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THE path of the righteous] The wonted and most constant conversation of all good men, that which they most desire and endeavour, [is to decline from evil] to abstain from sin and iniquity, and all that may allure thereunto: and contrariwise to perform, as far as in them lieth, every Christian duty that is required at their hands: [and he keepeth his soul] he preserveth himself, both soul and body, from destruction, and all kind of plagues, [that keepeth his way] which ordereth his life aright, and walketh uprightly in obedience to Gods holy Commandments.

THE path of the righteous] The wonted and most constant conuersation of all good men, that which they most desire and endeuour, [is to decline from euill] to abstaine from sinne and iniquitie, and all that may allure thereunto: and contrariwise to performe, as farre as in them lieth, euery Christian dutie that is required at their hands: [and he keepeth his soule] he preserueth himselfe, both soule and body, from destruction, and all kinde of plagues, [that keepeth his way] which ordereth his life aright, and walketh vprightly in obedience to Gods holy Commandements.

Doct. Though godly men do sometimes slip into sins, yet they haunt them not, nor walk in them.

Doct. Though godly men doe sometimes slip into sinnes, yet they haunt them not, nor walke in them.

S. Paul confesseth, that divers things he did amiss, but ¹with no allowance, for he hated them: and sundry good works he failed to do, but not to desire, for his will was to have performed them. And God giveth a testimony of integrity, and a promise of happiness to his faithful servants, in that divine and holy Psalm. Blessed (saith he) are those that