Go#el-Converfation.` themfelves with what is inward in their minds, or in their af- feEtions, but look to their Converfations; You think, or hope at leaf', that through the gofpel there hath been converfion wrought in you : after the Lord bath wrought converfion he doth expect that you be carefull of your Converfations before men : you have knowledg, you can fpeak well, you have fome ftirrings ofheart that you have felt in hearing of the Word, preaching ofthe Gofpel, but now look to your Con- verfations, and know, there is a bond laid upon you more than ever was, to look CO your Converfations : in ?awes, 3. fee the exhortation ofthe Apoftle there, at the i 3, verte, Who is a wife man, and endued With knowledg amongyou ; mark, let him "kW out ofa good Converfation his works with meeknefs ofWifdom. It is a ve- ry fweet and excellent Scripture, Who is a wife man and endued with knowledg among you : What fhould he do ? Let him thew out of a good Coverfation his works with meeknefsof wifdom : here is Wife, and knowledg, and wifdom again. Ifyou would manifefi that God hath wrought any true faving know- ledge, any wifdom inyou to fave your fouls, why know that God requires that you fhould (how your good Converfation and that with meeknefs &wifdom,your Converfations,youmuff have a care of them, both in refpect ofmen, and in refpect of God In refpeci of men, t Pet. 2. t 2. Havingyour Converfation ho nett among the Gentiles : And ( the latter part we (hall fpeak to by andby) fo that Chriftians they mutt look to their Conver- fations in refpect of men. And then in refped of God: In t Pet. 1.15. But as he who bath calledyou is Holy ,fobeye holy in all manner ofConverfation ; There you have Honeff converlation ; and in rills Scripture holy isall mauer of Converfation : fo that you are have regard to your Converfations, both in refpe't ofmen, and in refpecrt of God and upon thefe grounds. Frift, In general!. Firft in regard of God more generally, that God may be honored by your Converfations : Oh ! you that have ever heard from God the glorious glad tydings of Salvation in the Gofpel, Is it not in your hearts to do what you can to ho- nor
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