j ,1o6 l tdfnExpojitionofChrlfls ~;:'~~· I I ~riu:trfly. Ag~ina;eucryman is bound in con- ~· A the Chutch. if tt::q o11e rh:ct i 1 callcd.abt~tbr>· ' f~icntC tO r;lUC his brothers tOulc,' \ovh_ich"'IOfi:.>: I (faith _Saint Ptl;J!/bc a fornic.:awur; (duCtblis,: tlinCSJI.nly be dc:nc~by b~othcr'Jcorrcflto~; and : . &c. with fiechn ON~e:uenot 11t •. Cot. 5 .: t 1 .• -and I f?l'\"-'J.t1tthcrcot,. mai~Y:ttmcsthcfou1c.marrc"' hcc adJ~c_h ~ what ha:te I ~a doe to iiiligetJ;~ rrfh: and thcrcforc-lt!S cuc_ry mans duttc to thataY~·»IJfhom? doe yeiHI)tiudgcthein'th 11 ta(e corrcG!: his brother.; yet wah this.cl:mfc and Jvithin? Nqr.v here the .forrnb· ordcr-mUH be 1 caHtion,th:u iuft occ:tflon bc·offcrcll, and time obfcrucd•; .chat firlt a man mnfi cofi>~ihr1 hl and place obfcrucd; fOr rharC be ccr.tainc p:u• fclfc, fccorid~y his fal\lily , ~nd kinfcd, •nc.Xt 3 ;1:-::chct~~~~~ t_id_ubr c_xcetptions,in which a m~11j_s f~ccd f':_~l~l brot~cr) of .. t1lc f1rnc ·rong~cgati0n:vi·i~h him. curreSio 1 t. 1 thts duttC;and all bGc.~l~fe there u· n?110fi ocl!:ll A_nd!~-good.ordt·r.bc obfcrhcd,hc ni:ay &ihno1 !io-n ?f cot'rc&lon o_ftcrcd; _aos:firfif1£hc be ~~~t n_trh ao:·orhcr r?ar JS al~tll~cr ofan C!t( 1 crpat:- ccrca~nc of 'he fauh commmcd.,. tor alllawfuJi ucular Churcli ;•bur bcrond \his \Vt'iria}"not COl•rcit·ion, is ef fuulu ccrtain'cly' and trucly goc, thou-gh.we mut-t 'arx:ic our fCluC"S' fo to knOwne.Sccondiy,rfthe panic--offending doe them that are without; "tHat byour -gorod-. (eh... rcpcntJ for the: cmdtt of correCtion ls to br:ng uerfatiorr we may wihne them to G'<;d; And ~t~:1rd th~ -~tfcndcr to ?mcndrhem. Thir?iy, if there B fin·thcr this~ is eo"ha ·kuOwnc' ,: tltarht 'tht ~:,::tr:;.u, bc·nohope of hts amendment, Prov-.9. 8. Re- --1 Church of God, :iuthotitic..and dioo:RiC'fhres com dion. p1·oo:~,_e not asi:.!mcr.; th:It'is,fuch a one as mocks no pcrfon.from brotherly ~orrcCHgn; Q.·herc- t thee for thy labour. Four,hly., ifit may in bet... l upon Par.r/\bi:ddes t.hc people of•Gdlolf<!i to tcr manner, and·to. bcmt purpofc ·be pcrfotfay vntdArehipp~<nhoit Pollor; T 4 1lfcli,tvlt.r• medrpy"Others., ·whkh for place and abilitic · ih] minifl~iC,: r?hich.. ~h.()st.!.hafl teaitteth!f:th, rl1ay.andwill morcfidy perfonneit. But yet I· .Lord, thar./.hou fulflll it,~<.:olotf•. "f. ~'7'• -;.And out•Of thefc £ilf~s1 ifiufr occafion he offered,eJ-bene~we may Lcarne this dutic · wht!t1~\lc?- -of- ~cr'y one is co·pc!rf0nnc -b1·ot!lerly correCtion J fend in {\'brd or dCcde ,"1~-....ve m'ufi fubm'h ;bur vnr<> his broth:r. · : .• fcluen•illingly to· brcrrhei!y.correP!l<>nl:.we , !)·;L{~£e I note one p3rdcular in!lruitiOn; that wufr not ~fa}'; as fometime :one Of th~:.JfraC-- I How euerv Chrilliani"s :l P:lf'tor. I Hcb.IO,Zi, nGt:bncly the M.iniflcr ofG"Ods 'Nordis our lites that firouc ·wilh his')brothcr, <faidcVllto P''lfior, buttcu€ntucry brothet afccr,a fott,is a Moles fot rcproouin§ him;- who raade. thie. 4 Exod.u-fo .P'aG:Or~~hrre$3-td that he mull \i.'aich ouer the iut{_p;cand a~'u/eroHcrvt~?-.b.uc beeing·fautttc;wc Hues ofhis brethren for their good and amend... tf!l1 ~ fubmit out· [clues ro ihC corrCCfion;df.our: metlti: It.is- t·hefiqnoofour timc,that cu~ryone brothh, tho.ughweD~aboue themii1 plac~;It tb.iaks he hach no charge laid on him in rcgarii C is hette~ to,hearc th6 t;,p~Oofe. of"' wtfl m.tm of-pis brdthcrs!i~<M? eflate. This''"' Cains (faith Solomon)thm the.fo"f!. •f i fooi<,\.Ed:lcf, linne t<;>;wards Ius brotncr Abcl,he dcmcd lum• 7·7· It may be the fong of a foole \\'ill'<ridtl! ~lfezotbc-hi&broUJeriicseper : -If-any man finne, delight Vs1 but fure 1b is1~thc- \~ife!rtiii1~'t"~~ fht;tommdn fp-e~ch·is, what is;it to mcc? lCt proofe is farce mere __p.rofiuble.:Th_i~~VaHftJ. ~mlOokcto it whom it cdnccmes. But.thit tdhfi.ed, by dcfiringrhat.'rthe righrdJi.u;f1t{ht :. Pf1l,lii·J'· ought not to be, onbnan ought t.P o.bferuc a'n [mite him· accoumin'g i1J.s a'preriou£1tlt!bkt:~pJ.. l:>th~r.;.ind vfe alf6 brothct!y correction for th-e onhi< heqd, roh;ch ·he'- w.ould neuer.\'(4lfr.i< ~..., i.efon~aticin of faultS certainly knowue.This i$ nature: ~t· 1d.(durh tdcb·~s:this, that ic: iS·hlrttt·t adutic ofloucand m"ercie,tending.to the good to be rcpt•oou~d!cucn 0£;aniahcm1ef.ibethQ!be .;:,~::q~ c£ourbrot~er, and<b the fo!uatio of hi• foulc: praif~d,o~-afroi~id :..acc6t<\mg.to.t1l~t:Ofi~/;:! .in.\QoOfci'en~e wc.ar.c·qound to re>lccue the bd.J< riJon, Prd.v..1Rf.l..'6wOp,cndre/vlk,r.h·b,ttrr.'l'h'tn f.,_ .diesqf our pdorc brethren that beinpcrill and crit loll~.. (;.·n.t\ 'l.'ll.~ \r.·:··· \\\\\~~w ·:.~ ·i·. 'h. ~!'r .... . wa~t, 'much mbrc then arc vvc bou'nd·to lookc . 4/l.-iJI'Oiz}t.\F.orz'-'·~t i;,~a.:brOthcnolbC~ad-. Themmer , vtit~:;heir fottlc:s~that theypcriJlrnot fOr want monifh~d.er ·~ncC"kd~tuor~~cly• f~r;gi-eitt gfrcproofc.r I ·ofi-adnionition. We mull tl:frrle backe our enC?&. offences, but for lrJfr ~nncs : wemui~p.trllout .m.ics Dxe or alf~ tb;:llwandrcth,mu'hmor~·our D. not ~.mcly hcamC"s; Cublhav.-s and·motCS"diJt of brathtrfmmgoing tb·'pcrdition.. \ his eiC ;:.6:>bhnei!ltffcr/mB~s-are asftr~"~~~and 1Yhq.~fl - ;•; IJ. Point. Vlho is to be cotretl:cd? out of motc;s tO>gte:urr finnc$~whro'hbe as·pi-tll:ns·:md bc'(~mc;~cd ,whoie eye is the ,more tobe taken ? to wit, ·a pofi~:=Iibbteafon•why.wemoR COT~Chbutt.Bro; ·Bwhtr , ·.oHt of~tby:J,rothm rye. By a Brother thcr f0rjinall.oJfcnccs,. ·is :bccoufc cuery":grcot here Chri(\ meaneth no'< euery neighbour, for finpe-h:uh·hi$-bcginni~g:of fomclitddl<fimll + that isi:uny tnan; but cucry one rhat is amewiinnc ;cauft·d)nr:;fo.rc iC is a duoc of.brOrhcrly ~erofithkt Ch1fr'ch 11 w.bereDf w~e~arc "':emher.r, ~·Ouet)ion,:ro:cm off firihi!t'Hhehe.ad;~b~fOte : '•ud profdfe.th the fame rdlgWQ·whiCh wee " :grow.OJJt_tQ th!'full. ,'fh~s·the loto ·ocalt doe; heoing adihirrl:d inrathc ql,.rch by .the wnh- b.C•m,rhoreproo~cd·h1m for·h"·"'rath& b G<~+'· fame,Sacramcnt of BapriGn<,. whereby we arc maltcc' og•ihll·llis-bro,hcr;.t<fbficd by hiS,fad ~dmiUed. This·is,plainc in the exhortation o'f , coum~uance,·b~fore heflew.~1is brOtHc!; .bUn Cl1~·if!; Math. t·8. 1 7•.lfthybrotherfom' igainft Cain,nQt ycclding to tl:re U1r~> rcp,robfe;came thee, tell lnm ht.J fmt(tbrtweme hm;. aud·thce: nt.tbc.laH to:rhe gncuQus.finnc of 'muuhcr. and .fo procccde ( ifhc hcarc rhc§:.not) till he In this thirdpoint ·wi:: m:ty ta~e avie,\• ofthat come to the ccnldre ·of the Ch.urc.h: which hCauenly order v-hich Chtif1 hatb left in ·his . .I were in vainc, if thepartic v,:ere no member of l Church,fo-r the rcformation,not oncly ofg'~ca- ------- --------------------------------------------------- ter ;'•) .... : ..
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