46O itCommentarie"err n.6. xalxPkirk ibinall fis-nifies, to fet a ioynt,or bone, that is broken ;,- ., fo as it maybecome as thong andibund, as a= it was: fo the word is vfed,Maith. 21.16. By this we !came fundfic things. Firfl,that it is the natureof finny, to fet all things out of order. Itwas the finne of ti r 5 Ahab tiat , t troubledIpael. 1. King. i S. I S. the finne of falfe Apoffles that troubled the gitlatimmGal.5. To. Nay , it driucs men befide themfelues , as appeares in the example of the prodigal' forme, . who repentingof his finne, is raid tohaw come to hittefelfe.Luk to i i 5. t 7. Small finnes are like to flippes and flidings, whereby !men fall and bun thenifelues , but reat finnes are likedown. 1 falls : for as they wound, lame, difiOynt, or breakc formmein. I ber ofthe boche ; fo there doe wound andwaft the confcience. Therefore aswe arecareful' for our bodies , to auoid downe- t $ falls; fo ought we to be as carefull , naya thoufand times more carefull forour foules, to take hecdeofthe downefall of finne, or fillingaway from grace. And as we fliunnean yce or flippe. rieplace, for feare offbdingand falling: fo ought we to fhunne the finallefl finnes, and the leafl occafións offinne, for feareof to nuking a breach in confciencc. Secondly, I gather hence, that finners are not todefcrre their repentance: riot thole that are to admonills , their reproofes : for finning; is thebreakingof a bone, or di fioyntingofa member : and reproofe, is the felting ofit in order againe. Now the honer a bone newelybroken, . 2$ or out ofioynt, is fet,the fooner it is reflored to hisright frame,1 and cured.: So,the fooner a man after his fall is adrnonifhed,t he fooner and more cal:4 (hall he be able to rccouer himfelre. Thirdly, this ilsewes , that it is a point ofgreat skill , to bring afoulein order and frame againc. There is great dextcritie re- 3° quircd in feltingofa bone, and Chirurgians finde it a matter of great difficultie, to fit a ioynt ; much moredifficultic is there in the fettle: and thcref cas it is not for entryhorfleach to med. dle with tottingof 04 namoi e is it for vnskilfull workmen to taper withmen Tlusivone fpeciall reafon why Paul 35 .:4 N , Eta, they the are t to reflorethem, t&it Arefa fiem. Fourthly,hence we , tow5cler, though fmners be fo loath tobe repro° count it fopainefa a thing to be reflored , and thin . t .., ,.;, 1. nfine vnto them, and skarfe their frkndswhich lab. aitnc than :' confidering the , ' l/ fame
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