z26 Generalidirections fora kfatth. 7.6. Neither private admonition, nor brotherly re. proofe is tobe vouchfafed to defperate finners or prophane Ruffians , who would entertaine it with crueltie or four rility. I I. Obfervea fanaified filence; from Matth.'. i,z. i. Rath cenfuring , which is feverely, oenfured by Chriff Ilimfelfe, and fee as a vifible Brand upon the faceof the Fly.. pocrite. Let it ever bee onely the peevith povertie of thofe who arenaught , and rnoft obnoxious themfelves; of Pha- rifes and falfe- hearts, to be thegreatef finde-faults; uncha- ritably to entertaine caufeleffedifconceites, and to paffe radii cenfures againft thofe, who are farre better then themfelves, Which they ordinarilydoe : becaufe, T. They werenever truely humbledwith fight and fenfe oftheir owne finnefull and accurfed fate. They never trem- bled, nor were thorowly frighted with the wrathful! coun- tenanceofGod, for their infinite pollutions and provocati- ons of the eies of his glory. Their confciences were never awaked out of their dead fenfuall lleepe, by the Trumpet of the Law, nor received any fpeci-all and particular illumi- nation from thefan&ifying Spirit. Ina word, they have no terrour, no trouble, no worke or buffnefe at home about their owne fnnes, in their owne confciences, and therefore theyhave leafure enough to looke about them , and are full enough ofGnfull curiofatie, and unneceffarymedling, to pry and enquire intoother mens courfesand carriages; of malice and fpightfulneffe,tonaiflake and milinterpret; ofpride and peremptorinere, to proclainie many times with great noife, and felfe- applaufe, their owne idle malignant forgeries and fancies,for faults ofthofe,who are much more righteous then they. When they looke forward, or anywaits about them, they are very fharpeGghted into the fathions and failings ofothers; moff exaet in obferving their neighbours waies; Eagle-eyed, topierce beyond the NIoone; to fpie the lealt moate in the Sunne,Imeane, the íma"efi infirmity inthe moff glorious Saint : Nay, they are of filch a refined and fublima-- ted eie-fight, that they can difcerne force errours and exor bitanciesa
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