464 Chap.6. Commentarkvpor dirill.Rhet ad caP+ untoothers. For iffpirituall men mull reflere them that are fallen,the more aman is inducci with fpiri mall graces,the mere he ought to reflore,Fer the ApoflIc iaith , At emery man bath receinedagiftdo let him minifierit onto others, 1.Pct.4.10 ., This dutywas pradifed byour Sauiour Chrifi,Joha 3.i 2. And it v sneezeswith the finneofmany,who hauing rccciucd great gifts andgraces ()fate fpirit,are fo lane fromreacting thofe that fin againft theta,that they fcorne and difdaine to fpcakc vntotha for if they be at variance with any,the common fayine, is latv, , ASgoodaManat he,why fhostldIgoe tohurekt him come to eite,d.c.! la Thefemen are farrevnlike Abraham, who though ficmeet ded Lotus wet inoutward gifts,as inwardgracesiyet floodnot vpon his priuiledge,but was the firft man inmaking thc league fvnitie,Gen. i 3.8.Further,in that fpirituall men milrefiere their brethren,we ¡carne thatwe haue not thegifis of God be- I ;,5 flowed vponvs , for our (clues alone,but for the goodofo- thers:thepofFefsionofthemhelongs to vs,thevfe of them to o thers.Laftly, m that fpirituall men , cfpecially theholymen of God,andminiflers of hisword,are the Lords furgeans, to bind vp the broken,and raifethere that arc fallen: as alfa hisphyfiti- 2o ans,to refforethofe that arc in afpirituall confuroptiò ofgracc: we ought tomake great account ofthZ, & boar theminfingslar oue,fortheir workefitke,1 .Thef. 5.1 9.For irwe mull honor the bodilyPhyfitian(as Syracidcs faith) Ecelef. 38.yea. I. who cti- reth but the difeafes ofthe bodic: how much moreought we 2$ tohonour fpirituall phyiitians,which cure the fpirituall mala- dies ofour foules? The fourth and !aftpoint.is,the manner howwemutt re- fiorclaid downe in theft words,inthefpiritofineekenefire.. liiitekenesitthe letting, or quieting ofthe mindcfreeing it 30 fromperturbation,efpecially in repreffing the reucngeful affe.. &ion. Ameeke and quietfpirit are ioyned together, 1.Pet.3.4. A notable examplehereofwehaue in Mofes,whobeeing pro- uokecl ,in {lead ofangor,fhewedmeekenes.It further makes a man toyeeldof his right,andnot to profecute thematter m ri- 35 ;gour,ancl extremitie, and fo it is oppoted wftneritie,i.Cor.4. .2 r . ShallI come ontoyouwitherrodde, or imbue ,andthe ¡putt o esseekeitere? Hence arifeth another propertie; it bridleth the protsokeddvot doom , mudorsool not hi m°04,1raY 53.704s tongue,and the outward man,either by ftknee, as Chrift being
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