---···'"t, f =--~~:,is~oucofrhcneiahbourc~:de~~l,ijlc'f.·/e oJ fude. i _f 9 l .. A 1s multiplyed the h:~ppict is our dh1tc, yc·a and l 1 , three things:Fdl.thc ord~r ofit:Thc order that I the condition of rhe Church vpon c.:.arth. hath bccnc:caught tOr many.hundred ycarcs is, · V. '• 'J3e/ot4ed, ~hen fgaU.e that firll 'v\'C mufl: louc our Jclucs, and then o- ') rhers, trom this ground, Th•u (hAlt loue thJ all diligence to l'Prite 'l.m royou ,u~{hh0u,·a~ tkJfolfe; for the rule (fay they) muH "lf h r; 1 · go bcforcrherhing ruled.Bunhis is not found, , 0; t e common J atU4tlOn, tl teeing wonhy men haue bcene commcnded m 'WIU neede'UII'or mee to.l'Prtte Scriptures for louing others as well, yea and J ll. / 1 better then their ownc fe!ucs: fo D.~<~id l•:.ed ; ')Into YOU that yeejhou/d ear;. lona:han, r .Sam.20. 17. Chrifl !oucd his cne- / mies bett.cr rhen himfclfc;rhcfe began not with ' ne/l/y contend' for the faith rhemfclues: yea indeed the right beginning of · h h · ... loueis in God, aud rhen "a man is a more I 'W ic . WIU once giuen "JJnto the prtncipall inHrumcnt of G ods gloric, he mull S · t · be for God preferred in our !oue aboue our B , arn 1• _ felucs. Thus encry man is bound to loue and Here begins the lccot1d panof this tpiflle 1 preferre the life of his Prince abouc his own; which is rhe Exhorl4Iion,reaching to the end of fee rh: perfect rule of direction herein, Ioh.13, the 21· vcrlc. In this vcrfc cwo.th111gs a~c: con• j4· Sccondly,norc rhc manner ofit,fet downc rained. Firft, the caufcs which mooueJ the A.. itl rhat precept: Thoufoa!t louc thy neighbour a-1 po!tlc to write the EpHHc. Sc.condly,the m_ aner thy ftlfe.: that is,'as we arc checreful!, and free of his exhortation. The cau(cs of his writing 1 ro praGlifc the duties of loue to our ftlucs, fo arc three. Firfl,.his/ou, noted in the \Vor:d.Be- j mull we doe it to others:forthis precept aimcth loued. Secondly, bts re3dic and willing minde at-the manner, rather then the tule of our loue of himfclfc: notl!d, in the \o\'Ord dit~g-mcc,whioh to man : for that is, 'a-t"Chrifl hath,loHed vs. fignificrh a careful! cndcauour aud itudie tO'do Thirdly, the kinds 6f it: it is two-fold: fidl rhc Cnurch good, and it iscolingcd by ih<ec jingle,whcn men ]oue othcrs,hut are not repaid 3rgumc:nts: firfi, in that hec gaue .all diligrrtti, with loue againc; yea when aman Ioues hi_s and not fame part ondy,ro fiU"thcr the Churcll.- cnemie, but is not Joued ag3ine. The fccond is Sccond!y, when he could not fpcakc to theCa;.... m~~tHalllouc,thst is, when Jouc ;s required with j "th~likc Churc~, hcc gauc: diligence to ·write. louc-, callcid in Spipturc: ltrotherly l~ue; fee Phi!. ·1Thtrdly,he wnteth not of finallnJattcrs,but·o( ,,z. I.Car.r.Jo. when ·men4:reof one judge- C things mollwdghtic, fuch as conccrne i\leir" ment,li~mim:led,_,(jJeak!onething; and one foulc [aluarlon: 2g'linfl which·feeinJtkmight be.ob:.. is as it \"Vere in many bodies. r: •• ·icCled, that hce \\·as no.t abicro·write Of fu·ch a The r~cond point is themultiplication ofloHe weighti~ matter, he thcrefoie~callcs it common which . the Apollle prayeth for vpon good fabwi•n to cut ofrhatlimnif~,. os alfo to fhe»e, ground, bccaufc it ioyn·crh m2n tp<Sod, and that it is common to himfelfe' and the \'\lhQii=' man to man, and fo bccommeth as il-ii called church, ofwhich Lhcrcforc hauing a ihare theX-· the /;flndaf ptr{rtfian, th~ bondof the Ehurch, in he is not ignor:inr.· · ,;. ,~ Common-wealth, and of all focietirs; t. Cor, The third caufe in the word [nmif,ll] an!!,. J l· LoH< tdijicrb, that is, it hclp<th to build the cellitie wa< laid vpon him.in that he was called kingdome of God, yea it coil!haineth men to to bee an Apotlle, and {(rbou!'rd to further die all good duties in theirparticularcallings. ~· faluation ofthe Catholike <::hurcb. , But how lhall this loue bemultiphed.l An[By 'Out oftlicfcthrce motiuos.wbich <auf<dt·hc cerdine mcditations,and pra8:ifes. The mediApolllc to \v.ritr~obfciuc; Fitfit that r"'uocy-Mi;. tAtit.lns arc many; firft on Gods commaundcnifkr that would dcliucr-th~\'V;ard faithfUlly meots; BeforuantJ one roMothtr iwWu~, G3l.s. mull hauc three things to excite.·him thereto""( I 1· Seaondly, 0fGods image, whlc.h·alf men D firil,loue towards lhc Church,,i.o which heds ihoul"d bcare in loue, 1. Ioh. 3· I 6•.,l"hirdly, called. Secondlv, a readie min-de to furrhef,thc of the fellowChip ofthe faithfull,hauing •I one f:iluation of th.ci;·,foules.Thiroly,-rbe6,ndof.b1f father, one brother, one faluation;alllinked by cal/;ng,ll:irring hirh vp to faith.(ulncffe and diJi.• one fpirit, Ephcf. +4·F&urrnly, of the loue •of g~nce. Allthcfethrcc coucune.d in Paul: llrli, God, lob. x;. 15. which hereby wee.fhall be his Joue appeared\ z. Cor. 5. r4. .Secondly,his •!lured of, 1. !oh. ;. '4· The prailifu ·al(o ore readit inindewas ubt wanrit'>~;Rhil.>.I7.Thi;d,. ,diuers :·firfi, wc mufi labourto bea·!furcd of 1)<, for his caUingthot vrgcd ltim, fee 1, Cor.!). God~ lone to vs, and encr:cafed vponVs,Ephef. r6. ' · 1· 1. Secondly, the lawofnature mull leach vs No.tc: hence al(o, that · \vhofoeucr would to doe as we would be-done vnto.Thirdly)our hearc rhe word/or "rc:tdC itto faluation, rDuft care muft be mote to l~ue, then be ]out!d : for bring three things in bishearr:firfi,alou(.to the: 1to hme is a venue in· aur feluCs, to· .be loucd is word deliuered; This c<:~uled Dauid0fren to the vei-tuc of another. Four~hly, pray daily for mufc thcreuf>o'n,"Pf3l. I i 9· 9).. Scco~dly,a rea.. mt~ltiplil·ation ofloue cowards God and man, die and diligent minde to rccciuc and retcinc yea tew3rd.s om enemies; fccing the more this_ . !t; :his was in the Bcrcans, ACt. 17. 1 I . and in the . t ..tt
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