Chap. 2t. o/In Ezpoftion upon thtBookó o a. Vert, g., 633 before them about matters of afllic``tion, as Gallio was to thofe who complainedabout matters ofreligion ; He caredfor none ofthofe things, he regarded them not ; you were as good fpeake to a wall, or a rock, as to Tome men,they are infenfible ofwhat others feeler therefore why fhould they be complained to. A fecond fort are aver- fencible, and account it agreat bur- thento receive complaints from the poore and diftrcff:d ; °Cis indeed a butthen, yet fuch a burthen as we ought to ix-are ; a ld we may number it among chore which the Apolile fpeakes of, ( Gal. 6. 2 ) Beareye one anothers burthens, fo fulfilling the law of Chrift. That we have our eares open, to receive the corn- plaints, andour hearts ready to grieve for the miferies of our brethren, is a burthen which the law ofChrift bath layd upon us ; and the bearing of that burthen is therefore called the fall- filling of the law of Chri(t, becaufe much love (which is the fill- filling of the law) goes out and is afted in bearing it. Thirdly, There are others, who though they give the hear- ing contentedly, and will haply tell you they are lorry to fee your aftli&ions, yet they fay littleand doe leffe to cafe your forrow:at molt they give you but a mouth full ofgood words, a breath ofcharitie, or charitie onelyupon the breath. Offuch the Apoftle lames fpeaks, (Chap. 2. 15, a 6.) If a brother or fifter be nakedand deflitute ofdaily food,andone ofyou fay to them, depart in peace, be ye warmed, andfilled; notwithftanding yougive them not thofe things that are needfulfor the body, what doth it profit ? Such kindeof cheape rebefe, I with it wereotherwife with you, beyou warmed, and fi fled, and cloathed, is all that many give ; they give nothing that is real! fuccour, eyther for foule or bodie; and who would complaine to fuch a generation as this? Fourthly,There are a fort who anfwer complainings with de. fp.fings,who mock at miferie,and take advantage to infult over others in their necefiities :Theywill not give fo much as a par- c:ellofgood words,norbe at the charge ofa good with to thole who arecempaffèd about with evil!. Such entertainment Da- vide complains had when he tent to NabaltSa.25. ao.AndNa- bal an/veered &faid, who is David, &who ù' the fon of 7effe ? t'oere be many fervants now adaies that breaks emery man fromhis Mafier3As if he had faid,what is he but afugitive?Thus he revi- M m m ?a led him, li[
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