Queflionìs äird'Cdfes ofConftience about Chap. 38 3. Of admonition, wherebywe put our brethren inmind of their duty, Rom,i ç, 14. i Thf ç.i4, either when through forgerfulnefs they fall into fin, or omit the duties ofE,ods fervice, 4. Ofreproof, whereby we rebuke them that wilfully fall into fin , and conti- nue in it without amendinent,required, Epef, ç.i i. otherwifewe make our felves acceff ry totheir fins. SoMat. i x.iç. Yea otherwife we hate them, Lev.i9. 17. ç. Of Exhortation, whereby we incite, and provoke them to all duties of god- linefs , quickning thofe 'whichare dull: difhwadingfrom fin thofe which are rea- dy to fall; and encouraging thofe that run well in their Chrif}ian courfe : as He& 3. i 3. Exhort one another daily, &c. 6. Of Confolation, whereby we flrengthen the weakhands, and feeble knees, Heb. ,i 2.1 z. and refrefhwith feafonable comforts fuch as are ready to faint under the burden of their affiitóions: as jThef. .ri,i4. Rom,iz.i4. For its an eafe to thofe thatare in mifery, ro have companions in their fufferings. 7. OfCounfell, whereby we advife thofe , who ofthemíelvesknow not what to doe : and this fomerimes the weaker may perform to the flronger , as Abigail did toDavid : becaufe lookers onbeing free fromprejudice, and paffion, can fee more clearly then thofe that are intereffed in the bufinefs. S. Ofgood example, by which, fhining_ before them in the light of an holy converfation , we do notonly Phew them the way to Heaven , but (as it were ) take them by the hand, and lead them in it.So Mat. ç. r 6. i Per.z.t a.and 3. z. Mr. Downams guide togodlinefs. CHAP.
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