-------------------------------------------------~ CJIA'·3· - upontheEpiflleofJ A M B s. VERS.I8. Trmh and Wotfhip, becaufe eafe u good, and go on with aOeepy and carelefs filence, can violate Truth, debafe it; fiupidly bear with errors without wimeffing againfi them: thefe, whilefi they feek to knit wich men, they dif- joyn themfelves from God; 11nd whilefi they would make up a firife with others, they make agreater be– tween God& their own Souls.So on the other fide,they are not true friends to righteoufnefs that have no care of making ptace: Hypo– crites carry on all things with a blind and brawling violence: 'Tis tr,ue, Gods children caltlnot chufe but fpeak warmly; but I intend .thofe that care not wha~ ruptures they make,how tkey difadvantage the Caufe of Religion, fo as they may difcharge or difgorge their rage and paffion; Joh. I 3. 3'5. By this /hallye k.pow thatye are my Di,(ciples, ifye love one another: As to men that is the badg or. note, Sons of God.are not u[ull!lyfons of the Coal. Oh tfuat we could learn this holy Art of conpling rigMeoufnejf withpeace, that we could ~eprove With fait hfttlnefi, and yet ~earY'vith meeeyefs; that we might not do the office of an Executtoner, -but aChyrur– gian: Be zealous,and yet with temperatenefs-and moderation. But of this before. . . 5, That a righte6us peaceablenefs is b!ef[ed~ith grace here, Obfervat. ) • · andglory hereafter. The Verfe is aPromife, as well as aDirectioN: This is o111r comfort againil: all the difficulties and inconveniencies that holy and peaceable endeavors meet with in the world, your. reward is with God, you have apledg of it in your .own Souls; whiles firi!es leifen grace in others, you grow and thrive, and you f}lall reap mGlory. . The end of the third Chapter. Hhh . }AMES.
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