt rehearfe
them
continually unto
thy children; not that
we muff talke
lightly,
with
hearts untuned,
but either with
hearts
prepared, or elle with
a
holy
purpofe,
to
provoke our dull hearts by
the words
of
our mouches
:
for
though words
come from the heart, yet they helpethe grace
in
the
heart:
as
appareil
is
firft
warmed by the body, afterwards giveth
and foftereth beate
in
the body
:
fuch holy
communication
will make
us
ready
in
the knowledge
of
it.
Thirdly,
one
that
will have it fure,muft
notonely
know ir,and
have
it in his
memory,
for
if
he goe
no further it will putrifie
and come
to
nothing; but
muff
affeét
it, that
wee may fay fo love
I
thy
flatutes,
z 7'heff.
Bccaufe
they
received
not the truth
in
love, therefore they
did not hold
to
it,
Pfal.
119.
121.
I
rejoyced
at
thy
teftimonies
as
if
I
had found great fpoiles.
Now
the things to
be marked are
two
:
Firft, that all
of
us
mull
firengthen
our
[elves,
by
getting
the
knowledge
of
Gods Word.
The
(word
is
not
more
neceffary for
the
fouldicr, then this for
us.
Thus
Chrift
played
his prifes
with
it in
the temptation, Mat.
4.
lob
a
3.
1
z.
Neither
have
I
departed from
the Commandements
of
his lips, and
I have
efteemed the
words
of
his
mouth, more then
mine
appointed food.
Pfd.
I
i9.
1
i
.
I have hid thy promife
in
my
heart, that
I
might not
of-
fend againft thee. Such
as
have enemies, doe not walke
but
having
their