°fake xkh tea s r tax Lax.:rut. IO! onnot fayto the foot, the highell to the lowed member, I .iisen9 need4ftbee, i.Car. i 2. 2 a. Betides, all members haue not oneoffice, and no member but hath fame vfe R. L Z,4, . Secondly, thereceits of thebeul arewithim- pet fec±ion : and therefore thebell mayneede,Thirdly,all Chriltians are brethren, andwhat brother ma,/ dot Ionic times need the helpe ofhis brother: Therfore the Apo- ales queftion mixed with reproofe,is;rAydorfl thon dcjpije thy brother: Rom.14. s o, An admonition to great ones, not to exalt themfelues Vf . too it fùlently and proudly aboue their meaner brethren : for the wheele ofthings may turne, their Swine may bee remoued,and the firft may be 1aí1, Math. z o. 1 6. or theyr next courfe may bee to beeinferiours;where now they are fuperiours : for, Wkofoester exalteth him/clfef1.,21I be broutiht low,Luk. a 3.1. a. Then their own meafùre .may bee retur- ned, and as they defpifed others, fo themfèlues may bee defpifed- : theymay l}andunder their fentence,fall vnder their hands, and lye down at their feet; which would bee cm(ìdered of by thofe who looke fo high about perfons better then themfelues,. becaufe God bath made them rather richerandgreater; And thou that feea a poore man (though a. good man) anddefpifell him, remember that God can (and perhaps will) make thee as he is,in re- fpeet ofpouerty,and fo thy contempt ofthy brother may come home to thy felfe.. Adonibez.ck the tyrant could fay : As 1hawdone, fo it i! done tome,ludg. z.7.And Iefephs enui ousbrethrêdid fay, 4swe thought toosr brotber,f.it i:. come y.nto vs, Gen.4t.z a. And fo it is.atrue word, Sege doe, iilfe haste. But in the flames-ofhell, what would this Rich .man chieflyhaue,tobeeeafed,as beinggreatly (though not one' ly) tormented ? He fayth his tongue : belike becaufe, ha- uing abufei that member (as moll doe)eyther toblafphe- mie; to a raylingagainl}Gods word, Miniflcrs and child dren, or fumeother wayes, hee was grieuouiïy tormented in it. True it is that foules haueno tongues, but hefelt in 03 his
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