Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

3. I look at the conversation of Christ in word and deed; for his words, they were gracious. Not an idle word ever came out of the lips of Christ; himself tells us that of every idle word we must give an account; O then how free was Christ of every idle word?¹ he knew the times and seasons when to speak, and when to be silent; he weighed every word with every Circumstance, time, and place, and manner, and matter;² There's a time to keep silence, and a time to speak, said Solomon, when he returned again to his wisdom; and hence we read that sometimes Jesus being accused, he held his peace; ³and when he was accused of the chief Priests and Elders, he answered nothing; but other whiles he pours out whole Cataracts of holy instructions; he takes occasion of vines, of stones, of water, and sheep, to speak a word in season; he is still discoursing of the matters of the Kingdom of Heaven; and he speaks such words as give grace unto all the hearers round about him; so for his deeds and actions they were full of grace and goodness; the Apostle Peter gives him this character (which I look upon as a little description of Christ's life) who went about doing good; ⁴it was his meat and drink to do all the good he could; it was as natural to him to do good, as it is for a fountain to stream out, he was holy and heavenly, unspotted every way; O the sweet conversation of Christ! how humbly carries he it amongst men? how benignly towards his Disciples? how pitiful was he towards the poor? to whom (as we read) he made himself most like,⁵ He became poor, that we might be made rich; he despised, or abhorred none; no not the very Lepers, that were eschewed of all; he flattered not, the rich and honourable; he was most free from the cares of the world; his prescriptions were, Care not for the things of the morrow; and in himself he was never anxious of bodily needs; above all, he was most solicitous of saving souls.—Much more I might add, if I should go over the particulars in the Gospel; but by these few expressions of Jesus Christ we may conceive of all the rest.—