theEpifFls to the Galatietts. Chap5. fame is tobe (eweinthc bodic: forhe that bath abone broken, orout ofioynt,can hardly endure to bane it touched, or poin- ted at. Latlly,in that S.Paui commands thofe that :re fen ituall to reflore them that are fallen ,andprcfctibcs not howoften, 5 but fpeakes indefinitely : we learne,that as often, asour brother falleth, we mutt reflore him : for aswe are not to forgiue our brother once or twife , or feauen timcs(whicb `Teter thought very much)but cuenfeauentie tines feasrentimes, that is, as often 'ashe (Jonah agaìnfl vr. Matth. i 8. fo we maynot reflore our to.brother, twife, or thrifeondy , but toties, quotes: as oftenas he fhallftnncagainflvs. Matto. i8.Ifhe(inneagain ; thee,geeand tell hint,oF'hisfaalt,e c. Therefore it were to bewifhed, that as menhaue a care to reflore their decaied !mimes, fo they would refloretheir brethren being fallen intoany ftnne, menbecaufe . t 5 they arc fellowmembersofthe famemyflicall bodie. The fecond thing tobeconfidered,is theperfon tobe rcflo- red, and that is, euery one that is preuented and ouertaken , ei- therby the fleight ofSathan,or allurement ofthe rvorld,orfug gettions of his owne flefli ; (to he finne not againfl the holy t~o Ghoft, nor openly skornc religion, anddifciphne. )as `Peter who fell bceing ouertaken with ouermuch feare, and `Dauid with ouermuchpleafure. Hencewe fee the fubtiltie ofSathan, who is alwaies trippingat theheck, labouringto fupplant vs; asalto thedcceitfulnes offinne, prcuenting andoucrtaking vs sy beforewe be aware. We are therefore to be circumfpc(t and careful!, left webe fupplanted. The Apoille admonifhcth vs to take heede le'? we behardened through the deceitfulnes offinite. Hebr. 3..i 3. and, that wewalkecircionf el!lr,not asfooles, bit as wife.Eph., . t 5. that we walkewitharightforte. Gal. i. r 4. and, 3o rnakefiraight /upper .nto ourfeste , loft that which ù halting be turnedont ofrheway. Hebr. i 2 , For as thofe that wraflle and triemalteries, lookewarily to : felues,lefl theybe fupplan- led by their aduerfaries:fo oug Akemuch more, confidering, we wagle not againfiflefbandble i tagainfl principalities and 35 pewers.Eph.6. Againe,wher s it is raid. ifaataigeoiertak,enbj al Fnne, he teacheth, that od than is exempted fr* falling, or beingeuer- taken and fupplatited by ftnne : for he fpeakes indefinitely , ifa nnan,as S.Iohn dotti:ifanymanlixne,wehaiean adreocate. t. Ioh. 2. r. This makes âtiinfl the Cathari% sor Puritancs, who a- Aaast z uoitcls,
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