484 { Chap. 6. Aommentarie vpass the reputationof his name , and eternally the faluationof hi foule; and that we confider our reluesherein,how that wemay early be ouertalsen,as he was. There cautions obferued,the in- feriour may reprooue his fuperiour, as z.King.s. t 3. V I I. Entry reproofe muff be fitted to the qualitite and condition ofhimwhome wereprooue ; and to thenature of ' theoffence for which he isreprooued; we fhall fit the reproofe to the perron reprooued , if we confider that a man may re- prooue anotherlourewaies. Firfl, by fiiensl%' admonition : and thus one equal' is toreprooue another. Secondly, by reuerens to. andfubmiJJeexhortation: thus the yonger soft reproouc the elder, the inferiour their fuperiours. it is Gods commande- ment that we shouldnot rebuke an elder , ben exhort him as afa- ther, I .Tim. 4 . I . And thus Kings and great Potentates are to be reprooued , they beein;patron Patrie . That rayingofthe tt Philofopher, ñ ihusa,is i7d'rsd,hath place in this cafe. Thirdly,byr flcarpe rep.-eheAfin: thus elders or fuperiours are to reprooue their infcriours , fpecially,ifthe faEt be notorious, fcandalous, or dangerous. Paul cornmandethTitus that he fhould rebuke the ('retianr, garordNaac, fharpely , that they might 6e found in the :e faith. 1 it.I.:3. Fourthly,by ditecbafif;nent sendcarreEron: thus the fuperiours nluf1: reprooue their inferiours ouer whorne they are let, as the father the child, the mailer the feruant , the tuagitrate the fulbiea, &c. and thus the inferiour cannot re- prooue his fuperiour , nor one equall another, though he doc 25- . it with neuer fo ()leg rnildnes. Secondly, we (Hall fit our reproofe to the offence commit- ted, ifis fpirituall wifdome and difcretion weput a difference betwixt fnne and finne, as theApoille teachethvs, lud.v. 22,1 13. Haue compaff®n onfinne inputting difference :.end atherfasre 3e withfeare, pulling them out of the fire. Sinnes committed of humane f'railtir, or through ignorance, muti bediflinguifhed from thole of malice,ofpride,and prefumptíon; bothmull be reprooued, yet after a differentmanner : for the onemuff be wonnewith gentlenes , the other with fharpncs : the one with 0. lenitie, theother with feueritie : to the one we muff; come with the pleafant pipe of ChriJf, to the otherwith the lamentation of johnBaptif . To the one in the fpirit ofElias :to the other in the fpiritof(-MP/. /. WWhen gentle admonition would takena place, Chriti thundreth out threats againa Corazin andBeth- raide.
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