4-o~ Jl Commentarie ipon· Chap.6. I!Uiilg, and vemurmg hrslifc, in hidmgan A di,g tQhif4/;ilrrie.Ad.11.:_9.for accordh1g to hundred of the Lords Prophets, from the PAulr rule,we muftnitfogm~>thllt othtrsbe e•- fUrious rage ofw1ckcd i~(~b~l,.l .King.I8.1J3· (ed~11Hd ru o11r{tiNeJpinched~ :.CorJ)ii'Jf LaO Iy,we mufl be<.wadingor f•peraboun• I V,_, ;yyemu(! do~all the good wecan d•nt in g"odnelfe;in exceetimgmeafurc(if•it poifibly within•thc c6m·paiTeofourtalJi'ngs, may be)in dmnggood: l1kc the poorc widand hioder.allche cuill, It will be (aid; God dow who had rather wanc.her fclfe, then be (whofe example we areto follow) dotHoot-:!1 altogether wanting in contribution to _th'e the good.he can' neither doth he'-bindehll trcaline ofthe Lord•Temp!e:and therefore the cuill.Thcrcfotc weare nor-bound to'do'c rhouoh it was but two mites_,which' lheetaO · allthe good,or preucnt all the cuill ll'ecan. I iurorheCqrb"N, yet Chri£l preferred iC beanfwcr ,, tn tl~is partiCular we arcnone imiforeall the rich mens oflc•i<1gs bcingputto ; tatethecxamplcof.God,and th:rt forthecc gether, mthar~heygauo of thcir(uperf/uiti,, c•ufes:Firll,bccaule weare fubiccr w thelaw: bur fhce ofhe.r pemmc,caU jn.all that 01c had, Tho~ flntltnot do~ ~ui/i thatgooJmay catke of it. euen all herliumg,Luk.>l .-4.lr is wclfaid by Rom. 3· 8. whereas God is nor bound hor OfficJ ~.c. S.Am~ro(6: W'e muPrela unhewantsofothrr B fubietl toanyLaw,but isaboue ir,, andhath :.8. Nec_cf· according ~Hwearetf.9ie,~tnd fpm.etimeeumaboHe pow~r to difpenfewith ir. Sccondly,bccaufe fitatcs aho· ~~~r ab,bti.e:as P~t,dwitnelfc:th of the CCJrinrhi:: he is able todraw good our ofetuJI, light our ~~:v~~t~· am to their gceat co~n)endation,rh~r to.t~eir ofdarknelfe,uhtchwecannot doe. ThiFdly, mus iuvarc po,.tr, 4ndbeyondthe1rpowcr:,theJwtrernllu;g. hccauieGod.rs.the q~naa/1 good, .w~pt:JYTicH· debc~us, z.Cor.8.3. l.1r. Now there is great d1tf~rencc betwixt ~:f~~%"· Further, in doinggood, we mu!l obf~rue thefe two, for jr belongs to the narurc·ot tbe quam pof· thc(erules.L Wcmulldogoodofrhatone- . particular-good , to procureall rhtcgoodrhat fUmus. Jy wh1ch 1s our owne: for \\·e may not cutte a may be Gmply to cucry one, and ro hinder largcanullbaalOtiuc ofanoth<r mans IQafe all euill:whcrcas to the nature of the l""'"" (as thecommonfaymgis)·we may not Ucalc or vnitur[~tll good, three things appcrtaine. fromooe,togiucto another: ordc•le vniultFirlf,thar all things Owuld be good io f~m• ly withfonic,thatwc may be mcrcifull ro omca(urcofgoodnclfc.· Secondly, thar foinc thcrs:orrob Pclfr,tocloath P•"'· The Lord things Orould be bettcrthcnothers. T•hirdabhorrcthcucnburntoffcring,ifitbcofrh•r ly, that thofc things chat are dcfcaiue in • holoc:tu- which ill gotten of rapine and i<fpode. Efay goodnc:lfe,that is,crtih,Olouldbeordained to !lum de ra- G1. 8. And hence iris that D~tuid would not thecommon good:as in a wcJ.orderedhoufe, pina. offer burnr offerjng withour co(l, of that C all the! parrsrhcrcof arc good rn thcir kindc. which was nm hisowne,t.Chron.z 1,'!4• Secondly, fomc l>ettci rhcnorhers, as PaHI I I. Wemufl doegood with chearetulnes (~irh,lnagrwhotl[cthmarc veff,!Jofgt14AnJ and alacritie,for God fourth o1 chtartfu/1giuer, fiitJt7,ufwoodAndft~n(, !(;m~forhonour,and(ome Offid. '-'· 2. Corm. 9- Ambrof' faith fitlyaod finely to fordiflm w•r. 1 , T1ru. >.v<rf. 20. Thirdly, :;~;::~~fithispurpo(e,Well·doing ought to proceed~ frcm thole rhat arc ddiltuta of goodncffe, as bcncvonHO~:t>,{b<-Jg : fur f;tclrtUt~ineaffellion iJ,(uchu {in~s,drat'!,hts, and oth.erlike p1aces(f-ctuing f lentil ma. tJJ_Jaflion. Therefore it wegiue, we mu£1 doe for bafc,rhough nccctfaricvfcs)~rcordained l n~!cdebcr, it freely,otheru•lfcJtis no g1fr: for what more to the common good of rhewhoJc houfc, · afh:Clus ~u. free then theolft?rhcreforewe may not play which ltcannot wanr. And rhcreforeif.rhe _us,!on:ca cbchuckltcrr,~n doing good, for thar dorh maflcrbuiJder (ro preuant thcfeparrlcular ~;~~i~:~.t>- mofl bJcmirh rhe e:<cdlt'ncie of ~he gift: for cUils)fhooJd lcaue thc;m out of hisbu1lding, 1 1nr1Jc.divio. as LaU. amimf:mh, DAndA bentfle~A, nonfrene·. hcefhould prciudtcc the cominongood of Lo.cop.l2· rand.r, ·· the whole houfe, which cannot be IVithout Il I. vv cmufl r~ dogood,asthat we. doe them. . notd1lab!eour felucsfor euer doing good; Tbuo much ofthe fir (I part, namely the I but may continue en well doing, and as the D dutic: N01v I procecdeto pro(ccurctlre fe1P[ol.9'-'' · Pfnlmif/ fpeakerh, ~nngforth mor<fuitcinour cond, which ihcwcs fir(! towhome we mull "" ·Salomoncommands tharthe llreames of doegood, &fecondly the order to becbr<ro';,r wcls lhould Aow ro others, Jetfo, tU that ued thercin.Wcnmf/J.,goodvnto•ll, 6HtjprciProu 5.15. the(ou,;taineht Piliourown(,Pfai.JI2.5.Agood All] to thoje Jrbich 4re ofththDtt/hold4failh, m.mMm~rcifuU, 1111d lmd~th. and p;i/1guide hU T ouchi.ng the6rll ; Itm~y[ecme}th2t (ome 1fnirnl"Fitbiudgemmt,thar is, he \fiJI fo dif. arnong.rhcGalatians \\ere of rhc Ph~r1hcs crcerly difpofe& orderallhis adions,as thar rnind,who thought they were bound tolooe he will kcepc himfell< \Net hen the compatfe; their lricnds,burnouheirencmies;orofrhis Co beginmng ro do good,as that he may con· perfwa6on,rhat they were not bound incon~ cinuc: rhcrlorc thewifemanfaith,JnrhehoHjc fcicnce to doe good \o'nto the ht"athcn a. ofthe wi{r thereU11 preciout trea(ure, and oynt. mongll whom they Jmed,as beringprofcifed m~nt,butaf~obf" mt~ndmollrethit. Prou.11. enemies o(Cbrill, &openpcrfccurors ofhis 20. All the difciplcs that were at Anrioch, Church. Bur Patd tcachcrh them •nd vs anfeur (uccour to the brethren which were m orher Jclfon,"•hen hccomnHmds vstodogood ludca, an the great famine that was in rhe '!!tllfJ all.futablc ro rhar cfour Sauiour Chnfi, erme o(Claudtus Cef~r, y N cuery num ~cCfJr. loHf' rou,. mtmi(J./.!c-fr tl1fm rhat CM"(( 1r·t4 , dfJt' g"dl
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