Ainsworth - Houston-Packer Collection BT972 .A46 1628

CHAP. X I T. flnketh More into him , a then th hun- a cbap,t,,ii creel ftipes into afoole : the cenfures of b z Cor, a the church are for his b humbling , and 6. i 1vation of his fpirit in the dayof the cx c®r.S,Sm Lord. We ow e this therefore as a dutie of loue unto our brethren, for their good ; feeìng loue d covercth a multitude d r Pet.4,9 offirma; and that is done, when e we con- e Ian.S )2*, vért thefirmerfromgoing affray , and faue his foule from death. And hereupon it wasithat God gane that Law of rebukes in theft words f Mom'halt not hate thy fLev.iç,a1 brother in thy hart, thou'halt plainÿ rebuke thy neohbeur,& b f fcr notfin upon him . g or bear net For what reater hatred can there be Itnr:e for g as Iev.zz,) íhcwed, then to fee and fu$èr our Imo-, thers foule to perish; therefore Salomon, was not afrayd to fay , that h open rebuke h Pre.2y,5 is better then f net loue. And Davdmind- ing th s, did define i that the riohteous i pf4,14i, mqht finite him, for it fhouid be a bene- fit ; and rebuke him , for it f ouid be a precious oile, which he wif ed might not falle from beingon his head. How ever then the wicked efleeme of this heauenly ordnance , and hate thole that rebuke thern,for wh'ch caufeClirit for-. bad

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