Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

2. We are bid to Redeem the Time, Eph. 5.16. The Poets painted time with Wings, because it flies so fast— Volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora—Time lost had need be redeemed; and is there any better way to redeem time, than to improve it in trading for Heaven, and speaking of God and our Souls?

3. Jesus Christ hath set us a Pattern: his words were perfumed with Holiness, Luke 4.22. All bare him witness, and Wondered at the Gracious words which proceeded out of his Mouth. Christ had Grace poured into his Lips, Psalm 45.2. In all companies he set good discourse on foot. When he sate on Jacobs Well he falls into an Heavenly discourse with the Woman of Samaria about the Water of Life, John 4.14. And so when Levi made him a Feast, Luke 5—He feasts him again with Heavenly discourse. And no sooner ⟨p. 96⟩was Christ risen from the Grave, but he was speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God, Acts 1.3. The more Spiritual we are in our speeches, the more we resemble Christ: should not the Members be like the Head? Christ will not be our Saviour, unless we make him our Pattern.

3. Jesus Christ hath set us a Pattern: his words were perfumed with Holiness, Luke 4.22. All bare him witness, and Wondred at the Gracious words which proceeded out of his Mouth. Christ had Grace poured into his Lips,