comfortable wálking withGod. let himknow, that bee which converteth the firmer from the erreurof hie way , fhallfave a foule from death , and Ebel( hide Fames 5.26* a multitudeofhie_linnet. And it is the molt glorious worke in theWorld, and the noblefl imployment under the Sunne, to have a hand in the holy hufìneffe of faving a foule. Leto hope then ofdoing fpirituall good to thy brothers foule, bee the fpeciall aime, and a principali motive of performing this dune. There is a Law , Exod. 2 3. 4, 5. that if a man meete his enemies Oxe, or Afle, goingattray, he muff bring hima, gaine : If he feeshis enemies Affe lying under his burden, he mutt helpe him up againe : Howmuch more Beare and pre cious inour eies fhould the . immortali foule of our Brother he, then the mite ofour enemie ? ifwee mutt turne hacke the ftraying Oxe ofour enemie, and liftup his Affe, whenhee is crufht under his burden ; with what eagerneffe and zcale ought we to labour, to flop the furious courfe ofa reafonabie creature towards the pit of Hell; and to put our helping, hand to raifeup that filly foule, whichby reafonoftheheavy weight ofits finne, is full forely bruifed andbleeding, ready even to breathe out its lall, and tinke into the miferieofend leffe horrour ? Speake then boldly in the caufeof God, when thou hearefi thy brother blafpheme his Name, jet withhis Word , talke filthily, raii:e againil holine% , dander good men, pleade for prophane paftimes,,&c. for they are fo many . mortali flat's into his ownepoore foule; belïdes thenaturali infeaioufneffe of rotten fpeeches, which may doe much mifchiefeto the ftandersby. Though thy reproofe prevaile not at the prefent; yet thou knoweft not what imprefhion and working it may have afterward upon his hard heart, wherebyperhaps he may happily thinke upon a new courfe, . andofconverfion toGod ;. and, fothoube ablefied indruinent of favinga foule. 2. But ifit have not fo happy a fucceffe upon his foüle, yet it may be, thou mayeft thereby tame and takedowne his. infolency ; fo cut his combe by a feafonable contradietion , that bee doe not carry it away bravely, fo cook and con-. found his fwaggeringhumour, that he doenot glory in his villa.. I2Y
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