Verf. áz. tfnExpfarin upon the Book of G.B. Chap, 36. Secondly,-none teacheth like God ; that is, fo mildly, fomo- derately, io condefcendingly to the condition and capacity of thole with whom he huh todo. Chrifl laid Cohn 16. 1,2.) I havemany things tofay untojou, but ye cannot bear them now ; and therefore I will not fay them now, I will not burdenyou beyond your firength. I know what leffons, what infhiultons you are fit for, and I will giveyou only there and no more, till ye ar;: better prepared to receive them ; 1 will give yon only milk becaute ye are children, and fo not able to digeft thong mear. Thirdly, none teacketh like God, fo patien_ly and meekly. There is nothing dothmore provoke the paffionof a teacher,, than the untowardneis and dulnefs ofthofe thatere taught. It was, a very good Rule given by one of the Ancients, he that will teach children, muff in amannerke a child; He muff con lder what they are ,and forme himfelf to their condition, elle the will never have the patience to teach them. Owith what patience cloth the infi- nite and onlywife Go reach his children! (Ifa. zll.9.,1o.) liegi- veth line upon line, andprecept upon precept, herea little and there a little. Here is the patience of God ; Hedoth not fay,if yecannot take it now, I will teach you no more ; No, faith Cod,. I will give precept upon precept, and line upon line ; though farmer precepts have.nor been received, yet I, will give you more, here a little and there a little, ye Anil have another little to the for- mer little. God was forty yeares tutoring and teaching the Ifra- elites in the wildernefs, to fit them for the poifef`fion of Canaan. Thefe threepares, faith Chrifi, have I come looking for fruit, and all that while he was teaching them, to make them fruitful' ; nor was he hafly then,butupon the incerceffionof "the vineyard-dref- fer, waited one year more. O the patience of God in teaching ! Fourthly, none teacheth likehirn,thar is, foconfiantly andcon- tinually; He teacher"), and, he is aiway.es teaching ; there is no hsour, no. moment, but one way or other God is reaching.; By every thing we hear, or have to do with, in the wayes of his pro- vidence, he is teaching us. B. fides, how confiant is God in !cach- ing usformally,. as 'risfaid,.intheProphet(fer.35. i4, íg. ) I havefont unto you all myfervants theprophets,r;iingsep early, aid fending them : As if the Lord didbef it him'elf-in the am,ning, to fend out teachers be inner. Hefweth hie feed in the morning, and in the evain.ghe dcth net with bold his hand, as he requireth us to do
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