338 rdwhento V'pon the Mondayafter be remitted or reproved. He that would reproue an other,muff firft corree himfelfe. Prou. 24.22. realoufiea trucSymp- tomeofbafe- nelfe. tam.q, thisantwer, Ibane csmplyedwith mynéobligation ; Iam a Chrrflian,and am6otnd in charitieandbrotherhood, to tellyoufrtendlymy mind, andIcanbee but foie , that my connedcannot preuaile withyou : this Iam tyeduntoby the LawofGodandofNatere. And this poìtionwants no proofes. The neceffarie circumftances of this precept aremany : The firft is, That thefinne which is tobecorrected and reprooued by vs,bee certaine,and well knowne vnto vs : and this is prooued out of this word,sipec- cauerit,Ifhefhalltrefjiaf,&c. as it is well obferued byThomas. Wee mutt nor find fault vpon abare fùfpitionor prefumption , but muff haue a goodground for our reproofe,and go vponan affured knowledge. Togoe about to pull out a found rooth,andwith a(harpe infirument toopen thegummes , itcannot chufe butbe agreattorment vnto him that without iuft caufe is thus cut and lanced. No leffe grieuousand painfulis it tohunt after wickedneffe in thehoufeofthe Iuft ; or (as Salomonfaith)tobeawitneffe againft thy Neighbor without acaufe. Many menarc likevnto your Ferrets or your Bloud-hounds, theygo notingand hunting after faults inother mens grounds ; and as Iob faith in another place, When there ispeace,theyareiealotes oftreatn. Ofwhichkindofmen Saint Apt?. faith, That prying intoothermens faults, theydoe not looke into theirowne. And therefore thou ou hteftnot tobe fo bulle in reprehending what is amiffe in fí thybrother , as inqui itiue in correding thyne owne errours. And therefore Saint Bernardgiues vs this Item, Tamdiu quifguefuapeccata ignorar, quarts diu alie- naexplerat,Seehow long a man isfearching intootter mensfins,fo long is he ignorant of his owne. This is the conditionof ill natured men, andf chas complain ofthe times,andof Fortune. The lefefortunate thingsgoewithvs, themorefafitious wee be, faith Tacitus: And this is a Fate that followesbafe andabieEt minds and therefore theVulgar neuer puta bridlevpon theirjealoufies. In aword , this is ahard courfe thatthey take,and inall forts ofmen blame worthie, but molt in thofe that haue molt power : for albeit by their place and office they haue freer libertietoinquire ; yet when their witsare thus a wooll-gathering, they fhamefullyvfe to erre, qualifying euill for good, and good foreuill. And if mens iudgements grounded vpongoodprobabilities and faireapparances,proue many times falfe,and therefore haue this caueat giuen vs by Chrift , 7 elitefee- cundumfaciemindicare,iudge not according te theface; fufpitions will hardly fill out to be true. There areforce things fo notorioufly bad, than it were foolifh- nesto think them to be good ; otherfome,whom the intentionmakes tobe good or bad,butare notfo in themfelues.TheGood take thofe ingood part, leauing the trueiudgement thereofvnto God , (asSaint AugnJline bath noted) and the Bad,in bad part. c.,Zala mens,malus animus, AgoodSoulehath goodthoughts; butabad Soule,badimaginations ; idle fufpitions and needleffe jealoufies wait vponthem. Saint AuguflineaadSaint Hieromeareboth ofopinion,That he that fufpefsill of others, cannotpoffibly liue well himfelfe. David defrredofGod, That hewould iudge him,According to theiudgement of thofi that loue thy 21Lame, and take all things ingoodpart. And Saint lameswhifpers in thyne care, Who artthou thatiudge/i another man ? Hee treats thereofthofe thatfudge the ferret intentionsof the heart,nonebut God hauing fuch iurifdic4ion ouer it. If thy brotherfall (faithhe) his finne is not laydto thy charge ; and ifbee rife againe, itisnot putto thy reckoning ; hethat now ftands,mayfall,and bee that is fallen may rife againe. That manfromwhomweexpeEtleali, may be aSaint and that manfrom whom weexpe&aloft, maybeaSinner; forneither is our louecer taine,norour feare fecured. InLeviticus God hath commanded, That none fhould
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