510 OWafter Greenhams 'Readings Verl:x1.1hauehid thypromife in mine heart,that 'might notArne agaiaflthee. lHat which you haue thus learned,let it not onely fwimme aloftin yourbraire, but let it bedeeply fetledand grauen in yourheart asa trealure,labouring toframe all your affe&ions according to it: otherwifeifyou knowneuerfomuch,itwil not keep you from finning againihGod. Verf x a.Bleffedart thou, OLord : teachme thyftatutes. YOuthus profiting, glue thankes toGodalwaies forthat which you haue learned,be it neuer fo Irttle,it is more than manyin the world do know : yet content notyour felfe with it,as though you had fufficient,but prayvnto him to be further inlightened, becaufe it is lefiè than many other do, and your felfe ought toknow. Verfi 3.With my lips baue I declaredallthe judgements ofthy mouth. Vt aboneall be carefulltotalke ofthat to others, which you doe daily learne your Ja fèlfe,and out ofthe abundance of your heart fpeake ofgood things vnto men. Verf. t y. I hauehadasgreatdelight in theway ofthy teltimonies,au inall riches. THat you may doeall tiefethings,labour to haue a by in the word, and in all the ex- ercifes of it more than in any worldlything, and to beoccupied in tiefethings with greatendelight : for in whatfoeuer wetake greatefldclight,that will flick fa&eftin vs. Verfí5.Iwill meditate inthy precepts,andconfider thywales. Y Aft ofall,meditateand confider of that with your Idlewhich youLane learned, and j.,umlè vponit alßne, not contentingyourfelfe with the generali rules : but labouring in your confcience tomake thevfe ofthem profitable toyour felfe in the particular pra- &ift thereof. Verf x 6.1willdelight in thyftatutes,and 'willnotforget thy word. TI Has doing all thee things carefully, you fhall Purely neuer forget that whichyou learnt : forthough you doe not remember euerything,yet Godwill by his fpirit call fo muchefpecially into your remembrance,as is needfull for you to know,and thenefpe- cially when youhaue anon needeof it,as inthehonre ofdeath,and in the dayof tempta- tion:but as you fable inall,orin anyof thefe,fo mayyou fearetofailein the truth ofthem. PORTION. 3. Vert. 7.Bebeneficiall unto thyferuant,thatImay lineand keepe thyword. nG HeProphet defireth life,wherehe teacheth whymen fhould defiretohue, that is, c 4' that they mightkeepe Godsword : for life is common to themwith beans and - h plants: andyet all delire to line, forne for oneend, fouie for another: butGods child maketh this theend, that hemight keepeGods word. And in that heioyncth dirk toge hcr,he fignifieth thathis life without it, is nolife, as in the g.part,verf. i r. wherehee counted,hinifelfedead,vnlefièheefindeareadinesto obeyGods will. Awidow lining in plea ure,is dead whnienthe liueth,and thisis tobevndernood ofall that line in any fimie. Andthis ifall they con fidered which are not ioyned to Chrin, it wouldamaze them : for though thisappeare not now,yet at the landay it 'hall appeare. This
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