5z Ofthe Htils thAS iteemspoiny vniu1 etnger. ceedto claa!ldement and correólion,as theSurgeon to the mortifyingofa member, when the fore is pall all other cure. In doingwh:rcofhe is to auoide all furious anger, and tovfe fobernefîe and difcretion, ioyning with his chaflifement wholeforre admonitions,conuincing the confcienceofthe offendcr,by laying open the hainopincffe ofhis fault out of theword ofGod ; or elfc by 'hewinghim howhe hath of fended again(} the law ofnaturc or quill honefly.And here. by it will appeare to the offender , that his punilhmcntpro - ceedeth from the hatred ofhis fìnne , andnot of his perfonp and fo it wil caufe himalto more to hate his faulr,theneither hisfuperior that correi Ieth him for it, or then the punilh. ment it (die which is deferuedly infli6ed. the profit that Iffuperiors wouldvie this milde& fober difcretion,fure plowerh vuelllie it would better containe inferiors in obedience, then fu. riousanger.Forwhenceisitthatonemanslookeismorere- jcrriAn, garded then anothers word ? one mans milde admonition, then anothers bitter rcpreheníon ? one mans difcreet re- proofs, then anothers continual' brawling and fighting? Purely frommildeandwell gouerned difcretionwhichwon. keth in inferiors an awful' loueand fonne-like feare , which more firongly containeththem in obedience,andmore for- cibly rcftraincth them from committing any fault repug. nant thereunto, then furious anger and rage, or the fruits thereof,continuall chidingand fighting . For confinnanan- ger and feuere punifhment for euery final! faulr,without ad- mitting any exude , doth not make inferiors fory becaufe they hueoffended, but carefull andcunning inhiding and; difTembling their faults, or íhameleireand impudent,either indenying or defendrng them, Againe, as many flripes doe harden the skinnc to indure them; fo doe they harden the heart to contemnethem; and theywhich vfe much chiding, doe rJaoue theirinferiors to imagine that it is their natural' communication,and notany reprehenfion.Iflighteningand thunder were as common as the funne thine, though theybe terrible in their ownena- ture, yet whowould regard them being fo vfuall ? and how much lea then the impotent brawling ofan angry man ? They
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