EptJ)kof S. Patel to Tilt". CHAP.I.I2. theende, that they might befound in thefaith. Thefe ONO verses then contain three parts tobe in their order handled. r.The preface to this tcftitnonie.2. The teffimonieit felfe.3. The Apo- files fubfcription 'rntoit,and nation from it. But before wecome to the parts , two things in the whole are to be noted. Firfl, the plainneffeof the Apostle with thefeCretians : he chargeth themvery dcepely, that a man would thinke he were become their cnemie,or fpake of malice and birterneffe to hander them: and yet he performeth amaine dutyof loue veto them. Theholy men laid not their loue afide in their fharpefl re- prehenfions: Efay charged the Iewes, that their faithfuUcitie war become an harlot, that the people were become murtherers, their Princes rebeii- eta, and all of them the enemies ofGod, ofwhom he would bee eafed and auenged; but what was Efay now their enemy? fee chap.24.16.how pitifullyaifeéfed he was toward them,andhisforrow for themwas Inch, as euen brought him into a confumptiou; my leasreneffe,myleaneneffb, wort mefor the tranfgref%rs hangforeoffended. leremic tolleth them, chap. 3, a 3. that they were rebellious against God, and that they fcattered their wayes toOrange gods vnder enerie greene tree , and were disobedient children; andyet cap.4.r 9. he fo taketh their iniferie to heart, as that he criethout, Ohmybe'y,my belly, 1 am painedat the verle hart my heart is troubledwithinmee, I can not bee fú11. And when chap.9.a. he had delred a place apart, that hemight neuer come among them , they becing be- comeadulterers, anajTembile ofrebels, andproceededdaily fromeuill toworfe: yet to thew that his foule abhorred them not, neither that he had cart them out of his affe6tion, he tells them in chaps ;. 17. that ifthey would not beare, hìs faxle fhotrldweepe in ferret , andhie eles droppe downe tearerfor them. So for aMinifler to charge a people withknowne and open finnes, it is not euer afgneof malice,, nor a fling of bitterneffe, but rather a fweet woüding of lour. Hardly can we perfwade men ofour loue in this cafe: nay, cum theApoflle himlelfe who fpake with intuitable wife- dome, was glad to vfe manyproteflations, prefaces, and apologies , to perfwademen ofit: as 1.C-or. 4.14. when he had told theCorinths plainly oftheir ingratitude, who roared him tobe hungrie, naked,reui- led,&c. is glad toadde a defence for himfelfe , I write not theft things to fbameyou,beet army befouedchildren 1 admonifhyou. So when we dealt plainly, and let men fee themfeluesand their waies, we cannot perfwade themwe lone them : but for our (clues, our owne consciences mull be our brafen wall, ifwe be not entertainedand approoued in other mens: we muff doe our dutie,and tell Israel his finne,Ezec.t S. And although it would doe many good to fee vs flenced, and flopped in the ccurfc of t 233 AminiRermap e ain rcbpmplofo, t inhir rfa.rar, Pxhiberevos p,,Ç`; ó° P°' redo:cxrendne dbc,'nvrc ¿«¡, P4 our
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