CrteP.2.6. 408 The Paftor muft fomerimes emreagwhere Hemay corn. maud. Magis docencio qaam iuSendo, monendoTam minaudo.Aúp. epifùoq. Rules in this ensrcating:x. A Com m :tarie vpnthe winning ofmen, all the duties of it muff be performed in fuch louing manner, as that men maybe rather Wonne and drawne,then forced ther- unto; yea euen young men , who for moll part are headleffe and fur- theff fromdutie, muti by the fpirit ofineekneffe be rebored and reclai- med. Do`1r. The Pallor is not alwaies to vrge and yfe his authoririe, but fometimes he muti lay it downe, and in force cafes wherehe may by the word command, he mutt rather choofe toentrcate. Paul in all his Epi- Liles fieldome commandeth out of his authoritie(although Apoaolical, & aboue theauthoritie ofordinary miniflers)but euer almoft perfwaded andentreated out ofhis loue. Thus he dealeth withPhilemon for the re- ceiuingofOnefimsss ,Thonghi haste mach ls6ertie to command yet rather bereech thee, ver.8. For might not he hauecommaunded a Chriflian to remit an iniurie; and receiue a Chriflian feruant upon his repentance ?and yet he befought him fo to doe. And thusalthough we want not power to command menvpon their owne peril!, and fo fallen Chriflian duties vpon them; yet we rather e,#reare men to be reconciledvat,, God: vea wee are to befeechand exhort men in the Lord Iefus, that they encreafe more and more, &c. r.ThefÏ.4.r. And the Scriptures are fo delighted with this manner of teaching by exhortation, that the fpeciall worke of the mi- nillerie is calledby this name, A,a.r 3.15. the men of Antioch came to Paul andBarnabas, and fail, Ifye base anywordof exhortation,fay on: and yet this wordof exhortation was a forman which they defired toheave preached againe the next Sabbath. We heard,cap.t.9. that the Minifler mull thereforehold fat+ wholefome doétrine, that fie may be able toex- hort, as though this were all hehad to doe. But here mull be great wifcdome and circumfpeóiion vfed : for al- though theMinifteris often to turne his power into prayers,andthreats into entreaties, yet mull he beware that he fo lay not downe hisauthori- tie, as that the word bofe any, but abide :Viawordof power to com.. maud; obferuing wifely to this purpofe thefe two rules. r. So toexhort as that the confciences of men may conclude, that euen there where het perfwadeth and entreateth, he hath power tocommand and terrifie, alt though in his loue he laydowne that power for the prefent. 2. That he do notthere exercife lenitie,where thecafe requireth feuerity,nor mild- :wife when the cafe requireth the worke offeruent zeale. As,fsrff, where finnewaxeth hold, theMinillet muff put on boldneffe. If a caffe Rand before Mofes, it is a cafe wherein the milde(I manvpon the earth, mutt forget his meekeneffe, and-cloath himfelfewith zeale for the glorie of God. Sometimes theMiniller is todefines the word as it were ina loft and Ilia voice ; and fometimes hemull changehis coppie,and lift vp his voice''
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