48v Chap.6. fl Camtssteat,arieußaa ent,noc fo profitable in regardofthereproouer, r . becaufe he feerneth voworthy toreprooue another, who is tobe:reprou- tiedhimfelfe, locoing as deepc in fault as any : 2. bccaute it will be thought; that he which naketb ago confcience to refire& htufel#e,will nothe fo ready to reclaime others,ot loue to their perfons,or hatred oftheir finncs , or zeale of Godsglorie; but forpride,or bufmciFcinother mens matters,or vanitic,or forne fuck finifter ends. V. All reproofesmu(' fo be minif1red,as that the partie re- I prooucdmaybe brought to a true fight of his finne : as allo to 'to a liuely fenfeand feelingthcrcof, and fo to a ornpunc' ionof heart,byreafon of it, and of he wrathofGod,wl3ich attendcth -upon him for his finne ; For theperformanceof this rule,we I liaise the example ofGod hímfelfe,Pfal.So.v.21. Ipillreprooue thee,dveifet thylinnet in order before thee : as alloof the Prophet '.15 Nathan,whobytkeparablotoni1ed Dauids confcience, and fo made him condemne himfelfe, 2. Sam.' 2. And the precept ofSaint Paul , commanding Timothie , that he Mould to re- prooue,as that he conui 1 the confcienceofthe firm, when 'she faith,Repreone , rebuke, exhort with alllangfr f ring and DO- 2.0 CTR INE:novve this is done by (hewing the true meaning ¿the lawe, and the curie ofGod annexed to euery breach thereof,and fo byvnfolding the horrible greatnetle of finne, -to the confcience of him wlaome wedoereprooue. For which are not thus qualified,are but cold and perfun- 2; oric,fuch as was that of Elie, in reproouing bis lewd farines, Whydoeyefrach things 'for ofallthispeople, Iheare endl reports of you:doenomore mylinnet;for it it nogood report that 1heare, I. Sam.2.v.23,24. beeing a means rather to,cherrifhlfilmic in them,then to reclaime them from it. There kinds-of reproofes, ! ;o notvnfitlymay becompared to hotte or bathehealing falues, which drawea faire skinncouer a fowlewound;which becaufe it is not roundly cured from the bottome , but ouerly healed vp,doth afterward apoftemate or fil1ulate , and becomnieth moredangerous anddcfperate then ruer before. ! 35 V I. The vineger of iharpe reprehenfion, tnufi beallaied and tempered with the oyle of milde and gentleexhortation; we maynot onely vie the csrra/ia es fifths !awe , but withal! we' mutt apply the rarefiesoftheSiofpell: bitter pilles ofreproofe, mull be fugercd puer with lowingand affectionate perfwali on a.x`tn44;a:
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