z54 4 Commentary uponthe J4e1 Chap,7. in another that is praifeworthy. Our Saviour is Paid to have :loved the rich young Pharifee, for that little good he found in him; and Bucer never rejeEted any, though different in opinion, in whom he difcerned aliquid Chriffi, any thing of Chrift. S. Patti Hcb. to.z }. bidds us, confider one another, to tthet on to love : to pitch upon fuch good parts andproperties as may engender love, and fwayus to a good opinion ofour brethren. The wifedom From above, is Jamt,3.17. full of mercy andgoodfruits,Without judging, &c. But they (hall have judgement without mercy, that u!e no mercy in their jud- gings. God (hall bring home their own dealings to their own doors : For with What judgement' ye judge,&c. Only our Sa- viour is to beunderilood here of private and corrupt judgement paireduponothers, out offinfull curiofity and ill-will ( for Nona curioftas quits malevolus ) either to fee up our felves above them, or by condemning them to countenance our own evil cour(cs. Magiftrates may and mutt judge between the righteous and the 1Ca. ;.r1. wicked. Miniflers mutt lake out the precious from thevile, and fay to the wicked, it Jhall be ill with them, the reward of their hands Jba!l be given unto them. Wilt thou judge them, Sonof man, wilt thou judge them? yea thou jhaltthew them all their abominations. How often doch our Saviour call the Pharifees hypocrites,ferpents, vipers; &c? And how roundly dealt St Paul .Cos .i, with the forcerer, Aar 13.10. and with the inctftuous period ? 'Lattly,Though we may not bemany mgflers,Jain.3.a. fupercilious and cenforious. &c. yet wemay all judge the tree by the fruit, call a fpade a fpade, a drunkard a drunkardsc. and, leaving his finals doom to thefearcher ofall hearts, judge and cenfure-hi-m,_for the .prefent, to be Gods enemy, and in amolt wretchedeftate. We both may and mutt condemn all (inne in our (elves and others. s f r But it is a fault tobe itchingly inquifitive after other mens milde- ,;OV,v.r B, meanours,to bean evef-dropper, Ecclef,7 2.1. or tocenfure them, eßí rigor jari, when they come toour knowledge, unmercifully and above the ar oderaréaxc ry all Law. Let your slrlHxiia moderationofsttmoft right be known mitiga. y Y s rioni appefi:um to all men : The Lard isat hand, Phil.4.5. iVet Verfe 2. Far with what judgement ye judge;&c.] Our Sa viols fets forth what he ha.d fail before by tilde two proverbial) fentences; as well known among them as thofe amongft us : you Jhall (iw asye reap, drink.asyebrew, befervedwith the erne See al('o Rev. /ewer;&c. Compare herewith thole divine Proverbs, If .33.1. 13,1c.& 04. Prov.1 2.14. & 13.2,2I. & 14.14,22. & 22.8, iob4:ó. Nark:
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