Verf.zo. PROVERBS. my than thatfieaketh froward things , andfrom them thatleauethe wayes ofrtehteoulne f fe, to wake in thewayes ofdarken!?fe : that thou may wal<e in the wayesofgoodmen , and keepe the way of the righteous , that is , be conuerlant with them , and conforme thy feife to their bonefl, andholy behauicur. It much concerneth them that would hueChrifflarily,to 7.)olir. imitate the example ofthe godly. As the cares attending to that which by God is comman- ded, fo the eves obferuing what by good men is perfor- med, doe dire& their fcete to the caufy that leadeth to fal- uation , For fo faith the Lord;Stand by the wayes and behold, ler 6.16. etnd aske for the old way, which is the good way, and wake, therein, andyou (Cull finde refti toyour forges. As if hec had laid, you that delre felicirie and happineiie with Henoch, Noah, Abraham., , and all the rea of thofe worthy Parris ,;, arkes and principali men, be diligent to learne which háth beene the auncient path ofveritie, in which they, and all the righteous euer Lince the beginning of the world , haue gone to faluativn, and tread in the fame reps after them, that youmay feele the like fpirituall comfort in earth, and finde filch celelliall glory in the heauens, Many exhorta- tions are vied in the NewTeflament for this purpofe, as, Befollowers ofmee, and looke on them which walk,, fo, as yeti Thal, 3. 17. haue vs for anenrample. Remember themwhich haue the over- 114,13.7. fight ofyou, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whole Faith follow, confidering what bath Keene theend of their eonuerfation. Reade I Cor. 4. 16. and I I . I. z Thef 3.7.9. Heb. 6.IzIames 5.1o. Firf}, hereby they that haue more graces, after a fort, Reafon á communicate to thofc that haue fewer,the prong affia the weake, and thewife condo& the Pimple. Thoumaiabehold many (hewing themfelues good precedents by their conuer- fation,whom thoucana not haue opportunitie toheare gi- uing of precepts by words. Yea, the dead may remaine teachers to the liuing, and fucceeding ages may be infor- med by thofe of firmer times. Secondly, when godly mens good workes are propofed, P 4 and
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