404 1re whdt things muft rve kfe Moderation, Senn. 16. Thus I have done with the Cafe, wherein I have been too large ( I confefs) in the whole, though perhaps too fhort in feverat particulars, and I hope not very tedious in any. A little more time for that which remains will give a releafe to my pains and your patience. The Perfons. For the third General( the Perfons. i. Who muf} exercife this Mo- deration, and that's in a word all. z. ?'o whom,and that's allo all with whom we have to do, of all ranks degrees and qualities, Superiors and Ltzferiors as well as Equals,of all tempers and carriages, not only to the gentle, but alfo to the froward not only to friends and thofe equal and, fair to us, for then what fingular thing do we , but to thole that are, or we repute our Enemies, that defpicefully hate us, and injuri. oufly perfecute us, as cur Saviour teachetb, cJ3(atth. 5.44. 3. Before whom, and that's exprefl in the Text yell mess.; our converfation in all the good and the evìl thirgs of this life, and towards all, mull to all that fee and obferve or hear thereof be knowruo be moderate. Re 4,ns. The fourth Generali or the equity of this command, which I !hall fhew.for that towards perfons (wávtrg that towards things both in this. and application (as I told you) bung, by many fufficiently hand= led) in three particulars. t. This is no other than what God himfelf ex'rcifes towards us. In all his dealings with mankind,from the fall, to the confummation and end of the World, this Both eminently, and alwayes will appear, fo that good reafon we fhould do it ;That we may he the children of our heaven - ly ,Father (Matth.,5.45 ) who fpareth us continually when we offend and fin againfi him. if God was not more moderate than man, the World would quickly crack about our ears ; for if man had power to Lis will, it would fcarcely bz habitable,; but he that bath power, if he fhould but exercife iteven juflly, and not ufe moderation,it would no longer be inhabited. Thom wicked fermant, I forgave thee all, fhonlde/t not thou have had compaffion on thy fellow fervánt, Matth.t 8. 32, 33. 2. Chrift did nie Moderation eminently towardsus,and bath left us hie, example to folluw,in our exercifing it towards one another. Though he was equal with God, yet made himfelf of no reputation, and too kupon him the form of a ('ervant., and humbled himfelf,sand became obedient unto deatb,even to the death of the crofs, Philip. 2.7. whófe examplehow pa -, thetically Both the Apoí;íe urge, v, i. z. that nothing be done through ftrife or,vainglory, but in lowlinefs of mind, efteeming others better than our fclves,nat looltïng every man on his own things but the. things ofothers, v.3, & 4. liicewife Mat. i 1.2,5. and many other places well known. 3. Beceu fe we have all need of this from one another. We are fuir) men
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