EfrifileofS. PaultoTitus. CHAP.2.Io anfwering againe,aCure ligneof a wicked and rebellious heart. 4:9 Hence we might note,how the Lord firengthneth his own ordinance in the foundation ofhumane fociecie, that he will not haue it thwarted in words,no not in flubborne and difdainefull lookes,andmuch leffeby any a1ion refilled : againa which , whofoeuer rebelliously rifeth vp in word or deed,refifleth not man, but Godand his ordinances, and {hall themfeluesbe refilled of God. Not Pickers,] verf jo. By the former,feruants were taught to bridle their tongues , by this j precept their hands. The word properly noteth the letting fomewhat a- j part, toones private vfe, which is not his, and is vfed,A6l.5.6. Annanias ;wow,. Ava kept away, & craftily conueied to hisprivate vfe, that which fhould haue '4111.44s.. gone another way : Sothat (truants are forbidden to pilferthe lean part of their mailers goods, to difpofe to their owne or others vfe , without the acquaintance of their mallets : And herein vnder this principali kind, all manner ofvnfaithfulneffe is inclufuelycondemned, as the op-1 pofition in the next words {heweth , bat(hewing all good faithfulneffe. Now that feruants,who at chis day are fo vniufl, may be terrified from fo heynons a fnne,let them know that there is abooke full ofcurfes and plagues which (hall cleaue vnto them, and enter into the houle; the zachs.a.;. booke is large, twentie cubiteslong, and tenne cubites broad, it is full of curies, euen from one endevnto the other : it (hall come fwifily vp- on them , for it is a flying booke , it (hail bring a firewith it toconfume a mans whole fublcance, and without repentance preparech veto the fire ofbell, beeing a finne which fhuttethout of heauen : r. Cor. 6. r0. Obieíl. But I hope I catnnot becounted a theefe for this, I would be loath to lay mine hand vpon any mans goodselle, I may make a little bold withmymater,& it is but alittlewherein I neither can nor would hurt him. eilnfw. But this Icffnethnot the theft , becaufe it is from the mailer, but augmenteth it. For ifit be not lawful] co iniurie a (}ranger, much leffe onewho is fo neere vncovs : euery man will fay, it is more capitali to finite themaller then a llranger. Nay,the Lord leffe endureth it in a child toward the father,or a feruanc toward the matler,then inone !!ranger toward another. And it is lure that he that maketh no confci- enceof robbing them,maketh leffe (were it not for feareoflaw)ofrob- bing fl rangers: fo faith Salomon, Prou. aS. 24. Hee that robbeth his father and mother , and faith it is na(rant , is a companion of a def coyer: that is, wills-afily ioryne vaithopen robbers , to fpoile others of their goods alto. Betides, to fay it is but a (mall thing , andmymallet is nei- therbetter 'nor worfcfor 1t;the truthis, thou chat wilt crack thy confci- tact Coloured theft offeruartsde- tceed,
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