tVerf 9. the Epiffle to the R.cmans. Interpret. Brethren, bccaule they com- municate one and the fame thing therefore they love one ano- ther by good right, Ariftet. S t L. Firil, that our love to ou neighbour, muff not hinder us from abhorring that which is evill and fin - full in him, though he be never fo dear a friend: nor for liking and eagerly embracing that good and vertue which is in' him, be he never fo much' an ene- my unto us. As the love of mehs,per- fons muff not make us love their faults, or flatter them, or winke ar them, or defend them : fo the hatred of mens vices mull not draw us from the delire and camel} delight in that which is good in any man. Furthermore, it is the property of true love to be exceeding loath to injure or hurt our neighbour, or Coffer hith to be hurt in any thing which is precious unto him;as his name, perfon, goods, wife, falvation, &c. but rather very earnefily to ftudy how to pleafure andhelp him in all andevery One ofthefet to thinke and fpeak, and doe him good, being fo bent unto the profit °four Neighbour, as to our owne welfare,according to the Paying ofour Saviour Chriff, Love thy neighbour as thy felfe. Ti M.In the next fhort fentenre, what it meant by [affe£liott,and by brotherly love ?] S a L. The firft word lignifies fuch naturali affeEtions and tender love,as is in parents towards their children, whereof fee Jacobs example, Gen. 37, 35. and Mary, Luke 2. and the latter wordimplieth fuch love as is between Brethren borne of one and the fame Parents, whereof Jofèpb is a prefident unto us. Mofees and Paull love unto their kin linen, was vehement, Exod. 32. 32. Rom. 9, i. Chrilians are brethren by profeflion. T r m. What learn we front hence ? S That their love amongff themfelves one towards another, muff not be common and ordinary, but fin - gular and very great, like unto that which parents do bear to the children of their wombe, and wherewith bro- thers affe& one another : and no mar- vaile, feting our love mutt extend even untothe Upendingoflife, and not ofour fubftance only for our brethrtns fake, Rom. a 6.4. i Joh.3. 1 6. See like precepts, r r 2hef, 4. 9. flab. t3. t. 2 Per. 1. 7. T r Mt Are Papifte which profsffe and beleeve I he dotirine of the councell of Trent, our brethren ? and he all our brethren to be loved alil(e, with the fame degree 'of love ? S o L. Such Papifis be not' ottf brethren ( namely it they be learned and have knowledge,) for they do not profeffe the fame doftrine, nor the fame religion with us, (which is the band of brotherhood)but raze the foundation of faith and works. Secondly, they have not the fame Saviour, but a diiguifid one, fuch a one as (hall fave them by their owne merits, at leaft in part. Thirdly, they have the great whore mentioned, Revel. t7. and 18. for their Anri tr;k mother, and we have the chaftefpoufe ow`ere ofChrift to our mother. Fourthly,tiley Rome. have no true Sacraments but baffard ones ; for the Lords Supper is all cor. ruptedanddcptayed with their iven- tions,they turne the Communion ii 4o a private flapper, and they overt urne he do trine which baptifine Mould Peale. Bitty, they confidently hold , andpro- nounce peremptorily all us to be in the eflate of damnation, judging ( though falfely and rafhly) us to Hereticks, Schi(matickes, &c. So we ought to deeme of them which live and dye in the papacy : how can, we be brethrtn, which be fo miferably divided? Now towards filch as be our brethren (by joynt confeffion of the fame holy faith) we are commanded, to love all theft with the fame kind of love that is fin - ette and great,but hot in the fame mea- fure : for as any of the brethren be more neerely linke unto us by bands ofnation or nature, or of affinity, or be more plentifially endowed with grace, fo we are to declare the force, and bring forth the fruites of our love, rather towards them then others, howbeit we are to love all which are of our Chriffiap religion, with a brotherly love, according to thofe many and plain exhortations of the word before let downe. T t M,w for the laft precept, what Yy 3 dab 5 23 I.Pct. t.22. TheRomidj Church nei- ther found Church, nor found member. lí aineld. The faith of Rome ow. and n of òld Rome is nor one. D.h tike.
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