upon the Epijlle of JAM !! s. V&'RS.Jj. and thereby to.declare how incompatible with true Religion the evils of the Tongue are, if not refrrained. · Obferve, Nature abhorreth HJpocrijie and double-dealing; contrarJ ef- Obfl . t feasfrom the fame c~tuje are monflrom : 'cis againll: che whole orerva • d:ination of God among the Creatures. There is ooc a furer note of · Hypocrifie then deformity of effetls and pratlices: 'Tis true, a Chrifiian hath adouble principle, Adh and fpirit, but not adouble heart. All the productions of the Soul are like the yeanings of Lab/Ins fhee~, zjpeckJedandJtotted: _Bu.cin an Hyp?criw; life tbe~e is'- Gen. 3 z.. 3~.; an utter dtffonancy and dttproportton. Hue thts double dealmg, · . when you profefs Religion and live in fins; fee how concrary 'cis to the whole courfe of Nature: fay, Sure this cannot come from an .uniformandgood heart : Efpecially ufe thefe illuflrations toC·heck the deformities of your fpeech; when you are apt to blefs and curfe, ·pray and revile, fay, This "'ould be monflrom in NatHre; Is there[14ch Another cttufe in the World .u the TongHe u? of fuch 1.-dijfer~nt ufu and emp!oyments? Verf. 13. WhoisaWi{e man, andenduedWithk._nowledgamong you ? let him foew out of 11 good converfation his work.! withmuk..nefl of wifdom. He now divertethto another matter, though that which is neer of kin with theformer~ which is an exhortation to metknefs, as op– pofed to .envy and firife. Who iut wife m11n among you, andendued with k_nowledg .~ J Some apply this as all the former difcourfe to the Minifrry, as if the meaning of the queO:ion or fappoficion were, zf any be qualified f-or this DiJpenfation: and they are frrengthened in this conceit by t·~e words here ufed,. a-G~@- ~ t:J,,.{,{I.6JV, which hold forth the two gtftsthat.are necelfary for the Minill:ry. The Apofrle· elfewhe:re c:dl– eth them, the W9rd of k!_1ow/edg, and the word of wifdom, I Cor• .I 2. ~ut the very frructure of the words lhewth them to be gene– rallym tended : He fEeaketh of wi(dom and know!edg, becaufe :dl .th~ _f"Ormer evils corrie from a prefumption of greater skill and a.\llltty the~ others; ?r becaufe _they affeCted tht:. repute of pm– dent ~nowtng Chn{hans; Now faith the Apofile, if you would be fo mdc:e,d, yo~ ~yfi be ~eekly-godly. The quefiiona~y propofal lntimateth ' ' ' •
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