CHAP. XXII. 345 fpirit may be faved in the day of the Lord Iefts; and whiles he rernayneth in that impenitencie and excommunicate etlate ; all Chtiflians are to n avoyd him, and all communion with him , as the Lewes avoyded heathens and publicans. 4. The keeping ofthis rule , caufeth much peace in the communion of the Sainds; for by this orderly dealing with the partie all whifpering , backbiting, flandering , &calumniating one ofano- ther, are Rayed ; fîmes which reigne in- deede o among the profane worldlings, and heathens but are not p fufferable in the cirie of theLord. By this,occafions ofgriefandcontention are cut off: for as g withort wood,thefire isquenched,f6 With- out a whijerer Ffrife is(lent. By this,ei- ther the tinner is amended, whereat men and r Angels doe relo.yce; or thechurch at lead weife purged of the evill: for f he that' hardneth h- neck s2 When he is often re- Pall fdiinl - be broken o f,andcart, not be cared; but the Churches wound is cured hereby,as an other proverb f yth, r Caft oast thefcorner, and itrif fliallgo oast: f contentionand reproach f hall ceafé. Y s 5. Bur a Rom. t6, 17.I COT. s. I. mgt. ¡Sp '7. o R.om.i,29 30. 3. C7 ior,5,7. q Prov. 2.6, 20. r Luke 15,9 30. fProv.+9,ao t Pra.2z,i.
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