Promise-keeping a great duty. As it was delivered in a sermon / by Samuel…

USE II.

Let it serve to advise and excite all Christians to a careful and constant practice of this Duty. Among the other parts of a gospel conversation, see that you do not forget this, to be at all times true to your promises: what hath been already said in the clearing up the weight of this Duty, may be made use of as as arguments to move us to hearken to this advice, I shall therefore only add these two considerations.

Let it serve to advise and excite all Christians to a careful and constant practice of this Duty. Among the other parts of a gospel conversation, see that you do not forget this, to be at all times true to your promises: what hath been already said in the clearing up the weight of this Duty, may be made use of as as arguments to move us to hearken to this advice, I shall therefore only adde these two considerations.

1. It is your Duty to be examples in all Moral honesty, to all other men. The people of God ought to endeavour to outdo all others whatsoever, in righteousness, math. •.•0. except your Righteousness exceeds &c. The Grace of God where it is received teacheth men effectually to do these Duties, Tit 2.11 12. to live Righteously, &c. Christs Disciples are said to be the lights of the world, and for that reason they should labour so to shine, that they may win others, Mat. 5.16. it is therefore a crying shame to them, that any such who make no pretence to holiness and the fear of God, are yet to be commended for these things far above them; that do by many degrees out-do them; that there is a great deal more confidence may be put in them, and their word is much safer to be trusted unto than any of theirs: to be able without slander, to say of any one who tells all men that he is a Servant of Jesus Christ, that he is not to be believed in any promise that he makes, what an horrid shame must this be? let there then be no such occasion offered.