438 eu Remedy for Security, dothnot drop downe raine, neither iseuery myaof farrow dintlued into t. teams : Yet there is one thing by whichitmay be threwdly fufpeetedthat (to fpeakeofthegenerality)men are in very littleheauineffe for their linees ; and that is,the little reformationwhichappeares.Themourning heart cannotbut gEace4.9. be difleafidin itfelfe, for themilt Which it bath committedo: This difpleafure Win turnethe dilight in finne , intoa hatred offinne. This hatred will bring forth b aCoe., t1, that whichPaul callethCareh; thatis,a penfiue and bulk Rudyhow toamend: And it cannot be but God wouldfo bleffe there motions , (being indeedthe workingsofhis owne Spirit)as that finne,being quailed in the roote,fhall alto wither inthe leafe , and the our of holineffebeing planted in the heart, !ball fhooteout tome fruit in thelife. I know itis poffible fora.deare childof God; bitterly tobewaile foam fpeciall corruption,confidently tovowagainft it,èar. newly tobeg deliuerance from it, toflriue tofubdue it with the vtinoft might; and yet agaiue and againe tobe enfnaredwith it:But,that wickedneffi should be i lob iota, froeete inamans mouth', that he fhouldobeyitin thelnfls thereofk, that hefhould l Rom.6.it taketboughrfor ittofdfillit', that he fhould bate tobe reformed", and yet befaid mpfalsóay tomoulueand beheauyfor hisfinse; lure Iam it is vnpoffible. He mourneth ,flu ,,, not fordrunkenneffe, who rifetb earlytofollow it t Heemourneth notfor cone_ toulreffe, whois planing and imaginingmatters ofoppreff onandvnfua getting oMith.a.r, open bis bed.. Hemournethnot torfwearing, who faith; Withmy tongree Iwill p Pfal.I S preaaile,what bath any bodytodoe, who ie Lordorder mepland fo inotherfpeci_ alties : fo that this then is a true conclufion. There isbut little amendment of fìnne,therefore lure there is butlittle forrow forfinne. Come wenow to the next, what forrow thereisforche (onesofothers. Our fcantneffc in this may well beecolleftedout of the former. For the groundof nyforrow for ano;hers fin,is the fling which I freIe of mineowac, Hethere. forewhich laments notfor hisowne,can hardlybe affe&edforanothers. But I willinfilf vpon a more particularevidence, which is this; the littlecare that is had for the reformationofothers,Hewhichmournesfor anothers llnne,will endeauour as muchas in him lieth , to reforme that which is the caufe ofhis mourning. Iremember the laying ofSaint lames; Ifa brotherorfiller bee naked anddoffitateefdailyfood;andone ohm[aptothem: Depart inpeace,warme ',earldoms, fillyourbellies; notwitbflandRyegiaenatthofethingswhichareneedfu l!,whathelpetb q Ias. tt,t6. ;09? So if amanfay; Ohlamforry to fee bow eaillmenare,and yet feekenottopnll eLade.3. them eat oftheforri and to reclaime them from thateternal! collI into which they are falling; towhat end is thatforrow,or how fhallI thinkethat irisvn., fained ? And thisduty offeeking to reforme the finneofothers,Iieth vponall, thoughvpon fome more then vpon others. The Magiffrateby his authority, IRom.11.4. beebearethnot the[wordfor nought r; and Nehemiah, when matters were amiffe; tNeh.5.1,1 ;, fpake notfo much tothe offenders,as tothe Raters.The Miniller bytheword; n11/6. z.s{, Gill praningifGodat apy time willgiaerepentance,that menmay cometoamendment.: as. Eueryprivateman , by difcreetadmonition (:houJhafrplaineyrebuko thyneigh., fb ltrainel hir e xLeo.ro.1 ;. boor.,)or at leaf}by Prayer7,that God mayopen their eies,tothe end thatthey y l Tics: J. may fee their mifery. Now ifthere be a defeftin thefe,the fwordof authority being let to rua in the fheath,and the people notbeing made tofee theirtranf. glfa.y8.1. grefonsa, and menflopping their mouthes, fo that theyneuergiue a wordof admonition to their delinquentneighbours; if (1 fay)there be fuch a defeet in theft things,hove doewe mourne,whereis our pitey ouermens foules, ifwee can fee men tonneonto theirowne dearuetion , and notflretch our our bands topull them(asabrand) out ofthe fier? Looke you toit thatit beenot your fault:it is the common fickneffe ofthe times,happy beyou,ifyou be freefrom sltom,a.ef, the infehtion.I wilput yououer to theareMingorexcufngofyourOwn thoughts, and fo come to the nextpoint,. And that is touchingour beingaffehtedwith the tokens which wee fee of Gods
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