X P. 5. Epifletoshe 7heff4oniays. V & x.4. 40.9 bolt Exconmrmicaties againft the' i nceftuous Co- rinthian; that hi íîit by Repentance, might bee faxed n ! s <c S S the Day of tbe Lord Ie /tes. . It warrants veto a Minifler a like course in teaching, GJe. againil the fottifh prescripts giuen by their people.Some we haue of this nitride; they would haue all Minis ers, at all cimes,to all men, as is raid of Barnabas,u font of confola. U Mt. 4 36. tion: and with thefe it is crime enough to be charged on a Minifler, that hee doth at any time, though with neuer fo good caution, proclaime the Lords terrours. Others againe cry out, wce are too prodigall of our comforts ; they like better in vs, the fpirit of lames and I o x N, ehofe fanner of Thunder. It may be, Inch fometimes is 4 Mark. 3.17. our indifcretion ; we forget our rules of prudence: but (hail I tell you, what I haue obferucd in thefe prefcri- bers of both forts ? Thofe that call for conrinuall com- forts, are of all others moil vnfit to recciue them ;. fuch as ncsaer yet law the horrour of finne, the terrour of the I edge, nor felt in any degree, the birternell^e of a woun- ded fpirir : Onely they would haue their hurt healed' with (meet wards, and are loth to take notice of the mile - ry they are in by reafon of their [trine. And for the other fort, howloeuer they feeme to like bet}, reproofes, and threattrings.of the (harpefl; yet if the finger be but poin- ted at their owne fìnnes, none fo fenfible, or tender, as they : faut that vfually their skill is Inch, to turne off all from themfelues to others. I- twould be confidered, that thefe things are to be or- dered not fo much by. times, as by the people, and Bate of their perlons: looke what is their condirion,fuch mutt bee their portion _; of the obilinate, terrour ; of Gods Children, comfort. And becaule fùch is the ellate of all vifibie Congregations, that they are mixt companies, conlìlling of both forts, they walke with righteft foot to the Golpell that fo interrneddle theft in their teaching,, that neither:want what belongs unto them. "Gods
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