·VE RS.19. An Expojition ~ w#b Notes CHAP.I.' 'Word: Be flow to jpuek_, that is, do not ·raihly :precipitate your ·judgment or opinion concerning things ofFaith: !Je jlfJw to·wr4'th, that is, be not ar1grily prejudiced againfr thafe tHat feem to differ and di£fent from you. Thus·you fee, 'if we confider thefe aireCl:i..' ons under a fpecial reference to the matter in hand, the Context is ' eafie: I confefs 'cis good to give ~eripture its full latitude in appli.. ' cation, and therefore Rules may-be commodioutly extended to· re- · ,prefs the diforders of private Converfation, ·as G~rrulity, when · .men are full of talk themfelves; and Morojity, when they cannot" endure to hear others·: and fo alfo anger and private revenge; efpe.. · , ci~lly when any of thefe is found (as ufually they are) in Chr.ifii3p :Meetings and Convenrions, little patience, and much talk and anger. ' But the chief aim of the Apo!Ue is to direCl them in the folemn hearing of the Word. ' · The Notes are tbefe: . !9}fcrv.at. ·I. I . From that [wherefore J ~rua'great encour~tgement to wait ~upon the Ordinances, when we confider the benefits God doth dif- :pmfe by them : In the infl:itution of every Duty there i~ a word of. ·Command and aWord of Pro.mife; The Command for our War– rant, the Fromife for our encouragement; The Command that we may come inobedimce, and the Promife that we may come in– .}aith : Thus 'cis faid Jfai. 55. j. He11r, andyourSouls foal/ live i · Hear, tha~·s the Commands Your Soul jhalt live, there"s the Pro·: mife: 'Iis Gods merq that no Duly is a meer t.uk.., hut an h()IJ means; andOrdinances .are appointed, not onely in .fov·eraignt.J, but·inmere]· Well then, Chrifrians are not onely to look to the groundof Duties, but the endof them that fweeteneth them to · us-.: Godbath required nothing of you but for your own benefit; Prov... 9· I 2. If thou be wife, .thou (halt be wife for thy'[elf: God hathG/ory in your approlches,.but ,you have Comfort.: Oh con!i– de!r·then~ ev~ry time you come to hear the Word,· the .high privi- · ledges yeu may enjoy by it; Say thus, when you come to hear, I amto heaob4t my Soul may.live, I ltmgoing to .the Word that il to beget m.e, to milks my Soulpartaksr of theDivintNa~ure: : · ~hrifri~ns do not.rai(e thdr.expetl:ations tofuchan height of mer~ · ctes·as are offered to them in the Ordinances. · · . . Obferv~tt.~· 2. Again, From t~eJllative pa~ticle .[wherefore] E~perie~ce of the fucqfl of Qrd;f}~tnces en.g{lgeth. mto a further attendance : upm thrm: :lie .bath b~gotten· you ·by the Word .of. Truth; -' - · - · - ·- · - - - H'_herefore
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