320 Chäp.4. c/l Cor.smentarie ropon hand is pleating untoGod. And though it be in vaine,inr; fpeet of men , it is not fobefore God.Ifa,49,+and 2.Cor.2._ i 8.This mutt cucry man remember in his place and calling, for theetfablrlhingof his minde againff all euents. v. I2,. Be you as I,for I am euen as you: I befeech you brethren : ye hauenot hurt ale at all. } Thewords in this verfe,to the i 6.verfc,are an anfwerto an obieuion. The obieftion is this , we fee now by thck fharpe reproofes , that Paul hath changed his minde toward vs,and that hehath turned his loue into hatred.Thc anfwer is,bc a,1, lagnalyou:thefpeechis very efaluallandfignificant,andit is 15 like thecommon prouerb, Arnica-,,dlrer erst,alter idcm ,that is amansfriend it all one with hialfclfe. The finfe of the words is, Teas /,looke that your minds benot el-hanged fromme, but tenderme euenas your own iclues :for I Paul am the fame that euer I was , I refpeft and tenderyou euen as mine own Idle. 2C And leaff the Galatians Gould lay , ice yenot how Paul com- mands imperioufly,beyear1? thereforehe addes, I6ejeechpro 6rethren,I command younot.in thenext words headdes a tea- fon of his anfwer,thul, Hatred prtfuppofeth a hurt orwrong to be done:ye haue done me no hurt or wrong: therefore ye 25. may not thinke that I hate you. When Paul faith , 6e a, I: l anoas y m:we learne,that there mutt be a fpeciall andmutual' loue betweene the teachers and thepeople. Paul faith, that he did inlarge his heartfor theCo- rinthians , and he requires the like of them, 2.Cor.6. 1 1.13. i° Teachers muff (lime their loue,by tendering the faluation of the people byall meancs,euen as their own foules. Paul could haue found in his heart to haue becne accurfed for his countri- men theewes,Rom.9. r. He defired that he might be offered vpas a drinke offering vpon the facriñce of the faith of the 3S Philippians,Phil.2. i 8. When the Ifraeliteshad finned, Mofes Rands in the breach , as it were in the face of the Canon,be- tweene the wrath ofGod and them , by his praier toRay the iutd'gement ofGod,Pfal.to6.23.Againe,the peoplemuff /hew their loueto their teachers; fiat , by praying for them, as for them- 5 TO
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