betemittid or reproved. 344 offeneehlowandwhento , . Vponthe Monday after Gen. Gen. 4. xum.iz' deda ferret ; it is acrookedpin in histhroat,he mutt out vrithit beforeeuer hie cause anquiet. Eechfd ticue fetchethacomparifon from thewoman that is in laboufofthat thegoesWithall,who;is ingreat paint till Thee beebroughtabed, and dcliuèredof herbirth Asalfo'from the Dogwho hathan Arrow (ticking inhis thigh,and is neuerquiet till hehaue (haken it out. Andfilch akind ofman as this;is incapable'ofcorreEting;for hauingfirnt publithed his brothers faults in the opci - Street,withwhat face canbee comevntohim to give him abrotherly admonition.. Iofephbeing.minded to open himfelfetohis brethren,and tomake knownveto them,how vnbrotherlytheyhad deairwith himWhen they (bind him into /Egypt s he commandedeueryone togoe forth, infomuch that there was notaman betides them(elues , thattarried in the roome wherethey were. Godcorreéted Cainwhen hee foundhim alone byhimfelfe. Sowhen hee was angriewithAaronand c.5titirian,and refolued roundly to chidethem heecalled themafide,fharpely rebuking Aaren,and foundly punifpingcMirian. Saint Aga- fine faith, That openfinne deferues openpuniffrment, and that publique faults muff buttepubliquecorre5ion:but fecret finnes,fccret admonition,vnlefl'e they be verlehurtfull to Churchor Commonwealth,as matters ofherefie, or Trea- fon againfftheKingand State ;and then it is fittoacquaint the Clergiewith the one ,and the Councell with the othet. . ifhewillnot hearken onto theewhen thou hall himalone,tell him therof thefecondtimcdfareoneortwo. Thictnadition taken in thefirft fence de iniuriapropria, touching an iniurie done.to rityneown perfon,is veriefacile &eafie:for hauingfirnt taken him afide, andprivatlyacquainted himwith the wronghe bath done me 5 ifthis fairepro- ceeding will not preuaile with him,lmay then lawfully tell himhis own before one or twowitnefl'es,that they mayfee (as Euthymi.w faith)that I compileWith Mydutie,ándwith thatwhich God hath commandedme to doe. In thefecond fence, touchingthe finning againftour Neighbour and againft God;this feemeth toCome fomewhat too harda couple ; for the finne beeing fecret,the partiereprehendedbefore twowitneffes,mayreplie and fay vntome, That I lie, that there is-no fuchmatter, that Idefame him andcall his name in. queftion,and complainingofmeto the Iuftice, he may prooue the defamation vpon mee, but I not prooue the deliót vponhim. Saint Hierome faith,That thefe twowitne(fès oughtlikewife to bee hisreproouers, and to put to theirhelping hand to raife himthat is fallen : whocannot be CorreEtors ofhim,the finne not appearing,in regard it isfecret. Saint Angelinelikewife faith,That he thatcor- reéteth.amanmutt take oneor twowitnefl'es vnto.him, that the correEtion may be themoreeffeEtuall;and:themorefubftantiall. For,By themouthoftwo orthree carry word it confirmed, (fo faith the Law) idcf,in teftimoniovelfeermone, 6y the te- flimonie or f tech; vfingthefigureMetonimia,when thecaufe is putfor theefleeEl. Forthisinconueniencefake,fome fay , ThatbeforeIcorreEl mybrother the fecondtime;I fhouldsnake one ortwowitneffes acquaintedwithhis fault, that theymay ioyne withme inthe correctingofhim, andto theend that thecorre- &ionmaybe the grauer and the moreeffe&uall. And tohimthaefhall replie, How can Treueale that finnewhich in itfelfe isfecret r They anfwer,Thatit isa leife ill, thattwo orthree Mouldknowof it, and that'by them he fhould rather fuffer loffe in his fame,thanin his foule. . Againfi thefe twowitnelfes we hauethe authoritieofSaint .Au sfline, who willeth; Thatif any religious perfonfhall commitany notorious finne, or other fcandalous action tohiscalling,thoulhaltfir(t teprooue himfor it in fecret,and if
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