cornf'ortañle walkingwithGod. tai nef%ofthe fmell , and repel! the contagious infinuation : fo when anyophane wretch hashlet fall-any rottenfpeech, the Chritlian with aprefent counter- poyfon, as it were, ofa feafonable reprofe , fhould flop his owne apprehenfion, leíf any bafer infeaion inftìuate, and ffaine theftaule; and to preferve in heart and life, a frefh and flrong oppofitionof the heart andaffeéiions to all fuch lewdneffe and 1ctnrrility. 2. Silence at fuck a time will feeme to bewray either thy cowardlineffe in the caufe of God ; or hypocrifie in thy pro- fefl'ion. For it will feemeBrange, that thou which makefl flewofBanding on the Lords fide, and profeffeft thy felfe to bee a party in that gloriousCommunion of Saints, íhouldet heare the nameof Godprophaned in a bale and blafphemous manner, and the innocency íometimesofa good man carried in triumphby the flanderous tongues of wretches, and tram, pled upon, as it were, even unto dua, by the feete of pride and malice; and yet never open thy mouth. As thou there-, fore defreltopreferve the gloryof thy Chrifian reputation entireand fhining, andhold it thy crowne and honour to bee Champion unto themightie Lordofheaven, a Pro&or inhis Spiritual! Caufes, and the Protebìor of the good names of good men ; tobee ever ready to open thy mouth when a juft apologie in any of thefe refpe is is needful! and required at thy hands. 3. if thy confcience bee inlightened, awake, tendèr, and rightly infórrned, it will finite, and checke thee after the o- miffion of fuch a duty; when afterwards thou confider& with thy felfe,thatby thy cowardlyand unfeafonable Slence,. thy foule is entangled in the guiltinefle, and hathincurred an accountablenefle for that finne> As thou then wouldef}keepe all in quiet at home in thine owne bofome, and flill pofleffe the paradife ofapeaceful! heart, fuffer not blafphemies, ob- ícenities , rayling , and other fuch ribald , and rotten talke pareuncenfured, and unforrowed for. Nay, and in fo do- ing, betides theunvaluablecomfort of apeaceful! eonfcience, thou (halt alfo purchafe unto thy heart a found teaimony, oaf that gracious tender- haßrtedneffe,, which is wont tomelt,. and r
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