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2 Secondly, An honest man is one that provides things honest before men, that doth all things in a seemly way in all those relations that he hath unto others, that we account honesty: So when a mans behaviour towards the word is such as doth beseem the word of that God with whom he hath to deal, That look what excellency, what glory, there is in the word of God, such a suitable behaviour there is in the heart of a man to it, this is an honest heart. So that there are those two things, when a man is square with God in one thing as well as another, and when there is a suitableness in the behaviour of the Soul to what excellency there is in the word, when the heart of man will not abuse the word at all, but behaves its self honestly, according unto the gravity, holiness, and weight that there is in the word. And thus now with such a good and honest heart we are to receive the word if we will Sanctify Gods Name in it.

2 Secondly, An honest man is one that provides things honest before men, that doth all things in a seemly way in all those relations that he hath unto others, that we account honesty: So when a mans behaviour towards the word is such as doth beseem the word of that God with whom he hath to deal, That look what excellency, what glory, there is in the word of God, such a sutable behaviour there is in the heart of a man to it, this is an honest heart. So that there are those two things, when a man is square with God in one thing as wel as another, and when there is a sutablenesse in the behaviour of the Soul to what excellency there is in the word, when the heart of man will not abuse the word at all, but behaves its self honestly, according unto the gravity, holinesse, and weight that there is in the word. And thus now with such a good and honest heart we are to receive the word if we will Sanctifie Gods Name in it.

10 A tenth particular is this, If we will Sanctify Gods name ⟨p. 190⟩in the word we must hide the word in our hearts, we must not only heart the word but keep it, preserve it, and then do we declare that we account the word of God to be worth something indeed; For what is it to Sanctify God (as we have opened before in the general) but such a behaviour towards him as may testify the excellency of the name of God, so the behaviour of the Soul in hearing the word must be such as may give a testimony to the excellency of the word and manifest the high esteem I have of it. Now if I received a thing that is of great value, if I slight it, and let any body take it from me I do not give a testimony to the excellency of that thing, but if I take it and lock it up, and so keep it under lock and key I do thereby give a testimony of the esteem that I have of the excellency of that thing, so now, When I come to hear the word, and meet with truths that have gotten into my Soul I close with them, and am resolved within my heart as I am hearing of them, well this truth I will keep through Gods grace, this concerns me, and I will make much of it, and although I forget other things, yet I hope I shall remember this to Sanctify Gods name in hearing of the word, In