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Prophet "Jeremy^ Jer. xx. 7. I am in Derifion 

 daily ^ every 07ie mocketh me. And tho' there may 

 be ibme Wit fhewn in fcoffing and jefting upon 

 others, yet is it a Pradiice inconfiftent with true 

 Wifdom. The Scorner and the Wife Man are 

 frequently opposed in Scripture, Prov, ix. 8. and 

 Chap. xiii. i, <S?r. It is a proverbial Saying, ^he 

 greatejl Clerks are not always the wifejl Men. I 

 thijjk the Saying might as often be verify'd of the 

 greateft B^its, Scorning, in that Gradation in 

 the firft Pfalmy is fet down as the higheft Step of 

 Wickednefs. And Solomon tells us, that Judg- 

 ments are prepardfor the Scorners, 



You will fay to me, how then muft our 

 Tongues be employed ? I anfwer, j. In Praifes 

 and Thankfgiving unto God, PfaL ^xxv, 28. ^nd 

 my Tongue Jhall /peak of thy Righteoufnefs ajid of 

 thy Praifes all the Day long. Parallel whereto is 

 ver, 24. oi PfaL Ixxi. Indeed the Book oiPfalms 

 is in a great meafure but an Exercife of or Ex- 

 hortation to this Duty. 2. We muft exercife 

 our Tongues in talking of all his wondrous 

 Works : PfaL cxlv. 5> 6. / mil fpeak of the glo- 

 rious Honour of thy Majefy, and of thy wondrous 

 Works, 3. In Prayer to God. 4. In Confeffion 

 of him and his Religion, and publickly owning 

 it before Men, whatever the Hazard be. 5. In 

 teaching, inftrufting, and counfelhng of others, 

 6. In exhorting them. 7. In comforting them 

 that need it. 8. In reproving them. AIJ w^hich 



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