..r tfiti4.i9 (01.4.6. rroK. zo. xz. .I. difference betweene one thing andanother ? the different va. lue, and worth of the things, becaufe the one is farra more commodious than the other. Secondly, the tongue that is exercifed in (peaking fruit- fully, and the hand that is applied towrite vfefully, dot ma. nifea an heart that is (cored with loue , and other graces : e..fgood mean out ofthe treafure ofhisheart bringethforthgood things ; and aneuiii man cast ofthe treafure o f hisheart bringeth forth mill things : For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth f eaketh. Thirdly, when men publifh, or vtter fuch pointsas may vtter inítruc`}ion to the Readers, or hearers, they thew forth their owns vnderfanding, and knowledge, though without oUentation or purpofe ofboafling. The morewife Eccleftafes )a ',themaré he táasghtthe knowledge,. ndcaufedthem to heare, andpreparedmanyparables. Inftruetion toall,whether Minif}ers,or people,inChurch, orCommon-wealth, to bend their fludies, and endeauours, to direst their tongues, and talke to themolt vfe they can: His labours and fpeeches are worthy ofthe greatcil praife, whichworke bet} effects, and bring greatea profit. S. Paul his precept is,that nothing fhould come out ofour mouthes, but that which is good topedifie,thatit may miniL}ergrace to the hearers. And therefore that Our communication be al- waiesgratious, andpowdredwithfait. Let men confider, that when they make a fpeech, they thould makea leal{ to them that be prefent to heare it(as theProuerbsfaith) The lippes of therightesus doefeedemany. And when they write a Boake, they profetíe tokeepe open houle to all commers , that any wherewill rcade it; How vndecent a thing then it is to call their hungrygueflsvnto empty tables , or illudethcmwith the (hew of dillies without meate, whereas theyexpet plen- tifully to be fufficed with dainties? But this exhortationmay be extended yet farther , and reach as well to the cares to teach them where-vnto they f}iould liilen, as vnto the mouth, to tell it what it fliould fay. Ifínfec4iouswords, orvanity mull not befpoken, or written, neither 7
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