228 · lie4rt·Jrreafure~ ' ~· . his mouth-1n::l C()odudes, let thy words be .. · ~JJnder the yoke and b.:lllance, i. e. inhLtmili– / Wand meafure, and fo thy tongue flul be {u'J• . . __ . }5a eo chy minde: thu . h~, fo alfo for felf· c·oo~erence, 4S wel as difcotJr[e with others, . y-ou fh ~1u!d draw out tru~ hs, and prefs th~m feafonably upon yott'r o ~.vn'ccmfc'iences,tbreat·· ni ngs, and prom:Ccs, precepts ,a'nJ prophefies. · Oh what Head m1y thcfe fiand you in 1 to ·cljcck for fin, or to cbcar your hearts in the wa ies of G:.JdjtO curborcnndq.Sl: you in your . fl)Otion, they 'm;ty COffiC in vpportundy 1 a:~ e.A!J :'gail eo D11vid to p r eVCilt a rafh acccmpt, · to rouzc up your dr·miie or drooping fp :rirs, 1 ca.hne your q!rarrelfoine or troubled hearts : ' ' how feafonable W.:iS A;t{Jin~s, take up and read, putting ·;n:o his bands a pat and pcrd-. neJ1t Scripture, a:1d effeCting his ends there- - ~ by ? Do you awakeny JUr o~n fpirits, call to · · rcmembran~c your experiences and con1forts ' pr. l ,.. at a dead life, as David did in a like c:.t!e, and J~~.'r~~~ G . tl1e fpiri( of ·God wil brL.1g truths al(o to your remcmbr~1nc~·, in a fi r j (t.ncture .of time ; and cena,in Jy, in rhofe dubiou~ w·orkings and ambigu,)us debates, betwixt the carnal and. (piri tual p.1rt; fcafon*lbl~ thoughts carry it andcaft che !ca1es fo ~ God: a {mal ~rainn1ay belp t-:1 preponder.1ce in an eqLla~ potfe ; Chrr- . fria il s know what this means•. Qwhat good hatb a fel (onable thought done n1any a fi'nk– ing foul ? On the c0ntrary , unfeafonable . though s ((hough good in cheir own nature) hav·e mucb prejudiced anddi!lraacd the foul, as w:1en a Chriftian is at Prayer, to have a. ,, ~ ll1J•
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