Cbap.6. the Epijile to the q a!atiam. 357 hatrcdofthcir finne~, orzC"aleof Godsglo- A man ,uthcCI1irurgton dorh wuh an arme rie;but for pride, or bu{ioeiTc inp~hcr rn~.ns 'or a lcgge tbat is broken . orouc cf,oy-1:, to matt(rs orvamtie,orfomcfuch findler ends. handle it tenderly and gently,foastt may be V . All reproofcs mu a (o be minillred,as moU tor his good' and Jaaa for his paine. dw the parrie reprooucd may bee brought More particularly, this may bee done fourc ro a rruelightofhisfinne : asalfo to a lmcly waics. fenfeandfcelingtherof,and[otoacompunI, When a mandoth propound theredion ofheut,by reafon ofit, &ofthe wrat~ proofe in his owne perfon,as Paul did,1.Cor. ofGod, which atrendeth vpon hrm for hi, 'f 6. Nowthe(ethmgt, bmh>·en, l hauefigura- (inne; Forthe perfQrmanceofrhisrulc,wf'c muly ~tppli~dvmo,min" owne fdf~ and Apollos, haue the txampleofGod hrmfclfe, Pfal, 50, for J•ur/al,ft, thatye might learne6Jvt, that verf.z 1. h-,;1/reprsouethu, andfet thy /innes in r1o manpr~(m1U116:methac which Uwriurn,&c. "d"b'f"' thu, asalfo of theProphet N •- z.vVhen a man dorh not diret!ly r<proue than, who by rhe parable conuidedDauidt another in plametearmes, bur elofely fhe1vcs confctence,andCo made him condemne hima millrk eot the fa6t, & conuaieth a reproofe fclfe, z. Sam. u. And the precept of Saint B in an exhorration, andfo lappeth vp pils(as Paul, commandingTtmothie, that he rhould it wcrc)lnfugar:as when a man fwearcs; nor f«> rcproue,as rhat he conuitl the confcience ahvaies tofay, th~14, &c. bur yea Jtnd "·"}foal/ ofthe Unn~r, when he faith, ReprooHej re~uk.,e, ferue betwixt VI: whatnednrh,f vehemcnqhe: 'xhort r<ith alllrmg-(•ff-ring& D0 CTR 1NE: mixt vs two? I TPil/ .u(Oonctal,f}""ward,"';our no\\'rhis is done by !hewing rr e true mea. oath,&c. ' niogof rhelaw, and thccurfeo(God annex3· When the reproofc is propounded in cJ ro eucry breach thereof, and [o by vnfol. a parable: as Natlw• dealt with Dauid, z. Jrng the horriblegrcatncl[c of finne, to the Sam. 1z. and as our Sauiour Chrifl by th~ confciencc ofhim whome wcdoereprooue. parablcofthetwofonnca reprcucd the Pha' Forrcproofcswh,ch 21cnot rhus qualified, rifie<.Matth.u.z8. ' · - ', arc but cold & perfundoric, fuch as wastbat 4· \-Vhen we r<proouea man dirct!ly (as of E/1.111 reproouiog lnslcwd fooncs,WhJ doe at rbelengtll Nathandod 'DRuid, Th'uartth; ]! fuch lhi"gs?(orofalllh!-6 people Ihe~treeHlllrem4n, %, Sam. 12.. 7·) WCC' mufl fo carricour poruojyo11:doenil more, mJ formes; for it iJ no.. ~ood fclue~, a~ that the partie ma.yfce himitlfe rareporrtbatlheare, 1. Sam.z.z3 •4· beeing a therrcprooued by God,ther>byvs: and n<lt meanesrathcrto cherilh finne in them, then C to proccede bluntly toworkc, ror<bukeand to reclaime them from it. T hefekindsofreccnfioreat thcvefy firfl :-but fovfc{<>mc prc• proofes, nor vnfitly may bee comp<red to face before hanU; as,thatwe~oe rha't which irotrcand h•fiic hcalmg falues, whrch draw a we doe in loue of hi( per[on l lfod>!·s' good, faircskinne ouer .. foule wound; which bewi01ing him well,botht~m'pofally, the rcpu.. callfc itis not roundly cured from the hotration ofhis name, and eternally thefaluari- ' rome,bur ouerly healed vp, doth afrcrward onofhi•fo~lc;& rhat weeconfid~rour [due•J al)oflenure od;nulate, &bccommcth more heroin,how rhat we may eafllybe"uerraken~ J3:ngc.rcus and defpCrarc then euer before. · as he was. 'FhefecautJons·obferucd, the infeV I. Thcvincger'of01arpe reprehcnfion, riourmay reproouchisfuper-fourJas 1,King.- i\iufl be aJJaicd apd tempered With the oyJe 7• IJ, " ,., '· · . , 0 " •-'' ,;, ; ofmolde and gentle exhorrattoniwe may nor V I I.Ei1erjreproofe nlu'ft be fitted to the , oncly vfc thecorrlijiueJ ofthe'""',•outwnhall qlialitieand co\1drtion of t1iinwhomewe re' ,Je mun apply th1: c<>rdlal/t oftheGofPell birtcr prooue, ·aiJdto the natute nf.the offence fo{ pilles ofreprooft, mu.tl bccfugrcd buerwith which lie is tcpmoued ;' \VCC niaJl fine the reJ ioh\rfg andaffetliori'ai·eper(walion; Jctl the "' proh1e totJ.l<.<pJrfodrcproou~d·, ifweconfi. parienr.abhorre thephyiicke: euery man in u derthala lnh'h m4y reprooue anoth<r fobre rhos cafe Is to f'Oilo•ithe sk,Jfull Chirurgion, ivaics.' Fiill,·byfrimdlyadmiim'r~•n' atid thus .who doth not alway vfe {t[/ionana vj/ion in one equall is to reprocueanothcr.Sctondly,. lauocing the u·ouad ·with Jhafpe inUrubyreuerent ,:uul{ubmif[uxiJortation: rhus the rnenrr,bur molhfyirlg ointmetlts,afid mund1. yonger mull reprooue the elder, the inferi:. 1 fyingwaters,to clenfeandfupplerhewound, ourrhcir fliperiours. Iris Gods commande. andh<alc the forcoPanll'aith, Thatthe[eru""t . mcntthat we·lhould•wtre6•~f lin Eliler, '6ttt 1 '[the L?rdmrtf/ begenlleto.,artlaUm,n:&that exhort him.u itfat be~. 1.Tiin.$.1. And thus h, m:tf/_infh:ufJ ~i'h "!ee~,Jeffe tb~m that are Kmgs andSrcarPotentat-e.safcrbb.e r~pr6o. conrrttrummd~d, z.Tnn..z.z ; . 16.-and in this ued,lhey becingp~rtru P~t~rrdo.That fayiiW15f place he comrriands the Gaiauans that they the Philofopber,l ;.,•• ; "'"~· haih a plac~-'in1 OmulJ. re/1.,~ thm' brerhren·n·itb the fl>irit if thiscafe.Thirdly,by foarpereprehmjion: rliu~ "'''~'"'fe.Tlie 1vord rranfiated[refim]isveEldersor Cup~lioursarero re-[ioouetbeir ihry cruphatJcall: for it figmfierh to[et a bone feriour•, l]>ccially,·ifthe fad bee notorrous ' that 1s brokcri, or any member ofthe bodie (candalous;ordang~rouS~Pa~lcommandcrt: that is out of/oy_nt: and therefore we are to Titm that he ilm'uldrebukf i'heGreciarit •,;';;. \ dcale ".ith a man that IS falle~i,and by his fall p..<, foarpefj.'lhAt thefmigbt ;ht~f..~dinfm'th, 1barh dtGoyntcd Come memoer of the new Tit. 1. IJ, ' F_ourrhlj,by·diti?hifii(cm,•l•nd L correfttvr.· _ ..
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