Chap.7. acÇardt>.sg t0St MA T T H E 6T. places they live in, groan for a vomit to fpew them our. Verle 3 And Why beholdefi thou] Here's the true method of preaching, by doEtrine and vfe, explication and application. Mi- nifters muft ( as our Saviour in this text ) bring hammers with their nails, ?er.23.29. and drive them into the very head, yeagoad men to the quick, Eccl_f. tz. ii. that the: peoples hearts may either break, as theirs, erf1. a.3 7, or burft, as theirs, Aí1.7. 54. A generail doctrine, not applyed, is as a fword without an edge, not in it felfe, but tous, through our fingular fencelefnes: or, as a whole loaf let before children, that will do themno good : the bellows will be burnt in the fire, but the drofle remains Rill. A garment fitted for all bodyes, is .fit for nobody : and that which is Genèrari,b . fpoken to all, is taken as fpoken to none. fignificat quoi Themoat that is in thy brothers eye ] The mote or ftraw : ficcum is let e The word (beam ) feems rather tohave reference to a ftraw, then e$. Tertu11t . to a Mote ; And this is an evill defeafe that I have feen under the Zest rPala;x it, Sunne, that men ( and thole of the better fort fometimes) here nothing, talke of nothing fo willingly, as they doofother mens Viraperant ha. faults, Pfal.5o,2o. thou &tellandfjreai¿eft againft thybrother, &,e. mines imam There is no difcourfe that men will fit fo longat, andbe fo taken commendane g fromPriùs. With as this. The words of the tale -bearer are as flatteries, and pi;;i,c, they go down to the bowels of thebelly : Many are never well, Ion- l'rov.18.8, ger then they are holding their fingers in other mens (ores, ampli- tying andaggravating their faults and failings, notonely molt fe- verely, but almoft tragically; not once mentioning their good parts and pracìifcs. There are likecrows,that fatten onely upon carrion, vultures od or the Horfe-fly, that if hehappen into a field that is never fa full maiè olenriafe. of fweet flowers, yet if therebe but a little filthy dung in it, his da'vrur. 811iá. eye and fent isonely to that, and upon that onely will he light. diT beie David compareth fuch as thole to the Afpe,that is quick ofhear-4 ocatt ing but very ill lighted ( havinghis eyes not inhis forehead, but in nee in f Date his temples) weak but full of poifon. Herein onely is the diffe- fi'd rat temp That pailón that Alpes vent to the hurt of others, they htnr ha`cr'1í' ;° keepwithin them, without hurt unto themfelves. B t the mali- ro6., , a.cfa clous cenfurer is his own worstenemy : for as he fats hie mouthd , üis naalrria gain.fi heaven,andhis tongue walketh thorow the earth Pfal,73.: çæc habentibt,s 9. fo by misjudging, ( out ofan inward hatred of another ) all his Pc,(fmraei.t Sän. actions and intentions, he pulls upon himfelf, , the hatred both of heaven and earth; for his trampling upon Gods jewels, becaue a e little sullied. God doth unwillingly fee the faults of his children, 257
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