Thetnlnner how tort· prooae. ·l s Sermon inthe~aunt. i 20/ : t_c_r c-ri_m_c-s,-b_u_[_of_l_c~-c-r_fi_n_n_cs_;_ro_r_th_c_r_e_b_c-,n-a---A---fi-ul-1,-y-e_t_lt_IS_n_o_t_fo_o_fi_t_as_e_•_h_o_rt_a_ti_OI-,-,-.-od--tlc-,,1------ ny i1nncs committed which cannot be corrclike mddcncffc muH be vfed coward all rho!c Ctcd by the fword of rhc Magillratc, neither that finne of humane frailuc.Bur 1ft he offence yet by thr publike ccnfurc of the Church : as procecdc from wlifulhcs and vbflm:lc1C 1 then lying, fvolilb ielling,aJ1d other offence~ 1.n bethe Judgements of Cod mufl: be dcno\inccd a- 1 1 bauiour and attire;ycr.t-hefc wil not Cbn!l pergamfi them to dnuc rhcm eo repentance. 4· ~- mic tob.etiJ1bis Church, & th'!rcfore harh_proucry one th:it IS to cortcC't:mmhe.r, mufl conh.:. ! uidcd:br-orhcrl)' correction to cut them otf. dcr himfclfe,& his own c!larc)knov' i~1g that o~· ~ if":. Point. How is bJotherly corrce'bon to him!Cifr he may fall into,the like offcnct·..So i be perfo.rmed ?, Although the manner of broPattl bids them that are to fcckc tbc rcHorm~ l therly c.:>rreCl:ion be not here cxprdfdy fet of fuch as arc fallcn,to confa'erJhemfol:-!.u, G:U.. l downc, y.et it is irPplicd, \\'here it is faid, Then 6,1. S· Brotherly correCtion rnufi be dcliue- J {halt thoufoeclure!y, &c. I will Hand a little to red with DoElrineand inHruCtion: 2. Tim..<:l.r, j Uhcv}'howthis.duti'c is to be perfOrmed. In 2', IchargetheebeforcGod, to, ,·cprooNe, rxhort, I ,brothcrlyCorrcC1ion thefc things are required; and re6utze, with all long fitjfn·i"$ an~ d~fl-rh;e. z. Chrilli:in wifedomc to fee clcarely into the Bee thou will admonifl1, mutt hrfilumfdfe be fault, and alfo how it is to be amended. The B j refolued,thar the thing done i,s a fionc; then he author to the Hcbrcwcs makes it the dutie of I muH propOund it to. the partir,as afinnc~ut ~f cucrv Chrifiian to obforu~ hiJ hrother: not for Gods word;and dcltuci' the rcproofc,not 1n hts this ~nde, to vpbraid h1m \\'ilh his faults; but ovmc name; but in rhc name of God;. fo ~s that he may rightly difccrnc thereof, and alfo hereby the pmit may know himfclfe to haue know how to corn;:Cl him. A~d here comes a offended, and alfo fay, that he is reprooucd of 1 common fault to be reprooued :many arc forGod hilnfclfe r:uher then of man. This ought· 'A'ard andha!He to cdrrcCt their brethren, but all fi1pcriours to praClife, in corrcCHngand adyet it fua!l be vpon bare· rumours and vnccrmonil11ing their infcriours; they mufi nor go tainc gr.ounds,rhey vnll not flay till they knoW thereto in rage,but in long fuffcring;nor rudethe fault thoroughly and cc~tainly;wf::ercupon Iy, bu_t \\'lthdo[h·ine, th.at the p:lrtic offending it comes topa!Tc-rnany times, that the rcpfouer :may fee his fault. And thus much for this dutiC' l bearcs the blame; for the pattie rcptooued 1 of brotherly co.rreClion. raith,thcrc it no ruch mamr,the thing is other- , v. 6 • Gt'ue not t l.at +~.ht'ch wife, and fo the other becomes a ra01 cenfu- ) . , ~ ·" D w . rer. z. inChrifiian,correCtion, there m.uH be • b / t d 'th ,/l obferuationoffitcircumltanccs; as timo and l'tJ .Of} vn 0 oggs: net er ea;~ place; clfcthe good admonition may be lelfc C '.JC .)OUT pear/es be/ore r'Jlline! cffcCluall. We lhall fee the praC\ife ofthis in J ,!' the word of God: .Ah~ai/obfcruedafittimc feajl they trea them 'Under to rcprooue her husband for. hiS churli!h anh. · fi d ' • 1 him not of it till his fealt of lheepe-lhcaring allto rent:you. 4 fwcr to DaHids fcruams, and therefore told t etr eete, an rurnmgagame I was ended, a.nd the wine gone out ofhis head. · 3· The manner ofour brothers offence mufi be Huheno the Euangehlllrath fct downc the 7 Plrt of confidcred, whether it proceede of humane fcuerall heads ofChriHs Sermon more at large: ChrrChser~ frailtie, or otherwife; ifhis fault proceed frotrt but from this verfe to the cncle of the Chapter, humane frailtie, then PaH!s lclfon may be prabee 1\andleth briefly the points which follow. Ctifed, Gal. 6. 1. r,e that are fp:ritw:dl reftor~ This Vcrfe depcndeth not vpon the formcr,but fttch 11 one with the /piril--cf muk!ne./Je. The herein our Sauiour Chrifi laics Cov.-ne a new phrafe there is borrowed from Surgt·ons, "'·ho point ofinfhuChon, direCting his DifciplesJ & becing to dcale with a broken ioynt , "'ill tiaoin them all miniHcrs,vmo that chriflian: difcrcd!ethe fame very tenderly: and fo mult they tion which ought to beobfcrucd in the difpenbe dca1twithall in reproofe, that finne of hu- D fation ofthe word ofGod, And his dircCl ion is mane frailtic. Example ofthis mildcnes in rehc_rc propounded in aprohibition of.(!_iffh't~Jo'J proofc we haue in Nathan, who rcprooued thmg.rtodog~'{s, ortajlmg peP.rle.r be[1.1re JWme: Dat~idin aparablc,and fa bt:ought him to convvhich is inforccd by adouble reafon,lcaH they cicmnc himfelf-c: and thcApoA:Ic Ptttdrcprootread them, &c. uing the Corinthians in the beginning of the No·w for the better vnderO:anding l:ereof, firlt Epiltle, doth include himfclfe and .Ape/. firlt I wil fpeake ofthe words,bccaufnhcy arc Ios in the fame reproofe, as though they had hard and difficult; and then c:omc to the do. bin guiltic of the fame cfime, 1. Cor. 4· t'.And Chincs. giuin~ dirc8:ion to Timothie how to curie ]n the words foure things arc to be fought himfdfc in the Church of God, though healout, t. What is meant by IJOI;things, 2, What· Jo.,-.· him to vfe rebuke and rcproofc, 2. Tim.4. is rnc:tnt by pearlc_s. 3. V\"hat is mcam by :_.yet he bids him, exhort anE!der,thcrcin gidof.r: :md 4· "'·hat is mcam by jivi11c, For the I U1ng g0od direC)ion foradmonition:if the parfi;fi, by th3tn>hich is holy, we mul1 vndcdhnd 1 .tic be 3n ~lJcr, though repro~fe be not vnia"·- firfl and p~p..::_ly, the wo!:_r!..._of!j!!d,..:_::ittcn in !· ----- ------------------·-----------· _____ the . ____ . ..
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