Ob{t1'!v.. r. ) Vuts.n,u. Out of this Verfe obferve: t. That Bltffings and (urjing do not beceme the[~me mouth: This is like him in uEfop that blew hoc and cold with the fame breath. Agood man lhould be uniform and confianc: the fame heart cannot be occupyed by God and the D~vil, nor the fame tongue be employed to fuoh different ufes. The Pharifee- prayed and cenfuted at the fame t,ime, Lu~. 1 8. I o. and many pray and curfe,pray<~nd· rayl, in the fame breath ; this is mofi unJeemly : one pare condemneth and defrroyeth the other; the good aggravateth the evil, and the evil di[prDvcth the good: rayling is the worfe becaufe of the fo– lcmnity of the action ; and praying is but a revengeful eruchtion, when thus managed and accomp:myed. When the Tongue is em– ployed in prayer, •tis as it were hallowed and confecrated, and therefore mufr not bealienated to common and v.ile purpofes. They were carnal wretches thlt faid, 0 ur tongu-es are our ow1~,P(a. r t•4.. thine is given up to God. 2. From that [Ought not to be,] 1¥e mufllook._not to \vhat we de– fire to do, but \\>b~tt ought to be done: LuG, or the bent of the fpi– rir, is not the rule of duty. M:1ny advife wirh no other counfellor but their own hearts ; Carml conGraints are an ilt warrant. B~an:s are led by frrengrh of Infiint'l and mtural impulfe; Mm is to be governed by an outward Rul~; there is an higher Lord then yoar ownWill. Look then not eo the.earneflnefs ofyour motions,, but the regularicy of them; not at what you wonld, but what you ~~ . . ' 'Verf. J r. Deth llfount ai11 fond forth at the f~tme pl'tlce fweet Water and bitter'? · · Vtrf. 12. C~tn tbe Pigtree, my 'Brethren, bear Olive btrrin? either a vine, figs! fo can no fountain yeeld both falt \Vater andfre{h. . Here are feveral itlufirations taken from the courfe of Nature, .to thew that one caufe and original can have but one orderly and. kindly birth: He reafoneth from what is impojfible' in N at11re to· what is ab[11rdin manrz-ers. In the fimilitudes he fpeaketh ofwhat falleth out for the mofl: plrt : If any rare Infiances can be ~ro~ght to the contrary, itprejudiceth not the Apoftles fcope, whtch ts to, lhewwhat falleth ou't in the wontedcourfeand influence qf caufes,. ' . . -- ' and
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