Preached at Lincolns Inne

              preached at Lin Lincol lincolns lincoins coIns ns inne PSAL 38.2 382 382 FOR THINE ARRO ARROWES WES STICK FAST IN MEAND ME AND THY HAND PRESSETH ME SORE ALMOST every every man hath his appetite and his tast fast tust sast disposed to some y kind of meates rather then others he knows what dish he jl I1JL would choose forhisfirst andforhis secondcourse we have often the same disposition in our spiritual diet a man may have a particular love towards such or such a book of scripture and in such an affection I1 acknowledge that my spirituall spirituals appetite carries me still upon the psalms of david for a first course for the scriptures of the old testament and upon the epistles of saint paul for a second course for the new and my meditations even for these pub lie like lle ile ilke exercises to gods church returne beturne oftnest oftness to these two for as a hearty entertainer offers to others the me-at meat which he loves best him- self so doe I1 oftnest oftness present to gods people in these congregations the meditations which I1 feed upon at home in those two scriptures if a man be asked a reason why he loves one meat better then another where all are equally good as the books of scripture are he will at least finde a reason in some good example that he sees some man of good tast and temperate withall so do and for my diet I1 have saint augustinas augustines Augu stines protestation that he loved the book booi of psalms and saint chrysostomas chrysostomes Chrysos tomes that he loved saint pauls epistles with a particu- lar devotion I1 may have another more particular reason because they are scriptures written in such forms as I1 have been most accustomed to saint pauls being letters and davids being poems for god gives us not onely that which is meerly necessary but that which is convenient too he does not onely feed us but feed us with marrow and with fatnesse fatnesse he gives us our instruction in cheerfull forms not