VER.S.7,8· AnExpojition, with Notes God tameth man ; thou tamefi a Lion,and thou didfi not make it J God made thee, andLhall he not tame thte? lmag9.Dei domat fe– ram (faith Auftine) domabit DeUI imaginemfuam: The work is done by the next highefi Power. 3· To thofe that attempt it I 2nd do what they are able, God will give grace; he never faileth ~ ' I diligent waiting Soul: When God hath given you T~ ~e.\tiv, to \ 'WiO, he will give you T~ s":f')rilr, t~ do; the'firfi motions are from him, and fo is the accornplifhment; offer your felves to his work. 4· Tho~gh we cannot be altogetherwicbont fin, yet we mufr not I altogether l~ave off to refifi fin: Sin raigHeth, where it is not re· fified; it only remaineth in you, where "cis oppofed. But you will,fay, What•s our duty-? I anfwer : I. Come before God hum– bly, ·bewail the depravation ofyoar ·natures, manifefied in this urt- . tamed member: This was one of the fins whiCh AHftineconfeifed, l he faid, his tongue kwas fornt~x m;~/i; an v£t11a that was always vomiting up ditl:empered fires and heats ; complain of it to God : q Attg c' r.flff. 0 wretched rmm, who foal/ deliver me? 2. Come earnefily ; this · tibo~ o.' 0 • • was q one.of the occafions upon which Aufline in his Confdlions Se~ c,mul: A. fobbed out his da quDd juhes, & jube quoel vi~, Lord, give what lap~de in hrmc thou c9mma11deft, and cfimmand what thou wilt: He fpake it upon \ lo,um. · the occafion of lufr, and he fpakekupon"the-occafion ofthe evils of the tongue. Your applications to Graae mufi-be the more earnefi , and frequent; cry for a remedy.: 0 L(Jrd, -k.!ep the Mer of•my lips, P[~tl.I4I.3· ' . ' Obforvat, 2.. 2. From that [An unruly evil,] There is a11 tJJnbriJleel ,ficenfe ~end violence i1J the tongue, Job 3'l·I9.Beh~lrlt;m] bell] is tU wine, _ which bath no vent, it is ready to burft lik.! 11ew bottles. When the mind is big with the conception, the tongue is earnefi to utter ic.: Pfa/.39·3· My hutrt w11s hot withinme, "While I wtU mHjing;the fire burt~eel: Therefore in the remedy we thould ufe not onlyJPi– riw"l care, but an holJ violence: I wilt k.!ep mJmouth M with A bridle, I will la] my h~tndupon my mButh, Pf~tl. 39· t. And yon had need look to the heart ; it cometh from theabundance (Jf ini– quir.J ; naughtinefs mull: have fom~vent for its excr:~c:nt and fu- . perRuity ; And from the he.tt fJj w~ath, get a.cool fp1r1t ; ~nd from . r 1 Cor. 4 . 3 , the itchofv~t~nglory, letmanshonourfee'!lar[mtt/l thzng; and from theblight of ai{colltent, full vdfelsWill plalh over. Meeken th~ beart into.af~~~ ~u~~iffionJ ~~{t dift~nt&f!t !eekthe vent of mH~r»Hring.
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