$.io Roles and helps to Chriflian sraeelZneff e, followes, bear ye one anthers burdens, and fo fullfall the Law of Chrifi, Beare ye one anothers burden: Confider you may be tempted, and then beare ye one anothers burden, the burden is like to be mutualh, 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 tryes mine, and therefore let us beare one anothers burden : As now among fervants, when one of them is Çick, we would account it an unreafonible thing, if the other fhould murmure fqr the helping of his fellow lervante no, he will not doe it, but realòn thus, I mut} helpe him now, why I may be rick ere long, and then he will helpe me, fo doe . others croife you, be you meeke towards them as you would expec`f that theythouldbe meeke towards you ; 'tis ordinary for men that have the greaten. weakneífes for them to beare With the weakneffes or others, fell 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 with many that have fuch proud and froward fpirits, that every body muff ieeke to pleàfe them_ and yet they will`feeke to pleafe no body them' elves. O Re-- member your own f£aylty. And if any of you + }gall fay, I but I am rot o great a burden' to others as they are to me, and th .fore ;here is no, equality for me to beare his burden becaufe he is like to beare. mine. I befeech you doe but obferve what he Anfwer to that is. Firfr, Every one is ready to thinke,That he às not fo griev- ous to others, as others are grievous to me : grant it, but then obferve, it appeares that thou art flronger then thy brother, and therefore if the heavyer end of thy burden- be upon thy !Lou lder,thenthou fhouldfl quietly beare it, becaufe it feemes God bath made thy shoulder more able to bear it : And 'tis not more difficult for aman to beare the offences of others a gait* hint, then iris for him not to be offenfive to others : and therefore rather bleffe God when thou thinke.fl thus, the burden of my brother is greater then mine, and it's Gods mer- cy to me that he path made my f rength greater then his, and fo confidering one anothers burdens, let us labour to bear theme meekly and quietly. ,Againe,.
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