Serrri.16. and in what not fubje &to like pafl'tons;nay,ufuallythofe that need it toff from others, ufe it la wife man faid of one of fuck aoruggedste t mper, though he had yet as a grace enough for feven others, yet had little enough for himfelf. But yet if thee be any fo equall lehing b and towards all, m cation, fo ruled by grace, that he ha h. no need of moderation from others, let him take the aril {lone , and violently throw at his neighbour. Read I pray , Mirth. 18. from V. z, I , to the end, which is the great Scripture for our Moderation to one another, and is mot} ample therein, where you will fee both the equity, and necefYity thereof to falvation. of this Mo- deration the laü particular which is the Ufe and Application towards one another. I . vfe of Information, That it is not enough that we have Moderati- vie. on ( which all pretend to,though few pradife) but we mull thew it, nay, not only thew it fparingly, or at fome times, and to forne, but ufually, frequently,conftantiy, and to all men. V fe 2. Therefore of Exhortation. Wherein let me plead with you a little,for Moderation towards one another, this fo much awanting, and yet fo neceffaity duty, betides the equitablenefs thereof in the Reafons, confider briefly the neceflïty, utility, and difficulties j edit? have all I. How nece f fart' ? Are there not .1143/3 77;4 Are of usitnfallible ? nay, clothanot the pretence a the cocdeclare any the contrary ? a. How profitable is this to fu all ? Moderation loth not a little conduce to the health of our bodies, as the great Hippocrottes and .eg- perience tells us, nothing more deflroy ing us than not only iuruiode- ratenefs in things, but our paffions against others; and not lefs to the peace and tranquility of our minds , for the injoyment of our felves; and moli to the ferving and injoying of God. If coed f onab =be in a paffion, he is not only weary of his lite, but his praying is nothin g but quarrelling with God, 7onah 4. Nay, it bath an efpeciall promìfe both from God and Chri{f, the meek 'hall inherit the earth, `P fal 36. 1 r. whom our Saviour therefore pronounceth 6le ffed, Matth. 5.5. who - foever therefore may curie them, orcou-nt them fools for the fame, he having bleffed them, bleffed they (hall be. 3. H&w fweet and pleafant a thing is Moderation both to our [dyes and others? It being the foundation of that fweet fel'owthip and Communion of Saints, which is one great Article of our Creed. F t f 2 Fxperiene 4 °5
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=