Jelfe ... inriching;examination. - 169 of God giverh utterance, openeth the lips, and· un.~ tics the·itrings both of heart and tongue; to all thofe .whom he fmetifies by fa~ing faich, and' indues wirh afight and fenfeJ trlle farrow aHdhatred ·offinne. Let us fuppofe that the mo 1 l ignorant and fimple man, ·fhould by fome merdle!Te encloGng Land-lord, bee turnedout of doores, fo that hee hadno where in the wide world to hide his head, either for himfe1feJ wifeor children. Now in this ·cafe and difcomfort a friend comes unto him, and tehhim, there is an·honefi religiom Gentleman, will withoUt all faile beftowabetter thing ,a.richer Farme upon him,if he can fufficientlybemoane liis cafe, tell his.tale, and lay open his mifery and want before him : Doe you thinke this man, though , · never fo fimple and ignorant, would lofe it foraf-. , king? Or would he comeonely bluntly and briefly thus? IprayyonfirgivemerhisFarme: No)undoubtedly without any helpe or learning, hee . would finde plenty) both of reafons and words) i with many moving tearmes, and palijonte elo. 1 quence, to nnfold hisdiftreffed fl:ate, aod to fiirre I npoompaffion: He would tell hhn the-itory of his haid and cruell 'Ufage by hi~ former Land-lord; hdw hee had firll: ·raifed hi$ fines, then r~ared h,is rentsj toyled and lwome out both him ·and his teame in his fervices and carriages, laboured ·Jong withmany hardcondi~ions, and l.mchrifHan utage > to vex and weary him out. and at length had quite turned him ONt of alL and had cafl: him into the widfi> and hard hearteci'world ; fo that that little fiay thathis furher; Grand-father, anci all h1s predeceffors,
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