imitate Chrif is loveand tendernefs, 345 DIRE C:T. VIIí. 1temember Chrifls intcrefl in the 'wake of hisfervants, and de xsqthing to themwhich Chrig will not take well. THink well how far he beareth with them,apd how far he owneth them , and how tender he is of therm in all their weaknef es. If it be a Member of Chrift that you are offended with, though you mutt never the more Ìove the fault, yet remember how you mull ufe theperfon. Jr was not for nothing that he fetteth little children be- fore his difciples, when he would teach themnot only hMmility , but refpe& and patience towards each other by his example. Math. T 8. Andhow terrible a paffage is it y. 5, 6. Who fo fhall receive one filch littlechild in my nanç , receiveth me But irhofo'ball offend one of thefe little ones, that believe ira me,it were far better him that a nail/tone were hang- ed about his neckand that he were drowned in the depth of thefeu. And Math. 24. what is done to one of the leaf of has brethren ( for fo he calleth them) Chrifl judgeth as done unto himfelf. He will not break thy, bru;fed reed, nor quench the fmoa- king flax, until he bring forth judgement unto vinory. Remember but Chrifis interefi in them and affe&ions to them, and imitatehis tendernefs andpity. DIRECT.
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