488 Chan.6. them fiat , and if they would not harken to him , to take two or thee witnefres, &c. but tent him ftraight, to the cheife captainc,that he mighttake order to prcutnt their bloodieat- tempt. 11 L Whena man isawed private reproofewill doe no .good,and that thepartie offending will not brooke it,nor take reproofe at his hand,he is not to foliowe that order, andman- ner ofreproofe,but to acquaint themwith it, that canand will redre& it.Thus Iofeph(as it may fceme,) did not reprooue Ihis brcthren,becaufehe knewe well they would not be bette to redby him(feeing they hated him)but hebrought untohisfather theirswill fayi/ig:,Gcn.3 8.2. Albeit others fay,that their finne waspnblikc,and therefore needed no private admonition:and others,that hedid admonifhthé fecretly,beforehe did relate it to his father;(althogh it benot expreffely fet down in the text.) tî Howfoeuer this example bevndcrftood, the rule is certaine, that private reproofe is to be omitted , when it will either doe hurt,or no good. z. Beare ye one anothers bur- Zo dens , and fo fulfill the lawe of -Chrift. In this verfe,theApoftiepropounds another rule,touching zy 'brotherly loue,and it dcpendeth upon theformer,as an anlwcr toa fecrct obieftion , which might be made vponthe former doftrine,in the r.verfe, in this manner : Thou enioyneft vs we fhould restore ourbrother , if he fall by occafion into any finne,in the fpirit ofrneekeneffe:but there arefome infirmities 30 inour brethren which cannot be amended nor redrefredby brotherly correction: what is tobe done in fuch a cafe ? The Apottleanfwereth,fuch infirmities mull beborne and tollera- ted,in therewords,Beareyeone another: trurdens: And this rule is enforced by anargument takenfrrr theexcellencie therof,in 3; that the practifingofit , is the keeping and fulfilling ofthe whole law ,in there words,Andfofulfill thelarve ofChrël. I Fir fLfor the rule:TheApoftie calleth flippes, infirmities,& 'finnes,bythe nameofburden: , taking his metaphor from tra- ucllers,who rte tocafe one another, bycarrying one anothers burden, AComwentarieupon
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