The Godly Man's Picture

1 In heart. How sad is it for a Minister, to preach that to others, which he never felt in his own soul; to exhort others to holiness, and himself a stranger to it: O that it were not thus too often! how many blow the Lords Trumpet with a foul breath.

2 In Life. The Priests under the Law, before they served at the Altar, washed in the Laver; such as serve in the Lords house, must first be washed from gross sin, in the Laver of repentance: The life of a Minister should be a walking Bible. Basil said of Nazianzene, he did thunder in his doctrine, and lighten in his conversation: A Minister must imitate John Baptist, who was not only a ⟨p. 221⟩voice crying, Isa▪ •. 3. but a light shining, Joh. 5. 35. they disgrace this excellent calling, who live in a contradiction to what they preach; they turn their codices into calices, ^†their books into cups, and though they are Angels by office, yet are Devils in their lives, Jer. 23. 15.

2 In Life. The Priests under the Law, before they served at the Altar, washed in the Lavor; such as serve in the Lords house, must first bee washed from gross sin, in the Lavor of repentance: The life of a Minister should be a walking Bible. Basil said of Nazianzene, he did thunder in his doctrine, and lighten in his conversation: A Minister must imitate Iohn Baptist, who was not only a ⟨p. 221⟩voice crying, Isa▪ •. 3. but a light shining,