Chap. 19. An Expefstion upon the Book of jOB. Vert 5. 16, tas (mall man inb4 owneopinion. Paul being enformed that the ftrong ( among the Saints at Rome) defpifed the weake, did not onely forbid them in this third verlè, but chides them at the tenth verfe ; why dorft thou judge thy brother ? or, Why doe thou fet at naught thybrother ? And as he tooke downe theGen - tiles, Chap. 14. with benot high- minded, butfeare. So he Both thefe, with we ¡hall giifland before the judgement-feat of ¿hrifl. As ifhe had Paid, We mutt all be judged by oar, and therefore let riot any one be fo buta in judgeing : to love is our duty, to judge is Chrifts prerogative, let us be more in charkie, and leffe incenfure. Paul all() intimates this harfhneffe of fpirit towardsa fallen brother, in the dea'.ing of the. Corinthians with the incdluous perfon, whom 'himfetfe had ordered to be cal} out of the Church, and given up toSatan, ( t Cor. 5, 5. 13. ) He percei- ved their fpirits too high againft him, and therefore in the fe. coud Epiftle he mollifies and moderates them, ( Chap. 2.6. ) Sufficient tofucha man is this pm-:fitment which wad inflictedof many ; doe not punifh him [till, doe not imbitter your fpirits againtthirn, Teeought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, legit he befallowed up with over-much furrow,( ver. 7. ) We cannot have over-much faith inGod, we cannot haveover- much love to God ; the greateft abundanceof there is no exceffe, but we may have over-much forrow ; and though we cannot be too pef_ fing upon Saints Co b.leeve, and love, yet we may be too p-ef- fi,g upon finners to mourne and forrow. wherefore (faith the Apoftle) I befceohyou to confirme your love towards him. Carry it meekly, mildly, and gently with your formerly offending, but now deeply humbledand repenting brother; doe not mag- nifie your (elves againft him, who bathabafed and laid himfelfe low before you. Secondly , Obferve Jr is very finfull to magnifie our felves againjî tbofë that arefallen. Firft, Such forget their owne frailtie, how apt they are to fall. We thould betaught by the failings offome whatwe may be tempted to doe, as well as we fhouldbe taught by the holy actingsofother's what we ought to doe. That corruption, that; Z temp.
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