Epi fkofS. Pau! to Titus. CnL.2.8 Vfe. î. Euerie hearer muff fee to theirhands to helpe their teachers, and cueryway to firengthen themagainfi their withftanders,I mean not by outward tlrength andpower,but efpecially by their prayers,that they may be deliuered fromcuill and vnreatonable men, and preach the word boldly:which wasboth the commandement ofthe Apofile Paul,z.Thef. 3.1. and thepraetife of the Church for Peter, AEt. i z. 5.Ad 22. And fur- ther,in that we stand not for, norto our (clues, but for the truth &Gods people; they muftby other incouragements bebe/pc: r. thetruth: for if the captaine be in fight,is itmeet that the common fouldier fhould (land onely idlely lookingon ? nay, his fafetie they muff account theirs , and Heine for him as for chemfeit:es:if he fuffer,they muff foffer with him, as knowing that lithePallor be (mitten , the fheep are like to be (tattered. Notably doth the Apoftle vrge this dudevpon thePhilippians, wifhing them to continue i. onefpirit,andMCmimic, fighting togetherin the faith, What, doth the Apoftleproclaime armes ? or three themvp to contenti- on? yea furely, but fuch a one asbecommeth theGofpel of peace : hee would have them to fight not one again(( another,but one with another, yea all of themwith one mind. Neither with a cruel! fight with carnali weapons, as one enemie againft another: but with fuch a fight as they heard in him, and law in him:alas he was fall enough bound to the peace, for he was then in bonds at Rome for the Gofpel, he fought by fuffring, fomaul they by theirprayers for him, by their patience, by all manner of minitlerieto the Saints in trouble, fhewe that they partake and fellow- feele in the of uietions of the Gofpel. Dofitr. 2. There that oppofethemfeltties togood Miniftersand men, are euer (peaking euill, andopening their mouthes with reproaches a- gamft them, and their godly courier. Mofes was charged , and that not in corners, but to his face, that het took,:toomuch vpon him , whereas. hee was vnwillingtovndertake all that the Lord laid vpon him.It went cur- rant in court andcountrie, that Elias troubledall Ifrael: Amaziab accu- lea' eflm°sto the King,that the /andif not ableto hare all hit words : Dio- trephes not onely withftood the Apoftle John, but pearled againfi him. Qefl. But what is the reafon ofall chis, haue they any caule griten them? Anf. The reafon is partlypofitiuc in themfelues,& partly negatine in the other. In themfelues, 1. the malice oftheir heart is Inch, as cannot but continually out ofthe abundance thereof, fet their tongues a worke: the firewithin fendeth out fuch fmoke abroad. 2. With this malice is ioy- ned exceeding pride and (welling, which mooueth them to leek the ray- fingof themfelues, althoughwith the fall ofothers , and make the re- proach ofothers, as a ladder for themfelues to climbeby : for this ende did the falte Apoflies account of Chrifts Apoftles, as thefilthandofffcoa- 419 3.10h:8. r,,i7iP,,,iv G2, rounded. gRif ¡m,°Rer: have their omomhwa ith widre e pr p°ren hea again(( ;Kg.,g , 7. Amosy.so. 3't°I"°' ft;ai ,.. i 2 ì D d_1 ring
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