7 theEpi/I!e to the Gsslatiaswi. Chap.6. ; 469 to ouercome temptations , that hemight haue a fellow-feeling i ofour infirmities. Therefore fpirituall men mull remember, that theywere once carnal), euen babes isChrifl: thofe thatarc ftrong, mull confider that they wereonceweake: old men that 5 arc graue and flaied, mull call to mind that once they were in theheat oftheir youth, andwhat difficultiesencountred thew, and with what contention they paffed the vaniticof that age : i 1 and fo they (hall the better reprooue others in the fpirit of meekncs, iftheyTooke themfclues in the glaikoftheir exam- ; l Ho pie : this is Pauls reafon, why we fhouldAewat meekene.r to all men, becaufe we ourfames were in times pa&urin fife, difo6edient, &c.Tít. 3 . z, 3. Laflly,marke herehow Paul changes thenumber: for ha- uing faid,ye that arefpiritu4l1,re/1are t*c.in theplural! number, /5 here be faith, confdering thyfelfe,in the fingular , and not your elues: leg thouelfo be tempted, andnotyou : which he doth not through rudeneffe of fpeech, as Tome of the ancient Diuines Hierem.4n haue thought : but withgreat judgement he vfcth a familiar buic lac ). Hebraifine, changing thenumber . Firfl, to glue thegreater 20 force, and to fet the (harper edge vpon his admonition. For Ithat which is fpoken to all, is fpoken to none . Secondly , to Phewhowharda thing it is for aman to confider himfelfee. It is Inatural! for men to Epic notes inother mens eyes, and not to perceiuebetimes in their owne. Matti:. 7. 3. to )Doke outward 5E at others, not inward at themfelues. Like7)lutarchs Larnie,or fayriet, which carried their eyes in their heads when they went abroad, but when they camehomeput them vp in a boxe. In' doing good andbeeingbeneficial!, we muff not fo much con- fider ourfclucs.Philip. a.4. but in iudging and reproouing, we 30 ought tobeginne withour felues. For the better vndcrflanding of the doéhine ofbrotherly correction , and Chritlian rcproofe, I will handle thofe foure queflions : I. who arc to be rcprooued? I I. for what ? I I I. by whome ? 1 I I I. in what manner 35 I. Whoare to be reprooued I Ant: All that are brethren: for 'fo Qur Sauiour Chr)fi faith, Ifthybrotherfineagain11 thee, reprooue him. Matth.18. i6. And i ,,$.Paul faith;Brethren,ifauy man &c.ThenameBrethr i', istake \ foure waies in Scriipture, as ¡creme bath well obferued againf} H.elvidius. I. forthofe thatarebrethren by nature;as Jacoband I Bbbb 2 Efau; I
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