16 SI C 14 A P.4.. din Expofition vpon the firJl V $ tt : of minds to attention, that they may be free from wande- ring: co apply our of eetions to the quality of whar3s taught ; that when we heare ofmatter of feare,ourheart.t myftrenhIe at the Ward ofGod5 when matter ofgriefe, theyó may mourns. ; when matter of comfort, reioyce, &c. Such skill req Aires euery Chriltian duty to the Regular performance of it: that we may well conclude of Çhri- lti anity, It is the Science of Sciences ; even an albt of li- uing mell., rltey erre, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power ofGodlinelhe, that thinke it a skill molt obuious ro bee', a Chriltian : a worke of one houre or two in the lad tick. netre, to furnifh themfelues tor Heauen. Though inma- mull Sciences'he is nor thought his Crafts - maker, . that hatli net ferued a (men ye -res Apprentifhip ; yet ro the exa£téfl: skill ofChriltianity,feuen houres,yea, moments are thought fufficient. Surely,ifany where,here that hath place that the great Phifcian once fpake, Arslonga; vitahreuis. Compendiumsthey haue framed to themfelues here, as in other Sciences : To lone God atone all, our Neighbour ,rs our felues ; This is h the Lam and the 'Prophets. To feare God and keepe his Commandments, i this is the whole ofman. But fooli(h men, that confider not the infinireparcicu- lárs which the {e comprize i And that it is nor the leafs halfe of a. Chriltian k to know, though exactly, the heads of Dury.To loue God, comprizeth his wortlhip,outward, inward; I keeping ofali and emery his Consneandements. To loue our Neighbour, exercife of m Patience, Kindnefe, Mercy, every good grace and office whereinswe may doe good to Brethren. Willingly would l perfwade our people, if it might be, of the skill no ¡cire then artificial], requifire to Chri- ]}ianiry ; nor to deterre them by the difficulty, but to re- forme their negligence, and to' excite their indufiry. And if they would but ferioufly confider that part of this Arr, ...
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