CHAP.3.I cilCommentarie vpon the y6z fpel : and ifGod further enable thee , thou muff releeue fuch as (land for the truth ofGod , and puritieof his worfhip : Thou mu(I doe all the good thou can(i to others in prefetuing life,feeding the hungry,clo- thing the naked,vificing the prifoners, and fo become rich in the works of mercy. Thou mull alfo be diligent in duties at home in reforming thy family,teaching them,praying with them,examining how they pro- fit and thrice in grace,& walking rellgiou(ly and confcionably in euery good worke of thy perfonall calling. Here is a courfe which goeth farre rafts a5.16. beyond harmelefnes,andgood meaninge,and good words,whichIames law tobe the religionofmany in his time;chis is foundr.es in chrifliani. ty,when a man can thus turne himfelfe, as well to onegood a&iion as an other. Some there are that feeme very religious, can come roChurch, go in thecount and company of Chriilians, and religious perfons., but veryvnmercifull,ouergrowne with colietoulineffe, and in privare , for a penny aduantage,difcharge all religion,till Church time againe. Others are mercifull inough,buc careles ofreligion altogether; tome areMil in their dealings,but vucleane, or intemperate ; others are temperate, but vniu(l, lyars, (wearers, and no fidelicie in them. The Apoflle lames lam 7.27. meeteth with all thefe teaching vs, T. that pure religion flandeth not Non quantum, fed de quanto onely in harmelefnes , and keeping ones felfe vnfported , but in vifiting & quanto ani- the fatherles and widow; that is,the frequent praélifeofworker of mer- modetur.Am bmf, cy, and charities many lay , if I+were rich I would doe thus and thus: 2.Cor.8.r,z,g. but art thoua Chriflian , art thou religious ? then though thou beeil Poore, thou art merciful!. Paul comníended the Macedonians that bee- ing but poore, yet they were rich in liberalitie toward the Saints, a.in cap. 2.10. that be that ofendeth in onepoint ofthe lan',isguiltieofall; and he that faith thou (halt not commit adultery,faith allo thou (halt not kill; now if thou dell no adulterie,yet if thoukillefl, thou art a tranfgre%r of the law. The Martian Vfe.3. IfaChrillian mull employ himfelfe in euery good worke, then courfe nudibe mull men fo cart and contriue their courfes , andneither duties of ietie fowife]y con, p trined,asno du- hinder the dtuies of their calling,nor thefe (land in the way of theother: tic tray anotherhinder And he that bath theheart ofthe wife to IZnowe time and iudgement, fore- acoes.s.t. callech both wifely,ándknoweth one ofthere to be fubordinate,but nor oppofite vino the other. Hence muff Chriflians forecafl, and remember the Sabboath before hand; and fo order and husband their times and feafons, that theremay be place , and time, and opporcunitie for euery goodworke in the week-day; and efpecially for the bell worker, whe- ther publike exercifes of religion,orprivate praiers and exercifes in the family.Which wife managing ofaffaires, becaufemen are wanting in, therefore fometimes the Sabboath mull be encroached vpon, andGods feruicc
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