IIO ._ 5 20 25 3o 35 the Epijfleto theGalatian!. Chap-6. 4" lhanceand circumflance is better knownevnto him, then to a- ny-other. I I. Becauie the reproofe(inall likelihood) will take the betterplace , when as theoffender Iha)l'haue coalesof fire heaped vpon his head , when he (hall fee, that thepartie wron- ged rs dehrous of hisgood , and readic to requitegood for e- utll, in teekinghis amendement , whereas he fought hishurt. Andwhereas it may team that it Cauoureth of reuenge, to re- prooue thole that wrong vs,I anfwcr, thoughmany in reproo- uing reuenge themfelues,yet the one may bedone without the, other; and the right vtá of a thing is not to be negleeted,be- ! caufeoftheabufe thereof. Obieíl. Authors of heretics , fchifines, difrentions,aretobe auoided Rom. 6./ 7. therefore not tobe reprooued.AnfGe- ncrall places of Scripture , arc to be expounded, according to particular limitation in other places : now that gererall text, Rom. r6. r 5.isrcllrained and hmited,Tít.3. r o. Aneidan here* tskeafter.onre.or treil admonition. ObieR. Paul commands theCorinthians , that without any moreadoe,they thould proccede forthwith to thepublikecen- fure ofexcommunication a;ainfl the ince lupusperfon;and as it may ferme, without any former reproofe. r .Cor.S, betides, hecommands that we fhould not Bate. that is, familiarly con-, ucrfe with notorious perfonsof fcandalous life, t.Cor. 5. i i.` and that we fhould withdraw ourfeluesfrom emery brother that walketh inordinately.2.Theft3.6. Anf.Paulsprattife is notcon- trarie toChrifls precept. He purpotedindeede to excommu- nicate the incefluous perfon, if he perfifled in his finne, yet marke how; in the name, and by thepower of our Lord leftu Chrif . r.Cor.5.4. inwhich words the formeofproceeding a- r ainfl him is limited, and that according to Childs inflitution, Matth. s S. thename and power ofChrìfl, figni`ying the word and inflitutionof Chrift. 2. Paul doth plainlyexpound him- kite in other places,what' his praCtife was, in that behalf,: , as z. Cor. a 3. 1,2. where he fignifieth thathe did not excommu- nicate vncfeane perlons, fornicators, wantonnes( mentioned chap. r s. 2I.) before the third admonition; makinghis third, comming vnto them, in Readofthrceadmonitions, or witnef 4esagainf them. Itwill be faide, that Paul thrcatnethwhen hecommeth will not (pare therefl. 2.Cor, r s , x. therefore it fcetncthhe was Cccc I refolued
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