468 Chap.6. ACe»ttrtextarie vpoae that by the confideration of' ourownswcakneffe , we might learne more IAildnes towardsothers inour reproofes: for tee- ingwe Eland in neede ofmerde, weought to deale mercifully :. andLacing Godforgiueth vs innumerable fannes, INC ought to forgiue feauen times, yea feauentic times fouler) times : feting $ heforgiueth vs tenne thoufand talents, we ought to forgiuea hundrethpence.l'latth.i 8.32,3 ;. Odin'1. ThePharifieconfi- deredhirnfeile, whenas he faid,Lord,/thae6&e thee., that 1amnot as other men, thzw,and tbtu,or li eflit Publican. Lu.k. r 8.11. and yet he is rcproouedby our Sauiour Chrifl. Anf. True it is for to he onely confidered his owne fuppofed vertues, which he fhould not haue confidered , but forgotten , though they had Beene true vertues indcede,according to Chriflspreccpt,Mat. 6.3 .Let not thyAft handKnorr what thy right handdoth:and Pauls prattife, Ph11.3.1 3. 1forget that which is6ehinde. And- neuerfo t$: much as lightly confidered his owns limes, which Paul here would haue vs to confider, and thereforehe is reprooued. Paul wouldhaue vsconfider our (clues , becaufe the ferions confideration ofour owneweaknes, wiilmoouevs to pratife this dutie ofmeeknes : for as we helpevp thofe that arc fallen, ' zm relecue the diflrefred, pitic the of liaed,bur-ie the dead, &c. be- caufe we confider our felues in them, that their cafe may be ours : Sowe ought to reflore those that arc fallen, in all mceke- nes ; becaufe we may fall, and beouertaken as well as they : the rather, becaufe God himfelfein corre ing and reproouing vs, 25 cloth defcend to our weaknes , andconßdert.that weare tutfielh, anda wind' that paffithiandcomet!) n hnot again. Pfa1. 78. 39. and C rrifl became like voto vs in ail things, and was tempted in hice fort (yet vithout finnc) that he might be merciful! , and a faithful! high Priefl, and rnightbe touchedwitha Ccnfe of our ;o infirmities. Heb.a.17,r8. and4.r 5. C6iW1. He therefore that knower afl'uredly hecannot beones come by ternptation,is not toreprooue in the fpirit ofmeeknes..4nf. No man isfute,and therefore no rnan canbe fecure. Againe, though a man know 1 ¡ he cannot totally nor finally fall away , yet feeing he cloth finde 3:5 by experience, that hecannot overcame without much adoe, without much flriuingand wraflling,nay oftentimes not with- out anti trnil:lncsgconfidcriang withwhatdif iicu ti he auercame s our Sauiour,Chrif$ learned by experience how. hard a thing it was
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