Cne,S, AAnExpofatron von thefzrft Vat. 15. they deale with them. o Is the iniquity of Peor too littlefor is, from which we are not cleanfed to this day, that ye mull alfodepart from following the Lord ? Oh that there had beene Inch a heart in this people for after -times !they lad flood to chis day in the fine of Gods people. Thus they, .ita a thew onely and appearance deal]. I could with the fame minde in vs ; that wee were thus carefull to preuent fumes in others ; that wee were not only careful! to line toberly, but to preuentlntem- peraoce and riotous Excelle in others. But, alas, how thinke we all, it fufficeth to keepe our tellies vnfpotted of the World? whiles others become jots and blots to the whale ChurchofGad; and expofe vs all to his wrath and vengeance. Euery man, we fay, (hall beare his owne hurt hen; euery faule die for it owne tranfgreglon.But know we not, that other mens finnes may become ours, whiles by our conniuence and toleration wee giue way to the committing ? how elfe Paid P n V L to TIMOTHY? P Communicate not with other mens finnes. And Nehemiah to the Rulers 3 q What earitl thing is this that yee doe in breakng the Lords Sabbaths? This account make, what Ganes of others thou laboureft not, in thy compatie, to preuent, are thine in theguilt, as well as they of thine owne perfonall commißìon. Bee exhorted therefore, carefully to performe this duty.. To the reafons fore. laid, let this be added. The falls of others become our bletnifh,and fcandal amongft Aliens.The wholeChurch ofGod is traduced often for the finncs of forne few Hy- pocrites. Saith PETER, r Spots they are and blots to you, fpeaking of tome few in the Church, not anfwering in praftice, to their profeflion of Godlinefie. We cannot be ignorant, how Herefies and Enormities riling in the Church of God, are charged vpon the Church ;yea, vp- on our moft holy and precious Faith. Thofe furies of Ataabaptifts and Familifls, &c. are caft as dung into the face of the Church c though the. truth
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