upon the Epiflle of ) A M E s. Vuts.Io. which was the fymbol of Gods prefence, was to fwear by .God. So M:axtflintus 4· This is the fenc~ God hath placed againO: injury; Gen. 9• ~· for ·his ilatucs in the Im~tD'e ot'Godmade he him: 'Tisreferred, not ~o th~ flayer, 'fete th.rowd~f. ' 0 ') d · fl h · f • fi' • d · ( duwn Hl 1 - as if_he ha~ Gn~e agat~n t ofe cotnll)on nottces_o Jlf , 15e ~o n~1t ~race - to the contmued mhts Confctence, b~t of the mat!fl·~i1,1 H~ •.s th~ .1mu~yo pc 1 fon? tZ1~{tb. ofGOd: ~~d ~ath hbnor~d rhts lumpot fl:fhby !bmp:nghts oyvq ~'·9.Htfl.Ecd~ Itnag'e Llpctn h1m, and who would offer v10!atton to the Image of ea P· 1 ' • the gt.eac King? Now to rpeak evil againfr hiff!, is to ~ro;ng the , Image of God. AU Gods \Vorks are to be .looked op,on and fpO'ken of with revemice, much more his Image. . . Well then; In your carriage towards men let this ,checK injury and undecencyof fJi'eech, he, is Gods Imnge: Though --Images are not to oe worlhipped, yet the Image ~f Gad is·not to.be befpat7 teredwith reprbacpes; efpeciall¥ if they haye-a new crea~~on, and a hew forcrling, th,efe are velfels of honor. C9nlider :Igair;J£twho~ . the fin is in its latefr refulr, adefpire done eo God himfdf, Decaufe doi:letohis workandlmage. Solomonfairb, Prov. 17. 5•.who[o mock.Jth the poor, 1·eproachcthhumak..tr: God is the tnl{ker qf all;·· ... but he infrancerh in the poor, becaufe they are the ufual objed:s of oLu fcoffs and reproaches: ch9ugh p~>ar and mean; they <tre the Itnageof God as well as thou: This lhould beget a . r~il:r~im and reverence: my the poor are fecured by afpecial reafon; eMit per- '- fons are the Image 1(God, and their condttion i3 the 'Work._ of ,qod. Befides Creation rherds an ordination of Provider..ce ; you atflj~ If. man, and;rou affiitl miflry, which are both of Gods making; an'd though they cannot avenge the injury, God can,. whofe Commttn'd yon h:~ve not onely violated, but his Image. Verf. Io. Out of thefttme mouth procecd&th bleffing and curjing: rhj brethren, I hrfe things ought Hot to !Je fo. . H~amplifieth _the abfurdiry by a repetition or_new proppfal of It: bts m~eknefs.ls obf~r.~able, 6e mignc have rep,roved th:;rn fiurp1~; b~t ~.~«~~Jmg the~ .fr9.0: the.evi1s <:>f the f~I?g~e, . 1:r~ , :woai~ h1rrifeff gtve chep1 ~: p1i.cc~rn .of modc:l!:y and gemknefs, [ Thefi ~hing~ .oiig~~~~f !~ k'~fl?;J r th~t. i~, .theyl.hoqld b~ quite~therwife: rlsa phrafe favormg ofApoftoltcal meeknefs; Paut ufech it in alme5ft ~ li~e ,c~fe, I r,~,m., 5. 1 3· SpeakJ.r:g thingf thq Dught not; and '{Jf~ I. I I. feachmg things 'Which the) ought not. · Ccc 3 · Out
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