226 tAf2.i3.:fa Oft t. ° r Tints, .19. 2. It Mat.s;:t3. C H A P.3. An Expofition vponthefecóxad V E E.2, fland them men of vicious life, notorious lewdneflè, fuch you íhall finde of itally aduerfaries to the miniflerie.In long obferuation, I haue fcarce noted any, if but of ciuill de- portment, that willingly would b.2 feene in fuch quar- rels. Indeed we read of certaine t devout women flirred vp againfl Paul; but,who doubts.? that deuotion was tneere fuperflition. Saint `Pauls Canon was, Let no accufation be receiued againfl a Presbyter, vnder m two or three witncfres; and thole he meanes Legates. Another runs thus; Schifmatici non faantaudiendi contra Epifcopos. And why, I wonder, km-bland TóvnPot, every abfurd and lewd companion a- gainft a graue Minifter? Dilpoream, if vpon examination, they be found other, that quarrel! at Claficali Preachers. Lord, that the Sages of our Church would ferioufly thinke of it; our fleerefinen pittie their poope brethren, who climbe the Mails, and draw the poope; beare burthen and heat of the day : how fhouli they doe their due - tie with ioy , and the people be framed to conforme in Religion? Might reafon preuaile with lewdneflè and abfutdity, I would adde my aduife to thefe oppofites. And yet the mot+ hare-braind amongfl thefe abfi rd foolcs, would be thought wife: The lewdefl mifcreant, is afleaed with re- pute of honefly. If Paul, if Gods Spirit can iudge, you are but abfurd !boles, lewd mifcreants,whofoeuer malici- oufly oppofe to your Miniflers, or fecke to entangle them in the flare. For all men haue not faith. The Reafen cf prefcribing this petition on behalfe of their perlons, q.d. And marne!! not we defire your prayer for deliuerance; for al haue not faith to reflraine them from trabgning the Dod1-rine, and Teachers of Bich. Faith ; meanes he the morall vertue,fide/itie: That n ac- ception of the word is not infrequent in Scripture ; and thither bends the Antitheís, But God ù faithful!. Ra. ther, fith the ilreame runs that way, the verrue Theologi- cal! ; yet withal!, fuppofe the other implied, q. el. All are not
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