Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

$5o That tiro c onspatrieofirieked lôorldlingsistobeauoided, Me:lsrumeon- weoag & Nike the eompenic. afmickZedman, rnrefpeEl ofprivate (brtia fugere fellowl94 atoll not in refpetl of publzke communion ; and that ra- d bemres,gaoad therwirhourbeartsandaffeltions,rbenwithourbodresaxdout- prtaatancott- w rd allions. And this is that familiar ac uaintance which /uetudinem,non q quoad puhlicam good lehofaphar had with Ahab, eihaziah, and there!i of conaer/ationem: that famille, for which hee is fo often taxed and cenfured in cordenon cor- the bookeofCod: pore. Ambrot, But as it is lawfull for all men in force cafes, to come into Offic,Lb.r.c.ro- t.Chro.ts.r., the companie of wicked worldlings, fo for fome men efpe- and:o.35.37, cially more frequently, namely fuch as hauing a calling of 4.Seel.4. God hereunto, are furnifhed alto with fuch a meafure of That it a law fu! grace, knowledge, and fant`lification, that they may iuffly to company with conceiuemore hope of conuerting them vnto Cod, then wmie c ¢meädymcëentabcrt there is feare that the other fhould peruert andcorru t them sdrnrvntóGed: with fin; ifwithall in finceritie &vprightnes of heart they propound veto themfelues this as their chicle & maine end, & not worldly & finifier refpe&s.For as it is lawfull,yea lau- dable,for the Phyfitians ofthe bodic, to frequent the com- panic of them who are ficke of rnfeelious and contagious difeafes, that they may cure and recocer them, efpecially when asthey doe nor goe armed oncly with their .defpèrate boldnes,batvfe good prefcruatiues and wholefntne meanes, to preuent and repel! the infeólion ; fo alto it is lawfull for the fpirituall Phyfitians ofthe feule, to corn into the com- panic ofthofe who are lick of the leprofie offinne, and the plague of a,fcandalous life, if they vfè the good meanes of nteditation,prayer,and fuch other wh olefome preferuatives, wherebytheytnay be kept found from the tainture of this fpirituall infeóiion. And for this we haue ourSauiour Chrifi himfelfe for ourprefident, who being the Phyfitian of our foules, frequented the companie of publicans and (inners, who had mollneedc of his helpe. For howfoeuer it is !Mt fo fit for vsyas'it was forhim,to come into fuchcompanie be- cattle he was freefrom finne,alad from the tainture ofal coca ruption,and therefore needed no preferuatíues,but what he had himfelfe;and allobecaufe through the puriticof his mime he was:able purely,andwithout anyworldlines and wick ,t o-pmpound thofedads of doitigothers,good, and