- -_- theEpiftle to the ÿalati4nr. Chap.6.77 It is adutic whichconccrncth all men; our Sauiour`Quiff faith,Ifthy brotherflnneagainf! thee,reproouehs n : and thecop- inandernent is generall,Leuit. x 9.17,Thos,Jhalt not hare thy bro. tiler in thyheart , but /halt rebuke himplaincly : now all Chrifli- ans arebrethri, (as I haue fhewed)thcrefore all men are bound to reprooue their brethren,as occafion thall ferne. Secondly, all Chritlians are members of the fame bodre whereof Chrifl is the head, therefore they are to helpe and further one another, as members of thenaturali bodie doe : and this is dogeby ad- to monitionand reprchcnfcon. T.hirdly,thcbond ofcharitie ticth all men tohelpc their brethren inwhat they can for their good, i and thcrcfore(ifnecde be)to reprooue them. And albeitfome j may fceme to be vnfittc or vnworthie reprooucrs of others, becing tainted with as great, orgreater finncs themfelues, and Its focannot call out motes out of othermens eyés, they haúing beanies intheir owne;yet wemull know that finne freed] none from this dutie : indecdenone ought to reprooue , either with fcandall to others , or withhurt andhindcrance of him that is reprooued; yet noman is exempted from this dutie. For envy -zo manought tobe cleare and blameles, fpeciallyofopen crimes, that fo hemaymore freely and fruitfully reprooue his neigh- bour ; but thoughhe be not, yet he remaineth fill bound to the performance of this dutie. Our Sauiour faith not, that he which bath abeanie in his eve , is therefore fieed.frorn pulling 05 forth the mote out of his brothers eye ; but , fr./tea/7 eta the deatue out ofthine owne eye, andthen thou !haltfie tópll cu r the mote eut ofthy brothers eye. They therefore are feuerely to be cenfured , nay deepely to be condemned, who fay with Cain, 4m. I my brothers keeper? as though it concerned them not a Gea.4.e, 9e whit whetherhefinke or fwimme ; as though euery man were to lookc to himfelfe alone, for his owne behoofe and benefit, and not vpon the things ofhis brethren, for their good? or as nap z.,t. though God had not made cuery mar, a guardian to his bro ther ? The dimrne candle light of corrupt nature, condonmeth 35 thefe men, which teacheth that he which may faue and dot!) not, loth in efeet as much as kill , or deliroy. The dutie there- 'fore lieth vpon all, but chiefclyvpon the Pafiours and Mini - fiers ofthe word: for theyareto inquireinto the lines of men, fpecially of thole that arecommittedand commended to their charge: forwhich carafe theLare called the Lords ouerfcers, or Cccc a watch.
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