F 4Z 3 Ú$eecet how and When to On the Tue(dn after be remitted,or reprotud. Y Nu mtenge mull be fought. Pr"' t9.:s. Amur5. 12' ç ttyrrhe : Myrrhaisbitter,but preferues fromcorruption ; andtheSponfe faith; praifing the lipsof her Beloued,Although thywords(faith fhe)arebitten, yet i I feethatthey make for the feurngofmy life , and the preferuing ofmee from' death : In aword , they drop fromwhite lips thatarewhiter thanthe Lillie. Saint Aquiline faith, That a fecret Sinner may reprooueapubliqueoflendour ;': but the caufe being principally Gods,and he that reprooues him, his Minifler, itmutt of force be Come hindrance vntohim,with aleaprous handto tineano-' thermans leaproufe ; or fearing leftGod mightfayuntohitn,Whydooft thou take my Laminthy mouthI ere. Goe andtell himhiefaa4between theeandhim alone . Thoumutt not Tooke that he fhouid come vnto theeofhis ovineaccord,for noman will willingly come . tobeecorrated ; normuff thou fendonetocall him vnto thee ; for beeing not thySubieét, thou fhouldeft(hew little ciuilitieinit : nor would I hand thee to write vnto him ; for Paperbeing but adead inftrument,it may perfuade but lit- tle,andperhaps rune the dangerof lofing. But Iwouldhaue thee togo tohim Inperfon,as the Phyfrrionto the Sicke,andwait a fit timeandoportunitie : for, albeitthycommingvnto himmay carrie withit fomeinconuenience; yet thou maift chance tofee the gatelet wide openvntothee,andto affoordthee freeen- trance,and fogiue occafionvnto thee to gaine aBrother. Our Sauiourfaith of himfelfe, That hewenttowine thofewhom he knewwifht not wel vntohim : And therefore he likewife faith vntothee,.Vaa ,Goe.;for he that feekes afterhis enemie,and fpeakes kindly vnto him,fhewes that there is no impoftumeofma. lice remaining in his heart. Our Sauiour fpakcvnto him that gauchim the buf- fet on the'face,nothauing(as Saint chryf f omehath noted it) openedhis mouth before, thoughhe had tnany and fundrieoccafions giuen himfo to doe ; to the end that the ftandets bymight vnderftandbyhis mild anfiver,that beedid not beard that iniurie in hisbofome, tobeereuengedof himhereafter. Hee that fwallowesan iniurie,pocketting it vp for a time, putting on the face ofdiffimu- lation,till he fee hisopportunitie , as Abfalondid with Ammon, and as hob did withAmato ; it is amamfeft,tokentbatthey meditatedreuenge : Themouth ofthe Wickedftvalloweth op iniquitie. TheCrocodilewithout a tongue , isthe Hiero= gliphycke of inexorable enmitie. .R,uien calla,piedr sapaña , faith theSpaniard, Yee that f ÿeinothing, isproxidingafosse toftng at thee. Which Prouerbe futes moreproperly withaparticular iniurie done to a mans owne perfon ;but as for thofe otherCannes thatare committed againft ourNeighbour,or'againfl God, I am rio móreboundto feeke outthe fin, or him that bath trefpaffedin that kind, thar Jam bound to leckeout apoore begger togiue him anAlines , beeing no' Prelat or Magi¡rate, on whom this obligation ismore ftridly laid. Goeandtellhimhufiult. ThisbeingPreceptumaffrmatiuum, at"àffirmatiue Precept, it Bothnot alwayesbind aman to the performance thereof, but in it's due time and place. TheChyrurgeondoth not open animpoftume tillit come to it's ripenefie ;nor theFifher ¡hike attheFifh,till hebath fwal lowed thebait, and offerstobegone. God ¡oodwaitingourfir¡parents leifure, till they be- held theiròwne nakedneffe, and law inwhat poore cafe theywere ;andafter- wards felLtorcproouingof them. SaintAugafline faith, It is charitie lenman to forbearc to reprehend, if hehaue not op time to doeit. Euen inyour Pulpit-repte henfions,awife anddifcreet Preacher oughttoobferue his times&his feafons, that thofepearles maynot be loft bybeinglaidout to thefurieofbeafts.Beemsfe Iknowyour manifoldtran refions,(faith Amos) andyour mightieffnttesrmryour of piling the Fufl9your takingofbribes, andyouropp eßng thePoorein the rte, &c. kercfore
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