C HAP. y. Epifileto the Th alonims. War.. 14. 481 feare,draw blafphemy vpon bis Name :Leuitie in fpcech, vanitie in cur attire, &c. feerne more CO Aliens, than blafphemies in their own mouthcs,or enormities in their hues. Secondly, little things haue often great and dan- gerous confequences ; c A little leaven fowreth the whole lumpe ; a little error tolerated,makes way to greater.And euery little fin,ifit be negleeed, draweth with it weight vnto greater. Ir is the error of mop },to limit admonirisrns to groffe & grieuous (tunes. Wee thinke of others as of our (clues, through partiality, it is well they be free from crying fins. Whereas the Lord beares in none, the breach of the leafi lot or tittle of his Law; nor tolerates difobedience, no not erga ;towards the leaf of his eommat:dements.And of the firfl: duty thus farre,the fccond followeth. Comfort the feed le-nrinded. Wherin,as in the former,arc firfli the perlons, fecondly, the duty we owe them. The perfbns he calls, the feeble- minded. Sehoole Moralifts treating of ir, thus fet out the Na. cure offeeble- mindedneffe. It is, they fay, a deieEled fixate of the miizd,refufng to enterprife or vndertake things necef fary,and inioined, vpon Conceit that they exceedability. [t is oppofed to prefumption,another extreme: whereby men ouer-confidenr of their flrength, attempt things excee- ding the proportion of their abilities. Such,they conceiuethe fin oft Mofes and u Ieremie to haue beene;detrailing the L ords calling, as exceeding the proportion of their farength. Like is the (Inne of many, excellently gifted for Magit}racie, and Miniflery, if o- thers may iudge ; yet withdrawing from the calling, as ouer- weighty,and beyond their ttrcngtb : a fin fo much harder to be cured,becomes,it comes fo ncere to the na- ture ofrnodefty;&vndercolour of that vertue,deludesthe minds of many, fo long,till Church bee almott defl:itate of Minifl;crs,atad Common.wealth of able Magithrates. It ariferh,they fay,commonly from one of there caufes, G g z $irfl, tCor.g6. t Exod,4.ro,13 Ier. t.6. ,.,a s .H
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