492 Chap.6, ACommentarievpaas thenirccncs, and frowardnes ofhis wife : thewife with thefafl- nes,or hotlines ofher husband. ThofeMagiflrates, and Mi- nifters, whichare too cold andbackward in good things,mu .I beare with the ouer great heat,and forwardnes,of theirfellow - magiflrates, or fellow- rninif}ers: and thofe mull bare with S them againe, tieingbothaime at the fame Bride, theedification of the Church, and the goodofthe Commonwealth. Thus in God; prouidence Luther andcYelanffhonwere happily ioy- ned together , and did Beare with one another, Lutherwith his fofines, AdelanRhon with his hallines; he with his bordnes, he to with his titnoroufi,es : Mclanahon did well temper the heat and zeale ofLuther withhis mildnes, beefing as ogle to his vi- neger ; and Lrther on the other fide,did warme his coldnes, becineeas a fire to his frofennes. Thus the Apoflle common- Í deth , that are /hould beare with the infirmities of thole that arc tS weake, andnot fufficiently catechized in the doflrine of our fpirituail libertie purchafed vnto vs by Chrifl , and net to pleafe or felues too much , bit rather to pleafeour neighbour :what which isgood to edrfacation. Rom. r 5. v. t, 2. For awongfl other propertiesof loue reckned vp byS.PauI,r.Cor. t 3. this is not aa' the leaff,that itfarffereth all thinkis, v. 7. that is, all fuch things as may he borneand fuffered withgood confcience,for the good I of our brother. For looke asa lower, doth fufer all things in \ regard of his loue , in three refpec s. Full, invndet going any labour that may be for hergood, as Herculesdid for the loue . 24 o1Or'phale. Secondly, in bearing patientlyall hard mcafure that is offered him for herfake, as Jacob did for the loueofRa ch.cl. Thirdly,in induringany thing that isimpolcd vpon him,. and puttingvp what wrong foeuer is done vnto him byher, as Sanapfÿn dud for the loot of. Dalilah. So Chriflian charitie 30' labour,coff,or trauell,for their goodcaufeth vs to fit ter all things. Firft, profratri6tts, to indure y .Secondly,propter furatru_,. toBeare all aftíïions for their fakes, as faul faith he did for the Church.2.Tim.a.t o.Thirdly,,i frarribtu,to bearewrongs, and put vp iniuries at their hands, as he did, beeing fliamefully 15; entreated,at Philippi, tioncd, fcourged, cc. This mull becon- fidered ofvsall;but fpeciallyoffuch as wil giue a man as good as hebringeth,who are but a word ,and a blow:a lic,and a flab:. aword,&a writ: fetch as cannot beare coales , (as they fay)noè brook any little wrög,nor endure any ftgall frantic in their bre- altrctt
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