73Z Chap. 2& An IExpcfrion upon the aook,,f JGE. Vert:4. faith he, f ud3 to 'hew thy fefc approved (unto god) a workman ahar rseeteth net to be a iarned,(whar kind of workman was Tinro tb,, his worke lay in the Word, Phew thy felfe a workrman,and a Matter in thy worke) rightly devidirg the werd of truth ; how is the word to.bedivided.? he loth rot meane ofa gramaticall,nor of a logìr all divifìon (though theremay be a ore of thefe divifi.- ons of theWord)but the dividing of the word intended by Paul, is thedividieg of it fpirituaily to the leveral fiates,and conditions of men. giving to fuck, a word of intirudion,toothers a word of reproofe, to a third fort words of comfort : This is dividing the ora aright ; And in doing this, Paul Would have T'imerhj de- clare him e!fe a m.rkn an that he reedtth nor be a!ñamed. He would have hire know to whom he uttered words: to know when he fpake ro f .intro, and when to Saints, when he fpake to the af- flieted; and when to th; ri that were in a comfortable elute; He would have him know when ? ,e fpake to thole who were hardned in their fì.n and when to chore whole hearts were broken under the weighs and fence of fin. Andthus as every man whoutterèth words, fo M tiparera eftt:e Golpel efpecially fhould be weil advi- fed to whom theyutter them. For as the fame garment will not ferve every body to weare nor the fame bed to lye upon, fo the fameword will not ferve every foale. We muff not dó as theTy- rant, whomade one bed ferve all his guef#.s, and they that were too long for it werecat fhorter, and they who were too fhort were tlretched longer, Yet thus doe they who have but one word for all corners, or for all they come to, We would judge him a veryunskilfull Phyf tian, who, let the difeafe be what it will, fhould prefcribe one andr the fame medicine, or apply the fame falve (though a very foveraigne one) toevery loare. As we fay, That which is one moans sneate is another want poy/an, fo we may life fay. That which is ottomans wedicíne way be another wantpoy fox; That which cures one difeafe may encreafe another. There- fore the Phyfitian muff confider to whom he gives.the petion,as well as what he gives, and the Chirurgion muff not onely knew what his falve is,but towhom he applies it,lo in this cafe,Ts whom f+af thou uttered words?weigh it wel, whether they be babes or ferongmen in Chrif4,whether they be under peaceable or trouble- lerne difpenfations, whether obf inate, or tender-hearted ; For ehtle- mu*. be differently dealt with, as their dates doe.differ. 5?Ie
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