C x eP.3. Bpiftle to the Theffidonians. V a u, i a. among!' rPtsblicans and inners it is receicued to retaliate kind - nefe,and to exchange good turner. Chritlian Charity fhould goeone drain beyond Heath enith loue. To.req uit a good for good is ciuill courtetìe; euill for euill, malicious poli. cie ; cud] for good, hateful! ingratitude ; good for cuiil, only Chritlian Charity. Secondly, There are whole loue reacheth no farther then their Neighbours by cohabitation, fùch was Sodo- mites lou e ; The f naMS of a ffrangcr was odious vnto them. Amongfl Ifra elites the Lord aflignes them eta crre,xoleffe then Widowes and Father'eile. And though wee yet know not by experience the heart of a granger, yet wee know not what we may doe. LI We are yet in the body ;It may bee our lot, as of ancient Saints, to x wander Yip and down deoitute, and to hue in exile. Thirdly, What fhould I f +eake of thofe whole loue fcarce euer lookes out of their own doores ? right Nabalr in their greateft abundance. Chriflians may we call :here fo ¡Canted in their Charity ? Charity is a Y fountaine,crhofe watersfireame out at Ziuers into the fireets ; interdifiing to none, raft: of necelhary kindnetre. The inducements follow. Firil, his owns example : As we toyon. So ought c...Xinioers to exemplifie in their lines what they preferibeto others. See 1 Pet.g.;. 1 Tim.4.I1,, Fitfl, Elfe grow our perfbns and preferipts conrempti- ble,Ty being: types, we preuent contempt. The Scriber could nota teach with authority, in likelihood therefore, becaufe they bound hea:uy brerthens for othersAoulá: rs, b mowed them not with the leaf! oftheir fingers. Secondly, Yea, h'lic.fl duties grow lothfome ; as the e people abhorred theSacrifices, through the lewd liner of the Priefls. Thirdly, And our felses become ('aft armies ,bauing preached to others, with forte furtherance of their S alua- tion : As Noah., Shipwrights built the At Ice, thelnfelues ,perifhing in the Deluge. Now 249 r Frrl¿e 6.3',3 3 2. f 6em19.9 c Exod139 u Heb.13.3 x F3eb.11.37 ;, y F'rou.la 6 Obfeer. I. z 1 Tien.1' a Mall. 2., b Mat 23,4 2. C I Sam ..3.17 3 d I Cor.9.27
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