th.e g:eater j~dg~em upon our felves_, rather then by t~acl:liBg or 1~-, provmg, Ez:..e~ 3"3· 6. Therefore.thls fecond fence is net -prope-r-- 8 neither can the firfr be applied, as Mi~fter is taken for Authentick;; nefs in the ChP~-rch,thooghAI!Jftine an,d 'Beda feetn fo. to QJ1derfiand ir. as if the Apo!U_e b.ad dit:fwad.ed them from fenting~u.p &J'lemfdves as Mafiers and Heads of Factions, and broaching novel doctrines, t~at tbex might ~ppear in th,e h~ad ~l a trai!'l, o( in the Sc:dE~tue phrafe, draw difciples af!Jr therp : But this is.wholyalien and for– reign to the Apofl:les fcope. Mafler then is fometimes taken in th~ · ';Vor~ ftpce, ~a.7a x.~lis-1x.~; fo,: a. [uper-cijiQvtJ Repr'fXtttr; ~ one tA,l\t ~,goFten i,nto a chair of Arrog«nce, wht>nce he ~oth_ JJ.nb irrzp-etiiJ,. magifl:erial)y enough inveigh againll the praClifes tforltdr m..en: and fo 'ti~ t~~en h.erc. And the .i\poftle make.th eheyce-0-f tbis exp~effion, be not ma.ny Maj!ers, I. Tq ffiew he cloth. not. fpe~l:v of PHbl,ike ap~ aucp~tized rept:oof, :. Go~ h;1h~ f~ fome; in. the .Church tilat are ~o, be.Cenfores rporum, M~fiers 0f!lilanners,, a,s the Teacher,and E<;clefiafiical Magifir<J,te ; but b~caufeGod hath allQwed a few, let oqt every one be aMaft~r,or turn Cmfurer: Be 1~ot rrMPJ, we are all apt, but this Itch mufi bet k-illed. "· To J.hew– th;:~t l}e cloth not forbid private brotherly admonitionS:; fuch as pro– ~ed1frorp C,hrifiiancm; an~ lo,ve, bu~ fuch a.r;epro;ving ~s was,fu– p_et;~ilious and ma~rly,[email protected]~p wi.t;h 1 as much fharpntis,and_ rigQur as a man would ufe to his Oave, or a Mafier to a fchollar ot the, ls>weibclafs and fraoding: And fo fome underHand that, 'iroA.~a,~· J'1· ~r/.~x,rp.. N, be not rmtch M4flers, as- ~f 'ifoA.Aol:weJe taken for 'lf_ohv~ many fo.r much_. · · .· . t Know.ing_thqt We {hall receive theg.reflte..r con~emnation.J Thi.s is ,tht:l firft Reafon the Apofileproduc;e:th againfl: the pride of cenfu,. ring, which is grounded upon a confid_i:rat.io'n of the daoge~ of the fin , or the) feverity of judgment following it ; ~it~ov; v,it[fct, agreater judgment, either from men; Ci:nfurers ha:v-e thei~ QWD meafure ufually returned in~o their bofoms, Mat. 7· I, 2. or from God : Who can exped: p~rdon for him that is fevere to others?~ Mat.18. 32,3 3· !chiefly underfiand judgment- and,condemnation, from God,which is the more fe:vere to Cenfurers, upon atb~ee-fold Ground. I. The jufiice of retaliation; we condemn others, and God condemneth us ; we _are fevere to their fa.ilings, and how can we exped: that God f.hould be merciful tq ours?- z.• Becaufe G.od ~ .the Av~n~er of injuries~ Rqm, ~- z. 29• and among them 3. blafi~~
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