256 VERSE2. Eadem omnibus debeturcbari taspan eadem me disina,en. fug.de catecbi. Nudib,ca,15. Matth.t . 29. Luk.9.55 GaL6.r. 2 Ti111.2.24. The gopllisChrifis on'ne over. 40. bornenot ? His care of mens foulcsmade him take upon him every mans affeaion , and accommodate himfelfe unto every mans temper; that hee might not offend the weake, nor exafperate the mightie, nor dif-hearten the beginner, nor affright thole which were without from comming in,but be All unto All for their falvation. The fame love is dueunto all,but the fame method of cure is not requifitefor all : With fome Love travelleth in paine, with others it rejoyceth inhope, fome it laboureth to edifie, and others it feareth to offend; unto the weake it Eloopeth,unto the firong it raifeth it felfe ; to fome it is companionate, to others fevere, to none an enemy, to all a mother. But all this it doth nonmentiendo, redcom- patiendo, not by belying the truth, but by pitying the (inner. It is not thevvifedome ofthe flea; nor to bee learnedofmen. TheScripture alone isable tomakethe man ofGod wife unto the work! ofSalvation. Thirdly,withmeekneffefor chat is thechilde ofwife- dome ; Who is a wifeman, faith Saint lames,lethimPhew out ofagood converfation hie worker. 4 47e9tOwnovidets, with meekneffeofwifedome, and againe, thewifedomewhich is fromabeve ispure, peaceable, gentle,ealie to beentreated, full ofmercie. TheGofpell is Chritts Gofpell,and it mutt be preached with Chrias fpirit, which wasvery meeke and lowly; When the Difciples would have called for fire from heaven upon the Samaritanesfor their indigni. tiedone unto Chrifi, hce rebuked them in a milde and companionatemanner, re know not what fperitye are of, A right Evangelicall Spirit is ever a meekeand a merci- full Spirit. Ifa man (faith the Apofile) be overtaken in 4 fault,yewhicharejpiritstaffre!lore inch an one in thefpi. rit of meekeneffe and againe, I,, meekeneffe, faith the Apofile,inieruflthofe that oppefethemfelves, if Godper adventurewill give them repentance to the acknowled- ging ofthe truth. Laflly,with faithfulneEfe,inas muchasthe Gofpell is none
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