A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

For the practise or fruitfulness in good works; If ye do: not think or say, but do. Idleness never had the testimony of Gods acceptance: it is a vice that damns it self. The idle person seems to be Gods outlawry; out of the compass of his protection. Art and nature bring forth nothing suddenly: there must be growing degrees in the one, and intervenient labours in the other, Matth. 20.8. The Penny had never been theirs, if they had stood in the market idle till Sun-set. The Philosopher said, that a man should give a lazy beggar a bit and a blow: a bit to relieve his body, a blow to correct his mind. Nothing better pleaseth God, than the sweet composition of a mans hand with his heart. When the one doth Prop••ere quid agendum, the other Exponere quid propositum: When the heart doth direct what the hand should do, and the hand doth do what the heart directs. For the hand is the best commentary of the heart: what a man does, I am sure he thinks; not always, what he speaks. We must serve God, as one said he would marry, Pro amore, for love. Now there are four things comprehended in that word, and they are found by cutting off the first letter. Amore, with love: as life in the body, so devotion in the soul, begins at the heart. More, with the conversation, practical obedience, doing that which is good. Ore, with the mouth, setting forth Gods praise. Re, with the estate; when we do not offer sacrifice to the LORD, of that which cost us nothing.

For the practise or fruitfulnesse in good workes; If yee doe: not thinke or say, but doe. Idlenesse never had the testimonie of Gods acceptance: it is a vice that damnes it selfe. The idle person seemes to be Gods outlawry; out of the compasse of his protection. Art and nature bring forth nothing suddainely: there must be growing degrees in the one, and intervenient labours in the other, Matth. 20.8. The Penie had never beene theirs, if they had stood in the market idle till Sun-set. The Philosopher said, that a man should give a lazy beggar a bit and a blow: a bit to releeve his body, a blow to correct his mind. Nothing better pleaseth God, than the sweet composition of a mans hand with his heart. When the one doth Prop••ere quid agendum, the other Exponere quid propositum: When the heart doth direct what the hand should doe, and the hand doth doe what the heart directs. For the hand is the best commentary of the heart: what a man does, I am sure he thinkes; not alwayes, what he speakes. We must serve God, as one said he would marry, Pro amore, for love. Now there are foure things comprehended in that word, and they are found by cutting off the first letter. Amore, with love: as life in the body, so devotion in the soule, begins at the heart. More, with the conversation, practicall obedience, doing that which is good. Ore, with the mouth, setting forth Gods praise. Re, with the estate; when we doe not offer sacrifice to the LORD, of that which cost us nothing.