Chap. 37. about Communicating in other mens &s. 369 4. By contenting ; as Ahab in the murrher ofNaboth , I King. 21. r9. So Hofea ç. rt. ç. By careleffenefs toprevent finne : We muff not fay as Cain : Who made me my brothers Keeper? but we mußt watch over, exhort, reprove, &c. For when Achan finned, all Ifrael is faid to finne , jof,7. 1. and the whole bodyof them was punifhed. 6. By not fupprefIin fin : Thus Eli finned, 1 Sam.3.13. y. By applauding finne: fo , Rom. 1.3 z. This ftrengthens the armes of the wicked. 8. By not teflifyingagainft it, Lev. 5.i. Queft. Are not all men guilty fome way or other of the fumes of the times ? Anfw. Yea truly, we all receive tome taint, and toile from the times we live in , either our zeal is weakened , or wedo not grieve fo much for the fins of the times as we thould, This made the Corinthians guilty of the fin 6f the incefluous perfon, r Cor.ç.z. Quelt. Whether is it lawfull for a man to rejoyce at another mans jinn ? Anfw, Wemay never rejoyceatfinne as it is fin : but asGod turnes it to an occafion of good, fo we may rejoyce : as when a proudmanby falling into fome shameful finne, is thereby brought to repentance , and humbled ; or when by the occafionof forcefoule impiety, agood Law is made againßt it, which other- wifewould not have been made, Wit. 1. c 5,16,17,18. Amef. Caf. Confci. $b6 CRAP.
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