34 . Vs R~S.). An Expojition, 'With Notes CHAP.J:w. ----------------------------------~----------------· u the mllln Whom thou chaffifeft and teachefl out ofthy La-w, Pfa~ 94· I 2. The rod is ablejfing,.when inftruCfiongoeth along with it. 3· To finde out your own duty :To know the things of obedience in t·he d{ly of them; Oh that thou 'Wert wife in this thy day, Lu~ I9. 41. There,are.feafon:tb1ecandproper·duties, which become e- "'sapie?~s ad very prov,idelice -! 'Tis wifdom to finde them out, to know what o~t. nem m~m·- to clo in every circumfiance; 4· *To moderate the violences of f!::.~. ~~untztf,(;j our own p:dlions. He tha't liveth by fenfe, will, andpajfion, is not =- m.en uj,n,n ·r: 'k'll . . d f 1 r.l d c fl paupcrtas, w11e :. S t 1s reqmre o us to app yapt coun1e s an .comrorts, mm fi ignomithat our hearts may be illbuve the mtfery that our flefb JS under: ~ia, non fi dol~r The tor&givet-hcounfel in the reim, and that calmeth the heart. zmpawn faN· Well then, I. Get wifdom, if you would get patience. Men of ;::~~~~~~~~f,{;j und~rfianding ~~ve the greateft command of their affections : Out & corttr-a illa haftmefs of jpmt cometh from folly, Pro~. 14. 29. For where ~bir (1' inter there is no wifdom, there is nothing to counter-ballance ajfeCfion. zUa. Senec, I:ook as difcretion fets limits toanger, fo it doth to forrow. Solomon faith, Prov. I9. i I. The ·di(cretion of a man· deferreth his anger: [o it cloth check' the exceflh of his grief. ~. To confute the worlds cenfure: They count patience, jimplicity,and meek..,ne{s, under injuries, to be bilt blockjfhnefsandfolly: No, ~cis acalmnefs of minde, upon holy and wife gl'Ounds; but ..cis no new thing with the world eoeaUgGoJ,ev-il,antl ro baptize Graces with a name oftheir own fancying : As tbe Aftron'Om~r'S 'call the glqrious Stars, . Bull-s, SiMk.§s, Dragons,&c• So they mif.call the moft fhining and glorious Graces: Zeal is fury, ftriEl nefi, nicety, ang patience, folly; and yet J.<tmn faith, Ifany lack._wifdom, meaning patience. 3. Wouldyebe accounted·wife? lhew it by the patience and calm– nefs of your fpirits : We nat:urally deGre to be thought finful, ra– ther then weak.;~ Are we blfnde alfo ?·Job. 9· 40. We all affed: the repute of wifdom, and woald nor be accounted blinde or fool– Hh: Confider,.a man ofboiilerous affections is a jtJol; and he that bath no commaAd ofhis paffions, hath no underftandmg. ob[ervat.4. 4· Fromthat[OJG~d,J InallourwantswemuJl immediately repair to ·God. :The ScriptuFes do ·not direct us to the forinet of S~inu, btlt to.the t>hroneofGrace~ -Youneed not ufe the Saints interceJJio,n; ·Chrifl: hathopened away f<.>r ·you,into theprefence of the Father. ·. . Ob[ervAt. 5, 5': ·~ore part-ical~rly 'Obferv~, wifdo?h mtffo 'be fought of G.od. He IS wqe, theEountam .of Wtfdomi :an unexhal1fted ' ~ountam_; - - - · - -- · -· -·- --- H1s~,
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