I20 Genera11direatona fora of foredefperate Swaggerer, with anundigefted and unfea- fonable reproofe : whereby they both incurre the guilt of giving an holy thing untoa Dog, and unnecefiary danger from the graceleffe furie of the Partie. Or elfe for want of. fpirituall wifedome,and an holy difcretion ofcircumitances , they may tender an admonition to fore fuch contemptuous fwinifh wretch, which will paílè over, and put by the preci- ous feveritie of the Word of Truth wich afcurrilI je! ; of with a dull, and fcornefull fottifhnefhe trample under foote that facred Pearle. Though it bee no conftantcharaaer of Dogs and Swine, yet commonly thofe defperatewretches, towhore by Chriits commandement,we muff give no holy things,are fellowes of dogged, fowre, and contrafted countenances, efpecially to- wards true Chrillians ; and have a kindof defperate furiouf nefl"e itnprefled upon their foreheads, which is then molt vi- fible , when they are troll in theirvillanies, and heareofany contradiaion, or condemnation of their graceleffe courfes and contemptuous carriages. And thofe Swinifh Cadarenr, before whom weemutt call no Pearles, are fellowesof a flee- ring, gibing and fcornefull carriage, efpecially towards good men,and godly exercifes : theyare fo drowned in fenfualitie, and gleued to theearth; that theydoenot onely defpifè, but altoderide theprecious things of Heaven. As I take it, fen- fualitie, andearthlymindednefle, mingled with a greatBeale ofAtheifme, begetteth in men this fottifh fwinilhne%, and bruitifh contempt ofthe blefl'ings ofGrace, and diredtions to everlatting blifle. Thefepremonitions and cautions premifed, and obferved, every Chrtftian ought to addrefïe himfelfe with refolution, and confcience to difcharge this Christian dutie of reproo- ving, when a jufl occafion and a calling thereunto doe re- quire and exa& it at his hands. For thole rtafons Firft, inrefptaofthe pat tie offending, I. A feafonable reproofe, mingled and fandified with the fpiritofinvocation and compatriot], may, by the bletl;ngof God, bee an occafton of converfion to the offender. And
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