94 Th~ third Commandement. humblie toall,then they doe not onely get good account" andcflimation·to themfdue.s ,but they are an honour to th~: houfe,ofwhich they come; and to the parents which begat ; them,and a crowne to all their friends and brethren; that· thofe which beenemies, cannot for lhame giue out an euill word of,f~cha manJw.hofe childrenbe fo well brought vp, and behaue thcmfdues fo orderly. So is it in the Church,in . Gods houfhold vpon the earth: would any pro.cure honour to God his Father,wouldhecaufe rhe Church to beprailed, and all his brethren and fellow members to reioyce, and to be well reported of? then, let him thew forth the vertues of ChriA,let him"liue worthy of hia vo~ation and calling, let hjm caufe his light to thine forth in the darknes ofcheworld, lethim not keepe his vercues in his owne bofome alone,but 'let the b.rightneffc ofthc1~, fhine forth vnto all thofe that liue with him. And ifhe doe fo,he lhall bee honoured him.. felfe euen in the confcience ~fthe wicked,bQt efpedalJyhe lhall win great reuerence·,_and reputation to the name of &od to ChriHiaas and Chrillian rdjgion. And though fome enemies be reprobates, ~nd ther.efore irreuocable, yet hce lhall make them dumbe,_and fiop their foule mouthes,thac their.furious clamoUt sthall either not be heard,or.ifthey be, yet not regarded. And \Nhereas others (that are yedn their prefent cflate,enemies; but in ele6Hon Gods children) may feeme for a time perhaps to bee hardned, and not toJubmic themfelues: yet afterwards this good example will worke~ and the feede will appeare in the ftuit in due feafon •. ~rid whenGodhath fofcned thcirhearts,and opened their eyet, and conuertcd their foules vnto him,:md vifited them with his good fpir!t? therr they Illall magnifie him and praile him .: then they lliall fay, Bldfed be God that euer lliued in fuch a chrHHan family; that euer I was vnder fo good a Minifler: lthanke God that.eucr. l ,was acquainted, or did conuerfe;with fuch pcrfons, by.whofe gracious behauiour I:was brought the:better to like qfReligion. Now the ol_de {cede, that feen1ed ·to lie dead vnder the dodi, reuiueth, ·and fprings: now the fi·uits ofall goodp.recepts,. and good admonitions be~i_n5 to apJ?_eare. ·
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