I ' i i .1 ~.Booke. - Cafes ofCon(cience. cauuons,therefore we cooclude,that wharfo– euer bu!ines israkeo io hauJ,¬ futcd vnto them it hatbn<ltgood warranr,and lo cannot bed~oewithgood con(dence. A cLemenclcormeekencs, isavertue,that ferue< to moderate wrath and reuenge. TouchingClemenciethere be threcQ.!Je· !lions. I. How a man is to carrie himfclfe in reI . fpetl ofiniuriesand offences done vnto him I - II. WhcnAogerisaLlnne,andwbennot? I JI. How a man fhould remcdie hisrafh an? vniu!l anger I I. ~eLlion. How may aman carry him:. /elfe,in rejpeEl of in}ur~eJ and B ~lfences done '}Into h~m l yet for betterclearingofthis aol\ver, let vs a lit.de coofidenhe Scriptures ,_&thecxam– ples rhor recorded touchmg thiS policy. Io Jon•.s.s.wc fhall find, that loflmavferh Mar– uall poilicy in the bdicgiog ofAi; placing one part ofhis armie in~nambufh' a.~d cau– fing du•othor partto Hie: for bythatmeaoes, thcmen·ofAicommiogoutofthecirie, and ptirfuingthofe that Hell,the fouldiers that lay iO-~mbnlh,tooke the<irie and deLlroyed it.In z.. Sam.5.23. Dauidbecmg to makewarrea~ gainflthe Philiflims, asketh couofel ofGod, and God tencheth him policie; he therfore in hi~own example allowes p~hcy,&moreefpeciaJ.Iy rhofc wife and prudent fhifrsinwarre, An(. That a man maybehaue himfelf.e fo which wee call Srratagemes or policies ofthe as becommeth a Chnfliao inthefccofes, he field. We hauc alfo the example of Paul for mull in the fir(! place,inquire into thenature thispurpofe, who (Act. u. z6. )faioes him- , and qualitie ofthe wrong done, fclfe "' haue made avow tobeaNizarite, Now, Offences that are donetovs by othat h'emight yeeld fomcwha.t to rhe weakthers,are ot three forts. nc!fe ofthe Iewe; , who were not fufliciently The fire! forr, and the leaf! are, when fome infGrlmed<"in the dotlrine of Chrillianliber. things arc done to vs,thatdoeooely difpleafe 1 <ie;,This pratlife was warrantable, neither vs,but bring no lolfe ot hurtto vs, Thefe be was it a Gone io Paul:for he didir by thecounlight offences, and ofthis kind arccommon fell oftheChurch atlerufalem, verr. 20, 24. infirmities, a; ha!linelfc, reflinelfc, froward· -A:nd<Jilaul himfelfe ·neuer made mention of oeffe, llowneife and dulncffc ofnature, of this thrs,as ofa Gnne,whicb hewould vndoubted- -kind alfo, are reproches of vnsli.ilfulne!Tc, igJyhaue·donc; had it beene a fione. Agaioe, noraoce,bafmes,pouerric,and fuch like. The Act.z ;.6, when he was brought before Ana- C firfl degree then ofCiemencie is, notfo much nios rhe Prielr,and the CouncellatJerufalem, as retake notice of thefe lleight offences,but beai~g inCome da~nger, hevfeth policie: for to let them palfe,aod burie them inobliuion. he pretended that he was.a PhariGe, and by Salomon faith,A '"""' vndn:f/anding diferuth rhar'rucanes raifed a ditTeorion berweene the hi< anger,& it u cr<dil top•Jfeb; ar. offence, Prou. PluriLles and·thoSadduces. And this was no 19.1t.his meaning is , that when froall offenfl-nn~in Paul : for he fpake no ·more burrhe ccs arc done, whicflcannot beauoided, then truth,ollely he concealed part ofrhe truth. io diferetion a man fhould withhold his an· Now ifit fall oototherwife,that policic be gcr,aod nottakc notice ofthem,but patfe by vfcd ' and aoyof thefe foure c~ueats be not them aodletthcm goe:forthis fl>all be a farre obfcrued, then it lofes both the name and greater ornamentvoto him,rhen if vpon the nature of true policie, and beco~es fraud, decdc done,hc 010uld hauc baflily proceeded ctaft,and deceit; and Cois condemnable. Exroreuenge. · ion\plcihereofwe ha:ue io Dauid, 1-, Sam. 2 r. The fecondfortofoffences, arefmall initf- •<!l.who when·heaame tothe ccurrot Achia1 ries , f~chu doenotooely difpleafe vs, but kiilg'ofGQrh,and fnw hi~felfein daunger, he 1vithali bring Come little hurt to vs: cith<t in faineshimfelfen1ad. Which though he did D ourgoods,hfe, or good name, Nowthefetofau""his ownelifc, yet his policie wasnot to cond degreeofmeekenelfe is, ro take notice beallowed of: for it tended to his ownedifof'thefe,butwrrhallto forgiue them and put gra•·e,(hc beeing King oflfrael:)aod it wasal· rhcmvp. The reafon is,becau(ealwale3greafo dlfhonourablevnto God, who had appoinrcrcare mu(! be had of peace and loue, then ted him·to be the king oflfrael. Againe, that ofour owne priuare offaires, Reade the pra• which iscommonly called thepolicic of Ma· tltfe hereof. Ioh. 8.49. It was obiccted to chiaucl,is here to be condemned. For it is not Chrifl wron~(ully, thar he was aSamarit'ane, anfwcrable to the·Caueats before rememandhadaDtuell. Chr (irakesknowledgeof bred. Befidesthat, it isnot onely agamfl the the wrong.anofairh,yo"hau<r,prochtdm" but w•ir<eolaw of God , but euen againft the law withal be puts ir vp,ooely denying tharwhicb ofNature. And the very foundation thereof, rhey faid,and dcaring himfe!fc,l h"'""'t• Ji. nandeth onely in the practiCe of lying, livea. u,U,butl honour "'J F•thtr.Dauidhad receiu•d vi."g.fopfiveariog,infraud,deecit,&iniullice, groat wrong at the h~nd•d Ioab and Sbc– ~>ei,asappeares in the ht!loric of his life, bill i! _ C'PI A P. II I. . principally, when became firlho be kfng of Of .E!.!!.41iom_tWJCtrd ng C/emmci.~. Ifracl,2 . Sam. 3· and yet he takesnota ha.l\:ie 1 ~----~--------------------------------------------------------~c~o~u~rf~~t_ ______l
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