333 ktVidOMtWA °' kZa.tg`gz` V _ g. . :(b...6 THE TWENTIETH SERMON, UPON THE TVESDAY AFTER THE THIRD SONDAY I N LENT. MA r.18. Sipeccauerit in tefrater tutu. Ifthybrother Ihalltrefpaffe againft thee, &c. Vr SauiorChrift inftruEtinghim that had offended hisbro- ther;what he ought to doe ; giueshim this admonition, Go veto thy brother andreconcile thy f lfe vntohim, andif thou haft offendedhim, aekehimforgiuene . Notifying to the partie otnded,that he íbouldpardon him that offcndcd,ifhe did inrreat it at hishands : but ifhe !hall not crauepardon, he inftruEtethPeter,& inhimall theFaithfull, What the offen- dedand wrongedperfon ought to doe. Ifthybrother trefaff againstthee, goe and tell him his fault betteenethee andhim,&c. andifhe heare thee, thou haft woon a brother : but if hewill not vouchfafe toheare thee, proceed to a fecond admo- nition before two orthree witneffes:and ifhewill not hearethem tell it veto the Church : and ifhe !hall Phewhimfelfe fo obftinate thathe will not obey thé Church, let him be vnto thee as aheathen manand aPublican. So that our Sa- uiour Chriftsdelire is, That the partiewronged fhould pardon the partie wron- ging, and reprooue him for it for iffit bee illnot topardon, itis as ill not to re- prooue. Forto intreat ofamatter fo darke and intricate,that the Vnderfianidngwere to take it'sbirth from theordinarieexecution of the Law, there were not any thing Ieffe tobevnderftood : forthere is not any Lawleft; praétifed, nor any Decree in Court leffeobferued. I delire that God would doe mee that fauour that he did Salomon. God givemea tongueto fpeake 'according tomy mind, the penofa readieWriter, cleereneffeofthe cafe which I am to deliuer, true di- itinftion,grace,knowledge, or (as Bonauenture ítiles it)refolwtionem indetlarando ; and toiudge worthily of the things thatare giuen me. For,fo manyarethe dif- ficulties, thequeftions,and the arguments,as well againft the fubf tance'of this Law, as againft themanner ofcomplying with it,that there willbe necelfarily required great fauour andaffiftance fromHeauen, for to make any retied and ful refolutionamongft fomany fundrie and diuers difiraftions. But inconclufton, it Offences how and when to be forgiuen, and rcproued. 1. In treatingof diuine mat- ters, weought aiwaies to crane theof fiftance of God. tvi¡dy r
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