3!0 dn expojition "'lpon '\ .- - .- : thc~fc, er any 1inncr gocth ab9ut his \>\ ickod A. louc we bearc to man, is 3. fruit ofour lc1.:C \'n- : dcuice.:i, this by G ot!s'"'gl·acc "''ould be a notato God; for this commandcmcnt we h:IUe of I , ble mcanc::s to .tnilkc him brc3kc of his wicked him,Th:u he that loucth God, fhould Joue his I purpofc. Whcti Uc,;httdt!dhcard ;that the King brother alfo,r.Ioh. 4 . 2 1. 'I of lti·acl would come :lg:tinft him in battcll, I I. Point. The propcrric of this loue is, To :t :.Kin;. a ]Jee font ht1 men with roptJ abom their neck;s be fersunt; and that for nvo caufcs:Firfi,ifnced 10 ' 1 '' to ctmiepcacc, and iil them humbled himfelfe. reguire, cucry man is bound within his callino I Shall men be thus afraid of the fin·y of m::&n, & to_refiifie his lone a by giuin_'{ his life for tJZ fl1all not ·we tremble :-~nd fea.re :lt the fury of ne,gh6our, though he be our cncmic 01· a firanI Chrift,v,·ho bath thcf-:: fccc of bra(fc to trample gcr; which V\'C fl1allncucr doe vnldfc our louc in po.ci"Cs a\1\is cne!nies?Thc want ofthis conbe ferucm.Secondly,thcrc is much ingratitude, Jideration is one maytlC c:mfc '' hy finne doth hatred, emulation, and many inimics in the i abound. · world: Now the perlons fi·om whom thelc I V.19.fj LnoW tky 'VPorLes~ comc,mufibcloucd:chcvnworthinclfeofthe '\: ~ partie mull not quench our louc, but it muft land thy /oue and feruice, and , B . burnc whcnthewotcrsofmen• iniurics and f: h J h . d malice would quench the lame, fait , an t .!J f'tlltCllCC, an III.Point.ThcpraClifcofourlouemufibc thv cteedes. which are moe at Cquarcd by thiS rule, The loHe of owftilleJ; as / , wewiil1ourownel;ood heanily, fo we mufi the /afl then at thefor!J. wilhourncighboursgood, Thi• is thclawof I" 1" Nature, To doe as a man would beedonevnto: Here begins the lccond part of this EpifUe, And it is the law of God, Thou. jha!t !otee thy to wit, the Propofition; which comaineth the neighbour M thyfe!fe. Example~ Aman offomc fubftancc and matter thereof: and it bath two trade is to make a bargainc, and ifhcewilllic, parts; acommcnd::uion ofthis Church, and a orvlc falfc weights andmealures, he may ad.. rel?ukc thereof. The commendation in the 19. uantagc himfclfe. This the dcuilland his own vc:rfe; the rebuke or dilpraifc in the 20. verfe, corruption will fuggcfi vnto him, while hce is I and thofe that follow, almoH to the end of th<: abour the bargaine: hec therefore mufl call to ch::~pter. The commendation is t\'·tofold; geneminde this rule ofloue, and examine his owne rail in thcfc words, I k!fow thyworlz!s. This bath heart, whether he would hauc another man to bccnc handled before, vcrf. 2. The particular C decciuc himby lying, by falfe weights;&c.Thc commendation flandcth in fiuc nocable works: fame thing mufl men doe,when they arc tempto wit, Lou(,Seruice,Faith, Patienc(, and En· ted to opprc!lion or crueltie, let them thinkc creafe ingodline.f{e. whether they would haue others to \\ 1 rong or Forthc firfi, by Lo«ewee rnufi vnderfiand, opprclfe them; and fo fl1cwe forth louc by this Loue to melt: for aftcn-\'ard they arc commcnrule, doing as theywould be done vnto.It vvcre dcd in duties to God,in faith and paciencc,but to be wifhcd, that our Church might haue the louc and fcruicc :u-c duties of man toman. deleruedpraifc: ofthisvcrtuc ofloue:But Chriil: Touching Louc note three points; What this foretold of thcfe our daycs, That louejhould loue is; What is the propcrttc ofchii loue:and wa.>.:t cold1,. Matth. 24. 12. And a thAt men how it is to bcpraCHtCd. Firfl, Loue to man is jhoHM bee louert ofthtmfo!uet. And fo it is. for a l'.'ft of th( fpi1·it of God, rvherchJ a man U cuery snan now is for him(elfe, no man feekcs wdl a.fferlcd tohi; nrighbour·for Godsfak..;. That :mothers good.Goe through towncs,rnarkets, louc is tt.~iftof the Spirit, is plainc, Gal.). 2 t• and f:~ircs, and rarcit is ~o finde a man that in where it is reckoned among the gifts of the his affaircs feckcth the common good, as well fp1rit.Ncxt I addc, That herehy ama~ i1 well as his ownc.Forthis is the common rule, MaJ tijfciled to hil neighbour. To be well affeCted to I not makJ of mine owne 'What I wtll? But hee ;J.nothcr,is to r..:ioycc at his good,and to defire that bath the grace of loue, Seekphnot hi~owne and fcek the famc;:md withal! to be grieucd at D ontlJ,bHt thegoodof otbersa!foJ 1. Corimh.l 3• his mileric,and ro bc:~rc the bowels ofcon1paf5·· Here tllCll '"CC mu" lcarllC topran,·rc tb,·, liotl toward him, bccing rcadie t-o rclecue and u n !,.;.\ ~~ h.:lpchim to our vctcrmoft. By Nc~hbourwe venue, that we may hauc Chrifis commendamull not vndcrfland oncly thoiC that arc necrc cion with this church.Eucryrnan in the general vmovs in habit3tion, but cucn all thole th~t calling ofaChrifHan will make great fl1evve of arcof the fame nature withvs, CllCll any of" loue· as when he comes to the Lords tablc,and m:mkind. He is thyneighbour, th~t is a man as in p;aycr: But in their particular affaircs fewe thou :Jrt, ~nd fo bearing the im:~.gc of God as {hew forth true loue, nay many by lying, opthou docJl, be he friend or foe, ncert" or ftran. prdfion, crucltie, Flea the sf}nnefrom theJlejh, gcr vnto chce; and· to him mnft thou be well 1 md the Jlrfh from the bone uf the poore, and , ffcClcd. LaAly, Iiily, For Gods fa~: For God brca~tbe hones witbin the f/ej},, and chop them is firftand pr.incipally to be loued for hnn,Cclfe, tuforthepot, !I.S the Prophet fpeakcth. ThefC :~.nd man in God and for God, bec:J.Ufe he ts the little confider this rule, or that account which creature of God, and lu:areth his image. The the Lord will take ofthem, who hath lv\'orne l " neue1· ·- ~------~-------,.....,_-__,.,.,-~...;:,_:_~. TiJc vft.
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