®ff ignition arasawnat 93 The landcannot beclranfcd" , the bloodthat is)(headthereinkit bythebloodof him thatJh:adit. 13y this place allo are combatesoftwomen hand tohand , for decidingof controuerfies,vtterlyvnlavvful. i . Bccaufe theyare notequall means ordeined ofGod,todetermine controuerfes. 2. In that it fal'eth out in lush combates that he is conquerourbefore man,who indeed is guildebefore God. This alfo condemneth Popifh Sanóluaries, and places ofpriuiledge : as Churches , and the hie , wherein murtherers fhelter and fhroude them_ felues from the danger ofthe Lawe, For God exprefleliecomtnandeth (E:x- od.2t. 4)thatfilch anonefhalbetaken from hisaltar,t hat he maydie.AndIo- ab,z.King,.2g24 touching the borne: ofthe altar,wasfliinein the Temple. Hitherto in like fart belong fuch things as concerne thefouleof our neigh- bour. z. To be afcandale or offence to the foule ofour neighbor, either in li1e or doctrine. Mat, i 8.7. Wo be to the world( becanfe ofofences : i i6 Metal f árie that afenterffionldcome:ha towbe to themby whom they doe come. 2. To minifler occafionsoffirifeand difcord. The which we thendoe: I. When wee cannot be brought to rernit fomewhat of our owne right. z. When wee returne fhappifh and crooked anfweres. 3. VVhenwee inter- pret euerie thing amiffe , and take them in thewoorti part. i. Sang.2 ç . 25. Nabafit his name, and follie iswith him. , Sam. zo e,4nd the Frinces oft e ehildreM ofAmnionfiord toWanun their Lord, T1 inkefl thou that Da- tii,i doth honour thyfather, that hebathlent comforters to thee ?bathnot Da- ;rid ratherfent hisfiruants vnto thee, to f arch the citie , to f ie it eut; and to otaerthroa'e it? whereforeHanun tookf Daurdsferitantes, and fhatied of the half oftbeirbe4rde.r,and cut oftheirgarmrnt ¡n themiddle, enen to their ka- tock.es,andjent themaway. 3. The Miniflers finne againfl their neighbours is this, not topreach the wordof Cod to their charge, that they thereby might bee inflruóóed in the wayesoflife : Prouerb. 29. i 8. Where there isno vifton thepeople decay,buuthe thatkeepeth the Lawù bleffed. Efa. 56.1o. Their watchmen areall blind, they banenoknowledge,they are alldumbedogs, they cannot barke :. they lie andfleep, anddelight infeeping. Andthefegreedydogges cannier hatteynough : and theft fhepheardes they cannot vnder(land:for theyalllooketo their owne way, euerieonefor his adnantage ,andfor his ovinepurpofe. Ezech. 3.18. When I fha11fay to thewicked,Thou (halt fin-el), die , and thou grinef him not war- ning , thefamewickedman ¡hall die inhis iniquitie,but his bloodwill!require at thy hander: And not onelynor topreach at all,but to preachnegligently,is vtterlycon - demned. Ier. 48. z o. Curledbe he that doth the werke oftheLordnegligentlie. Reuel:3.16. Becarfe thou art loge warme , andneither hot nor colds : it Will come topal that Ifhall//ew thee out ofmy mouth. Thisreprooueth nonreí - dencicofminiflers, .which is an ordinarie abfence of the m inifler from his charge : namely, from that particular congregation committed vnto him Efäy,
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