I MeliU~efi Ylpel'eltv– !nusquhl \:~··"· Chap. 6. the Epijlletothe qalatians. further procced 1 ngsco be vfed: tf he _heare A rhechlefecaptaine, rhar hemightt:ikcorJer not the Church he is to be cxcommuntcated to preuent their bloodyarrempc. and holden an JJeath"'·O:teadcrschcrcfore I JI, When a man is alli1red priuare rcarenocro bee c~co:nmunicatcd at the very proofewilldoe no good, and that theparrie firll,bmordcrly robe proceeded ag~inllland offending will not brooke it, nor take rclou10giy to be dealt w~thall, nnd patiently to proofe at his hand,he is no! to follow that orbe endured, accordwgas the Apofile corn• der and mannerofreproofe, bur toacquaint mandeth, 1. Tim. 4. 1, Repr.oucwithaOhngthemwith ir,thatcan andwil redretieit.1 hus (uff"i''t· It may be obiec1ed, char P•ulbidlo(eph(asit may feeme,) did norreprooue his dcchT<tm hee rho>!Id auoid an hmtick_e •fttr b'rcthren, becaufe he kne<> well they wvuld qnceortwi(ea.1monition.Tlt.J. xo.Therefore we not be bettered by him ( fccing they hateJ arc not to proccede againU offenders accorhim) but he 6ronght vnto hU f•ther their euih' dmg to Chnfts comnundement. A•fw.That fi.Jingi,G cn.J 8.zAibeitorheufay,that their text makes nothing againfl this orderly proGnoe was publike~ and therefore needed no ceedingcommeudedvmovs by our Sauiour priuateadmonitiol: and orhers:that he did Chnll. For fidl,thiocommaundemcntis not admcnirh them fe<rctly, before he did rcgiuentoall, buronely to the Paflours (as B lateitto his father, i,>lrhough itbcenotcxhetctoTitm)orBtOlops, who reprefencing prdfclyf<t downe ir.rhe text.) How{oeucr the whole Church,are rogiuefentenccofex· this example be vndef!ood ,the rule is ccr· communication. Secondly,it is to be·vndcrraine, that priuate repnofc is to be omitted, flood ofpublike admonition in the face of when it will either doe h<rr,or nogood, rhc: Church, a(tt:r rhat rhepartic:hath bccnc 1. 8e;;~re;eontf1nothers4nrdtm,dlndfofu/fi!l priuacclydealt wlthaf;andifa(rcr this aJmotbe !awD( Chrifl. mrion,hedoenot recant hiserrours, and reIn:bis verfc: tJ1c ApoClJC'1ropounds aHoforme h,mf..lfe,thcn is he to be re1et!ed as an rherrule, rouchmg_brotherl)ioue, and it deheretick c,rhat is,<W~oxn«•p•Tc:, condemntd of his pendethvpon the former, as \O an(wcrto a owne(clfe,Tlt. ~,I 1, fccre.r obietlion,whichmight lP, madcvpon Ncuerthc:lctfe, therebecertainecafes, in theformerdoCl:rinc, in the f. V'f[e, m this wbtchwe are·not bound eo fOllow th1s order manner: Thou enioyndl: vs wee Owuld reor manner of proc,:cdmg in our rcproofes, ~loreour brother, ifhe fall byocciion into and rhev areprmcipally three. any linne, in the fpirit ofmeekenefe: but 1. Whc:othcUnnecommircedtendt!thto there are fame infirmities in our btetbrcn the hurt ofrhe Church, orcommon-wcalrh, C which cannot bee amended nor redrcfedby and there bed>nger 10 dcl•y; as alfo danger brotherly correC!ion, what is to be drne in to the partle rham priUJcro 11, and cloth not fuchacafe I Ti·1C' 1Apo0lc anfwereth, hch dcreclit; and (inaB hope of hindering of it, 1nfirmiri~s mufl bee borne and tolcr•tcd, in (as when a mandorh plotrrca(on, or interthe(e \VOtds.BeAr;;~oneanoth~rsburdms:And medlerh in creafonable pratlifes;)in tillS cafe this rule is enforced by an argument taken the partlc offending is not firfl ptiuatcly to from theexcellencie thereof,in thar the pra. bee reprooued, but pubhkely 10 beedetechfingofit,isthekeepingand fulfiiltngofthe Cled,and fo to bee dealt withall of the Magiwhole law, in rhefe words, Andfofidft& thtlaw !lrate,according to the nature and quality of ofChrif/. his otience: forthe common good isro bee Firfl, fortherule: The Apoflle calleth preferred before any one mans priuategood: Oippes,infirmicies,andfinncs,by the name of Better iti5thatone 'm.tn prrifo. then that the burdem,takinghismetaphorfromrrauellers, bondDfvr.itie foould be brDk.!"· \\ohO vfe to eafe one another,by carryingone I !.When I he faul11sgreaterif it be cornanotbersburden, eitherwholly, or in part: mitred, then the lotfe of his credit that cornchor[o they may morecheerefully,andfpeemitted it,rhoughir bepubhrhed. For exam- D dily goe onin rheiriourney. Mens burdens plc, ifone intend ro Oay another, and lie in areoftwo forrs:eitherfuch aseucrym~m is to waireforhirn;inthi!icafe, we arenot bound l::care by himfeJfe alone, without 01ifnng priuarcly toadmonifh th: parrie inrendmg rhem offhis owne010ulder, and layingthem murrher, or bloodOJed, but to dcret!him to vpon other men (of which we are to intreat, the magiflratc: for his hfe is to be preferred when wee come to the fifcvcr[e.) Or Cuch as before tbe mans credir char (ought his life. may bee borne of others, as well as of our WhenPault kinfman(towit his flflers[onne) [clues: ofthefethe Apofllefpeaketh in tillS beard rhataboue4o. men) had confpired toplacc,when hc(aith, BeRr(yeon~fmtJth(rs bHrgctbcr,andbound themrelues wirh an oarh, dtnr:and thereare fourcforts ofthem: Firfl, chattheywouldneither eare nor drinke, till thofewhercof our brethren may either bee Afc.1..1. t6. "· rhey had killed P••l, hedorh notgoe and rewholly disburdened, or in part cafed;fnch is prooucchc for this faC!,butrclatcsitto Pard: the heaoie burden ofpouertic, licknelfe, naand Pau/hc;1ringofit,doth not counfell him kednetfe,hunger, thirlt,bani(hmcnt, impri· togocand reproonethem firfl, and if they Conmcnt,&c. SeconJiy,rheoutwardand bewould not h~arken to him, to take two or di.lywants, that are in fundrtc perfons, as threcwitnelfes,&c. butfent him flraight, to bltndnelfe, deafenetfc, maimednetlo, lame· '~--~~~~~~~~~=ne~tle, ..
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