rr Epißlof S. Paul lo Titus. CHAP.I.13. I_ 1 quicke: in which cafes ifany of our patients chafe,and fiorme,and grow 1 neuer fo impatient,it will be no wifedome in fuch ashaue the ordering ofthem, to let him haue his ovine will, in his defire tobe let alone , but (till make iticifion, fearcli further the depth of the wound, and lend in taints to the bottom:for fuch louingwoundsmull go before applyingof falues to found healing. 3. Let ail godly hearers learne tomake manifen their patienceand o- bedience, by fuffering themfelues to be launced , and pricked euen to their hearts, by chofe whomGod bath Pent as his Surgeons tocure mens foules, otherwifc by finnewounded to death: as knowing, that the hurt l of thedaughter of Gods peoplei: not healed byfweete wards : but as rhebit- tercil pill is fitcen to purge, and workech kindlyer then the fweeten potion ; and as the thunder and lightning morepurifie the aire then the calmer fun(hine : euen fo gall and wormewood is the portion, which the Lord bath tempered for many, to take off the plcafant tan of their fweet fmnes. And for vs,we take no pleafurc in your fmart or judgement, but that without it you cannot be cured. You cannot but confeffe that when fores are ripe and raging, the next way to cure is launcing : fide vs then a while, and triewhether weare not as readie with the goodSa- maritan to powre oyle as wine into your wounds, fo it make to your foundnes. But all will not comevnto the (upper by entrearie,fomemuff be compeiled;and if we bring a true word,and handle it truely, iccannot but deu ide betweenethemarrow, and the bone, lea between the joule and the fpirit,andtheioynts,sc.Hebr.4.t2. And can all this bedone,and aman feclenofmarc? nay furely, ifour Mininericworkenofmart, itworberhno care. That they may befatted in thefaith,] Dol-fr. The (harper rebukes in the Church ought to ayme at this cade, the recouerie ofdifeafed Chrinians to foundres in religion both in iudoement,and raEfife.Whìch a' eareth in that the rreacefl ordina- D P pP b ry cenfure in the Church is not mortal!,but medicinable. For as a furge- on cuts offarmes and le es that the body and heart maybe faued ; fo g , Y Y , in this body , parts and members arc cut off, that themfelues may bec fatted as well as the whole bodie. Paul excommunicaceth the incefruous perfon, that hisfpirit might beefatted. Hymineue and Philetue were can out toSatan, that they might learnenot to blafpheme. Thofe whom Iude wifheth tobe pulled out of the firebyviolence, mall be faued thereby. If anyobict againl+ this, charm r.Cor.i6.2í.1f any man lime not the Lord lefue,let himbe had in execration to thedeath: and thereforeedifca- tion and faluationis not the ende of this cenfure. I aofwer , It is one thing for the Church to excommunicate , another tocurie and execrate: 265 Bewinin,g,and 1 P,t;RivreCO'- prooued. Ier,6.,4. word,fweeten noq,ajwa en whblfomento the hcarc. Luk1o.;4. ttoNan, no ace. The (harpén eentu:e i tha Church n, an crime auhé re cowrie of otft. der, to found. nes io óid>. t.eorss ,Tim.taa ,.Cons a,.eX. pounded. R 4 the
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