comfortable walking with God. 117 fafhions, fay the Preacher what bee will : but to live; and end their daies, in their ordinary former courfes of prophaneneffe and good-feilowfbip, They may reade their doome and ven- geance that dogs them at theheeles, Pfi1. ; 0.21,22. Curfed allo is the condition ofall you that are fcòffers at godlineile and good men. You have wearied your Lives fo long inwalking and ftanding in wicked wayes, thatyou are now let downe at reft in the chaireoffcorners. And therefore all thofe that hand on the Lords fide, are commanded by Chrift, there to leave you in your damned cafe , and to dif- quiet youno further. And what an horrible depth offpiri- tuall rnifery is this; That you runne furioully towards the pit ofhell, and mutt have no body to ítay you ; not a man to call and cryunto you, to tell you, that the fiery Lake is a lit- tle beforeyou ? Though wehave thus much light from the naturali pro- perties ofDogs and Swine todefcrie anddelineate thofe fel- lowes, towhom,hy Chrifts commandement, Pearles andho- ly things,admonitions andreproofes are not to bee vouchfa- fed ; yet Chriftians are fore troubled many times how to be- have thernfèlves, when to fpeake, when to hold their peace, whom to reputeDogs and Swine, whom not; when upon fome unavoydablenecellitie,or by the exigencieoftheir Cal- ling, they areunwillingly , andunawares plunged into the company ofprophane wretches, whole ordinarie talke is the language of Heli ; oathes,fcurrill jells, jelling upon the holy cóverfation of the Saints,llandering good men,difgracing the waits of finceritie,and fuch ocher bafe,and Bedlam difcourfe. But I doe not tee, how any confiant rules, or immutable direatons can be given for Chriílian carriage in this cafe; it is íò variable, and cloathedwith fuch varietie of circumfan- ces, and conilancy ofalterations. The advice which I would give in this point to the Chrillian, is this : when he is per- plext,what to do irithis regard amongfl prophane company ; let bim confult with thofe bofome counfellours, looke unto his fpirituall wifedome; tohis heart; and tohis confcience. Thefemutt be hisguides, and informers in thefe cafes : and 13 they
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