The partiality of wens pr Iicaljudgement in their orvn cafe. 3 man loves to hear us reprove the drunkard, and the drunkard is content to have the Covetous reprehended : Erroneous pro- feffors, dividers and hypocrites do hate the Minifter that repre- hendeth their own fin, and can fcarce endure to hear him, but fay, he is bitter, or a perfecuter , or raileth at the godly ( alas that wickednefs fhould have fo impudent a plea !) But they can freely give us leave to deal as plainly as we will with the openly prophane : fcarce any feet can endure you to fpeak againft their own miftakes : but you may fpeak as freely againft the contrary- minded as you pleafe. How Oily can Papiits endure one to fpeak againft ,Proteflants ? or Anabaptifts endure one to fpeak againft Infant-baptifm ? And the openly prophane can well enough endure to have Sees, and Schifmaticks, and Hereticks reproved :=And why is all this but from the Dominion of fell', and the fcarcity offedf-dergal in the world ? To have another rebuked, toucheth not Self, and therefore may be born. The poor man loves to hear us preach againft the Vices of the rich, and to reprehend the luxury of Gentlemen, and the crueltyof oppreffors : The fubjecSt too often loves to hear the Rulers faults laid open The Countryman loves to hear the Courtyers, the Miniflers, but fpecially the Lawyers faults laid open : Here youmay fpeak freely : but Self muff be let alone, upon pain of their difpleafure, and many a reproach. 10. So alfo in cafe of perfonal clofe reproof : thole that can- not endure it themfelves, do think it the dutyof others to endure it, and expe& that others fhould fubmit to them ; and if any will fay, [Neighbour, I thankyou for your plain and friendly dealing, and having fo much compaffion onmy foul, as to help, to lave me frommy fins : I confefs I am a vile unworthy firmer ; but by the grace of God I will do fo no more : or if I be any more overtaken., I pray you tell me of it, and let me not alone in it.] I fay if another fhould anfwer them thus, and thank them for their reproof, they would think the better of him,and take it well. But yet they will not do fo themfelves : for it coftethSelf nothing to haveanother fubmit and humble him- :So thole that are molt backward to the admonifhing of H 3 others,
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