IIg GeNerall directionsfor a they arecounfellors ever at hand,he carries thë in his bofome. 7 . His fpirituall wifedome is toguidehim in a right ap- prehenfion anddtfcretion ofcircumitances, and to define the opportunitie and feafonableneflè, when hee is to interpofee and inwhat manner to oppofe againli their furious and rot- ten fpeeches. It mull cell him fecretly,and fuggell unto him, . when the caufe ofGod, or the innocencie of a good man . calls fpecially uponhim for an apologie, andat what time he bath acalling thereunto. It must informe him how hee mutt reprove : whether direc`lly and downe right, or by intima- tion, and indire&ly ; whether perfonally, or in the generali g whether in a faire or milder manner, or with a more bold and refolute fpirit;. whether perfonally upon it, and in hot blond, as it were, or afterward to take occafion to cenfure the fame finne,with aggravationsoftheodioufiheffe and dam- nationof it; whether onely by difcountenance, or difcourfe s. by a filent difapplaufe, which I thinke, maybee fufficient for force men,at fbnae times,in fomecompanies,or with folemne proteftation,and a profeffed oppofition and dillike, &c. z. Let him alfo looke to his heart : That his reprove fpring not from any imperious humour of cenfuring, and . medling with his brethren;, from a proud veine of contra- dieting, andcontrolling others;. out ofaStoicall.fowrenefle,- and commanding furlinelfe; from any purpofe to difgrace, . and grieve the partie; from a formali affe&ion of Phariiai- call lèveritie; from a fècret ambitious delireof purchafing an opinion and reputationof forwardneffe, by Bering forward- in finding faults ; or from any other by- refile& : but from an heart truelyhumbled with fight and fenfe of its. owne infir- mities, zealoully thankefull unto God for preferving him. from the like outrage, and excelfe in fnne; graciou )y refol- ved into compaflion and commiferation of the offender; lif- ted up in a fecret fupplication for the pardon ofits ownefin, fuccefie ofthe reprotè, and falvationofthe partie all at once unto the Throne of Grace, &c. 3. Hisconfcience mull guide, and bold him in the right path,. and golden /mane betvweene two extreames, whic!a ordà
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