4g°ß Chap.6. 3Csmsmexrariepo ._ would not&axefomuch as a boofe behindhim,Exod, t o.26.And'', Paulwouldsetgiueplace to 'Peter antthem that were withhisn,ns notfor amoment,that the truth ofthe Goftrel',light continue with J :hcm)Gal. i. .Theymull therefore beborneby disbut denino. j ttOt Y4 =aria ; théofthé,bygentle &mildadmonitiö,or if they cannot be re-' 15. 1. dreffed,by bearing& tolJerating ()Ethan , in piling. by them, asthough we did not perceiue them , for as Salomon faith, Frou.t9. u. It is t heflorie ale, man topal 6yin irrritie : or 'Ally, by praying for them.Forifwe fha11 betake thebondofbrotherly louc,and Chriftianfocietie, by refonof there or fuch like infirmities, which we fee to be in our brethren : we walke not in loue, in that we bearenot their burdens,astheApofllccommandeth in this placc,andEph.4. b. Support one another, through /me. And furely, this is a mots necefrarie precept, ofgreat vie and conic- quence, in thehic of matt : for except we beare and tolerate the frailtiesof men, in paflìng by them in fuch fort , as I haue Paid, it is impoffible we fhould lead a quiet, or comfortable hie in any focietie. We mull feeke foranewworld, or Leming the fellow/hipofmen, betakeour fclues to fome folitariedefers, as fundrieEres»ites,and Anchoritet harne done,bccaufe they could not(by reafon of their froward and wayward natures)digefl the manifold inconueniences which they Caw to be amongft men in publike focieties. This dutie therefore ofbearing one anothers burdens, albeit it be difficult , yet it mull be praEìi- 4ed, fpeciallyof thole that arc thongmen in Chrift : for as in architecture, all hones arc not fit to be laid inentry placeof the building, but fogsbelow , as the fundamental! and chiefs corner (tones, to beare vp the waight andburden ofthe buil- dinQ ; others aboue in thewall, that fo the whole buildingmay be firme andcompact in it relic : So in theChurch,which is the houleofGod,(where all beleeuers arc Iiuel)? flones,bnilt vpon Chrift Ierus the chiclecorner fIone,bearingvp thewhole bur- den,euen all the infirmitiesoftheChurch:)thole that are firog mutt fupport the infirmities ofthe weake , that fo the whole > building beeing compact and knit together, may grows vp to a holy-temple in theLord. For otherwife thewhole frame of thebuilding mutt needs be diltolued,and come to ruine.It is a etammonprouerbe among the Italians , that Hardwithheed, cur, Eon da- xi euermake: 4goodwall. By which is fignified , that as acmes ço nou fib" jCobb1!P0tsanother , without morter to combine _ r,:Pr.a.Se them, r ----- 5 to ty sa 2 30 35
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