564 VE R S.l2. .An expojiti~n, 'With NtJte.t . CHAp.;.- that way, theCorinthians cryed tor Wi[Mm, meaning Dod:rinesof civill prudence, and the fofter flrains ofmorality; and that•s the rea– fan why Paul faid, 1 Cor~2. 3• I have determined to./z.no'W nothing but !efu,s Chrift, veu ~ n'lov ~>rJJJfr.J[X-f.vov,]M, ~ndhim crucified• which was the doctrine at which they were mofl fcandalized • and therefore he refolved to take notiel! of no argument fo much as that in his miniilry : The work of the minifiry is .not to contend with Ghofls and opinions antiquated , but the errors and fins of the pre– fent time; look . as it is the duty ofChriflians to fpend the heat of .their indignation on the main fin with which they are furprized, Pfo,l.18. '23· I kept my [elf from mine iniquity; fo mufi Miniflers ·ch~ybend their zeal and firength againfi the prefenc guilt; were we only to provide for our (elves ., we might read to you fair Le– cturesofcontemplative Divinity, and with words as foft as oyl, en– tice you into a fuolsParadife,never fearchiog your wounds and {ores; But our Commi.ffion is to crJ aloud, andfPAre not, &c.Ifo 58.r. ;.;., Obfervat. 3· 3· It is acufiom that can hardly be left, or forfaken; therefore "~~~(i~e1 ant e ~tbove all things ta~e heed off-wearing, Auftine urgcth this argu. omma t wrare h d h h A .al r. 1. 11 h' I' · · .r. · .rj~Jtft quam ment. • TY, ry ot t e .apop e 1 4J a"ovt at, t mg~. u ~t \\?or 1 e to {11rari ?J urare [wear then-to flea/? wor[e to [wear then t1 commtt adultery? worfe pejuJ eft quam to[wear then to kj/1a m~n ? no, 6ut the Apoftle would [Grti[J till ~d~~~;al~! much as he could /again~ ~peffilmt cuftom, &c. Certainly when {;'q;a~ do~i, we have once gotten it, tt IS hardly left; ·every corporall thing being nc:noc!idert? ·often moved in one and the fame manner, receiveth agreater eafi– Ahfit : a:t~~re ·nefs md aptitude to t'hefame motions; fo doth the tongue when it ·e~r.u ante om• is ufed to the voycing ofoaths;Cufiom bath fo great apower upon ·mat? ne,J:me- ·us, that the word is uttered before the mind can checl< it. Theexe- :pa V/JOU CIJI1• • f h fi fi . .J 1 11. h C. b r. .fuetudo juralfoo cutlons o ot er ms are ower , as mur-uer , uu , t e1t, ··ecau1e ·di; ut t c advL"r- other members are not fo ready as the tongue ; a man m1y fooner !fu_s <eo~fuetu· ·command his hand , then his tongue : well then,lee thofe that by ·fid:;::mmte~ ·company or education have learned to fwear , or to ufe vain idle · Jt::::r.; · apreffioos , watch with the more care; a ~ut\o~ is foon gotten, ftrm. 1 s.• dt -either by opr own ufe, or conlhnt converfatton wtth them that ufe ?lVerbis 4pnjiuli. it. Good IO[eph learned to fwear in the houfe of Pbt~raoh; watch diligently, thy cufl:om will not excufe thee; if it be th] cNftom to fin, it is God..1 c.uftom to deftroy Jinners. Swear nut, neither bJ H~a~en, ner YJ E~rth, nDr bJ any other ·MPhJfor the ·opening of this paffage, it may be enquired, ~· whe•. tth~r.~tro~t·ths beforbidden? divers have been of this judgmenr; the · · ' ·· - · E/.c11ns
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