2 t 0 The right manner of&unit y the. Takeheed I befeech you that theword be not blafphetned by any ofyou In Tit. z,5 there theApoftle gives divers exhortation% and amongothers to wives, and to fervants, . To be difireet, chap, 4epers at home, good, obedient to their own hipsbandf, that the word ofg0dbe not biafphemed : you mutt perform yOurduties untoyour husbands , and why ? that fo the word of God benot blafphemed, that is, that neither your husband, nor any ofyour friends may blafpheme the word; and fay , What doyouget this by going toSwims ? Oh 1 it fhould pierce your hearts when s your confciMces tel you that youhave given caufe wherby the ordofGod fhould be blafphemed and fo he exhorts Servants and others, and all in the strength of this argument, That the Word ofgod be not blafphemed : youget up early in a morning o hear the word, that's good;, but take heed yougive no occa- ion that the word beblafphemed. Now I Thal fhewwhat an excellent thing it is, fo to fandifie Gods Name in the hearing =of his word as to honor it, and how Godwil fanaifie his own Name in mercy toyou. z. Firft, All the good in the word is thine ifthou doff fan- aifie GodsName. There is abundance ofgood in thisword that --we preach, it is the word of the Gofpel, and tohaveall thegood- in that to be thine, that muft needs be an excellent thing, You will fay, fointimesI readand hear fuch things in theword that if I were but lure that thefe things- were my portion; how happy Ihould I be ? Here's one fign by which:thou mailt be affured that theyare all thy portion Is it not thy unfainedcare to fan- - aifieGods Name in the hearing ofbisword ? Ohl peace be to thee, all the good in the word is thine. And here wemight fall ' into a commendation ofthe wordof the Gofpel, and if I fhould give way ra.that,a great deal of time would quickly be gone : I will onlygive you one Scripture-for your encouragement to fan. itifie Gods Name in thehearing of hisword by way ofcommen.. dation ofit ; it is (Rom. i 0. 5. ( aplace I am afraid you have not heard the fweetnefs of,for thewant of underftanding it) It is quo. ted out ofVeut. Tar Moles defcribetb the righteoufneftwhich is of theLaw, thatthe man which doth thole things, fhail liveby them.Tut therighteoufnes which is offaith,jpeaketh coithis trip, Satnot in thine beartopbo afcend into Eamon tbat is,To bring.
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