(73) ufed; Édv att.r pzirtr i eis oé. If thy Brother Sin again'? thee, Do- ing of an injury is exprefred by cid`cxkW, and to be injured by èproi--epgcep.at, I Cor.6.8,9.that is,tobe wronged,to be dealt unjuffly withal,and tobe defrauded or deprivedof our Right. But c,c.cap- ,-rá.vco eis is not fo ufed ; but only fo to fin as to give fcandal un- to them againff whom that Sin is faid to be, i Cor.8. i t, r z: To be guilty of Sin againft Chrift in the light oftheir confciences, is to fin againft them. z. It is evident in the context. Our Saviour is treating di- reetly about all forts offcandals andoffences, or fins, as occalions offalling, ffumblingand finning,an.d fo of perilhing unto others, giving Rules and Directions about them, from 8thverfè, unto thefe wordswhereinDireEfion isgivenabout their Cure andRe- moval.And two things heafcribes uuto thefefcandals; (I.) That weak Chriftians are defpifed in them, ver.i o. (z.) 1hat theyare in danger tobe defiroyedor loll for ever by them,ver. r4..which gives us a true account of the nature of fcandalous Offences. Wherefore «µap7ávce, to fin is ufed here in the fame fenfe with mcav&.ìíco before, to give offence by a fcandalous mifcarriage. 3. Where the fame Rule is again recorded, the words ufed . enforcethis application ofthem, Luk. r 7. 1,2, 3. The LordChrift foretells his Difciples that fcandals and offences would arife,with the natureand danger of them,v. r.And becaufe thatthey obtain their pernicious efle&s moftly on them that are weak, he gives cautionagainst them, with efpecial refpe± unto fuck among his Difciples ; better any one were call into the Sea, ;Hz axavdaT..I Éta 15Plpv0C,pC4 Té 'TUN then that he fhouldgivefcandalor offence un- to one of thefe little ones, ver. z. And what he exprefleth by vxai,Ro ían, ver. 2. he expref3-ech . by xµzPan r o , ver. 3. fin againfl thee ; and this is plain from the dire&ion which he gives hereon, . i/./r4ccv áwm ; rebuke him. The word is never ufed with refped untoprivate I»Iuries ; but as they are fins or faults, fo is it jo_yned with Tey ov, z Tim 4.z. and Geripía is theon l y wordufed for the Rebuke given,or tobe given unto a fcanda- lous Offender, z Cor.z. 6. L 4. Ano-
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