' I 19S \ Ofturningfrom oure'l1ill wayes. - ' will.cofrtheethylife. Sear~h,allodiligently, for ' felfc-love makes it hard to find ir o.u.r. This point : needs application more than c:xplica.tion; the bufi l nc.·(fe hereismorewiththehe:irtthan wichthe head. Put cafe it be~ a way of enmity, having ~nevill eye .towards fuch a man,thm:gh thy enemy; ifthou goe I on in it,_thou art in a v,vay of wickedndfe. It is rhe LoR os command, that rhou fhouldel1:overcomee- · vi{I with·good, and.that thou (.houldefi l6Vt thi11e tnt· . mies ; and therefore you areyour owne utter ene– Il,lies, in walking i11 away of emt1irie againll: orhers. S(ly it bee rhe.wayof evill fpeaking, which c.omes nig~ to enmirie ( and ther-efore I fpeake of it in this ·· next place) in Titm 3· 2. Speake evil/ of nom~"· . .... - YoJ· m~fi not fpeake evill ofany man,thoug·b he be ' truly wicked; for you your felve$ were{ucb, . faith .· · ~he Apofrlc-, and therefore doe it nor, . ro make a , ·cullome of rhh; when thou haR: any.opportu'nity, : and when any man will give thee the heariQg: this . 1is a way of wickedndfe.. ldsone thing to fall in· ., . 1to it beyond a ma,ns pur.p.ofe)an<?rheNo give a mans !felfc liberty .in it. lc·may bee done, fo.r the good rof the parry, or·when it qonc(rnes G\6 Ji> s glory, :. lbur not of envie. Againe, fuppofe it beea -,.vfty of :idleneffe, which menof all callings are fubjea to; confider that if·thou wert freefrom all ot~r fins, .. ;and yet wert idle, thou art in a way of wickedneffe. The Apoftkfpeakes ·much.againfl: idle Retfons, as ~Thrf. 3• 1 o. For t'Pl».whenwee werewithyou, thi! · l ~ee·commAndedy611, that ifanyw.qu/d·not worke, nei" · ~he'Jbould heuate, &c.. that is, it is fuch a finne, as . .he is not worthy tp live,th~t livc~in it ; as fo..r{cho 1 ·, • -: · Jars ~ . t 5 ~t: . ~ . . ::as. - -· _. q ..._
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