VE R 5.17· An Expojition, 'PlithN ;;te,; { ~cis generous to keep up theit' anger ; alas,'tis·but a forry weaknefs ~ 1 in(irmittU flnimo(itatu (as cAuftin calleth it) the wea/znefs of _ '· flrmgth,of (tomac~ D.evid,the wronged p,arty;fougfit peace,' Pf.il. ·· , ._ . I 20.7. 'cis more fuieable to the plttem: God, the parcy injured, g 1 c 'or. l I 13 loved 1M jirff, I {oh.4. 19. And Jefus Chri£1:, gin the night i1J which he 'rihU betrapd,infhtuted the Supper,conGgning to man.che highefL Myfieric:s; when m:m did him the moO: fpight: So when he was. cntcified, he prayed for his enemies. Chrifiians have little r~afun eo . th~k of recompenfing evil for evil;. no fpiric more unfmcable eo,· your profeffion ehen revenge ; 'cis [weet eo you, buc very odious to • i I I God: C rcainly they·mu£1: needs be prejudiced againll the expetl:a-, f tio@ of pard<_:>hing mercy, chat examine all things by extream right•. ~ Some obferve, that Davidwas never fo rigid, as when he: lay under k 2. Sam. !h . 31 his fins of adultery and murcher; h then he put the Ammonitesun-. , der fawJ and harrowJ of iron, and made thtm .pafs the Brick,.– kj!ns. ' · ' ' . ~ · ~ An(tas the·children ofGod are careful of Civil Peace, fO'alfo or {h.u-rt h Peac~: True wifdom looketh not only at what may be done,but what fhould be done in fuch a junClure; of time and affairs; ' it will do any tiling bnc fin, chat we may not ·give jufi offence. , Na~an'{. ali· i Bajil,by reafon. of the prevalency of che adverfaries,ablhined from · odn. . offenfive words in Hie dol9:rine of the Holy Ghofi: Unfober fpirits dtaw theirli~trty ro"the higheO:,and in rn~iffere.nt matters take that courfe that will offend ; there is little of the wifdom that is from above in fucb a fpir ir. True wifdom, as it is carefol to offend C~rift byaftn, fono·t to offend the Brethren by aftanda!; as it ., will no.t flri againfl: Faith.by Error, fo not again£1: Love by Schifm: · By Paith wea.re nited to Chrifi ~ by Charity one to anoth~ ( 'cis : carefQ!. that neither band be broken. I know the itnputation of' Sehifmm~ybe unduly charged ; aad the Spouft:\ being defpoyledof her owo 'orna:nems, may be doched ·~ith this infamy : but how- . ever chey that .f~para_te had- need t?ok to th7lr f~irit~. . The Scripr~re , ha,th rue fad marks upon feparattC?n; Cam was the fidl: Se~ar~ttll, l \ Gen. 4.• 'I 6. '!;le W'ent out fr()m the prefonce of God; God IS evt.ry where; the meaning is frori? the Church: Jude faitb,T~ey~re{cn– fuaf,n~t f;avin$ the ~pirit,Iud.I 9 , Corahm_~de a cltfc mt~e Cop· . gregatton;and God made the earth,to cleave & open uponhull:The good mother WQLild rac~er lofe the'~lli~d, t~en fee it divided. ~Tis :. faid of Lov~;z Cor.13-7 Itbrarcth tiO things, ~ndurctb ~ell things, : · '. . . . ' • hopeth.. . . .
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