474 I Chap.6, eslCorrsanrent,arienon watcrs,becaufc then kept not gods'law.Pfal. t s 9.v, r 36aí Lot; who vexed'his righteous foule, in feting and hearing theabo minationsofthe Sodomttes,2.Pet.2.8. For to expound thefe words(4gainf# thee) thou fleeing priuie to it,isfarre from the meaningofthe text , neither can thcphrafebe 'hewed in that $ Now thatmen are tote reprcoued forknowne finnescotn. mitred againft God,ofwhat nature,qualitie, and condition fo- euer theybe,befrdcs the formerreafons,it is inanifefl.Leuit.t9. 17. Thou /bait Not hate thy brother in thine heart , bat rhos fhalt t0 plainly re>slehits, and¡halt notfifer linne to refvonhitn.Thcr- foreaman is to be rebuked for euery finne.TheApofllewhey foeuer he fpeakethofreproofes,ncuer refiraines it to one kind, but extends-it toall knowne firmes. t .Cor.5. he reprooues the inectiuous perfon for his inccft, and excommunicateth him `teeing impenitent. So in thisplace, ifaMINbe fallen byoccafloì' i intoany offence, he faithnot,this or that offence, but in general!, lintoany offence, whether in lifeor doe rine, bycuil! example, or I° otherwife,againfttheft-11,orfccondtable. Yet this is fo to be wnderftood , as that iniuries and wrongs offered vs, are not to :b be excluded:for cuen for than al(o, arc men to bercprooucd. I. Itivehepurpofeofour Sauiour Chrifl,Matth. 18. to teach thisvery point , for -hawing taught, Matth. 18. v. 6.thatnone 1 (hould offend or fcandalize his brother; in the r o. verfe,he fhewes what is to be done, ifany matt did offendhis brother,' tS Iby iniuring;or wronging-him:towit, that he is to reprooue 'him. i L He maketh him that fuffered the wrong a witncfl'e, not an accufer,when°hefaith , Ifhe heart thee nei,takeyet witl, 'thee oneor two, that'bythe mouth oftrre or three nitneffes, eoer7 wordmay be conftrmed,Mkiatfh.i8. r 6. Hebiddeth him take ene or two., °that fo it may be --confirmed by the tefiimonie, not of -one ortwo,but oftwo or three:therefore the partie offended is oneofthe witneffes. I II. If ft were vnlawfull to reprooue . men for injuries offeredvs , what courfe fhould he take that is fiercelywronged , none beeing priuie to the wrongbut him- 35 felFe,and the partie offensling?Thus men would be imboldned to ftnne,feeing they could by nomeanes be controlled,and fo men might frufirate the commandement ofCirrrfl.I adde fur.I Cher, that`hewhich isiniured,is fitter to reproouc him thatofte, -red the iniuriethen anyother. I.Becaufe the offence, both for fiat-
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