theEpiffle to theGsallti me. Chap6. 491 hem, make but atotteringwall,that may eafilybe (Laken ; but if.there beminter betwixt them,yeclding to the haulmsof the ones, it makes the whole like a folide continued bodác,ftrong nd ((able;able to endure the (hockeofthe ramme,or the (hot ofthe cannon : So that focáetie,whereall arc as fliffeas (tones, which will not yecld ahaire, one vetoanother, one becing as fall, as froward, as haftie, as another ; cannotbe fhmeanddu- rable. But where menarc ofa fob , a yeelding, and relenting nature, gluingplace to the fliffenesof others , and yeelding to) io the tempefl fora time, that focietic is compaéf in it Cclfe,and fo) cannot but continue, bccaufcone Both bears the infirmities of, another. Doti thou therefore fee thybrother to be onerraken with tome finne, or to be ouer curious , very froward,too Ich- conceited, abounding inhis owns fenfe,exctedángbaille, &e. ,e s beare this his infirmitienow ; and fo he(perhaps) maybeare with thee in the likecafe,another time : or bears thou with his curioufnes,hewill beare with thydulnes: beare with his fickle- ncs,hewill blare with thy frowardnes: beare with his hafiines, he will beare with thy felts-conceitdcnes. For it is to be obfer- 20 ued, that the .Apoflle faith not, that thofe onely which are flrong, fhould beare the frailties of theweake, but that both firong and weake thouldbeare one anothcrs burdens , it bee- fing a mutual( and reciprocall dutie impofed vpon all, becaufe there is none fo firong , but one time or other he may flippe, 25 and fall, and fomayEland in needstobe fupportedmenof the weake : thepalfic manbesing ficke,had hisburden(to wit, his bed)borne, but besing reflored, could helpe tobeare another mans burden : fo if thou beare another mans burden , that is weake, when he is flrong, he will be readie to bears thine , if 3o neede require. Godcommands,that ifwe findour neighbours beati lying vnder his burden, we mull lift him vp : how much more ought we to helpeour brethren lying vnder theburden of finite ? Therefore the Nong, arc to fupport the weake, and theweake mull (vpon occafion)fupport thefirong : asin the 35 archofabuilding, one (lone dothbeare mutually, thoughnot equally, the burden of the ref( : or as harts fwimming ouer a greatwater, doe cafe one another, in laying their heads one le; vpon the backeof another : the foremoti that bath none to Apt. Bedsin fupporthim,changing his place,and tellinghisheadupon the ñ gauT hindermo(l. Thus in a familie ,thehusband muff beatewith Bees z the r
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