82 _C H A P.2. An Expefition vpont e fecond V e x.t,. Thofe parcills of the t/`Ltodus, his meekeneffe and loue; condefcending from authority he had to command, veto petitioning them for their owne good, I willingly preter. mit : wifhing onely my Brethren or Fathers in the Minifle- ry to put on bowels of compafliô to win to the truth,rather then in Stoick flernnes and RigorousAuRerity, to attempt, forcing the people to reformation of Iudgement or man- ners. God was not in the thunder, nor in the Earth quake, appearing to Elias,but in the flillWinde. To Adam he ap- peared in the b coole ofthe day.Ouer I frael, that f i f f-necked people, he fer Mee! the C meekeFt man on earth : Iudge- ment may be conuinced by Raafon, cannot bee forced to affent by violence, no not to tnAl necefiàry truths. Will may be allured, cannot be enforced to goodiaefl'e. Cregoriestemper I like well, mifcendaefC'lenitascum feueritate,fit amor ,fed non emolliens ;fit rigor fed non exafpe- rans; And Auffinsbcfl aduifed thoughts be{} pleafe IT ee; that conuiíliongoebefore con lininmatterofFaith Chry- foftome had rather be countable to God for animium of mercy, then for ouerplus of feuerity :laid not `Fain a the fame in his Canon ? What one feparatifi, or but vnconfor- tánt,hath the contrary courfe wonne ?And not rather exaf- perated to farther alienation ? 2. The earnnetnefi'e of the Apofile applyed to the mat - ter I choofe rather to infili on;gxpreflèd it is in two things: z. That he contents not himfelfe to befeech, but to obteft, and that by what is, or fhould be molt preualent with vs ; the comming ofChrift. 2. Iterating the caution in all the particulars. 17,31e zpç ®tt?otIo¢°uy e,;Its not as elfewhere,e ,Pai,but úoteç : for the comming fake of our Lord Iefas, &c :Gth he comes for our good , to take vengeance on them that trouble vs, and to gather vs together vntb himfelfe,to participate his owne glory, I befeech you let this meditation moue you to Caution. The ground of the obteffation, and the certaine truth of i =, I fiippofed by the Appfle to be in confefo arr ongfi this people,I dwell not on : but referre the Reader to what is a ><: Reg.t9.12,. b Gca.;.8. ° Num.n. 3.. Legatur diß.4;s cap.difcipina. aaTim.m.a5. e R.om.ia,r.
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