Background Image
Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  619 / 808 Next Page
Basic version Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 619 / 808 Next Page
Page Background

V

E

R.

7.

Epbeflans, Ghap.S<

599

them,

take them

to Confort

with us,

make leagues

of

intimate amitie

with

them.

2.

He

is

not

to be

counted

a

wicked man

who bath

a

number

of

weakeneffes;

but

Come

good thing, who

is

naught, but not difcovered;

but he

is

fuch a

perfon,

1.

That

is

without the

Church. 2. That

is

juftly excommunicate. 3.

That though

he be in

the

bofome

of

the

Church,

yet

doth by

his

work mànifeft

that

he

is

a meere

carnali

man;

as

in

the text,

be he

a

meere

worldly

man,

I

mull

avoid familia-

rity

with him.

But

it

may

be

objeóled,

What if

my

wife do by fruits make

me

fee

the

hath nothing

in her

that

is

truly

good,

(hall

I

not

keepe

company

with her

e

This

muff

be exceptedfrom not conforting:the wicked are double;

Such

towhom

wee are

not

bound

by

any fpeciall

bond

:

Others

to

whom

religious

bonds, as

marriage,

Civili callings,naturall,as neere-

nefieofconfanguinity: the

rule

therefore

is

to

be underftood of the

firft.

For the fecond, wee mutt

afford

them

the

prefence

of

our out-

ward man familiarly and outward

benevolence, though we cannot

be

of

one

mincie

and heart

with them

as

the multitude

of

believers.

t

Cor.

7. 13.

If

an unbelieving husband

will dwell with

a believing

wife, the

mutt

not

leave him

:

This

then

is

the thing,

¿that

we may

not

let

our fclves familiarly accommpany

the wicked,

let

them

have

our

prefence fo far

as it

is

free

for

us

to

refraine

them: this was that was ty-

pically

frgnified

,

Levi:.

13.44

God

would

have

the

cleane and

the

Leprous feparated,

and

Pray.

4.15.

he

biddeth

us

got

away

,

paffe by,

baulke

the

way

of

thewicked;

that

is,

not onely

their

fin,

but

the familiar

accuftoming with

them,

and

Daviddoth

propound his

example,

I

have

net dwelt nor

haunted with

vain

perfens

,

Pfal. 2.6.4.

So

An

s

2.

Save

your

[elves,

make

efcape

from

this

generation.

And

z

Thef.

3.14.

If

any

man

obey

not our

ward,

note

that

man

and have

no company

with

him.

For

this

doth

fubvert

and confound

that order

,

that God

will not

haveall barked

in

one

bottome, but the

vile

and precious feparated,

Ier.15.19.

Again,

it

is

hurtfull for

Gods

children, for it Bothinfeët

them,

as

he

faith,

Prov,

t

3.20.

A

companion offooles

will

prove

naught:

So

the text faith

:

and

be giveth

a

particular inftance, Prov.

zz.

24,25.

ítiakeno

friendfbiip

with an angry man, andwith

a

furious

man

thou

jhalt

notgot,lefi

thou

learn

his

way

andget

aware

to

thy foule:

It

is

hard to

treadon

coales and

not

to

be burnt

s

or to

touch

pitch and

not

bede-

filed,

as

good

Lot,

though he

vexed his route ,

yet what

an

exceffve

love was ftolne upon

himout

of

that

placee

what

a

poyfon

was

entred

into

his

daughters

and wife,

as

the

Rorie Both manifell

e

3.

It

hutteththe

wicked, for

itkcepeththem

from being afhamed,

and returning

to

God,

this being

a

thing

that

they

take

heart

by,

if

they

may have

the

familiar prefence

of

fuch

as

arevertuous.

Luke

134

26.

We

have

eaten

and

druoke

in

thy pretence:

and it maketh

us

unable

effeltually

to

rebuke

them, when

we are in fuch a league

of

familiarity

with

objell.