What is requiredtogood andlamfullhonours.. 195 uil is to bedelred,and we are as much as in vslieth,to walke vnblameably beforeall men,and to bewithout rerroofe.For euen the Apoftle himfelfe laboured in the declarationof the truth to approuehimfelfe, to etirry mans confciencein thefight .Cot.42. of God.And lefl any man fhould limit this indofinit fpeech to the Church only;hc requireth alfo,that he who intobe cho- fentotheo(fce ofa Bifhop, Jhouldhewell reportedof, earn of i.Tha.j.9. themwhich arewithout, left hejhouldftll into rebuke, and into thefore ofthe diuell: becaufeas by our good liues we fhould edifie ourbrethren, fo all() as much as in vs lieth, we fhould helpe forward the conuerl on ofthem that are not yet cal- led : whereas then weare required to negleól and contemne the good report ofworldlings, it isto be vnderflood refpe- óliuely, in compatifonofthe approbation ofGod, ourowne confciences,or thegodly,when both cannot (landtogether : neither mull we inour alionsmainly aimeat their praifes; but rather our care mull be,to giue vnto them no full caufe ofeuill report; and thenneither to bemuch troubled ifthey defame vs, feeingour cafe is common withour mailer, nor yet toomuch affedled with their praifes,when they do com- mendvs ; but yet ifcontinuing inwell-doingand in an vp- right courfe, pleafingboth toGod andgood men, we may haue their good word, in refpe 5 that they through fotne common grace receiued, do begin tolike fume tnorall ver- rues in vs, or doe loueour perfon by reafon offotne naturali parts which theyaffeól, orin refpcel ofeommon humanitie, kindred, alliance or fome benefit receiued,weare tonourifh ratherthen negleól it, not only for ourowne fakes, who na- turally delire to be wellfpoken ofby all, but for theirs efpe- cially, in that hereby wee may helpe forwardtheir conuer- lion, andbring themby degrees from the louingofour per_ fons, to the liking andentbrating ofour religion and con_ uerfation. Seixc.8. And fomuch forthe perlons fromwhom honor and good§3ea a-8. eflimation is tobe fought : the next thing tobe obferued, is, That honour to that as we are to feeke it from the good, fo all()for true ver- defiredfor ,er- tues andgood ac`lions; for honor is the reward wherewith tues and good Godcrowneth vertue,&hisgoodgifts and graces in his fer- anions. 0 2 cants,
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