"Now, as it needs must be One of the Clock before it can be Two or Three; so I shall handle this word _And_, the first word of the Text, before I meddle with the following. "And _one told JACOB_. The word _And_ is but a particle, and a small one: but small things are not to be despised. _St. Matthew_ xviii. 10, _Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones_. For this _And_ is as the tacks and loops amongst the curtains of the Tabernacle. The tacks put into the loops did couple the curtains of the Tent and sew the Tent together: so this particle _And_ being put into the loops of the words immediately before the Text, does couple the Text to the foregoing verse, and sews them close together." I shall not trouble you, Sir, with the rest: being much after this witty rate, and to as much purpose. But we will go on, if you please, Sir! to [3] the cunning _Observations, Doctrines, and Inferences_ that are commonly made and raised from places of Scripture. One takes that for his Text, _Psalm_ lxviii. 3, _But let the righteous be glad_. From whence, he raises this doctrine, that "there is a Spirit of Singularity in the Saints of GOD: but let the righteous--" a doctrine, I will warrant him! of his own raising; it being not very easy for anybody to prevent him! Another, he takes that of _Isaiah_ xli. 14, 15, _Fear not, thou worm JACOB_! &c.... _thou shalt thresh the mountains._ Whence he observes that "the worm JACOB was a threshing worm!" Another, that of _Genesis_ xliv. 1. _And he commanded the Steward of the house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry_: and makes this note from the words. That "great sacks and many sacks will hold more than few sacks and little ones. For look," says he, "how they came prepared with sacks and beasts, so they were sent back with corn! The greater, and the more sacks they had prepared, the more corn they carry away! if they had prepared but small sacks, and a few; they had carried away the less!" Verily, and indeed extraordinarily true! Another, he falls upon that of _Isaiah_ lviii. 5, _Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush?_ The Observation is that "Repentance for an hour, or a day, is not worth a bulrush!" And, there, I think, he hit the business! But of these, Sir, I can shew you a whole book full, in a treatise called _Flames and Discoveries_, consisting of very notable and extraordinary things which the inquisitive Author had privately observed and discovered, upon reading the Evangelists; as for example: