340 Offences howand when to Vpon the Tuefdayafter be rorgiuenorreproued. sonic grow the work for being Info- red. Pros, 2S.26 le. 2. aft Or in regardofthe foolifnneffcofthe partie correhting. For that it is abufrncffe that will requireagreat dealeofdifcretion: and that amongft all other difficultiesbelonging to gouernment, there is notany poynt that is halfe fo hardas this. Firft of all, For a ftubborne heart andanobftinatebreft,correcrtion is nocon- uenient meanes ; the meanes muff be regular,and make fome good end theaime they (hootat. Now thofe meanes from which 1 canhopefor nothing but hurt, ought not tooblige me to vndergoefo thankleffe anoffice ; Conte? not with that man on whom thoufhalt but callaway thy labour. A Father takes paines and hues poorely,andonly tomake hisfonne a Gentlemen ; Hee gathers together a great Beale ofwealth, batknower notfor whom : Did hebut know that his fonne would proouea DeuiIl,hee would fooner fireall hehad , than kaue it to fuch a fonne. IftheGoldfmith did but knowbefore hand, that his refining of filuer would turnealltodroffe,he would ratherbreake hisbellows & crifols in t ono pieces, than onceoffer to fet himfelfe about fuch anvnprofitable piece of bufines.Now thereare many menwhichare made worfe by correction, Acetum in nitro , gat eantatcarmina,cordepefimo, There are fome kindofperfons, on whom to be- flow reprehenlion,istopoure Vincgre vponNitre;tobee like vnto him that fin gethSongs to anbeanieheart. It is loft labourtocorreet a Scorner , and fuch a one as makes but a fport &Maygame offin.AmongmanyotherofPythagoras his Emblemes,onéfaith, Ignemgladione la/erie, Doenot reprehenda cholericke Foole. WhenDauid fent thofe his ten foldiers toNabal, to entreat himto fend him fome prouifion ; thoughhee returnedaharfhand churlifh anfwer , c..4bigal beingadifcreet woman , laid not oneword tohim till hisanger was ouerpaft. leremiebrings in the conrparifonof a wild Afle,which is fo wilfull abeaft , and foviolent andheaditrong inthe timeof her luft , thatifany (hall feeke to flop or hinder her in this her courfe, (heewill kicke and flingat him, and breake his bones in pieces . Thou art like a fwift Dromedarie that runneth by his wages ;and asa wildAOofdto the Wilderneff , thatfoufethvp the windby occa roa ather pleafure,Whocan turneher backe ? c.d/lthey thatfeeke her will not wearie t em- feines, bat willfindher in hernioneth. Thereare fome Sinners of that knotty dif- pofition,and fowedded to theirownewill, that ifyou fhall but croffe their hu- mour,you will hardly efcapewithout aflab. Si contaders: ft`uit:minpelt,nonaff- retur abeofiultitia tics, Though thoufhouldert bray a Footeina c-wortcr,amoag wheat brayed with apefile,yet willnot his fooli(hnc departfromhim. Secondly,Thelittle difcretionofhis that correGterh,doth difoblige him from that dude. Te that arefpiritaall, faith Saint Paul,reflare fachaonewith thefpiritof meekenefe. This is not a buftne(%befittingcarnali men. For albeit one weake man is molt affeâedwith another mans weakeneffe ; and one thatis ficke, more fencible ofanother mans frckeneffe ; yet I am lure, That the good,bewailes the miferie of thebad, and thatthe euill man is alwayces cruell. Carrel! himin the fpirit ofmeekeneff.With that tendernefle,as amanwouldput a tent into awound, or make cleanaVenice-glaffe ;for ournature is more apt fora fo ftthan a rough hand. Eliah,ftanding in themouth ofthe canewhere hee hid himfelfe, flying from lezabels furie, grew fomewhatchollerickeandangrie, that God Ihould fuf- fer his Minifters to be fomuchwronged : And God appearingvnto him, though his zeale for the Lord God ofHofls was great, yet becaufe it had not t'ts dratnmes of difcretion toqualifie theeagreneffe thereof,a mightie ftrongwinde rent the mountaines and brake the rockes before the Lord; after thewinde cameanearth-quake ; and after the earehquake, came afire; and afterthe fire, came
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