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Roles

and

helps

to

Chrrflian

meelZneff

ä,

followves,

bear

ye

one

¡mothers

burdens,

and

fo

fullfill the

Law

of

aril,

Beare ye

one anothers

burden

Confider

you

may

be

tempted,

and

then

beare

ye

one

anothers

burden, the burden

is

like

to

be mutual!, I bear my

brothers burden,

and my

brother

is like

to bear

my

burden

I

have

a

burden that

may

as

well,

try

his

patience,

as

his

tryesmine,

and

therefore

let

us

blare

one anothers

burden

:

As now among

fervants,

when one

of:

them

is

Fick,

we would account

it

an

unreafonsble

thing,

if

the

other thould

murmure for the helping

of

his

fellow servant,.

no,

he will

not doe

it,

but reaiòn thus, I mull helpe him

now,

why

I

may

be

fick

ere long,

and

then

he

will

helpe

me,

fo

doe

.

otherscroife

you,

be

you

meeke

towards them

as

you

would

expeel that

they

i

could

be

meeke towards

you

;

'tis

ordinary

for men that have the

greateíl

weakneffes for

them to beare

With

the

weakneffes

of

others,

lefi

they

be like

in

this cafe

to

the

gouty

Legg,

that

mull

have all

the attendance

it

felfe,but is

ufefull

for

nothing

;

So

'tis

wig

h

many

that

have

fuch

proud

and froward fpirits,

that

every body

muff

ieeke

to

pleafe them.

and

yet

they will' feeke

to

pleáfe

no

body

there

elves. O

Re-

member

your

own

f-aylty.

And

if

any

of

you

thal!

fay,

I

but

I

am

rot

o

great

a

burden.

to

others

as

they are to me,

and

rh

r:::fore

here

is

no

equality

for

me

to

beare

his

burden

becaufe he

is

like

to

beare.

mine.

I

befeech youdoe

but

obferve what the Anfwer

to that

is.

Firfl,

Every

one

is

ready

to

rhinke,

That

he

is

not

fo

griev

ous

to others,

as

others

are grievous

tome

:

grant

it,

but

then

obferve,

it

appeares

that

thou art flronger then thy

brother,

and

therefore

ifthe

heavyer

end of

thy burden-

be

upon thy

,ouider,then

thou thouldf+quietly

Beare

it,

becaufe

it

feemes

God

hath

made thy

fhoi

+lder

more

able

to

bear

it

:

And

'tis

not more difficult

fora

man

to beare

the

offences of others

a--

gait*

him, then

it

is

for him

not

to

be

offenfive

to

others

:

and

therefore rather blelle

God

when thou

thinkefl thus, the

burden of

my

brother

is

greater

then

mine,

and

it's

Gods mer-

cy

to

me

that he

hath made

my

frength

greater

then his,

and

fo confidering one

anothers

burdens,let

us labour

to

bear

them

meekly

and

;uietly.

,Againe,.