16 Prouer .s. C ap.9. Ver.. ofwz edome;for fooner they cannot, being corruptedwith ex-. amples,compánie;counfels,and all peflilent and contagious 1,I19,IIç, courfes : and therefore faith theProphet eAwayfrom meye- wicked,for I will keepe the commaundements of my rod. 3 Thirdlie, it bringeth them that vie fuchhaunts, into fufpi= tion withChriflians whereby they be dcpriued of that corer- munion,which they might baue with them. Vfe, r, A defenceof them that chew their obedience therein,ceafsing to affociate themfelues with ungodly companions. It is not their fingularity,and puritié,that they would feerne better then other men: it is not their proudspirits difdaining their neigh. bors,and thinking that no company is goodenough for them : It is not becaufe they are new tangled, and fo forfake their old friends, and call ofall good fellowfhippe : but it is the cornmaundement of God that Both require it, and their du. tic to performe it. 2 Inflruetion to fuch as defire good men to bee fociable with them, let them beealto good men that their focietie may bee good and- warrantable,for fo Chriflians may fafelie and will cheerefully adioyne themfelues vnto them. Otherwife there Cor,6.re. neither is,nor mull bee,nor can bee any good agreement bee - tweene light and darkeneffe, righteoufneffe and vnrighteouf- neffe, God in the one and Beliall in the other. Reproofe of them that can indifferently brooke all cores panies, and conuerfe with all manner of perfons:.If they bee rufans,blafpherners,& drunkards,they canplay the good fd- lowes with them:If they be Chriflians and filch as feare God, they can difcourfe ofpoints of religion,they can giue teflimo -- nieof godly preachers,they can relate what excellent Sermons they haue been at. Certaine it is,that they doe -but counter faite on the one fide ? Then is their behauiour naturali when they connerie with the worfl, and meerely artificiali; when- they come among the bell. The other two claufes of this verfe arc referued to bee handled in fit place.
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