/ ,. > I , . l · • . ,t.ltpt;;.Tret(ure~ ing,,whereby we may choof~, the ,good, and re~~ thebad, ·_ and keep tbe .flreight road to J:l~,aveo: ? hence the Apofile praies for his ~h~lippi""'s , .. tha~ · ~heir love might : ab0und. more and ' more :in knowledge·, and in all judgment, that they· might approve things ~P.a~; a:r~ e;x~cJlent,_ , P~i~. x. 9,_1o. ~he ~ean~ t9;:keep ,us .-from.falllng. about ·[ . «~\'oc<PoecX] ~hiqgs.indifferenr, is tohave afqlid apprehen• 4fo~1 . concernjng tthefe ,[T~ d\llXQJ~~QV7et] things that are excellent, or differencedfrom.ochers ~~ .the word imports, ;.. e• . thofe things that tend to finceriti~ and innocencie of life, chere!– fore he adds, that yee may be fincere, and . »:j~bout offence til the day of Chrifi, that's tl]e ·Pefi ~policie that helps on piety, a fpirit of , . difcerning is u(eful to exaa walking, an in~ lightened confcience .helps the {oul to be . Eph. ~· ~~~ wichout.offence : · no m~ can walk circup1• Ecd. 1-.14. fpetlly, but he that bath hiseies in .~his head~ He -that walks in darknefs with a olindeeie :knows 'not whether be goeth ; the eie of the :. minde is the light and guide of the wil and affections, aqd 'if that be bliilde~ thofe,blinde f.acultiei fali into·the ditch oferrour, terrour, apoftacie'and miferie: the Chriflianseies muft be-·ful of light, we cannot~. have too much ; . khO\vled~e-. if i't: be fantlifi~d, in one aa: 9f . ~eLI,gion; .a.. Chriflian is ~ciloq!xmany waies, ,.. ; o;. -:.: ·I itMards at hill . ptinciRlf;t ,\'\P~a.rds, ·to the . ' pleatingot GQd.,. lDtwatcl.s ar:>ih~· rewar<;i,: and ·hSs·end,down- w~rds a.t tbefrpijcof r;ne;a,~&q· ,;.rHerc:. ;:tre :~ahyr. eie:s :upoljl,.us, ·and. ci.Uf~t· ics ~lt1 be upon 'matiie, foJRe~ long .,to ·kc: 'ogt .. , l . ~ wd· .;~ . I •
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