The keeping of the honour of the Sabbath, which will keep up your magisterial honour. A gracious person hath not only religion only in his heart, but also in his tongue, Psalm xxxvii. In worldly things their tongue is as the pen of a ready writer, but in matters of religion, it is as if their tongue did cleave to the roof of their mouth. The discourse demonstrates what the heart is. The water of the conduit shows what the spring is.
Holy conference is very edifying.
The apostle bids us 'edify one another,' Ephes. Gracious discourse makes us resemble Christ. Christ never came into any company, but he set good discourse on foot. Levi made him a feast, Luke v. 29. and Christ feasted him with holy discourse. When he came to Jacob's well, he presently speaks of the 'water of life,' Jude 4.