293 C H A P.4, An Expofition upon thefrrji V a it.9 Prouocations to procure it : The very name ofaBrother is potent enough to dráw affeE ions, Secondly, Imparti- -all,whether poore or rich, &c. except where natural! af- fc uions are quite extin&, the bowels yearne after bre- then. Thirdly, Intireand feruent ;nothing breakes the bond of brotherly loue. Proprotion ally thinke ofChri- fitan amide, in men partakers of the Spirit of adoption. The euidences arid fruits of it are,firfl,tenderefl corn - paffron and fellow-feeling of miferies ; fecondly, füccou- g Rom.! 7.r3. ring their dif3reffes, and chearefu llgdiffributìnfr totheir nece(lìties ; thirdly, fociall conuerfing together for mu- tual! comfort and edification. So was the cuflomc of ancient Saints ; and thofe were the times when Grace thrilled in Gods children. Now, I know not how, Bre- thren haue almo(I forgotten that they are Brethren ; and euery man (lands aloofe, when necefíitie requires their fuccour My brethren, there things ought not fo ro be. We areal] children ofone Father, partaking the fame Spirit of adoption, haue one hope ofthefameheauenly inheritance ; h mot.zs.34. and that (hared for the meafures of it, according has 35,4°. our lone, and the workes thereof are more or leffe.a- bundant. { The nature of the dutie is thus ; the exhortation to it,. we fee carried Rhetorically ; the Apoflle, Orator -like: infinuating himfelfe , and entering their bo9omes, as it -Were, in tranfcurfu With like artificium wee fee him al- z.tor.9.r. r ruf{ wref ill from Corinthians their contribution; when Rhetorically he fames ro paffe by that which his defire is to preffe with greateft inflance. And how per- k .0.26.17.28. fwalîue with k e- 9grippa ,was that acknowledgement of bis prefent faith ? Truthis , the good opinion of him that perfwades, is more then many Arguments, alluring and perfwafïue , with euery ingenuous difpolticin. Withal!, wee muff heed the differences betwixt flatterie,and this holy Rhe- torique: Fitft, kríatterie afcribes good things where they are j:r1i
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