Ofences,how anti when the third Sonda inLent. to beforgiucn, Y Ser.zo. 335 Sauiour beeing fo powerfull and effeFkualla remedie againft all kindof vices whatfoeuer,yet finne í1i11 reigneth fo muchin the World,as neuer more. Wher- unto I anfwere, Thatvpon theCroffe, our SauiourChrift gaue fentenceagainft allwhatfoeuer,both prefent,paft,and thofe that were tocome.And depriued the Princeof the Worldofthat Seignioriewhich hepoffeffed, fothat all of them were to fuffer deathand tohaue anend. but theydid appeale from this fentence of death, to theTribunall ofourpafions ; And for that theyarefuck interref- fed& fuchblind Iudges,theyhaue fet thefe our Vicesagaine atlibertie giuing them licence toworkevsas much, if not more harmethantheydid before. So that Gods fendingofhis fonne into theWorld , and his fuffering death for our finnes,didnotgenerally banifhall vice , but didferuc rather to fume for their greater condemnation. I fthybrotherfhalltrefpagi(Inte)agains1 thee . SaintAugu/iineexpoundeth this Inte,to be contra to ; and in this fenceit ought to be taken : forit is the expreffe letter ofthe former Texts,as alfoofthofe that follow,and generally agreed vp- onby all the Doors : The Interlineariehath it, Si tecontumelia a eccrit. Saint Peteranon after askes our Sauiour,Howoft shall mybrother finne againft mee, and I íhallforgiue him r Whereuponrheophilatl taking holdof thiswordCon- tra me,notes,That if his brotherfhould finneagainft God,hee could hardly for- giue him. Saint Luke deliuers the fame much more plainly and cleerely If thy brother haue trefpaldagain fl thee,rebukehim ; ifhee repent,forgiue him : Ifhee ofend thee f uen timesa day,andfeuen times adayfbag turne vnto thee , forgive him. Hugo Cardinalis hath obferued, That ifthe word Intube theablatiuecafe,then it is the fame withCeram te, butif it be theaccufatiue,then it isall one with Contra to 3 and the Greeks doth admit ofnoAblatiues. InLeuiticur Godhad faid longbe- fore, Thoufhalt not hate thy brotherin thyheart, but re rooae him. And vpon a fe- cond admonition, Takeveto thee twowitnes,andtell to the Church. Manic doe concur rndrunne alongwith this fence, no difficultie in the world interpoing it felfe. The fecond fence,which Saint Auguffinealto treatethofin the fame place,is, Ifbefhalltrefpaf againfithee, that is, before thee. This opinionThomu follow- eth,and thegreaterand better part of the Schoolemen; howbeit thereare great argumentsand strong reafons to thecontrarie ; and many graue Authours, to whomthisfence doth not feeme foplain, as toground thereupon any diuine precept. But leaning this to the Schooles, theprecept ofbrotherly correction concurrethwith any wh,atfoeuer heinous fin,or grieuoustrefpaffe,whither it be Againftthy felfe; Againft thy neighbour;or, Againft God. For toprooue thistruth,diuers Authors followthefe twopaths: Theone, That although our Sauior Chrift inthishis firft inftance, fpeake of thatfinne or trefpaffewhich iscommittedagainft my felfe ; yet by a neceffarie kindof confequence he inferreth likewife any finne that is committed againft myNeighbour,andagainft God. Againft my neighbour, becaufe I ought toloue himasmy felfe, and tobee as fenfible ofhis hurt asof myne owne. Againft God, Becaufe Iambound topreferrehis glorie before myne owne good: And if I being wronged,God will that I not onelypardon him, but that I alto compliewith the precept of brotherly correâion ; howmuch morewill hetie me,thatI fhoulddtalekindlyin this kind with my brother, hee having not Brotherly correCtion huhplace every where.
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