OCR Text |
Show Dcur. sl. f• ProV.I·If· l~· so. 2.~. ,. ... 2-4· t• IJ( W4r •Hd Pt4&1 tra~ dfinity with the Egyptian. To a\1 which, thii is to be added, that the He~ rews,undcr the flate of the old Law,had cxprefs promi(es of vi6tory , if they kept the Law ; the lefs need had they to have recourfe unto human aids. LaHly , there are indeed extant in Solom~ns Proverbs , Sentences not a tew , of fhunning the fociety of wicked men : But thefe are the Advi[os of prudence , not Precepts of Law; and thofe very Admonitions, as mofi moral ~ayings , are capable of very\ ~any e~cepuons. XLIX. Nor Are th~1 forbidden hy ~he Evang~!icat Law. Pi~. ie ~Ju NOw , the Law of ~he ~of pel hath r~ldZ. l. • 1 $ • changed not hi no m this bufinefs; & 17 ° r. A FY4. Ari~ tit yea, it hath a moretavorable a1p~"~ upon btl!o n. I,,.. leagues, whereby aliens from Rcltg~on,on CaJet.J.. ,.,tz~. juH caufe , are relieved ; becaufe ,It hat.h 4o·,•rr. '·n not left beneficence to all forts of men' Me m. tr..tu.t.. · . 1 f d Jau• difp. ru. upon ·'~·c ai iP n g1ven, on y re¢ an Matth. f · 4 r. dable , but hath put it under precept. For~ Gal. 6.Io. by Gods example , who mak:ch his ~un to arife upon the 7ood and ev1l, and fen· deth rain co rcfrdh them both , we are ~ommanded to exclude no kind of men L 'b ·from ·our benefits. Tert1tflittn faid well: 1 • 1. c. 3· G 1 So long tU Ifrdel onl1 WIU his people' 011 did juft!J command mercy toward thetr brethren alon~ : But after that he .(a~e uptq Chrijl; the N11tiorJS for his inhm' tance, t-.nce,And the ends of th~ Mrth for hu P"ffe. lfion,andthat hegantohepaid whichwM promtfod in Hofeah , ThtJ that were 111t "'1 p~op/e {h~t//he my peoplt, 11nd tiH NAtion thllt b,d not tJbtaintil mercy jh111l ohtain mercy ; from that time Cbrifo hath ~xtended unto all tht Law of fraternal ~e"!gnity , excluding none from o•r cam• pau~·on, no "!ore than from his vocatio11: •' Which words are to be underfiood ~with differenee of degree,that w.e mn.fi .be good to all , but ~fpecia:ll y .to tht profeffors of the lame Religione In Cllm~nt•s Conftitutions we read , lt ts our duty t• c•m-municate of oHr goods to 11/l; ytt fo , tl~at 7 tr 't«•l;w; 'We h~rz:~ a fpecial/ e~e to the poor S~t,ints t• !.1;1!, in~.ai1: Fam1ltar converfat1on alfo with aliens Ambroftus offrom Religion is not prohibited: no not fie. 1. J. with them whofe caufe is worfe~ and who fidt,eAI'{•, lot~, fall away from th,. rule ofChr' 11' o·i:. tetllpore ""'"' • . • ,. I1Tlan 1 m.ndAtur , Nt ctpl~~ , 1s .all commerce imerdidled , but prieMm •Ptra fa~~l~ar without ne,ceffity , not alfo that &ire~ ~m~(tiCIJ wh1ch affords any hope for their amend- pdtJ.SJmile ct\ lnent. And tkat which is in PaM/ Bt jtt 1 ~lud Ar_~~~~- , 11 • ~,. lnJfM n~t Hnequa!IJ Jok.Jd togttblr with t~nbe- 1.r'e(l 119~•lcm lievers : for what fel/owfhip hath righte- "'YtzrM fuhiri ••fn~Js ~ith NnrighteoHJnef.r ? 11nd what pr1 IXI.er11u ~ . tommumon h'!'h light with darkne{s? I"' •~mi.Nic:. ~na what concorJ hath Ch ;n. · h o i..·Thdf.3 •. If· . rs;• wst .ve- aCor '14 If l.ta;I? or w~at part hath he that /Jelilvett. ' • ) • '11tth.4n I n~d~f.? pertains to thofe that fea-fted 10 the Idol-Tempi~, and fo :either c,ommi~ted I-dolatry , or at leaH made a llew thereo' This is manifcfi by the followin~ |