CNAP.t.=3. 262 [.Cor.brr. ReaCons. i 2 3 a amax.^. What ,`arpnes is meet for a 'reproofe. v1Commentarie upon the fuch as the fameApoflle co the fameChurchofCorinth mentioneth;who upon the report ofthe houfe of Cloe, fharpely reprooueth them for their contentions : for to that endehenameth his author, that they mightnot thinke,hewould vpon fufpition,or furmifeofhis owne,neithervpon fu. fpeéled information from other,charge them fo deepely;but from intel- ligence of thole, again(} whom they could not well except. Paul flayed the reprehention of Peter, till hefawe that hewent ant theright:Pay,tf that hewar to beblamed, Ga1.2.11.14. Zeale runningbefore knowledge, is e- very where a reproach, but here (betides that it marreth fuch a nece(fary duty,and hardneth the perfon vniuftly reprooued,againfl a hull reproofe for time to come) it carrieth manyblots with it. For 1. it argueth him tobe a buffe-body,who ( efpecially if a private perfon ) pryeth into other mens a&ions, that he may catch matter of re- prehenfion; whereas it is nor the part of a prudent Chrillian,to leek our the foresofothers, but wifely to hcale thole which beeing in his way, and calling, he meeteth withall. 2. It argueth want of loue to receiue haflily reports againfl loch as we profeffe friendfhip vnto;with whom a rent is made where none was,nor needed to be:iufliy taking themfelues iuiured,when they fee themtclues difcredited in our hearts cauflefly ; or elfe their names not fufficicntly tendred of vs. 3. It argueth want of wif- dome, and great indifcretion , ra(hly to reprooue that, whereof either the partie knoweth himfelfe innocent,or cis is done fecretiy:now that is fecrer to vs, which albeit it be knowne to others, yet is not fufficiently knowne to vs: the note of foole ( faith Salomon) is tobelceus emery thing; and ofa flanderer to difcouerfecrets, Prou.i 0.19. 4nefl. But what if I heart a report of my neighbour, and I haue a vehement fufpition,and forneprefumptions that it is true, may I not vp- on chofe reprooue ? e_4nfw. In thiscafe obferue two rules. The former in Dent.' 3.14. Thou (halt ratherfeel e, and male fearch, and enquire dili- gently , and if it bee true, and the thing certaine, then thou mayefl fafe- ly reprooue. 2. If thou cans not be certaine, then reprooue nor, but vpon fuppofition; thou canfl not here fay direblly as Nathan to Dauid, 'Thou art the man. For filch a plaine reproofe implieth the certain know- ledge of a (inne, which we mutt not fuffer vpon our brother, Leuit.19, 17. Sharply,] It will here be demaunded, what is this (harpe reproofe hére mentio- ned? Anfiv. To knowe it the better, wemay confider it either in the perfon of euery Pallor, or that which is in the feuerall Churches. The former belonging to euery Pallor, flandeth a. in the enlargement of (inne knowne to be committed, that it may appeare vnmasked, and in it owns
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