r 391 Chap.5. c.4Connotentarievpoos horrible, and Milking tucks ofperfecutors. But yet this threatl mutt be vnderttoodwith the Exception ofrepentance. which may be framed thus: It lies by The fcopt. The wordes are an A nrwr to ycourfoarlitn?r beiertio m of leauen, that you hold us to be a peopleforrupteel , and vn. fauorie vnto God. To this Paul at:foie:a by a diflin&ion : I -hope better things of you : but the talkApoffies for troub- ling the Church (hall furely be punithed. Thevfe. When Paul faith , I h.uie 411 affiance inyou , he tea- -arch in his own example, that we art tohope thebelt ofmen to fo long as they are curable. It maybe faide, they that hope the belt are fornetimes decciued. Anj. They are onclydecenied in their judgement and that in things whereoftheyhaue nocer- ten knowledge , and they arcnot deceiued in pratctife. For it is a dutie ofloue to hope thebelt And they whichvfc to rape& 15 thewet& areDam deceined. Againe, it may befaide, that we mutt fudge of things as they arc indeede. Af hid?).ement of Things , and iudgenient ofpsi Ions mull be diflinguifhed. Of things, vpright judgement is to judge ofthem as they arc: and ifthey be doubtful! to fufpend. Nowour iuclgement ofthe 20 perfons of men, mutt be to take things in thebetter part as much aspoflibly may be. Laffly , it maybe alleadged, that we mMft loue our neighbour 41 our¡dues : and that we defpaire in re- tpeCt of our (clues. dinf; We are to defpaire in relpat of our itelues, becaufe we are pilule toour owne same : but we are 2; 'not priuieto the-elate ofanyother man: and therefore we are ,tohope theheft ofthem. This fhewesthefault ofour times: if any profeffing theGape! fall vpon frailtie, there are numbers ofmen that will makeno bonesof it tocondemne them to the pit ofhei, for hypocrites: but fuch perlons are not carried by 3. the fpirit ofPaul, who hopes thebell ofthem that fall. Againe , here we fee howwe aretoput affiance inmen. We are to put affiance in God for all things whatfoeuer ,whether .concerning bodie or foule : but our affiance in men, mull be ,onely for fuch things as they are able to performe. Secondly, 35 we mull pinaffiance in Godabfolutely for himfelfe,and there- fore we fay, 7 beleese in God, cg-c. but all our affiance inmen ivhatfoeuer, mails be in theLord. WhenPaul faith, that he had effixnee ofthen: in the Lord, he ihtwes that renewed repentance is the giftof God. And there aft
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