I I 2 Geiterali direc`yior+s for4 fenfe of his owne fafetie. It is proportionably fo,when wee mourne for him whom wee have pierced, and in Evan. gelicall repentance. ( God hath fo mercifully ordered all things for his , that ifthey bee not wanting to themfelves, theymaybe ever merry, and finde continuall matter ofre- joycing : See i Thef]': 5 .1 o. For he well knowes what great neede their poore heartshave of this joyful! afffehion; both tofweeten their outward tufferings and biternelle from the world,andalfo to feafon their fpiricuall facrifices and Cervices unto himfelfe :) And beides, it is one thing, to rake with ourremembrance into thegrave ofburied griefes, for fhaip- ning the teeth of worldly forrow, to eace our hearts : ano- ther thing to make our memories minifler matter from for- mer times , of more humiliation under Gods mighty hand,_ deeper deteflationof our abhominablevileneffe, and to make our hearts many andmanya time melt againe, and bleed a- frefhwith comfortable foftneffe, and godly forrow for youth- full finnes. V I I. Prize and ply,as a moll fweetexcellencie,and com- fortableperfeaion in Chriflianitie, a right and religious or- deringofthy tongue. It is very materiali, and offpeciall im- portance,for prefervation bothofoutward and inward peace. Originall corruption bath naturally put upon every mans tongue an empoyfoned fierie edge, whereby like a fword in aBedlams hand , it kils and Hayes on all fides, wofully wounds -his owneconfcienee, infe&s and invenomes mortal- ly the foules ofthe prefent, mangles the good names of the abfent with deadly malice, and fo bathes it fçlfe remorfelefly in continual!bloud-flied ; (for there is heart-murther, and tongue-murther, as well as hand- murther) until! the attaine- ment ofthis grace, and mortifying circumcifion of fuch an unruly evil!. That it may therefore neither beeunfeafona- bly idle, nor fmfullyexercifed, beGd,-s many other caveats, and conffant watchfulnefle, take noticeof, and toheart, and pra&ife I. That much andgenerallyneglected dutie of Chriflian reproofe. By
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