CHAP.2.I x. A Comsmentarievpontbe 468 motherof the two former,which where it is wanting,neither of the for- mer, nor both of them can commend a man unto God. Therefore none of thrfe three aduerbs of Paul ( as a learned writer fpeaketh ) muti bee forgotten, which ioyntly conraine all the rules of Chrilian life. I. The proper In eachofthefe we will obferue two points. Firl, theproper worke. rkeofs,bri- Secondly the rules of prabtife. And fini of Sobrietie. The proper worke of it, is to moderate the mind, and containe it in due compafie, r. in things in- both in all the affeElionsofthe foule,and the acuionsof life which it tur- ward. neth it (elfeveto, as may appeare, a. In things inward, and z. outward. itom.u.3. Firl}, in the inward gifts of themind, it teacheth three things. I. To be wife tofobrietie, and not to prefurne abone that which is written : it fuffe- reth not to prie into the Arke, as the Bethf?Iemites did to their cofl,nei- ther in inferiour things to meddle with curious arcs & fciences ; but ex- celo:r423. ercifeth it Idle not in things which haueonely afhewe of wifdome,but fuch a as are profitable,yea neccflaric. a.To containe and content it felfe with the ownemeafure of gifts, to know their owne boundsand keep within them: theportion of grace, which is given according to the meafure of thegift of Chr: j, itacknowledgeth with thankefulneire, but arrogateth not that which it bathnot; for this were to tonne ouer the meafure, and Chrill giueth no fuchgift which is not in the meafureof it. Of this fo- brietie we haue a ungular prefident in theApofiles themfelues t 2. Cor. I o. I ;. 14. Wee reioyce not in thing withoutour meafure- --norfiretch our 3 fames beyondour meafure, nor boaflof things without our meafure. 3. As it teacheth a man to know himfelf,foalfo not todeápife another,alchough he hath not receiued the like meafure : it fwelleth not againfi an other, 1.Cor4d. feeing ir felfe bath norhioghut what ir hath rcceiuçd: it enuieth not thole whomGodbath madefuperiours, feeing thewifedomefrom above ìQ pure, to .3'rv' peaceable, not fudging, not advancing. s.in outward. 2. In outwardthing, it is a moderator,as may appeare in things con - cerning, r. a mans calling; 2. his eOate ; 3. pleafures and delights; q... I things indifferent.Firfi,it forceth a man to abide in his calling,but not as a drudge vntoictit will not fuffer the heart tobeoppreffedwith the cares of r.A.m.34. thislif more thenwith furfetting and drunkennes: it curbeth the vn- quiet delire of increafing wealth , and fo both giueth freedome to the duties ofthe generall calling , and fenceth from beefing toomuch wrap_ jj ped and entangled in the cares of the particular. Secondly, in his e ftate,thisvercueof fobrietie fetletha man in a quiet comfort and con- tentment, for it teacheth to want , and to abound, and pntteth into a mans hand the benefit ofcontentatiö in all eaves. Hence ifwant come, Iam.nl: he that was rida, can reioyce in beefing made lows: as well as the brother of
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