134 A Commentary upon theGold Chap.S iafinuations,as Adoniab. As therefore wemull firkmir to Gcd, fo we mutt refill the devil, without expoflulation, t Pet.5.7. throw water on the fire of temptation, though but to Tome fmaller fin,and S. (tamp on it too. Behold how great a matter a little fire kind- .: . /erh,faith StJame: ! A little poifon in a cup, a little leak in a (hip, or breach in a wall may ruin all. A little wound at the heart,and a little fin in the foul may hide Godsface proms us,as aeland. There- fore as the Prophet, when acloud as big as a mans handonly ap- peared, knew that the whole heaven would be overcovered, and willed the King tobetake himfelf to'his charret : fo let us to our shelter ; for a company comes, as fhe Paid, when fhe bore her fon Gad : After ?onarhan and his Armour-bearer came the whole heft : and when Dalilah had prevai'ed, came the Lords of the Philitims. He that is fallen from the top ofa ladder, cannot {lop at the fecond round. Every fin hardneth theheart, and gradually difpofeth ir to greater offences : as Lefler wedges make way for bigger. After Abaz had made his wicked Altar,and offered on ir, he brought it into the Temple ; firfl letting it on the brazen Altar; E King, :6.11, afterwards bringing it into the houle, and then lafily, letting it on 13.14 the North(ìdeof Gods Altar : Withfland fin therefore at firft, and liveby Solomons rule, Give notwater paPage, na not alittle. Si- lence fin,as our Saviour did the Devil ; and suffer it not to follicite thee. If it be importunate, anfwer it not a word, as Hezehiah would not Rabfhakeh : or give it a Ihort and {harp anffver,yea the waruäa blew eye,that St 'Paul did. This (hall be no griefunto thee, here- ' Cor.9.a7. after, nor offence ofheart, as fhe told David; the contrary way. Lividurn reddo It repented St Auflinof his very excufes made tohis parents,being corpus meum, a çhilde, and to his fchoolmafler, being a boy. Heretrafts his iro- Aug. nyes,becaufe they had the appearanceofalYe s becaufe they looked sam.sq.;1. confe/y lih.e. ill.favouredly. B.Ridley repents of his playingat Chefhe, as waft- cap. a. ingtoo much time. Bradt rdbewailethhis dullnefle and unthank- Retraf.hb.I. fullneffe, David: heart (mote him for cutting the lap of Saul: Cap. I. coat only ;, and that for none other intent, then to clear his own ßk4. and Mon. innocency : that in which Saul commended him for his modera- tion. There are fome that would (brink uppi into anarrow fcant ling; and bring it to this, if they could,that none do evil, but they PCa10 841,1 :, that are ingoales. But Davidapproves his fmcerity by his reffeEt 9tt. µdm to all Gods Commandments, and hath this commendation, that he .Aft: t3. did all the wills of God. Solomon alfobidds, count nothing lic- Prov7.2. tie that God commandeth, but keep Gods precepts a thefight of the Lam. ;si 3.
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