Çanv.t:X13 B Canmemt#vie upon the y64 plieth it felfe fitlier to their anfwer, who draw the difference from the people ouerwhom: they were let. The Cretians were hard and refra- &arie, full ofbadde qualities as he we fee: the Ephcfians among whom Timothy was lent , were of fome better temper and difpolition : and therefore were moremildly to be dealt withal]. Beiidcs,morc mildneffe was to be vfed with fuck as hadnot yet beleeued, then thole who ha- uing profetfed the faith in word, andyet departed from it againe : as 3 x the Galatians, and thefe Cretians with whom: Paul was fo fharpe and Theodoret, this differencealto Tome of the auncient put between thofe two peoples of Ephefus, andCandy. But howfoeuer, theplaces areeally accorded: for euen to thewort+ much patience, and lenitie mua be vied , till it be defpifed,and till it be cleare that no meekenes will ferue to winne men: but then it is high time that feueritie fhould terrifie thole, whoby leni- tie wouldnot be allured : according to the example of God himfelfe, Rom.z.4. Reproouenot Vfe. t. As all Chriliianduties, fo this muchmoreought to be orde- ralldy butwith red by Chriliian wifedom and therforeMiniaers of eciall mua labour wifedome and p y fpirit ofdifacr for the gift of difcerning, to fudge night ofperfons and finnes. Ofper- n;g fons, which are of Hagarsfeed:, and which arefree borneofSarah: which x.cor.q.sx. men need the rodde, and which thefpirit ofmee1enefe. Offinnes, which be greater,for which the wounds may be the deeper;which be larger,for which the forrowmay be enlarged :and in aword,which are hard knots whichneed hard wedges. z. Withwifedome and loue euery Minifler muff ioyne zeale and con- Adderowisdom zeal: andcon. fcience, yea in forne cafe vehemencie & feueritie in their reproofes,dea- Çcience. ling as the Lord birnfelfe dothof:en, infitting the finites of men in order PtalSo.sr. beforethem. If he be todeale with Helies formes, the formes ofBelial, t.saa.s.24 it will not ferue the turne to fay, What re it that Ibaremyfennel , doefono more: for this is ratherafaluingand toobaffle a skinning ouer ofa rot- ten fore,the fefter of which quickly breaketh out againe with more rage anddanger:but here he mull put on the zealeof God, yeaa iufl and holy anger grounded vpon the loue of God and godlines : wherein he hatb IohnBaptia, Muth. 3..5. and the Sonne of God hitnfelfe going be- fore him , Matth. 23. It is thought great wifedome in men to to carry their doéìrine,asno man is offended at it: whereas(howfoeuer all meek- nes and patience in our owne matters is a Chriftian and commendable vertue yet) zeale in thematters ofGodmay not bewanting : and were all menSaints,or finners but penitent, we might by tendernes and com- pafiion raiîe them; but forne are in the fire andmull be pluckt out: many are fooles towhole backs Gripes belong:many are feared in their fumes, and muff haue corrafiues and fretting waters to make them fnaart at the quicke:
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