Chap.7. according St M A T T H HV i. 271 fouldiers as had offered injury to others : For there is no doubt ( faith Mr Calvin upon this text ) but that perfeft right fhould rule amongft us, were we butt as faithful' di(ciples of naive cha- rity (if we may fo fpeak ) as weare acute Doftoursofpai'Ue ; did we but love our neighbour as our fe1f. Charity ( cis true ) be- gins at home in regard of order, but not in regard of time : for fó loon as thou'beginneftto love thy felt, thou muff love thy neigh- bour as thy fèlf; neither may any man at any time hide his eyes from his own flesh, that is from his neighbour, of the fame [bock q, with himfelf. For this is the law andthe Prophets.] i. e. This is as muchas either of them have fàid touching love to our neighbour. Yea, this is the fumane of all that Chrift and the Apoftles have (pokes of it : For love ( that feeketh not her own things) is both the compie- a Cor. r y, mentof the Law,and the[4p/dement of theGofpel. Rom.13.8, io. Gal,5,14. lob.i g. r z. &v. a4.Chrift maketh love to our brethren, the fame with keeping the Commandtnencs. Soe..fïls 15. zo. Sr Lamesin that facred Synod gives this fuffrage,to lay upon the belie- ving Gentiles, no greater burden then there necefiary things ; that they abfiain from pollutions of Idols,andfrom fornication, from., Kai ó;r,ect things-fit-angled, and fromhloud: And in certain ancient Manu- 8e'rwry ciu- fcripts, as alto by Irenatu and Cyprian,it is added, and what 7°15-%4':' '"r, eTz t ti thing (ieverye would not, that others fhoulddoe to you,.that yedoe 7, vs B, not the fame to them. Timothy naturally cared for thePhilip- id roc. pians, whichwas rare, Phi/lip. 2.io. za. So thould all Chriftians yo90tes, one for another, Gol, .13. r Cor.10,24. Rom. i 5. a, a. Self - lovers begin the black bed- role,z Tim.3,2. Werfe r 3. Enter ye in at theftraightgate] Our Saviour having I ruth n,ay hitherto pointedout the right way of well-doing,and thew'd how not to to ileac a ,1.raight courfe to the haven of happineffe; now gives lured ty the warningof certain dangerous rocks(againit the which divers have pill. lathed, to their utter deftruftion, and are therefore) carefully to W yn . ?_lo- be declined. Of there, the fielt he nameth is, thefollowingofa f ao ita rn- multitude to do evil, the joyning hand in hand with the rude reble fèru1: rer that are running apace toward the pit of perdition, which is but a prz .ipitantur, little before them ; the doing as molt men do, which is to Ix: ut- ut naoguam,si. terly undone for ever. The -~ricked ( though never to many of , úr: Lint. them )goe dozen to hell, and -whole nations thatforget God : 1i4nce per vzaopua. the gate thereto is groan fo wide, and the Way fo well - beaten. liao t, ne Érs. re But none that goe that way returue again, neither take they hold dere,Pÿthat;. T of
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