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43err/rum
a.
iulius,
yea
a
Tully,
or
the
molt
eloquent
orator
in
the
world,
could
have ufed for him.
Thefe
words
hold
out
a
compend and
fum of
a
Chri-
rian
walk, and
an
excellent
pattern
for
believers
;
Herein
do
I
exercife
myfelf,
&c.
where
we
have thefe
three
things
Conti
dcrable
;
.Erfll
The
apofile's
great
defign
and aim, viz.
To
have
a
Confcience void
of
offence;
that
he
might
fo
walk
as
never
to
offend
his
Confcience,
nor
to give
it
an
ill report
to make
of
him.
Secondly,
The
extent
of
this
defign
and aim, and that
in
a
twofold
refpeE
;
i.
In
refpe&
of
the
Obje
&,
toward
God
and toward
men, i.
e, He would
do duty
to
both, and
be
found without
offence
to either.
2.
In
refped
of
all
a&ions,
companies,
'places
and
times
;
he
was
fo
exerci-
fed always;
not
after
a
fermon or
communion only,
not
under
fame heavy crofs,
or after
fame
notable
outgate
and delivery
only
;
but
he
aimed, definged,
and
endea,
voured
to be fo confrantly and
equally.
Thirdly,
The
manner
of
his
going about
this,
Herein
(faith he)
do
I
exercife myfelf, i. e.
it
was a bufinefs
that
took
him
up,
and held
him
ferioufly
at
work He
was
as
a man,'
who,
fighting
for
his life
in
a
Barras,
or
at
a
tingle
combat,carefully
handles his Arms; even
fo,
did
he
carry
and
behave
himfelfin
all
things
as
if
his
life
had
ftood
on
every
a&ion
or
word.
fluff at once,
and
together,
propofe
fever
al
doEtrines
clearly deducible
from
the
text,
the
profecution
where-
of
will
help
to
clear both
the words
and the matter
con-
tained
in
them.
The
pit
whereof
its,
There
are many forts
of
offences,
both
toward God
and
toward men,that
we
am
fábjeet
and
liable
to.
The
fecond
is,
There
is
within
every
man
a
Confcience
that
takes
noticf.
of every
piece
of
his
carriage,
and
is
ac-
cordingly
affected
with
it,
and
aflè
&s
the
man
for
it.
The
third
is,
Whatever
things
are
offences
toward God
or
men, are allo attentive to
the
conscience
;
whatever
fin
lirikes
againui
his law, wòunds
the
Confcience.
The
fourth
is,
It
is
a
very
good,
choice and excellent
thing
for
a
believer to walk
fog
as
to
keep
a Confcience
al-