Chap. zo. a,9n Expofition upon ehe Book of J 0 8. Vert. 2. 443 love of(brill conftraineth me, that is, the lov e wherewith Chrift loveth me,('tis true alfo of that love wherewithwe love 'Chrifl) this love confiraineth me. 'Paulwas not conftrained by an out- ward violence, but by an internall vertue, to doe, to fuller, to (peak, to aft whatfoever was his duty in the fervic; ofJefus Chrift. Againe, Whereashe faith, My thoughts caufe me to anfwer.; Obferve; Thatbefore weanfiner weJbould confider. We fhould not fpeake till we thinke, nor utter a matter till we have beaten it out plaine in.our owne fpirits ; Thoughts mutt forme our words, andwords fhouldbeare the forme of our thoughts.; He that fpeakes what he thinks not, fpeakes hypocritically; And he that thinkes not ofwhat he fpeakes, fpeakes inconfide- rately. Vnlefe theheart worke before the tongue, the tongue will -make but ill-favouredworke.As we fhould deliberate long,before we determine to doe any thing, fo we fhould ufe fome delibe- rationbefore every thing we fay. When Chrift faith to his Difciples in that cafe of their being brought before Cover- flours and Kings for his Name fake (Math. r o. 19, 20. )Takeno thought how or what ye /hallf j'eake, for it fhal be givenyou in that fame hou,e, whatye (hall¡peak; for it u not ye that fyeak-e, but the Spirit ofyour Father thatfpeaketh in you In this Chrift dochnot (as I conceive) forbid all care and forethought what to fay, ( no more then he forbids all care and fore- thought about the things ofthis life) when he fa}'th ( Match. 6.25 ) Take no thoughtforyour life ; He only forbids anxious diftruftfuil cares and,thoughts what to fay, or that they fhould not like Orators and Advocates firive to make fludiedRhetorical! pleas, and A- pologies for themfelves; for as much as in the due improvement of their gifts and mannagement oftheir talents, the Spirit would aflìit and fupply them, yea and ifneed were, give them immedi- ate fupplyes, and bewith theirmouths, (as he promifed Mofes, Fxod. 4. r2.) to teach themwhat they fh;uldfay. If their own thoughts could not, be would reach and move them to anfwer. endfor this Imake hafte. TheHebrew is, Therefore haft is in me,I findea motion in me, L I I 2. and
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