Generaü directions fora verfe with him, whofe company hee (hall not have hereafter inheaveneverlaftingly. Let him ever onely affoord the dea- reft pangs of his kindetl affection unto Gods children, and convey the fweeteftmeltingsofhis heart, and the moll pa{h- onateembracementsofhis foule into theifbofomes alone: for he fhall bee fure tomeete them in heaven, and there theTeller ftreames of their former Chriflian love fhail grow into a mightie torrent,and falling into the great andunivcrfal con. fluenceoftheunited zeales and Seraphiaall fervours ofall the Saints andAngels,run with a fweet and everlafting current, into the bottomleffe and boundleffe Seaofall love and lovely excellencies,Godhimfelfe, blefled for ever. 3. Thirdly, a good man converfing with thofe which bee graceleffe, dockvery fouly difdaine and obfcure, ifnot quite lode his Chriflian reputation and credit withgood men;for aman isBill reputed to bee of their humour andconditions, withwhom he doth ordinarily and intimatelyconverfe. 4111 fleJh, faith the Wifeman, conforteth according to kind , anda man will cleave to his like. Whatfellowfhip bath the Wolfewith the Lambe? fò thefinnerwith the godly. Now it is a molt dif- gracefull and difcomfortable thing,tobe juflly call out ofthe conceits andgood opinions of judicious and underflanding Chriflians. I would have a Chriflian never much troühle himfelfe', or labour with toomuch curiofitie and intrufion, tooanxioutly, vexingly, and folicitouily to give the world fatisfaa}ion,for theunjufl cenfures, and difconceites of wit- leffe and worthlefle prophaneneffe ; (onely hee may thence takeoccafion toexamine hisheart morenarrowly, towalke more warily, to live more holily, andpraymore heartily.) Let prophane men rage , and fwell, and burst, indefpight of gall, I wouldhave him fweetly and calmely to enjoy thofe bleffedcomforts, which Gods compafl'ionate hand hathput into his heart. But me thinkes,he fhould much take to heart, and beevery forry for the jufl diflike and difconceit of true Chriftians, or for any fcandall taken upon good ground,from unadvifedneffe and aberration inhis carriage and converfati- on. As the Chriflian thendefires to bee dearely efteemed of th
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