to . J ATreatifeoftheAfeaions. that have ears to hear. This is the fourth thing where- by a Minifter may fir up affections, by the due carriage of his voice. B s Fifthly, I might adde by a decent al-lion. For my part, I nt3RD- have little reafon to name ir, but verily, it is a bleíng of on, Chrift to them that have it, for they have a great advan- I tage over the affeetions of their hearers. Cicero ayes,' fome were efteemed viri diferti, eloquent and moving men, but ¡ for want ofaffion they could not put their gifts in practife,' habitifunt infantes, they were efteemed infants in this pro - feflion, (ayes he. Aiuion we fee is much employed in the preaching of the Prophets and the holy men of God. Eze -! chiel was commanded to fiamp With the feet, Ifaiah com- manded to go naked, Jeremy commanded to put a yoke on his neck. Iohn Baptifi was rota vox, he was all -voice ; the voice of a cryer in the Wilderne f fe, Mat.3.3. hit eyes fpake, and his face fpake, his hands fpake, and his body fpake, yea, his life, and dyer, and all fpake, he was all- voice, The Prophets ft reched forth their hands to the people in fulneffe of affection.Ihave fpreadforth my hands all the day unto a re- bellious people, Ifa. 65.2. S. Paul fee his eyes upon Elymas the forcerer, Act, i 3.g, O full offubtlety, and all mifchief, thou childe of the devil, thou enemy of all righteoufneffe, Wilt thou! not ceafe to pervert the right *aies of the Lord ? the Lords hand. is upon thee, and thou ¡halt be blinde, &c. It is counted a grand fin in old Eli, that he did not frown on his fonnes, a Sam. 3.1;. why does the Text exprefs Elies not feverely threat - ning his fons, by this action of frowning? but only becaufe they that do feverely threaten, do ufe to frown. Thus ye fee how that Gods Minifters have ufed a Zion to move affe- etions. Thel
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