Offbnces how and when to the third Sundayin Lent. beforgiuen or reproued. Ser.zo. !willnot turneto it. But fuppofe they were fewer yet Comeof them it fhould feemwereverie foule ones;&amongft the reft,this of theirvnfheathing oftheir Cwordagainft their brother. The ldumxans were defcendedof Efau, as the Iewes were of iacob. And it:the conqueft of theLand of Promife God com- manded hisPeople, That they fhouldnot doe that hurt to the Idumran,as they had done to the reft of the Nations ; gula Frater tuns e/i, Hee is thy brother , and thou ougteft to procurehis good as thouwouldft thyneowne. This benefir,by. the Iduma'ans wasrepayed to Gods People with a thoufand iniuries, when the Philiftines and tholeofTyre ouercame the Ifìaelites ; as you may read inthe feconcl ofthe Chroniclesand the fecond : For the Idutncans did buymany Iews with intent to makethem their flaues. Likewife whenGods People had necef- farieoccafion (asking leaveof theEdomites) to paffe through their Countrie in peace, they withftood themwith their fwords intheir hands. In a word,the enmitie which Pfy'bare to Jacob for his moireofpottage,&theblefling that he had ftolne from him , neither bee nor his pofteritie could euer yet digeft it ; though hee andhis Houle had recciued many,and thofe verie good courtefies at the others hands.And thereforeit is not much, that God ( houldcondemnean enmitie fo antient,and fo inueterateda hatred,efpecially of one brother againft another. Tellhimhisfault between thee andhim alone,&yc. And this is thediuinc Law,as it appeareth by that Epiftle of Saint Paulto the Galathians, if a man be fallenby occa/ion intoanyfault, ÿee which arefpirituall,reflorefucha one with the f iris ofineeke- nefe,con idering thyfelfe,leafl thou alpbe tempted. Beareyeeone anthers burthen,and fofulfiRthe LawofChaift. And in that of his toTimothie; and in that ofS. lames, Ifany ofyouhateerredfrom thetruth,and/ame mas bath conaaertedhim,Lethim know, That he whichbath concertedtheSinnerfrom goinga/lray out ofhis way /halllase a finitefrom death,ardfhallhide a multitudeof fnnes. And in Leuitictta it is let downe as a Precept belonging to the Law of Nature,Thou Malt not hate thy brother inthy heart, but thouflialtplainly rebuke thy Neghbour,and fferhim not to f nne.God hath. givenaerieman acharge concerning his Neighbour,(:-,s ,ye laid before.) Saint Paul drawer his comparifon from the membersof the bodie, which by the Law of .Natureare bound reciprocally to fuccour oneanother in cafe of neceflitie.And Augufline takes his from the .home, which paining the foot, carries after it the eyes,eares,and hands, all themembers ofthebodicnaturally inclining to the re- pairingof that hurt. Anothernatural' reafon which your holy Fathers,learnedDoétors,and great Phylofophers render,is, That hoe that can(if he will) hinder or pur by a hurt that is readieto fail vpon his brother,ard dothit not, is condemned tobee him. felfe the hurter and harmer ofhim. Thyporeneighbor is readie toflame and perifhthroughhunger, thou beeingable torelieue,dooft not doe it; hee dies, thouart his Deaths-man, thou art the murtherer of this thy brother. Si nonpa- faith Saint c..fmbrof ; Thybrother is finking& readie tobedrow- ned;thoumayf1 fane himby reaching out thyhand vnto him ; thoudenieft him thy helpe, it isthou that drowneft, him. Thy Neighbors houle is on fire,ir is in thypower to quench it ; thouwilt not doe it,it is thou that haft burnt his houle. Tell buta BIafphemer, aDrunkard, or any other lewd liner, of his faults, though neuerfo Curtly,neuerfomild and gently,hc will begin to fwaggerwith you,and aske you,Wbo made youfir a lu/liceofPeace ? meddle with that which you haue todoe withall, you take morepains thanyou haue thanker for your labour. But hereunto thou or any man elfe that is thus charitably minded , maymake them F f this 337 Chari tie is to bepraaired towards all Men. Gat.6. r. lames 5. Leah'. 19. 17 Eafe. 17.
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