i o.Coríxmand.: vpon the Commandements. ut meat with vs? For Chriff Lis fake let vs weigh it ,lei vs viewe it & euen earnef /y thiäke of it, & fearing to be damned,let vs feare to_P ape formerly in the fin that{eadeth to damnation. we do: notdifcountenä ce the whifperingcerper, wedoe nor' efchewe the reportsofpeeu fh putters, sat we itch to hears,& take pleafurein hearing, what true charity in our hearts towardci our brotherfhouldrriake vs abhorre to heare,& weeps to Kane it true.And far beleettengmoirke con ftder,t fyou dwellamong(1 neighbonrs;róhetheryou haue notgrieuoufy offended toward ma. nr ofthem in this refpel . Howhaueyou fufferedst falfe tongue to ftreyour hearts with belief° of your neighbour, that could r, ewer yet be extingu j1 editnceyou heard it & yetyots due net know it? A /as is this charity,whichwha fo wanteth wanteth Gcd? Is this to lour thy neighbour; ststhyfelfe? When fullfore it e fendrth me that any man fhould credits eftrmsfe of me, rf it be not true? O eies, O hcarts,whereistheirfight andfee long ?What lone canon) neighbourbeare me,or with what heart can a ferirantferns me, when he feeth whifperers fit/l about me, & fine deth my naturefo credulous ofthem,as that alibis faith and truth, all his trattaile& labour, all his àf eaïon & lone were it nester fofincere & vpright, & cum ./lowing frö mote's the of his hart in the very bottoms of hisfinite ,yet is in hazarsl euery'houre ofvniufl condemnation; of vnkinde regarde, and mólE vndeferued reproofe ?Trudy as I buttefaide before, it is the very triedcatthroteofall emitie, friendfhippe, orfaithful;lottingferiae?tobaneáli/Ienin, eare,& a credulous heart without marueilous gooddifcretion. And I am mofi afered oftt,there is no plague nor infeítionj rienousin the worldcomparabletothoopoyfùn,inefiranging, alien- ring & in the end quitedriuing way from me thole hearts,that weremineownewith body &all worldyability,in trueth ,iahonefly,inalleadgeance, in God, inChriJ1, &in'atlgáodmeaning to the death. Who loaeth forgaine; & fersseth for hire, heis aflame to the thing that hegapeth for,& to make by hismouth he will cart' any thing:btit to whom loué isgaine, d due regard of hispoore true heartan abundantreward, the denial? ofetdifcaurageth hit Meaning, grinder bit foule in (under; & raketh himvp in dtsft ;by vntime y death. And theref ore fine tt of en deth God,harteth oar brother, & very greatly indamageth our felnes, O that we would lie it; confider it, & as God by grace /liallflrengthen our fraile nature:, /conic vpon the fpeech that prattiferh manies harme , & couenant with our hearts to knowbtfore we credits fo would God bleffe vs,many report ;relief vs,& trueheart: o fneighbonr,friend,feruanr, or whofoeuer setter leasevs,Peffing then on`n this examination further, wemay not forget the publoising of our brethren: primate offences, a difpleafengthing v>lto the Lord, & agrieuous breach of this commandement.We fhould cotter in charity what no body knoweth but we,a etr e party wil bere- formed,euen as willingly & readily as euer we would our felms finde fatiour for ow ir. fìrmities. But doe we it ? Is my brothers farme mygriefe,is his eiedite deere veto me as my life ? Got I backward with a claakeon my backs to caflvpon his ofence,loth that ethers or I my felfe 'horrid fee st se goodSem & Iephathdid to their bared father in his drunienrref fe ? No no,we grinde&laugh rather with curfed Chain,& blab it out to others :Goodbeleued,let vs wry our G. s wants,& neuer make our vices' vertues. God asketh but our coufe ftonin. griefs & forowe &he ''2" will heale vs.It u a brich & a breach of ibis cömandment,& thereforenothing to becótinued in.But Idwelltea long in this fpeechwitoyou.Nany things mot mightyet be rchearfed;but fee themyour feltees &let my flence paffe them.Thef e fewe bewray eur want of perfel'1 obedience to the Lawe,& fo confequently of any life &, fafety bythe workes of the fame. And therefore f hope we clearely perceiue that without a Sautour we were butloff , make what dillina ions we can ofobedience ,ofiiïflification,or fur hlike. Faß cleats eth to vs & cannot be denied grievous guilt againfl both thís-Jawe d' all the former,& curt dlahe which abideth not in all to doe thr (faith the Lord) He that is guilty of one is pane ofa ll, &by the workesof the law can Dee,. : no flefh liuing be iuffifed. For the iußt (hall lice by faith. Weh m. ; auenor done all; but we ta.to. hauebroken much & therefore the conclafonlighteth vpon vs, & de he foebttlititsofall the Gá1; ;,1 z. wits in theworld,cannot remoue it fri vs ,if the Lordlhoseldmarke what w haue doneamiffe, but in this one Lave ofhie,& judge vs thereunto & by,we are not able. to abide it,we are cuff away,Therefore let vs f lie from the lawe ar fafl as weer we can,&take theright vfe ofit;there.. by to beledde vitro shrift,& let this be our frmecomfort, that When the fulneffe of time Gal ß4 was come,God feat foorch his Toone made of a woman,& made under the law,that he might redeeme vs from the curfechereof, & fo by him we might reteine the adoption of Tonnes which without him we could neuer attains to.rhis is fare, & this it comfor- table to hold by,& the Lordincreafe this faith in vs euer. L 2 The
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