Perkins - BS2685 P37 1604

436 Chap. 5. .4Cornnrontarie vpon maine point there be aconcord, in1effer matters the agreement will be eafie. `Debate] It is a contention in words , whereby men (hint, who (hall thewmoil courage , who !tail get thevi ìotie, and who (hall carrie away the Jail word , no refpet hadof cquitie, S or truth. In this refpe I, crying, or lifting vp the voice , in reato- ning, is condetrned.Eph,4. 3 t . Emulations] There is agoodemulation, and that is when men flriue to be like to them that excclI in vertue, or to goe beyond them. And it is commandedby the holy Ghol}, r.Cor.r4. 22. l and it were tobe wilted that it were more common then it is. Betide this,there is carnallemulation, wherebymen thatcxcell in any thing, grieue that any (houldbeequal! to them, or goe beyond them. The vie. If to grime at another mans Excellencie,be a 15. worke of the flehh , then it is our dutie to reioyce in theexcel- !crickof others. Thus did Moles when EldadandMedad pro. ',heeled. Numb. t t .29.And Iohn theBapti(l,when ('hrillixcreo. fed, andhedecreafed. Ioh. 3.29, 3o. And Paul gaue thankesas well for the graces bellowed on theChurches, as for gifts be- 20 flowed onhimfelfe. ,Anger] Of it I confider three points. The firfi is, whether there be any lawfull anger?Au¡.Yca.Chritl(in whome was no finne)wasangrie. Mark. 3.5. When there is a Mil caufe ofan- ger, then is anger iull. When there is a manifell offence of God, there is a iufl caufe ofanger: therefore anger is then lull. The fecond is, when is anger a finne ? Anf. When men are hafle to beangrie,Ecciely.r t .and areoffended at titer)! thing that goes againli their mindes.Or againe, hauing a lull caufe to beangrie, yet they keepe no meafure in their anger. 30 The third point,is the Remedie. Andthat is here let downe. Haflines is a worke of the fief]) , or of corrupt nature , and it barres men from the kingdome ofheauen:and therefore it is to be auoided. Contention1 Thereare fundrie kinds oflawfull contention: as 33 contention with the enemie in lull warre : contention at the barrewith an aduerfarie ina iufi caufe: contention in difputati. on with an heretike: contention in Schoaladifputation for ex ercile, and trialls fake. Contention is carnall,and fnnefull,in refpc 1ofmatter, and r - *TIMM i 15

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