James iv. 11. He that judgeth his Brother judgeth the Law, but it thou judge the Law, thou art not a Doer of the Law but a Judge. Ver. 12. There is one Law-giver who is able to fave and to deftroy, who art thou that judgest another? See 1 Cor. 5. 10. 13. Luke 16. 15. See those that despised Chrift. Ch. 18. 11. See the proud Pharifee. Good Example. 67. Setting good Example. Matt. v. 16. Let your Light fo fhine before Men, that they may fee your good Works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. Col. iv. 5. Walk in Wisdom toward them that are without. 1 Theff. 4. 12. Neh. 5. 9. 1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an Example of Believers. Of enticing others. 68. Of enticing others, and being enticed to Sin. Jer. xx. 10. My Familiars watched for my Halting, faying, peradventure he will be enticed, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our Revenge on him. Ver. 11. But the Lord is with me, therefore they shall not prevail. Prov. i. 10. If Sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 13, 14. Ver. 11, 12, Ver. 15. Walk not thou in the Way with them, refrain thy Foot from their Path. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the Righteous to go aftray in an evil Way, he shall fall himself into his own Pit. Hab. ii. 15. Wo to him that giveth his Neighbour Drink, and maketh him Drunken, &c. Rom. xiv. 13. Let no Man put a Stumbling-block or an Occafion to fall in his Brother's way. Ver. 21. I Cor. 8. 9. 12. 13. 2 Cor. 11. 29. 1 Tim. v. 22. Be not Partaker of other Mens Sins, keep thy felf pure. Rev. ii. 14. I have a few Things against thee, because thou haft there them that hold the Doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to caft a Stumbling block before the Children of Ifrael, to eat Things Sacrificed unto Idols, and to commit Fornication. Numb. 25. 1. See falfe Teachers deceive the People, Command. 5th. Neh. 6. 13. Inftance. Of Gratitude. 69. Of Gratitude or Returns of Friendship. Inftances thereof. Exod. ii. 20. Reuel to Mofes. 1 Sam. xv. 6. Saul to the Kenites. 2 Sam. x. 2. David to Hanun. 1 Kings 2. 7. Of Ingratitude. 70. Ingratitude. Inftances. Gen. xl. 23. Yet did not the chief Butler remember Jofeph but forgat him. Judg. viii. 35. The Children of Ifrael did not fhew Kindness to the House House of Gideon according to all the Goodness which he had fhewed unto Ifrael. Pf. xxxv. 12. They rewarded me Evil for Good to the spoiling of my Soul. Pf. 38. 20. 102. 5. Ver. 13. But as for me, when they were Sick, my Clothing was Sackcloth. Ver. 14. I humbled my Soul with Fafting, I behaved myself as though he had been my Friend or Brother, I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his Mother. Pf. xxxv. 15. But in my Adverfity they rejoiced. Pf. 109. 4. 5. Prov. xvii. 13. Whofo rewardeth Evil for Good, Evil fhall not depart from his Houfe. See 1 Sam. 23. 5. 12.—25. 21. Eccl. 9. 14. 15. Jer. 18. 20. 21. CHA P. XVII. 1. Duties toward our Selves. Temperance. HE temperate ufe of Meat TH and Drink allowed. Eccl. ii. 24. There is nothing better for a Man, than that he should Eat and Drink, and that he should make his Soul enjoy Good in his Labour. Ch. 3.13.—5. 18, 19, 20. 1 Tim. iv. 3. Meats God hath created to be received with Thankfgiving, of them which believe and know the Truth. Ver. 4. For every Creature of God is good, and nothing to be refufed, if it be received with Thanksgiving. Ver. 5. For it is fanctified by the Word of God and Prayer. v. 23. Ufe a little Wine for thy Stomach's fake, and thine often Infirmities. 2. Intemperance in Meat and Drink furbidden. Deut. xxi. 20. If the Parents fhall fay to the Elders of the City, this our Son is ftubborn and rebellious, he is a Glutton and a Drunkard, Ver. 21. All the Men of the City shall stone him with Stones that he die. Prov. xxi 17. He that loveth Pleasure shall be a poor Man, he that loveth Wine and Oil fhall not be Rich. xxiii. 1. When thou fitteft to eat with a Ruler, confider diligently what is before thee; Ver. 2. And put a Knife to thy Throat, if thou be a Man given to Appetite. Ver. 3. Be not defirous of his Dainties, for they are deceitful Meats. Prov. xxiii. 20. Be not amongst Wine-bibbers, amongft riotous Eaters of Flesh. Ver. 21. For the Drunkard and the Glutton fhall come to Poverty. xxviii. 7. He that is a Companion of riotous Men shameth his Father. xxx. 22. The Earth cannot bear a Fool when he is full of Meat. Matt. xxiv. 48. If the evil Servant fhall fay in his Heart, my Lord delayeth his coming; Ver. 49. And fhall begin to fmite his Fellow Servants, and to eat and drink with the Drunken. Matt. Matt. xxiv. 50. The Lord of that Servant, fhall come in a Day when he looketh not for him, and in an Hour when he is not aware of. Ver. 51. And fhall cut him afunder, and appoint him his Portion with Hypocrites, there shall be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth. Luke vi. 25. Wo unto you that are Full for ye fhall Hunger. xxi. 34. Take heed to yourselves, left at any time your Hearts be overcharged with Surfeiting and Drunkenness and the Cares of this Life, and fo that Day come upon you unawares. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the Day, not in Rioting and Drunkenness, not in Chambering and Wantonnefs. Ver. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make not Provifion for the Flesh, to fulfil the Lufts thereof. 1 Cor. vii. 31. Ufe this World as not abufing it. ix.25.Every Man that striveth for the Maftery is temperate in all Things. Ver. 27. I keep under my Body, and bring it into Subjection, left that by any Means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a caft away. Phil. iii. 19. Whofe End is Deftruction, whofe God is their Belly, whofe Glory is their Shame, who mind earthly Things. I Theff. v. 7. They that fleep, fleep in the Night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the Night. Ver. 8. But let us who are of the Day be fober. Tit. 2. 12, Live foberly, &c. 1 Pet. iv. 5 excefs of Riot. The Wicked think it ftrange that ye run not to the fame 2 Pet. i. 6. Add to Knowledge, Temperance. ii. 13. They fhall receive the Reward of Unrighteousness that count it Pleasure to riot in the Day time: Spots they are, and Blemishes, sporting themselves with their own Deceivings. Jude Ver. 12. Feeding themselves without Fear. See Amos 6. 6. 3. Drunkenness the Evils thereof. Prov. xx. 1. Wine is a Mocker, ftrong Drink is raging, and whofoever is deceived thereby is not wife. Prov. xxiii. 29. Who hath Woe? who hath Sorrow? who hath Contentions? who hath Bablings? who hath Wounds without Cause? who hath Redness of Eyes? Ver.30. They that tarry long at the Wine, they that go to feek mixt Wine. Ver. 31. Look not on the Wine when it is red, when it giveth hisColour in the Cup, when it moveth itself aright. Ver. 32. At the last it biteth like a Serpent, and ftingeth like an Adder. Ver. 33. Thine Eyes fhall behold strange Women, and thine Heart shall utter perverfe Things. Ver. 34. 35. Ifa. v. 11 Wo unto them that rife up early in the Morning, that they may follow ftrong Drink, that continue until Night, till Wine inflame them. Ver. 22. Wo unto them that are mighty to drink Wine, and Men of Strength to mingle trong Drink, Ivi. 12. Come ye, fay they, I will fetch Wine, and we will fill ourfelves with ftrong Drink, and to morrow shall be as this Day and much more abundant. 1 Cor. v. 11. I have written to you, if any one that is called a Brother be a Drunkard, with such an one not to keep Company, nor to eat with him. Z z I Cor. 1 Cor. vi.10. Drunkards shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Gal. v. 19 The Works of the Flesh are thefe, Adultery, &c. Ver. 21. Drunkenness, Revellings, and fuch like, they that do fuch Things fhall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Ver. 23. Eph. v. 18 Be not drunk with Wine, wherein is Excess, but be filled with the Spirit, 4. Of making others Drunk. Efther i. 3. King Ahafuerus made a Feaft unto the Nobles and Princes. Ver. 5. And to all the People that were prefent. Ver. 7. And gave them Drink, &c. Ver. 8. The Drinking was according to Law, none did compel, for fo the King had appointed to all the Officers of his House, that they fhould do according to every Man's Pleasure. Hab. ii. 15. Wo unto him that giveth his Neighbour Drink, that putteft thy Bottle to him, and makeft him drunken alfo, that thou mayft look on their Nakedness. Ver. 16. Thou art filled with Shame for Glory; drink thou also, and let thy Foreskin be uncovered, the Cup of the Lord's right Hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful Spuing shall be on thy Glory. See 2 Sam. 11. 13. Ifa. 56. 12. Unhappy Inftances of Drunkennefs in Noah. Gen. 9. 21. In Lot, Gen. 19. 32. Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 36. Elah, 1 Kings 16. 9. 10. Benhadad, 1 Kings 20. 16. to 22. See wicked Clergymen their Drunkennefs. Alfo Magiftrates perverting Judgment through Drunkenness. Sleep. 5. Sleep. Prov. vi. 9. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard, when wilt thou awake out of Sleep? Ver. 10. Yet a little Sleep, a little Slumber, a little Folding of the Hands to fleep. Ver. 11. So fhall thy Poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy Want as an armed Man. xx. 13. Love not Sleep left thou come to Poverty, open thine Eyes and thou shalt be fatisfied with Bread. xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall cloth a Man with Rags. xxvi. 14. As the Door turneth upon his Hinges, fa doth the flothful upon his Bed. Labour Commanded. .6. Labour commanded, and Promifes to the Laborious, the Diligent and Induftrious. Gen. iii. 19. In the Sweat of thy Face, fhalt thou eat Bread, till thou return unto the Ground.. Exod. XX. 19. Six Days fhalt thou Labour, and do all thy Work. Prov. x. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a flack Hand, but the Hand of the diligent maketh rich. xii. 11. He that tilleth his Land fhall have Plenty of Bread, but he that followeth vain Perfons is void of Understanding. Ch. 28. 29. Ver. 24. The Hand of the diligent shall bear Rule, but the flothful fhall be under Tribute. Ver. 27. The Slothful roafteth not that which he took in Hunting, but the Subftance of the diligent Man is precious. xiii. 4. The Soul of the Sluggard defireth and hath Nothing, but the Soul of the diligent fhall be made fat. Prov. xiii. 11. Wealth gotten by Vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth by Labour shall increase. xiv. 23. In all Labour there is Profit, but the Labour of the Lips tendeth only to Penury. Prov. xxi. 5. The Thoughts of the Diligent tend only to Plenteoufnefs, but of every one that is hafty, only to Want. xxii. 21. Seeft thou a Man diligent in his Business, he fhall stand before Kings, he fhall not ftand before mean Men. xxxi. 27. A good Wife eateth not the Bread of Idleness. Eccl. v. 12. The Sleep of a labouring Man is fweet. xi. 6. In the Morning fow thy Seed, and in the Evening with-hold not thy Hand. Rom. xii. 11. Be not flothful in Bufinefs. Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole fteal no more, but rather let him Labour, working with his Hands the Thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. i Theff. iv. 11. We beseech you, that ye ftudy to be quiet, and to do your own Bufinefs, and to work with your own Hands. Ver. 12. That ye may walk honeftly towards them that are without, and that ye may have Lack of Nothing. 2 Theff. iii. 10. We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither fhould he eat. Ver. 11. For we hear that there are fome which walk among you disorderly working not at all, but are Bufie-bodies. Ver. 12. Now them that are fuch we command and exhort, by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with Quietnefs they work and eat their own Bread. Ver. 14. And if any Man obey not our Word by this Epiftle, note that Man, and have no Company with him, that he may be afhamed. 1 Tim. 5. 13. Of the Sluggard. 7. Of the Sluggard, the Slothful and Idle. See feveral of the foregoing Texts, where thefe Perfons are compared with the Diligent, &c. Prov. vi. 6. Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, confider her Ways and be wife. Ver. 7. Which having no Guide, Overfeer or Ruler, Ver. 8. Provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harvest. x. 26. As Vinegar to the Teeth, and Smoke to the Eyes, fo is the Sluggard to them that fend him. xv. 19. The Way of the flothful Man is as an Hedge of Thorns, but the Way of the Righteous is made plain. xviii. 9. He that is flothful in his Work, is Brother to him that is a great Walter. xix. 15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep Sleep, and an idle Soul fhall fuffer Hunger. Ver. 24. A lothful Man hideth his Hand in his Bofom, and will not fo much as bring it to his Mouth. Ch. 26. 15. Prov. xx. 4 The Sluggard will not plow by reafon of the Cold, therefore shall he beg in Harveft and have Nothing. xxi. 25. The Defire of the Slothful killeth him, for his Hands refuse to Labour. Ch. 13.4. xxii. 13. The flothful Man fayeth there is a Lion without, I shall be Zz2 flain |