480 Chap.6. ACintmeurarie epos .. nsoft for the-aduancement ofGods glorie, beltfor the winning ofhim toGod , and Ieall.to thedefamingofhint;broad'to the world : and that it mayappeare vino htm, that hedoth it of loue(aiming at nothing but his good)not of any mahtioushu mour.or finriteraffeetionof reuengc,or vaine-glorie, &c. and 4_, that thismay be done ,two thingsmutt be praetifed. Firfl,he that reprooueth another , mull pray that Godwould fo guide his tongue, and mooue the others heart , that his reproofemay beprofitable vnto him : for without God&bleffing our admo- nitions are but words fpoken in the winde , t . Iohn.S.v.t 6. If is ,pan)ftehis brotherfinne 4i Inns that is not vnta dcath,Ict himpray, c.Secòdly,wémay not traduce him to others, either before or after our reproofe, i.Pet.4.8.This rule is generall:the reit fol. bowingaremore 1peciall. I- I. Euery reproofe mull be grounded vpon a certaine is knowledgeof the fault committed. For wemay not goe vpon private furmifesAnd fuppofes , of flying reports and rumours blazed abroad: nonor upon vehement futpitions, or flrona prcfumptions,Deut. i s.v. r4Jor in fo doing, we !hall but of fend thepartie, who knowes himfèlfe to be innocent of the to crime obiefïed,and purchafe to our (Clues a blot ofinditcrcti. .omit becing zealous without knowledge . Therefore for fè- cret finnes,menarenot bereprooued.Secret I call thole that areknowne onclytoGod, and theconfcience of the doer:or onely to others , but not tovs. This was praftifed by S.Paul, 27 Ga1.2. t4.whoreprooued not Peter, till he was throughly in- formedofhis offence:which condemnes the commonpraftifc ofthemultitude, who cenfure and reprooue`others ,fpecially. publike perlons, asmagiftrates and miniftcrs, vpon falle re- ports.or wicked furtnifes.when as noaccufation may beadmit - io ted a.:infl fuch,vnder twoor threewitnctfes. t.Tim.5.2o.Yet a manmay reproouevpon credible information , as Paul did the Corinthians for their contentions,grounding his reproofe vpon the report of the honkof'loe,s.Cor. r.t r. which he .beleeued to be true in part, i.'Cor. t r. t'8.Ifthe report benot 35 ,certaine,we muff onely reproofe hypothetically, and not pe- remptorily... I I L. In reproouing others, we mull confiderour fclues, Ipecialtyour owne weakenes,andbeginne the reproofe in our felues,if not for thefame fault we reproouc in our neighbour, -.____ metForasnrcatasthatCfnotagreatcr nanober nd:tins
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